¹ Abarikukunda mutikiriza buri mwoyo gwona kureka mubanze mwetegereze emyoyo ku arabe eri eya Ruhanga abwokuba banabi bingi abebissuba bizire omunsi. ² A niwo tumanyira omwoyo wa Ruhanga: buri moyo gwona ogugamba ku Yesu Kristo yayizire omumubiri guba niguruga ari Ruhanga; ³ kandi omwonyo gwona ogutangamba Yesu gutyo guba gutari gwa Ruhanga ogwo n'omwoyo gwa anti-kristo ogu mwawurire ngu nigwiza, kandi naati gwayikire omunsi ⁴ lmwe abaana bato, muri aba Ruhanga, kandi muba abasingwire abokuba ari omuri mwebu, nimukuru okucira aryomunsi ⁵ .Bo abensi nabwekyo nibagamba ebyensi kandi nensi nebawuura ⁶ Itwe turi aba Ruhanga, omuntu wena amanya Ruhanga atuwura; kandi atari wa Ruhanga tatuhura, awo niwo tumayira omwoyo ogwamazima n'omwoyo ogukwabya ⁷ Abarikukundwa, tukundane, akuba okukunda kuruga ari Ruhanga, kandi omuntu wena agira rukundo aba azerwe Ruhanga, kandi amanya Ruhanga. ⁸ Atagira rukundo tAmanya Ruhanga, abokuba Ruhanga abarukundo. ⁹ omuri eki nimwo okunda kwa Ruhanga kwayorekerwe aritwebu, abuyatuma omwanawewe omwe nyamunegere ngu tube abawurire abwewe ¹⁰ omuri eki nimwe okukunda kuri, titwe twakunzire Ruhanga, kureka niwe yatukunzire akatuma omwana wewe kuba ekiswekeso abwebibi byetu. ¹¹ Abakundwa Ruhanga karaabe yakunzire atyo netwe tusemeriire kukundana ¹² Tarowo muntu orarebire Ruhanga; kutukundana, Ruhanga aguma omuritwebu nokukunda kwewe kwikiriza omuritwe. ¹³ Awo niwo tumanyira ngu tugume omuriwe, nawe omuritwe abwokuba akatuwa Omwoyo wewe. ¹⁴ ltwe tukareba kandi twahamya ku lsebona yatumire omwana wewe kuba omujuni wensi ¹⁵ omuntu weena akuhamya ku Yesu ari mwana wa Ruhanga, Ruhanga naguma omuruwe kandi nawe naguma omuri Ruhanga. ¹⁶ ltwe nitumanya, kandi nitwikiriza okukunda oku Ruhanga atukunda. Ruhanga nirukundo kandi aguma omuri rukundo niwe aguma omuri Ruhanga na Ruhanga akaguma omuriwe. ¹⁷ Omuri eki nimwo okukunda kwikirizibwa omuriitwe, ngu tugire obumanzi tutatina akiro comusango obokuba oku ari nikwo netwe turi omunsi egi. ¹⁸ Omukukunda tabamu bwoba, okunda okwikire kubingira ayeru obwoba; abokuba oboba bugenda ekifubiro kandi aine obwoba abatane okukunda okuyikire. ¹⁹ ltwe nitukunda, abwokuba iwe okabanza kutukunda ²⁰ omuntu wena ku agira ati; ninkunda Ruhanga aza nayanga mugenzi wewe, owu arabwene, nomubeyi; abokuba otakunda mugenzi wewe, ou arabwene, tabasa kukunda Ruhanga ou batakareebaga. ²¹ kandi twine ekiragiro ekyarugire ariwe ngu, akunda Ruhanga akunda na mugenzi wewe