2 yOhanaH 1
1 hE abhirucitE kuriyE, tvAM tava putrAMzca prati prAcInO'haM patraM likhAmi|
Neni mzewi mlongoziya, nukulembera gwenga mawu yagusyagulitwi na Mlungu, pamuhera na wana waku yanuwafira muwunakaka. Neni ndiri gweka yangu hera yanuwafira, kumbiti viraa vilii woseri walii yawaumana unakaka ulii, wawafira mwenga,
2 satyamatAd yuSmAsu mama prEmAsti kEvalaM mama nahi kintu satyamatajnjAnAM sarvvESAmEva| yataH satyamatam asmAsu tiSThatyanantakAlaM yAvaccAsmAsu sthAsyati| (aiōn g165)
toziya ya unakaka yawulikala mngati mwetu na hawuwendereyi kulikala pamuhera na twenga mashaka goseri. (aiōn g165)
3 piturIzvarAt tatpituH putrAt prabhO ryIzukhrISTAcca prApyO 'nugrahaH kRpA zAntizca satyatAprEmabhyAM sArddhaM yuSmAn adhitiSThatu|
Manemu na lusungu na ponga vyavilawiti kwa Mlungu Tati na kwa Yesu Kristu, Mwana gwa Tati, haviweri pamuhera na twenga munakaka na ufiru.
4 vayaM pitRtO yAm AjnjAM prAptavantastadanusArENa tava kEcid AtmajAH satyamatam AcarantyEtasya pramANaM prApyAhaM bhRzam AnanditavAn|
Nemeleriti nentu panuwawoniti wamu wa wana waku wendereya kulikala munakaka, gambira Tati ntambu yakatulagaliriti.
5 sAmpratanjca hE kuriyE, navInAM kAnjcid AjnjAM na likhannaham AditO labdhAm AjnjAM likhan tvAm idaM vinayE yad asmAbhiH parasparaM prEma karttavyaM|
Vinu mawu yagusyagulitwi na Mlungu, neni nukuluwa, nukulembera ndiri lilagaliru lya syayi, kumbiti lilagaliru liraa lilii lyatuweriti nalu kwanjira kwanja. Tulifiri twaweni kwa twaweni.
6 aparaM prEmaitEna prakAzatE yad vayaM tasyAjnjA AcarEma| AditO yuSmAbhi ryA zrutA sEyam AjnjA sA ca yuSmAbhirAcaritavyA|
Ufiru ndo awu, kulikala kwa kugajimira malagaliru ga Mlungu. Lilagaliru lyampikaniriti kwanjira kwanja ndo ali, mfiruwa kulikala kwa kuwulanguziya ufiru.
7 yatO bahavaH pravanjcakA jagat pravizya yIzukhrISTO narAvatArO bhUtvAgata Etat nAggIkurvvanti sa Eva pravanjcakaH khrISTArizcAsti|
Toziya wapayira wavuwa walawira mupasipanu, wantu yawajimira ndiri kuwera Yesu Kristu kiziti na kuwera muntu. Muntu gwa ntambu ayi kawera mpayira na mngondu gwa Kristu.
8 asmAkaM zramO yat paNPazramO na bhavEt kintu sampUrNaM vEtanamasmAbhi rlabhyEta tadarthaM svAnadhi sAvadhAnA bhavataH|
Su muliloli weri maweni, su namushiyagamiziya shilii shamtenditi, kumbiti mpati kufupwa lifupu teratera.
9 yaH kazcid vipathagAmI bhUtvA khrISTasya zikSAyAM na tiSThati sa IzvaraM na dhArayati khrISTasya zijnjAyAM yastiSThati sa pitaraM putranjca dhArayati|
Muntu yoseri yakashapira na kulikala ndiri mumafundu kuusu Kristu, kumbiti kankuvyongera vitwatira vyamonga mumafundu, muntu ayu kahera Mlungu. Muntu yoseri yakalikala mumafundu kuusu Kristu, yomberi kawera na Tati na Mwana.
10 yaH kazcid yuSmatsannidhimAgacchan zikSAmEnAM nAnayati sa yuSmAbhiH svavEzmani na gRhyatAM tava maggalaM bhUyAditi vAgapi tasmai na kathyatAM|
Su muntu yoseri pakiza kwa mwenga pota kuwajegera mafundu kuusu Kristu, namumshemera ukaya kwenu ama kumulamsiya.
11 yatastava maggalaM bhUyAditi vAcaM yaH kazcit tasmai kathayati sa tasya duSkarmmaNAm aMzI bhavati|
Muntu yoseri yakamulamsiya muntu ayu, kankutenda pamuhera muvitwatira vyakuwi vya ukondola.
12 yuSmAn prati mayA bahUni lEkhitavyAni kintu patramasIbhyAM tat karttuM nEcchAmi, yatO 'smAkam AnandO yathA sampUrNO bhaviSyati tathA yuSmatsamIpamupasthAyAhaM sammukhIbhUya yuSmAbhiH sambhASiSya iti pratyAzA mamAstE|
Tembera nanaga gavuwa ga kuwalembera, kumbiti nfira ndiri kuwalembera. Su nankulolera kwiza namweni kuyowera na mwenga, su nemeleru ya mwenga iweri teratera.
13 tavAbhirucitAyA bhaginyA bAlakAstvAM namaskAraM jnjApayanti| AmEn|
Wana wa dada gwaku yakasyagulitwi na Mlungu, wankukulamusiya.
