1 John 2
1 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].
わたしの小さな子供たちよ，わたしがこれらの事をあなた方に書き送るのは，あなた方が罪を犯さないようにするためです。だれかが罪を犯すなら，わたしたちには父のもとに助言者，公正なるイエス・キリストがおられます。
2 [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!
彼はわたしたちの罪のため，いいえ，わたしたちの罪のためだけではなく，全世界のための贖いの犠牲です。
3 [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].
これこそ，わたしたちが彼を知っているということを知る方法です。すなわち，わたしたちが彼のおきてを守っているかどうかです。
4 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.
「彼を知っている」と言いながら彼のおきてを守っていない者は，偽り者であって，真理はその人の内にありません。
5 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:
しかし，だれでも彼の言葉を守っている者は，神の愛が本当にはっきりとその人の内に全うされています。これこそ，わたしたちが彼の内にいることを知る方法です。
6 If we say that we are living as God wants us to, we should [conduct our lives] as Christ [did].
自分が彼の内にとどまっていると言う者は，彼が歩まれたとおりに自らも歩むべきです。
7 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.
兄弟たち，わたしがあなた方に書き送るのは新しいおきてではなく，あなた方がはじめから持っていた古いおきてです。古いおきてとは，あなた方がはじめから聞いていた言葉です。
8 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.
それでも，わたしは新しいおきてをあなた方に書き送ります。それは，彼においてもあなた方においても真実です。なぜなら，闇が過ぎ去り，真の光がすでに輝いているからです。
9 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.
自分は光の中にいると言いながら自分の兄弟を憎む者は，今なお闇の中にいるのです。
10 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].
自分の兄弟を愛している者は光の中にとどまっており，その人にはつまずきのもとがありません。
11 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].
しかし自分の兄弟を憎む者は，闇の中にいて，闇の中を歩んでおり，自分がどこへ行こうとしているのかを知りません。闇がその人の目を見えなくしてしまったからです。
12 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].
小さな子供たちよ，わたしがあなた方に書き送るのは，あなた方の罪が彼の名のために許されたからです。
父たちよ，わたしがあなた方に書き送るのは，あなた方がはじめからおられる方を知っているからです。 若者たちよ，わたしがあなた方に書き送るのは，あなた方が悪い者に打ち勝ったからです。 小さな子供たちよ，わたしがあなた方に書き送るのは，あなた方が父を知っているからです。
14 [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].
父たちよ，わたしがあなた方に書き送るのは，あなた方がはじめからおられる方を知っているからです。 若者たちよ，わたしがあなた方に書き送るのは，あなた方が強く，神の言葉があなた方の内にとどまっており，あなた方が悪い者に打ち勝ったからです。
15 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].
世も世にあるものをも愛していてはなりません。だれかが世を愛するなら，父の愛はその人の内にありません。
16 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]!
すべて世にあるもの，すなわち肉の欲望と目の欲望，そして暮らしに関する自慢は，父のものではなく，世のものだからです。
17 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)
世はその欲望と共に過ぎ去りますが，神のご意志を行なう者は永遠にとどまります。 (aiōn g165)
18 [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].
小さな子供たちよ，今は終わりの時です。そして，反キリストが来ることを聞いていたとおり，今でも多くの反キリストが現われています。これによって，わたしたちは今が終わりの時であることを知っています。
19 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).
彼らはわたしたちから去って行きました。しかし，彼らはわたしたちの仲間ではなかったのです。もしわたしたちの仲間だったなら，彼らはわたしたちと共にとどまったはずです。しかし彼らが去って行ったのは，彼らがわたしたちの仲間ではないことが示されるためだったのです。
20 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].
あなた方は聖なる方から油を注がれているので，真理を知っています。
21 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.
わたしがあなた方に書いているのは，あなた方が真理を知っていないからではなく，むしろそれを知っているからであり，また偽りが真理に属していることは決してないからです。
22 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).
偽り者とは，イエスがキリストであるということを否認する者でなくてだれでしょう。これこそ反キリスト，父とみ子を否認する者です。
23 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.
だれでもみ子を否認する者は父を持っていません。み子を告白する者は父をも持っています。
24 [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.
それで，あなた方に関する限り，あなた方がはじめから聞いていたことがあなた方の内にとどまっているようにしなさい。あなた方がはじめから聞いていたことがあなた方の内にとどまっているなら，あなた方もみ子の内，また父の内にとどまるでしょう。
これこそ，彼がわたしたちに誓われた約束，すなわち永遠の命です。 (aiōnios g166)
26 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].
わたしはあなた方に，あなた方を惑わそうとしている者たちに関して，これらの事を書いてきました。
27 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.
あなた方に関する限り，彼から受けた油注ぎがあなた方の内にとどまっており，あなた方はだれかに教えてもらう必要はありません。むしろ，彼の油注ぎがあなた方にすべての事柄について教えており，またそれが真実であって偽りではないように，そしてそれがあなた方を教えたとおりに，あなた方は彼の内にとどまることになります。
28 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.
それでは，小さな子供たちよ，彼の内にとどまっていなさい。それは，彼が現われる時に，わたしたちが大胆さを抱くことができ，彼の来臨の際に彼の前で恥じることのないためです。
29 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.
彼が義なる方だと知っているなら，あなた方は義を行なう者がすべて彼から生まれた者であることも知っているのです。
