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 Watoto wangu wapendwa, nawaandikia haya ili msitende dhambi. Lakini kama mtu yeyote akitenda dhambi, tunaye Mwombezi kwa Baba: ndiye Yesu Kristo, Mwenye Haki.

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 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.

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

3 Basi katika hili twajua ya kuwa tumemjua, tukizishika amri zake.

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 Mtu yeyote asemaye kuwa, “Ninamjua,” lakini hazishiki amri zake, ni mwongo, wala ndani ya mtu huyo hamna kweli.

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 Lakini mtu yeyote anayelitii neno lake, upendo wa Mungu umekamilika ndani yake kweli kweli. Katika hili twajua kuwa tumo ndani yake.

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

6 Yeyote anayesema anakaa ndani yake hana budi kuenenda kama Yesu alivyoenenda.

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 Wapendwa, siwaandikii ninyi amri mpya bali ile ya zamani, ambayo mmekuwa nayo tangu mwanzo. Amri hii ya zamani ni lile neno mlilosikia.

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 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.

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

9 Yeyote anayesema yumo nuruni lakini anamchukia ndugu yake bado yuko gizani.

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

10 Yeye ampendaye ndugu yake anakaa nuruni, wala hakuna kitu chochote ndani yake cha kumkwaza.

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 Lakini yeyote amchukiaye ndugu yake, yuko gizani na anaenenda gizani, wala hajui anakokwenda, kwa sababu giza limempofusha macho.

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

12 Nawaandikia ninyi, watoto wadogo, kwa sababu dhambi zenu zimesamehewa kwa ajili ya Jina lake.

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 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.

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 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.

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 Msiupende ulimwengu wala mambo yaliyo ulimwenguni. Kama mtu yeyote akiupenda ulimwengu, upendo wa Baba haumo ndani yake.

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 Kwa maana kila kitu kilichomo ulimwenguni, yaani tamaa ya mwili, tamaa ya macho na kiburi cha uzima, havitokani na Baba bali hutokana na ulimwengu.

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

17 Nao ulimwengu unapita, pamoja na tamaa zake, bali yeye afanyaye mapenzi ya Mungu adumu milele.

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 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.

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 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.

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

20 Lakini ninyi mmetiwa mafuta na yeye Aliye Mtakatifu, nanyi nyote mnaijua kweli.

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 Siwaandikii kwa sababu hamuijui kweli, bali kwa sababu mnaijua, nanyi mnajua hakuna uongo utokao katika kweli.

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 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.

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

23 Hakuna yeyote amkanaye Mwana aliye na Baba. Yeyote anayemkubali Mwana anaye na Baba pia.

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 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.

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

25 Hii ndiyo ahadi yake kwetu, yaani, uzima wa milele.

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

26 Nawaandikia mambo haya kuhusu wale watu ambao wanajaribu kuwapotosha.

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 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.

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 Sasa basi, watoto wapendwa, kaeni ndani yake, ili atakapofunuliwa, tuwe na ujasiri, wala tusiaibike mbele zake wakati wa kuja kwake.

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

29 Kama mkijua kuwa yeye ni mwenye haki, mwajua kwamba kila atendaye haki amezaliwa naye.