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Forme Ǣrendȝeƿrit Iohannes - Wikisource, the free online library\nTranslation:Forme Ǣrendȝeƿrit Iohannes\nFor other English-language translations of this work, see 1 John.\n←Ōðer Ǣrendȝeƿrit Petrus\nForme Ǣrendȝeƿrit Iohannes\nby John the Apostle, translated from Greek by Wikisource\nŌðer Ǣrendȝeƿrit Iohannes→\n715880Forme Ǣrendȝeƿrit IohannesJohn the Apostle\n1 1 Hēafodƿeard\n2 2 Hēafodƿeard\n3 3 Hēafodƿeard\n4 4 Hēafodƿeard\n5 5 Hēafodƿeard\n1. Þæt ƿæs fram þǣm onȝinne, þætte ƿē habbaþ ȝehīered, þæt ƿē habbaþ þurh ēaȝan ȝeseƿen, þæt ƿē behēoldon and ūre handa hniȝon, ymb þæt Ƿord līfes;\n2. and þæt līf ƿæs ætīeƿed; and ƿē habbaþ ȝeseƿen and beraþ ƿitnesse and cȳðaþ ēoƿ þæt ēcelīce līf, þe ƿæs mid þǣm Fæder and ƿæs ætīeƿed ūs;\n3. þæt ƿē habbaþ and habbaþ ȝehīered, ƿē ȝecȳðaþ ēac ēoƿ sƿā þæt ȝē fēolāȝscipe ƿiþ ūs hæbben. And sōþlīce is ūre fēolāȝscipe mid þǣm Fæder and his Suna Iesus Crīste.\n4. And þās þinȝ ƿrītaþ ƿē sƿā þæt ūre ƿynn sīe fulfyled.\n5. And þis is þæt ǣrend þætte ƿē habbaþ fram Him and þæt ƿē ȝecȳðaþ ēoƿ, þæt Ȝod is lēoht and þǣr nis nān þystru on Him.\n6. Ȝif ƿē secȝen þæt ƿē hæbben fēolāȝscipe wiþ Him and ƿē ȝanȝen in þǣre þystre, ƿē lēoȝaþ and ne dōþ þæt sōþ;\n7. ac ȝif ƿē ȝanȝen on lēohte, þonne habbaþ ƿē fēolāȝscipe ǣlc ƿiþ ōðre and þæt blōd Iesus clǣnsaþ ūsic fram ūrre synne.\n8. Ȝif ƿē secȝen þæt ƿē sīen leahterlēase, þonne ƿē ūsic dƿellen and þæt sōþ nis on ūs.\n9. Ȝif ƿē andetten ūrum synnum, hē is trēoƿ and rihtƿīs, þæt hē forȝiefe ūs ūra synna and clǣnsie ūsic fram eallum ȝālscipe.\n10. Ȝif ƿē secȝen þæt ƿē næbben ȝylted, ƿē hāten Hine lēasiend and his ƿord nis on ūs.\n1. Mīn lȳtlan cildren, Ic ƿrīte ēoƿ þās þinȝ sƿā þæt ȝē ne ȝylten. Ȝif hƿā ȝylte, þonne ƿē habbaþ Ȝeþeahtere mid þǣm Fæder, Iesus Crīst se rihtƿīsa.\n2. And hē is þæt ȝebētende lāc ūrra synna, ac ne ūrra synderlīce, ac ēac þǣre fullan ƿorulde.\n3. Þus cunnon ƿē oncnāƿan ȝif ƿē cnāƿen hine: ȝif ƿē healden his bodu.\n4. Mann þe sæȝþ, "Ic cnāƿe hine," and ne healdeþ his bodu, is lēasiend, and þæt sōþ nis on him.