1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Watoto wangu wadogo, nawaandikia haya ili kwamba msitende dhambi. Na kama mtu akitenda dhambi tunaye Mwombezi kwa Baba, Yesu Kristo mwenye haki,
2 and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
naye ndiye kipatanisho kwa dhambi zetu; wala si kwa dhambi zetu tu, bali na kwa dhambi za ulimwengu wote.
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
Na katika hili twajua ya kuwa tumemjua yeye, ikiwa tunashika amri zake.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Yeye asemaye, Nimemjua, wala hazishiki amri zake, ni mwongo, wala kweli haimo ndani yake.
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
Lakini yeye alishikaye neno lake, katika huyo upendo wa Mungu umekamilika kweli kweli. Katika hili twajua ya kuwa tumo ndani yake.
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
Yeye asemaye ya kuwa anakaa ndani yake, imempasa kuenenda mwenyewe vile vile kama yeye alivyoenenda.
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
Wapenzi, siwaandikii amri mpya, ila amri ya zamani mliyokuwa nayo tangu mwanzo. Na hiyo amri ya zamani ni neno lile mlilolisikia.
8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
Tena nawaandikia amri mpya, neno lililo kweli ndani yake na ndani yenu; kwa kuwa giza linapita na ile nuru ya kweli imekwisha kung'aa.
9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
Yeye asemaye kwamba yumo nuruni, naye amchukia ndugu yake, yumo gizani hata sasa.
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
Yeye ampendaye ndugu yake, akaa katika nuru, wala ndani yake hamna kikwazo.
11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Bali yeye amchukiaye ndugu yake, yu katika giza, tena anakwenda katika giza, wala hajui aendako, kwa sababu giza imempofusha macho.
12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
Nawaandikia ninyi, watoto wadogo, kwa sababu mmesamehewa dhambi zenu, kwa ajili ya jina lake.
13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
Nawaandikia ninyi, akina baba, kwa sababu mmemjua yeye aliye tangu mwanzo. Nawaandikia ninyi, vijana, kwa sababu mmemshinda yule mwovu. Nimewaandikia ninyi, watoto, kwa sababu mmemjua Baba.
14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
Nimewaandikia ninyi, akina baba, kwa sababu mmemjua yeye aliye tangu mwanzo. Nimewaandikia ninyi, vijana, kwa sababu mna nguvu, na neno la Mungu linakaa ndani yenu, nanyi mmemshinda yule mwovu.
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Msiipende dunia, wala mambo yaliyomo katika dunia. Mtu akiipenda dunia, kumpenda Baba hakumo ndani yake.
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.
Maana kila kilichomo duniani, yaani, tamaa ya mwili, na tamaa ya macho, na kiburi cha uzima, havitokani na Baba, bali vyatokana na dunia.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Na dunia inapita, pamoja na tamaa zake, bali yeye afanyaye mapenzi ya Mungu adumu hata milele.
18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
Watoto, ni wakati wa mwisho; na kama vile mlivyosikia kwamba mpinga Kristo yuaja, hata sasa wapinga Kristo wengi wamekwisha kuwapo. Kwa sababu hiyo twajua ya kuwa ni wakati wa mwisho.
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out , that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Walitoka kwetu, lakini hawakuwa wa kwetu. Maana kama wangalikuwa wa kwetu, wangalikaa pamoja nasi. Lakini walitoka ili wafunuliwe kwamba si wote walio wa kwetu.
20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
Nanyi mmepakwa mafuta na Yeye aliye Mtakatifu nanyi mnajua nyote.
21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
Sikuwaandikia ninyi kwa sababu hamwijui iliyo kweli, bali kwa sababu mwaijua, tena kwamba hapana uongo wo wote utokao katika hiyo kweli.
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
Ni nani aliye mwongo ila yeye akanaye ya kuwa Yesu ni Kristo? Huyo ndiye mpinga Kristo, yeye amkanaye Baba na Mwana.
23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also .
Kila amkanaye Mwana, hanaye Baba; amkiriye Mwana anaye Baba pia.
24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
Ninyi basi, hilo mlilolisikia tangu mwanzo na likae ndani yenu. Ikiwa hilo mlilolisikia tangu mwanzo linakaa ndani yenu, ninyi nanyi mtakaa ndani ya Mwana, na ndani ya Baba.
25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
Na hii ndiyo ahadi aliyotuahidia, yaani, uzima wa milele.
26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
Nimewaandikia haya katika habari za watu wale wanaotaka kuwapoteza.
27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Nanyi, mafuta yale mliyoyapata kwake yanakaa ndani yenu, wala hamna haja ya mtu kuwafundisha; lakini kama mafuta yake yanavyowafundisha habari za mambo yote, tena ni kweli wala si uongo, na kama yalivyowafundisha, kaeni ndani yake.
28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
Na sasa, watoto wadogo, kaeni ndani yake, ili kusudi, atakapofunuliwa, mwe na ujasiri, wala msiaibike mbele zake katika kuja kwake.
29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
Kama mkijua ya kuwa yeye ni mwenye haki, jueni ya kuwa kila atendaye haki amezaliwa na yeye.
