1 John 2

1 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 before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

1 我的孩子们，我写这些话给你们，是为了叫你们不要犯罪。如果有人犯了罪，在父那里我们有一位护慰者，就是那位义者耶稣基督。

2 He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

2 祂为我们的罪作了赎罪祭，不只是为我们的罪，也是为天下人的罪。

3 By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.

3 我们若遵行上帝的命令，就知道自己确实认识祂。

4 If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

4 若有人说“我认识祂”，却不遵行祂的命令，这人是说谎的，他里面没有真理。

5 But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:

5 人若遵行祂的道，就完全活出了祂的爱，我们借此知道自己是在祂里面。

6 Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.

6 所以，自称住在祂里面的人，行事为人理当和耶稣一样。

7 Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.

7 亲爱的弟兄姊妹，我写给你们的并不是一条新命令，而是你们起初接受的旧命令，这旧命令就是你们已经听过的道。

8 Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

8 然而，我写给你们的也是新命令，在基督和你们身上都显明是真实的，因为黑暗渐渐消逝，真光已经在照耀。

9 If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.

9 人若说自己在光明中，却恨他的弟兄姊妹，他仍然活在黑暗里。

10 Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.

10 爱弟兄姊妹的人住在光明中，没有什么可以绊倒他 。

11 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.

11 恨弟兄姊妹的人活在黑暗中，走在黑暗中，不知何去何从，因为黑暗弄瞎了他的眼睛。

12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.

12 孩子们，我写信给你们，因为靠着祂的名，你们的罪已经得到赦免。

13 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 have written to you, children, because you know the Father.

13 父老们，我写信给你们，因为你们已经认识从太初就存在的那位。年轻人，我写信给你们，因为你们已经战胜了那恶者。

14 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.

14 孩子们，我曾写信给你们，因为你们认识了父。父老们，我曾写信给你们，因为你们认识了从太初就存在的那位。年轻人，我曾写信给你们，因为你们刚强，上帝的道常在你们里面，并且你们战胜了那恶者。

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

15 不要爱世界和世上的事，因为人若爱世界，就不会再有爱父的心了。

16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

16 凡属世界的，如肉体的私欲、眼目的私欲和今生的骄傲都不是从父那里来的，而是从世界来的。

17 The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

17 这世界和其中一切的私欲都在消逝，但遵守上帝旨意的人永远长存。

18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.

18 孩子们，现在是末世了。你们从前听说敌基督者要来，其实现在许多敌基督者已经出现了，由此可知，现在是末世了。

19 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 their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

19 这些人是从我们中间出去的，但他们不属于我们。他们如果属于我们，就会留在我们当中。他们的离去显明他们都不属于我们。

20 You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

20 你们从那位圣者领受了恩膏，所以明白真理。

21 I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

21 我写信给你们，不是因为你们不明白真理，而是因为你们明白真理，并且知道真理中毫无谎言。

22 Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.

22 谁是说谎的呢？不就是那否认耶稣是基督的吗？那不承认父和子的就是敌基督者。

23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.

23 凡否认子的，都没有父；凡承认子的，连父也有了。

24 As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.

24 你们务要把起初所听见的道谨记在心，这样，你们就必住在子里面，也必住在父里面。

25 And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.

25 基督应许给我们的是永生。

26 I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

26 我写这些话给你们，是针对那些诱骗你们的人。

27 And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.

27 既然你们从那位圣者领受的恩膏常在你们里面，就无需他人指教你们，祂的恩膏必在一切事上指教你们。这恩膏真实无伪，你们要按这恩膏的指教住在基督里。

28 And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.

28 孩子们，你们要住在基督里。这样，当祂显现的时候，就是祂再来的时候，我们便能坦然无惧，在祂面前不至羞愧。

29 If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

29 你们既然知道祂是公义的，也该知道所有行义的人都是从上帝生的。