OET interlinear 1 YHN (1 JHN) 1:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

ἐὰν ὁμολογῶμεν τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν, πιστός ἐστιν καὶ δίκαιος

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἐάν ὁμολογῶμεν τάς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν πιστός ἐστίν καί δίκαιος ἵνα ἀφῇ ἡμῖν τάς ἁμαρτίας καί καθαρίσῃ ἡμάς ἀπό πάσης ἀδικίας)

John is using another hypothetical situation to help his readers recognize the value and benefits of living in holiness. Alternate translation: [Suppose we confess our sins. Then he is faithful and righteous]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐὰν ὁμολογῶμεν τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἐάν ὁμολογῶμεν τάς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν πιστός ἐστίν καί δίκαιος ἵνα ἀφῇ ἡμῖν τάς ἁμαρτίας καί καθαρίσῃ ἡμάς ἀπό πάσης ἀδικίας)

Part of confessing sin to God is rejecting them. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [If we confess our sins to God and turn away from them]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

πιστός ἐστιν & ἵνα ἀφῇ

faithful (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἐάν ὁμολογῶμεν τάς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν πιστός ἐστίν καί δίκαιος ἵνα ἀφῇ ἡμῖν τάς ἁμαρτίας καί καθαρίσῃ ἡμάς ἀπό πάσης ἀδικίας)

The pronoun he refers to God in both instances in this verse. Alternate translation: [God is faithful … and God will forgive]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

ἵνα ἀφῇ ἡμῖν τὰς ἁμαρτίας, καὶ καθαρίσῃ ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης ἀδικίας

in_order_that ˱he˲_˓may˒_forgive ˱to˲_us (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἐάν ὁμολογῶμεν τάς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν πιστός ἐστίν καί δίκαιος ἵνα ἀφῇ ἡμῖν τάς ἁμαρτίας καί καθαρίσῃ ἡμάς ἀπό πάσης ἀδικίας)

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. John is likely using them together for emphasis. If it would be helpful to for your readers, you could combine them and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [and he will completely forgive us of what we have done wrong]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀφῇ ἡμῖν τὰς ἁμαρτίας, καὶ καθαρίσῃ ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης ἀδικίας

˱he˲_˓may˒_forgive ˱to˲_us (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἐάν ὁμολογῶμεν τάς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν πιστός ἐστίν καί δίκαιος ἵνα ἀφῇ ἡμῖν τάς ἁμαρτίας καί καθαρίσῃ ἡμάς ἀπό πάσης ἀδικίας)

As in 1:7, John is speaking figuratively as if sins made a person physically dirty and of God’s forgiveness as if it made a person physically clean. Alternate translation: [he should not hold against us anything that we have done wrong]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

πάσης ἀδικίας

all unrighteousness

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun unrighteousness with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [anything that we have done wrong]