Iohannis I 1
1 Quod fuit ab initio, quod audivimus, quod vidimus oculis nostris, quod perspeximus, et manus nostræ contrectaverunt de Verbo Vitæ:
We write to you about the Word of life, which has been in existence from the beginning. We write of what we have heard, of what we have seen with our eyes, of what we watched reverently and touched with our hands.
2 et Vita manifestata est, et vidimus, et testamur, et annunciamus vobis Vitam æternam, quæ erat apud Patrem, et apparuit nobis: (aiōnios g166)
That life was made visible, and we have seen it. We bear our testimony to it, and tell you of that eternal life which was with the Father and was made visible to us. (aiōnios g166)
3 Quod vidimus et audivimus, annunciamus vobis, ut et vos societatem habeatis nobiscum, et societas nostra sit cum Patre, et cum Filio eius Iesu Christo.
It is of what we have seen and heard that we now tell you, so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
4 Et hæc scribimus vobis ut gaudeatis, et gaudium vestrum sit plenum.
We are writing all this to you that our joy may be complete.
5 Et hæc est annunciatio, quam audivimus ab eo, et annunciamus vobis: Quoniam Deus lux est, et tenebræ in eo non sunt ullæ.
This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.
6 Si dixerimus quoniam societatem habemus cum eo, et in tenebris ambulamus, mentimur, et veritatem non facimus.
If we say that we have fellowship with him and yet continue to walk in the darkness, our words and our lives are a lie.
7 Si autem in luce ambulamus sicut et ipse est in luce, societatem habemus ad invicem, et sanguis Iesu Christi, Filii eius, emundat nos ab omni peccato.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
8 Si dixerimus quoniam peccatum non habemus, ipsi nos seducimus, et veritas in nobis non est.
If we say, ‘we have no sin,’ then we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 Si confiteamur peccata nostra: fidelis est, et iustus, ut remittat nobis peccata nostra, et emundet nos ab omni iniquitate.
If we confess our sins, he is just and may be trusted to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all wrongdoing.
10 Si dixerimus quoniam non peccavimus: mendacem facimus eum, et verbum eius non est in nobis.
If we say that we haven’t sinned, we make God a liar, and his Word is not in us.
