1 John 4

1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit. Instead, test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Omwasunika, kamutashomanga muntu uliyense lambangeti ukute mushimu wa Lesa, nsombi mwelela kubelesha kwambeti mubone na nicakubinga eti bakute mushimu weshikufuma kuli Lesa. Mwelela kwinseco pakwinga bashinshimi bandemishibili balamwaiki kuli konse.

2 By this you will know the Spirit of God—every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

Ngamwinshiba mushimu wa Lesa munshila iyi; Uliyense lasumininga kwambeti Yesu Klistu walesa mubuntu, wopeloyo elafumunga kuli Lesa.

3 and every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world.

Nsombi uliyense lakananga Yesu, wopeloyo nkakute kufuma kuli Lesa. mwalanyumfweti lakesanga, neco mwali kendi mucishi.

4 You are from God, dear children, and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

Nsombi amwe mobana bame mulabakomo kendi bashinshimi bandemi shibili kayi mobana ba Lesa. Pakwinga mushimu uli mulinjamwe ukute ngofu kupita uyo uli muli abo basuni bya pacishi capanshi.

5 They are from the world; therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them.

Bashinshimi bandemi shibili bakute kwamba bintu byapacishi capanshi, naco cishi cikute kubanyumfwila, pakwinga nibapacishi capanshi

6 We are from God. Anyone who knows God listens to us. He who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Nsombi afwe tobantu bakendi Lesa, neco uliyense wabula kuba wa Lesa nkela kutukutikila sobwe. Encotukute kwishiba mushimu walulama ne mushimu waipa.

7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God.

Omwasunika, katusunananga pakwinga lusuno lukute kufuma kuli Lesa. Uliyense uyo ukute lusuno, nimwana mwana wa Lesa, kayi umwinshi Lesa.

8 The person who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

Uliyense wabula lusuno nkamwinshipo Lesa, pakwinga Lesa ni lusuno.

9 Because of this the love of God was revealed among us, that God has sent his only Son into the world so that we would live because of him.

Pakwinga Lesa walalesha lusuno lwakendi palinjafwe mpwalatuma mwanendi kwisa mucishi capanshi kwambeti tube ne buyumi kupitila muli endiye.

10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and that he sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Lino lusuno lwine lwine ni ulu, nsombi Lesa ewalatusuna afwe, kayi walatuma mwanendi kwambeti abe cipo cakulekelela kwa bwipishi bwetu.

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also should love one another.

Omwasunika na Lesa walatusuna, nenjafwe twelela kusunana.

12 No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Kuliyawa walamubona Lesa, nsombi afwe twasunananga Lesa ukute kwikala muli njafwe, kayi lusuno lwakendi lulashimpi mulinjafwe.

13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us some of his Spirit.

Tucinshi kwambeti tukute kwikala muli Lesa kayi nendi ukute kwikala muli njafwe pakwinga walatupa Mushimu Uswepa.

14 Also, we have seen and have borne witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

Afwe tulabono kayi tobakamboni ba makani akwambeti Bata balatuma Mwana wakendi kwambeti abe mupulushi wa bantu ba pacishi capanshi conse.

15 Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him and he in God.

Uliyense lasuminga kwambeti Yesu ni Mwana Lesa, ukute kwikala muli Lesa kayi Lesa ukute kwikala muli endiye.

16 Also, we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in this love remains in God, and God remains in him.

Neco afwe tucinshi kayi twashoma kwambeti Lesa utusuni. Lesa elusuno kayi muntu ukute buyumi bwa lusuno uli muli Lesa, Kayi Lesa ukute kwikala muli endiye.

17 Because of this, this love has been made perfect among us, so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because as he is, just so are we in this world.

Lusuno lulakulu mulinjafwe kayi buyumi bwetu mucishi capanshi bulyeti bwa Klistu, kayi myoyo ilayumu kwambeti ngatukumana ne busuba bwakombolosha.

18 There is no fear in love. Instead, perfect love throws out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. But the one who fears has not been made perfect in love.

Muntu ukute lusuno liyawa buyowa, pakwinga lusuno lwashimpa lukute kupwisha buyowa. Neco lusuno nkalwashimpa mu muntu uliyense ukute buyowa, latininga cisubulo.

19 We love because God first loved us.

Tukute kusuna Lesa pakwinga ewalatanguna kutusuna.

20 If anyone says, “I love God” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For the one who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

Na muntu wambeti ndimusuni Lesa nsombi nkatasuni mukwabo ekwambeti labepenga, pakwinga muntu utasuni mukwabo ngwalabononga nkela kusuna Lesa uyo ngwatana abonapo.

21 Also, this is the commandment we have from him: Whoever loves God must also love his own brother.

Mulawo ngwalatupa niwakwambeti layandanga kusuna Lesa asune mukwabo.