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 unto you, that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an advocate 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 propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 Basi katika hili twajua ya kuwa tumemjua, tukizishika amri zake.
And by this we know that we have known 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.
He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not 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 whosoever keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: and by this we know that we are in Him.
6 Yeyote anayesema anakaa ndani yake hana budi kuenenda kama Yesu alivyoenenda.
He that saith, he abideth in Him, ought himself also so to walk even as 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.
Brethren, I write not a new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye have 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.
though I write it again as a new commandment, which is truth in Him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
9 Yeyote anayesema yumo nuruni lakini anamchukia ndugu yake bado yuko gizani.
Now he that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is still in darkness:
10 Yeye ampendaye ndugu yake anakaa nuruni, wala hakuna kitu chochote ndani yake cha kumkwaza.
whereas, he that loveth his brother, abideth in the light, and is in no danger of stumbling.
11 Lakini yeyote amchukiaye ndugu yake, yuko gizani na anaenenda gizani, wala hajui anakokwenda, kwa sababu giza limempofusha macho.
But he, that hateth his brother, is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not where he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12 Nawaandikia ninyi, watoto wadogo, kwa sababu dhambi zenu zimesamehewa kwa ajili ya Jina lake.
I write unto you, little children, because for his sake your sins are forgiven you:
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 unto you, fathers, because ye have known Him that is from the beginning: and I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. Yea I have written to you, little children, because ye have known 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 unto you, fathers, because ye have known Him that is from the beginning: and 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---
15 Msiupende ulimwengu wala mambo yaliyo ulimwenguni. Kama mtu yeyote akiupenda ulimwengu, upendo wa Baba haumo ndani yake.
Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world; for if any one love the world to excess, the love of the Father 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 desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but of the world.
17 Nao ulimwengu unapita, pamoja na tamaa zake, bali yeye afanyaye mapenzi ya Mungu adumu milele. (aiōn g165)
And the world passeth away, and the desire of it: but he, that doth the will of God, abideth for ever. (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, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that an antichrist will come, there are even now many antichrists, whereby we know that it is the last time.
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 were not of us: for if they had been indeed of us, they would have continued with us; but this was done that they might be made manifest, because all, that are with us, are not indeed of us.
20 Lakini ninyi mmetiwa mafuta na yeye Aliye Mtakatifu, nanyi nyote mnaijua kweli.
And ye have an unction from the holy One, and know all.
21 Siwaandikii kwa sababu hamuijui kweli, bali kwa sababu mnaijua, nanyi mnajua hakuna uongo utokao katika kweli.
I have not therefore written to you, because ye know not the truth; but because ye know it, and that 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 a liar, if not he who denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, that denieth the Father as well as the Son;
23 Hakuna yeyote amkanaye Mwana aliye na Baba. Yeyote anayemkubali Mwana anaye na Baba pia.
for whosoever denieth the Son, hath not the Father: but he that confesseth the Son acknowledgeth 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.
Let that therefore, which ye have heard from the beginning, abide in you: for if that, which ye heard from the beginning, remain in you, ye also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
And this is the promise which He hath promised us, even eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
26 Nawaandikia mambo haya kuhusu wale watu ambao wanajaribu kuwapotosha.
These things have I written unto you concerning those who would seduce you.
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.
But the unction, which ye have received from Him, abideth in you; and therefore ye have no need that any should teach you: since this very unction teacheth you concerning all things, and is truth and not falshood; even as that hath taught you, abide in Him.
28 Sasa basi, watoto wapendwa, kaeni ndani yake, ili atakapofunuliwa, tuwe na ujasiri, wala tusiaibike mbele zake wakati wa kuja kwake.
And now, little children, abide, I say, in Him; that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and may not be ashamed before Him at his coming.
29 Kama mkijua kuwa yeye ni mwenye haki, mwajua kwamba kila atendaye haki amezaliwa naye.
If ye know that He is righteous, ye know that every one, who practiseth righteousness, is born of Him.
