1 Yohana
1: 1 Ibyari kuva mu ntangiriro, ibyo twumvise, dufite
twabonye n'amaso yacu, twarebye, n'amaboko yacu afite
ikoreshwa, y'Ijambo ry'ubuzima;
1: 2 (Kuko ubuzima bwagaragaye, kandi twarabibonye, kandi duhamya, kandi
nkwereke ubwo bugingo buhoraho, bwari kumwe na Data, kandi bwariho
yatugaragarije;)
1: 3 Ibyo twabonye kandi twumvise turabibabwira, kugira ngo namwe mubone
mugire ubusabane natwe: kandi mubyukuri ubusabane bwacu na Data,
hamwe n'Umwana we Yesu Kristo.
1: 4 Kandi ibyo tubandikiye, kugira ngo umunezero wawe ube wuzuye.
1: 5 Ubu ni bwo butumwa twamwumvise, kandi tubutangariza
wowe, ko Imana ari umucyo, kandi muri we nta mwijima na gato.
1: 6 Niba tuvuze ko dusabana na we, kandi tugenda mu mwijima, twe
kubeshya, kandi ntukore ukuri:
1: 7 Ariko niba tugenda mumucyo, nkuko ari mumucyo, tuba dusangiye
umwe n'undi, n'amaraso ya Yesu Kristo Umwana we aratweza
mu byaha byose.
1: 8 Niba tuvuze ko nta cyaha dufite, twibeshya, kandi ukuri ni
ntabwo ari muri twe.
1: 9 Niba twatuye ibyaha byacu, ni umwizerwa kandi atubabarira ibyaha byacu,
no kutwezaho gukiranirwa kose.
1:10 Niba tuvuze ko tutigeze dukora icyaha, tumuhindura umubeshyi, kandi ijambo rye ni
ntabwo ari muri twe.