1 Yohanna 4
1 Abokaina ƙaunatattu, ba kowane ruhu za ku gaskata ba, sai dai ku gwada ruhohi don ku ga ko daga Allah ne, domin annabawan ƙarya da yawa sun fito duniya.
Dear ones, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2 Ga yadda za ku gane Ruhun Allah, duk ruhun da ya yarda cewa Yesu Kiristi ya zo cikin jiki, to, daga Allah yake.
By this the Spirit of God is known: every spirit that acknowledges Jesus Christ as having come in flesh is of God,
3 Amma duk ruhun da bai yarda da Yesu ba, ba daga Allah ba ne, ruhun magabcin Kiristi ne, wanda kuka ji yana zuwa, har ma ya riga ya shigo duniya.
and every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus Christ as having come in flesh is not of God; indeed, this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming—actually, it is already in the world right now.
4 Ku,’ya’yana ƙaunatattu, ku daga Allah ne, kun kuma yi nasara a kan magabtan Kiristi, domin wanda yake a cikinku ya fi wanda yake a duniya girma.
Dear children, you are of God and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than the one in the world.
5 Su daga duniya ne saboda haka suke magana yadda duniya take ganin abubuwa, duniya kuwa tana sauraronsu.
They are of the world; that is why they speak of the world, and the world listens to them.
6 Mu daga Allah ne, kuma duk wanda ya san Allah yakan saurare mu. Amma duk wanda ba daga Allah ba, ba ya sauraronmu. Ta haka ne muke gane Ruhun gaskiya, da kuma ruhun ƙarya.
We are of God: he who knows God listens to us; he who is not of God does not listen to us—by this we know the Spirit of the Truth and the spirit of the deception.
7 Abokaina ƙaunatattu, mu ƙaunaci juna, domin ƙauna tana zuwa daga Allah ne. Duk mai ƙauna, haifaffe ne na Allah, ya kuma san Allah.
Dear ones, we must love one another, because the love is of God and everyone who loves has been begotten by God and knows God.
8 Duk wanda ba ya ƙauna, bai san Allah ba, domin Allah ƙauna ne.
He who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
9 Ga yadda Allah ya nuna ƙaunarsa a cikinmu, Allah ya aiki makaɗaici Ɗansa zuwa duniya domin mu rayu ta wurinsa.
God's love was made real within us by this: God sent His only begotten Son into the world in order that we might live through Him.
10 Wannan ita ce ƙauna, wato, ba mu ne muka ƙaunaci Allah ba, sai dai shi ne ya ƙaunace mu, ya kuma aiko Ɗansa yă zama hadaya ta kafara saboda zunubanmu.
In this is the love, not that we loved God but that He loved us—He even sent His Son as the propitiation for our sins.
11 Abokaina ƙaunatattu, da yake Allah ya ƙaunace mu haka, ya kamata mu ma mu ƙaunaci juna.
Dear ones, since God loved us in this way we are obligated to love one another, really.
12 Ba wanda ya taɓa ganin Allah; amma in muna ƙaunar juna, Allah yana raye a cikinmu, ƙaunarsa kuwa ta zama cikakkiya a cikinmu ke nan.
No one has ever looked at God. If we love one another, God remains in us and His love is being perfected in us.
13 Mun san cewa muna rayuwa a cikinsa shi kuma a cikinmu, domin ya ba mu Ruhunsa.
By this we know that we remain in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
14 Mun gani, mun kuma shaida cewa Uba ya aiko Ɗansa domin yă zama Mai Ceton duniya.
Yes, we have observed and do testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.
15 Duk wanda ya yarda cewa Yesu Ɗan Allah ne, Allah yana raye a cikinsa, shi kuma a cikin Allah.
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him and he in God.
16 Ta haka muka sani, muke kuma dogara ga ƙaunar da Allah yake mana. Allah ƙauna ne. Duk wanda yake rayuwa cikin ƙauna, yana rayuwa a cikin Allah ne, Allah kuma a cikinsa.
Yes, we have come to know and believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and he who abides in the love abides in God, and God in him.
17 Ta haka, ƙauna ta zama cikakkiya a cikinmu domin mu kasance masu ƙarfin hali a ranar shari’a, domin a wannan duniya muna kama da shi.
The love is perfected with us for this: that we may have confidence in the Day of judgment, since just as He is so are we in this world.
18 Babu tsoro cikin ƙauna. Cikakkiyar ƙauna dai takan kawar da tsoro, domin hukunci ne yake kawo tsoro. Mai jin tsoro ba cikakke ba ne a cikin ƙauna.
There is no fear in love; rather perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment; so he who fears has not been perfected in love.
19 Muna ƙauna, domin ya ƙaunace mu da farko.
We love Him because He first loved us.
20 Duk wanda ya ce, “Ina ƙaunar Allah,” amma yana ƙin ɗan’uwansa, maƙaryaci ne. Gama duk wanda ba ya ƙaunar ɗan’uwansa da yake gani, ba zai iya ƙaunar Allah wanda ba ya gani ba.
If anyone says, “I love God,” while hating his brother, he is a liar. Well, how can he love God whom he has not seen, while not loving his brother whom he has seen?
21 Ya kuma ba mu wannan umarni cewa duk wanda yake ƙaunar Allah, dole yă ƙaunaci ɗan’uwansa.
Indeed, this commandment we have from Him: he who loves God must love his brother also.
