2 John 1
1 [You all know me as] the [chief] Elder. [I am writing this letter] to all of you [MET] in your congregation. [God has] chosen [you], and I love you truly! Not only do I myself love you, but all those who know [and accept the] true message [that Jesus taught] also love you!
Nkulutu sonikini nkanda wawu kuidi mama diodi disobolo ayi kuidi bana bandi bobo ndieti zola mu kiedika. Bika sia ti minu kaka, vayi, ayi batu boso bobo banzolanga kiedika
2 All of us [believe God’s] true message. It is in our ([inner beings/hearts]) and we will continue [to believe it] forever! (aiōn g165)
mu diambu di kiedika kidi mu beto ayi kiela kalanga mu beto mu zithangu zioso. (aiōn g165)
3 God the Father and Jesus Christ, who is (his Son/the man who is also God), will continue [to act] kindly and mercifully [toward us because they] love [us. They will enable us to have inner] peace, [because we believe] their true message.
Bika nlemvo, mamboti ayi ndembama bibedi kuidi Nzambi Tata ayi kuidi Yesu Klisto, Muana wu Tata, bibanga yeto mu kiedika ayi mu luzolo.
4 I am very happy because I learned about some of you [SYN] who are conducting your lives in a manner that is (consistent/in accordance) with [God’s] true message. You are doing that just like our Father [God] commanded us [to do].
Khini yiwombo ndilembo moni mu mona ti bana baku bankaka bandiatila mu kiedika banga bu tutambudila lutumunu kuidi Tata.
5 And now, dear congregation [MET], [there is something that] I am requesting you [to do]. I am writing this not to command that you do something new, but [that you continue to do] what God commanded when we first began [MTY] [to believe his true message. What he commanded] is that we love each other.
Buabu, mama, tala diambu ndikulomba: bika sia ti lutumunu lumona ndikusonikina vayi lolo kuandi tutambula tona vana thonono. Ayi lutumunu beni banga kuandi bu luwila luawu tona vana thonono ti ludiatila mu luzolo.
6 And [we really/truly] are loving [God] when we are conducting our lives in accordance with whatever he commands [us to do]. What he commands us to do is to continue [to love one another]. That is exactly what you heard when you first began [MTY] [to believe God’s true message].
7 Many people who deceive [others have left your congregation and] have now gone out among other people who are [in your area] [MTY]. They are the ones who (do not acknowledge/refuse to say) that Jesus Christ became human. They are the very ones who deceive [people] and oppose [what we teach about] Christ.
Bila batu bawombo baluvunu batotukidi va nza. Bawu bakikininangako ti Yesu Klisto wuyiza mu nsuni. Mutu wuntubilanga bobo niandi nkua luvunu ayi antiklisto.
8 [So] be sure that [you do not let those teachers deceive you]! If you let them deceive you, you will lose [the reward] which we, [together with you], have been working for, and you will not receive the complete reward [of being eternally united to God]!
Diawu lulubuka tala luedi zimbisa mambu momo luvanga vayi muingi lutambula mfutu wuduka.
9 Those who change what Christ taught and do not continue [to believe] what he taught do not have [a relationship with] God. [But] those who continue to believe [what Christ] taught have [a close relationship with] both [God, our] Father, and with (his Son/the one who is also God).
Woso mutu wumvambananga ayi kambulu kangama mu malongi ma Klisto, kasi kithuadi ayi Nzambi ko. Vayi woso mutu widi wukangama mu malongi, niandi widi mu kithuadi ki Tata ayi ki Muana.
10 So when anyone comes to you who teaches something different from [what Christ] taught, do not welcome him into your homes! Do not [encourage him by] (wishing him well/greeting him as a fellow believer) [in any way]!
Enati mutu wizidi kuidi beno ayi kakadi nata malongi mama bunalubika kunyakula mu nzoꞌeno, lubika kumvana mboti.
11 [I say that] because if you treat people like that as you would treat a fellow believer, [God will punish you] along with them for the evil that they do.
Bila woso wukumvana mboti buna wumfubakananga yandi mu mavanga mandimambimbi.
12 [Even though] I have much [more that I want] to tell you, I have decided not [to say it] in a letter [MTY]. Instead, I expect to be with you [soon] and talk directly with you. Then we can be completely joyful [together].
Mambu mawombo makidi yama makulusonikina vayi mbengi kubuvangila mu phapi ayi mu thita; vayi diana ndisia mu kuiza kuidi beno ayi solula yeno zizi mu zizi muingi khini eto yiba yiduka.
13 Your fellow believers here [MET], ones whom [God] has also chosen, (send their greetings to you/say that they are thinking affectionately about you).
Bana ba khombꞌaku yi nketo yisobolo bafidisidi mboti.