\n5. Ac hƿā healdeþ his ƿord, sēo lufu Ȝodes ȝeƿisslīce is on im fulfyled. Þus oncnāƿaþ ƿē þæt ƿē on Him sind:\n6. Hē þe sæȝþ þæt hē abītt on Him scolde self æfter Him ȝanȝan.\n7. Ȝebrōðru, ic ne ƿrīte ēoƿ nīƿe bod, ac eald bod þe ȝe hæfdon siþþan þǣm onȝinne. Þæt ealde bod is þæt ƿord þætte ȝē habbaþ siþþan þǣm onȝinne ȝehīered.\n8. Eft, ic ēoƿ nīƿe bod ƿrītan, þe is on him and on ēoƿ sōþ; for þȳ þe sēo þystru aȝanȝeþ, and þæt sōðe lēoht nū scīnþ.\n9. Hē þe sæȝþ þætte hē sīe on þǣm lēohte and hataþ his brōðor, is ȝīet on þǣre þystre.\n10. Hē se his brōðor lufaþ abītt on þǣm lēohte, and þǣr nis nǣniȝ speornunȝ on him.\n11. Ac hē þe hataþ his brōðor is on þǣre þystre, and ȝanȝeþ on þǣre þystre, and ne cnāƿeþ þider hē ȝǣþ, for þȳ þe sēo þystru hæfþ ablended his ēaȝan.\n12. Ic ēoƿ ƿrīte, lȳtlu cildru, for þȳ ēoƿ sind þīna synna forȝifen for His naman.\n13. Ic ēoƿ ƿrīte, fæderas, for þȳ ȝē cnāƿaþ hine se þe fram þǣm onȝinne ƿæs. Ic ēoƿ ƿrīte, cnihtas, for þȳ ȝē habbaþ oferƿunnen þne yfelan. Ic ēoƿ ƿrīte, lȳtlu cildru, for þȳ ȝē cnāƿaþ þone Fæder.\n14. Ic hæbbe ēoƿ ȝeƿriten, fæderas, for þȳ ȝē cnāƿaþ þone is fram þǣm onȝinne is fram þǣm onȝinne. Ic hæbbe ȝeƿriten ēoƿ, cnihtas, for þȳ ȝē sind stranȝe, and þæt ƿord Ȝodes abītt on ēoƿ, and ȝē habbaþ oderƿunnen þone yfelan.\n15. Ne lufa þā ƿorulde, ne þā þinȝ þā sind on þǣre ƿorulde. Ȝif hƿā lufie þā ƿorulde, þæs Fæder lufu nis on him.\n16. For þȳ eall þe is on þǣre ƿorulde, se ȝālscipe þæs flǣscges, se ȝālscipe þāra ēaȝan, and se ȝelp līfes, nis þæs Fæder, ac is þǣre ƿorulde.\n17. Sēo ƿoruld aȝanȝeþ mid hire ȝālscipum, ac hē þe dēþ þone ƿillan Ȝodes abītt.\n18. Lȳtlu cildru, þās sind þā endetīman, and ȝē habbaþ ȝehīered þæt se Wiðercrīst cymþ, ac efne hēr nū habbaþ maniȝe ƿiðercrīstas arisen. For þissum cnāƿaþ ƿē þæt hit ƿierþ se æftermesta tīma.\n19. Hīe ēodon ūt fram ūs, ac hīe ne ȝelumpon ūs; for þȳ þe ȝif hīe hæfden ȝelumpen ūs, þonne hīe scolden hīe ȝīet ȝanȝan mid ūs. Ac hīe forþēodon, sƿā þæt hīe mihten ƿesan ætīeƿed þæt hoera nǣniȝ ȝelimpþ ūs.\n20. Ȝē habbaþ smirƿunȝe fram þǣm Hālȝan, and ȝē cnāƿaþ eall.\n21. Ic næbbe ȝeƿriten ēoƿ for þȳ þe ȝē ne cnāƿaþ þæt sōþ, ac for þȳ þe ȝē cnāƿaþ hit, and for þȳ þe nān lēasunȝ is þæs sōðes.