1 Janův 4
1 Nejmilejší, ne každému duchu věřte, ale zkušujte duchů, jsou-li z Boha; nebo mnozí falešní proroci vyšli na svět.
Dear friends, many people [who have a false message] are teaching it to people [MTY]. So do not trust every [message that someone claims/says that God’s] Spirit [MTY] [gave to him]. Instead, (test/think carefully about) the teachings that [you hear] in order to know whether they are from God or not.
2 Po tomto znejte Ducha Božího: Všeliký duch, kterýž vyznává Jezukrista v těle přišlého, z Boha jest.
[I will tell] you how to recognize [teachings that come from] the Spirit of God: Those who affirm/say that Jesus Christ came [from God] to become a human [like us] are [teaching a message] that is from God.
3 Ale všeliký duch, kterýž nevyznává Jezukrista v těle přišlého, není z Boha; nýbrž toť jest ten duch antikristův, o kterémž jste slýchali, že přijíti má, a jižť jest nyní na světě.
But those who do not affirm/say [that about] Jesus are not [teaching a message] from God. [They are teachers who] oppose Christ. You have heard that people like that are coming [to be among us]. Even now they are already here!
4 Vy pak z Boha jste, synáčkové, a zvítězili jste nad nimi; nebo většíť jest ten, kterýž jest v vás, nežli ten, kterýž jest v světě.
As for you who are very dear to me, you belong to God, and you have refused [the false messages] that those people [teach], because [God], who enables you [to do what he wants], is (greater/more powerful) than ([Satan/the devil]), who enables (godless people/people who conduct their lives in a way that displeases God) [MTY].
5 Oni z světa jsou, a protož o světu mluví, a svět jich poslouchá.
As for [those who are teaching what is false], they are (godless people/people whose lives are displeasing to God) [MTY]. Because of that, they teach what (godless people/people whose lives are displeasing to God) [MTY] want to hear. That is why the (godless people/people whose lives displease God) [MTY] listen to them.
6 My z Boha jsme. Kdo zná Boha, posloucháť nás; kdož pak není z Boha, neposloucháť nás. A po tomť poznáváme ducha pravdy a ducha bludu.
As for us [(exc)], [because] we belong to God, whoever (knows/has a close relationship with) God listens to us. [But] those who do not belong to God do not listen to us. That is how we can know whether [the things that people are teaching] [MTY] are true or whether they are false, and deceiving [people].
7 Nejmilejší, milujmež jedni druhé; nebo láska z Boha jest, a každý, kdož miluje, z Boha se narodil, a znáť Boha.
Dear friends, we must love each other, because God [enables us] to love [each other], and because those who love [their fellow believers] have become God’s children and (know/have a close relationship with) him.
8 Kdož nemiluje, nezná Boha; nebo Bůh láska jest.
God’s [nature] is to love [all people]. So those who do not love [their fellow believers] do not (know/have a relationship with) God.
9 V tomť zjevena jest láska Boží k nám, že Syna svého toho jednorozeného poslal Bůh na svět, abychom živi byli skrze něho.
I will tell you how God has shown us [that he] loves us: He sent (his only Son/the only one who was also God) [to live] on the earth to enable us to live [eternally] as a result of [our trusting in what] he [accomplished for us by dying for us].
10 V tomť jest láska, ne že bychom my Boha milovali, ale že on miloval nás, a poslal Syna svého obět slitování za hříchy naše.
[And God] has shown [us what it means to] love [another person]: [It does] not [mean] that we loved God, but [it means] that God loved us and sent (his Son/the one who was also God) to sacrifice [his life] in order that [our sins might be forgiven] {[he might forgive] our sins}.
11 Nejmilejší, poněvadž tak miloval nás Bůh, i myť máme jedni druhé milovati.
Dear friends, since God loves us like that, we certainly ought to love each other!
12 Boha žádný nikdy nespatřil, ale milujeme-liť jedni druhé, Bůh v nás přebývá, a láska jeho dokonalá jest v nás.
No one has ever seen God. [Nevertheless], if we love each other, [it is evident that] God lives within us and that we love others just like he [intends/wants us to do].
13 Po tomtoť poznáváme, že v něm přebýváme, a on v nás, že z Ducha svého dal nám.
[I will tell you] how we can be sure that we have a close relationship with God and that God is within us: He has put his Spirit within us.
14 A myť jsme viděli, a svědčíme, že Otec poslal Syna svého spasitele světa.
We [apostles] have seen (God’s Son/the one who is also God), and [we tell people] that the Father sent him to save [the people in] the world [MTY] [from being punished for their sins].
15 Kdož by koli vyznával, že Ježíš jest Syn Boží, Bůh v něm přebývá, a on v Bohu.
[So] those who affirm/say that Jesus is the (Son of/one who is also) God, God is within them, and they have a close relationship with God.
16 A myť jsme poznali, a uvěřili o lásce, kterouž Bůh má k nám. Bůh láska jest, a kdož v lásce přebývá, v Bohu přebývá, a Bůh v něm.
We have experienced how God loves us and we believe that he loves us. [As a result, we love others. Because] God’s [nature] is to love people, those who continue to love [others] have a close relationship with God, and God has a close relationship with them.
17 V tomtoť jest k dokonání svému přišla láska Boží s námi, abychom bezpečné doufání měli v den soudný, kdyžto, jakýž jest on, takovíž i my jsme na tomto světě.
We [should] love others completely. And if we do that, when the time comes for [him to] judge us, we will be confident [that he will not condemn us] (OR, [that we have a close relationship with him]). [We will be confident of that] because of our [conducting our lives] in this world as Christ did.
18 Bázněť není v lásce, ale láska dokonalá ven vyhání bázeň; nebo bázeň trápení má, kdož se pak bojí, není dokonalý v lásce.
We will not be afraid [of God] if we [truly] love [him], because those who love [God] completely cannot possibly be afraid [of him]. [We would be] afraid only [if we thought that he would] punish us. So those who are afraid [of God certainly] are not loving [God] completely.
19 My milujeme jej, nebo on prve miloval nás.
We love [God and our fellow believers] because God loved us first.
20 Řekl-li by kdo: Miluji Boha, a bratra svého nenáviděl by, lhář jest. Nebo kdož nemiluje bratra svého, kteréhož viděl, Boha, kteréhož neviděl, kterak může milovati?
[So] those who say “I love God” but hate a fellow believer are lying. Those who do not love one of their fellow believers, whom they have seen, certainly cannot be loving God, whom they have not seen.
21 A totoť přikázání máme od něho, aby ten, kdož miluje Boha, miloval i bratra svého.
Keep in mind that this is what God has commanded us: If we love him, we must also love our fellow believers.
