1 John 2
1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
Ẹ̀yin ọmọ mi ọ̀wọ́n, mo kọ ìwé nǹkan wọ̀nyí sí yín, kí ẹ̀yin má bà á dẹ́ṣẹ̀. Ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹnikẹ́ni bá sì dẹ́ṣẹ̀, àwa ni alágbàwí lọ́dọ̀ Baba: Jesu Kristi, olódodo nìkan.
2 And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
Òun sì ní ètùtù fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wa, kì í tilẹ̀ ṣe fún tiwa nìkan ṣùgbọ́n fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ gbogbo aráyé.
3 This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
Àwa mọ̀ pé àwa ti wá mọ̀ ọ́n, bí àwa bá ń pa òfin rẹ̀ mọ́.
4 One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.
Ẹni tí ó bá wí pé, “Èmi mọ̀ ọ́n,” tí kò sì pa òfin rẹ̀ mọ́, èké ni, òtítọ́ kò sì ṣí nínú rẹ̀.
5 But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:
Ṣùgbọ́n ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá ń pa òfin rẹ̀ mọ́, lára rẹ̀ ni a gbé mú ìfẹ́ Ọlọ́run pé nítòótọ́. Nípa èyí ni àwa mọ̀ pé àwa ń wà nínú rẹ̀.
6 he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá wí pé òun ń gbé inú rẹ̀, òun náà pẹ̀lú sì yẹ láti máa rìn gẹ́gẹ́ bí Jesu ti rìn.
7 Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.
Ẹ̀yin olùfẹ́ ọ̀wọ́n, kì í ṣe òfin tuntun ni mo ń kọ̀wé rẹ̀ sí yín ṣùgbọ́n òfin àtijọ́, èyí tí ẹ̀yin tí gbọ́ ní àtètèkọ́ṣe. Òfin àtijọ́ ni ọ̀rọ̀ náà tí ẹ̀yin tí gbọ́.
8 Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light already shines.
Pẹ̀lúpẹ̀lú, òfin tuntun ni mo ń kọ̀wé rẹ̀ sí yín; èyí tí í ṣe òtítọ́ nínú rẹ̀ àti nínú yin, nítorí òkùnkùn ń kọjá lọ, ìmọ́lẹ̀ òtítọ́ sì tí ń tàn.
9 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.
Ẹni tí ó bá sì wí pé òun ń wà nínú ìmọ́lẹ̀, tí ó sì kórìíra arákùnrin rẹ̀ sì ń bẹ nínú òkùnkùn.
10 He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.
Ẹni tí ó ba fẹ́ràn arákùnrin rẹ̀, ó ń gbé inú ìmọ́lẹ̀, kò sì ṣí ohun ìkọ̀sẹ̀ kan nínú rẹ̀.
11 But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí o bá kórìíra arákùnrin rẹ̀ ń gbé nínú òkùnkùn, ó sì ń rìn nínú òkùnkùn; kò sì mọ ibi tí òun ń lọ, nítorí tí òkùnkùn tí fọ́ ọ lójú.
12 I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
Èmi ń kọ̀wé sí yín, ẹ̀yin ọmọ mi ọ̀wọ́n, nítorí tí a darí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín jì yín nítorí orúkọ rẹ̀.
13 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.
Èmi ń kọ̀wé sí yín, ẹ̀yin baba, nítorí tí ẹ̀yin tí mọ ẹni tí ó wà ní àtètèkọ́ṣe, Èmi ń kọ̀wé sí yín, ẹ̀yin ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin, nítorí tí ẹ̀yin ti ṣẹ́gun ẹni ibi náà.
14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
Èmi ń kọ̀wé sí yín, ẹ̀yin ọmọdé mi ọ̀wọ́n, nítorí ẹ̀yin ti mọ Baba. Èmi ń kọ̀wé sí yín, ẹ̀yin baba, nítorí ti ẹ̀yin tí mọ ẹni tí o wà ni àtètèkọ́ṣe. Èmi ń kọ̀wé sí yín, ẹ̀yin ọ̀dọ́mọkùnrin, nítorí tí ẹ̀yin ni agbára, tí ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run sì ń gbé nínú yín, tí ẹ sì ṣẹ́gun ẹni ibi náà.
15 Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.
