1 ك ُلُّ مَنْ يُؤمِنُ أنَّ يَسُوعَ هُوَ المَسِيحُ، قَدْ أصبَحَ ابناً للهِ. وَكُلُّ مَنْ يُحِبُّ الآبَ يُحِبُّ ابنَهُ أيضاً.

Every one who is believing that Jesus is the Christ, of God he hath been begotten, and every one who is loving Him who did beget, doth love also him who is begotten of Him:

2 و َنَحنُ نَعلَمُ أنَّنا نُحِبُّ إخْوَتَنا: إنْ كُنّا نُحِبُّ اللهَ وَنُطيعُ وَصاياهُ.

in this we know that we love the children of God, when we may love God, and His commands may keep;

3 ف َنَحنُ نُظهِرُ مَحَبَّتَنا للهِ بِطاعَتِنا لِوَصاياهُ. وَوَصاياهُ لَيسَتْ صَعبَةً،

for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

4 ل ِأنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يُصبِحُ ابناً للهِ، يَنتَصِرُ عَلَى العالَمِ. فَإيمانُنا هُوَ الَّذي يَضْمَنُ لَنا الانتِصارُ عَلَى العالَمِ!

because every one who is begotten of God doth overcome the world, and this is the victory that did overcome the world -- our faith;

5 ف َلَيسَ أحَدٌ يَنتَصِرُ عَلَى العالَمِ إلّا الَّذِي يُؤمِنُ بِأنَّ يَسُوعَ هُوَ ابنُ اللهِ. شَهادَةُ اللهُ عَنِ ابنِه

who is he who is overcoming the world, if not he who is believing that Jesus is the Son of God?

6 إ نَّ يَسُوعَ المَسِيحَ هُوَ الَّذِي أتَى إلَينا بِالماءِ وَبِالدَّمِ. لَمْ يَأْتِ بِالماءِ فَقَطْ، بَلْ بِالماءِ وَبِالدَّمِ. وَالرُّوحُ يَشهَدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، لِأنَّ الرُّوحَ هُوَ الحَقُّ.

This one is he who did come through water and blood -- Jesus the Christ, not in the water only, but in the water and the blood; and the Spirit it is that is testifying, because the Spirit is the truth,

7 ه ُناكَ ثَلاثَةٌ يَشهَدُونَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ:

because three are who are testifying [in the heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these -- the three -- are one;

8 ا لرُّوحُ، وَالماءُ، وَالدَّمُ، وَتَتَّفِقُ شَهاداتُ الثَّلاثَةِ.

and three are who are testifying in the earth], the Spirit, and the water, and the blood, and the three are into the one.

9 و َإنْ كُنّا نَقبَلُ شَهادَةَ النّاسِ، فَشَهادَةُ اللهِ أعْظَمُ، لِأنَّها شَهادَةُ اللهِ عَنِ ابنِهِ.

If the testimony of men we receive, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that He hath testified concerning His Son.

10 و َمَنْ يُؤمِنُ بابنِ اللهِ، لَهُ هَذِهِ الشَّهادَةُ فِي نَفسِهِ. وَمَنْ لا يُؤمِنُ بِما قالَهُ اللهُ، فَقَدِ اتَّهَمَّ اللهَ بِأنَّهُ كاذِبٌ، لِأنَّهُ لَمْ يُصَدِّقْ شَهادَتَهُ عَنِ ابنِهِ.

He who is believing in the Son of God, hath the testimony in himself; he who is not believing God, a liar hath made Him, because he hath not believed in the testimony that God hath testified concerning His Son;

11 و َشَهادَةُ اللهِ هِيَ أنَّهُ قَدْ أعطانا الحَياةَ الأبَدِيَّةَ، وَهَذِهِ الحَياةُ هِيَ فِي ابنِهِ.

and this is the testimony, that life age-during did God give to us, and this -- the life -- is in His Son;

12 ف َمَنْ لَهُ الإبنُ لَهُ الحَياةُ، وَمَنْ لَيسَ لَهُ ابنُ اللهِ، لَيسَتْ لَهُ حَياةٌ. الحَياةُ الأبَدِيَّةُ لَنا الآن

he who is having the Son, hath the life; he who is not having the Son of God -- the life he hath not.

13 أ كتُبُ إلَيكُمْ، يا مَنْ تُؤمِنُونَ بِاسْمِ ابنِ اللهِ، كَيْ تَتَيَقَّنوا أنَّ لَكُمُ الحَياةَ الأبَدِيَّةَ.

These things I did write to you who are believing in the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that life ye have age-during, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.

14 و َنَحنُ نَثِقُ بِاللهِ، فَإنْ طَلَبنا شَيئاً بِحَسَبِ مَشِيئَتِهِ، يَسمَعُ لَنا.

And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,

15 و َإنْ عَلِمنا أنَّهُ يَسمَعُ لَنا مَهما طَلَبْنا مِنْهُ، فَإنَّنا نَعلَمُ أنَّهُ سَيُعطِينا ما طَلَبنا.

and if we have known that He doth hear us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.

16 إ نْ رَأى أحَدُكُمْ أخاهُ يَرتَكِبُ خَطِيَّةً لا تُؤَدِّي إلَى المَوتِ، فَلْيُصَلِّ مِنْ أجلِهِ، فَيَستَجِيبَ اللهُ وَيَمنَحَ الحَياةَ لِأخِيْهِ الَّذِي ارتَكَبَ خَطِيَّةً لا تُؤَدِّي إلَى المَوتِ. فَهُناكَ خَطِيَّةً تُؤَدِّي إلَى المَوتِ. وَلَيسَ لأجلِ هَذِهِ أطلبُ إلَيكُمْ أنْ تُصَلُّوا!

If any one may see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and He shall give to him life to those sinning not unto death; there is sin to death, not concerning it do I speak that he may beseech;

17 ك ُلُّ ما حادَ عَنِ الصَّوابِ هُوَ خَطِيَّةٌ، لَكِنْ هُناكَ خَطايا لا تُؤَدِّي إلَى المَوتِ.

all unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not unto death.

18 و َنَحنُ نَعلَمُ أنَّ مَنْ صارَ ابناً للهِ لا يَستَمِرُّ فِي الخَطِيَّةِ، لأنَّ ابنَ اللهِ يَحمِيهِ، وَلَنْ يَستَطِيعَ الشِّرِّيْرُ أنْ يُؤذِيَهُ.

We have known that every one who hath been begotten of God doth not sin, but he who was begotten of God doth keep himself, and the evil one doth not touch him;

19 ن َحنُ نَعلَمُ أنَّنا نَتبَعُ اللهَ، بَينَما العالَمُ بِأسرِهِ تَحتَ سَيطَرَةِ الشِّرِّيْرِ.

we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;

20 ل َكِنَّنا نَعلَمُ أنَّ ابنَ اللهِ قَدْ أتَى، وَأعطانا فَهماً لِنَعرِفَ الحَقَّ. وَنَحنُ نَحيا فِي ذَلِكَ الحَقِّ فِي ابنِ اللهِ يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ. هَذا هُوَ اللهُ الحَقُّ، وَهوَ الحَياةُ الأبَدِيَّةُ.

and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!

21 ف ابتَعِدُوا، يا أولادِي، عَنِ الآلِهَةِ المُزَيَّفَةِ.

Little children, guard yourselves from the idols! Amen.