2 João 1

He Mihi

1 Nā te kaumātua,

Ki te wahine rangatira whiriwhiri rātou ko āna tamariki, e arohatia ponotia nei e ahau. Ehara i te mea e ahau anake, engari e ngā tāngata katoa kua mātau ki te pono, 2 he whakaaro hoki ki te pono e mau nei i roto i a tātou, ā e mau anō ki a tātou ake ake.

3 Kia tau ki a koutou te aroha noa, te mahi tohu, me te rangimārie, he mea nā te Atua Matua, nā te Ariki hoki, nā Īhu Karaiti, nā te Tama a te Matua, i runga anō i te pono, i te aroha.

Haere i tā te Atua Ture

4 Hari pū ahau nōku i kite i ētahi o āu tamariki e haere ana i runga i te pono, e whakarite ana i te ture kua hōmai ki a tātou e te Matua. 5 Nā, tēnei anō tāku kupu ki a koe, e tai, ehara i te ture hou tāku e tuhituhi atu nei ki a koe, engari, ko tērā i a tātou nō te tīmatanga, kia aroha tātou tētahi ki tētahi. 6 Ko te aroha hoki tēnei, kia haere tātou i runga i āna ture. Ko te ture anō tēnei, kia rite ki tā koutou i rongo ai i te tīmatanga, hei runga i tērā he haerenga mō koutou.

7 He tokomaha hoki te hunga whakapōhēhē kua tae mai ki te ao, kāhore nei i whakaae i haere mai a Īhu Karaiti i te kikokiko. Ko te kaiwhakapōhēhē tēnei, ko te anatikaraiti. 8 Kia whai whakaaro ki a koutou anō, kei maumauria ā tātou mahi, engari, kia tino nui te utu e riro i a tātou.

9 Ko te tangata e poka kē ana, kāhore nei e mau ki te ako a te Karaiti, kāhore te Atua i a ia. Ko te tangata e mau ana ki te ako a te Karaiti, kei tēnei te Matua me te Tama. 10 Ki te tae atu tētahi ki a koutou, ki te kore tēnei ako e kawea e ia, kaua ia e puritia ki te whare, kaua anō hoki e oha ki a ia; 11 ki te oha hoki tētahi ki a ia, ka uru ia ki āna mahi kino.

Poroporoaki

12 He maha ngā mea hei tuhituhinga atu māku ki a koutou, heoi kīhai ahau i pai kia tuhia atu ki te pepa, ki te mangumangu. Engari, e mea ana ahau tērā ahau e haere atu ki a koutou, ā, ka kōrero atu, he māngai, he māngai, kia tino nui ai tō tātou hari.

13 Tēnei te oha atu nei ki a koe, ngā tamariki a tōu teina whiriwhiri.

1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth; 2 for the truth’s sake which abideth in us, and it shall be with us for ever: 3 Grace, mercy, peace shall be with us, from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

4 I rejoice greatly that I have found certain of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father. 5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. 6 And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it. 7 For many deceivers are gone forth into the world, even they that confess not that Jesus Christ cometh in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist. 8 Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward. 9 Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into your house, and give him no greeting: 11 for he that giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works.

12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write them with paper and ink: but I hope to come unto you, and to speak face to face, that your joy may be made full. 13 The children of thine elect sister salute thee.