2 UYohane Chapter 1

1. Indoda enkulu ibhalela inkosikazi enyuliweyo nabantwana bayo, endibathandayo mna ngenyaniso; ingendim ndedwa, ingabo bonke abayazileyo inyaniso;

2. ngenxa yenyaniso ehleliyo kuthi, eya kuba nathi ngonaphakade:

3. ithi, Makubekho kuni ubabalo, nenceba, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uYise, nakwiNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, uNyana kaYise, kuni basenyanisweni naseluthandweni.

4. Ndavuya kunene kuba ndifumene kubantwana bakho kukho abahamba enyanisweni, njengoko samkelayo umthetho kuye uYise.

5. Nangoku ndiyakucela, nkosikazi, kungengakuba ndikubhalela umthetho omtsha; ndikubhalela lowo sasinawo kwasekuqalekeni: ukuba sithandane.

6. Lulo ke olu uthando, ukuba sihambe ngokwemithetho yakhe. Nguwo lo umthetho, njengokuba nevayo kwasekuqalekeni, ukuba nihambe kuwo.

7. Ngokuba kungene abalahlekisi abaninzi ehlabathini, abangamvumiyo uYesu Kristu esiza esenyameni. Lowo ngumkhohlisi nomchasi-Kristu.

8. Zilumkeleni, ukuba singalahlekani nezinto esizisebenzileyo; masamkele umvuzo ozalisekileyo.

9. Bonke abagqithayo, abangahlaliyo emfundisweni kaKristu, abanaThixo; ohleliyo emfundisweni kaKristu, lowo unaye uYise noNyana.

10. Ukuba umntu uza kuni, engazisi yona le mfundiso, musani ukumamkela endlwini yenu, ningambulisi nokumbulisa;

11. kuba lowo umbulisayo unobudlelane naye ngemisebenzi yakhe engendawo.

12. Ndinezinto ezininzi nje zokunibhalela, andingi ndingazibhala ngaphepha nangainki; ndithembe ukuza kuni, sithethe ngomlomo, ukuze uvuyo lwethu luzaliseke.

13. Bayakubulisa abantwana bodade wenu onyuliweyo. Amen.