Yohanes 1 4

1 Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃tɔwo, migaxɔ gbɔgbɔ ɖe sia ɖe ko dzi se o, ke boŋ mido gbɔgbɔwo kpɔ be wotso Mawu gbɔ hã. Elabena aʋatsonyagbɔɖila geɖewo kaka ɖe xexea me.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, (pneuma) but try the spirits (pneuma) whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

2 Ale si míatsɔ dze si Mawu ƒe Gbɔgbɔe nye esi: Gbɔgbɔ ɖe sia ɖe si ɖe gbeƒã be Yesu Kristo va le ŋutilã me la tso Mawu gbɔ.

Hereby know all of you the Spirit (pneuma) of God: Every spirit (pneuma) that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God:

3 Ke Gbɔgbɔ ɖe sia ɖe si meɖea gbeƒã Yesu Kristo o la metso Mawu gbɔ o. Esiae nye Kristo ƒe futɔ ƒe gbɔgbɔ si mese be egbɔna eye fifia gɔ̃ hã la ele xexea me xoxo.

And every spirit (pneuma) that confesses not that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof all of you have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

4 Vinye lɔlɔ̃awo, miawo ya la, mienye Mawu viwo, eye mieɖu aʋatsonyagbɔɖila siawo dzi; elabena Gbɔgbɔ si le mia me la tri akɔ wu esi le xexea me.

All of you are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

5 Wotso xexea me, eya ta woƒoa nu le xexea me ƒe nugɔmesese nu, eye xexea me ɖoa to wo.

They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world hears them.

6 Míawo ya míetso Mawu gbɔ, eye ame sia ame si nya Mawu la ɖoa to mí; ke ame si metso Mawu gbɔ o la meɖoa to mí o. Esiae na míedzea si Nyateƒegbɔgbɔ kple aʋatsogbɔgbɔ.

We are of God: he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God hears not us. Hereby know we the spirit (pneuma) of truth, and the spirit (pneuma) of error.

7 Xɔ̃nye lɔlɔ̃wo, mina míalɔ̃ mía nɔewo, elabena Mawu gbɔe lɔlɔ̃ tsona. Ame sia ame si lɔ̃a ame la, wodzii tso Mawu me, eye wònya Mawu.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love (agape) is of God; and every one that loves is born of God, and knows God.

8 Ame si melɔ̃a ame o la, menya Mawu o, elabena Mawu nye lɔlɔ̃.

He that loves not knows not God; for God is love. (agape)

9 Ale si Mawu ɖe eƒe lɔlɔ̃ fia le mía dome lae nye: eɖo via ɖeka hɔ̃ɔ ɖe xexea me be míanɔ agbe to eya amea me.

In this was manifested the love (agape) of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

10 Esiae nye lɔlɔ̃ vavã, menye míawoe lɔ̃ Mawu o, ke boŋ le eƒe lɔlɔ̃ na mí ta wòɖo Via ɖa abe avulévɔsa le míaƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta ene.

Herein is love, (agape) not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

11 Xɔ̃nye lɔlɔ̃tɔwo, le ale si Mawu lɔ̃ mí ta la, ele be míawo hã míalɔ̃ mía nɔewo.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

12 Ame aɖeke mekpɔ Mawu kpɔ o, ke ne míelɔ̃ mía nɔewo la, Mawu ƒe Gbɔgbɔ le mía me, eye eƒe lɔlɔ̃ ade blibo le mía me.

No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love (agape) is perfected in us.

13 Míenyae bena míele agbe le eya amea me, eye eya hã le mía me, elabena etsɔ eƒe Gbɔgbɔ de mía me.

Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. (pneuma)

14 Míekpɔe, eye míeɖi ɖase be Fofo la ɖo Via ɖa be wòanye xexea me ƒe Ɖela.

And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

15 Ame sia ame si aɖe gbeƒã be Yesue nye Mawu Vi la la, Mawu le eya amea me, eye eya hã le Mawu me.

Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.

16 Eye míawo míedze si lɔlɔ̃ si Mawu tsɔ lɔ̃a mi, eye míexɔ edzi se. Mawue nye lɔlɔ̃, eye ame si nɔa lɔlɔ̃ me la, eya nɔa Mawu me, eye Mawu hã nɔa eya me.

And we have known and believed the love (agape) that God has to us. God is love; (agape) and he that dwells in love (agape) dwells in God, and God in him.

17 Ewɔ míaƒe lɔlɔ̃ wòde blibo le mía dome, ale be dzideƒo nanɔ mía si le ʋɔnudrɔ̃ŋkekea dzi, elabena míaƒe agbenɔnɔ le xexe sia me sɔ kple etɔ.

Herein is our love (agape) made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

18 Vɔ̃vɔ aɖeke menɔa lɔlɔ̃ me o, ke boŋ lɔlɔ̃ vavãtɔ nyaa vɔvɔ̃ ɖe sia ɖe ɖa. Elabena vɔvɔ̃ ku ɖe tohehe ŋu. Ame si vɔ̃na la ƒe lɔlɔ̃ mede blibo o.

There is no fear in love; (agape) but perfect love (agape) casts out fear: because fear has torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love. (agape)

19 Míelɔ̃ mía nɔewo, elabena Mawu tre mía lɔlɔ̃.

We love him, because he first loved us.

20 Ne ame aɖe ƒo adegbe be, “Melɔ̃ Mawu,” ke wòléa fu nɔvia la, enye alakpatɔ, elabena ame sia ame si melɔ̃a nɔvia, ame si kpɔm wòle o la, mate ŋu alɔ̃ Mawu ame si mekpɔna o.

If a man say, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

21 Mawu ŋutɔ de se na mí be ame si lɔ̃a Mawu la nelɔ̃ nɔvia hã.

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loves God love his brother also.