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 pahren e canaw, yonnae na sak awh hoeh nahanelah, hete ca hah ka thut teh na patawn awh. Tami buetbuet touh ni yonnae sakpayon pawiteh, maimouh na kampangkhai hanelah kalan e Bawipa Jisuh Khrih teh Pa koe ao.
2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but the sins of the whole world.
Hote Bawipa teh maimae yon dueng nahoeh, talaivan pueng e yontha nahanelah, thueng e lah ao.
3 It is by keeping God’s commands that we can be sure we know him.
Hote Bawipa teh maimouh ni bangtelah hoi maw panue awh tetpawiteh, kâpoelawknaw hah tarawi e lahoi panue awh.
4 Whoever says ‘I know him,’ but does not keep his commands, is a liar. The truth has no place in them.
Kâpoelawknaw hah tarawi laipalah, Bawipa ka panue toe ka tet e tami teh, a lai kathoute lah doeh o awh. Ahni dawk lawkkatang awmhoeh.
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:
Hote Bawipa lawk hah ka tarawi e teh, Cathut e a lungpatawnae hoi akawi katang. Maimouh ni hote Bawipa dawk o awh e hah het telah hoi panue awh.
6 whoever claims to live in him should live just as Jesus did.
Hote Bawipa dawk ka hring toe ka tet e tami teh, Jisuh ni a sak e patetlah a dawn van han.
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 lungpataw e ka huinaw: nangmouh koe ka thut e kâpoelawk hateh, a katha e na hoeh. Ahmaloe hoi kaawm tangcoung e kâpoelawk hah doeh. Ahmaloe hoi kaawm tangcoung e kâpoelawk hateh na thai awh tangcoung e lawk hah doeh.
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.
Atuvah kâpoelawk katha hah nangmouh koevah ka thut. Hote kâpoelawk teh, Bawipa dawk nakunghai, nangmouh dawk nakunghai, hmu katang e lah ao. Bangkongtetpawiteh, hmonae teh a kahma teh angnae katang teh coungkacoelah a ang toe.
9 The person who says that they are in the light, and yet hates others, is still in the darkness.
Hmaunawngha hah na hmuhma lahun nah, kai teh angnae dawk ka o ka tet e tami teh, atu sittouh hmonae thung doeh ao rah.
10 The person who loves others is always in the light, and there is nothing within them to cause them to stumble.
Hmaunawngha lungpataw e tami teh angnae dawk kahring e lah ao. Kamthui teh rawp nahane ahni dawk awmhoeh.
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.
Hmaunawngha kahmawt ngai hoeh e tami teh, hmonae dawk kaawm niteh hmonae dawk doeh a hring rah. Hmonae ni a mit a dawn sak teh, na maw ka cei tie hai panuek hoeh.
12 Little children, I am writing to you because your sins have been forgiven for Christ’s sake.
Ka lungpataw e canaw: nangmouh teh hote Bawipa min lahoi yon thoungsak lah na o awh toung dawkvah, hete ca ka thut teh na patawn awh.
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.
Apanaw: nangmouh teh apuengcue hoi kaawm tangcoung e hah, na panue awh dawkvah, hete ca ka thut teh na patawn awh. Thoundounnaw: nangmouh teh, kahrai hah na tâ awh dawkvah hete ca ka thut teh na patawn awh. Camonaw: nangmouh teh Pa hah na panue awh dawkvah hete ca ka thut teh na patawn awh.
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.
Napanaw: nangmouh ni apuengcue hoi kaawm tangcoung e hah, na panue awh dawkvah hete ca ka thut teh na patawn awh. Thoundounnaw: nangmouh na thasai awh teh, Cathut lawk na thung a hring teh, kahrai hah na tâ awh dawkvah, hete ca ka thut teh na patawn awh.
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.
Talaivan hoi talaivan dawk kaawm e hnonaw hah lungpataw awh hanh. Talai lungpataw e teh, Pa lungpatawnae tawn hoeh.
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.
Talaivan dawk kaawm e hnonaw teh: takngainae, mitnoenae, talai hno dawk kâoupnae hah doeh. Hotnaw teh, Pa koehoi ka tho e nahoeh. Talai lahoi ka tho e doeh.
17 And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but they who do God’s will remain for ever. (aiōn g165)
Talaivan hoi talaivan hno noenae teh kahmat han. Cathut ngainae patetlah ka tarawi e tami teh a yungyoe a kangning. (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 lungpataw e canaw: atu e tueng teh, a hnukteng e atueng lah ao. Khrih e a taran khrihkaphawk a tâco e na thai awh e patetlah atu rawraw khrihkaphawknaw moi ao toe. Hatdawkvah, atu e tueng teh a hnukteng e atueng doeh toe tie panue thai.
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.
Ahnimanaw teh, maimouh koehoi a tâco awh teh, a cei awh toe. Hatei, ahmaloe hoi maimouh hoi kâkuen awh hoeh. Maimouh hoi kâkuen awh pawiteh maimouh hoi doeh rei awm a tih. Maimouh hoi kâkuen awh hoeh tie hah a kamnue nahanelah, maimouh koehoi a tâco awh toe.
20 You, however, have been annointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth.
Nangmouh teh, kathounge Cathut kut dawk hoi, satui awi lah na o awh. Hno cawngca pueng teh na panue awh.
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.
Lawkkatang na panue awh hoeh dawk ca na patawn awh e na hoeh. Nangmouh ni na panue awh teh, laithoe e pueng teh lawkkatang hoi kâkuen hoeh tie na panue awh dawkvah ca na patawn awh e doeh ka tho.
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.
Laithoe ka dei e teh apimaw. Jisuh teh Khrih nahoeh ka tet e tami hah doeh. Pa hoi Capa ka taran e teh khrihkaphawk doeh.
23 No one who rejects the Son has the Father; to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father also.
Capa ka taran e tami teh, Pa panuek hoeh. Capa ka dâw e tami teh Pa hah a panue.
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.
Hatdawkvah, ahmaloe hoi na thai awh e phung lawk hah nangmouh dawk hring sak awh. Hote phung lawk teh, nangmouh dawk hring pawiteh, nangmouh teh Capa hoi Pa dawk kahring e lah na o awh han.
Maimouh koe, na poe e lawkkam teh, a yungyoe hringnae hah doeh. (aiōnios g166)
26 In writing this to you, I have in mind those who are trying to mislead you.
Nangmouh na ka dum e naw e a kong teh, hettelah kathut teh na patawn awh.
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.
Cathut koehoi na coe awh e satui awi lungmanae teh nangmouh dawk a hring dawkvah nangmouh teh apinihai bout cangkhai ngai hoeh toe. Hote satui awi lungmanae teh laithoe e nahoeh. A katang e na cangkhai dawkvah, na cangkhai e patetlah nangmouh ni Capa dawk hring awh.
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.
Ka lungpataw e canaw: Capa a kamnue toteh, maimouh hai ama koe pha awh toteh, taranhawi laihoi, kayanae ao hoeh nahanelah, Capa dawk pou hring awh.
29 Since you know he is righteous, you realise that everyone who does what is right is his child.
Cathut teh a lan tie na panuek awh pawiteh, lannae ka sak e tami pueng hah Cathut ni a khe e doeh tie teh panue awh.
