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.
Nobana, ndikumulembela zintu ezi kuchitila kuti mutabisyi. Pele naa kuti umwi wabisya, tulaawe sikutwiminina kuli Taata, Jesu Kkilisito, oyo ululeme.
2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but the sins of the whole world.
Ngonguwe muliiyo wezibi zyesu, kutaamba zyeesu luzutu pele kuti azyenyika yoonse mbiizulwa.
3 It is by keeping God’s commands that we can be sure we know him.
Mulicheechi tulizi kuti twasika aakumuziba: naa twabamba milawu yakwe.
4 Whoever says ‘I know him,’ but does not keep his commands, is a liar. The truth has no place in them.
Oyo uwamba kuti, “Leza ndimwizi,” pesi katabambi milawu yakwe mubeji, alimwi bwini tabumo mulinguwe.
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:
Pele oyo woonse uubamba ijwi lyakwe, mulinguwe nchobeni luyando lwa Leza lwakakwanisigwa. Acheechi tulizi kuti tuli mulinguwe.
6 whoever claims to live in him should live just as Jesus did.
Kufumbwa uuwamba kuti ukalilide muli Leza welede kweenda mbuli Jesu Kkilisito mbwakeenda.
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.
Nomuyandwa, teensi ndikumulembela mulawu mupya pe, pele mulawu wachiindi ngumwakali aawo kuzwa kumatalikilo. Mulawu wachiindi ndijwi ndimwakamvwa.
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.
Nikuba boobo ndimulembela mulawu mupya, oyo uuli nkikasimpe muli Kkilisito amulindinywe, nkambo mudima ulimukwiinda, alimwi mumuuni wabwini ulimukumweka kale.
9 The person who says that they are in the light, and yet hates others, is still in the darkness.
Oyo uwamba kuti uli mumumuni kasulide munyiina uchili mumudima alino.
10 The person who loves others is always in the light, and there is nothing within them to cause them to stumble.
Oyo uyanda munyina ukkalilide mumumuni alimwi takwe mweenya wakudadalika mulinguwe.
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.
Pele oyo uusula munyina uli mumudima alimwi weenda mumudima; tazi nkwayobuya nkambo mudima woofwazya menso aakwe.
12 Little children, I am writing to you because your sins have been forgiven for Christ’s sake.
Ndikulemba kulindinywe, nobana, nkambo izibi zyenu zilalekelelwa nkambo kezina lyakwe.
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.
Ndikumulembela, nomandende, nkambo muli mwizi ooyo uzwa kumatalikilo. Ndilikumulembela, nobalumi banini, nkambo mwakamuzunda mubi. Ndamulembela nobana, nkambo muli mwizi Taata.
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.
Ndamulembela nomandende, nkambo mulimwizi ooyo uzwa kumatalikilo. Ndamulembela nobalumi banini, nkambo mulanguuzu, alimwi ijwi lya Leza lilikalilide mulindinywe, alimwi mwamuzunda mubi.
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.
Mutayandi inyika niziba zintu zili munyika. Kuti kakuli umwi uyanda nyika, luyando lwa Taata talumo mulinguwe.
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.
Nkambo zyoonse zili munyika - menso menso azyanyama, nikuba chitumpya menso, akalutiluti kabuumi - tazizwi kuli Taata pele zizwa kunyika.
17 And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but they who do God’s will remain for ever. (aiōn g165)
Alimwi nyika anzyiyanda ziliinda. Pele kufumbwa uuchita luyando lwa Leza uyokkalilila akutamani. (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.
Nobana banini, lyaba hoola lyamamanino. Mbuuli mbumwakamvwa kuti sikukkazya Kkilisito ulasika, lino bamukazya Kkilisito mbiingi basika. Akambo kazeezi kuti nihoola lyamamanino.
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.
Bakazwa mulindiswe, pele teensi bakali mulindiswe. Nkambo nikwali kuti balikuzwa muli ndiswe nibakakkalilila aswebo. Pele nibakazwa, zyakatondezya kuti teensi bakazwa muli ndiswe.
20 You, however, have been annointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth.
Pele mula kunanikwa kuzwa ku Musalali, alimwi mulikezi kasimpe.
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.
Teensi ndakamulembela akaambo kakuti tamwizi bwini pe, pele nkambo mulibwizi alimwi taakwe kubeja kuzwa mubwini.
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.
Ngwani mubeji pele oyo ukazya kuti Jesu ngo Kkilisito? Ooyo muntu ngonguwe sikukazya Kkilisito, mbuuli kuti wakaka Taata a Mwana.
23 No one who rejects the Son has the Father; to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father also.
Tawo pe uukkaka Mwana uula Taata. Kufumbwa uuzumina Mwana a Taata ulaawe.
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.
Ino inywe, ezyo nzimwakamvwa kumatalikilo amuzileke zikkalilile mulindinywe. Kuti nzimwakamvwa kuzwa kumatalikilo zyakkalilila mulindinywe, muyokkalilila mu Mwana amuli Taata.
Eechi nchechisyomezyo nchaakapa kuli ndiswe - buumi ibutamani. (aiōnios g166)
26 In writing this to you, I have in mind those who are trying to mislead you.
Ndalemba izintu eezi kuli ndinywe atala abaabo banga balamusowa.
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.
Ino inywe, bunanike mbumwakatambula kuzwa kuli nguwe buli kkalilide muli ndinywe, alimwi tamuyanduuli sikumuyiisya pe. Pele kuti kunanika kwakwe kulakuyiisya zyoonse alimwi masimpe teensi nkubeja pe, mbuli mbukwakakuyiisya, kkalilila muli nguwe.
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.
Alimwi lino, nobana, amukkalilile muli nguwe, kuchitila kuti nayoopamuka tukabe abusichaamba peepe kuyofwa insoni kunembo lyakwe akusika kwakwe.
29 Since you know he is righteous, you realise that everyone who does what is right is his child.
Na kamwizi kuti uliluleme, mulizi kuti woonse uuchita bubotu wakazyalwa anguwe.
