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Carruurtaydiiyey, waxaan waxyaalahan idiinku soo qorayaa si aydnaan u dembaabin; oo qof uun hadduu dembaabo, waxaynu xagga Aabbaha ku leennahay Dhexdhexaadiye, waana Ciise Masiix kan xaqa ah. Oo isaguna wuxuu dembiyadeenna u yahay kafaaraggudka; oo kuweenna oo keliya uma aha ee weliba wuxuu u yahay dembiyada dunida oo dhan. Oo taas ayaynu ku garanaynaa inaynu naqaan isaga, haddaynu qaynuunnadiisa adkayno. Kan yidhaahda, Waan aqaan isaga, oo aan qaynuunnadiisa adkayn, waa beenaaleh, oo runtu kuma jirto isaga. Laakiin kan ereygiisa adkeeya, runtii, Ilaah jacaylkiisu wuu ku dhan yahay isaga. Taas aynu ku garanaynaa inaynu isaga ku jirno. Kan yidhaahda, Isagaan ku jiraa, waa inuu u socdaa siduu isagu u socday.

Qaynuunka Cusub

Gacaliyayaalow, qaynuun cusub idiin soo qori maayo, laakiin waxaan idiin soo qorayaa qaynuun hore oo aad tan iyo bilowgii haysateen. Qaynuunkii hore waa hadalkii aad bilowgii maqasheen. Oo weliba qaynuun cusub ayaan idiin soo qorayaa, kaas oo isaga iyo idinkaba run idinku dhex ah, maxaa yeelay, gudcurku waa dhammaanayaa, oo nuurka runta ahuna imminkuu iftiimayaa. Kan yidhaahda, Nuurkaan ku jiraa, oo walaalkiis neceb, wuxuu ku jiraa gudcurka ilaa imminkada. 10 Kan walaalkii jecel, nuurkuu ku jiraa, oo wax lagu xumaado kuma jiro isaga. 11 Laakiin kan walaalkii neceb, gudcurkuu ku jiraa, oo gudcurkuu ku socdaa, oo garan maayo meeshuu marayo, waayo, gudcurkaa indhihiisa tiray.

12 Wax baan idiin soo qorayaa, carruurtiiyey, maxaa yeelay, dembiyadiinnii waa laydinka cafiyey magiciisa aawadiis. 13 Aabbayaashow, wax baan idiin soo qorayaa, maxaa yeelay, waad garanaysaan kan tan iyo bilowgii jira. Ragga dhallinyarada ahow, wax baan idiin soo qorayaa, maxaa yeelay, idinku kan sharka ah ayaad ka adkaateen. Carruurtaydiiyey, wax baan idiin soo qoray, maxaa yeelay, Aabbaha waad garanaysaan. 14 Aabbayaashow, wax baan idiin soo qoray, maxaa yeelay, waad garanaysaan kan tan iyo bilowgii jira. Ragga dhallinyarada ahow, wax baan idiin soo qoray, maxaa yeelay, waad xoog weyn tihiin, oo ereyga Ilaah baa idinku jira, oo kan sharka ah ayaad ka adkaateen. 15 Dunida iyo waxyaalaha dunida ku jira toona ha jeclaanina. Qof uun hadduu dunida jeclaado, jacaylka Aabbuhu kuma jiro isaga. 16 Maxaa yeelay, waxaa dunida ku jira oo dhan oo ah damaca jidhka, iyo damaca indhaha, iyo faanka nolosha, xagga Aabbaha kama yimaadaan ee waxay ka yimaadaan xagga dunida. 17 Oo duniduna way idlaanaysaa, iyo damaceeduba; laakiin kan doonista Ilaah yeelaa wuu jirayaa weligiis.

