JMNT(i)
19 "Now this continues being the (or: So there continues being the same)
process of the sifting, the separation and the decision (the evaluation; the judging),
because the Light has come (or: has gone)
into the world (the aggregate of humanity; the ordered system and arrangement of religion, culture and government; or: the system of control and regulation),
and yet the humans love the darkness (or: the men [= the leadership] love the dimness of obscurity and gloom; or: mankind loved the shadow-realm)
rather than the Light, for their works (deeds; actions)
were continuing to be bad ones (unsound ones; wicked ones; laborious ones; toilsome ones that created bad news; wrongful ones),
20 "for everyone [
who is]
habitually practicing (or: performing)
worthless things (base, mean, common, careless, cheap, slight, paltry, sorry, vile things or refuse)
is continuously hating (regarding with ill-will)
the light, and is not coming (or: going)
to the light (or: the Light),
so that his works (deeds; actions)
may not be tested and put to the proof (and thus, exposed and perhaps reproved).