1 Johannesbrevet 2
1 Min barn, detta skrifver jag eder, att I skolen icke synda; och om någor syndar, då hafve vi en försvarare när Fadrenom, Jesum Christum, den rättfärdig är.
You who are very dear to me, I am writing this to you [to say], “Do not sin!” But if any of you [believers] sins, [God can forgive you because] we have Jesus Christ, who is the righteous one, who speaks to the Father on our behalf [and asks him to forgive us].
2 Och han är försoningen för våra synder; icke allenast för våra, utan ock för hela verldenes.
[Remember that Jesus Christ] voluntarily sacrificed [his own life for us, so that as a result God forgives] our sins. [Yes, God is able to forgive] our sins, but not only ours! [He is] also [able to forgive] the sins of people everywhere!
3 Och derpå vete vi att vi kännom honom, om vi hålle hans bud.
[I will tell you] how we can be sure that we (know/have a close relationship with) [God]. [If we] obey what he commands [us to do, that shows us that we have a close relationship with him. So we must always obey what he commands us to do].
4 Den der säger: Jag känner honom, och håller icke hans bud, han är en ljugare, och i honom är icke sanningen.
Those who say, “We (know/have a close relationship with) God,” and do not obey what [God] commands [us to do], are liars. They are not conducting their lives according to [God’s] true message.
5 Men den som håller hans ord, i honom är sannerliga Guds kärlek fullkomligen; och derpå vete vi att vi ärom i honom.
But those who obey what [God] commands them to do are the people who love God in the manner in which he wants us to. [I will tell you] how we can be sure that we have a close relationship with God:
6 Den der säger sig blifva i honom, han skall ock vandra såsom han vandrade.
If we say that we are living as God wants us to, we should [conduct our lives] as Christ [did].
7 Bröder, jag skrifver eder intet nytt bud; utan det gamla budet, som I haft hafven af begynnelsen. Det gamla budet är det ord, som I hafven hört af begynnelsen.
Dear friends, I am not writing a new [additional] command to you. Instead, I am writing to you a command which was given to you when you first [MTY] [believed in Christ]. That command is [part of] the message that you have [always] heard.
8 Åter skrifver jag eder ett nytt bud, det sant är i honom, och i eder; ty mörkret är förgånget, och det sanna ljuset lyser nu.
Nevertheless, [I can say that] the command I am writing to you is a new command. [It is new because] what Christ [did] was new, and what you [are doing] is new, because [you have been ceasing to conduct your lives in a morally impure manner] and [are now truly conducting your lives in a pure manner. That is like] [MET] no longer [living in] darkness. Instead, [it is like] living where a brilliant light is already shining.
9 Den som säger sig vara i ljuset, och hatar sin broder, han är ännu i mörkret.
Those who claim that they are [pure in every way, like people] [MET] living in the light, but hate any of their fellow believers, are still [behaving in an impure manner, like] [MET] [people who are continually living] in darkness.
10 Den der älskar sin broder, han blifver i ljuset, och ingen förargelse är i honom.
But those who love their fellow believers [are continuing to conduct their lives like people] who are living in the light. They are people who please [God] [LIT]. [So you should love your fellow believers].
11 Men den som hatar sin broder, han är i mörkret, och vandrar i mörkret, och vet icke hvart han går; ty mörkret hafver förblindat hans ögon.
But those who hate any of their fellow believers are still [conducting their lives in an impure way, like] [MET] [people who are living] in darkness. They do not know that they will eventually destroy themselves [eternally]. They have become [spiritually] blind [PRS, MET], [unaware of spiritual truth].
12 Jag skrifver eder, kära barn, att eder skola synderna förlåtna varda, för hans Namns skull.
I am writing [this] to you [whom I love as though] [MET] [you were my] little children, to you who are [spiritually mature people who are like] [MET] fathers, and to you [spiritually vigorous/strong people who are like] [MET] young men. Remember that your sins have been forgiven {[God] has forgiven your sins} on account of what Christ [MTY] [has done]. You now know [Christ, the one] who always existed. You have defeated the evil one, [Satan].
13 Jag skrifver eder, I fäder; ty I hafven känt honom, som är af begynnelsen. Jag skrifver eder, I ynglingar; ty I hafven öfvervunnit den onda.
14 Jag skrifver eder, I barn; ty I hafven känt Fadren. Jag hafver skrifvit eder, I fäder; ty I hafven känt honom, som är af begynnelsen. Jag hafver skrifvit eder, I ynglingar; ty I ären starke; och Guds ord blifver i eder, och hafven öfvervunnit den onda.
[I will say it again]: I have written [this] to you because you have come to know the Father, because you now know [Christ, the one] who always existed, because you are [spiritually] strong, because you continue to [obey] God’s word, and because you have defeated the evil one, [Satan].
15 Älsker icke verldena, icke heller de ting i verldene äro. Den der älskar verldena, i honom är icke Fadrens kärlek.
Do not desire [to conduct you lives in the evil manner in which] godless [people in] the world [MTY] conduct their [lives], and do not love anything that [the evil people] in the world [MTY] [consider to be good]. Those who desire [to conduct their lives in the evil manner in which other people of] the world [MTY] conduct their [lives] do not [really] love [God], their Father, [at all].
