1 John 4
1 Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;
Me nuanom adɔfoɔ monnnye honhom no nyinaa nni. Mmom monsɔ honhom no nhwɛ sɛ ɛfiri Onyankopɔn anaa. Ɛfiri sɛ, atorɔ adiyifoɔ bebree ahwete wɔ ewiase.
2 in this know ye the Spirit of God; every spirit that doth confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is,
Ɛkwan a wobɛtumi afa so ahunu sɛ obi wɔ Onyankopɔn Honhom no ne sɛ, ɔbɛpae mu aka sɛ, nokorɛm Yesu Kristo baa onipa tebea mu.
3 and every spirit that doth not confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is not; and this is that of the antichrist, which ye heard that it doth come, and now in the world it is already.
Na deɛ ɔnka saa mfa Yesu ho no nni honhom a ɛfiri Onyankopɔn. Saa honhom no yɛ Kristo ɔtamfoɔ. Motee sɛ saa na ɛbɛba, nanso ɛwɔ ewiase ha dada.
4 Ye — of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who [is] in you, than he who is in the world.
Me mma, mofiri Onyankopɔn mu na moadi atorɔ adiyifoɔ no so, ɛfiri sɛ, Honhom a ɛwɔ mo mu no wɔ tumi sene honhom a ɛwɔ ewiase yi mu.
5 They — of the world they are; because of this from the world they speak, and the world doth hear them;
Wɔka nsɛm a ɛfa ewiase ho ma ewiase tie ɛfiri sɛ, wɔyɛ ewiasefoɔ.
6 we — of God we are; he who is knowing God doth hear us; he who is not of God, doth not hear us; from this we know the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the error.
Nanso, yɛn deɛ, yɛyɛ Onyankopɔn nkurɔfoɔ. Obiara a ɔnim Onyankopɔn no tie yɛn. Na obiara a ɔnyɛ Onyankopɔn onipa no ntie yɛn. Yei nko ara ne ɛkwan a yɛnam so de hunu nokorɛ Honhom ne atorɔ honhom mu.
7 Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;
Anuanom, momma yɛnnodɔ yɛn ho ɛfiri sɛ, ɔdɔ firi Onyankopɔn. Obi a ɔwɔ ɔdɔ no yɛ Onyankopɔn ba na ɔnim Onyankopɔn nso.
8 he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.
Obi a ɔnni ɔdɔ no nnim Onyankopɔn ɛfiri sɛ, Onyankopɔn yɛ ɔdɔ.
9 In this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son — the only begotten — hath God sent to the world, that we may live through him;
Ɛkwan a Onyankopɔn nam so da ne dɔ adi kyerɛ yɛn ne sɛ, ɔsomaa ne Ba korɔ no baa ewiase sɛdeɛ yɛbɛfa ne so anya nkwa.
10 in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.
Yei ne ɔdɔ. Ɛnkyerɛ sɛ yɛdɔ Onyankopɔn, na mmom, ɔno na ɔdɔ yɛn enti ɔsomaa ne Ba sɛ yɛmfa ne so nya yɛn bɔne ho mpata.
11 Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;
Anuanom adɔfoɔ, sɛ saa na Onyankopɔn dɔ yɛn a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛdodɔ yɛn ho.
12 God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;
Obiara nhunuu Onyankopɔn da. Sɛ yɛdodɔ yɛn ho a, na Onyankopɔn te yɛn mu na ne dɔ no awie pɛyɛ wɔ yɛn mu.
13 in this we know that in Him we do remain, and He in us, because of His Spirit He hath given us.
Yei na ɛma yɛhunu pefee sɛ yɛte Onyankopɔn mu na ɔno nso te yɛn mu. Wama yɛn ne Honhom.
14 And we — we have seen and do testify, that the Father hath sent the Son — Saviour of the world;
Na yɛahunu na yɛaka akyerɛ afoforɔ sɛ Agya no somaa ne Ba maa ɔbɛyɛɛ ewiase Agyenkwa.
15 whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him doth remain, and he in God;
Obiara a ɔpae mu ka sɛ Yesu yɛ Onyankopɔn Ba no, Onyankopɔn te ne mu na ɔno nso te Onyankopɔn mu.
16 and we — we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.
Na yɛn ankasa nim na yɛgye Onyankopɔn dɔ a ɔde dɔ yɛn no di. Onyankopɔn yɛ ɔdɔ na obiara a ɔte ɔdɔ mu no te Onyankopɔn mu na Onyankopɔn nso te ne mu.
17 In this made perfect hath been the love with us, that boldness we may have in the day of the judgment, because even as He is, we — we also are in this world;
Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔdɔ yɛ pɛ wɔ yɛn mu sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a yɛbɛnya akokoɔduru Atemmuo da no. Na yɛbɛnya saa akokoɔduru no nso, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛn abrabɔ wɔ ewiase ha no te sɛ Kristo deɛ pɛ.
18 fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;
Ehu nni ɔdɔ mu. Ɔdɔ amapa pam ehu nyinaa. Ehu ne asotwe na ɛnam. Enti, deɛ ɔyɛ ohufoɔ no nwie pɛyɛ wɔ ɔdɔ mu.
19 we — we love him, because He — He first loved us;
Yɛwɔ ɔdɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, Onyankopɔn na ɔdɔɔ yɛn kane.
20 if any one may say — 'I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God — whom he hath not seen — how is he able to love?
Sɛ obi ka sɛ, “Medɔ Onyankopɔn” na ɔtane ne nua a, ɔyɛ ɔtorofoɔ. Na deɛ ɔnnɔ ne nua a ɔhunu no no, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na ɔbɛtumi adɔ Onyankopɔn a ɔnhunu no.
21 and this [is] the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.
Yei ne mmara a Kristo hyɛ maa yɛn. Deɛ ɔdɔ Onyankopɔn no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔdɔ ne nua nso.
