how can I search a file to find if my variable belogs to a field
 

good afternoon to you all,sorry for my english
I'am new in your forum as in the linux command so I would appreciate your help

I have a file that contains 5 fields and anothen one with two
I want to take the value from user and search file1 and if the value exists then write in file2 to the $2 to the line that $1=value

file 1
1:fsdfsd:g:33:fsdf
2:yytgdcf:a:3:sgd
3:tttt:g:67:yujhggfg
4:rgtdfrg:g:34:gdfhf

file 2
1:2
5:3

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