1My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 3And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 6He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
7Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. 8Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. 9He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. 10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 11But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. 12I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake. 13I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. 14I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. 15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
18Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 20But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 21I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 22Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. 24Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. 25And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. 26These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. 27But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. 28And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. 29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
1’Ya’yana ƙaunatattu, ina rubuta muku wannan ne don kada ku yi zunubi. Amma in wani ya yi zunubi, muna da wani wanda yake magana da Uba don taimakonmu, wato, Yesu Kiristi, Mai Adalci. 2Shi ne hadayar kafara saboda zunubanmu, kuma ba don namu kaɗai ba amma har ma da zunuban duniya duka.
3Ta haka za mu tabbata cewa mun san shi in muna yin biyayya da umarnansa. 4Mutumin da ya ce, “Na san shi,” amma ba ya yin abin da ya umarta, maƙaryaci ne, gaskiya kuwa ba ta cikinsa. 5Amma in wani ya yi biyayya da maganarsa, ƙaunar Allah ta zama cikakkiya ke nan a cikinsa. Ta haka muka san cewa muna cikinsa. 6Duk wanda ya ce yana rayuwa a cikinsa dole yă yi tafiya kamar yadda Yesu ya yi.
7Abokaina ƙaunatattu, ba sabon umarni nake rubuta muku ba, a’a, daɗaɗɗen umarnin nan ne, wanda kuke da shi tun farko. Wannan tsohon umarni shi ne saƙon da kuka riga kuka ji. 8Duk da haka ina rubuta muku sabon umarni; ana ganin gaskiyar umarnin a cikinsa da kuma cikinku, gama duhu yana shuɗewa, haske na gaskiya kuwa yana haskakawa.
9Duk wanda ya ce yana cikin haske yana kuma ƙin ɗan’uwansa, ashe a duhu yake har yanzu. 10Duk wanda yake ƙaunar ɗan’uwansa, a cikin hasken yake rayuwa ke nan, kuma babu wani abin da yake cikinsa da zai sa yă yi tuntuɓe. 11Amma duk wanda yake ƙin ɗan’uwansa, cikin duhu yake, yana kuma tafiya cikin duhu ke nan; bai ma san inda za shi ba, domin duhun ya makanta shi.
12Ina rubuta muku, ’ya’yana ƙaunatattu,
domin an gafarta muku zunubanku saboda sunansa.
13Ina rubuta muku, ubanni,
domin kun san shi wanda yake tun farko.
Ina rubuta muku, samari,
domin kun ci nasara a kan mugun nan.
14Ina rubuta muku, ’ya’yana ƙaunatattu,
domin kun san Uba.
Ina rubuta muku, ubanni,
domin kun san shi wanda yake tun farko.
Ina rubuta muku, samari,
domin kuna da ƙarfi,
maganar Allah kuwa tana zaune a cikinku,
kun kuma ci nasara a kan mugun nan.
Kada ku ƙaunaci duniya
15Kada ku ƙaunaci duniya, ko wani abin da yake cikinta. In wani yana ƙaunar duniya, ƙaunar Uba ba ta cikinsa. 16Gama duk abin da yake na duniya, kamar sha’awace-sha’awacen mutuntaka, sha’awar idanunsa, da kuma taƙama da abin da yake da shi, yake kuma yi, ba daga wurin Uba suke fitowa ba sai dai daga duniya. 17Duniya da sha’awace-sha’awacenta suna shuɗewa, amma mutumin da yake aikata nufin Allah, zai rayu har abada.
Gargaɗi a kan magabcin Kiristi
18’Ya’yana ƙaunatattu, waɗannan su ne kwanakin ƙarshe; kuma kamar yadda kuka ji cewa magabcin Kiristi yana zuwa, ko yanzu ma abokan gāban Kiristi da yawa sun zo. Ta haka muka san cewa kwanakin ƙarshe sun iso. 19Waɗannan masu gāba da Kiristi suna cikinmu a dā, amma sun bar mu, don tun dā ma su ba namu ba ne. Ai, da su namu ne, da har yanzu suna tare da mu. Amma sun bar mu, wannan ya nuna a fili cewa su ba namu ba ne.
20Amma ku kam, kuna da shafewa daga wurin Mai Tsarkin nan, kuma dukanku kun san gaskiya. 21Ina rubuta muku ba domin ba ku san gaskiya ba ne, a’a, sai dai domin kun santa, kun kuma san cewa babu yadda ƙarya za tă fito daga gaskiya. 22Wane ne maƙaryaci? Ai, shi ne mutumin da yake mūsun cewa Yesu shi ne Kiristi. Irin wannan mutum shi ne magabcin Kiristi, ya yi mūsun Uban da kuma Ɗan. 23Ba wanda yake mūsun Ɗan, sa’an nan yă ce yana da Uban; duk wanda ya yarda da Ɗan, yana da Uban a cikinsa ke nan.
24Ku lura fa cewa abin da kuka ji daga farko, bari yă ci gaba da kasance a cikinku. In kuwa ya ci gaba da zama a cikinku, za ku kasance a cikin Ɗan, da kuma a cikin Uban. 25Wannan shi ne abin da ya yi mana alkawari, wato, rai madawwami.
26Ina rubuta muku waɗannan abubuwa ne game da waɗanda suke ƙoƙari su sa ku kauce. 27Game da ku kuwa, shafan nan da kuka karɓa daga gare shi tana nan a cikinku, ba kwa kuma bukata wani yă koyar da ku. Amma kamar yadda shafan nan tasa tana koya muku kome, ita kuwa gaskiya ce ba ƙarya ba, yadda dai ta koya muku, to, sai ku zauna a cikinsa.
’Ya’yan Allah
28Yanzu fa, ya ku ’ya’yana ƙaunatattu, sai ku ci gaba a cikinsa, domin sa’ad da ya bayyana, mu iya tsaya gabagadi babu kunya a dawowarsa.
29In kun san cewa shi mai adalci ne, to, kun dai san cewa duk mai aikata abin da yake daidai haifaffensa ne.
