< 1 Johana 4 >

1 Arata akwa endwa, mũtigetĩkagie roho o wothe, no mũroragie maroho muone kana moimĩte kũrĩ Ngai, tondũ anabii aingĩ a maheeni nĩmoimagarĩte magathiĩ thĩ yothe.
Beloved, believe not every spirit; but prove the spirits, whether they are from God: for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2 Ũũ nĩguo mũngĩhota gũkũũrana Roho wa Ngai: Roho o wothe ũrĩa uumbũraga atĩ Jesũ Kristũ nĩokĩte arĩ na mwĩrĩ, ũcio uumĩte kũrĩ Ngai,
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ came in the flesh, is from God:
3 no roho o wothe ũrĩa ũtoimbũraga Jesũ, ũcio nduumĩte kũrĩ Ngai. Ũcio nĩ roho wa mũmena-Kristũ, ũrĩa mũiguĩte atĩ nĩũgooka na o na rĩu nĩũrĩkĩtie gũũka gũkũ thĩ.
and whatever spirit confesses not that Jesus Christ came in the flesh, is not from God: and this is the spirit of antichrist, of which you have heard that it comes, and is now already in the world.
4 Inyuĩ twana twakwa nyendete, inyuĩ mũrĩ a Ngai na nĩmũmatooretie, tondũ ũrĩa ũrĩ thĩinĩ wanyu nĩ mũnene gũkĩra ũrĩa ũrĩ gũkũ thĩ.
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because he that is in you, is greater than he that is in the world.
5 Acio moimĩte gũkũ thĩ, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio maaragia ũhoro wa maũndũ ma gũkũ thĩ, na thĩ na andũ a gũkũ thĩ makamathikĩrĩria.
They are of the world: therefore, they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
6 Ithuĩ tuumĩte kũrĩ Ngai, nake mũndũ o wothe ũrĩa ũũĩ Ngai nĩatũthikagĩrĩria; no ũrĩa wothe ũtoimĩte kũrĩ Ngai ndatũthikagĩrĩria. Ũguo nĩguo tũkũũranaga Roho ũrĩa wa ma, na roho ũrĩa wa maheeni.
We are of God: he that knows God, hears us: he that is not of God, does not hear us: by this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 Arata akwa endwa, nĩtwendanagei mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ, nĩgũkorwo wendo uumaga kũrĩ Ngai. Mũndũ o wothe ũrĩa wendanaga, aciarĩtwo nĩ Ngai o na nĩoĩ Ngai.
Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God: and every one that loves, has been begotten of God, and knows God.
8 Mũndũ o wothe ũrĩa ũtendanaga ũcio ndooĩ Ngai, tondũ Ngai nĩ wendo.
He that loves not, does not know God; for God is love.
9 Ũũ nĩguo Ngai oonanirie wendo wake harĩ ithuĩ: Nĩatũmire Mũriũ wake, o we wa mũmwe, gũkũ thĩ nĩgeetha tũtũũre muoyo nĩ ũndũ wake.
In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10 Ũyũ nĩguo wendo: ti atĩ nĩ ithuĩ twendire Ngai, nowe nĩwe watwendire, na agĩtũma Mũriũ wake atuĩke igongona rĩa kũhoroheria mehia maitũ.
In this is love; not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins.
11 Arata akwa endwa, kuona atĩ Ngai nĩguo atwendete-rĩ, o na ithuĩ nĩtũkĩagĩrĩirwo twendanage.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
12 Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũrĩ ona Ngai; no tũngĩendana mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ-rĩ, Ngai nĩatũũraga thĩinĩ witũ, naguo wendo wake ũgakinyanĩra thĩinĩ witũ.
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Ũndũ ũrĩa ũtũmaga tũmenye atĩ tũtũũraga thĩinĩ wake nake agatũũra thĩinĩ witũ, nĩ atĩ nĩatũheete Roho wake.
By this we know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
14 Na nĩtuonete na tũkoimbũra atĩ Ithe witũ nĩatũmĩte Mũriũ atuĩke Mũhonokia wa thĩ yothe.
And we have seen, and we do testify, that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
15 Mũndũ o wothe angiumbũra atĩ Jesũ nĩ Mũrũ wa Ngai-rĩ, Ngai atũũraga thĩinĩ wake, nake agatũũra thĩinĩ wa Ngai.
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.
16 Na nĩ ũndũ ũcio nĩtũmenyete na tũkehoka wendo ũrĩa Ngai atwendete naguo. Ngai nĩ wendo. Mũndũ o wothe ũtũũraga endanĩte atũũraga thĩinĩ wa Ngai, nake Ngai atũũraga thĩinĩ wake.
And we have known and believed the love which God has for us. God is love; and he that dwells in love, dwells in God, and God in him.
17 Ũguo nĩguo wendani ũkinyanagĩra thĩinĩ witũ nĩgeetha tũkaagĩa na ũũmĩrĩru mũthenya ũrĩa gũgaatuanĩrwo ciira, tondũ tũrĩ gũkũ thĩ nĩ tũhaanaine nake.
By this is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because, as he is, so are we in this world.
18 Wendo ndũrĩ guoya. No wendo ũrĩa mũkinyanĩru nĩũingataga guoya, tondũ guoya ũkonainie na iherithia. Mũndũ ũrĩa wĩtigagĩra, ndatuagwo mũkinyanĩru thĩinĩ wa wendo.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has torment: he that fears is not made perfect in love.
19 Ithuĩ twendanaga tondũ we nĩwe waambire gũtwenda.
We love him, because he first loved us.
20 Mũndũ angiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩnyendete Ngai,” na nĩathũire mũrũ kana mwarĩ wa ithe-rĩ, ũcio nĩ wa maheeni. Nĩgũkorwo mũndũ o wothe ũtendete mũrũ wa ithe, ũrĩa atũire onaga, ndangĩhota kwenda Ngai, ũrĩa atarĩ oona.
If any man say, I love God, and yet hate 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 Nake nĩatũheete rĩathani rĩĩrĩ: Mũndũ o wothe wendete Ngai, no nginya ende mũrũ kana mwarĩ wa ithe o nake.
And this commandment we have from him: That he that loves God, must love his brother also.

< 1 Johana 4 >