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.
Ashibhanangu bhungumpinganga, ngunakunnjandishilanga gene malobhe gano nkupinga nnatendanje yambi. Ibhaga mundu atendaga yambi, tukwete bhakutubheleketela kwa a Tati, na bhene bhakutubheleketelabho, ni a Yeshu Kilishitu bhakwete aki.
2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but the sins of the whole world.
Bhenebho ni mbepei jishoshiywe kwa ligongo lya leshelelwa yambi yetu, wala nngabha kwa ligongo lya yambi yetu pe, ikabheje kwa ligongo lya yambi ya bhandu bhowe.
3 It is by keeping God’s commands that we can be sure we know him.
Uwe tumumanyi kuti twaamanyi a Nnungu, ibhaga tukunduga amuli yabho.
4 Whoever says ‘I know him,’ but does not keep his commands, is a liar. The truth has no place in them.
Mundu aitembaga kuti, abhamanyi a Nnungu akuno akaakunda amuli yabho, jwenejo ni nnami, na jwangali kweli mmunda jakwe.
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:
Ikabheje jwene akunda lilobhe lya a Nnungu, analangula shakuti kwaapinga a Nnungu mmunda jakwe. Kwa lyeneli, tumumanyi kuti tunaalundana na a Nnungu.
6 whoever claims to live in him should live just as Jesus did.
Mundu jojowe abheleketa kuti analundana na a Nnungu, anapinjikwa kutama malinga shibhaatemi a Yeshu Kilishitu.
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.
Bhakilishitu ajangunji ngakunnjandishilanga amuli ja ambi, ikabheje ja bhukala jinnjimanyinji kuumila kundandubho. Na jene amuli ja bhukala, ni lilobhe limpilikenenje lila.
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.
Nkali nneyo ngunakunnjandishilanga amuli ja ambi, yani lilobhe lili lya kweli nkati jabho a Kilishitu na nkati jetu, pabha lubhindu lunapita na shilangaya sha kweli tayali shinalangaya.
9 The person who says that they are in the light, and yet hates others, is still in the darkness.
Mundu abheleketa kuti mwali nshilangaya akuno alikumpata nkilishitu nnjakwe, jwenejo launo mwali nnubhindu.
10 The person who loves others is always in the light, and there is nothing within them to cause them to stumble.
Jwene akumpinga nkilishitu njakwe, anatama nshilangaya na nkati jakwe shakwapi sha kummulaya kutenda yambi.
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.
Ikabheje akumpata nkilishitu njakwe, anatama na owa nnubhindu na akakukumanya kwa kwenda, pabha lubhindu lushikunng'ibhila meyo.
12 Little children, I am writing to you because your sins have been forgiven for Christ’s sake.
Ngunakunnjandishilanga mmanganya ashibhanangu, pabha nshileshelelwanga yambi yenunji kwa lina lya a Kilishitu.
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.
Ngunakunnjandishilanga mmanganyanji bhanangulungwa, pabha mwaamanyinji Bhene bhaapali kuumila kundandubho ja indu yowe, ngunakunnjandishilanga mmanganya mmashanda, pabha nshikunkombolanga Lishetani jula.
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.
Ngunakunnjandishilanga mmanganyanji ashibhanangu, pabha mwaamanyinji a Tati. Ngunakunjandishilanga mmanganyanji bhanangulungwa, pabha mwaamanyinji bhaaliji kundandubho ja indu yowe. Ngunakunnjandishilanga mmanganyanji mmashanda, pabha nshikolanga mashili na lilobhe lya a Nnungu linatama nkati jenunji, na munkombwelenje Lishetani.
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.
Nnashipinganje shilambolyo, wala indu itama nshilambolyo. Mundu ashipingaga shilambolyo akakombola kwaapinga a Tati a Nnungu.
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.
Pabha kila shindu shili pa Shilambolyo, malinga kukongolela ilokoli ya pa shiilu, ilokoli ya meyo, na kuipuna kwa nndamo, yene yowei ikaakoposhela kwa a Tati, ikabheje kuikopoka ku shilambolyo.
17 And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but they who do God’s will remain for ever. (aiōn g165)
Shilambolyo na ilokoli yakwe inapita, ikabheje mundu atenda ibhaapinga a Nnungu shatame pitipiti. (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.
Ashibhanangu, gegano ni malanga ga kumpelo. Mwapilikenenje kuti akakwaakunda a Kilishitu shaaishe, ikabheje nkali nnaino bhakwaataukanga a Kilishitu bhabhagwinji bhaikengenenje. Kwa nneyo tumumanyi kuti gegano ni malanga ga kumpelo.
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.
Bhene bhandunjibha, mubhakoposhelenje munkumbi gwetu, ikabheje bhakalinginjiji bhetu, na kwa lyene ligongolyo bhatuleshilenje. Kaliji bhakalinginji na uwe, bhakatemingene na uwe. Ikabheje bhashikutulekanga kupinga imanyishe kuti bhakalinginjiji bha munkumbi gwetu.
20 You, however, have been annointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth.
Ikabheje nshigumbaywanga naka Mbumu jwa Ukonjelo, na mmowenji nnjimanyinji kweli.
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.
Bhai, nangannjandishilanga pabha nkakujimanyanga kweli, ikabheje pabha nnjimanyinji kweli na kabhili pabha gwakwa unami gogowe ukoposhela nkweli.
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.
Gani ali nnami? Ni jwene atauka kuti a Yeshu nngabha a Kilishitu. Jweneju ni akakwaakunda a Kilishitu, pabha anakwaakana a Tati naka Mwana gwabho.
23 No one who rejects the Son has the Father; to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father also.
Jwene akumposhela Mwana, akakwaaposhela na a Tati nneila peila, ikabheje akumposhela Mwana, anakwaaposhela a Tati nneila peila.
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.
Kwa nneyo nkamulanje mmitima jenunji majiganyo gumpilikenenje kuumila ku ndandubho. Ibhaga nkagulilangaga majiganyo gumpilikenenje kuumila ku ndandubho, shintamangananje nkati jika Mwana na a Tati
Na a Kilishitu bhayene bhatupele miadi ja gumi gwa pitipiti. (aiōnios g166)
26 In writing this to you, I have in mind those who are trying to mislead you.
Njikunnjandishilanga gene malobhega kwa ligongo lya bhandu bhaapinganga kumpuganyanga.
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.
Ikabheje a Kilishitu bhashikutupa Mbumu jwa Ukonjelo. Na pabha Mbumu jwa Ukonjelo anatama nkati jetu, nkapinjikwanga kujiganywa naka mundu jojowe, pabha Mbumu jwabho anakunnjiganyanga indu yowe. Jwene Mbumujo anakunjiganyanga ya kweli na wala akabheleketa unami. Bhai malinga Mbumu shakuti kunjiganyanga, ntamangane nkati ja a Kilishitu.
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 nnaino ashibhanangu, ntamangananje nkati jabho a Kilishitu, nkupinga tubhe na ngulupai ja kweli malanga gubhapinga koposhela, na tunakole oni lyubha lishibhabhuje.
29 Since you know he is righteous, you realise that everyone who does what is right is his child.
Mmumanyinji kuti a Kilishitu ni bhakwete aki, kwa nneyo nnapinjikwanga nneila peila kumumanya kuti kila mundu atenda aki, ni mwana jwa a Nnungu.
