1 Juan 2
1 Akong hinigugmang mga anak, ako nagsulat niining mga butanga kaninyo aron nga kamo dili makasala. Apan kung aduna may usa nga makasala, aduna kitay manlalaban uban sa atong Amahan, si Jesu-Cristo–ang usa nga matarong.
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 Siya ang tigpasig-uli sa atong mga sala, ug dili lamang kanato, apan usab sa tibuok kalibotan.
[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 Pinaagi niini kita nasayod kaniya, kung ampingan nato ang iyang mga sugo.
[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 Siya nga nagaingon, “Ako nakaila sa Dios,” apan wala motipig sa iyang mga sugo, usa ka bakakon, ug ang kamatuoran wala kaniya.
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 Apan si bisan kinsa nga nagtipig sa iyang pulong, sa tinud-anay diha sa maong tawo ang gugma sa Dios nahimong hingpit. Pinaagi niini masayod kita nga kita anaa kaniya.
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 Siya nga nagaingon nga siya nagpabilin sa Dios kinahanglan nga sa iyang kaugalingon molakaw usab sama sa paglakaw ni Jesu-Cristo.
If we say that we are living as God wants us to, we should [conduct our lives] as Christ [did].
7 Mga hinigugma, ako wala mosulat ug bag-ong sugo kaninyo, apan ang daan nga sugo nga anaa na kaninyo gikan sa sinugdanan. Ang daang sugo mao ang pulong nga inyong nadungog.
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 Bisan ako nagsulat ug bag-ong sugo kaninyo, nga tinuod diha kang Cristo ug diha kaninyo, tungod kay ang kangitngit milabay, ug ang tinuod nga kahayag midan-ag na.
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 Siya nga nagsulti nga siya anaa sa kahayag apan nagdumot sa iyang igsoon anaa sa kangitngit bisan karon.
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 Siya nga nahigugma sa iyang igsoon nagpabilin diha sa kahayag ug walay hinungdan nga makapandol kaniya.
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 Apan siya nga nagdumot sa iyang igsoon anaa sa kangitngit ug nagalakaw diha sa kangitngit; wala siya masayod kung asa siya moadto, tungod kay ang kangitngit nagbuta sa iyang mga mata.
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 Ako nagsulat kaninyo, hinigugmang kabataan, tungod kay ang inyong mga sala gipasaylo na pinaagi sa iyang ngalan.
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 Ako nagsulat kaninyo, mga amahan, tungod kay kamo nasayod kaniya gikan sa sinugdanan. Ako nagsulat kaninyo, mga batan-ong lalaki, tungod kay inyong nadaog ang daotan. Ako nagsulat kaninyo, gagmay nga kabataan, tungod kay kamo nasayod sa Amahan.
14 Ako nagsulat kaninyo, mga amahan, tungod kay nasayod kamo kaniya gikan sa sinugdanan. Ako nagsulat kaninyo, mga batan-ong lalaki, tungod kay kamo mga kusgan, ug ang pulong sa Dios nagapabilin kaninyo, ug inyong nadaog ang usa daotan.
[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 Ayaw higugmaa ang kalibotan o ang mga butang nga anaa niining kalibotan. Kung adunay usa nga mohigugma sa kalibotan, ang gugma sa Amahan wala kaniya.
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 Kay ang tanan nga anaa sa kalibotan–ang kaibog sa unod, ang kaibog sa mga mata, ug ang garbo sa kinabuhi–dili iya sa Amahan apan sa kalibotan.
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 Ang kalibotan ug ang tinguha niini mangahanaw. Apan si bisan kinsa ang mobuhat sa kabubut-on sa Dios magpabilin hangtod sa kahangtoran. (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 Gagmay nga kabataan, kini ang kataposang takna. Sama sa inyong nadunggan nga ang mga anticristo moabot, bisan karon daghan ang mga anticristo nga miabot, pinaagi niini kita masayod nga kini mao na ang kataposang takna.
[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 Sila migawas gikan kanato, apan sila dili iya nato. Kay kung sila uban kanato sila magpadayon kuyog kanato. Apan sa dihang sila mibiya, kana mipakita nga sila dili uban kanato.
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 Apan kamo adunay dihog nga gikan sa Usa ka Balaan, ug kamong tanan nasayod sa kamatuoran.
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 Wala ako mosulat kaninyo tungod kay wala kamo masayod sa kamatuoran, apan tungod kay kamo nasayod niini ug tungod kay walay bakak sa kamatuoran.
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 Kinsa man ang bakakon kondili kadtong milimod nga si Jesus mao ang Cristo? Kining tawhana mao ang anticristo, tungod kay gilimod niya ang Amahan ug ang Anak.
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 Walay usa nga molimod sa Anak nga makabaton sa Amahan. Si bisan kinsa nga nagaila sa Anak makabaton usab sa Amahan.
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 Alang kaninyo, tugoti kung unsa ang inyong nadunggan gikan sa sinugdanan magpabilin diha kaninyo. Kung unsa ang inyong nadunggan gikan sa sinugdanan magapabilin diha kaninyo, kamo usab magpabilin diha sa Anak ug sa Amahan.
[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 Ako kining gisulat kaninyo mahitungod niadtong mga tawo nga magpahisalaag kaninyo.
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 Ug alang kaninyo, ang dihog nga inyong nadawat gikan kaniya magapabilin kaninyo, ug dili na kamo magkinahanglan ug bisan kinsa nga motudlo kaninyo. Apan ingon nga ang iyang dihog magatudlo kaninyo mahitungod sa tanang butang ug mao ang tinuod ug dili bakak, ug bisan kini natudlo kaninyo, pabilin diha kaniya.
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 Ug karon, hinigugmang kabataan, pabilin diha kaniya, aron nga sa dihang siya mopakita, aduna kitay kaisog ug dili maulaw sa iyang atubangan sa iyang pag-abot.
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 Kung kamo nasayod nga siya matarong, kamo nasayod nga ang tanan nga nagbuhat ug maayo natawo diha kaniya.
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.
