1 John 2
1 My little children, these things I write to you, that ye sin not. And if any man sinneth, 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 propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of 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 And by this we do 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 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not 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 keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: by this 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 that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
ame si gblɔ be yele eya amea me la, nanɔ agbe abe ale si Yesu hã nɔ agbee ene.
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
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, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
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 that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in 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 that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no cause 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 that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not where he goeth, because that darkness hath 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 write to you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because ye have known 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 ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked 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 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loveth the world, the love of the Father 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, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
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 And the world passeth away, and its lust: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. (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, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist cometh, even now are there many antichrists; by which we know that it is the last time.
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 were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be shown that they were not all of 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 ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye 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 ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that 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 a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth 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 denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that confesseth the Son hath 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 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue 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 have I written to you concerning them that seduce you.
Mele nu siawo ŋlɔm ɖo ɖe mi tso ame siwo le agbagba dzem be yewoahe mi ayi mɔtatra dzii la ŋu.
27 But the anointing which ye have received from him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man should teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide 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 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, 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 ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
Ne mienyae be enye dzɔdzɔetɔ la, ekema ame sia ame si wɔa nu dzɔdzɔe la nye via.
