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.
Abhana bhani abhendwa, enibhandikila emisango jinu kwemwe koleleki mwasiga kukola chibhibhi. Mbe nawe alabha oumwi wemwe akakola echibhibhi, chili no mujuni unu ali amwi na Lata, Yesu Kristo -unu ali mulengelesi.
2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but the sins of the whole world.
Mwenene ni mugwatanya ku bhibhibhi bhyeswe, na atali kwe bhibhibhi bhyeswe-la bhyenyele, mbe nawe one mu Chalo chikobhe.
3 It is by keeping God’s commands that we can be sure we know him.
Ku linu echimenya ati echimumenya omwene, chikabhigwata ebhilagilo bhyaye.
4 Whoever says ‘I know him,’ but does not keep his commands, is a liar. The truth has no place in them.
Omwene unu kaika, “Enimumenya Nyamuanga,” Mbe nawe atakubhigwata ebhilagilo bhyaye, ni mulimi, ne chimali chitamulimo.
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:
Mbe nawe wona wona unu kagwata omusango gwaye, ni chimali ku munu ulya okwenda kwa Nyamuanga okukumisibhwa. Kulinu echimenya ati chili mu mwene.
6 whoever claims to live in him should live just as Jesus did.
Omwene unu kaika ati alamile mu Nyamuanga kumwiile omwenene one alibhatega lwa kutyo Yesu Kristo kutyo alibhatile.
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.
Abhendwa, nitakubhandikila emwe chilagilo chiyaya, nawe chilagilo Cha kala chinu mwamalile okubha nacho kusoka bhusimuka. Echilagilo cha kala ni musango gunu mwonguywe.
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.
Nolwo kutyo enibhandikila emwe chilagilo chiyaya, chinu chili che chimali mu Kristo na kwemwe, ku nsonga echisute echilabhawo, no bhwelu bhwe chimali bhuli bhwangu obhumulika.
9 The person who says that they are in the light, and yet hates others, is still in the darkness.
Omwene unu kaika ali mu bhwelu kenu namusoka owabho mbe oyo ali mu chisute Kukinga wolyanu.
10 The person who loves others is always in the light, and there is nothing within them to cause them to stumble.
Omwene unu kamwenda owabho alamile mu bhwelu na gutaliwo musango gwona gwona gunu ogutula okumwikujusha.
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.
Mbe nawe omwene unu namusoka owabho oyo ali mu chisute na kalibhatila mu chisute; Omwene atakumenya aki eyo kaja, ku nsonga echisute chamuofusishe ameso gaye.
12 Little children, I am writing to you because your sins have been forgiven for Christ’s sake.
Enibhandikila emwe, abhana abhendwa, ku nsonga mwiswaliliywe ebhibhibhi bhyemwe kulwa ingulu ya lisina lyaye.
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.
Enibhandikila emwe, bhalata, ku nsonga mumumenyele omwenene kusoka bhusimuka. Enibhandikila emwe, abhasigaji, ku nsonga nimusigega omubhibhi ulya. Enibhandikila emwe, abhana abhakola, ku nsonga omumumenya Lata.
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.
Enibhandikila emwe, Bhalata, ku nsonga mumumenyele mwene kusoka bhusimuka. Enibhandikila emwe, bhasigaji, ku nsonga mulumatene, no musango gwa Nyamuanga gubhekayemo, na mwamutamishe/mwamuigile omubhibhi ulya.
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.
Mwasiga kuchenda echalo nolwo masango ganu galimo muchalo. Nakabhee ulya akachenda echalo elyenda lyo kumwenda Lata litamulimo.
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.
Kulwo kubha bhuli chinu chinu chilimo mu chalo-obhuligisi bhwo mubhili, okuligila kwa meso, ne chigundu cho bhuanga- bhitakusokana na Lata mbe nawe ebhisokana ne chalo.
17 And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but they who do God’s will remain for ever. (aiōn g165)
Echalo no bhuligisi bhwacho ebhilabhawo. Nawe mwenene unu kakola okwenda kwa Nyamuanga oyo niwe nagendelelala okulama kajanende. (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.
Bhana bhatoto, ni mwanya gwa kubhutelo. Lwa kutyo mwonguywe ati unu kamulema Kristo kaja, nolwo wolyanu bhanu abhamulema Kristo bhejile, ku jinu echimenya ati hi mwanya gwa kubhutelo.
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.
Bhajiye jebhwe nibhachisokamo, kulwo kubha bhaliga bhatali bheswe. Lwa kutyo bhakabhee kweswe bhakagendelee okubha amwi neswe. Mbe nawe mu mwanya gunu bhagendele jebhwe, echo chelesishe ati bhaliga bhatali bhe wasu.
20 You, however, have been annointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth.
Mbe nawe mwitiliywe amafuta noyo Omwelulo, emwe bhona muchimenyele echimali.
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.
Nitabhandikiye emwe ku nsonga mutakuchimenya echimali, nawe ku nsonga omuchimenya na ku nsonga lutalimo lulimi lwa echimali chilya.
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.
Omulimi niga nawe ni mwenene unu kalema ati Yesu ni Kristo? Omunu unu kamulema Kristo, nanu kalema Lata no Mwana.
23 No one who rejects the Son has the Father; to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father also.
Atali unu kalema omwana nabha-la na Lata. Wona wona unu kamwikilisha omwana ali na Lata one.
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.
Alabha ni ingulu yemwe, chilya chinu mwonguywe kusoka kubhwambilo siga chigendelele okubhayana emwe. Lwa chiliya chinu mwonguywe kusoka mu bhwambilo echibhenyanjamo mwimwe, one mulinyanja mu mwana na Lata.
Na gunu nigwo omulago gunu achiyanile eswe: obhulame bhwa kajanende. (aiōnios g166)
26 In writing this to you, I have in mind those who are trying to mislead you.
Enibhandikila ganu emwe okulubhana na bhaliya bhanu bhakabhatangasishe emwe mu munjila.
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.
Na ingulu yemwe, amafuta galya ganu mwalamiye okusoka kwaye gabhekayemo, na mutakukena munu wona wona kubheigisha. Mbe Nawe alabha amafuta gaye agabheigisha okulubhana ne misango jona na ni chimali na kutali lulimi, nolwo kutyo alabha abheigisishe, nimwikalega mu mwene.
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.
Na wolyanu, abhana abhendwa, nimwikalega mu mwene, koleleki mu mwanya gunu akabhonekane, chitule okubha no bhubhasi na chitakwiyungwa kubha na nswalo imbele hate mu kuja kwaye.
29 Since you know he is righteous, you realise that everyone who does what is right is his child.
Alabha omumenya ati mwenene hi mulengelesi, na nimumenya ati bhuli umwi unu kakola ejo bhulengelesi abhuywe no mwene.
