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.
Vana vangu nikuvayandikila mambu aga, muni mkoto kumbudila Chapanga. Nambu, akavya mundu ambudili Chapanga, tivii naku mmonga mweakutiyupila kwa Chapanga Dadi witu pahala pitu, mundu mwenuyo ndi Yesu Kilisitu mweavili mbwina neju.
2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but the sins of the whole world.
Kilisitu ndi mweawusiwi luteta muni tilekekeswa kumbudila kwitu Chapanga, na lepi kubuda kwitu tete ndu, ndi kubuda kwa vandu va pamulima woha.
3 It is by keeping God’s commands that we can be sure we know him.
Ngati tikayidakila mihilu ya Chapanga tihotola kujova chakaka kuvya timmanyili Chapanga.
4 Whoever says ‘I know him,’ but does not keep his commands, is a liar. The truth has no place in them.
Mundu akajova ammanyi Chapanga, nambu nakugayidakila mihilu yaki, mundu mwenuyo ndi mdese, na uchakaka uvi lepi mugati yaki.
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:
Nambu mundu yoyoha mweilanda lilovi la Chapanga, mwenuyo ndi ana uganu wa chakaka wa Chapanga ukamiliki mugati yaki. Naha ndi tihotola kuvya na uchakaka kuvya tiwungini nayu,
6 whoever claims to live in him should live just as Jesus did.
mundu yoyoha mwaijova kuvya awungini na Chapanga, iganikiwa kutama ngati cheatamayi Yesu Kilisitu.
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.
Vankozi vangu, mihilu iyi yenikuvayandikila lepi mihilu ya mupya, ndi mihilu yilayila yemwavili nayu kutumbula kadeni. Mihilu iyi ya kadeni ndi ujumbi wula wemwayuwini.
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.
Hati naha mihilu iyi yenikuvayandikila ndi mihilu ya mupya, na uchakaka waki ulolekana mugati ya Kilisitu na mugati yinu mewa. Muni chitita chiwukili, na lumuli lwa chakaka lumalili kutumbula kulangasa.
9 The person who says that they are in the light, and yet hates others, is still in the darkness.
Mundu yoyoha mweijova kuvya avili mu lumuli, nambu akumyomela mlongo waki, mundu mwenuyo akona muchitita mbaka hinu.
10 The person who loves others is always in the light, and there is nothing within them to cause them to stumble.
Mundu yoyoha mweakumgana mlongo waki avi mu lumuli, na kawaka chochoha mugati yaki chechihotola lepi kumkita mundu yungi kumbudila Chapanga.
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.
Nambu mundu yoyoha mweakumvenga mlongo waki avili muchitita, igenda muchitita, na amanyili lepi kweihamba, muni chitita chimkoywili mihu.
12 Little children, I am writing to you because your sins have been forgiven for Christ’s sake.
Nikuvayandikila nyenye vana muni kubuda kwinu kulekekiswi kwa gala geakitili Kilisitu.
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.
Nikuvayandikila nyenye mwavadadi muni mummanyili mwene mweavili kutumbula pakutumbula. Nikuvayandikila nyenye vasongolo ndava muni mumuhotwili Muhakau yula.
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.
Nikuvayandila nyenye vana ndava muni mummanyili Dadi witu. Nikuvayandikila nyenye mwavadadi muni mummanyili Kilisitu mweavili kuhuma pautumbula. Nikuvayandikila nyenye vasongolo muni muna makakala, lilovi la Chapanga livili mugati yinu na mumuhotwili Muhakau yula.
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.
Mkoto kuugana mulima, amala chochoha chechivili cha pamulima. Mundu mweakuugana mulima, kumgana Chapanga Dadi witu kuvi lepi mugati yaki.
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.
Ndava vindu vyoha vyavi pamulima, ndi, mnogo uhakau wetivelekiwi nawu na mnogo wa kila chindu chevakuchilola na kuvigana kumeka ndava ya vindu vyeuvili navyu pamonga na mambu geukita. Vyenivyo vyoha vihuma lepi kwa Chapanga Dadi witu, ndi vihuma kwa vamulima.
17 And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but they who do God’s will remain for ever. (aiōn g165)
Mulima pamonga na vindu vyaki vyoha vyevakuvigana vandu vihamba nambu mundu mweikita geigana Chapanga, yati itama magono goha gangali mwishu. (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.
Vana vangu, mwishu uvi papipi! Mwamali kuyuwana kuvya yula mweakumbela Kilisitu ibwela, na hinu vevakumbela Kilisitu vamahele vamali kubwela, na ndi timanyili mwishu uvili papipi.
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.
Vandu avo vahumalili kwitu nambu vavi lepi vakwitu, ngavivya vakwitu ngavasigalili kwitu. Nambu vawukili vakahamba, ndava yimanyikana kuvya chakaka vavi lepi vakwitu.
20 You, however, have been annointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth.
Nambu nyenye mpokili Mpungu Msopi kuhuma kwa Kilisitu, na ndi chakaka muumanyili.
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.
Nikuvayandikila nyenye lepi kwa ndava muumanyili lepi uchakaka, nambu muni muumanyili, mewawa mmanyili kuvya udese wowoha wihuma lepi muuchakaka.
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.
Wu, mdese ndi yani? Ndi yula mweibela kuvya Yesu Kilisitu ndi Msangula lepi. Mundu ngati mwenuyo ndi likoko wa Kilisitu, vakuvabela voha Dadi na Mwana.
23 No one who rejects the Son has the Father; to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father also.
Muni mundu yoyoha mweakumubela Mwana, akumbela na Dadi mewa, na yoyoha mweakumuyidakila Mwana, akumuyidakila Dadi mewa.
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.
Hinu, ujumbi wula wamwayuwini kuhuma pautumbula ndi utama mumitima yinu. Ngati ujumbi wenuwo ukatamayi mugati yinu hinu yati mwitama magono goha mukuwungana na Mwana na Dadi.
Chila cheajovili Kilisitu kuvya yati akutipela ndi wumi wa magono goha gangali mwishu. (aiōnios g166)
26 In writing this to you, I have in mind those who are trying to mislead you.
Nivayandikili mambu aga ndava ya vala vevigana kuvayagisa nyenye.
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.
Nambu nyenye, mukumpokela Mpungu Msopi kuhuma kwa Kilisitu. Namwene akayendelela kutama mugati yinu nakuganikiwa kuwuliwa na mundu yoyoha. Muni Mpungu Msopi akuvawula kila chindu, na mawuliwu gaki ndi gachakaka, lepi gaudese. Hinu, mukamula mawuliwu ga Mpungu uyo na kusigalila mukuwungana na Kilisitu.
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.
Nambu nyenye vana vangu, muyendelela kuwungana nayu, muni ligono leibwela mkoto kuyogopa amala kukola soni.
29 Since you know he is righteous, you realise that everyone who does what is right is his child.
Mmanyili kuvya Kilisitu ndi mbwina neju palongolo ya Chapanga, mewawa mmanyili kuvya kila mweihenga gabwina palongolo ya Chapanga mwenuyo ndi Mwana wa Chapanga.
