1 John 4
1 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.
Ta ishato ayana wursi amanopite. Gido attiin ayanati Xoossapekonne pacci beyte. Gasoykka daro wordo nabeti biitta bolla laletida.
2 [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.
Inte Xoossa ayana erana ogey; “Yesuss Kirstossay asa asho maydi yides” giza ayanay wuri Xoossafeko.
3 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!
“Yesuss Kirstosay asa asho mayidi yides” gonta ayanay Xoossafe gidena. Kase izi yana gishin inte siyda Kirstossara eqetizaysa ayanay hessakko. Ha7ikka izi alame bolla dees.
4 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].
Ta nayto inte Xoossita. Inte ista Xonidista gasoykka intenan dizay alamen dizaysafe adhees.
5 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.
Isti alame bagakko, hessa gish isti hasa7izay wuri alampe kezizaysakko. alame asay isti gizaysa siiyes.
6 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].
Nu qasse Xoossa bagakko, Xoosu erizay nu gizaz siyana shin Xoossa baga gidontadey gidiko nu gizaz siyena. Tumma ayananne wordo ayana nu shakki erizay hayssankko.
7 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.
Ta ishato, siqoy Xoossafe gidida gish nu nu garisa ane siqetos. Asa siqqiza asi wuri Xoossafe yelettidanne Xoosu erizadekko.
8 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.
Ase siqonta assi Xoosu erena. Azas giko Xoosi siqoko.
9 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].
Xossay nu garsan ba siqqo qonccsiday nu iza bagara deyo demanamala ba na isneza ha dugge ha alamezan yedidaysankko.
10 [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}.
Nuni Xoossu siqqibeykko shin izi nuna siqides. Nu nagara dhaysana mala ba naza yeddides. Siqo gusikka hessakko.
11 Dear friends, since God loves us like that, we certainly ought to love each other!
Ta ishato, Xoosi nuna hayssatho siqqiko nukka nu garsan siqistanas beses.
12 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].
Xoosu be7ida uray oonikka deena. Nu nu garsan siqetiza gidiko Xoosi nunan dana. Iza siqoyka nuna pollistana.
13 [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.
Izi nus ba ayana imida gish nu izan dizaysanne izikka nunan dizaysa nu hessan eros.
14 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].
Away ba naza hayssa ha alame asa ashanas yedidaysa nu beydosinne iza giish maarkatos.
15 [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.
Yesussay Xoossa na gididaysa amanidi marikatiza wurson Xoossi deesinne, izadeykka Xoossan dees.
16 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.
Hesa gish, Xoossi nuna siqiza siqo nu eros. Nu iza siqqon amanetos. Xossi siqqo. Siqon diza uray Xoossan dees. Xoosikka he uran dees.
17 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.
Nuni hayssa biitta bolla deyzay Kirstosay deydamala gidida gish nuus piirda galas baboy deena. Hesankka siqqoy nunan kumeth gides.
18 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.
Siiqo garsan baboy ba, tumu siqqoy gidiko babo kesi wora yeges. Baboy qixxatera isfe ooyketi des. Babiza ura siqqoy kumeth gidena.
19 We love [God and our fellow believers] because God loved us first.
Izi kassetidi nuna siqqda gish nukka iza siiqos.
20 [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.
Oonikka Xoosu siqays giishe ba isha ixxiko he uray wordo. Be ayfera beyza ba isha siqonta uray ba ayfen beyonta Xoossa siqanas danda7ena.
21 Keep in mind that this is what God has commanded us: If we love him, we must also love our fellow believers.
“Xoossu siqiza assi wurikka ba isha siqanas beses” Giiza ha azazoza izi nuus imides.