\n22. Hƿā is se lēasiend būton him þe andetteþ þæt Iesus is se Crīst? Þes is se Ƿiðercrīst, hē þe andetteþ þone Fæder and þone Sunu.\n23. Hƿā andetteþ þone Sunu, ilca nafaþ þone Fæder. Hē se þe andetteþ þone Fæder þone Sunu ēac hæfþ.\n24. Þæs þæt ȝe habbaþ ȝehīered siþþan þǣm onȝinne lǣtaþ abīdan on ēoƿ. Ȝif þæt ȝē habbaþ ȝehīered siþþan þǣm onȝinne ȝē on ēoƿ abīdan lǣten, ȝē ēac abīdaþ on þǣm Suna, and on þǣm Fæder.\n25. Þis is þæt hāt þe hē ūs abēad: þæt ēcelīce līf.\n26. Þās þinȝ hæbbe ic ēoƿ ȝeƿriten ymb þā ƿoldon ēoƿic āmirran.\n27. And ȝē, sēo smirƿunȝ sēo þe ȝē fenȝ from him abītt in ēoƿ, and ȝē ne þurfon þæt ǣniȝ mann tǣce ēoƿ. Ac for þȳ þe ilce smirƿunȝ tǣceþ ēoƿ be eallum, and is sōþ, and nis lēaȝunȝ, and efne sƿā hēo tōhte ēoƿ, ȝē sculon abīdan on him.\n28. Nū, lȳtlu cildru, abīdaþ on him, sƿā þæt þǣr Hē cymþ, ƿē hæbben bealdnesse, and ȝē ne ƿesen ǣƿiscmōde ætfōran him on his tōcyme.\n29. Ȝif ȝē cnāƿen þæt hē is rihtƿīs, þonne ȝē cnāƿaþ þæt ǣȝhƿā þe dēþ rihtƿīsnesse is ȝeboren fram him.\n1. Efne, sƿelce ȝrēate lufe hæfþ se Fæder ūs forȝiefen, sƿā þæt ƿē bēon cildru Ȝodes! For þissum ne cnāƿaþ sēo ƿoruld ūsic, for þȳ hēo ne cnēoƿ Hine.\n2. Lēofas, nū sind ƿē cildru Ȝodes, and ƿē ȝīet niton þæt ƿē bēoþ. Ac ƿē cnāƿaþ þæt ƿē bēoþ ȝelīce Him þǣr hē ƿierþ ætīeƿed; for þȳ ƿē sculon Hine sƿā Hē is sēon.\n3. Ȝehƿā hopaþ þis clǣnsaþ his hopan, sƿā sƿā Hē is clǣne.\n4. Ȝēhƿā ȝylteþ dēþ ēac unlaȝe. Synn is unlaȝu.\n5. Ȝē ƿiton þæt Hē ƿearþ ætīeƿed tō animenne ūra synna, and nis þǣr nǣniȝ synn on Him.\n6. Hƿā bītt on Him ne ȝylteþ. Hƿā ȝylteþ næfþ Hine ȝeseƿen, ne Hine cnāƿeþ.\n7. Cildru, ne lǣtaþ nān mann merran ēoƿic. Hē se dēþ rihtƿīsnesse is rihtƿīs, sƿā sƿā Hē is rihtƿīs.\n8. Hē se þe ȝylteþ is þæs Dēofles, for þȳ se Dēoful hæfþ ȝylted ā siþþan þǣm onȝinne. For þissum se Sunu Ȝodes ƿæs ætīeƿed, sƿā þæt hē forcƿelle þā ƿeorc þæs Dēofoles.\n9. Hƿā is ȝeboren fram Ȝode ne dēþ ȝylt, for þȳ His sǣd abītt on him; and hē ne ceann synnan, for þȳ hē is fram Ȝode ȝeboren.\n10. Þurh þis ƿurdon þā cildru Ȝodes ætīeƿed, and ēac þā cildru þæs Dēofles. Hƿā ne dēþ rihtƿīsnesse nis Ȝodes, nis hē þe ne lufaþ his brōðor.