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.
Nyithinda mahero, andikonu wechegi mondo kik utim richo. To ka ngʼato otimo richo, to wan gi Jabura machwakowa kendo kwayonwa Wuoro; Jali en Yesu Kristo, Ngʼat Makare.
2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but the sins of the whole world.
En e misango magolo richowa, to ok marwa kende, to nyaka richo mar piny ngima.
3 It is by keeping God’s commands that we can be sure we know him.
Ka warito chike Nyasaye eka wabedo gi ratiro ni wangʼeye.
4 Whoever says ‘I know him,’ but does not keep his commands, is a liar. The truth has no place in them.
To ngʼat mawacho ni ongʼeye to ok tim gima odwaro en ja-miriambo kendo adiera onge e chunye.
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:
To ka ngʼato orito chike Nyasaye to hera moherogo Nyasaye nenore kuome ratiro. To ma e kaka wanyalo bedo gi adiera ni wan ei Nyasaye:
6 whoever claims to live in him should live just as Jesus did.
Ngʼat mawacho ni en ei Nyasaye nyaka kit ngimane mapile chal gi mar Yesu.
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.
Joherana, chik ma andikonuni ok en manyien. En chik musebedogo nyaka aa chakruok. Chikno en e wach ma usewinjo.
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.
To kata kamano, andikonu chik manyien kendo adierane nenore kuom Kristo kaachiel kodu, nikech mudho aa to ler mar adier koro rieny.
9 The person who says that they are in the light, and yet hates others, is still in the darkness.
Ngʼato angʼata mawacho niwuotho e ler to mon gi wadgi pod osiko e mudho.
10 The person who loves others is always in the light, and there is nothing within them to cause them to stumble.
Ngʼat mohero owadgi to odak e ler, kendo ngʼama kamano onge obadho manyalo miyo ochwanyre.
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.
Ngʼat mamon gi owadgi to ni e mudho, kendo mudho nogo ema owuothoe, kokia kuma odhiye, nikech mudho odino wangʼe.
12 Little children, I am writing to you because your sins have been forgiven for Christ’s sake.
Andikonu un nyithinda mageno nikech osewenu richou, kuom nying Yesu.
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.
Andikonu un wuone nikech ungʼeyo Jalno mane nitie nyaka aa chakruok. Andikonu, un jomatindo, nikech useloyo ngʼama rach.
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.
Andikonu un nyithindo mageno nikech ungʼeyo Wuoro. Andikonu un wuone, nikech ungʼeyo Jalno mane nitie nyaka aa chakruok. Andikonu un jomatindo, nikech utegno, kendo wach Nyasaye odak e chunyu, kendo useloyo ngʼama rach.
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.
Kik uher piny kata gimoro amora manie pinyni. Ka ngʼato ohero piny, to hera mar Wuoro onge e iye.
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.
Nimar gik moko duto manie piny, kaka gombo mar wangʼ kendo gombo mar ringruok kod sunga ma ji sungorego kuom gik ma gin-go, ok aa kuom Wuoro, to gin mana mag pinyni.
17 And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but they who do God’s will remain for ever. (aiōn g165)
Pinyni kaachiel gi gombo duto kadho, to ngʼat matimo dwach Nyasaye nobed mangima nyaka chiengʼ. (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.
Nyithinda mageno, giko chiegni kendo kaka usewinjo ni jasik Kristo biro, koro wasik Kristo mangʼeny osefwenyore. Ma e kaka wangʼeyo ni giko chiegni.
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.
Chutho, jogi ne oa irwa to ne ok gin jowa. Nikech ka dine gin jowa to dine gisiko kodwa, nimar dhigino nyiso malongʼo ni onge kata ngʼato achiel kuomgi mane ngʼatwa.
20 You, however, have been annointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth.
Un ema Ngʼama Maler osewirou omiyo ungʼeyo adiera.
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.
Omiyo koro andikonu ok nikech ukia adiera, to nikech ungʼeye, kendo nikech ungʼeyo ni onge miriambo mawuok e adiera.
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.
Ja-miriambo to kara en ngʼa? En ngʼama wacho ni Yesu ok en Kristo. Ngʼatno e Jasik Kristo, nikech odagi Wuoro kaachiel gi Wuowi.
23 No one who rejects the Son has the Father; to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father also.
Ngʼama odagi Wuowi odagi Wuoro bende, to ngʼama orwake nigi Wuoro bende.
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.
Kuom mano, neuru ni urito gima ne ukwongo winjo nyaka aa chakruok. Ka usiko ukano gima ne uwinjo mokwongo, to ubiro siko e winjruok gi Wuowi kod Wuoro.
To ma e gima Kristo owuon nosingore ni nomiwa, ma en ngima mochwere. (aiōnios g166)
26 In writing this to you, I have in mind those who are trying to mislead you.
Andikonu wechegi kuom jogo matemo mondo owuondu.
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.
Un to Roho mane Kristo omiyou osewirou, omiyo ok uchando ngʼat mapuonjou. To kaka Roho museyudono puonjou kuom gik moko duto, kendo dak ma Roho odak godo e iwu en adiera ma ok miriambo mana kaka osepuonjouno, sikuru kuome.
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.
Omiyo koro nyithinda mageno, sikuru kuome mondo ka ofwenyore to wabed gi chir kendo maonge wichkuot e nyime ka obiro.
29 Since you know he is righteous, you realise that everyone who does what is right is his child.
Ka ungʼeyo ni Kristo en ngʼama kare to onego ungʼe bende ni ngʼato ka ngʼato matimo gima kare en nyathi Nyasaye.
