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.
Ka lungnaak ka cakhqi, am nami thawlhnaak aham ve ak ca ve qee law nyng. Cehlai u ingawm thawlhnaak ce a sai palh awhtaw, ningnih ang zyng na ningnih aham Pa a venawh awi ak kqawnkung ce ni ta uhy - anih cetaw Jesu Khrih, Thlak dyng ceni.
2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but the sins of the whole world.
Anih cetaw ningnih a thawlh awh tlang na lucik na pe qu hy, ningnih aham doeng am nawh khawmdek pum awhkaw thawlh aham na awm awm hy.
3 It is by keeping God’s commands that we can be sure we know him.
Ak awipeek ce ning ngai uh awhtaw amah ce ni sim hawh uhy tice ni sim uhy.
4 Whoever says ‘I know him,’ but does not keep his commands, is a liar. The truth has no place in them.
Anih ce sim nyng, thlang ing ti hlai hy, ak awipeek ce amak sai taw qaai ak kqawn thlang ni, anih awh awitak am awm hy.
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:
Cehlai u ingawm ak awi ce nang ngai awhtaw, Khawsa lungnaak ce anih awh ak soep na awm kaw. Amah awh ni awm uhy ti simnaak taw veni.
6 whoever claims to live in him should live just as Jesus did.
U awm anih awh hqing nyng ak ti ingtaw Jesu amyihna a ceh aham awm hy.
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.
Ka lungnaak pyikhqi, awipeek ak thai am qee law nyng, ak cykca awhkaw nami taak ak kqym ceni ka qee law. Cawhkaw awipeek cetaw nangmih ing naming zaak ce ni.
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.
Cehlai kai ing awipeek thai qee law nyng; cawhkaw awitak ce anih ingkaw nangmih awh ni hu hy, than khaw ce khum nawh dainaak tang tang ce vang hawh hy.
9 The person who says that they are in the light, and yet hates others, is still in the darkness.
U awm vangnaak ak khuiawh awm hawh nyng ti hlai hy a koeinaa ce a sawhnaak awhtaw anih ce thannaak khuiawh ni a awm hyn.
10 The person who loves others is always in the light, and there is nothing within them to cause them to stumble.
U awm a koeinaa ak lungnaak thlang taw vangnaak khui awhkaw thlang na awm hy, cedawngawh anih ce ikaw ingawm am tluk sak thai hy.
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.
Cehlai u awm a koeinaa ak sawhnaak ak thlang taw than khuiawh ak van thlang na awm hy; hanaa ka ceh ti awm amak sim ak thlang ni, thannaak ing a mik ce hyp sak hawh hy.
12 Little children, I am writing to you because your sins have been forgiven for Christ’s sake.
Ka lungnaak ka cakhqi, ang ming ak caming nangmih a thawlhnaak ak khanawh qeenkhaw ngai na a awm hawh dawngawh, ca qee law nyng.
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.
Pakhqi, ak cyk ca awhkawng ak awm anih ce nami sim hawh a dawngawh ca qee law nyng. Cadawngkhqi, thlak che ce noeng hawh u tiksaw ca qee law nyng. Naasenkhqi, Pa ce nami sim hawh a dawngawh, ca qee law nyng.
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.
Pakhqi, ak cyk ca awhkawng ak awm anih ce nami sim hawh a dawngawh ca qee law nyng. Cadawngkhqi, nangmih taw na mik tha awm nawh, nangmih ak khuiawh Khawsak awi a awm a dawngawh, thlak che ce noeng uhyk ti, cedawngawh nangmih aham ca qee law nyng.
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.
Khawmdek ingkaw ak khuiawh ak awm ik-oeihkhqi ve koeh lung na. U ingawm khawmdek ve a lungnaak awhtaw Pa a lungnaak ce anih ak khuiawh am awm hy.
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.
Ikawtih, khawmdek awh ak awm them boeih - thlak thawlh a nainaak, a mik ing hy ngaihnaak, a taak them ingkaw sainaak awh oek qunaak khqi - vemyih ik-oeihkhqi ve Pa a ven nakawng ak law amni, khawmdek awhkawng ni a law.
17 And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but they who do God’s will remain for ever. (aiōn g165)
Khawmdek ingkaw khawmdek a ngaihnaakkhqi boeih taw khum seiawm, Khawsa kawngaih ak sai ak thlang taw kumqui dy hqing kaw. (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.
Ka lungnaak naasenkhqi, a tym a dytnaak ben hawh ni, Khrih a qaalkhqi law kawm uh tice naming zaak hawh amyihna, tuh zani Khrih a qaalkhqi ce law hawh uhy. Ce a dawngawh tuh ve a tym a dyt naak ben hawh ni ti sim uhyk ti.
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.
Ningmih a ven awhkawng cawn uhy, cehlai ningnih ak thlang na am awm qoe uhy. Ningmih ak thlang na ami awm mantaw, ningnih a venawh awm poe kawm uh, cehlai aming cawn a dawngawh pynoet awm ningnih ak thlang am ni tice dang hawh hy.
20 You, however, have been annointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth.
Cehlai nangmih taw thlakciim a ven nakaw situi hluk nani nami awm, cedawngawh nangmih boeih ing awitak ce sim uhyk ti.
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.
Awitak am nami sim a dawngawh ve ak ca am qee law nyng, cehlai awitak ce nami sim a dawngawh qaai pynoet awm awitak awhkawng am law hy.
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.
U nu qaai ak kqawn? Jesu ve Khrih amni tinawh ak oelh ak thlang ce ni. Cemyih ak thlang ce Khrih a qaal na awm hy - anih ing Pa ingkaw Capa ce oelh qawi bawk hy.
23 No one who rejects the Son has the Father; to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father also.
U awm Capa ak oelh taw Pa ce am ta hy; cakpa ce ak do taw Pa awm ak do ak thlang na awm hy.
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.
Ak cyk ca awh naming zaak ce nami taaknaak poe aham ngaihta lah uh. Nami taak poe awhtaw Cakpa ingkaw Pa awh nangmih ce awm poe kawm uk ti.
Ningmih a venawh a taak law awi taw veni - kumqui hqingnaak ve. (aiōnios g166)
26 In writing this to you, I have in mind those who are trying to mislead you.
Nangmih lam palh sak aham tha amik lokhqi akawng ce tuh qee law nyng.
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.
Nangmih taw a venawh kawng nami huh situi hluknaak ce a awm phat a dawngawh, thlang a cawngpyinaak ce am ngoe voel uhyk ti. Cehlai amah a situi hluknaak ing ik-oeih akawng boeih ce a ni cawngpyi khqi amyihna, amah awh awm poe lah uh.
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.
Tuh ka lungnaak naasenkhqi, amah awh awm poe lah uh, cawh ni amah ang dang law awh ning ngai qep kawmsaw alaw law awh am nik chah hly.
29 Since you know he is righteous, you realise that everyone who does what is right is his child.
Anih ce thlak dyng ni tice nami sim awhtaw u awm ik-oeih ak dyng ak saikhqi boeih taw anih a cahlah ni tice sim uhyk ti.