Ka-digidda Kuwa Masiixa Ka Geesta Ah

18 Carruurtiiyey, waa saacaddii u dambaysay, oo sidaad maqasheen inuu kan Masiixa ka geesta ahi imanayo, weliba imminka kuwa badan oo Masiixa ka gees ah ayaa kacay, taa aawadeed ayaynu ku garanaynaa inay saacaddii u dambaysay tahay. 19 Way inaga baxeen, laakiin kuweennii ma ay ahayn; hadday kuweennii ahaayeen, way inala joogi lahaayeen; laakiin way inaga baxeen oo taasaa caddaynaysa inaanay kulligood inaga mid ahayn. 20 Laakiin idinku waxaad leedihiin subkid ka timid Kan Quduuska ah, oo wax walba waad taqaaniin. 21 Wixii aan idiin soo qoray uma aan soo qorin aqoonla'aantiinna xagga runta aawadeed, laakiin waxaan u soo qoray aqoonta aad runta taqaaniin iyo inaanay beenina runta ka iman aawadood. 22 Waa kuma beenaaluhu, kan dafira inuu Ciise yahay Masiixa mooyaane? Isagu waa kan Masiixa ka geesta ah, waana kan dafira Aabbaha iyo Wiilkaba. 23 Ku alla kii Wiilka inkiraa, ma leh Aabbaha; laakiin kan Wiilka qirtaa Aabbuhuu leeyahay. 24 Haddaba idinku waxaad tan iyo bilowgii maqlayseen ha idinku sii jiro. Haddii wixii aad tan iyo bilowgii maqlayseen idinku sii jiro, idinkuna waxaad ku sii jiri doontaan Wiilka iyo Aabbaha. 25 Oo kanu waa ballankii uu inoogu ballanqaaday oo ah nolosha weligeed ah.

26 Waxaan idiin soo qoray waxyaalahan ku saabsan kuwa idin khiyaanaynaya. 27 Subkidda aad ka hesheen isaga way idinku sii jirtaa; oo uma baahnidin in cidina wax idin barto; laakiin sida subkiddiisu wax walba idiin barto, oo ay run u tahay, beenna aanay u ahayn, waa inaad siday wax idiin bartay ugu sii jirtaan. 28 Oo imminka, carruurtiiyey, ku sii jira isaga; in kolkuu muuqdo aynu kalsoonaan doonno oo aynaan wakhtiga imaatinkiisa ka xishoonin inaynu hor tagno. 29 Haddaad og tihiin inuu xaq yahay, waxaad weliba ogaataan in mid walba oo xaqnimo falaa uu isaga ka dhashay.

My dear children,(A) I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate(B) with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,(C) and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.(D)

Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

We know(E) that we have come to know him(F) if we keep his commands.(G) Whoever says, “I know him,”(H) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.(I) But if anyone obeys his word,(J) love for God[a] is truly made complete in them.(K) This is how we know(L) we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(M)

Dear friends,(N) I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning.(O) This old command is the message you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new command;(P) its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing(Q) and the true light(R) is already shining.(S)

Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister[b](T) is still in the darkness.(U) 10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister[c] lives in the light,(V) and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.(W) 11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister(X) is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness.(Y) They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.(Z)

Reasons for Writing

12 I am writing to you, dear children,(AA)
    because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.(AB)
13 I am writing to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.(AC)
I am writing to you, young men,
    because you have overcome(AD) the evil one.(AE)

14 I write to you, dear children,(AF)
    because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.(AG)
I write to you, young men,
    because you are strong,(AH)
    and the word of God(AI) lives in you,(AJ)
    and you have overcome the evil one.(AK)

On Not Loving the World

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world.(AL) If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[d] is not in them.(AM) 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,(AN) the lust of the eyes,(AO) and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away,(AP) but whoever does the will of God(AQ) lives forever.

Warnings Against Denying the Son

18 Dear children, this is the last hour;(AR) and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming,(AS) even now many antichrists have come.(AT) This is how we know it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us,(AU) but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.(AV)

20 But you have an anointing(AW) from the Holy One,(AX) and all of you know the truth.[e](AY) 21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it(AZ) and because no lie comes from the truth. 22 Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.(BA) 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.(BB)

24 As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning(BC) remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.(BD) 25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life.(BE)

26 I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.(BF) 27 As for you, the anointing(BG) you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things(BH) and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.(BI)

God’s Children and Sin

28 And now, dear children,(BJ) continue in him, so that when he appears(BK) we may be confident(BL) and unashamed before him at his coming.(BM)

29 If you know that he is righteous,(BN) you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.(BO)

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love
  2. 1 John 2:9 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15, 17; 4:20; 5:16.
  3. 1 John 2:10 The Greek word for brother and sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 3:10; 4:20, 21.
  4. 1 John 2:15 Or world, the Father’s love
  5. 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts and you know all things