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.
Olùfẹ́, ẹ má ṣe gba gbogbo ẹ̀mí gbọ́, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ dán àwọn ẹ̀mí wò bí wọn ba ń ṣe tí Ọlọ́run, nítorí àwọn wòlíì èké púpọ̀ tí jáde lọ sínú ayé.
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,
Èyí ni ẹ ó fi mọ Ẹ̀mí Ọlọ́run. Gbogbo ẹ̀mí tí ó ba jẹ́wọ́ pé, Jesu Kristi wá nínú ara, ti Ọlọ́run ni.
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.
Gbogbo ẹ̀mí tí kò si jẹ́wọ́ pé Jesu Kristi wà nínú ara, kì í ṣe tí Ọlọ́run, èyí sì ni ẹ̀mí aṣòdì sí Kristi náà, tí ẹ̀yin ti gbọ́ pé ó ń bọ̀, àti nísinsin yìí ó sì tí de sínú ayé.
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.
Ẹ̀yin ọmọ mi, ti Ọlọ́run ni yín, ẹ̀yin sì tí ṣẹ́gun wọn, nítorí ẹni tí ń bẹ nínú yin tóbi jú ẹni tí ń bẹ nínú ayé lọ.
5 They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.
Tí ayé ni wọ́n, nítorí náà ni wọn ṣe ń sọ̀rọ̀ bí ẹni ti ayé, ayé sì ń gbọ́ tí wọn.
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.
Ti Ọlọ́run ni àwa: ẹni tí ó bá mọ Ọlọ́run, ó ń gbọ́ tiwa; ẹni tí kì í ṣe ti Ọlọ́run kò ni gbọ́ ti wa. Nípa èyí ni àwa mọ ẹ̀mí òtítọ́, àti ẹ̀mí èké.
7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
Olùfẹ́, ẹ jẹ́ kí a fẹ́ràn ara wa, nítorí ìfẹ́ ti ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run wá; àti gbogbo ẹni tí ó bá ní ìfẹ́, a bí i nípa ti Ọlọ́run, ó sì mọ Ọlọ́run.
8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Ẹni tí kò bá ní ìfẹ́ kò mọ Ọlọ́run: nítorí pé ìfẹ́ ni Ọlọ́run.
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.
Nípa èyí ni a gbé fi ìfẹ́ Ọlọ́run hàn nínú wa, nítorí tí Ọlọ́run rán ọmọ bíbí rẹ̀ nìkan ṣoṣo sì ayé, kí àwa lè yè nípasẹ̀ rẹ̀.
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.
Nínú èyí ni ìfẹ́ wà, kì í ṣe pé àwa fẹ́ Ọlọ́run, ṣùgbọ́n òun fẹ́ wá, ó sì rán Ọmọ rẹ̀ láti jẹ́ ètùtù fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wa.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Olùfẹ́, bí Ọlọ́run bá fẹ́ wa báyìí, ó yẹ kí a fẹ́ràn ara wa pẹ̀lú.
12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
Ẹnikẹ́ni kò ri Ọlọ́run nígbà kan rí. Bí àwa bá fẹ́ràn ara wa, Ọlọ́run ń gbé inú wa, a sì mú ìfẹ́ rẹ̀ pé nínú wa.
13 By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
Nípa èyí ni àwa mọ̀ pé àwa ń gbé inú rẹ̀, àti Òun nínú wa, nítorí tí ó ti fi Ẹ̀mí rẹ̀ fún wa.
14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
Àwa tí rí, a sì jẹ́rìí pé Baba rán Ọmọ rẹ̀ láti jẹ́ Olùgbàlà fún aráyé.
15 If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá jẹ́wọ́ pé Jesu Ọmọ Ọlọ́run ni, Ọlọ́run ń gbé inú rẹ̀, àti òun nínú Ọlọ́run.
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.
Báyìí ni àwa mọ̀, tí a sì gba ìfẹ́ tí Ọlọ́run ní sí wa gbọ́. Ìfẹ́ ni Ọlọ́run; ẹni tí ó bá sì ń gbé inú ìfẹ́, ó ń gbé inú Ọlọ́run, àti Ọlọ́run nínú rẹ̀.
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.
Nínú èyí ni a mú ìfẹ́ tí ó wà nínú wa pé, kí àwa bà á lè ni ìgboyà ní ọjọ́ ìdájọ́: nítorí pé bí òun tí rí, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwa sì rí ni ayé yìí.
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.
Ìbẹ̀rù kò sí nínú ìfẹ́; ṣùgbọ́n ìfẹ́ tí ó pé ń lé ìbẹ̀rù jáde; nítorí tí ìbẹ̀rù ni ìyà nínú. Ẹni tí ó bẹ̀rù kò pé nínú ìfẹ́.
19 We love because He first loved us.
Àwa fẹ́ràn rẹ̀ nítorí òun ni ó kọ́ fẹ́ràn wa.
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.
Bí ẹnikẹ́ni bá wí pé, “Èmi fẹ́ràn Ọlọ́run,” tí ó sì kórìíra arákùnrin rẹ̀, èké ni: nítorí ẹni tí kò fẹ́ràn arákùnrin rẹ̀ tí ó rí, báwo ni yóò tí ṣe lè fẹ́ràn Ọlọ́run tí òun kò rí?
21 And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
Òfin yìí ni àwa sì rí gbà láti ọwọ́ rẹ̀ wá, pé ẹni tí ó bá fẹ́ràn Ọlọ́run kí ó fẹ́ràn arákùnrin rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú.
