1 Jaona 2
1 Anaka, izany zavatra izany no soratako ny aminareo mba tsy hanotanareo. Ary raha misy manota, dia manana Solovava ao amin’ ny Ray isika, dia Jesosy Kristy, Ilay Marina;
My dear children, I'm writing this to you so you shouldn't sin. But if anybody should happen to sin, we have someone who defends us before the Father—Jesus Christ, who is truly good and right.
2 ary Izy no avotra noho ny fahotantsika, ary tsy noho ny antsika ihany, fa noho ny an’ izao tontolo izao koa.
Through him our sins are forgiven—and not only our sins, but those of the whole world.
3 Ary izao no ahafantarantsika fa mahalala Azy isika, dia ny fitandremana ny didiny.
We can be sure that we do know him if we follow his commands.
4 Izay manao hoe: Fantatro Izy, nefa tsy mitandrina ny didiny, dia mpandainga, ary ny marina tsy ao anatiny.
Anyone who says, “I know him,” but doesn't do what he says, is a liar. They don't have the truth.
5 Fa na iza na iza mitandrina ny teniny, dia tanteraka ao aminy marina tokoa ny fitiavana an’ Andriamanitra izany no ahafantarantsika fa ao aminy isika.
But those who follow God's word have his love totally fill their minds. This is how we know that we live in him.
6 Izay milaza fa mitoetra ao aminy izy, dia tsy maintsy mandeha toy izay nandehanany koa.
Whoever claims to be living in him should behave like Jesus.
7 Ry malala, tsy didy vaovao no soratako aminareo, fa didy ela, izay nanananareo hatramin’ ny voalohany. Ny didy ela dia izay teny efa renareo.
My friends, I'm not writing to you giving some new commandment, but an old commandment you've had from the beginning. This old commandment is one you have already heard.
8 Ary koa, didy vaovao no soratako aminareo, dia zavatra marina eo aminy sy eo aminareo, satria miala ny maizina, ary ny mazava marina no mahazava ankehitriny.
But in a sense I am giving you a new commandment. Its truth is revealed in Jesus and in you, for the darkness is coming to an end and the true light is already shining.
9 Izay milaza fa ao amin’ ny mazava izy, kanefa mankahala ny rahalahiny, dia mbola ao amin’ ny maizina ihany.
Those who say they live in the light but hate a fellow Christian still have the darkness inside them.
10 Izay tia ny rahalahiny no mitoetra ao amin’ ny mazava, ka tsy misy fahatafintohinana ao aminy.
Those who love their fellow Christians live in the light, and don't cause others to sin.
11 Fa izay mankahala ny rahalahiny dia ao amin’ ny maizina ary mandeha ao amin’ ny maizina ka tsy mahalala izay alehany, satria ny maizina no efa nahajamba ny masony.
Those who hate a fellow Christian are in darkness. They stumble around in the dark, not knowing where they're going because the darkness has blinded them.
12 Manoratra aminareo zanaka aho, satria voavela ny helokareo noho ny anarany.
Dear friends, I'm writing to you children, for your sins have been forgiven through the name of Jesus.
13 Manoratra aminareo ray aho, satria efa mahalala Ilay hatramin’ ny voalohany ianareo. Manoratra aminareo zatovo aho, satria efa naharesy ilay ratsy ianareo. Nanoratra taminareo ankizy madinika aho satria efa mahalala ny Ray ianareo.
I'm writing to you fathers, for you know him who has existed from the beginning. I'm writing to you young people, for you have defeated the evil one.
14 Nanoratra taminareo ray aho, satria efa nahalala Ilay hatramin’ ny voalohany ianareo. Nanoratra taminareo zatovo aho, satria mahery ianareo, ary mitoetra ao anatinareo ny tenin’ Andriamanitra, sady efa naharesy ilay ratsy ianareo.
I write to you little children, for you know the Father. I write to you fathers, for you know him who has existed from the beginning. I write to you young people, for you are strong. The word of God lives in you, and you have defeated the evil one.
15 Aza tia izao tontolo izao, na izay zavatra eo amin’ izao tontolo izao. Raha misy olona tia izao tontolo izao dia tsy ao anatiny ny fitiavana ny Ray.
