1 KaYohane 2 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

2 ¹Bantwana bam abathandekayo, ndinibhalela ezi zinto ukuze ningoni. Kodwa ukuba umntu uthe wona, sinomthetheleli phambi koBawo wethu—uYesu Krestu, olilungisa. ²Yena ngokwakhe usisicamagushelo sezono zethu, kungezizo kuphela ezethu, kodwa nezelona hlabathi liphela. ^a a v2 UYesu usisibingelelo esigubungela isono sethu, nesijika umgwebo—kungengabakholwayo kuphela, kodwa esinikelwe ihlabathi liphela. ³Ngale nto siyazi ukuba simazile: ukuba siyayigcina imithetho yakhe. ⁴Lowo uthi: “Ndiyamazi,” abe engayigcini imithetho yakhe, ulixoki—inyaniso ayikho kuye. ⁵Kodwa lowo uligcinayo ilizwi lakhe, uthando lukaBawo wethu lugqibelele ngenene kuye. Ngale nto siyazi ukuba sikuye: ⁶Lowo uthi uhleli kuye, umelwe ukuhamba kwangendlela awahamba ngayo yena.

⁷Zintanda, andinibhaleli mthetho mtsha, ndinibhalela omdala, enibe ninawo kwasekuqaleni—umthetho omdala lilizwi enaliva. ⁸Kwakhona, ndinibhalela umthetho omtsha—oyinyaniso kuye nakuni—ngokuba ubumnyama buyadlula, ukhanyiso oluyinyaniso selukhanya. ⁹Lowo uthi usekukhanyeni, abe emthiya umzalwana wakhe, usebumnyameni nangoku. ¹⁰Lowo umthandayo umzalwana wakhe uhleli ekukhanyeni, kwaye kuye akukho sikhubekiso. ¹¹Kodwa lowo umthiyayo umzalwana wakhe usebumnyameni, uhamba ebumnyameni, engazi apho aya khona—ubumnyama bumenze wafanyekelwa ngamehlo.

¹²Ndinibhalela, bantwana, ngokuba izono zenu nizixolelwe ngenxa yegama lakhe.

¹³Ndinibhalela, boobawo, ngokuba niyamazi lowo ukho kwasekuqaleni. Ndinibhalela, madodana, ngokuba nimeyisile lowo ungendawo.

¹⁴Bantwana, ndiyanibhalela ngokuba niyamazi uBawo wethu. Boobawo, ndiyanibhalela ngokuba niyamazi lowo ukho kwasekuqaleni. Madodana, ndiyanibhalela ngokuba nomelele, nelizwi likaBawo wethu lihleli kuni, kananjalo nimeyisile lowo ungendawo.

Musani Ukulithanda Ihlabathi

¹⁵Musani ukulithanda ihlabathi, nanto le isehlabathini. Lowo ulithandayo ihlabathi, uthando lukaBawo alukho kuye. ¹⁶Yonke into esehlabathini—ukunqwenela kwenyama, nokunqwenela kwamehlo, nokuqhayisa kobomi—ayiveli kuBawo, ivela ehlabathini. ¹⁷Ihlabathi liyadlula neenkanuko zalo, kodwa lowo wenza ukuthanda kukaBawo wethu uhleli ngonaphakade.

Lumkelani Abo Bamkhanyelayo uNyana

¹⁸Bantwana, lilixa lokugqibela. Njengoko nevayo ukuba uchasi-Krestu uyeza, ngoko ngoku bavele abachasi-Krestu abaninzi; ngale nto siyazi ukuba lilixa lokugqibela. ^b b v18 “Uchasi-Krestu” kuthetha “ochasene naye” okanye “osendaweni” kaKrestu. UYohane umchaza njengaye nawuphi na omkhanyelayo uYesu ukuba unguKrestu (2:22); sele bevelile “abaninzi,” beqhutywa “ngumoya kachasi-Krestu” (4:3). ¹⁹Baphuma kuthi, kodwa babengengabethu; ukuba bebengabethu, ngebahlala nathi. Kodwa bemka, ukuze kubonakale ukuba akukho namnye kubo ongowethu. ²⁰Kodwa nina ninesithambiso esivela koyiNgcwele, kwaye nonke niyayazi inyaniso. ²¹Andinibhaleli ngokuba ningayazi inyaniso, ndinibhalela ngokuba niyayazi—kwaye akukho xoki livela enyanisweni. ²²Ngubani na olixoki, ukuba akunguye lowo umkhanyelayo uYesu ukuba unguKrestu? Lo nguye uchasi-Krestu, emkhanyela uBawo noNyana. ²³Akukho namnye omkhanyelayo uNyana onoBawo. Lowo umvumayo uNyana unoBawo naye.

²⁴Nina—oko nakuvayo kwasekuqaleni makuhlale kuni. Ukuba oko nakuvayo kwasekuqaleni kuthe kwahlala kuni, nani niya kuhlala kuNyana nakuBawo. ²⁵Yaye esi sisithembiso awasenzela sona yena ngokwakhe—ubomi obungenasiphelo.

²⁶Ezi zinto ndizibhala kuni ngokubhekisele kwabo bazama ukunilahlekisa. ²⁷Ke nina, isithambiso enasamkelayo kuye sihleli kuni, kwaye anisweli mntu wokunifundisa. Kodwa njengokuba isithambiso sakhe sinifundisa ngazo zonke izinto—siyinyaniso, asililo xoki—hlalani kuye, kwanjengoko sanifundisayo.

²⁸Ngoku ke, bantwana, hlalani kuye, ukuze xa ebonakala sibe nenkoloseko singaneniswa ziintloni phambi kwakhe ekuzeni kwakhe. ²⁹Ukuba niyazi ukuba ulilungisa, niyazi nokuba bonke abenza ubulungisa bazalwa nguye.