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١ 1 تَأَمَّلُوا مَا أَعْظَمَ الْمَحَبَّةَ الَّتِي أَحَبَّنَا بِها الآبُ حَتَّى صِرْنَا نُدْعَى «أَوْلادَ اللهِ»، وَنَحْنُ أَوْلادُهُ حَقّاً. وَلَكِنْ، بِمَا أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْعَالَمِ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ اللهَ، فَهُمْ لَا يَعْرِفُونَنَا.

Look at the amazing kind of love the Father has for us! This is why we can be called God's children—for that's who we are! The reason why the people of this world don't recognize us as God's children is because they don't recognize him.

٢ 2 أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، نَحْنُ الآنَ أَوْلادُ اللهِ. وَلا نَعْلَمُ حَتَّى الآنَ مَاذَا سَنَكُونُ، لَكِنَّنَا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ مَتَى أُظْهِرَ الْمَسِيحُ، سَنَكُونُ مِثْلَهُ، لأَنَّنَا سَنَرَاهُ عِنْدَئِذٍ كَمَا هُوَ!

My friends, we are already God's children; however what we shall become hasn't been revealed just yet. But we do know that when he appears, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is.

٣ 3 وَكُلُّ مَنْ عِنْدَهُ هَذَا الرَّجَاءُ بِالْمَسِيحِ، يُطَهِّرُ نَفْسَهُ كَمَا أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ طَاهِرٌ.

All those who have this hope in them make sure they are pure, just as he is pure.

٤ 4 أَمَّا الَّذِي يُمَارِسُ الْخَطِيئَةَ، فَهُوَ يُخَالِفُ نَامُوسَ اللهِ: لأَنَّ الْخَطِيئَةَ هِيَ مُخَالَفَةُ النَّامُوسِ.

All those who sin are lawless, because sin is lawlessness.

٥ 5 وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ جَاءَ إِلَى هذِهِ الأَرْضِ لِكَيْ يَحْمِلَ الْخَطَايَا، مَعْ كَوْنِهِ بِلا خَطِيئِةٍ.

But of course you know that Jesus came to take away sins, and that there is no sin in him.

٦ 6 فَكُلُّ مَنْ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ، لَا يُمَارِسُ الْخَطِيئَةَ. أَمَّا الَّذِينَ يُمَارِسُونَ الْخَطِيئَةَ، فَهُمْ لَمْ يَرَوْهُ وَلَمْ يَتَعَرَّفُوا بِهِ قَطُّ.

All those who live in him don't go on sinning; all those who keep on sinning haven't seen him and haven't known him.

٧ 7 أَيُّهَا الأَوْلادُ الصِّغَارُ، لَا تَدَعُوا أَحَداً يُضَلِّلُكُمْ. تَأَكَّدُوا أَنَّ مَنْ يُمَارِسُ الصَّلاحَ، يُظْهِرُ أَنَّهُ بَارٌّ كَمَا أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ بَارٌّ.

Dear friends, don't let anyone fool you: those who do what is right are right, in the same way as Jesus is right.

٨ 8 وَلكِنَّ مَنْ يُمَارِسُ الْخَطِيئَةَ، يُظْهِرُ أَنَّهُ مِنْ أَوْلادِ إِبْلِيسَ، لأَنَّ إِبْلِيسَ يُمَارِسُ الْخَطِيئَةَ مُنْذُ الْبَدَايَةِ. وَقَدْ جَاءَ ابْنُ اللهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ لِكَيْ يُبْطِلَ أَعْمَالَ إِبْلِيسَ.

Those who sin are of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. That's the reason why the Son of God came—to destroy what the devil has done.

٩ 9 فَكُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ مِنَ اللهِ، لَا يُمَارِسُ الْخَطِيئَةَ، لأَنَّ طَبِيعَةَ اللهِ صَارَتْ ثَابِتَةً فِيهِ. بَلْ إِنَّهُ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُمَارِسَ الْخَطِيئَةَ، لأَنَّهُ مَوْلُودٌ مِنَ اللهِ.

All those who are born of God don't keep on sinning, for God's nature lives in them. They can't keep on sinning because they are born of God.

١٠ 10 إِذَنْ، هَذَا هُوَ الْمِقِيَاسُ الَّذِي نُمَيِّزُ بِهِ بَيْنَ أَوْلادِ اللهِ وَأَوْلادِ إِبْلِيسَ. مَنْ لَا يُمَارِسُ الصَّلاحَ، فَهُوَ لَيْسَ مِنَ اللهِ. وَكَذَلِكَ مَنْ لَا يُحِبُّ أَخَاهُ!

This is how God's children and the devil's children can be distinguished: all those who don't do what's right don't belong to God, nor do those who don't love their fellow Christians.

١١ 11 فَالْوَصِيَّةُ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُمُوهَا مُنْذُ الْبَدَايَةِ، هِيَ أَنْ يُحِبَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً،

The message you've heard from the beginning is simply this: we should love one another.