Ẹ má ṣe fẹ́ràn ayé tàbí ohunkóhun tí ń bẹ nínú ayé. Bí ẹnikẹ́ni bá fẹ́ràn ayé, ìfẹ́ tí Baba kò sí nínú rẹ̀.
16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.
Nítorí ohun gbogbo tí ń bẹ nínú ayé: ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ ti ara, ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ ti ojú, àti ìgbéraga ti ohun ti ó ní àti ohun tí ó ṣe kò wá láti ọ̀dọ̀ Baba bí kò ṣe láti ọwọ́ ayé.
17 The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever. (aiōn g165)
Ayé sì ń kọjá lọ àti ìfẹ́kúfẹ̀ẹ́ rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ó ba ń ṣe ìfẹ́ Ọlọ́run ni yóò wà títí láéláé. (aiōn g165)
18 Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.
Ẹ̀yin ọmọ mi ọ̀wọ́n, ìgbà ìkẹyìn ni èyí; bí ẹ̀yin sì tí gbọ́ pé aṣòdì sí Kristi ń bọ̀ wá, àní nísinsin yìí, púpọ̀ aṣòdì sí Kristi ló ń bẹ. Nípa èyí ni àwa fi mọ́ pé ìgbà ìkẹyìn ni èyí.
19 They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.
Wọ́n ti ọ̀dọ̀ wá jáde, ṣùgbọ́n wọn kì í ṣe ara wa. Nítorí bí wọ́n bá jẹ́ ara wa, wọn ìbá bá wa dúró, ṣùgbọ́n jíjáde lọ wọn fihàn pé gbogbo wọn kì í ṣe ara wa.
20 You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin ní ìfòróróyàn láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́ wá, gbogbo yín sì mọ òtítọ́.
21 I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
Èmi kò kọ̀wé sí yín nítorí pé ẹ̀yin kò mọ òtítọ́, ṣùgbọ́n nítorí tí ẹ̀yin mọ̀ ọ́n, àti pé kò sí èké nínú òtítọ́.
22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
Ta ni èké? Ẹni tí ó sẹ́ pé Jesu kì í ṣe Kristi. Eléyìí ni Aṣòdì sí Kristi, ẹni tí ó sẹ́ Baba àti Ọmọ.
23 Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
Ẹnikẹ́ni tí o ba sẹ́ Ọmọ, kò gba Baba; ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ó ba jẹ́wọ́ Ọmọ, ó gba Baba pẹ̀lú.
24 Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.
Ẹ jẹ́ kí èyí tí ẹ tí gbọ́ ni àtètèkọ́ṣe máa gbé inú yín. Bí èyí tí ẹ̀yin tí gbọ́ ní àtètèkọ́ṣe bá ń gbé inú yín, ẹ̀yin ó sì dúró nínú Ọmọ àti nínú Baba.
Èyí sì ni ìlérí náà tí ó tí ṣe fún wa, àní ìyè àìnípẹ̀kun. (aiōnios g166)
26 These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.
Nǹkan wọ̀nyí ni mo kọ̀wé sí yín ní ti àwọn tí wọ́n fẹ́ ẹ mú yín ṣìnà.
27 As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.
Ṣùgbọ́n ní ti ìfòróróyàn tí ẹ̀yín gba lọ́wọ́ rẹ̀ ṣì ń gbé inú yín, ẹ̀yin kò tún nílò pé kí ẹnìkan kọ yín. Ṣùgbọ́n bí ìfòróróyàn náà ti ń kọ́ yín ní ohun gbogbo tí ó jẹ́ òtítọ́, tí kì í sì í ṣe èké, àní gẹ́gẹ́ bí ó sì ti kọ́ yín, ẹ máa gbé inú rẹ̀.
28 Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
Àti nísinsin yìí, ẹ̀yin ọmọ mi ọ̀wọ́n, ẹ máa gbé inú rẹ̀, pé nígbà tí òun ó bá farahàn, kí a lè ni ìgboyà níwájú rẹ̀, kí ojú má sì tì wá níwájú rẹ̀ ni ìgbà wíwá rẹ̀.
29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
Bí ẹ̀yin ba mọ̀ pé olódodo ni òun, ẹ mọ̀ pé a bí olúkúlùkù ẹni tí ń ṣe òdodo nípa rẹ̀.
