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, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to 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.
in this know ye the Spirit of God; every spirit that doth confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is,
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 that doth not confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is not; and this is that of the antichrist, which ye heard that it doth come, and now in the world it is 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.
Ye — of God ye are, little children, and ye 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 — of the world they are; because of this from the world they speak, and the world doth hear 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 — of God we are; he who is knowing God doth hear us; he who is not of God, doth not hear us; from this we know the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the 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, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;
8 Moun ki pa gen renmen nan kè yo, yo pa konn Bondye, paske Bondye se renmen menm.
he who is not loving did not know God, because 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.
In this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son — the only begotten — hath God sent to the world, that we may 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 the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.
11 Mezanmi, si Bondye renmen nou konsa, nou menm tou se pou nou yonn renmen lòt.
Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;
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.
God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;
13 Nou konnen nou fè yonn ak Bondye, Bondye fè yonn ak nou, paske li ban nou Sentespri li.
in this we know that in Him we do remain, and He in us, because of His Spirit He hath given us.
14 Nou menm, n'ap di sa nou te wè. Papa a voye Pitit li a pou delivre tout moun.
And we — we have seen and do testify, that the Father hath sent the Son — Saviour of the world;
15 Moun ki rekonèt Jezi pou Pitit Bondye a, Bondye fè yonn ak yo, yo fè yonn ak Bondye.
whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him doth remain, 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.
and we — we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God 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 made perfect hath been the love with us, that boldness we may have in the day of the judgment, because even as He is, we — we also 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.
fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;
19 Pou nou menm, nou gen renmen nan kè nou, paske Bondye te renmen nou anvan.
we — we love him, because He — 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 any one may say — 'I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God — whom he hath not seen — how is he able to love?
21 Se sak fè, men kòmandman Kris la ban nou: Moun ki renmen Bondye, yo fèt pou renmen frè yo tou.
and this [is] the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.