١٢ 12 لَا أَنْ نَكُونَ مِثْلَ قَايِينَ الَّذِي قَتَلَ أَخَاهُ. فَقَايِينُ كَانَ مِنْ أَوْلادِ إِبْلِيسَ الشِّرِّيرِ. وَلِمَاذَا قَتَلَ أَخَاهُ؟ قَتَلَهُ لأَنَّ أَعْمَالَهُ هُوَ كَانَتْ شِرِّيرَةً، أَمَّا أَعْمَالُ أَخِيهِ فَكَانَتْ صَالِحَةً.

We cannot be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one, and murdered his brother. Why did he murder him? Because Cain did what was evil, while his brother did what was right.

١٣ 13 إِذَنْ، يَا إِخْوَتِي، لَا تَتَعَجَّبُوا إِنْ كَانَ أَهْلُ الْعَالَمِ يُبْغِضُونَكُمْ!

So don't be surprised, my friends, if this world hates you!

١٤ 14 إِنَّ مَحَبَّتَنَا لإِخْوَتِنَا تُبَيِّنُ لَنَا أَنَّنَا انْتَقَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَوْتِ إِلَى الْحَيَاةِ. فَالَّذِي لَا يُحِبُّ إِخْوَتَهُ، فَهُوَ بَاقٍ فِي الْمَوْتِ.

The reason we know that we have changed from death to life is because we love our Christian brothers and sisters. Anyone who doesn't love remains dead.

١٥ 15 وَكُلُّ مَنْ يُبْغِضُ أَخاً لَهُ، فَهُوَ قَاتِلٌ. وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّ الْقَاتِلَ لَا تَكُونُ لَهُ حَيَاةٌ أَبَدِيَّةٌ ثَابِتَةٌ فِيهِ. (aiōnios g166)

All those who hate their Christian brothers and sisters are murderers, and you know that no murderers have eternal life within them! (aiōnios g166)

١٦ 16 وَمِقِيَاسُ الْمَحَبَّةِ هُوَ الْعَمَلُ الَّذِي قَامَ بِهِ الْمَسِيحُ إِذْ بَذَلَ حَيَاتَهُ لأَجْلِنَا. فَعَلَيْنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً أَنْ نَبْذُلَ حَيَاتَنَا لأَجْلِ إِخْوَتِنَا.

This is how we know what love is: Jesus laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our Christian brothers and sisters.

١٧ 17 وَأَمَّا الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ مَالاً يُمَكِّنُهُ مِنَ الْعَيْشِ فِي بُحْبُوحَةٍ، وَيُقَسِّي قَلْبَهُ عَلَى أَحَدِ الإِخْوَةِ الْمُحْتَاجِينَ، فَكَيْفَ تَكُونُ مَحَبَّةُ اللهِ مُتَأَصِّلَةً فِيهِ؟

If one of you is living well in this world and you see your Christian brother or sister in need, but you don't show compassion—how can God's love be living in you?

١٨ 18 أَيُّهَا الأَوْلادُ الصِّغَارُ، لَا يَجِبُ أَنْ تَكُونَ مَحَبَّتُنَا مُجَرَّدَ ادِّعَاءَ بِالْكَلامِ وَاللِّسَانِ، بَلْ تَكُونَ مَحَبَّةً عَمَلِيَّةً حَقَّةً.

Dear friends, let's not just say we love with words, but show our love in what we do and how we demonstrate the truth.

١٩ 19 عِنْدَئِذٍ نَتَأَكَّدُ أَنَّنَا نَتَصَرَّفُ بِحَسَبِ الْحَقِّ، وَتَطْمَئِنُّ نُفُوسُنَا فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ،

This is how we will know that we belong to the truth, and how we will set our minds at rest before God

٢٠ 20 وَلَوْ لامَتْنَا قُلُوبُنَا؛ فَإِنَّ اللهَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ قُلُوبِنَا، وَهُوَ الْعَلِيمُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ.

whenever we think we're in the wrong. God is greater than how we think, and he knows everything.

٢١ 21 أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، إِذَا كَانَتْ ضَمَائِرُنَا لَا تَلُومُنَا، فَلَنَا ثِقَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ مِنْ نَحْوِ اللهِ،

Dear friends, if we're reassured we're not in the wrong, we can have confidence before God.

٢٢ 22 وَمَهْمَا نَطْلُبْ مِنْهُ بِالصَّلاةِ، نَحْصُلْ عَلَيْهِ: لأَنَّنَا نُطِيعُ مَا يُوصِينَا بِهِ، وَنُمَارِسُ الأَعْمَالَ الَّتِي تُرْضِيهِ.

We'll receive from him whatever we ask him for, because we follow his commands and do what pleases him.

٢٣ 23 وَأَمَّا وَصِيَّتُهُ فَهِيَ أَنْ نُؤْمِنَ بِاسْمِ ابْنِهِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، وَأَنْ يُحِبَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً كَمَا أَوْصَانَا.

This is what he commands: we should trust in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us to do.

٢٤ 24 وَكُلُّ مَنْ يُطِيعُ وَصَايَا اللهِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَثْبُتُ فِي اللهِ، وَاللهُ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ. وَالَّذِي يُؤَكِّدُ لَنَا أَنَّ اللهَ يَثْبُتُ فِينَا، هُوَ الرُّوحُ الْقُدُسُ الَّذِي وَهَبَهُ لَنَا.

Those who keep his commands continue to live in him, and he lives in them. We know that he lives in us by the Spirit he has given us.