1 John 2
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Christ Our Advocate
2 My little children, I am writing this to you so that you may not sin; but if any one does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; 2 and he is the expiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. 3 And by this we may be sure that we know him, if we keep his commandments.[a] 4 He who says “I know him” but disobeys his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him; 5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly love for God is perfected. By this we may be sure that we are in him: 6 he who says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
A New Commandment
7 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard. 8 Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because[b] the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. 9 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness still. 10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and in it[c] there is no cause for stumbling. 11 But he who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his sake. 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 write to you, children, because you know the Father. 14 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, love for the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father but is of the world. 17 And the world passes away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides for ever.
Warning against Antichrists
18 Children, it is the last hour;[d] and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come; therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out, that it might be plain that they all are not of us. 20 But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all know.[e] 21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and know that no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also. 24 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is what he has promised us,[f] eternal life.
26 I write this to you about those who would deceive you; 27 but the anointing which you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that any one should teach you; as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie, just as it has taught you, abide in him.
Children of God
28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. 29 If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that every one who does right is born of him.
Footnotes
- 2.3 Cf. the words of Jesus, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments” (Jn 14.15).
- 1 John 2:8 Or that
- 1 John 2:10 Or him
- 2.18 the last hour: John exhorts his readers to hold fast, as though the end were at hand.
- 1 John 2:20 Other ancient authorities read you know everything
- 1 John 2:25 Other ancient authorities read you
1 Yooxanaa 2
Somali Bible
2 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. 2 Oo isaguna wuxuu dembiyadeenna u yahay kafaaraggudka; oo kuweenna oo keliya uma aha ee weliba wuxuu u yahay dembiyada dunida oo dhan. 3 Oo taas ayaynu ku garanaynaa inaynu naqaan isaga, haddaynu qaynuunnadiisa adkayno. 4 Kan yidhaahda, Waan aqaan isaga, oo aan qaynuunnadiisa adkayn, waa beenaaleh, oo runtu kuma jirto isaga. 5 Laakiin kan ereygiisa adkeeya, runtii, Ilaah jacaylkiisu wuu ku dhan yahay isaga. Taas aynu ku garanaynaa inaynu isaga ku jirno. 6 Kan yidhaahda, Isagaan ku jiraa, waa inuu u socdaa siduu isagu u socday.
Qaynuunka Cusub
7 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. 8 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. 9 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.
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