1 John 4
1 Beloved! not in every spirit, believe ye, but test the spirits, whether they are, of God; because, 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 Hereby, do ye perceive the Spirit of God: —every spirit that confesseth Jesus Christ as having come, in flesh, is, of 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 doth not confess Jesus, of God, is not. And, this, is the [spirit] of the Antichrist, touching which ye have heard that it cometh: even now, is it, in the world, already.
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 Ye, are, of God, dear children, and have overcome them; because, greater, is he that is in you, than he that 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: For this cause, of the world, they speak, and the world, unto them, doth hearken.
Tí ayé ni wọ́n, nítorí náà ni wọn ṣe ń sọ̀rọ̀ bí ẹni ti ayé, ayé sì ń gbọ́ tí wọn.
6 We, are, of God: he that is getting to understand God, hearkeneth unto us, —whoso is not of God, hearkeneth not unto us: from this, perceive we—the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
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 be loving one another; because, love, is, of God, and, whosoever loveth, of God, hath been born, and is getting to understand 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 He that doth not love, doth not understand God, because, God, is, love.
Ẹni tí kò bá ní ìfẹ́ kò mọ Ọlọ́run: nítorí pé ìfẹ́ ni Ọlọ́run.
9 Herein, hath the love of God in us, been made manifest, that, his only-begotten Son, God sent into the world, in order 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 Herein, is love: not that, we, have loved God, but that, he, loved us, and sent forth his Son, as a propitiation concerning 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, in this way, God, 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 Upon God, hath no one, at any time, gazed: If we love one another, God, in us, abideth, and, his love, hath been perfected within 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 Hereby, perceive we—that, in him, are we abiding, and, he, in us, —in that, of his Spirit, hath he given unto us.
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, for ourselves have gazed, and are bearing witness—that, the Father, sent forth the Son, as Saviour of the world.
Àwa tí rí, a sì jẹ́rìí pé Baba rán Ọmọ rẹ̀ láti jẹ́ Olùgbàlà fún aráyé.
15 Whosoever shall confess, that, Jesus [Christ] is the Son of God, God, in him, abideth, 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 understand and to trust the love which, God, hath, in us. God, is, love; and, he that abideth in love, in God, abideth, and, God, in him [abideth].
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 Herein, hath love with us, been made perfect, —in order that, boldness, we might have in the day of judging, —in that, just as, He, is, we also, are, in this world.
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 Fear, existeth not, in love, but, perfect love, casteth fear, outside; because, fear, hath correction: he that feareth, hath not been made perfect, 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 one should say, I love God, and should be hating, his brother, false, is he; for, he that doth not love his brother, whom he hath seen, God, whom he hath not seen, he cannot love!
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, this commandment, have we from him, —that, he who loveth God, love, his brother also.
Òfin yìí ni àwa sì rí gbà láti ọwọ́ rẹ̀ wá, pé ẹni tí ó bá fẹ́ràn Ọlọ́run kí ó fẹ́ràn arákùnrin rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú.
