1 John 2
1 My children, I am writing to you to keep you from sinning. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father – Jesus Christ, the righteous.
ᏗᏥᏲᎵ ᏗᏇᏥ, ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏨᏲᏪᎳᏁᎭ, ᎢᏥᏍᎦᏅᎢᏍᏗᏱ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ. ᎢᏳᏃ ᎩᎶ ᏯᏍᎦᏅᎦ, ᎢᎨᎭ ᏗᎪᎯᏍᏓᏁᎯ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᎡᎲᎢ, ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎾᏍᎦᏅᎾ.
2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but the sins of the whole world.
ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎵᏍᎪᎸᏔᏅᎯ ᎠᎫᏴᏙᏗ ᎠᏴ ᎢᎩᏍᎦᏅᏨᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎥᏝ ᎠᏴᏉ ᎢᎬᏒ ᎢᎩᏍᎦᏅᏨᎢ, ᎾᏍᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᎡᎶᎯ ᏂᎬᎾᏛᎢ.
3 It is by keeping God’s commands that we can be sure we know him.
ᎯᎠᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏓᏙᎴᎰᎯᏍᏗᎭ ᎡᏗᎦᏔᎲᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏱᏗᎩᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗ ᏧᏤᎵ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ.
4 Whoever says ‘I know him,’ but does not keep his commands, is a liar. The truth has no place in them.
ᎩᎶ ᏥᎦᏔᎭ ᎠᏗᏍᎩ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᏂᏚᏍᏆᏂᎪᏛᎾ ᏱᎩ ᏧᏤᎵ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᏰᎪᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯ ᎨᏒ ᏄᏪᎲᎾ.
5 But the person who keeps God’s word, in them the love of God has indeed reached its perfection. This is how we can be sure we are in him:
ᎩᎶᏍᎩᏂ ᏳᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᏨᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯᏯ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎨᏳᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎧᎵᏨᎯ ᎨᏐᎢ: ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎢᏓᏙᎴᎰᎯᏍᏗᎭ ᎡᏗᏯᎥᎢ.
6 whoever claims to live in him should live just as Jesus did.
ᎩᎶ [ ᏥᏌ ] ᏥᏯᎠ ᏯᏗᎭ, [ ᏥᏌ ] ᎤᏪᏙᎸ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏰᏙᎭ.
7 Dear friends, it is no new command that I am writing to you, but an old command, which you have had from the beginning. That old command is the message you have already heard.
ᎢᏓᏓᏅᏟ, ᎥᏝ ᎢᏤ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᏱᏨᏲᏪᎳᏁᎭ, ᎤᏪᏘᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏥᎲᎩ ᏗᏓᎴᏂᏍᎬᎢ; ᎤᏪᏘ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᏉ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᏗᏓᎴᏂᏍᎬ ᏅᏓᎬᏩᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏥᏁᏣᏛᎩᏍᎪᎢ.
8 Yet, in a way, it is a new command that I am writing to you – which is shown true in Christ’s life and in yours – for the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
ᎠᎴᏬ, ᎢᏤ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎢᏨᏲᏪᎳᏁᎭ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎭ [ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ] ᎨᏒᎢ ᎠᎴ ᏂᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎤᎵᏏᎬᏰᏃ ᎤᎶᏐᏅ, ᎿᎭᏉᏃ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᎢᎦᎦᏘ ᏚᎸᏌᏛ.
9 The person who says that they are in the light, and yet hates others, is still in the darkness.
ᎩᎶ ᎢᎦᎦᏛ ᎨᎠ ᏯᏗᎭ, ᏗᎾᏓᏅᏟᏃ ᏯᏍᎦᎦ, ᎤᎵᏏᎬᏉ ᎡᎭ ᎩᎳᎯᏳ.
10 The person who loves others is always in the light, and there is nothing within them to cause them to stumble.
ᎩᎶ ᏗᎾᏓᏅᏟ ᏳᎨᏳᎭ ᎢᎦᎦᏛ ᎡᎭ, ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎠᏓᏙᏕᏍᏗᏍᎩ ᏳᏪᎭ.
11 The person who hates is in the dark. They stumble along in the darkness; they do not know where they are going because the darkness blinds them.
ᏗᎾᏓᏅᏟᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᏍᎦᎩ ᎤᎵᏏᎬᏉ ᎡᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎵᏏᎬᏉ ᎡᏙᎭ, ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᏯᎦᏔᎭ ᏩᎦᏛᎢ, ᎤᎵᏏᎬᏰᏃ ᏚᎨᏩᏛ.
