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, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God, because many false prophets have 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.
By this the Spirit of God is known: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from 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.
but every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and is now in the world already.
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.
You are from God, little children, and you have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you than he who 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 from the world; therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to 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 from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit 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, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
8 Ame si melɔ̃a ame o la, menya Mawu o, elabena Mawu nye lɔlɔ̃.
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
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 the love of God was revealed among us, that God sent his one and only Son into the world so 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.
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
11 Xɔ̃nye lɔlɔ̃tɔwo, le ale si Mawu lɔ̃ mí ta la, ele be míawo hã míalɔ̃ mía nɔewo.
Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought 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 one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his love 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.
We know that we abide in him and he in us because he has given us his Spirit.
14 Míekpɔe, eye míeɖi ɖase be Fofo la ɖo Via ɖa be wòanye xexea me ƒe Ɖela.
And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior 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.
If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides 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 come to know and to trust in the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides 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.
In this way, love is perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment, because as he is, so also 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, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. Whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
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.
Whoever says, “I love God,” and yet hates his brother is a liar. For if anyone does not love 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 is the commandment we have from him: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.
