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.
N yaabila, n da i li til ne k tien i ki yin daa biid. Ama li ya tie ki nul tien biid, t pia o todka t baa U Tienu kani. Wani n tie jesu klisto o mɔnkundaano.
2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but the sins of the whole world.
O tugi o ba ki yidi salgi ti biidi po, ki ti biidi n piini. Li ki tie tinbi baba ya biidi ka, ama ŋanduna niba kuli ya biidi po i.
3 It is by keeping God’s commands that we can be sure we know him.
Ti ya cɔlni o yikonba, lani wangi ki ti band o.
4 Whoever says ‘I know him,’ but does not keep his commands, is a liar. The truth has no place in them.
O nuli ya maadi: k o bani U Tienu ki nan ki cɔlni o yikonba, o tie faagu daano, ki li daano pia maamɔnba,
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:
Ama, yua n cɔlni U Tienu maama, U Tienu buama ŋanbi ki ye yen o, yeni, ti bu fidi k bandi k ti ye yen o.
6 whoever claims to live in him should live just as Jesus did.
Yua maadi k ki ye yen U Tienu, li daan o yinyienu mɔ baa tien nani jesu yinyienu n bo tie maama yeni.
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.
N buakaaba, li ki tie yiko bonpanli ka k n tieni, ama li tie yiko kpeli ki bo ga hali ciliyogu, li yiko bonkpeli tie ya maama ki den bani yeni.
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.
Yen li kuli ne li tie yiko bonpanli k n dian k ten i, yaali n tie maamɔni, yinba yen wani ya siign tie ki li bonbonli yaadi, ki mi yinyenma cua.
9 The person who says that they are in the light, and yet hates others, is still in the darkness.
Yua maadi k o ye mi yinyenma nni, ki naa bua o ninjua, o gɔ da li ye li bonbonli nni,
10 The person who loves others is always in the light, and there is nothing within them to cause them to stumble.
Yua bua o ninjua n ye mi yinyenma nni, li ba kuli kan fidi ki cedi ki wan ba ti biid n.
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.
Yua ki bua o ninjua, ye li bonbonli nni, o cuoni li bonbonli nni, ki ji ki bani wan caa naani, ki dugni li bonbonli juani o nuni.
12 Little children, I am writing to you because your sins have been forgiven for Christ’s sake.
N dian i li til ne, yinb n yaabila, ki dugni U Tienu tieni sugli i biidi po ki dugni o yeli po.
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.
Yinb bibaanba, ki dugni i bani yua bo ye hali ciliyo, yinb o nupangu, n dian i, ki dugni i paadi o bonbiugu-daan o. yinb n yaabila, yin ban U Tienu po yeni, n cedi k n dian i li tili ne.
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.
Yinb bibaanba, n dian i ki dugni i bani yua bo ye hali ciliyogunu, yinbi o nupangu, n dian i ki dugni i kubi ki li pa, ki ga U Tienu maama ki bil i pala nni ki paadi sitaani.
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.
Da bua mani ŋanduna, ki gɔ da bua ya bona ye ŋanduna nni. Li ya sua ki nul buadi ŋanduna, U Tienu buama ji ki ye li daan o nni.
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.
ki dugni, ya bona ye ŋanduna ne kuli, ki ñani U Tienu kani ka, ama ŋanduna nni, o nufosaalo n niani yaali yen o nuni n nua yaali, yen o jagbelima ki ña ti baa kan ka, ama li ña ŋanduna nni.
17 And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but they who do God’s will remain for ever. (aiōn g165)
ŋanduna yen bi niba n niani yaali k li ŋani, ji pendi. Ama yua tie U Tienu n bua yaali wani, baa li ye yogukuli. (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.
Abila, i jijuogu yognu, nani yin den gbadi ki bi maadi ki klisto yibala yabi boncianli: li po n cedi ki ti bandi k i jijuogu yogunu pundi.
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.
Bi ñani ti siiga nni, ama bi den ki tie ti yabi ka. Bi bo tie ti yabi, tinba yeni bani n bo baa ye. Li tieni ki lan waani, ki bi ki tie ti yabi.
20 You, however, have been annointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth.
I ya po, i ga mi yediŋanma yua bo tie niŋamo yen kani. Ki kuli piua mi banma.
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.
N dian i kelima i bani i maamɔni ka, ama i ban li, k faagu ba ki ye i maamɔni nni.
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.
ŋma n tie faagudaan o i, o faagudaan o tie yua yie ki jesu ki tie klistu i? li daan o tie klistu yibalo, yua nia ti baa yen o bijua.
23 No one who rejects the Son has the Father; to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father also.
Yua ki bani U Tienu bijua, ki bani U Tienu mɔ, yua tuo ki ga U Tienu bijua, o ga U Tienu mɔ.
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.
Yin den gbadi ya maama hali ciliyogu yeni, ye i pala nni, i ji taani ki ye yeni U Tienu bijua i yen U Tienu.
Wan puoni k o bi ten ti yaali n tie: ya miali ki pia gbema. (aiōnios g166)
26 In writing this to you, I have in mind those who are trying to mislead you.
N dian i li bona ki li nua ya niba kpaani ki ban buon i.
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.
Yinba wani, wan den ten i ya fuoŋanba ye yen i. L ji ki buali ki nul n tundi ka; ama nani o fuoŋanma n tundi a bona nni kuli ne, ki li tie maamɔnba n ye k k tie faagu ka yeni. Ya ye mani nani fuoŋanma n tundi maama.
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.
To, mɔlane, n yaabila, ya ye mani yeni klistu ki fidi ki ya pia li papaali ya yogunu k o t bu legd, k o legdm daali ki fee n da di ti, ki bi fagdi yen o.
29 Since you know he is righteous, you realise that everyone who does what is right is his child.
I ya bani k o tie yua kuni o mɔnkundi, yin gɔ ya bani ki yua ntie ti mɔnkundi kuli, U Tienu n mal li daan op.
