1 Yohana 2
1 Watoto wangu wapendwa, nawaandikia mambo haya kwenu ili msitende dhambi. Lakini kama mmoja wenu akitenda dhambi, tunaye wakili aliye pamoja na Baba, Yesu Kristo- ambaye ni mwenye haki.
My little children, I write these things to you so that ye may not sin. And if any man does sin, we have an advocate with the Father-righteous Jesus Christ.
2 Yeye ni mpatanishi kwa dhambi zetu, na si kwa dhambi zetu pekee, lakini pia kwa ulimwengu mzima.
And he is the atonement for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
3 Kwa hili twajua kwamba twamjua yeye, kama tukizitunza amri zake.
And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 Yeye asemaye, “Namjua Mungu,” lakini hazishiki amri zake, ni mwongo, na kweli haimo ndani yake.
He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in this man.
5 Lakini yeyote ashikaye neno lake, kweli katika mtu yule upendo wa Mungu umekamilishwa. Katika hili twajua kwamba tuko ndani yake.
But whoever keeps his word, truly in this man the love of God is fully perfected. By this we know that we are in him.
6 Yeye asemaye anaishi ndani ya Mungu anapaswa mwenyewe pia kuenenda kama vile Yesu Kristo alivyoenenda.
He who claims to abide in him he also ought so to walk just as that man walked.
7 Wapenzi, siwaandikii ninyi amri mpya, bali amri ya zamani ambayo mmekwisha kuwa nayo tangu mwanzo. Amri ya zamani ni neno ambalo mlilolisikia.
Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment that ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that ye heard from the beginning.
8 Hata hivyo ninawaandikia ninyi amri mpya, ambayo ni kweli katika Kristo na kwenu, kwa sababu giza linapita, na nuru ya kweli iko tayari inaangaza
Again, a new commandment I write to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light now shines.
9 Yeye asemeye yuko kwenye nuru na amchukia ndugu yake yuko katika giza hata sasa.
He who claims to be in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.
10 Yeye ampendaye ndugu yake anaishi katika nuru na hakuna jambo lolote liwezalo kumkwaza.
He who loves his brother abides in the light, and no cause of stumbling is in him.
11 Lakini yeye amchukiaye ndugu yake yuko gizani na anatembea gizani; Yeye hajui wapi aendako, kwa sababu giza limeyapofusha macho yake.
But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and he goes about in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12 Nawaandikia ninyi, watoto wapendwa, kwa sababu mmesamehewa dhambi zenu kwa ajili ya jina lake.
I write to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you through his name.
13 Nawaandikia ninyi, akina baba, kwa sababu mnamjua yeye aliye tangu mwanzo. Nawaandikia ninyi, vijana, kwa sababu mmemshinda yule mwovu. Nimewaandikia ninyi, watoto wadogo, kwa sababu mnamjua Baba.
I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome evil. I write to you, children, because ye know the Father.
14 Nimewaandikia ninyi, akina baba, kwa sababu mnamjua yeye aliye tangu mwanzo. Nimewaandikia ninyi, vijana, kwa sababu mko imara, na neno la Mungu linakaa ndani yenu, na mmemshinda yule mwovu.
I wrote to you, fathers, because ye have know him from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome evil.
15 Msiipende dunia wala mambo ambayo yaliyo katika dunia. Iwapo yule ataipenda dunia, upendo wa kumpenda Baba haumo ndani yake.
Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 Kwani kila kitu kilichomo katika dunia- tamaa ya mwili, tamaa ya macho, na kiburi cha uzima- havitokani na Baba lakini vinatokana na dunia.
Because everything in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the arrogance of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but he who does the will of God abides into the age. (aiōn g165)
18 Watoto wadogo, ni wakati wa mwisho. Kama ambavyo mmesikia kwamba mpinga kristo anakuja, hata sasa wapinga kristo wamekuja, kwa hali hii tunajua kwamba ni wakati wa mwisho.
Children, it is the last hour. And as ye heard that the antichrist comes, and now many antichrists have developed, from which we know that it is the last hour.
19 Walikwenda zao kutoka kwetu, kwani hawakuwa wa kwetu. Kama vile wangekuwa wa kwetu wangeendelea kuwa pamoja nasi. Lakini wakati walipo kwenda zao, hicho kilionyesha hawakuwa wa kwetu.
They went out from us, but they were not of us. For if they were of us, they would have continued with us, but-so that they might be made known, that they are not all of us.
20 Lakini mumetiwa mafuta na yule Mtakatifu, nanyi nyote mnaijua kweli.
And ye have an anointing from the Holy, and ye know all the things.
21 Sikuwaandikia ninyi kwa sababu hamuijui kweli, bali kwa sababu mnaijua na kwa sababu hakuna uongo wa ile kweli
I wrote to you not because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
22 Nani ni mwongo bali ni yeye anayepinga kwamba Yesu ni Kristo? Huyu mtu ni mpinga kristo, pale anapo mpinga Baba na Mwana.
Who is the liar if not he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
23 Hakuna anaye mpinga Mwana akawa na Baba. Yeyote anaye mkiri Mwana anaye Baba pia.
Every man who denies the Son, also does not have the Father.
24 Kama kwa ajili yenu, kile mlichosikia toka mwanzo acha kiendelee kuwa ndani yenu. Kama kile mlichosikia toka mwanzo kitakaa ndani yenu, pia, mtakaa ndani ya Mwana na Baba.
Therefore ye, let what ye heard from the beginning abide in you. If what ye heard from the beginning abides in you, ye also will abide in the Son and in the Father.
And this is the promise that he promised us: the eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
26 Nimewaandikia haya ninyi kuhusu wale ambao wangewaongoza ninyi katika upotevu.
I wrote these things to you concerning those who lead you astray.
27 Na kwa ajili yenu, yale mafuta mliyoyapokea kutoka kwake yanakaa ndani yenu, na hamtahitaji mtu yeyote kuwafundisha. bali kama mafuta yake yanawafundisha kuhusu mambo yote na ni kweli na siyo uongo, na hata kama yameshawafundisha, kaeni ndani yake.
And for you, the anointing that ye received from him abides in you, and ye have no need that any man teach you, but as the same anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is no lie, and just as it taught you, ye will abide in him.
28 Na sasa, watoto wapendwa, kaeni ndani yake, ili wakati atakapotokea, tuweze kuwa na ujasiri na siyo kujisikia aibu mbele yake katika kuja kwake.
And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is made known, we may have confidence, and not be shamed by him at his coming.
29 Kama mnajua kuwa yeye ni mwenye haki, mnajua kwamba kila mmoja atendaye haki amezaliwa na yeye.
If ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every man doing righteousness has been begotten of him.
