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! not in every spirit, believe ye, but test the spirits, whether they are, of God; because, 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,
Hereby, do ye perceive the Spirit of God: —every spirit that confesseth Jesus Christ as having come, in flesh, is, of 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, every spirit that doth not confess Jesus, of God, is not. And, this, is the [spirit] of the Antichrist, touching which ye have heard that it cometh: even now, is it, in the world, already.
4 Inyuĩ twana twakwa nyendete, inyuĩ mũrĩ a Ngai na nĩmũmatooretie, tondũ ũrĩa ũrĩ thĩinĩ wanyu nĩ mũnene gũkĩra ũrĩa ũrĩ gũkũ thĩ.
Ye, are, of God, dear children, and have overcome them; because, greater, is he that is in you, 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: For this cause, of the world, they speak, and the world, unto them, doth hearken.
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 is getting to understand God, hearkeneth unto us, —whoso is not of God, hearkeneth not unto us: from this, perceive we—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 be loving one another; because, love, is, of God, and, whosoever loveth, of God, hath been born, and is getting to understand God:
8 Mũndũ o wothe ũrĩa ũtendanaga ũcio ndooĩ Ngai, tondũ Ngai nĩ wendo.
He that doth not love, doth not understand God, because, 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.
Herein, hath the love of God in us, been made manifest, that, his only-begotten Son, God sent into the world, in order 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.
Herein, is love: not that, we, have loved God, but that, he, loved us, and sent forth his Son, as a propitiation concerning our sins.
11 Arata akwa endwa, kuona atĩ Ngai nĩguo atwendete-rĩ, o na ithuĩ nĩtũkĩagĩrĩirwo twendanage.
Beloved! If, in this way, God, 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.
Upon God, hath no one, at any time, gazed: If we love one another, God, in us, abideth, and, his love, hath been perfected within us.
13 Ũndũ ũrĩa ũtũmaga tũmenye atĩ tũtũũraga thĩinĩ wake nake agatũũra thĩinĩ witũ, nĩ atĩ nĩatũheete Roho wake.
Hereby, perceive we—that, in him, are we abiding, and, he, in us, —in that, of his Spirit, hath he given unto us.
14 Na nĩtuonete na tũkoimbũra atĩ Ithe witũ nĩatũmĩte Mũriũ atuĩke Mũhonokia wa thĩ yothe.
And, we, for ourselves have gazed, and are bearing witness—that, the Father, sent forth the Son, as Saviour of the world.
15 Mũndũ o wothe angiumbũra atĩ Jesũ nĩ Mũrũ wa Ngai-rĩ, Ngai atũũraga thĩinĩ wake, nake agatũũra thĩinĩ wa Ngai.
Whosoever shall confess, that, Jesus [Christ] is the Son of God, God, in him, abideth, 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 come to understand and to trust the love which, God, hath, in us. God, is, love; and, he that abideth in love, in God, abideth, and, God, in him [abideth].
17 Ũguo nĩguo wendani ũkinyanagĩra thĩinĩ witũ nĩgeetha tũkaagĩa na ũũmĩrĩru mũthenya ũrĩa gũgaatuanĩrwo ciira, tondũ tũrĩ gũkũ thĩ nĩ tũhaanaine nake.
Herein, hath love with us, been made perfect, —in order that, boldness, we might have in the day of judging, —in that, just as, He, is, we also, are, 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.
Fear, existeth not, in love, but, perfect love, casteth fear, outside; because, fear, hath correction: he that feareth, hath not been made perfect, in love.
19 Ithuĩ twendanaga tondũ we nĩwe waambire gũtwenda.
We, love, 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 one should say, I love God, and should be hating, his brother, false, is he; for, he that doth not love his brother, whom he hath seen, God, whom he hath not seen, he cannot love!
21 Nake nĩatũheete rĩathani rĩĩrĩ: Mũndũ o wothe wendete Ngai, no nginya ende mũrũ kana mwarĩ wa ithe o nake.
And, this commandment, have we from him, —that, he who loveth God, love, his brother also.
