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.
Dear children, I write thus to you in order that you may not sin. If any one sins, we have an Advocate with the Father--Jesus Christ the righteous;
2 Siya ang tigpasig-uli sa atong mga sala, ug dili lamang kanato, apan usab sa tibuok kalibotan.
and He is an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 Pinaagi niini kita nasayod kaniya, kung ampingan nato ang iyang mga sugo.
And by this we may know that we know Him--if we obey His commands.
4 Siya nga nagaingon, “Ako nakaila sa Dios,” apan wala motipig sa iyang mga sugo, usa ka bakakon, ug ang kamatuoran wala kaniya.
He who professes to know Him, and yet does not obey His commands, is a liar, and the truth has no place in his heart.
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 whoever obeys His Message, in him love for God has in very deed reached perfection. By this we can know that we are in Him.
6 Siya nga nagaingon nga siya nagpabilin sa Dios kinahanglan nga sa iyang kaugalingon molakaw usab sama sa paglakaw ni Jesu-Cristo.
The man who professes to be continuing in Him is himself also bound to live as He lived.
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.
My dearly-loved friends, it is no new command that I am now giving you, but an old command which you have had from the very beginning. By the old command I mean the teaching which you have already received.
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.
And yet I am giving you a new command, for such it really is, so far as both He and you are concerned: because the darkness is now passing away and the light, the true light, is already beginning to shine.
9 Siya nga nagsulti nga siya anaa sa kahayag apan nagdumot sa iyang igsoon anaa sa kangitngit bisan karon.
Any one who professes to be in the light and yet hates his brother man is still in darkness.
10 Siya nga nahigugma sa iyang igsoon nagpabilin diha sa kahayag ug walay hinungdan nga makapandol kaniya.
He who loves his brother man continues in the light, and his life puts no stumbling-block in the way of others.
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 he who hates his brother man is in darkness and is walking in darkness; and he does not know where he is going--because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12 Ako nagsulat kaninyo, hinigugmang kabataan, tungod kay ang inyong mga sala gipasaylo na pinaagi sa iyang ngalan.
I am writing to you, dear children, because for His sake your sins are forgiven you.
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.
I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has existed from the very beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.
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 have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has existed from the very beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong and God's Message still has a place in your hearts, and you have overcome the Evil one.
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 love the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, there is no love in his heart for the Father.
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.
For the things in the world--the cravings of the earthly nature, the cravings of the eyes, the show and pride of life--they all come, not from the Father, but from the world.
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)
And the world, with its cravings, is passing away, but he who does God's will continues for ever. (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.
Dear children, the last hour has come; and as you once heard that there was to be an anti-Christ, so even now many anti-Christs have appeared. By this we may know that the last hour has come.
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.
They have gone forth from our midst, but they did not really belong to us; for had they belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they left us that it might be manifest that professed believers do not all belong to us.
20 Apan kamo adunay dihog nga gikan sa Usa ka Balaan, ug kamong tanan nasayod sa kamatuoran.
As for you, you have an anointing from the holy One and have perfect knowledge.
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 have written to you, not because you are ignorant of the truth, but because you know it, and you know that nothing false comes from the 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.
Who is a liar compared with him who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He who disowns the Father and the Son is the anti-Christ.
23 Walay usa nga molimod sa Anak nga makabaton sa Amahan. Si bisan kinsa nga nagaila sa Anak makabaton usab sa Amahan.
No one who disowns the Son has the Father. He who acknowledges the Son has also the Father.
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.
As for you, let the teaching which you have received from the very beginning continue in your hearts. If that teaching does continue in your hearts, you also will continue to be in union with the Son and with the Father.
And this is the promise which He Himself has given us--the Life of the Ages. (aiōnios g166)
26 Ako kining gisulat kaninyo mahitungod niadtong mga tawo nga magpahisalaag kaninyo.
I have thus written to you concerning those who are leading you astray.
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.
And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him remains within you, and there is no need for any one to teach you. But since His anointing gives you instruction in all things--and is true and is no falsehood--you are continuing in union with Him even as it has taught you to do.
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.
And now, dear children, continue in union with Him; so that, if He re-appears, we may have perfect confidence, and may not shrink away in shame from His presence at His Coming.
29 Kung kamo nasayod nga siya matarong, kamo nasayod nga ang tanan nga nagbuhat ug maayo natawo diha kaniya.
Since you know that He is righteous, be assured also that the man who habitually acts righteously is a child of His.
