Iohannis I 1
1 Quod fuit ab initio, quod audivimus, quod vidimus oculis nostris, quod perspeximus, et manus nostrae contrectaverunt de verbo vitae:
We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life.
2 et vita manifestata est, et vidimus, et testamur, et annunciamus vobis vitam aeternam, quae erat apud Patrem, et apparuit nobis: (aiōnios g166)
This life was revealed; we have seen it, and we testify and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and that was revealed 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.
What we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us, and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
4 Et haec scribimus vobis ut gaudeatis, et gaudium vestrum sit plenum.
We are writing these things to you so that our joy may be full.
5 Et haec est annunciatio, quam audivimus ab eo, et annunciamus vobis: Quoniam Deus lux est, et tenebrae in eo non sunt ullae.
This is the message that we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness 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 walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth.
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 Christ 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 that we do not have sin, we deceive 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 faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 Si dixerimus quoniam non peccavimus: mendacem facimus eum, et verbum eius non est in nobis.
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
