1 yohana.h 5

1 yii"surabhi. siktastraateti ya. h ka"scid vi"svaasiti sa ii"svaraat jaata. h; apara. m ya. h ka"scit janayitari priiyate sa tasmaat jaate jane. api priiyate|

All those who believe that Jesus is the (Messiah/person God sent [to rescue us]) are ones who [have truly] become children of God. And everyone who loves [a man who is] someone’s father will [be expected to] love that man’s children as well. [Similarly, those who love God, who has caused them to become his children] [MET], [should love their fellow believers, whom God has also caused to become his children].

2 vayam ii"svarasya santaane. su priiyaamahe tad anena jaaniimo yad ii"svare priiyaamahe tasyaaj naa. h paalayaama"sca|

The way we can be sure that we [truly] love God’s children is this: We are loving them when we love God and do what he commands [us to do].

3 yata ii"svare yat prema tat tadiiyaaj naapaalanenaasmaabhi. h prakaa"sayitavya. m, tasyaaj naa"sca ka. thoraa na bhavanti|

[I say this] because our obeying what God commands [us to do] is [the same as] loving him. And it is not burdensome/difficult for [us to do] what God commands [us to do].

4 yato ya. h ka"scid ii"svaraat jaata. h sa sa. msaara. m jayati ki ncaasmaaka. m yo vi"svaasa. h sa evaasmaaka. m sa. msaarajayijaya. h|

All of us whom God has caused to become his children have been able to successfully resist (doing what/conducting our lives like) the people [MTY] [who] oppose God do. It is [only] by our trusting [in Christ] that we are able to (resist doing what/conducting our lives like) people in the world who are opposed to God [MTY] do.

5 yii"surii"svarasya putra iti yo vi"svasiti ta. m vinaa ko. apara. h sa. msaara. m jayati?

([I will tell you] who are the ones who are able to resist doing what the people who are opposed to God do./Do you know who are the ones who are able to resist conducting their lives like the people who are opposed to God [MTY] do? [RHQ]) It is those who believe that Jesus is (God’s Son/the man who is also God).

6 so. abhi. siktastraataa yii"sustoyarudhiraabhyaam aagata. h kevala. m toyena nahi kintu toyarudhiraabhyaam, aatmaa ca saak. sii bhavati yata aatmaa satyataasvaruupa. h|

[Think about] Jesus Christ. He is the one who came [to earth from God]. [God showed that he had truly sent Jesus when Jesus was baptized] in water [MTY] and [when Jesus’] blood [flowed from his body when he died]. [God showed this] not only [when Jesus was baptized] [MTY], but also when Jesus’ blood flowed [from his body when he died]. And [God’s] Spirit declares [truthfully that Jesus Christ came from God]. The Spirit always [speaks what] is true.

7 yato heto. h svarge pitaa vaada. h pavitra aatmaa ca traya ime saak. si. na. h santi, traya ime caiko bhavanti|

There are three [ways] by which we know [that Christ came from God].

8 tathaa p. rthivyaam aatmaa toya. m rudhira nca trii. nyetaani saak. sya. m dadaati te. saa. m trayaa. naam ekatva. m bhavati ca|

[Those three ways are: What God’s] Spirit [tells us, what God said when Jesus was baptized] [MTY] [in/with] water, and [Jesus’] blood [that flowed from his body when he died on the cross]. These three things all tell us the same thing, [that Jesus came from God].

9 maanavaanaa. m saak. sya. m yadyasmaabhi rg. rhyate tarhii"svarasya saak. sya. m tasmaadapi "sre. s.tha. m yata. h svaputramadhii"svare. na datta. m saak. syamida. m|

We [usually] believe what [other] people say. But what God says is more [reliable/trustworthy than what people say]. So [we must believe] what God has said is true [about] (his Son/the one who is also God).

10 ii"svarasya putre yo vi"svaasiti sa nijaantare tat saak. sya. m dhaarayati; ii"svare yo na vi"svasiti sa tam an. rtavaadina. m karoti yata ii"svara. h svaputramadhi yat saak. sya. m dattavaan tasmin sa na vi"svasiti|

Those who trust in the Son of God know within their (inner beings/hearts) that [what God] says [about his Son is true. But] those who refuse to believe that [what] God says is true are saying that God is a liar, because they refuse to believe what God has said about (his Son/the one who is also God).

