1 Jan 4
1 Byeneme yo, pa kwè tout lespri yo, men sonde yo pou wè si yo sòti nan Bondye, paske anpil fo pwofèt yo gen tan antre nan lemonn.
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 Selon sa nou rekonèt Lespri Bondye a: chak lespri ki konfese ke Jésus Kri te vini nan lachè a sòti nan Bondye:
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Yeshua the Messiah has come in the flesh is of God,
3 Epi chak lespri ki pa konfese Jésus, pa sòti nan Bondye. Li menm se lespri antikris la, sou kilès nou te tande ke l ap vini, epi koulye a se deja nan lemonn lan.
and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Yeshua the Messiah has come in the flesh is not of God; and this is the spirit of the Anti-messiah, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.
4 Ti moun yo, nou se a Bondye, epi te venk lespri sa ki fo, paske pi gran se Li ki nan nou, pase li ki nan lemonn an.
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 Yo sòti nan lemonn an. Akoz sa yo pale tankou lemonn an, epi lemonn an koute yo.
They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
6 Nou se a Bondye: li ki konnen Bondye va koute nou. Li ki pa a Bondye p ap koute nou. Pa sa a nou konnen Lespri verite a ak Lespri la a sa ki fo.
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 Byeneme yo, kite nou renmen yon ak lòt, paske lamou se ne de Bondye, epi konnen Bondye.
Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
8 Sila ki pa gen lamou, pa konnen Bondye, paske Bondye se lamou.
He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
9 Se konsa lamou Bondye te vin parèt nan nou; ke Bondye te voye sèl Fis inik Li nan lemonn an pou nou ta kapab viv nan Li.
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 Nan sa se lamou; pa ke nou te renmen Bondye, men ke Li te renmen nou, epi te voye Fis Li kon sakrifis pwopiyatwa (sèl sakrifis la ki te akseptab pou peche nou yo).
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 Byeneme yo, si Bondye te renmen nou, nou osi dwe renmen youn ak lòt.
Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
12 Pèsòn pa janm wè Bondye nan okenn tan. Si nou gen lamou youn pou lòt, Bondye rete nan nou, epi lamou Li vin konplete nan nou.
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 Se konsa nou konnen ke nou rete nan Li epi Li nan nou, paske Li te bay nou Lespri Li.
By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
14 Konsa, nou gen tan wè epi fè temwen ke Papa a te voye Fis la kòm Sovè lemonn an.
We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Saviour of the world.
15 Nenpòt ki konfese ke Jésus se Fis Bondye a, Bondye rete nan li, epi li nan Bondye.
Whoever confesses that Yeshua is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
16 Epi nou vin konnen epi gen tan kwè lamou ke Bondye gen pou nou. Bondye se lamou, epi sila ki rete nan lamou, rete nan Bondye epi Bondye rete nan li.
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 Se konsa, lamou vin pèfekte avèk nou, pou nou kapab gen konfyans nan jou jijman an; akoz ke menm jan Li ye, nou menm tou se konsa nou ye nan lemonn sa.
In this, love has been made perfect amongst us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgement, because as he is, even so we are in this world.
18 Pa gen lakrent nan lamou; men lamou pafè va mete lakrent deyò, paske lakrent gen pinisyon, men sila ki gen perèz pa pèfekte nan lamou.
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 Nou renmen, paske premyèman Li te renmen nou.
We love him, because he first loved us.
20 Si yon moun di ke li renmen Bondye, men li rayi frè l, li se yon mantè; paske yon moun ki pa renmen frè l ke li kapab wè, pa kapab renmen Bondye ke li pa janm wè.
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 Kòmandman sa a nou gen de Li, ke sila ki renmen Bondye, dwe renmen frè li tou.
This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
