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.
Pitit mwen yo, m ap ekri nou bagay sa yo pou nou pa peche. Si nenpòt peche nou gen yon avoka avèk Papa la, Jésus Kri sila ki dwat.
2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but the sins of the whole world.
Se Li menm ki sakrifis ekspiyatwa la pou peche nou yo, non sèlman pou nou, men pou tout lemonn lan.
3 It is by keeping God’s commands that we can be sure we know him.
Se konsa nou konnen ke nou gen tan konnen Li, si nou kenbe kòmandman Li yo.
4 Whoever says ‘I know him,’ but does not keep his commands, is a liar. The truth has no place in them.
Sila ki di “Mwen gen tan konnen Li,” men pa kenbe kòmandman Li yo, se yon mantè, epi laverite a pa nan li.
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:
Men nenpòt ki kenbe pawòl Li, nan li lamou Bondye a vrèman gen tan vin konplete. Men ki jan nou konnen ke nou se nan li:
6 whoever claims to live in him should live just as Jesus did.
Sila ki di ke l ap reste nan Li ta dwe, li menm, mache menm jan ke Li te mache.
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.
Byeneme yo, mwen p ap ekri yon kòmandman nèf a nou, men yon ansyen kòmandman ke nou te gen depi kòmansman a. Lansyen kòmandman a se pawòl a ke nou te tande depi kòmansman an.
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.
Sou lòt men, m ap ekri nou yon kòmandman nèf, ki se vrè nan Li, epi nan nou, paske tenèb la ap pase, epi vrè limyè la ap briye deja.
9 The person who says that they are in the light, and yet hates others, is still in the darkness.
Sila ki di ke li nan limyè la, men rayi frè l se nan tenèb la jiska prezan.
10 The person who loves others is always in the light, and there is nothing within them to cause them to stumble.
Sila ki renmen frè li se nan limyè la, epi pa gen kòz pou chite tonbe nan li.
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.
Men sila ki rayi frè li se nan tenèb la, epi mache nan tenèb la. Li pa konnen kote l ap w ale, paske tenèb la fin fè l avèg.
12 Little children, I am writing to you because your sins have been forgiven for Christ’s sake.
M ap ekri nou, ti moun yo, paske peche nou yo gen tan padonnen pou kòz a non Li.
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.
M ap ekri nou, papa yo, paske nou konnen Li ki te la depi kòmansman an. M ap ekri nou jenn nonm yo, paske nou te vin gen viktwa la sou sila ki mechan. Mwen te ekri nou ti moun yo, paske nou konnen Papa a.
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.
Mwen te ekri nou, papa yo, paske nou konnen Li ki te la depi kòmansman a. Mwen te ekri nou jenn nonm yo paske nou gen fòs, epi pawòl Bondye a reste nan nou, epi nou te vin gen viktwa sou sila ki mechan.
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.
Pa renmen lemonn an, ni bagay yo ki nan lemonn an. Si nenpòt renmen lemonn, lamou Papa a pa reste nan li.
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.
Paske tout sa ki nan lemonn lanvi lachè a, lanvi nan zye yo, ak lògey lavi la pa sòti nan Papa a, men nan lemonn sa.
17 And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but they who do God’s will remain for ever. (aiōn g165)
Men lemonn an disparèt avèk tout lanvi li yo, men sila ki fè volonte a Bondye ap viv jis pou janmen. (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.
Pitit yo, se dènye lè. Menm jan ke nou te tande ke antikris la ap vini menm koulye a anpil antikris yo gen tan leve. Pou sa, nou konnen ke se dènye lè.
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.
Yo te sòti pami nou, men yo pa t vrèman nan nou, paske si yo te nan nou, yo t ap rete avèk nou. Men yo te sòti jis pou li ta kapab vin klè ke yo pa nan nou.
20 You, however, have been annointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth.
Men nou menm gen lonksyon lan ki sòti nan Sila ki Sen a, epi nou tout konnen sa.
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.
Mwen pa t ekri nou akoz nou pa konnen verite a, men paske nou konnen li, epi akoz ke okenn manti pa janm sòti nan laverite a.
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.
Kelès k ap manti, sòf ke li menm ki demanti ke Jésus se Kris la. Sila se antikris la, sila ki refize Papa a ansanm ak Fis la.
23 No one who rejects the Son has the Father; to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father also.
Sila ki demanti Fis la pa gen Papa a. Sila ki konfese Fis la, anplis, gen Papa a.
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.
Pou nou menm, kite sa demere nan nou ke nou te tande depi kòmansman a. Si sa nou te tande depi kòmansman a demere nan nou, nou va osi reste nan Fis la, ak Papa la.
Epi sa se pwomès la ke Li menm te fè nou, lavi etènèl. (aiōnios g166)
26 In writing this to you, I have in mind those who are trying to mislead you.
Bagay sa yo mwen te ekri nou konsènan sa yo ki ta eseye pase nou nan desepsyon.
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.
Epi pou nou menm, lonksyon ke nou te resevwa a Li demere nan nou, epi nou pa gen bezwen pou pèsòn enstwi nou; men lonksyon Li enstwi nou nan tout bagay. Li se verite, epi pa janm nan manti, menm jan ke li te enstwi nou, demere nan Li.
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.
Epi koulye a, ti moun yo, reste nan Li, jis pou lè L vin parèt, nou kapab gen konfyans epi pa vin piti ak wont lè Li vini.
29 Since you know he is righteous, you realise that everyone who does what is right is his child.
Si nou konnen ke Li dwat nèt, nou konnen osi ke tout moun ki pratike ladwati a se ne a Li.