11 tacca saak. syamida. m yad ii"svaro. asmabhyam anantajiivana. m dattavaan tacca jiivana. m tasya putre vidyate| (aiōnios g166)

This is what [God] says [to us]: “I have given you eternal life!” We will live forever if we have a close relationship with his Son. (aiōnios g166)

12 ya. h putra. m dhaarayati sa jiivana. m dhaariyati, ii"svarasya putra. m yo na dhaarayati sa jiivana. m na dhaarayati|

Those who have [a close relationship with God’s] Son (OR, who have accepted what God’s Son [has done for them]) have [already] begun to live [forever]. [But] those who do not have a relationship with (God’s Son/the one who is also God) (OR, who have not accepted what God’s Son has done for them) have not begun [to] live [forever].

13 ii"svaraputrasya naamni yu. smaan pratyetaani mayaa likhitaani tasyaabhipraayo. aya. m yad yuuyam anantajiivanapraaptaa iti jaaniiyaata tasye"svaraputrasya naamni vi"svaseta ca| (aiōnios g166)

I have written this [letter] to you who believe that Jesus is [MTY] (God’s Son/the one who is also God) in order that you may know that you have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

14 tasyaantike. asmaaka. m yaa pratibhaa bhavati tasyaa. h kaara. namida. m yad vaya. m yadi tasyaabhimata. m kimapi ta. m yaacaamahe tarhi so. asmaaka. m vaakya. m "s. r.noti|

Because we have a close relationship with him, we are very confident that he hears us when we ask him [to do anything] that is in accordance with (his will/what he desires).

15 sa caasmaaka. m yat ki ncana yaacana. m "s. r.notiiti yadi jaaniimastarhi tasmaad yaacitaa varaa asmaabhi. h praapyante tadapi jaaniima. h|

[And] since we know that he hears whenever we ask [him for something], we [also] know that [it is as though] he has [already] done what we requested him [to do].

16 ka"scid yadi svabhraataram am. rtyujanaka. m paapa. m kurvvanta. m pa"syati tarhi sa praarthanaa. m karotu tene"svarastasmai jiivana. m daasyati, arthato m. rtyujanaka. m paapa. m yena naakaaritasmai| kintu m. rtyujanakam eka. m paapam aaste tadadhi tena praarthanaa kriyataamityaha. m na vadaami|

Those who see one of their fellow believers sinning in a way that does not result in being eternally separated from God should ask [God to help that fellow believer]; and [as a result God] will help that fellow believer and enable him or her to live [eternally. But some people] sin [in a manner that causes them] to be separated from God eternally. I am not saying that [you should] ask [God to help] people who sin like that.

17 sarvva evaadharmma. h paapa. m kintu sarvvapaa. mpa m. rtyujanaka. m nahi|

Everyone who does what is wrong is sinning, but there are some sins that do not cause a person to be separated from God.

18 ya ii"svaraat jaata. h sa paapaacaara. m na karoti kintvii"svaraat jaato jana. h sva. m rak. sati tasmaat sa paapaatmaa ta. m na sp. r"satiiti vaya. m jaaniima. h|

We know that if a person has new life from God [MET], that person does not continue sinning. Instead, the (Son of/one who is also) God protects him so that [Satan], the evil one, does not harm him [spiritually].

19 vayam ii"svaraat jaataa. h kintu k. rtsna. h sa. msaara. h paapaatmano va"sa. m gato. astiiti jaaniima. h|

We know that we belong to God, and [we know] that the evil one controls all [the evil people in] [MTY] the world.

20 aparam ii"svarasya putra aagatavaan vaya nca yayaa tasya satyamayasya j naana. m praapnuyaamastaad. r"sii. m dhiyam asmabhya. m dattavaan iti jaaniimastasmin satyamaye. arthatastasya putre yii"sukhrii. s.te ti. s.thaama"sca; sa eva satyamaya ii"svaro. anantajiivanasvaruupa"scaasti| (aiōnios g166)

We also know that (God’s Son/the one who is also God) has come [to us], and [we know] that he has enabled us to know God, the one who is really/truly God. So now we have a close relationship with [God because] we belong to Jesus Christ, the one who is the (Son of/man who is also) God. Jesus Christ is truly God, and [he is the one who enables us to have] eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

21 he priyabaalakaa. h, yuuya. m devamuurttibhya. h svaan rak. sata| aamen|

[I say to] you who are very dear to me, guard/keep yourselves from [worshipping] gods [that have no real power]!