12 Little children, I am writing to you because your sins have been forgiven for Christ’s sake.
ᎢᏨᏲᏪᎳᏁᎭ ᏗᏥᏲᎵ ᎢᏥᏍᎦᏅᏨᏰᏃ ᎡᏥᏙᎵᏨ ᏅᏧᎵᏍᏙᏔᏅ ᏥᏌ ᏕᎤᏙᎥᎢ.
13 Parents, I am writing to you because you have come to know him who has been from the beginning. Young people, I am writing to you because you have conquered the evil one. Children, I write to you because you have come to know the Father.
ᎢᏨᏲᏪᎳᏁᎭ ᎢᏥᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ, ᎡᏥᎦᏙᎥᏒᏰᏃ ᏗᏓᎴᏂᏍᎬ ᏅᏓᎬᏩᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏤᎭ. ᎢᏨᏲᏪᎳᏁᎭ ᎢᏥᏫᏅ, ᎡᏥᏎᎪᎩᏒᏰᏃ ᎤᏁᎫᏥᏛ. ᎢᏨᏲᏪᎳᏁᎭ ᏗᏥᏲᎵ, ᎡᏥᎦᏙᎥᏒᏰᏃ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ.
14 Parents, I write to you because you have learned to know him who has been from the beginning. Young people, I write to you because you are strong, and God’s message is always in your hearts, and you have conquered the evil one.
ᎢᏨᏲᏪᎳᏏ ᎢᏥᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ, ᎡᏥᎦᏙᎥᏒᏰᏃ ᏗᏓᎴᏂᏍᎬ ᏅᏓᎬᏩᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏤᎭ. ᎢᏨᏲᏪᎳᏏ ᎢᏥᏫᏅ, ᏗᏣᎵᏂᎩᏗᏳᏰᏃ, ᎠᎴ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ ᎢᏥᏯᎠ, ᎠᎴ ᎡᏥᏎᎪᎩᏒ ᎤᏁᏧᏥᏛ.
15 Do not love the world or what the world can offer. When anyone loves the world, there is no love for the Father in them.
ᏞᏍᏗ ᏱᏥᎨᏳᏎᏍᏗ ᎡᎶᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎡᎯ. ᎢᏳᏃ ᎩᎶ ᎡᎶᎯ ᏳᎨᏳᎭ, ᎥᏝ ᏱᎬᏩᎨᏳᎭ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ.
16 For all that the world can offer – the desires for physical pleasure, the enticements to the eye, the arrogance of wealth – belongs, not to the Father, but to the world.
ᏥᏄᏓᎴᏰᏃ ᎡᎶᎯ ᏤᎭ, ᎠᏰᎸ ᎤᏚᎸᏗ ᏥᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᏨᎦᏙᎵ ᎤᏙᎸᏗ ᏥᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏢᏉᏗ ᎠᎴᏂᏓᏍᏗᏱ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎥᏝ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨᏍᏛᏱ ᏅᏓᏳᏓᎴᏅᎯ ᏱᎩ, ᎡᎶᎯᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏓᎴᏅᎯ.
17 And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but they who do God’s will remain for ever. (aiōn g165)
ᎠᎴ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎦᎶᏐᎲᏍᎦ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᎿᎭᎠᏚᎸᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩᏍᎩᏂ Ꮎ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᏓᏅᏖᏍᎬ ᏧᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯ ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᎡᎭ. (aiōn g165)
18 My children, it is the last hour. You were told that an antichrist was coming; and many antichrists have already arisen. This is why we know that this is the last hour.
ᏗᏥᏲᎵ, ᎿᎭᏉ ᎤᎵᏍᏆᎸᏗ, ᎢᏣᏛᎦᏅᎯᏃ ᏥᎩ ᎤᎷᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ-ᎠᏡᏗᏍᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎪᎯ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏂᏣᏔ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ-ᎠᎾᏡᏗᏍᎩ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎢᏗᎦᏔᎭ ᎤᎵᏍᏆᎸᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ.
19 These people come from our ranks, but they were never truly part of us – if they had been then they would have stayed with us. They left so it would be clear that none of them really belonged to us.
ᎨᎦᏙᏣᎳᎡᎸᎩ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎾᎿᎭᎠᏁᎳ ᏱᎨᏎᎢ, ᎢᏳᏰᏃ ᎾᎿᎭᎠᏁᏔ ᏱᎨᏎᎢ, ᎠᏎ ᏱᏂᎬᏩᎾᏛᏁᎢ, ᎠᏎᏃ [ ᎤᎾᏙᏣᎴᏒᎩ ] ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᎾᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᎾᎿᎭᏂᎦᏛ ᎠᏁᎳ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ.
