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 am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the righteous one.
2 Yeye ni mpatanishi kwa dhambi zetu, na si kwa dhambi zetu pekee, lakini pia kwa ulimwengu mzima.
He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 Kwa hili twajua kwamba twamjua yeye, kama tukizitunza amri zake.
By this we can be sure 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.
Whoever says, “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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 him the love of God has been 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.
Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk just as he 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 am not writing you a new commandment, but an old commandment, which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the message you have 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
Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.
9 Yeye asemeye yuko kwenye nuru na amchukia ndugu yake yuko katika giza hata sasa.
Whoever says he is in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.
10 Yeye ampendaye ndugu yake anaishi katika nuru na hakuna jambo lolote liwezalo kumkwaza.
Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
11 Lakini yeye amchukiaye ndugu yake yuko gizani na anatembea gizani; Yeye hajui wapi aendako, kwa sababu giza limeyapofusha macho yake.
But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12 Nawaandikia ninyi, watoto wapendwa, kwa sababu mmesamehewa dhambi zenu kwa ajili ya jina lake.
I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you on account of 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 am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I am writing to you, children, because you 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 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 abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
15 Msiipende dunia wala mambo ambayo yaliyo katika dunia. Iwapo yule ataipenda dunia, upendo wa kumpenda Baba haumo ndani yake.
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone 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.
For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but from the world.
And the world is passing away along with its lusts, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. (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 just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by 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 did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out so that it might be revealed that they do not belong to us.
20 Lakini mumetiwa mafuta na yule Mtakatifu, nanyi nyote mnaijua kweli.
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
21 Sikuwaandikia ninyi kwa sababu hamuijui kweli, bali kwa sababu mnaijua na kwa sababu hakuna uongo wa ile 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 Nani ni mwongo bali ni yeye anayepinga kwamba Yesu ni Kristo? Huyu mtu ni mpinga kristo, pale anapo mpinga Baba na Mwana.
Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist.
23 Hakuna anaye mpinga Mwana akawa na Baba. Yeyote anaye mkiri Mwana anaye Baba pia.
No one who denies the Son has 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 let what you have heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you have heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father.
And this is what he has promised us—eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
26 Nimewaandikia haya ninyi kuhusu wale ambao wangewaongoza ninyi katika upotevu.
I have written these things to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you.
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.
But the anointing you received from him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But the same anointing teaches you about all things; it is true, not a lie. So, just as it has taught you, you must 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 revealed we may have confidence and not shrink away from him in shame when he comes back.
29 Kama mnajua kuwa yeye ni mwenye haki, mnajua kwamba kila mmoja atendaye haki amezaliwa na yeye.
If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
