1 John 2
1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
Me mma, meretwerɛ yei abrɛ mo na moanyɛ bɔne; na sɛ obi yɛ bɔne a, yɛwɔ Yesu Kristo ɔteneneeni no a ɔsrɛ wɔ Agya no hɔ ma yɛn.
2 And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
Na Kristo no ankasa ne yɛn bɔne ho mpata na ɛnyɛ yɛn bɔne nko, na nnipa nyinaa bɔne.
3 This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
Sɛ yɛdi Onyankopɔn mmara so a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ yɛnim no.
4 One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.
Sɛ obi ka sɛ, “Menim no”, nanso ɔnni ne mmara so a, saa onipa no yɛ ɔtorofoɔ a nokorɛ nni ne mu.
5 But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:
Na obiara a ɔtie nʼAsɛm no yɛ obi a nokorɛm, ne dɔ a ɔde dɔ Onyankopɔn no wie pɛ yɛ. Yei na ɛma yɛgye to mu sɛ yɛte ne mu.
6 he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
Na sɛ yɛte ne mu deɛ a, na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛdi Yesu Kristo anammɔn akyi.
7 Brothers, 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 from the beginning.
Anuanom, saa mmara a meretwerɛ abrɛ mo yi nyɛ asɛm foforɔ. Ɛyɛ mmara dada a moate firi ahyɛaseɛ pɛɛ no. Mmara dada no yɛ adeɛ a moate ho asɛm dada.
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.
Nanso, mmara a meretwerɛ abrɛ mo yi yɛ foforɔ na emu nokorɛ no da adi wɔ Kristo ne mo mu. Esum no retwam na hann papa no gu so rehyerɛn.
9 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.
Obiara a ɔka sɛ ɔwɔ hann no mu, nanso ɔtane ne nua no wɔ sum mu bɛsi saa dɔnhwereɛ yi mu.
10 He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.
Obiara a ɔdɔ ne nua no te hann mu, enti biribiara nni ne mu a ɛbɛma obi foforɔ ayɛ bɔne.
11 But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Nanso, obiara a ɔtane ne nua no te sum mu. Ɔnam mu a ɔnnim faako a ɔrekɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, esum no afira nʼani.
12 I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
Me mma, meretwerɛ mo, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛsiane Kristo din enti, wɔde mo bɔne akyɛ mo.
13 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.
Agyanom, meretwerɛ mo, ɛfiri sɛ, monim deɛ ɔte ase firi ahyɛaseɛ no. Mmabunu, meretwerɛ mo, ɛfiri sɛ, moadi ɔbonsam so.
14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
Mma, meretwerɛ mo, ɛfiri sɛ, monim Agya no. Agyanom, meretwerɛ mo, ɛfiri sɛ, monim deɛ ɔte ase firi ahyɛaseɛ no. Mmabunu, meretwerɛ mo, ɛfiri sɛ, mowɔ ahoɔden, na Onyankopɔn asɛm no te mo mu, na moadi ɔbonsam so.
15 Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.
Monnnɔ ewiase anaasɛ biribiara a ɛyɛ ewiase dea. Sɛ modɔ ewiase a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ monnnɔ Agya a ɔwɔ mo mu no.
16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.
Biribiara a ɛyɛ ewiase dea, honam akɔnnɔ, deɛ nnipa hunu na wɔn kɔn dɔ, biribiara a ɛwɔ ewiase a nnipa hoahoa wɔn ho wɔ ho no, emu biara mfiri Agya no. Ne nyinaa firi ewiase.
17 The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever. (aiōn g165)
Ewiase ne mu akɔnnɔdeɛ retwam, nanso deɛ ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn apɛdeɛ no tena hɔ daa. (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.
Me mma, awieeɛ no abɛn. Wɔka kyerɛɛ mo sɛ Kristo Tamfoɔ no bɛba, nanso seesei, Kristo atamfoɔ bebree ada wɔn ho adi, enti yɛahunu sɛ ampa awieeɛ no abɛn.
19 They went out from us, but they didn’t 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.
Nokorɛm, na saa nnipa yi nka yɛn ho na ɛno enti na wɔgyaa yɛn hɔ no. Na sɛ wɔka yɛn ho a, anka wɔne yɛn tenaeɛ. Nanso, wɔgyaa yɛn hɔ, sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu no pefee sɛ wɔnka yɛn ho.
20 You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
Mo deɛ, Kristo ahwie Honhom Kronkron no agu mo so, enti mo nyinaa nim nokorɛ no.
21 I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
Ɛnyɛ sɛ monnim nokorɛ no enti na matwerɛ saa krataa yi, na mmom, monim na monim nso sɛ, atorɔ biara mfiri nokorɛ mu mma.
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.
Afei, hwan ne ɔtorofoɔ? Ɛyɛ obi a ɔka sɛ Yesu nyɛ Kristo no. Yei ne Kristo ɔtamfoɔ. Ɔpo Agya no ne Ɔba no nyinaa.
23 Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
Na deɛ ɔpo Ɔba no po Agya no; deɛ ɔgye Ɔba no gye Agya no nso.
24 Therefore, 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.
Mommɔ mmɔden mfa asɛm a motee ahyɛaseɛ no nsie mo akoma mu. Sɛ mode asɛm a motee ahyɛaseɛ no sie a, mo ne Ɔba no ne Agya no bɛnya ayɔnkofa.
Na yei na Kristo no ankasa ahyɛ yɛn ho bɔ no, nkwa a ɛnni awieeɛ no. (aiōnios g166)
26 These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.
Metwerɛ mo fa wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔdaadaa mo ho.
27 As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t 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 will remain in him.
Na mo deɛ, Kristo ahwie ne Honhom Kronkron no agu mo so. Mmerɛ dodoɔ a ne Honhom no te mo mu no, ɛho nhia sɛ obi foforɔ bɛkyerɛkyerɛ mo. Ɛfiri sɛ, ne Honhom no kyerɛkyerɛ mo biribiara. Na deɛ ɔkyerɛ no nso yɛ nokorɛ; ɛnyɛ atorɔ. Montie Kristo nkyerɛkyerɛ no na montena ne mu.
28 Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
Me mma, montena ne mu sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, sɛ ɔba a, yɛbɛnya akokoɔduru na yɛmfa aniwuo nkɔ hinta da a ɔbɛba no.
29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
Monim sɛ Kristo yɛ ɔteneneeni. Na ɛsɛ sɛ mohunu sɛ obiara a ɔyɛ ade tenenee no yɛ Onyankopɔn ba.