20 You, however, have been annointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth.
ᏂᎯᏍᎩᏂ ᎾᏍᎦᏅᎾ ᎢᏥᎶᏁᎥ, ᎠᎴ ᎢᏥᎦᏔᎯᏳ ᏂᎦᎥᎢ.
21 I am not writing to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie can come from the truth.
ᎯᎠ ᏥᏨᏲᏪᎳᏏ ᎥᏝ ᏱᏅᏓᎦᎵᏍᏙᏓ ᏂᏥᎦᏔᎲᎾ ᎨᏒ ᏚᏳᎪᏛᎢ, ᎢᏥᎦᏔᎯᏳᏍᎩᏂ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎢᏥᎦᏔᎯᏳ ᎨᏒ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎦᏰᎪᎩ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᏅᏓᏳᏓᎴᏅᎯ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ.
22 Who is a liar, if not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? That person is the antichrist – one who rejects the Father and the Son.
ᎦᎪ ᎦᏰᎪᎩ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏱᎩ Ꮎ ᎠᏓᏱᎯ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎨᏒᎢ. ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎦᎶᏁᏛᎠᏡᏗᏍᎩ, ᎠᏓᏱᎯ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏪᏥ.
23 No one who rejects the Son has the Father; to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father also.
ᎩᎶ [ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ] ᎤᏪᏥ ᎠᏓᏱᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎥᏝ ᏳᏪᎭ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ; [ ᎾᏍᎩᏍᎩᏂ Ꮎ ᎪᎯᏳᎲᏍᎩ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏪᎭ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ.]
24 As for you, you must let what you have heard from the beginning continue to live in you. If what you heard from the beginning dwells in you, you will remain both in the Son and the Father.
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏗᏓᎴᏂᏍᎬ ᏅᏓᎬᏩᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏥᏣᏛᎩᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎯ ᎢᏥᏯᎡᏍᏗ. ᎢᏳᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᏓᎴᏂᏍᎬ ᏅᏓᎬᏩᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏥᏣᏛᎩᎭ ᎢᏥᏯᎡᏍᏗ, ᏂᎯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎡᏥᏯᎡᏍᏗ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ.
ᎠᎴ ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᎩᏚᎢᏍᏓᏁᎸᎯ ᏥᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎵᏍᏆᏗᏍᎩ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎬᏂᏛ. (aiōnios g166)
26 In writing this to you, I have in mind those who are trying to mislead you.
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏍᏗ ᎢᏨᏲᏪᎳᏏ ᎦᏥᏁᎢᏍᏗᏍᎬ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎨᏥᎵᏓᏍᏗᏍᎩ.
27 As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains with you. You do not need anyone to teach you. His anointing teaches you about everything. What it teaches you is true, it is not a lie. Do what it has taught you: abide in him.
ᎾᏍᎩᏍᎩᏂ ᏥᏌ ᎢᏥᎶᏁᏔᏅᎯ ᎨᏒ ᏥᏥᏯᎠ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏚᎸᏗ ᏂᏣᎵᏍᏓᏁᎲᎾ ᏥᎩ ᎩᎶ ᎢᏤᏲᏗᏱ, ᎾᏍᎩᏰᏃ ᏥᏌ ᎢᏥᎶᏁᏔᏅᎯ ᏥᏤᏲᎲᏍᎦ ᏂᎦᎥᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᏒ ᏥᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎦᏰᎪᎩ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏥᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎢᏤᏲᎲᏍᎬ ᎡᏥᏯᎡᏍᏗ.
28 Yes, my children, remain in him, so that when he appears our confidence doesn’t fail us, and we are not ashamed to meet him at his coming.
Ꭷ, ᏗᏥᏲᎵ, ᏥᏌ ᎡᏥᏯᎡᏍᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎾᎯᏳ ᎦᎾᏄᎪᏥᎸᎭ ᏂᏗᎾᏰᏍᎬᎾ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᏂᏓᏕᎰᏍᎬᎾ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎠᎦᏔᎲᎢ ᎾᎯᏳ ᎦᎷᏥᎸᎭ.
29 Since you know he is righteous, you realise that everyone who does what is right is his child.
ᎢᏳᏃ ᏱᏥᎦᏔᎭ ᎾᏍᎦᏅᎾ ᎨᏒ ᏥᏌ, ᎢᏥᎦᏔᎭ [ ᎾᏍᏉ ] ᎾᏂᎥ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᏧᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᎾᏄᎪᏫᏒᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ.
