Ûib di Mîs
1 Mîs ûib dis, tsoatsoasa xu ge hâ is hîa da ge ǁnâu, sida di mûdi ǀkha mû, ǃgapaǀî tsî sida ǃomgu ǀkha tsâǀkhās xa da ge ra xoaba du. 2 Ûib ge ǂhaiǂhaiheo, da ge mû tsî ǃkhō-am tsî ǀamo ûib hîa ǁGûb ǀkha ge hâ ib tsî ge ǂanǂanheba sado gere aoǁnâba. 3 Mû tsî da ge ǁnâuna da ge ǁkhāti sado ra aoǁnâba, sadu tsîn sida ǀkha ǀhûhâsib ǃnâ nî hâse. Tsî sada di ǀhûhâsib ge ǁGûb tsî ǁîb Ôab Jesub Xristub ǀkha hâ. 4 Nēsa da ge ra xoa sada di ǃgâiaǂgaob nî dīǀoaǀoahese.
Elob ge a ǃnâ
5 Nēs ge ǂhôas ǁîba xu da ge ǁnâusa tsî da ge ǁîsa sado ra aoǁnâba. ǁÎs ge: Elob ge a ǃnâ tsî ǃkhaena-i xare-i ge ǁîb ǃnâ a ǀkhai. 6 Tsî sada ga ǁîb ǀkha da ǀhûhâsib ǃnâ hâ ti mî tsî ǃkhaenab ǃnâ ǃgû, o da ge ra ǂhumi tsî amaba ûiǂui tama hâ. 7 Xawe da ga ǃnâb ǃnâ ǃgû, ǁîb ǃnâb ǃnâ hâ khami, o da ge ǀhûpe ǀhûhâsib ǃnâ hâ tsîb ge ǁîb Ôab, Jesub Xristub di ǀaoba sada hoa ǁorena xu ra ǃanuǃanu.
8 Tsî sada ga ǁore-e da ūhâ tama ti mî, o da ge ǁî-aitsama ra gāsen tsîb ge amaba sada ǃnâ a ǀkhai. 9 Xawe sada ga ǁoren âda ǁguiǁnâo, Elob ge ǂgomǂgomsa tsî a ǂhanu-ai; ǁîb ge sada ǁorena ǀûba da tsî hoa ǂhanuoǃnâsiba xu nî ǃanuǃanu da. 10 Tsî da ga ǁore tama da hâ ti mî, o da ge ǁîba ra ǂhumi-aodī tsîs ge mîs âba sada ǃnâ a ǀkhai.
1 The Word that gives life
was from the beginning,
and this is the one
our message is about.

Our ears have heard,
our eyes have seen,
and our hands have touched
this Word.

2 The one who gives life appeared! We saw it happen, and we are witnesses to what we have seen. Now we are telling you about this eternal life that was with the Father and appeared to us. 3 We are telling you what we have seen and heard, so you may share in this life with us. And we share in it with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 We are writing to tell you these things, because this makes us truly happy.
God Is Light
5 Jesus told us God is light and doesn't have any darkness in him. Now we are telling you.
6 If we say we share in life with God and keep on living in the dark, we are lying and are not living by the truth. 7 But if we live in the light, as God does, we share in life with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus washes all our sins away. 8 If we say we have not sinned, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth isn't in our hearts. 9 But if we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away.
10 If we say we have not sinned, we make God a liar, and his message isn't in our hearts.