1 أ بنائِي الأعِزّاءَ، إنِّي أكتُبُ إلَيكُمْ هَذِهِ الأشياءَ، حَتَّى لا تَرْتَكِبوا أيَّةَ خَطيَّةٍ. لَكِنْ إنِ ارتَكَبَ أحَدُكُمْ خَطيَّةً، فَإنَّ لَنا شَفِيعاً عِندَ الآبِ هُوَ يَسُوعُ المَسِيحُ البارُّ، وَهُوَ الذَّبيحَةُ الكافيَةُ للتَّكفيرِ عَنْ خَطايانا.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

2 و َلَيسَ خَطايانا فَحَسبُ، بَلْ خَطايا العالَمِ بِأسرِهِ.

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

3 إ نْ أطَعنا وَصايا اللهِ، نَعلَمُ يَقِيناً أنَّنا نَعرِفُ اللهَ.

This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

4 ف َمَنْ يَقُولُ إنَّهُ يَعرِفُ اللهَ، وَلا يُطِيعُ وَصاياهُ، يَكُونُ كاذِباً، وَالحَقُّ لَيسَ ثابِتاً فِي قَلبِهِ.

One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.

5 ل َكِنْ مَنْ يُطِيعُ كَلِمَةَ اللهِ، فَإنَّ مَحَبَّةَ اللهِ تَكُونُ قَدِ اكتَمَلَتْ فِيْهِ بِالفِعلِ. وَهَكَذا نَعرِفُ أنَّنا فِي اللهِ:

But whoever keeps his word, God’s love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:

6 م َنْ يَقُولُ إنَّهُ ثابِتٌ فِي اللهِ، فَليَعِشْ كَما عاشَ يَسُوعُ. وَصيَّةُ المَحَبَّة

he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

7 أ يُّها الأحِبّاءُ، إنَّ ما أكتُبُهُ إلَيكُمْ لَيسَ وَصِيَّةً جَدِيدَةً، بَلْ وَصِيَّةً قَدِيمَةً كانَتْ لَدَيكُمْ مُنذُ البِدايَةِ. وَهِيَ رِسالَةٌ سَمِعْتُمُوها مِنْ قَبلُ.

Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.

8 و َمِنْ جانِبٍ آخَرَ، أنا أكتُبُ إلَيكُمْ وَصِيَّةً جَدِيدَةً، ظَهَرَتْ حَقِيقَتُها فِي المَسِيحِ وَفِيكُمْ، لِأنَّ الظَّلامَ قَدْ زالَ، وَالنُّورُ الحَقِيقِيُّ يُضيئُ.

Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.

9 ف َمَنْ يَقُولُ إنَّهُ فِي النُّورِ وَهُوَ يَكرَهُ أخاهُ، فَإنَّهُ مازالَ فِي الظَّلامِ.

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

10 أ مّا مَنْ يُحِبُّ أخاهُ، فَإنَّ حَياتَهُ تَبقَى فِي النُّورِ، وَلا يَتَعَثَّرُ بِشَيءٍ.

He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.

11 ل َكِنْ مَنْ يَكرَهُ أخاهُ، فَهُوَ فِي الظَّلامِ، وَيَعِيشُ فِي الظَّلامِ، وَلا يَعرِفُ إلَى أيْنَ يَذهَبُ، لِأنَّ الظَّلامَ أعمَى عُيُونَهُ.

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

12 أ كتُبُ إلَيكُمْ يا أبنائِيَ الصِّغارَ لِأنَّ خَطاياكُمْ قَدْ غُفِرَتْ لأجلِ اسْمِ المَسِيحِ.

I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

13 أ كتُبُ إلَيكُمْ أيُّها الآباءُ لِأنَّكُمْ تَعرِفُونَ ذاكَ الَّذِي كانَ فِي البَدءِ. أكتُبُ إلَيكُمْ أيُّها الشَّبابُ، لِأنَّكُمْ قَهَرتُمُ الشِّرِّيْرَ.

I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.

14 أ كتُبُ إلَيكُمْ أيُّها الأولادُ لِأنَّكُمْ تَعرِفُونَ الآبَ. أكتُبُ إلَيكُمْ أيُّها الآباءُ لِأنَّكُمْ تَعرِفُونَ ذاكَ الَّذِي كانَ فِي البَدءِ. أكتُبُ إلَيكُمْ أيُّها الشَّبابُ لِأنَّكُمْ أقوِياءُ وَكَلِمَةُ اللهِ حَيَّةٌ فِيكُمْ، وَقَدْ هَزَمتُمُ الشِّرِّيْرَ.

I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

15 ل ا تُحِبُّوا العالَمَ، أوِ الأشياءَ المَوجُودَةَ فِي هَذا العالَمِ. إنْ أحَبَّ أحَدٌ العالَمَ، فَذَلِكَ لِأنَّ مَحَبَّةَ الآبِ لَيسَتْ فِي قَلْبِهِ.

Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

16 ف َكُلُّ ما فِي هَذا العالَمِ مِنْ شَهَواتِ الطَّبِيعَةِ الجَسَدِيَّةِ، وَشَهَواتِ العُيُونِ، وَالتَّفاخُرِ بِالإنجازاتِ، لَيسَ مِنَ الآبِ، بَلْ مِنَ العالَمِ.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

17 و َالعالَمُ يَفنَى هُوَ وَالشَّهَواتُ الَّتِي فِيهِ، لَكِنْ مَنْ يَعمَلُ مَشِيئَةَ اللهِ، يَحيا إلَى الأبَدِ. ضِدُّ المَسِيح

The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.

18 ي ا أبنائِي، لَقَدِ اقتَرَبَتِ السّاعَةُ الأخِيرَةُ، وَكَما سَبَقَ أنْ سَمِعْتُمْ، فَإنَّ ضِدَّ المَسِيحِ آتٍ. بَلْ لَقَدْ ظَهَرَ أضدادٌ كَثِيرُونَ لِلمَسِيحِ، لِهَذا نَعلَمُ أنَّ السّاعَةَ الأخِيرَةَ قَدِ اقتَرَبَتْ.

Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.

19 ل َقَدْ خَرَجُوا مِنْ بَينِنا، لَكِنَّهُمْ لا يَنتَمونَ إلَينا. لِأنَّهُمْ لَوْ كانُوا يَنتَمونَ إلَينا لَبَقَوا مَعَنا، لَكِنَّهُمْ تَرَكُونا، فَكُشِفَ أنَّهُمْ جَمِيعاً لا يَنتَمونَ إلَينا.

They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.

20 أ مّا أنتُمْ فَلَكُمْ مِسحَةٌ مِنَ القُدُّوسِ، وَلِجَمِيعِكُمْ قَدْ وُهِبَتِ المَعرِفَةُ.

You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.

21 ف َأنا لا أكتُبُ إلَيكُمْ لِأنَّكُمْ لا تَعرِفُونَ الحَقَّ، بَلْ لِأنَّكُمْ تَعرِفُونَهُ، وَلِأنَّهُ لا يَخرُجُ مِنَ الحَقِّ كَذِبٌ.

I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

22 ف َمَنِ الكَذّابُ إلّا مَنْ يَقُولُ إنَّ يَسُوعَ لَيسَ هُوَ المَسِيحُ؟ مِثلُ هَذا هُوَ ضِدُّ المَسِيحِ، فَهُوَ يُنكِرُ الآبَ وَالِابنَ مَعاً.

Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

23 ك ُلُّ مَنْ يُنكِرُ الِابنَ، لا يَكُونُ لَهُ الآبُ أيضاً، أمّا مَنْ يَعتَرِفُ بِالِابنِ، فَإنَّ لَهُ الآبَ أيضاً.

Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.

24 أ مّا أنتُمْ، فَما سَمِعْتُمُوهُ مُنذُ البِدايَةِ يَنبَغِي أنْ يَثبُتَ فِيكُمْ. فَإنْ ثَبَتَ فِيكُمْ ما سَمِعْتُمُوهُ مِنَ البِدايَةِ، تَثبُتُونَ فِي الِابنِ وَفِي الآبِ.

Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.

25 و َهَذا ما وَعَدَنا اللهُ بِهِ: الحَياةَ الأبَدِيَّةَ.

This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

26 إ نِّي أكتُبُ لَكُمْ هَذِهِ الأشياءَ عَنِ الَّذِينَ يُحاوِلُونَ أنْ يَخدَعُوكُمْ.

These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.

27 أ مّا أنتُمْ، فَالمِسحَةُ الَّتِي قَبِلتُمُوها مِنَ القُدُّوسِ ثابِتَةٌ فِيكُمْ، فَلا تَحتاجُونَ أنْ يُعَلِّمَكُمْ أحَدٌ شَيئاً جَدِيداً. فَالمِسحَةُ الَّتِي أعطاها لَكُمْ، تُعَلِّمُكُمْ عَنْ كُلِّ شَيءٍ. وَهِيَ حَقٌّ لا زيفٌ! لِذَلِكَ يَنبَغِي أنْ تَثبُتُوا فِي المَسيحِ كَما تَعَلَّمتُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ المِسحَةِ.

As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

28 ف َالآنَ أيُّها الأبناءُ الأحِبّاءُ، اثبُتُوا فِي المَسِيحِ، حَتَّى إذا أُظْهِرَ فِي مَجيئِهِ الثّاني، تَكُونُ لَنا كُلُّ الثِّقَةِ، وَلا نَخْجَلُ مِنْهُ عِندَما يَعُودُ.

Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

29 إ نْ كُنتُمْ تَعلَمُونَ أنَّ المَسِيحَ بارٌّ، فَأنتُمْ تَعلَمونَ أيضاً أنَّ كُلَّ الَّذِينَ يَعمَلُونَ البِرَّ هُمْ أولادُ اللهِ.

If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.