1 Yohana 2
1 Watoto wangu wapendwa, nawaandikia haya ili msitende dhambi. Lakini kama mtu yeyote akitenda dhambi, tunaye Mwombezi kwa Baba: ndiye Yesu Kristo, Mwenye Haki.
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.
2 Yeye ndiye dhabihu ya upatanisho kwa ajili ya dhambi zetu, wala si kwa ajili ya dhambi zetu tu, bali pia kwa ajili ya dhambi za ulimwengu wote.
And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
3 Basi katika hili twajua ya kuwa tumemjua, tukizishika amri zake.
This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
4 Mtu yeyote asemaye kuwa, “Ninamjua,” lakini hazishiki amri zake, ni mwongo, wala ndani ya mtu huyo hamna kweli.
One who says, “I know him,” and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 Lakini mtu yeyote anayelitii neno lake, upendo wa Mungu umekamilika ndani yake kweli kweli. Katika hili twajua kuwa tumo ndani yake.
But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:
6 Yeyote anayesema anakaa ndani yake hana budi kuenenda kama Yesu alivyoenenda.
he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
7 Wapendwa, siwaandikii ninyi amri mpya bali ile ya zamani, ambayo mmekuwa nayo tangu mwanzo. Amri hii ya zamani ni lile neno mlilosikia.
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.
8 Lakini nawaandikia amri mpya, yaani, lile neno lililo kweli ndani yake na ndani yenu, kwa sababu giza linapita na ile nuru ya kweli tayari inangʼaa.
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.
9 Yeyote anayesema yumo nuruni lakini anamchukia ndugu yake bado yuko gizani.
He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.
10 Yeye ampendaye ndugu yake anakaa nuruni, wala hakuna kitu chochote ndani yake cha kumkwaza.
He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.
11 Lakini yeyote amchukiaye ndugu yake, yuko gizani na anaenenda gizani, wala hajui anakokwenda, kwa sababu giza limempofusha macho.
But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12 Nawaandikia ninyi, watoto wadogo, kwa sababu dhambi zenu zimesamehewa kwa ajili ya Jina lake.
I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
13 Nawaandikia ninyi, akina baba, kwa sababu mmemjua yeye aliye tangu mwanzo. Nawaandikia ninyi vijana kwa sababu mmemshinda yule mwovu. Nawaandikia ninyi watoto wadogo, kwa sababu mmemjua Baba.
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.
14 Nawaandikia ninyi akina baba, kwa sababu mmemjua yeye aliye tangu mwanzo. Nawaandikia ninyi vijana, kwa sababu mna nguvu, na neno la Mungu linakaa ndani yenu, nanyi mmemshinda yule mwovu.
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.
15 Msiupende ulimwengu wala mambo yaliyo ulimwenguni. Kama mtu yeyote akiupenda ulimwengu, upendo wa Baba haumo ndani yake.
Do not love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love is not in him.
16 Kwa maana kila kitu kilichomo ulimwenguni, yaani tamaa ya mwili, tamaa ya macho na kiburi cha uzima, havitokani na Baba bali hutokana na ulimwengu.
For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not the Father’s, but is the world’s.
17 Nao ulimwengu unapita, pamoja na tamaa zake, bali yeye afanyaye mapenzi ya Mungu adumu milele. (aiōn g165)
The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains for the age (aiōn g165).
18 Watoto wadogo, huu ni wakati wa mwisho! Kama mlivyosikia kwamba mpinga Kristo anakuja, hivyo basi wapinga Kristo wengi wamekwisha kuja. Kutokana na hili twajua kwamba huu ni wakati wa mwisho.
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.
19 Walitoka kwetu, lakini hawakuwa wa kwetu hasa. Kwa maana kama wangelikuwa wa kwetu, wangelikaa pamoja nasi, lakini kutoka kwao kulionyesha kwamba hakuna hata mmoja wao aliyekuwa wa kwetu.
They went out from us, but they did not 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.
20 Lakini ninyi mmetiwa mafuta na yeye Aliye Mtakatifu, nanyi nyote mnaijua kweli.
You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
21 Siwaandikii kwa sababu hamuijui kweli, bali kwa sababu mnaijua, nanyi mnajua hakuna uongo utokao katika kweli.
I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
22 Je, mwongo ni nani? Mwongo ni mtu yule asemaye kwamba Yesu si Kristo. Mtu wa namna hiyo ndiye mpinga Kristo, yaani, yeye humkana Baba na Mwana.
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.
23 Hakuna yeyote amkanaye Mwana aliye na Baba. Yeyote anayemkubali Mwana anaye na Baba pia.
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
24 Hakikisheni kwamba lile mlilosikia tangu mwanzo linakaa ndani yenu. Kama lile mlilosikia tangu mwanzo linakaa ndani yenu, ninyi nanyi mtakaa ndani ya Mwana na ndani ya Baba.
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.
This is the promise which he promised us, the consummate (aiōnios g166) life.
26 Nawaandikia mambo haya kuhusu wale watu ambao wanajaribu kuwapotosha.
These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.
27 Nanyi, upako mlioupata kutoka kwake unakaa ndani yenu, wala ninyi hamna haja ya mtu yeyote kuwafundisha. Lakini kama vile upako wake unavyowafundisha kuhusu mambo yote nayo ni kweli wala si uongo, basi kama ulivyowafundisha kaeni ndani yake.
As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you do not 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.
28 Sasa basi, watoto wapendwa, kaeni ndani yake, ili atakapofunuliwa, tuwe na ujasiri, wala tusiaibike mbele zake wakati wa kuja kwake.
Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
29 Kama mkijua kuwa yeye ni mwenye haki, mwajua kwamba kila atendaye haki amezaliwa naye.
If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
