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.
hē priyabālakāḥ, yuṣmābhi ryat pāpaṁ na kriyēta tadarthaṁ yuṣmān pratyētāni mayā likhyantē| yadi tu kēnāpi pāpaṁ kriyatē tarhi pituḥ samīpē 'smākaṁ ēkaḥ sahāyō 'rthatō dhārmmikō yīśuḥ khrīṣṭō vidyatē|
2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but the sins of the whole world.
sa cāsmākaṁ pāpānāṁ prāyaścittaṁ kēvalamasmākaṁ nahi kintu likhilasaṁsārasya pāpānāṁ prāyaścittaṁ|
3 It is by keeping God’s commands that we can be sure we know him.
vayaṁ taṁ jānīma iti tadīyājñāpālanēnāvagacchāmaḥ|
4 Whoever says ‘I know him,’ but does not keep his commands, is a liar. The truth has no place in them.
ahaṁ taṁ jānāmīti vaditvā yastasyājñā na pālayati sō 'nr̥tavādī satyamatañca tasyāntarē na vidyatē|
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:
yaḥ kaścit tasya vākyaṁ pālayati tasmin īśvarasya prēma satyarūpēṇa sidhyati vayaṁ tasmin varttāmahē tad ētēnāvagacchāmaḥ|
6 whoever claims to live in him should live just as Jesus did.
ahaṁ tasmin tiṣṭhāmīti yō gadati tasyēdam ucitaṁ yat khrīṣṭō yādr̥g ācaritavān sō 'pi tādr̥g ācarēt|
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.
hē priyatamāḥ, yuṣmān pratyahaṁ nūtanāmājñāṁ likhāmīti nahi kintvāditō yuṣmābhi rlabdhāṁ purātanāmājñāṁ likhāmi| āditō yuṣmābhi ryad vākyaṁ śrutaṁ sā purātanājñā|
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.
punarapi yuṣmān prati nūtanājñā mayā likhyata ētadapi tasmin yuṣmāsu ca satyaṁ, yatō 'ndhakārō vyatyēti satyā jyōtiścēdānīṁ prakāśatē;
9 The person who says that they are in the light, and yet hates others, is still in the darkness.
ahaṁ jyōtiṣi vartta iti gaditvā yaḥ svabhrātaraṁ dvēṣṭi sō 'dyāpi tamisrē varttatē|
10 The person who loves others is always in the light, and there is nothing within them to cause them to stumble.
svabhrātari yaḥ prīyatē sa ēva jyōtiṣi varttatē vighnajanakaṁ kimapi tasmin na vidyatē|
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.
kintu svabhrātaraṁ yō dvēṣṭi sa timirē varttatē timirē carati ca timirēṇa ca tasya nayanē 'ndhīkriyētē tasmāt kka yāmīti sa jñātuṁ na śaknōti|
12 Little children, I am writing to you because your sins have been forgiven for Christ’s sake.
hē śiśavaḥ, yūyaṁ tasya nāmnā pāpakṣamāṁ prāptavantastasmād ahaṁ yuṣmān prati likhāmi|
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.
hē pitaraḥ, ya āditō varttamānastaṁ yūyaṁ jānītha tasmād yuṣmān prati likhāmi| hē yuvānaḥ yūyaṁ pāpatmānaṁ jitavantastasmād yuṣmān prati likhāmi| hē bālakāḥ, yūyaṁ pitaraṁ jānītha tasmādahaṁ yuṣmān prati likhitavān|
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.
hē pitaraḥ, āditō yō varttamānastaṁ yūyaṁ jānītha tasmād yuṣmān prati likhitavān| hē yuvānaḥ, yūyaṁ balavanta ādhvē, īśvarasya vākyañca yuṣmadantarē vartatē pāpātmā ca yuṣmābhiḥ parājigyē tasmād yuṣmān prati likhitavān|
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.
