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.
Abhendwa, mutekilishaga bhuli Mwoyo, mbe nawe nimujisakega emioyo mujilole alabha ejisoka ku Nyamuanga, ku nsonga abhalagi bhafu abho lulimi bhabhonekene mu chalo.
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.
Mu linu omutula okumumenya Mwoyo wa Nyamuanga- bhuli Mwoyo gunu ogwikilisha ati Yesu Kristo ejile mu mubhili ni wa Nyamuanga,
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!
no Mwoyo gunu gutakumwikilisha Yesu gutali gwa Nyamuanga. Gunu ni Mwoyo gwo kumulema Kristo, gunu mwonguywe ati gwejile, na wolyanu bhwangu gulu mu Chalo.
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].
Emwe muli bha Nyamuanga, abhana abhendwa, na mwamalile okubhaiga ku nsonga unu abhalimo emwe ni mukulu kukila unu ali mu Chalo.
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.
Bhenene ni bha mu Chalo, kulwejo chinu abhaika ni je chalo, ne Chalo echibhategelesha.
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].
Eswe chili bha Nyamuanga. Mwenene unu kamumenya Nyamuanga kachungwa eswe. omwene unu atali wa Nyamuanga atakutula kuchitegelesha. Mu linu echimenya Mwoyo we chimali na Mwoyo wo lulimi.
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.
Abhendwa, chendane eswe abhene kwa bhene, lwa kutyo okwenda ni kwa Nyamuanga, na bhuli umwi unu Kenda ebhuywe na Nyamuanga no kumumenya Nyamuanga.
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.
Omwene unu atakwenda atakumumenya Nyamuanga, ku nsonga Nyamuanga ni lyenda.
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].
Okwenda kwa Nyamuanga kwasuluywe mwiswe, ati Nyamuanga amutumile omwana waye enyele-la mu chalo koleleki chilamile okulabha ku mwene.
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}.
Mu lyenda linu, atali ati chamwendele Nyamuanga, mbe nawe omwene niwe achendele, no kumutuma omwana waye abhe chogo kulwe bhibhibhi bhyeswe.
11 Dear friends, since God loves us like that, we certainly ought to love each other!
Abhendwa, alabha Nyamuanga achendele eswe, nikwo kutyo kuchiile eswe one okwendana abhene kwa bhene.
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].
Atalio nolwo umwi unu alamulolele Nyamuanga. Alabha chikendana eswe abhene kwa bhene, Nyamuanga achikayemo Munda yeswe ne lyenda lyaye likumiye mwiswe.
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.
Mu linu echimenya ati chikaye mu mwene no mwene mwiswe, ku nsonga achiyaye Mwoyo waye.
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].
Chilolele no kubhambalila ati Lata amutumile omwana waye ati abhe mwelusi we Chalo.
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.
Bhuli unu kekilisha ati Yesu ni mwana wa Nyamuanga, Nyamuanga kekala mu mwene no mwene mu Nyamuanga.
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.
Ne echimenya no kwikilisha elyenda linu Nyamuanga ali nalyo mwiswe. Nyamuanga ni kwenda, no mwene unu kekala mu lyenda kekala munda ya Nyamuanga, na Nyamuanga one kekala munda yaye.
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.
Mu lyenda linu lyamalile okukumisibhwa agati yeswe, koleleki chibhe no bhubhasi ku lusiku lwa indamu, ku nsonga lwa kutyo mwene ali, neswe one nikwo kutyo chili mu Chalo chinu.
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.
Mu kwenda bhutalimo bhubha. Mbe nawe elyenda linu likumiye eibhwesa anja, ku nsonga obhubha bhililene na indamu. Mbe nawe omwene unu kobhaya atakumisibhwe mu lyenda.
19 We love [God and our fellow believers] because God loved us first.
Echenda kulwo kubha Nyamuanga achendele okwamba.
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.
Akabha oumwi akaika ati, “Enimwenda Nyamuanga” Mbe nawe amusokele owabho, ni mulimi. Ku nsonga unu atakumwenda owabho, unu kamulola, atakutula okumwenda Nyamuanga unu achaliga kumulola.
21 Keep in mind that this is what God has commanded us: If we love him, we must also love our fellow believers.
Na chinu nicho echilagilo chinu chili nacho okusoka ku mwene: wona wona unu kamwenda Nyamuanga, kumwiile amwende no wabho one.
