1 John 4
1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Wapendwa, msiiamini kila roho, lakini zijaribuni roho muone kama zinatokana na Mungu, kwa sababu manabii wengi wa uongo wametokea duniani.
2 By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
Kwa hili mtamjua Roho wa Mungu - kila roho itakayokiri kuwa Yesu Kristo amekuja katika mwili ni ya Mungu,
3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.
na kila roho isiyomkiri Yesu si ya Mungu. Hii ni roho ya mpinga kristo, ambayo mliyoisikia kuwa inakuja, na sasa tayari iko duniani.
4 You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
Ninyi ni wa Mungu, watoto wapendwa, na mmekwisha washinda kwa sababu yeye aliye ndani yenu ni mkuu kuliko yeye aliye katika ulimwengu.
5 They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.
Wao ni wa ulimwengu, kwa hiyo wanachokisema ni cha ulimwengu, na ulimwengu unawasikiliza.
6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
Sisi ni wa Mungu. Yeye amjuaye Mungu hutusikiliza sisi. Yeye asiye wa Mungu hawezi kutusikiliza. Katika hili tunajua roho wa kweli na roho wa uongo.
7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
Wapendwa, tupendane sisi kwa sisi, kwa vile upendo ni wa Mungu, na kila mmoja apendaye amezaliwa na Mungu na kumjua Mungu.
8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Yeye asiyependa hamjui Mungu, kwa sababu Mungu ni upendo.
9 This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
Katika hili pendo la Mungu lilifunuliwa miongoni mwetu, kwamba Mungu alimtuma Mwanae wa pekee ulimwenguni ili tuishi kupitia yeye.
10 And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Katika hili pendo, si kwamba tulimpenda Mungu, lakini yeye alitupenda, na akamtuma Mwanawe awe fidia ya dhambi zetu.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Wapendwa, ikiwa Mungu alitupenda sisi, vile vile tunapaswa kupendana sisi kwa sisi.
12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
Hakuna hata mmoja aliyemuona Mungu. Kama tukipendana sisi kwa sisi, Mungu anakaa ndani yetu na pendo lake limekamilika ndani yetu.
13 By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
Katika hili tunajua kuwa tunakaa ndani yake na yeye ndani yetu, kwa sababu ametupa Roho wake.
14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
Na tumeona na kushuhudia kuwa Baba amemtuma Mwana kuwa mwokozi wa ulimwengu.
15 If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
Kila anayekiri kwamba Yesu ni Mwana wa Mungu, Mungu anakaa ndani yake na yeye ndani ya Mungu.
16 And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
Na tunajua na kuamini upendo alio nao Mungu ndani yetu. Mungu ni pendo, na yeye anayekaa ndani ya upendo anakaa ndani ya Mungu, na Mungu hukaa ndani yake.
17 In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.
Katika pendo hili limekwisha kamilishwa kati yetu, ili tuwe na ujasiri siku ya hukumu, kwa sababu kama yeye alivyo, na sisi ndivyo tulivyo katika ulimwenngu huu.
18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
Hakuna hofu ndani ya pendo. Lakini pendo kamili huitupa hofu nje, kwa sababu hofu huhusiana na hukumu. Lakini yeye aogopaye hajakamilishwa katika pendo.
19 We love because He first loved us.
Tunapenda kwa sababu Mungu alitupenda kwanza.
20 If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
Ikiwa mmoja atasema, “Nampenda Mungu” lakini anamchukia ndugu yake, ni mwongo. Kwa sababu asiyempenda ndugu yake, anayemuona, hawezi kumpenda Mungu ambaye hajamuona.
21 And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
Na hii ndiyo amri tuliyo nayo kutoka kwake: Yeyote ampendaye Mungu, anapaswa kumpenda ndugu yake pia.