yūyaṁ saṁsārē saṁsārasthaviṣayēṣu ca mā prīyadhvaṁ yaḥ saṁsārē prīyatē tasyāntarē pituḥ prēma na tiṣṭhati|
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.
yataḥ saṁsārē yadyat sthitam arthataḥ śārīrikabhāvasyābhilāṣō darśanēndriyasyābhilāṣō jīvanasya garvvaśca sarvvamētat pitr̥tō na jāyatē kintu saṁsāradēva|
17 And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but they who do God’s will remain for ever. (aiōn g165)
saṁsārastadīyābhilāṣaśca vyatyēti kintu ya īśvarasyēṣṭaṁ karōti sō 'nantakālaṁ yāvat tiṣṭhati| (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.
hē bālakāḥ, śēṣakālō'yaṁ, aparaṁ khrīṣṭāriṇōpasthāvyamiti yuṣmābhi ryathā śrutaṁ tathā bahavaḥ khrīṣṭāraya upasthitāstasmādayaṁ śēṣakālō'stīti vayaṁ jānīmaḥ|
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.
tē 'smanmadhyān nirgatavantaḥ kintvasmadīyā nāsan yadyasmadīyā abhaviṣyan tarhyasmatsaṅgē 'sthāsyan, kintu sarvvē 'smadīyā na santyētasya prakāśa āvaśyaka āsīt|
20 You, however, have been annointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth.
yaḥ pavitrastasmād yūyam abhiṣēkaṁ prāptavantastēna sarvvāṇi jānītha|
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.
yūyaṁ satyamataṁ na jānītha tatkāraṇād ahaṁ yuṣmān prati likhitavān tannahi kintu yūyaṁ tat jānītha satyamatācca kimapyanr̥tavākyaṁ nōtpadyatē tatkāraṇādēva|
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.
yīśurabhiṣiktastrātēti yō nāṅgīkarōti taṁ vinā kō 'parō 'nr̥tavādī bhavēt? sa ēva khrīṣṭāri ryaḥ pitaraṁ putrañca nāṅgīkarōti|
23 No one who rejects the Son has the Father; to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father also.
yaḥ kaścit putraṁ nāṅgīkarōti sa pitaramapi na dhārayati yaśca putramaṅgīkarōti sa pitaramapi dhārayati|
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.
āditō yuṣmābhi ryat śrutaṁ tad yuṣmāsu tiṣṭhatu, āditaḥ śrutaṁ vākyaṁ yadi yuṣmāsu tiṣṭhati, tarhi yūyamapi putrē pitari ca sthāsyatha|
sa ca pratijñayāsmabhyaṁ yat pratijñātavān tad anantajīvanaṁ| (aiōnios g166)
26 In writing this to you, I have in mind those who are trying to mislead you.
yē janā yuṣmān bhrāmayanti tānadhyaham idaṁ likhitavān|
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.
aparaṁ yūyaṁ tasmād yam abhiṣēkaṁ prāptavantaḥ sa yuṣmāsu tiṣṭhati tataḥ kō'pi yad yuṣmān śikṣayēt tad anāvaśyakaṁ, sa cābhiṣēkō yuṣmān sarvvāṇi śikṣayati satyaśca bhavati na cātathyaḥ, ataḥ sa yuṣmān yadvad aśikṣayat tadvat tatra sthāsyatha|
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.
ataēva hē priyabālakā yūyaṁ tatra tiṣṭhata, tathā sati sa yadā prakāśiṣyatē tadā vayaṁ pratibhānvitā bhaviṣyāmaḥ, tasyāgamanasamayē ca tasya sākṣānna trapiṣyāmahē|
29 Since you know he is righteous, you realise that everyone who does what is right is his child.
sa dhārmmikō 'stīti yadi yūyaṁ jānītha tarhi yaḥ kaścid dharmmācāraṁ karōti sa tasmāt jāta ityapi jānīta|