\n11. For þȳ þis is þæt ǣrend þe ȝē siþþan þǣm onȝinne ȝehīered habbaþ, þæt ȝē lufien ǣlc ōðer,\n12. unȝelīc Caine, þe ƿæs þæs Yfelan, and ofslēah his brōðor. Hƿȳ ofslēah hē hine? For þȳ his ƿeorc ƿǣron yfel, ac þā his brōðor ƿǣron rihtƿīsness.\n13. Ne ƿundriaþ, mīne ȝebrōðru, ȝif sēo ƿoruld hatie ēoƿic.\n14. Ƿē cnāƿaþ þæt ƿē habbaþ acumen fram dēaðe tō līfe, for þȳ ƿē lufiaþ þā brōðor. Hē se þe ne lufaþ his brōðor abītt on dēaðe.\n15. Hƿā hataþ his brōðor is morðorƿyrhta, and ȝē cnāƿaþ þæt nān morðorƿyrhta hafaþ ēcelīc līf abīdende on him.\n16. Þurh þis cnāƿaþ ƿē lufe, for þȳ hē aleȝde his līf ūs. And ƿē scoldon alecȝan ūre līf ūrum brōðrum.\n17. Ac hƿā hafaþ þǣre ƿorulde ƿara, and siehþ his brōðor þurfende, and belȳcþ his heortan miltse ƿiþ hine: Hū abītt sēo lufu Ȝodes on him?\n18. Mīn cildru, nuton lufian synderlīce þurh ƿord, ne synderlīce þurh tunȝan, ac þurh dǣda ond sōþ.\n19. And þæs cnāƿaþ ƿē þæt ƿē sīen þæs sōðes, and ȝelǣraþ ūra heortan ætfōran Him,\n20. for þȳ ȝif ūre heorte dēme ƿiþ ūsic, Ȝod is māra þonne ūre heorte; and hē cnāƿeþ eall.\n21. Lēofas, ȝif ūra heortan ne dēmen ƿiþ ūsic, þonne habbaþ ƿe bealdnesse tō Ȝode;\n22. and hƿæs ƿē abiddaþ, ƿē andfōþ fram Him, for þȳ ƿē healdaþ His bodu and dōþ þā þinȝ on þǣm Hē on His sihþ līcaþ.\n23. Þis is His bod, þæt ƿē scoldon ȝelīefan on þǣm naman his Suna Iesus Crīstes, and lufian ǣlc ōðer, sƿā sƿā Hē abēad.\n24. Se þe healde Hkis bodu abītt on Him, and Hē on him. Þæs cnāƿaþ ƿē þæt Hē abīde on ūs, þurh þone Ȝāst þone Hē aȝeaf ūs.\n1. Lēofas, ne ȝelīefaþ ealle ȝāstas, ac costniaþ þā ȝāstas, ȝīf hē sīe of Ȝode, for þȳ maniȝe lēase ƿīteȝan habbaþ aȝanȝen on þā ƿorulde.\n2. Þurh þis ȝē cnāƿaþ þone Ȝāst Ȝodes: ǣlc ȝāst þe andeteþ þæt Iesus Crīst hæfþ ȝecomen on þǣm flǣsce is fram Ȝode,\n3. and ǣlc ȝāst þe ne andeteþ þæt Iesus Crīst hafaþ ȝecomen on þǣm flǣsce nis fram Ȝode, and þes is se ȝāst þæs ƿiðercrīstes, ymb þone þe ȝē habbaþ ȝehīered þæt hē cume. Nū is hit ǣr on þǣre ƿorulde.\n4. Ȝē sind Ȝodes, cildru, and habbaþ oferƿunnen hīe; for þȳ māra is Hē se is on ēoƿ þonne hē se þe on þǣre ƿorulde is.\n5. Hīe sind þǣre ƿorulde. Þæs hīe sprecaþ ymb þā ƿorulde, and sēo woruld hīerþ hīe.