1 Johannesbrevet 2
1 Mina kära barn, detta skriver jag till eder, för att I icke skolen synda. Men om någon syndar, så hava vi en förespråkare hos Fadern, Jesus Kristus, som är rättfärdig;
You who are very dear to me, I am writing this to you [to say], “Do not sin!” But if any of you [believers] sins, [God can forgive you because] we have Jesus Christ, who is the righteous one, who speaks to the Father on our behalf [and asks him to forgive us].
2 och han är försoningen för våra synder, ja, icke allenast för våra, utan ock för hela världens.
[Remember that Jesus Christ] voluntarily sacrificed [his own life for us, so that as a result God forgives] our sins. [Yes, God is able to forgive] our sins, but not only ours! [He is] also [able to forgive] the sins of people everywhere!
3 Därav veta vi att vi hava lärt känna honom, därav att vi hålla hans bud.
[I will tell you] how we can be sure that we (know/have a close relationship with) [God]. [If we] obey what he commands [us to do, that shows us that we have a close relationship with him. So we must always obey what he commands us to do].
4 Den som säger sig hava lärt känna honom och icke håller hans bud, han är en lögnare och i honom är icke sanningen.
Those who say, “We (know/have a close relationship with) God,” and do not obey what [God] commands [us to do], are liars. They are not conducting their lives according to [God’s] true message.
5 Men den som håller hans ord, i honom är förvisso Guds kärlek fullkomnad. Därav veta vi att vi äro i honom.
But those who obey what [God] commands them to do are the people who love God in the manner in which he wants us to. [I will tell you] how we can be sure that we have a close relationship with God:
6 Den som säger sig förbliva i honom, han är ock pliktig att själv så vandra som Han vandrade.
If we say that we are living as God wants us to, we should [conduct our lives] as Christ [did].
7 Mina älskade, det är icke ett nytt bud jag skriver till eder, utan ett gammalt bud, som I haven haft från begynnelsen. Detta gamla bud är ordet som I haven fått höra.
Dear friends, I am not writing a new [additional] command to you. Instead, I am writing to you a command which was given to you when you first [MTY] [believed in Christ]. That command is [part of] the message that you have [always] heard.
8 På samma gång är det dock ett nytt bud som jag skriver till eder. Och detta är sant både i fråga om honom och i fråga om eder; ty mörkret förgår, och det sanna ljuset lyser redan.
Nevertheless, [I can say that] the command I am writing to you is a new command. [It is new because] what Christ [did] was new, and what you [are doing] is new, because [you have been ceasing to conduct your lives in a morally impure manner] and [are now truly conducting your lives in a pure manner. That is like] [MET] no longer [living in] darkness. Instead, [it is like] living where a brilliant light is already shining.
9 Den som säger sig vara i ljuset och hatar sin broder, han är ännu alltjämt i mörkret.
Those who claim that they are [pure in every way, like people] [MET] living in the light, but hate any of their fellow believers, are still [behaving in an impure manner, like] [MET] [people who are continually living] in darkness.
10 Den som älskar sin broder, han förbliver i ljuset, och i honom är intet som länder till fall.
But those who love their fellow believers [are continuing to conduct their lives like people] who are living in the light. They are people who please [God] [LIT]. [So you should love your fellow believers].
11 Men den som hatar sin broder, han är i mörkret och vandrar i mörkret, och han vet icke vart han går; ty mörkret har förblindat hans ögon.
But those who hate any of their fellow believers are still [conducting their lives in an impure way, like] [MET] [people who are living] in darkness. They do not know that they will eventually destroy themselves [eternally]. They have become [spiritually] blind [PRS, MET], [unaware of spiritual truth].
12 Jag skriver till eder, kära barn, ty synderna äro eder förlåtna för hans namns skull.
I am writing [this] to you [whom I love as though] [MET] [you were my] little children, to you who are [spiritually mature people who are like] [MET] fathers, and to you [spiritually vigorous/strong people who are like] [MET] young men. Remember that your sins have been forgiven {[God] has forgiven your sins} on account of what Christ [MTY] [has done]. You now know [Christ, the one] who always existed. You have defeated the evil one, [Satan].
13 Jag skriver till eder, I fäder, ty I haven lärt känna honom som är från begynnelsen. Jag skriver till eder, I ynglingar, ty I haven övervunnit den onde.
14 Jag har skrivit till eder, mina barn, ty I haven lärt känna Fadern. Jag har skrivit till eder, I fäder, ty I haven lärt känna honom som är från begynnelsen. Jag har skrivit till eder, I ynglingar, ty I ären starka, och Guds ord förbliver i eder, och I haven övervunnit den onde.
[I will say it again]: I have written [this] to you because you have come to know the Father, because you now know [Christ, the one] who always existed, because you are [spiritually] strong, because you continue to [obey] God’s word, and because you have defeated the evil one, [Satan].
15 Älsken icke världen, ej heller vad som är i världen. Om någon älskar världen, så är Faderns kärlek icke i honom.
Do not desire [to conduct you lives in the evil manner in which] godless [people in] the world [MTY] conduct their [lives], and do not love anything that [the evil people] in the world [MTY] [consider to be good]. Those who desire [to conduct their lives in the evil manner in which other people of] the world [MTY] conduct their [lives] do not [really] love [God], their Father, [at all].
