OET interlinear 1YHN (1JHN) 5:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ

everyone ¬which /having_been/_born of ¬the God

See how you translated the similar expression in 2:29. Alternate translation: “everyone whose father is God”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ

everyone ¬which /having_been/_born of ¬the God

See whether in 2:29 you decided to explain this metaphor. Alternate translation: “everyone whose spiritual father is God”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὐχ ἁμαρτάνει

not /is/_sinning

See how you translated this expression in 3:6 and see the discussion of “sin” in Part 3 of the Introduction to 1 John. Alternate translation: “does not sin wantonly and continually”

Note 4 topic: translate-textvariants

ὁ γεννηθεὶς ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ τηρεῖ ἑαυτὸν

¬which the_‹one› /having_been/_born of ¬the God /is/_keeping the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: οἴδαμεν ὅτι πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐχ ἁμαρτάνει ἀλλʼ ὁ γεννηθεὶς ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ τηρεῖ αὐτόν καὶ ὁ πονηρὸς οὐχ ἅπτεται αὐτοῦ)

Many ancient manuscripts read “the one begotten from God keeps himself.” The ULT follows that reading. In this case, the one begotten from God refers to the believer, just as the earlier phrase, everyone having been begotten from God, refers to the believer. In this reading, the believer guards himself from sin. Other ancient manuscripts read “the one begotten from God keeps him.” In this case, the one begotten from God refers to Jesus, who guards the believer from sin. If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to use the reading that it uses. See the notes in the introduction to this chapter.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ὁ πονηρὸς

¬which the_‹one› the evil_‹one›

As in 2:13, John is using the adjective evil as a noun in order to indicate a specific being. ULT adds one to show this. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this with an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: “the one who is evil”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ὁ πονηρὸς

¬which the_‹one› the evil_‹one›

John is speaking of the devil by association with the way that he is evil. Alternate translation: “the devil”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

οὐχ ἅπτεται αὐτοῦ

not not /is/_touching ˱against˲_him

This is an idiom. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent idiom or use plain language. Alternate translation: “cannot hurt him”