16 Ty allt det som är i verldene, nämliga köttsens begärelse, och ögonens begärelse, och högfärdigt lefverne, det är icke af Fadrenom, utan af verldene.
Keep in mind that all [the evil human desires] in the world [are actions/things such as these]: [People] desire to do [what] their self-directed nature [strongly desires]. [People] desire [to possess] whatever (appeals to their senses/they see or hear about). [People] boast about the material things that they possess. [Such evil ways of living] do not originate/come from the Father! Instead they originate/come from [the (godless people in] the world/people in the world who conduct their lives in a manner that displeases God) [MTY]!
17 Och verlden förgås, och hennes lusta; men den som gör Guds vilja, han blifver evinnerliga. (aiōn g165)
The [godless people in] the world [MTY], along with what they desire, will disappear, but those who do what God wants [them to do] will live forever! You know that it is now the final period of this age when there are liars who deny that Jesus is God’s Chosen One. But you have the power of God’s Spirit and you know what is true and what is false. So continue to live according to the true message that you heard when you began to believe in Christ, in order that you may continue to live united both to God’s Son and to the Father. (aiōn g165)
18 Käre barn, nu är den ytterste tiden, och såsom I hafven hört, att Antichrist skall komma; ja, nu äro allaredo månge Antichrister vordne, och deraf vete vi att den ytterste tiden är nu.
[You who are very dear to me], it is [now] (the final part [MTY] [of this age/] final [period of time before Jesus returns]). Just like you heard [from us apostles] that a person who opposes Christ will come/appear, even now there are many people who oppose Christ. That is why we know that it is the final part [of this age] (OR, [before Jesus returns]) [MTY].
19 De äro utgångne af oss; men de voro icke af oss. Hade de varit af oss, då hade de ju blifvit när oss; men på det de skulle blifva uppenbare, att de äro icke alle af oss.
The [people who oppose Christ] refused to remain in our congregations, but they never [really] (belonged with us/were fellow believers). If they had (belonged with us/been fellow believers), they would have remained with us. But because [they left, everyone] can clearly know that none of them (belongs with us/is a fellow believer).
20 Men I hafven smörjelse af dem Heliga, och veten allt.
But as for you, you have been given the power of [God’s Spirit, which comes from Christ] (OR, [God]), the Holy One. [As a result], you all know [how to] ([distinguish false teaching from/recognize what is false teaching and what is]) [the true message].
21 Jag hafver icke skrifvit till eder, såsom till dem der icke veta sanningen; utan såsom till dem som henne veta, och att all lögn icke är af sanningene.
I am writing [this letter] to you, not because you do not know [what is God’s] true message, but because you do know [what it is]. You also know that no false message originates/comes from [God, who is the source of all] truth.
22 Ho är en ljugare, utan den som nekar, att Jesus är Christus? Den är Antichrist, som nekar Fadren och Sonen.
The [worst] liars are the ones who deny that Jesus is (the Messiah/the one whom God chose to rescue us). They are [the ones that we told you about], the ones who oppose Christ. They refuse to acknowledge/admit that [God is] the Father and that [Jesus is his] Son (OR, the one who is also God).
23 Hvar och en som nekar Sonen, han hafver icke heller Fadren.
Those who refuse to acknowledge/admit that [Jesus is God’s] Son do not have a relationship with the Father. But those who acknowledge/admit that [Jesus is God’s] Son [not only have a relationship with God’s Son, but they] have a relationship with the Father also.
24 Hvad I nu hört hafven af begynnelsen, det blifve i eder; om det blifver i eder, som I hört hafven af begynnelsen, så skolen ock I blifva i Sonenom och Fadrenom.
[So], as for you, you must continue to conduct your lives according to [the true message] that you heard when you began [MTY] [to believe in Christ]. If you continue to [do that], you will continue to have a close relationship with both [God’s] Son and the Father.
And what God told us is that [he will cause us] to live forever! (aiōnios g166)
26 Detta hafver jag skrifvit till eder, om dem som förföra eder.
I have written this to you [to] ([warn you] about/tell you to beware of) those [who want to] deceive you [concerning the truth about Christ].
27 Och den smörjelse, som I hafven fått af honom, blifver i eder; och I behöfven icke att någon lärer eder; utan såsom smörjelsen lärer eder om all ting, så är det sant, och icke lögn; och som hon hafver lärt eder, så blifver i henne.
As for you, God’s Spirit, whom you received from Christ, remains in you. So you do not need anyone to teach you [anything else that they claim/say is the truth]. God’s Spirit is teaching you all [of God’s truth that you need to know]. God’s Spirit is truthful and never says anything that is false. So continue to conduct your lives in the way that [he has] taught you.
28 Och nu, kära barn, blifver i honom; att när han uppenbarad varder, måge vi hafva förtröstning, och icke komma på skam för honom i hans tillkommelse.
Now, [while some people are trying to persuade you to accept their false teaching, I urge] you, who are all very dear to me, to continue to [have a close relationship with] Christ. [We need to do that] in order that we may be confident [that he will accept us] when he comes back again. If we do that, we will not be ashamed [when we stand] before [him] when he comes.
29 Om I veten att han är rättfärdig, så skolen I ock det veta, att hvar och en som rätt gör, han är född af honom.
Since you know that [Christ] always does what is right, you know that all those who continue doing what is right are the ones who have become children of God.