Don't be in love with the world, and don't long for the things of this world. If you love the world, you won't have the Father's love in you.
16 Fa ny zavatra rehetra eo amin’ izao tontolo izao, dia ny filan’ ny nofo sy ny filan’ ny maso ary ny rehaka momba izao fiainana izao, dia tsy avy amin’ ny Ray, fa avy amin’ izao tontolo izao ihany.
For all the things of this world—our sinful desires, wanting everything we see, boasting about what we've accomplished in life— these things don't come from the Father but from the world.
17 Ary mandalo izao fiainana izao sy ny filany; fa izay manao ny sitrapon’ Andriamanitra no maharitra mandrakizay. (aiōn g165)
The world and its evil desires are coming to an end, but those who do the will of God will live forever. (aiōn g165)
18 Rankizy, izao no ora farany, ary tahaka ny efa renareo fa ho avy ny antikristy, sady maro no antikristy efa tonga sahady; koa izany no ahafantarantsika fa izao no ora farany.
Dear friends, this is the last hour. As you've heard, the antichrist is coming. Many antichrists have already come. This is how we know this is the last hour.
19 Avy tamintsika ihany no niala ireo, nefa tsy mba namantsika izy; fa raha tàhiny namantsika izy, dia ho nitoetra tamintsika ihany; fa efa niala izy, mba haseho fa tsy isantsika izy rehetra.
They left us, but they didn't belong with us, for if they did, they would have remained with us. When they left they showed that none of them belonged with us.
20 Fa ianareo kosa manana hosotra avy amin’ ilay Masìna ka mahalala ny zavatra rehetra.
But you have been anointed with the Holy Spirit's blessing, and all of you know what's true.
21 Tsy noho ny tsy ahafantaranareo ny marina no nanoratako taminareo, fa noho ny ahafantaranareo izany sy noho ny tsi-fisiana lainga avy amin’ ny marina.
I'm not writing because you don't know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie comes from the truth.
22 Iza no mpandainga, afa-tsy ilay mandà an’ i Jesosy tsy ho Kristy? Izy no antikristy, dia izay mandà ny Ray sy ny Zanaka.
Who is the liar?—anyone who denies that Jesus is the Christ. The antichrist is anyone who denies the Father and the Son.
23 Izay rehetra mandà ny Zanaka no tsy manana ny Ray koa; izay manaiky ny Zanaka no manana ny Ray koa.
Anyone that denies the Son does not have the Father; anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father too.
24 Ary ny aminareo, dia izay efa renareo hatramin’ ny voalohany no aoka hitoetra ao anatinareo. Raha mitoetra ao anatinareo izay efa renareo hatramin’ ny voalohany, dia hitoetra ao amin’ ny Zanaka sy ny Ray kosa ianareo.
As for you, make sure what you heard from the beginning continues to live in you. If what you heard from the beginning lives in you, you will also live in the Son and in the Father.
Eternal life—this is what he has promised us! (aiōnios g166)
26 Izany zavatra izany no voasoratro taminareo ny amin’ ny mamitaka anareo.
I'm writing this to warn you against those who want to lead you astray.
27 Ary ny aminareo, dia ilay hosotra noraisinareo taminy no mitoetra ao aminareo, ka tsy mila hampianarin’ olona ianareo; fa satria ny hosotra avy aminy no mampianatra anareo ny zavatra rehetra, sady marina, fa tsy lainga izany, dia tomoera ao aminy ianareo, araka ny nampianarany anareo.
But the anointing you received from him means the Spirit lives in you, and you don't need to be taught by anyone. The Spirit's anointing teaches you about everything. It is the truth and not a lie. So live in Christ, just as you've been taught!
28 Ary ankehitriny, anaka, tomoera ao aminy, mba hananantsika fahasahiana, raha hiseho Izy, ka tsy ho menatra eo anatrehany amin’ ny fihaviany.
Now, my dear friends, continue to live in Christ, so that when he appears, we can be confident and not feel ashamed before him at his coming.
29 Raha fantatrareo fa marina Izy, dia fantaro fa izay rehetra manao ny marina no zanany naterany.
If you know he is good and right, then you also know that everyone who does what is right has been born of God.
