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.
Yaa ijoollee ko, ani akka isin cubbuu hin hojjenneef kana isiniifan barreessa. Garuu yoo namni kam iyyuu cubbuu hojjete nu Abbaa biraa abukaattoo qabna; innis Yesuus Kiristoos Isa Qajeelaa sana.
2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but the sins of the whole world.
Inni aarsaa cubbuu keenyaaf araara buusuu dha; cubbuu addunyaa hundaatiifis malee cubbuu keenya qofaaf miti.
3 It is by keeping God’s commands that we can be sure we know him.
Nu yoo ajaja isaa eegne, kanaan akka isa beekne ni beekna.
4 Whoever says ‘I know him,’ but does not keep his commands, is a liar. The truth has no place in them.
Namni, “Ani isa nan beeka” jedhu kan garuu ajaja isaa hin eegne kam iyyuu sobduu dha; dhugaanis isa keessa hin jiru.
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:
Garuu yoo namni kam iyyuu dubbii isaatiif ajajame, jaalalli Waaqaa dhugumaan isa keessatti guutuu taʼa. Kanaanis nu akka isa keessa jirru ni beekna;
6 whoever claims to live in him should live just as Jesus did.
namni ani isaanan jiraadha ofiin jedhu kam iyyuu akkuma Yesuus jiraate sanatti jiraachuu qaba.
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.
Yaa obboloota, ani ajaja moofaa isuma jalqabaa kaasee isin bira ture sana malee ajaja haaraa isinii hin barreessu. Ajajni moofaan kunis ergaadhuma isin dhageessan sana.
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.
Taʼus ani ajaja haaraa tokko isiniif nan barreessa; sababiin isaas dukkanichi darbaa, ifni dhugaa immoo waan amma iyyuu ifaa jiruuf dhugaan isaa isa keessattii fi isin keessatti ni mulʼata.
9 The person who says that they are in the light, and yet hates others, is still in the darkness.
Namni ani ifa keessa jira ofiin jechaa obboleessa isaa immoo jibbu kam iyyuu amma illee dukkana keessa jira.
10 The person who loves others is always in the light, and there is nothing within them to cause them to stumble.
Namni obboleessa isaa jaallatu hundinuu ifa keessa jiraata; wanni isa gufachiisu tokko iyyuu isa keessa hin jiru.
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.
Namni obboleessa isaa jibbu garuu dukkana keessa jira; dukkanuma keessa jiraatas; inni waan dukkanni sun isa jaamseef gara itti adeemu hin beeku.
12 Little children, I am writing to you because your sins have been forgiven for Christ’s sake.
Yaa ijoolle, cubbuun keessan sababii maqaa isaatiif waan isinii dhiifameef ani isiniifin barreessa.
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.
Yaa abbootii, isin waan isa jalqabumaa kaasee jiru sana beektaniif ani isiniifin barreessa. Yaa dargaggoota, isin waan isa hamaa sana moʼattaniif, ani isiniifin barreessa.
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.
Yaa ijoolle, isin waan Abbaa beektaniif, ani isiniifin barreessa. Yaa abbootii, isin waan isa jalqabumaa kaasee jiru sana beektaniif, ani isiniifin barreessa. Yaa dargaggoota, isin waan jajjaboo taataniif, waan dubbiin Waaqaa isin keessa jiraatuuf, waan isa hamaa sanas moʼattaniif, ani isiniifin barreessa.
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.
Addunyaa yookaan waan addunyaa keessa jiru tokko illee hin jaallatinaa. Eenyu iyyuu yoo addunyaa jaallate, jaalalli Abbaa isa keessa hin jiru.
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.
Wanni addunyaa keessa jiru hundinuu jechuunis hawwiin foonii, hawwiin ijaa, akkasumas waan qabaniin kooruun kan addunyaati malee kan Abbaa miti.
17 And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but they who do God’s will remain for ever. (aiōn g165)
Addunyaa fi hawwiin ishee ni badu; namni fedhii Waaqaa raawwatu garuu bara baraan jiraata. (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.
Yaa ijoolle, saʼaatiin kun saʼaatii dhumaa ti; akka farri Kiristoos sun dhufu akkuma dhageessan sana ammuma iyyuu farroonni Kiristoos baayʼeen dhufaniiru. Kanaanis nu akka saʼaatiin kun saʼaatii dhumaa taʼe beekna.
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.
Isaan nu keessaa baʼan malee dhugumaan kan keenya hin turre. Utuu kan keenya taʼanii silaa nu biratti hafu turan; nu biraa deemuun isaanii garuu akka tokkoon isaanii iyyuu keenya hin taʼin mulʼise.
20 You, however, have been annointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth.
Isin garuu Isa Qulqulluu sanaan dibamtaniirtu; isin hundis dhugaa ni beektu.
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.
Sababiin ani isinii barreessuuf waan isin dhugaa beektanii fi akka sobni tokko iyyuu dhugaa keessa hin jirres beektaniif malee waan isin dhugaa hin beekneef miti.
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.
Nama Yesuus kun Kiristoos miti jedhee ganu malee sobduun eenyu ree? Namni akkasii farra Kiristoos; inni Abbaa fi Ilma ni gana.
23 No one who rejects the Son has the Father; to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father also.
Namni Ilma ganu kam iyyuu Abbaa illee hin qabu; namni waaʼee Ilmaa dhugaa baʼu hundinuu Abbaas qaba.
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.
Wanni isin jalqabaa kaaftanii dhageessan sun isin keessa haa jiraatu. Yoo wanni jalqabaa kaaftanii dhageessan isin keessa jiraate, isinis Ilmaa fi Abbaadhaan ni jiraattu.
Wanni inni waadaa nuu gale kanaa dha; kunis jireenya bara baraa ti. (aiōnios g166)
26 In writing this to you, I have in mind those who are trying to mislead you.
Ani waaʼee warra karaa irraa isin jalʼisuu yaalan sanaatiif waan kana isiniifin barreessa.
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.
Garuu dibanni isin isa irraa argattan sun waan isin keessa jiraatuuf namni tokko iyyuu isin barsiisuu hin barbaachisu; dibanni isaa sun garuu waan waaʼee hundumaa isin barsiisuuf, dibanni sun waan dhugaa malee soba hin taʼiniif akkuma inni isin barsiise sanatti isumaan jiraadhaa.
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.
Ammas yaa ijoolle, akka yommuu inni mulʼatutti ija jabina qabaannuuf, akka nu guyyaa dhufaatii isaattis fuula isaa duratti hin qaanofneef isaan jiraadhaa.
29 Since you know he is righteous, you realise that everyone who does what is right is his child.
Isin yoo akka inni qajeelaa taʼe beektan, akka namni waan qajeelaa hojjetu hundinuu isa irraa dhalate ni beektu.
