2 Hoani 1

1 Na te kaumatua ki te wahine rangatira whiriwhiri ratou ko ana tamariki, e arohatia ponotia nei e ahau; ehara i te mea e ahau anake, engari e nga tangata katoa kua matau ki te pono:

The Elder to the elect lady and her children. Truly I love you all, and not I alone, but also all who know the truth,

2 He whakaaro hoki ki te pono e mau nei i roto i a tatou, a e mau ano ki a tatou ake ake: (aiōn g165)

for the sake of the truth which is continually in our hearts and will be with us for ever. (aiōn g165)

3 Kia tau ki a koutou te aroha noa, te mahi tohu, me te rangimarie, he mea na te Atua Matua, na te Ariki hoki, na Ihu Karaiti, na te Tama a te Matua, i runga ano i te pono, i te aroha.

Grace, mercy and peace will be with us from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

4 Hari pu ahau noku i kite i etahi o au tamariki e haere ana i runga i te pono, e whakarite ana i te ture kua homai ki a tatou e te Matua.

It is an intense joy to me to have found some of your children living true Christian lives, in obedience to the command which we have received from the Father.

5 Na, tenei ano taku kupu ki a koe, e tai, ehara i te ture hou taku e tuhituhi atu nei ki a koe, engari ko tera i a tatou no te timatanga, kia aroha tatou tetahi ki tetahi.

And now, dear lady, I pray you--writing to you, as I do, not a new command, but the one which we have had from the very beginning--let us love one another.

6 Ko te aroha hoki tenei, kia haere tatou i runga i ana ture. Ko te ture ano tenei, kia rite ki ta koutou i rongo ai i te timatanga, hei runga i tera he haerenga mo koutou.

The love of which I am speaking consists in our living in obedience to God's commands. God's command is that you should live in obedience to what you all heard from the very beginning.

7 He tokomaha hoki te hunga whakapohehe kua tae mai ki te ao, kahore nei i whakaae i haere mai a Ihu Karaiti i te kikokiko. Ko te kaiwhakapohehe tenei, ko te anatikaraiti.

For many deceivers have gone out into the world--men who do not acknowledge Jesus as Christ who has come in human nature. Such a one is 'the deceiver' and 'the anti-Christ.'

8 Kia whai whakaaro ki a koutou ano, kei maumauria a tatou mahi, engari kia tino nui te utu e riro i a tatou.

Keep guard over yourselves, so that you may not lose the results of your good deeds, but may receive back a full reward.

9 Ko te tangata e poka ke ana, kahore nei e mau ki te ako a te Karaiti, kahore te Atua i a ia: ko te tangata e mau ana ki te ako a te Karaiti, kei tenei te Matua me te Tama.

No one has God, who instead of remaining true to the teaching of Christ, presses on in advance: but he who remains true to that teaching has both the Father and the Son.

10 Ki te tae atu tetahi ki a koutou, ki te kore tenei ako e kawea e ia, kaua ia e puritia ki te whare, kaua ano hoki e oha ki a ia:

If any one who comes to you does not bring this teaching, do not receive him under your roof nor bid him Farewell.

11 Ki te oha hoki etahi ki a ia, ka uru ia ki ana mahi kino.

He who bids him Farewell is a sharer in his evil deeds.

12 He maha nga mea hei tuhituhinga atu maku ki a koutou, heoi kihai ahau i pai kia tuhia atu ki te pepa, ki te mangumangu: engari e mea ana ahau tera ahau e haere atu ki a koutou, a ka korero atu, he mangai, he mangai, kia tino nui ai to tatou hari.

I have a great deal to say to you all, but will not write it with paper and ink. Yet I hope to come to see you and speak face to face, so that your happiness may be complete.

13 Tenei te oha atu nei ki a koe nga tamariki a tou teina whiriwhiri. Amine.

The children of your elect sister send greetings to you.