1 Jan 4
1 Mezanmi, nou pa bezwen kwè tout moun k'ap di yo gen Lespri Bondye a. Men, se pou n' sonde yo pou nou wè si lespri yo genyen an soti nan Bondye vre. Paske, gen yon bann fo pwofèt ki gaye toupatou sou latè a.
Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2 Men ki jan nou ka konnen si yon lespri soti nan Bondye: tout moun ki di Jezikri te yon moun tout bon, se moun ki gen lespri ki soti nan Bondye a.
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
3 Men, si yon moun refize rekonèt Jezi te yon moun tout bon, moun sa a pa gen lespri ki soti nan Bondye a. Lespri li genyen an soti nan moun k'ap goumen ak Kris la. Yo te di nou moun k'ap goumen ak Kris la te gen pou l' te vini. Enben, koulye a li deja nan lemonn.
and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God; and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.
4 Men, nou menm, pitit mwen yo, nou se moun Bondye, nou kraze fo pwofèt yo, paske lespri ki nan nou an gen plis pouvwa pase lespri ki nan moun ki pou lemonn yo.
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.
5 Lè y'ap pale yo pale tankou moun ki nan lemonn. Moun ki nan lemonn ap koute yo paske yo menm tou yo se moun lemonn.
They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
6 Men, nou menm, nou se moun Bondye. Tout moun ki konnen Bondye, yo koute lè n'ap pale ak yo. Moun ki pa moun Bondye p'ap koute nou. Se konsa nou ka konnen diferans ki genyen ant lespri k'ap pale verite a ak lespri k'ap bay manti a.
We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 Mezanmi, se pou nou yonn renmen lòt paske renmen soti nan Bondye. Moun ki gen renmen nan kè yo, se pitit Bondye yo ye. Yo konnen ki moun Bondye ye.
Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
8 Moun ki pa gen renmen nan kè yo, yo pa konn Bondye, paske Bondye se renmen menm.
He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
9 Men ki jan Bondye fè nou wè jan li renmen nou. Li te voye sèl pitit li a sou latè pou l' te ka ban nou lavi.
By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his only born Son into the world that we might live through him.
10 Men kisa renmen an ye: Se pa nou menm ki te renmen Bondye, se li menm pito ki te renmen nou, ki te voye Pitit li a pou nou te ka resevwa padon pou peche nou yo, gremesi Pitit la.
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
11 Mezanmi, si Bondye renmen nou konsa, nou menm tou se pou nou yonn renmen lòt.
Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
12 Pesonn pa janm wè Bondye. Men, si nou yonn renmen lòt, Bondye fè yonn ak nou. Konsa n'a renmen tout bon, jan Bondye renmen an.
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
13 Nou konnen nou fè yonn ak Bondye, Bondye fè yonn ak nou, paske li ban nou Sentespri li.
By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
14 Nou menm, n'ap di sa nou te wè. Papa a voye Pitit li a pou delivre tout moun.
We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
15 Moun ki rekonèt Jezi pou Pitit Bondye a, Bondye fè yonn ak yo, yo fè yonn ak Bondye.
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
16 Nou menm nou konnen jan Bondye renmen nou, nou kwè se vre. Bondye se renmen an menm. Moun ki gen renmen nan kè yo, yo fè yonn ak Bondye, Bondye fè yonn ak yo.
We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
17 Nou konnen nou renmen Bondye tout bon lè kè nou pa kase pou jou jijman an, paske n'ap viv nan lemonn tankou Kris la t'ap viv.
In this, love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so we are in this world.
18 Kote ki gen renmen, pa gen kè kase. Okontrè, lè nou renmen tout bon, si kè nou te kase, li pa kase ankò. Konsa, yon moun ki pè toujou, li poko fin renmen nèt. Paske si ou pè, se paske ou pè chatiman.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
19 Pou nou menm, nou gen renmen nan kè nou, paske Bondye te renmen nou anvan.
We love him, because he first loved us.
20 Si yon moun di: mwen renmen Bondye, pou anmenmtan pou l' rayi frè l', moun sa a ap bay manti. Paske, si li pa renmen frè l', yon moun li ka wè, li pa ka renmen Bondye li pa ka wè a.
If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
21 Se sak fè, men kòmandman Kris la ban nou: Moun ki renmen Bondye, yo fèt pou renmen frè yo tou.
This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
