Iohannis I 3
1 Videte qualem charitatem dedit nobis Pater, ut filii Dei nominemur et simus. Propter hoc mundus non novit nos: quia non novit eum.
Se ye what maner charite the fadir yaf to vs, that we be named the sones of God, and ben hise sones. For this thing the world knewe not vs, for it knew not hym.
2 Charissimi, nunc filii Dei sumus: et nondum apparuit quid erimus. Scimus quoniam cum apparuerit, similes ei erimus: quoniam videbimus eum sicuti est.
Moost dere britheren, now we ben the sones of God, and yit it apperide not, what we schulen be. We witen, that whanne he schal appere, we schulen be lijk hym, for we schulen se hym as he is.
3 Et omnis, qui habet hanc spem in eo, sanctificat se, sicut et ille sanctus est.
And ech man that hath this hope in hym, makith hym silf hooli, as he is hooli.
4 Omnis, qui facit peccatum, et iniquitatem facit: et peccatum est iniquitas.
Ech man that doith synne, doith also wickidnesse, and synne is wickidnesse.
5 Et scitis quia ille apparuit ut peccata nostra tolleret: et peccatum in eo non est.
And ye witen, that he apperide to do awei synnes, and synne is not in hym.
6 Omnis, qui in eo manet, non peccat: et omnis, qui peccat, non vidit eum, nec cognovit eum.
Ech man that dwellith in hym, synneth not; and ech that synneth, seeth not hym, nether knew hym.
7 Filioli, nemo vos seducat. Qui facit iustitiam, iustus est: sicut et ille iustus est.
Litle sones, no man disseyue you; he that doith riytwysnesse, is iust, as also he is iust.
8 Qui facit peccatum, ex diabolo est: quoniam ab initio diabolus peccat. In hoc apparuit Filius Dei, ut dissolvat opera diaboli.
He that doith synne, is of the deuel; for the deuel synneth fro the bigynnyng. In this thing the sone of God apperide, that he vndo the werkis of the deuel.
9 Omnis, qui natus est ex Deo, peccatum non facit: quoniam semen ipsius in eo manet, et non potest peccare, quoniam ex Deo natus est.
Ech man that is borun of God, doith not synne; for the seed of God dwellith in hym, and he may not do synne, for he is borun of God.
10 In hoc manifesti sunt filii Dei, et filii diaboli. Omnis qui non est iustus, non est ex Deo, et qui non diligit fratrem suum:
In this thing the sones of God ben knowun, and the sones of the feend. Ech man that is not iust, is not of God, and he that loueth not his brothir.
11 quoniam hæc est annunciatio, quam audistis ab initio, ut diligatis alterutrum.
For this is the tellyng, that ye herden at the bigynnyng, that ye loue ech othere;
12 Non sicut Cain, qui ex maligno erat, et occidit fratrem suum. Et propter quid occidit eum? Quoniam opera eius maligna erant: fratris autem eius, iusta.
not as Caym, that was of the yuele, and slouy his brother. And for what thing slouy he him? for hise werkis weren yuele, and hise brotheris iust.
13 Nolite mirari fratres, si odit vos mundus.
Britheren, nyle ye wondre, if the world hatith you.
14 Nos scimus quoniam translati sumus de morte ad vitam, quoniam diligimus fratres. Qui non diligit, manet in morte:
We witen, that we ben translatid fro deeth to lijf, for we louen britheren. He that loueth not, dwellith in deth.
15 omnis, qui odit fratrem suum, homicida est. Et scitis quoniam omnis homicida non habet vitam æternam in semetipso manentem. (aiōnios g166)
Ech man that hatith his brother, is a man sleere; and ye witen, that ech mansleere hath not euerlastinge lijf dwellinge in hym. (aiōnios g166)
16 In hoc cognovimus charitatem Dei, quoniam ille animam suam pro nobis posuit: et nos debemus pro fratribus animas ponere.
In this thing we han knowe the charite of God, for he puttide his lijf for vs, and we owen to putte oure lyues for oure britheren.
17 Qui habuerit substantiam huius mundi, et viderit fratrem suum necessitatem habere, et clauserit viscera sua ab eo: quomodo charitas Dei manet in eo?
He that hath the catel of this world, and seeth that his brothir hath nede, and closith his entrailis fro hym, hou dwellith the charite of God in hym?
18 Filioli mei, non diligamus verbo, neque lingua, sed opere et veritate.
Mi litle sones, loue we not in word, nethir in tunge, but in werk and treuthe.
19 in hoc cognoscimus quoniam ex veritate sumus: et in conspectu eius suadebimus corda nostra.
In this thing we knowen, that we ben of treuthe, and in his siyt we monesten oure hertis.
20 Quoniam si reprehenderit nos cor nostrum: maior est Deus corde nostro, et novit omnia.
For if oure herte repreueth vs, God is more than oure hert, and knowith alle thingis.
21 Charissimi, si cor nostrum non reprehenderit nos, fiduciam habemus ad Deum:
Moost dere britheren, if oure herte repreueth not vs, we han trust to God;
22 et quidquid petierimus, accipiemus ab eo: quoniam mandata eius custodimus, et ea, quæ sunt placita coram eo, facimus.
and what euer we schulen axe, we schulen resseyue of hym, for we kepen hise comaundementis, and we don tho thingis that ben plesaunt bifor hym.
23 Et hoc est mandatum eius: Ut credamus in nomine Filii eius Iesu Christi: et diligamus alterutrum, sicut dedit mandatum nobis.
And this is the comaundement of God, that we bileue in the name of his sone Jhesu Crist, and that we loue ech othere, as he yaf heeste to vs.
24 Et qui servat mandata eius, in illo manet, et ipse in eo: et in hoc scimus quoniam manet in nobis de Spiritu, quem dedit nobis.
And he that kepith hise comaundementis, dwellith in hym, and he in hym. And in this thing we witen, that he dwellith in vs, bi the spirit, whom he yaf to vs.
