1 Yohani 4
1 Vagane Mlekhe ukwidika kilamepo, ila mgelage, ila mgelage imepo ndanchi humana kwa Nguluve, ulwakuva avanyamalago vingi avavudesi vahumile vahumile munkilunga.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2 Ku ile mukunyaga Umepo va Nguluve-Khila numbula iyikwidika ukhuta Uyesu Kriste inchile khimbile va Nguluve.
By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
3 Khilanumbu iyusayikumwidika ukuta Uyesu saa ya Nguluve. Iyi yu numbula iyikilana nu kristu, iyumkapulike ukhuta yikwinchalino yijile yilimukhilunga.
and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.
4 Umioe mulevaNguluve, mwivana mwivagane khange mlesinche mmalile ukuvatola ulwakuva umwene alimumgati ndyumwe. Imbaha ukulutikila umwene uvyalimkilunga.
You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
5 Avene vanikhilunga, pivu lino ikyuvinchova kya mukhilunga, nikhilunga kikuvapulile hienche.
They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.
6 Ufwe tulivaNguluve. Umwene uvyamanyile Unguluve ikutupilihinchaga ufwe. Umwene uvesava Nguluve sakawesyo ukutupulihincha pa ile tulumanyile umepo uvalweli nuva vudesi.
We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
7 Vagane, tuganane yufwe khwa yufwe, ulwakuva ulugano lwa Nguluve. Kila munu uviaganile aholiwe nu Nguluve hange amanyile Unguluve.
Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
8 Umwene uvisaaganile samanyile Unguluve, ulwakuva Unguluve vi lugano.
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
9 Pa ile ulugano lwa Nguluve lwavonike mugati ndyufwe, ulwakuva Nguluve asuhile unswambe uludiga munkilunga, pivu tutamilage mumwene.
This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
10 Palugano ulukukuta santwagane Unguluve, umwene atuganile akhunsuha unswambe ave nekhelo ya mbivi nchetu.
And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
11 Vagane, eingave Unguluve atuganile ufwe, pivu panogile ukhuta tugananage yufwe kwa yufwe.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
12 Asikuli nuvalyumu uviambwene Unguluve. Ingave iungaganane yufwe khwa yufwe, Unguluve itama mugati ndyufwe nu lwa mwene lwidihine mugati ndyufwe.
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
13 Pa ile tulumanyile ukuta tutama mugati mumwene nayumwene mugati ndyufwe, ulwakuva atupile Umepo vamwene.
By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
14 Twalile twabasinche ukuta Udaada ansuhile unswambe ukuva impoki va kilunga.
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
15 Uvi ikwedika ukuta Uyesu nswambe va Nguluve, itama mugati mumwene nu mwene mugati mwa Nguluve.
If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
16 Pivu tulumanyile nukwidika ulugano ulwalenalwo Unguluve mugati ndufye, Unguluve vi lugano, nu mwene uvitama mugati ndugano, itama mugati mwa Nguluve itama mugati mumwene.
And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
17 Palugano ulu limalile pagati palyufwe, pivu tuve namakha isiku iyavuhlgi, ulwakuva umwene waliwo na yufwe vutuliwo mukilunga umu.
In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.
18 Vusikuli uvudwanchi mugati ndugano. Ulwakuva ulugano ulukongiwe lwihencha uvudwanchi kunji, ulwakuva uvundwanchi vukongana nu vuhigi. Pivu umwene uviolwaelwa sadulwike mwu ndugano.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
19 Tulinulugano ulwakuva Unguluve atuganile.
We love because He first loved us.
20 Ingave umo ita “Niganile Unguluve” wa ansulile ulukololweva mwene, iva idesi. Ulwakuva uvyasaganile ulukololwe vmwene, uviikumbona, sakawese ukugana Unguluve yuywa sambwene.
If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
21 Ulu lululagelo ulutulinalwo ukuhuma kumwenne: Uviavenchaga aganile Unguluve panogile ukugana ulukololwe vamwene paninie.
And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