\n6. Ƿē sind Ȝodes. Hē þe cnāƿeþ Ȝod hlystneþ ūs. Hē þe nis Ȝodes ne hlystneþ ūs. Þurh þis cnāƿaþ ƿē one ȝāst sōðes, and þone ȝāst ƿōȝes.\n7. Lēofas, ƿuton lufian ǣlc ōðer, for þȳ lufu is Ȝodes; and ȝehƿā lufaþ is fram Ȝode ȝeboren, and cnāƿeþ Ȝod.\n8. Hē se ne lufaþ ne cnāƿeþ Ȝod, for þȳ Ȝod is lufu.\n9. Þurh þis ƿæs sēo lufu Ȝodes ūs īeƿed, þæt Ȝod sende his āna Suna in þā ƿorulde sƿā þæt ƿē mihten libban þurh Hine.\n10. Lufu is þus: ne þæt ƿē lufien Ȝod, ac þæt Hē lofude ūsic, and ȝesende his Sunu tō þǣm bētendan lāce ƿiþ ūra synna.\n11. Lēofas, ȝif Ȝod lufode ūsic þus, ƿē ēac sƿā scoldon lufian ǣlc ōðerne.\n12. Nān hæfþ ȝeseƿen Ȝod nā. Ȝif ƿē lufiend ǣlc ōðerne, þonne Ȝod abītt on ūs, and his lufu hafaþ ȝeƿorden fulfyled on ūs.\n13. Þurh þis ƿē cnāƿaþ þæt ƿē abīden on Him and hē on ūs, for þȳ þe Hē hæfþ ūs of His Ȝāste ȝifen.\n14. Ƿē habbaþ ȝeseƿen and acȳðaþ þæt se Fæder hafaþ ȝesent þone Sunu tō þǣm Hǣliende eallre þǣre ƿorulde.\n15. Hƿā andeteþ þæt Iesus is se Sunu Ȝodes, on him abītt Ȝod, and hē on Ȝode is.\n16. Ƿē cnāƿaþ and habbaþ ȝelīefed þā lufe þā ūs ȝeaf Ȝod. Ȝod lufu is, and hē se abītt on lufe abītt on Ȝode, and on him abītt Ȝod.\n17. On þissum hafaþ lufu ȝeƿorden fulfyled onȝemanȝ ūre, þæt ƿē mihten byldo on þǣm dōmdæȝe habban, for þǣm þē sƿā hē is, sƿā sind ƿē on þisre ƿorulde.\n18. Þǣr nis nǣniȝ drǣd on lufe; ac fulfyled lufu adrīfeþ drǣd, for þȳ drǣd hafaþ hearmsceare. Hē þe drǣdeþ nis on lufe fulfyled ȝemacod.\n19. Ƿē lufiaþ Hine, for þǣm hē ǣrost ūsic lufode.\n20. Ȝif mann secȝe, "Ic lufie Ȝod," and hatie his brōðor, hē is lēasiend; for þȳ þe hē þe ne lufaþ his brōðor þone hē ȝeseƿen hafaþ, hū cann hē Ȝod lufian, þe hē nafaþ ȝeseƿen?\n21. Þis bod habbaþ ƿē fram Him, þæt hē þe lufaþ Ȝod his brōðor ēac lufian scolde.\n1. Hƿā ȝelīefþ þæt Iesus is se Crīst is ȝeboren fram Ȝode. Hƿā lufaþ þone Fæder ēac lufaþ þæt cild fram Him ȝeboren.\n2. Þurh þis oncnāƿaþ ƿē þæt ƿē lufien þā cildru Ȝodes, þā þā ƿē lufiaþ Ȝod and healdaþ His bodu.\n3. For þȳ þe is þis sēo lufu Ȝodes, þæt ƿē healdaþ His bodu. His bodu ne sind hefiȝtīmu.\n4. For þǣm þe hƿæt of Ȝode ȝeboren is oferƿinneþ þā ƿorulde. Þis is se siȝe se hafaþ oferƿunnen þā ƿorulde: þīn ȝelēafa.