Prima lettera di Giovanni 1

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Quod fuit ab initio, quod audi vimus, quod vidimus oculis no stris, quodperspeximus, et manus nostrae contrectaverunt de verbo vitae	1 He who was from the beginning, whom we have heard, whom we have seen with our eyes, upon whom we have gazed, and whom our hands have certainly touched: He is the Word of Life.
2 — et vitaapparuit, et vidimus et testamur et annuntiamus vobis vitam aeternam, quae eratcoram Patre et apparuit nobis —	2 And that Life has been made manifest. And we have seen, and we testify, and we announce to you: the Eternal Life, who was with the Father, and who appeared to us.
3 quod vidimus et audivimus, annuntiamus etvobis, ut et vos communionem habeatis nobiscum. Communio autem nostra est cumPatre et cum Filio eius Iesu Christo.	3 He whom we have seen and heard, we announce to you, so that you, too, may have fellowship with us, and so that our fellowship may be with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
4 Et haec scribimus nos, ut gaudiumnostrum sit plenum.	4 And this we write to you, so that you may rejoice, and so that your joy may be full.
5 Et haec est annuntiatio, quam audivimus ab eo etannuntiamus vobis, quoniam Deus lux est, et tenebrae in eo non sunt ullae.	5 And this is the announcement which we have heard from him, and which we announce to you: that God is light, and in him there is no darkness.
6 Si dixerimus quoniam communionem habemus cum eo, et in tenebris ambulamus,mentimur et non facimus veritatem;	6 If we claim that we have fellowship with him, and yet we walk in darkness, then we are lying and not telling the truth.
7 si autem in luce ambulemus, sicut ipse estin luce, communionem habemus ad invicem, et sanguis Iesu Filii eius mundat nosab omni peccato.	7 But if we walk in the light, just as he also is in the light, then 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, nosmetipsos seducimus, et veritasin nobis non est.	8 If we claim that we have no sin, then we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
9 Si confiteamur peccata nostra, fidelis est et iustus, utremittat nobis peccata et emundet nos ab omni iniustitia.	9 If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.
10 Si dixerimusquoniam non peccavimus, mendacem facimus eum, et verbum eius non est in nobis.	10 If we claim that we have not sinned, then we make him a liar, and his Word is not in us.