16 Ty allt som är i världen, köttets begärelse och ögonens begärelse och högfärd över detta livets goda, det är icke av Fadern, utan av världen.
Keep in mind that all [the evil human desires] in the world [are actions/things such as these]: [People] desire to do [what] their self-directed nature [strongly desires]. [People] desire [to possess] whatever (appeals to their senses/they see or hear about). [People] boast about the material things that they possess. [Such evil ways of living] do not originate/come from the Father! Instead they originate/come from [the (godless people in] the world/people in the world who conduct their lives in a manner that displeases God) [MTY]!
17 Och världen förgår och dess begärelse, men den som gör Guds vilja, han förbliver evinnerligen. (aiōn g165)
The [godless people in] the world [MTY], along with what they desire, will disappear, but those who do what God wants [them to do] will live forever! You know that it is now the final period of this age when there are liars who deny that Jesus is God’s Chosen One. But you have the power of God’s Spirit and you know what is true and what is false. So continue to live according to the true message that you heard when you began to believe in Christ, in order that you may continue to live united both to God’s Son and to the Father. (aiōn g165)
18 Mina barn, nu är den yttersta tiden. I haven ju hört att en antikrist skall komma, och redan hava många antikrister uppstått; därav förstå vi att den yttersta tiden är inne.
[You who are very dear to me], it is [now] (the final part [MTY] [of this age/] final [period of time before Jesus returns]). Just like you heard [from us apostles] that a person who opposes Christ will come/appear, even now there are many people who oppose Christ. That is why we know that it is the final part [of this age] (OR, [before Jesus returns]) [MTY].
19 Från oss hava de utgått, men de hörde icke till oss, ty hade de hört till oss, så hade de förblivit hos oss. Men det skulle bliva uppenbart att icke alla höra till oss.
The [people who oppose Christ] refused to remain in our congregations, but they never [really] (belonged with us/were fellow believers). If they had (belonged with us/been fellow believers), they would have remained with us. But because [they left, everyone] can clearly know that none of them (belongs with us/is a fellow believer).
20 I åter haven mottagit smörjelse från den Helige, och I haven all kunskap.
But as for you, you have been given the power of [God’s Spirit, which comes from Christ] (OR, [God]), the Holy One. [As a result], you all know [how to] ([distinguish false teaching from/recognize what is false teaching and what is]) [the true message].
21 Jag har skrivit till eder, icke därför att I icke kännen sanningen, utan därför att I kännen den och veten att ingen lögn kommer av sanningen.
I am writing [this letter] to you, not because you do not know [what is God’s] true message, but because you do know [what it is]. You also know that no false message originates/comes from [God, who is the source of all] truth.
22 Vilken är "Lögnaren", om icke den som förnekar att Jesus är Kristus? Denne är Antikrist, denne som förnekar Fadern och Sonen.
The [worst] liars are the ones who deny that Jesus is (the Messiah/the one whom God chose to rescue us). They are [the ones that we told you about], the ones who oppose Christ. They refuse to acknowledge/admit that [God is] the Father and that [Jesus is his] Son (OR, the one who is also God).
23 Var och en som förnekar Sonen, han har icke heller Fadern; den som bekänner Sonen, han har ock Fadern.
Those who refuse to acknowledge/admit that [Jesus is God’s] Son do not have a relationship with the Father. But those who acknowledge/admit that [Jesus is God’s] Son [not only have a relationship with God’s Son, but they] have a relationship with the Father also.
24 I åter skolen låta det som I haven hört från begynnelsen förbliva i eder. Om det som I haven hört från begynnelsen förbliver i eder så skolen ock I själva förbliva i Sonen och i Fadern.
[So], as for you, you must continue to conduct your lives according to [the true message] that you heard when you began [MTY] [to believe in Christ]. If you continue to [do that], you will continue to have a close relationship with both [God’s] Son and the Father.
And what God told us is that [he will cause us] to live forever! (aiōnios g166)
26 Detta har jag skrivit till eder med tanke på dem som söka förvilla eder.
I have written this to you [to] ([warn you] about/tell you to beware of) those [who want to] deceive you [concerning the truth about Christ].
27 Men vad eder angår, så förbliver i eder den smörjelse I haven undfått från honom, och det behöves icke att någon undervisar eder; ty vad hans smörjelse lär eder om allting, det är sant och är icke lögn. Förbliven alltså i honom, såsom den har lärt eder.
As for you, God’s Spirit, whom you received from Christ, remains in you. So you do not need anyone to teach you [anything else that they claim/say is the truth]. God’s Spirit is teaching you all [of God’s truth that you need to know]. God’s Spirit is truthful and never says anything that is false. So continue to conduct your lives in the way that [he has] taught you.
28 Ja, kära barn, förbliven nu i honom, så att vi, när han en gång uppenbaras, kunna frimodigt träda fram, och icke med skam nödgas gå bort ifrån honom vid hans tillkommelse.
Now, [while some people are trying to persuade you to accept their false teaching, I urge] you, who are all very dear to me, to continue to [have a close relationship with] Christ. [We need to do that] in order that we may be confident [that he will accept us] when he comes back again. If we do that, we will not be ashamed [when we stand] before [him] when he comes.
29 Om I veten att han är rättfärdig, så kunnen I förstå att också var och en som gör vad rättfärdigt är, han är född av honom.
Since you know that [Christ] always does what is right, you know that all those who continue doing what is right are the ones who have become children of God.
