1 John 4

1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Ba sunwa, sanzi muzumini ihuho zonse. Mihe mulike ihuho kuvona kapa zizwa kwe Ireeza, kakuti vaporofita va mapa bangi vava yendi mwi nkanda.

2 Hereby ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses Jesus Christ come in flesh is of God;

Chechi ka mwizive luhuho lwe Ireeza—luhuho lonse luzumina kuti Jesu avezi mwi nkanda che nyama uzwa kwe Ireza,

3 and every spirit which does not confess Jesus Christ come in flesh is not of God: and this is that [power] of the antichrist, [of] which ye have heard that it comes, and now it is already in the world.

Mi luhuho lonse lusa zumini kuti Jesu uzwa kwe Ireeza kaluzwi kwe Ireeza. Ulu nji luhuho lwa bakani ba keresite, umu vazuwi kuti ukeza, mi hanu chiwina kale mwi nkanda.

4 Ye are of God, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that [is] in you than he that [is] in the world.

Muzwa kwe Ireza, Vaana va lotu, mi muva zunda kakuti iye wina mwenu mukando kwali wina mwi nkanda.

5 They are of the world; for this reason they speak [as] of the world, and the world hears them.

Abo vazwa mwi nkanda, linu ziva wamba zizwa mwi nkanda, Mi ve nkanda va teka kuvali.

6 We are of God; he that knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Tuzwa kwe Ireza. Yense yo zwa kwe Ireza utekeleza kwetu. Iye yasa zwi kwe Ireza ka tekelezi kwetu. Chechi twi ziva luhuho lwe niti ni luhuho lu fosahele.

7 Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.

Vasakwa, tulisake zumwi ku zumwi, mi ilato lizwa kwe Ireza, mi yense yo suna uzalwa kwe Ireza mi wizi Ireza.

8 He that loves not has not known God; for God is love.

Muntu yasa suni vamwi kezi Ireza, mukuti Ireza ilato.

9 Herein as to us has been manifested the love of God, that God has sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

Cheli ivaka ilato lye Ireza liva patulwilwa mukati ketu, Kuti Ireeza ava tumi mwana kwe ye yena mwi nkanda kuti tu hale che vaka lya chakwe.

10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.

Mweli ilato, isinyi kuti tuva suni Ireza. kono kuti aba tusuni, mi cho kuti aba tumi mwaana kwe kuti ave chitavelo cha zivi zetu.

11 Beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Basunwa, haiva Ireza ava tusuni, naswe vulyo tuli sune.

12 No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Kakwina ichaba bwene Ireza. Hatu lisuna, Ireza wi kala mwetu, Mi ilato lyakwe li kondete mwetu.

13 Hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, that he has given to us of his Spirit.

Chechi twizi kuti twina kwali mi wina kwetu, kakuti ava tuhi lumwi kulu huho lwakwe.

14 And we have seen, and testify, that the Father has sent the Son [as] Saviour of the world.

Hape, tu vavoni mi twina vupaki bwa kuti Ishetu ava tumi mwana kwe we chiswisu kuti za ve muhazi we nkanda.

15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

Yense yo lemuha kuti Jesu mwana Ireza, Ireza wina mwali mi naye mwe Ireza.

16 And we have known and have believed the love which God has to us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

Hape, tuvezivi ni kuzumina ilato lye Ireza kwetu. Ireza ilato, mi yo shala mweli ilato wi kalilila kwe Ireza, mi ni Ireza wi kalilila kwali.

17 Herein has love been perfected with us that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that even as he is, we also are in this world.

Cheli ivaka, Ili ilato liva chitililwa mukati ketu. Njokuti katuve ni nsepo mwi zuva lye nkatulo, kakuti mwe kalile, vo vulyo mutwi kalile mwi nkanda.

18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has torment, and he that fears has not been made perfect in love.

Kakwina kutiya mwilato. Kono, ilato lishiyeme kutandila kutiya kunze. Kakuti kutiya kuleta inkatulo. Kono yo tiya keni kupetahala mwi lato.

19 We love because he has first loved us.

Tusuna kakuti Ireza ava tusuni lwe ntazi,

20 If any one say, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

Haiva muntu nata kuti, “Nisuni Ireza” kono utoyete mwakwe, wina mapa. Mukuti yasa suni mwakwe, yava voni, ka woli kusuna Ireza, yaseni kuvona.

21 And this commandment have we from him, That he that loves God love also his brother.

Hape, iyi nji ntaelo itukwete kuzwa kwali: Yense yosuna Ireza, uswanela kusuna mwakwe.