\n5. Hƿā is hē se oferƿinnþ þā ƿorulde, būton him se þe ȝelīefþ þæt Iesus is se Sunu Ȝodes?\n6. Þes is Hē se cƿōm þurh ƿæter and blōd, Iesus Crīst: ne synderlīce þurh ƿæter, ac mid þǣm ƿætere and þǣm blōde. Se Ȝāst self andeteþ, for þȳ se Ȝāst is þæt sōþ.\n7. For þȳ þǣr sind þrīe þā andettaþ:\n8. se Ȝāst, þæt ƿæter, and þæt blōd: and þā þrēo ānrǣdaþ sƿā ān.\n9. Ȝif ƿē andfōn þā ȝeƿitnesse manna, þonne is sēo ȝeƿitness Ȝodes māre; for þȳ þe þēos is Ȝodes ȝecȳþness þe hē ȝecȳðde ymb his Sunu.\n10. Hē se ȝelīefþ on þǣm Suna Ȝodes hafaþ þā ȝecȳþnesse selfes. Hē þe ne ȝelīefþ Ȝod hafaþ Hine tō lēasiende ȝeset, for þǣm hē nafaþ ȝelīefed þǣre ȝcȳþnesse sēo Ȝod hafaþ ȝifen ymb his Sunu.\n11. Sēo ȝecȳtness is þus, þæt Ȝod ȝeaf ūs ēcelīc līf, and þis līf is His Sunu.\n12. He se hafaþ þone Sunu hafaþ līf. Hē se þe nafaþ Ȝodes Sunu næfþ þæt līf.\n13. Þās hæbbe ic ȝeƿriten ēoƿ þā þe ȝelīefaþ on naman þæs Suna Ȝodes, sƿā þæt ȝē cnāƿen þæt ȝē habbaþ þæt ēcelīce līf, and þæt ȝē ȝelǣstende ȝelīefen on þǣm naman þæs Suna Ȝodes.\n14. Þēos is sēo byldo þe ƿē habbaþ ƿiþ Hine, þæt ȝif ƿē abidden āƿihtes æfter His ƿillan, þonne hlystneþ hē ūs.\n15. And ȝif ƿē cnāƿen þæt hē hlystneþ ūs, þēah hƿæs ābidden ƿē, ƿē cnāƿaþ þæt ƿē habbaþ þā ascunȝa þā ƿē fram Him abǣdon.\n16. Ȝif hƿā sēo his brōðor dōnde synne þe ne lǣdeþ tō dēaðe, hē sceal ascian, and Ȝod ȝiefþ him līf for þǣm þā synnaþ ne lǣdende tō dēaðe. Þǣr is synn lǣdende tō dēaðe. Ic ne secȝe þæt hē scoldie ascian ymb þis.\n17. Eall unrihtƿīsness is synn, and þǣr is synn ne lǣdende tō dēaðe.\n18. Ƿē cnāƿaþ þæt hƿā of Ȝode ȝeboren is ne ȝylteþ, ac hē se þe ƿæs ȝeboren fram Ȝode healdeþ selfne, and se Yfela ne hnīȝþ hine.\n19. Ƿē cnāƿaþ þæt ƿē sind Ȝodes, and sēo fulle ƿoruld liȝþ on þǣm ȝeƿealde þæs Yfelan.\n20. Ƿē cnāƿaþ þæt se Sunu Ȝodes ȝecomen hæfþ, and hafaþ ȝeȝifen ūs andȝiet, sƿā þæt ƿē cnāƿaþ Hine þe sōþ is, and ƿē sind on Him se sōþ is, on His Suna Iesus Crīste. Þes is se sōða Ȝod, and ēcelīc līf.\n21. Cildru, healdaþ ēoƿic selfe fram ȝodȝyldum.\nRetrieved from "https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Translation:Forme_Ǣrendȝeƿrit_Iohannes&oldid=6559759"\nThis page was last edited on 15 December 2016, at 18:57.