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.

Mga minamahal, huwag kayong magsipaniwala sa bawa't espiritu, kundi inyong subukin ang mga espiritu, kung sila'y sa Dios: sapagka't maraming nagsilitaw na mga bulaang propeta sa sanglibutan.

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.

Dito'y nakikilala ninyo ang Espiritu ng Dios: ang bawa't espiritung nagpapahayag na si Jesucristo ay naparitong nasa laman ay sa Dios:

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!

At ang bawa't espiritung hindi ipinahahayag si Jesus, ay hindi sa Dios: at ito ang sa anticristo, na inyong narinig na darating; at ngayo'y nasa sanglibutan na.

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].

Kayo'y sa Dios, mumunti kong mga anak, at inyong dinaig sila: sapagka't lalong dakila siyang nasa inyo kay sa nasa sanglibutan.

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.

Sila'y sa sanglibutan: kaya't tungkol sa sanglibutan ang sinasalita nila, at sila'y dinidinig ng sanglibutan.

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].

Tayo nga'y sa Dios: ang nakakakilala sa Dios ay dumirinig sa atin; ang hindi sa Dios ay hindi dumirinig sa atin. Dito'y ating nakikilala ang espiritu ng katotohanan, at ang espiritu ng kamalian.

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.

Mga minamahal, mangagibigan tayo sa isa't isa: sapagka't ang pagibig ay sa Dios; at ang bawa't umiibig ay ipinanganak ng Dios, at nakakakilala sa Dios.

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.

Ang hindi umiibig ay hindi nakakakilala sa Dios; sapagka't ang Dios ay pagibig.

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].

Dito nahayag ang pagibig ng Dios sa atin, sapagka't sinugo ng Dios ang kaniyang bugtong na Anak sa sanglibutan upang tayo'y mabuhay sa pamamagitan niya.

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}.

Narito ang pagibig, hindi sa tayo'y umibig sa Dios, kundi siya ang umibig sa atin, at sinugo ang kaniyang Anak na pangpalubagloob sa ating mga kasalanan.

11 Dear friends, since God loves us like that, we certainly ought to love each other!

Mga minamahal, kung tayo'y inibig ng Dios ng gayon, ay nararapat na mangagibigan din naman tayo.

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].

Sinoman ay hindi nakakita kailan man sa Dios: kung tayo'y nangagiibigan, ang Dios ay nananahan sa atin, at ang kaniyang pagibig ay nagiging sakdal sa atin:

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.

Dito'y nakikilala natin na tayo'y nangananahan sa kaniya at siya'y sa atin, sapagka't binigyan niya tayo ng kaniyang Espiritu.

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].

At nakita natin at sinasaksihan na sinugo ng Ama ang Anak upang maging Tagapagligtas ng sanglibutan.

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.

Ang sinomang nagpapahayag na si Jesus ay Anak ng Dios, ang Dios ay nananahan sa kaniya, at siya'y sa Dios.

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.

At ating nakilala at ating sinampalatayanan ang pagibig ng Dios sa atin. Ang Dios ay pagibig; at ang nananahan sa pagibig ay nananahan sa Dios, at ang Dios ay nananahan sa kaniya.

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.

Dito'y naging sakdal ang pagibig sa atin, upang tayo'y magkaroon ng pagkakatiwala sa araw ng paghuhukom; sapagka't kung ano siya, ay gayon din naman tayo sa sanglibutang ito.

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.

Walang takot sa pagibig: kundi ang sakdal na pagibig ay nagpapalayas ng takot, sapagka't ang takot ay may kaparusahan; at ang natatakot ay hindi pa pinasasakdal sa pagibig.

19 We love [God and our fellow believers] because God loved us first.

Tayo'y nagsisiibig, sapagka't siya'y unang umibig sa atin.

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.

Kung sinasabi ng sinoman, Ako'y umiibig sa Dios, at napopoot sa kaniyang kapatid, ay sinungaling; sapagka't ang hindi umiibig sa kaniyang kapatid na kaniyang nakita, ay paanong makaiibig siya sa Dios na hindi niya nakita?

21 Keep in mind that this is what God has commanded us: If we love him, we must also love our fellow believers.

At ang utos na itong mula sa kaniya ay nasa atin, na ang umiibig sa Dios ay dapat umibig sa kaniyang kapatid.