1 John 2
1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
Vinye lɔlɔ̃awo, mele esia ŋlɔm ɖo ɖe mi be miagawɔ nu vɔ̃ o. Gake ne ame aɖe wɔ nu vɔ̃ la, Yesu Kristo si nye Kɔkɔetɔ la li na mí, eye aƒo nu aʋli mía ta le Fofo la gbɔ.
2 And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
Eyae nye avulévɔsa ɖe míaƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta, eye menye míawo ɖeɖe ko tɔ tae o, ke boŋ ɖe xexea me blibo la ƒe nu vɔ̃wo hã ta.
3 This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
Ne míewɔ ɖe eƒe sewo dzi la, ekema kakaɖedzi le mía si be míenyae vavã.
4 One who says, "I know him," and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Ame si agblɔ be “Menyae,” gake mewɔ ɖe aƒe sededewo dzi o la, ame ma nye alakpatɔ, eye nyateƒe mele eme o.
5 But whoever keeps his word, God's love has truly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:
Gake ne ame aɖe wɔa eƒe nya dzi la, Mawu ƒe lɔlɔ̃ de blibo le eya amea me vavã. Eye aleae míawɔ anya be míele eya amea me:
6 he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
ame si gblɔ be yele eya amea me la, nanɔ agbe abe ale si Yesu hã nɔ agbee ene.
7 Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard.
Xɔ̃nye lɔlɔ̃awo, nyemele se yeye aɖeke ŋlɔm na mi le agbalẽ sia me o, ke boŋ se xoxo ma si nɔ anyi tso gɔmedzedzea me la koe. Sedede xoxo siae nye gbedeasi si miese xoxo.
8 Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.
Ke hã la, mele se yeye aɖe ŋlɔm ɖo ɖe mi si ƒe nyateƒe le dzedzem le miawo kple eya amea me xoxo, elabena viviti la le bubum eye kekeli vavã la le keklẽm xoxo.
9 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
Ne ame aɖe agblɔ be yele kekeli la me, gake wòléa fu nɔvia la, ekema ame sia gale viviti me kokoko.
10 He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.
Ame si lɔ̃a nɔvia la ƒe agbenɔnɔ nye kekeli eye naneke mele eƒe agbe me si ana be wòakli nu o.
11 But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Gake ne ame aɖe lé fu nɔvia la, ekema ame sia le viviti me, eye wòzɔna le viviti me, eye menya afi si wòɖo tae o, elabena viviti la tsyɔ mo nɛ.
12 I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
Meŋlɔe na mi, vinye lɔlɔ̃awo, Elabena wotsɔ miaƒe nu vɔ̃wo ke mi Le eƒe ŋkɔ la ta.
13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.
Meŋlɔe na mi, fofowo, Elabena mienya eya ame si nɔ anyi tso gɔmedzedzea me ke. Meŋlɔe na mi, ɖekakpuiwo, Elabena mieɖu vɔ̃ɖitɔ la dzi.
14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
Meŋlɔe na mi, vinye lɔlɔ̃awo, Elabena mienya Fofo la. Meŋlɔe na mi, fofowo, Elabena mienya eya ame si nɔ anyi tso gɔmedzedzea me ke. Meŋlɔe na mi, ɖekakpuiwo, Elabena miesẽ ŋu, Mawu ƒe nya la le mia me, Eye mieɖu vɔ̃ɖitɔ la dzi.
15 Do not love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love is not in him.
Migalɔ̃ xexea me kple nu siwo le eme la o. Ne ame aɖe lɔ̃ xexea me la, ekema melɔ̃a Fofo la o.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not the Father's, but is the world's.
Elabena nu sia nu si le xexea me la metso Fofo la gbɔ o, ke boŋ etso xexea me. Nu siawoe nye: ŋutilã ƒe nudzodzro, ŋkubiabiã kple amegbetɔ ƒe dada ɖe nu siwo le esi la dzi.
17 The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever. (aiōn g165)
Xexea me kple eƒe didiwo nu ava yi, gake ame si wɔa Mawu ƒe lɔlɔ̃nu la nɔa agbe tegbee. (aiōn g165)
18 Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.
Vi lɔlɔ̃awo, míege ɖe gaƒoƒo mamlɛatɔ me: eye abe ale si miese xoxo be Kristo ƒe futɔ la gbɔna vava ge ene la, fifi laa la, Kristo ƒe futɔ geɖewo va ɖo xoxo. Esiae na be míenya be gaƒoƒo alo ɣeyiɣi mamlɛtɔ ɖo.
19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.
Wodo go dzo le mía dome, gake le nyateƒe me la, womenɔ mía dome le woƒe dziwo me o. Nenye mía dometɔ aɖewoe wonye vavã la, anye ne wotsi anyi, eye womedzo le mía gbɔ o. Woƒe dzodzo fia kɔtɛe be wo dometɔ aɖeke menɔ mía dzi o.
20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
Ke miawo la, Kɔkɔetɔ la ƒe ami sisi le mia dzi, eye mia dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe nya nyateƒe la.
21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
Nyemeŋlɔ agbalẽa ɖo ɖe mi ɖe esi mienya nyateƒe la ta o, ke boŋ be mienya nyateƒe la, elabena alakpa mate ŋu ado tso nyateƒe me o.
22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
Ame kae nye aʋatsokala la? Ame si gblɔ be menye Yesue nye Kristo o lae. Ame siae nye Yesu ƒe futɔ si gbea nu le Fofo la kple Vi la gbɔ.
23 Whoever denies the Son, the same does not have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
Ame si gbe nu le Vi la gbɔ la, menya Fofo la hã o; ke ame si xɔ Vi la la, eya amea xɔ Fofo la hã.
24 As for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.
Ke miawo la, mikpɔ egbɔ be mielé nu si miese tso gɔmedzedzea me la ɖe asi. Ne miewɔ esia la, ekema miayi edzi anɔ Vi la kple Fofo la me.
Eye nu si ƒe ŋugbe wòdo na mí lae nye agbe mavɔ la. (aiōnios g166)
26 These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.
Mele nu siawo ŋlɔm ɖo ɖe mi tso ame siwo le agbagba dzem be yewoahe mi ayi mɔtatra dzii la ŋu.
27 As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you do not need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you remain in him.
Ke miawo la, amisisi si miexɔ tso egbɔ la nɔa mia me, eye megahiã be ame aɖeke nafia nu mi o, elabena eƒe ami sisi la fiaa nu mi tso nuwo katã ŋuti, eye esi ami sisi sia nye nyateƒetɔ, eye menye aʋatsotɔ o ta la, minɔ eya amea me, abe ale si wòfia mi ene.
28 Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
Azɔ la, vinye lɔlɔ̃awo, minɔ agbe le eya amea me, elabena kakaɖedzi anɔ mía si, eye ŋu makpe mí le eŋkume le eƒe vavaŋkekea dzi o.
29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of him.
Ne mienyae be enye dzɔdzɔetɔ la, ekema ame sia ame si wɔa nu dzɔdzɔe la nye via.
