My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
2:2
ወአኮበእንቲኣነባሕቲቱአላበእንተዓለምኒ።
他為我們的罪作了挽回祭,不是單為我們的罪,也是為普天下人的罪。
And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
2:3
ወበእንተዝነአምርከመአእመርናሁለእመዐቀብነትእዛዞ።
我們若遵守他的誡命,就曉得是認識他。
This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
2:4
ወዘሰይብልአአምሮወኢየዐቅብትእዛዞሐሳዊውእቱወአልቦጽድቀእግዚአብሔርበኀቤሁ።
人若說「我認識他」,卻不遵守他的誡命,便是說謊話的,真理也不在他心裏了。
One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.
2:5
ወዘሰየዐቅብቃሎአማንፍቅረእግዚአብሔርፍጹምላዕሌሁወበዝንቱነአምርከመቦቱሀለውነ።
凡遵守主道的,愛上帝的心在他裏面實在是完全的。從此,我們知道我們是在主裏面。
But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:
2:6
ወዘሰይብልቦቱሀለውኩመፍትውይሑርበከመሖረዝክቱ።
人若說他住在主裏面,就該自己照主所行的去行。
he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.
But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
2:12
እጽሕፍለክሙደቂቅየእስመተኀድገለክሙኀጢአትክሙበእንተስሙ።
小子們哪,我寫信給你們, 因為你們的罪藉着主名得了赦免。
I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.
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 remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.
They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.
2:20
ወአንትሙሰቅብዐትብክሙእምነመንፈስቅዱስወተአምሩኵሎ።
你們從那聖者受了恩膏,並且知道這一切的事 。
You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
2:21
ኢጸሐፍኩለክሙከመዘኢተአምርዋለጽድቅአላከመተአምርዋእስመኵላሐሰትኢኮነትእምጽድቅ።
我寫信給你們,不是因你們不知道真理,正是因你們知道,並且知道沒有虛謊是從真理出來的。
I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.
2:25
ወዛቲይእቲተስፋእንተአሰፈወነሕይወተዘለዓለም።
主所應許我們的就是永生。
This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.
2:26
ወዘንተንጽሕፍለክሙበእንተእለያስሕቱክሙ።
我將這些話寫給你們,是指着那引誘你們的人說的。
These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.
As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.