1 Johani 4

1 Ba sunwa, sanzi muzumini ihuho zonse. Mihe mulike ihuho kuvona kapa zizwa kwe Ireeza, kakuti vaporofita va mapa bangi vava yendi mwi nkanda.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone forth into the world.

2 Chechi ka mwizive luhuho lwe Ireeza—luhuho lonse luzumina kuti Jesu avezi mwi nkanda che nyama uzwa kwe Ireza,

Hereby ye know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledgeth that Jesus Christ hath come in the flesh, is of God.

3 Mi luhuho lonse lusa zumini kuti Jesu uzwa kwe Ireeza kaluzwi kwe Ireeza. Ulu nji luhuho lwa bakani ba keresite, umu vazuwi kuti ukeza, mi hanu chiwina kale mwi nkanda.

And every spirit that doth not acknowledge Jesus, is not of God; and this is that spirit of Antichrist, of which ye have heard that it is to come, and even now it is already in the world.

4 Muzwa kwe Ireza, Vaana va lotu, mi muva zunda kakuti iye wina mwenu mukando kwali wina mwi nkanda.

Ye are of God, my children, and have overcome them; because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

5 Abo vazwa mwi nkanda, linu ziva wamba zizwa mwi nkanda, Mi ve nkanda va teka kuvali.

They are of the world; therefore they speak of the world, and the world heareth them.

6 Tuzwa kwe Ireza. Yense yo zwa kwe Ireza utekeleza kwetu. Iye yasa zwi kwe Ireza ka tekelezi kwetu. Chechi twi ziva luhuho lwe niti ni luhuho lu fosahele.

We are of God; he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth us not. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

7 Vasakwa, tulisake zumwi ku zumwi, mi ilato lizwa kwe Ireza, mi yense yo suna uzalwa kwe Ireza mi wizi Ireza.

Beloved, let us love one another; for love is from God, and every one that loveth hath been born of God, and knoweth God;

8 Muntu yasa suni vamwi kezi Ireza, mukuti Ireza ilato.

he that loveth not hath not known God; for God is love.

9 Cheli ivaka ilato lye Ireza liva patulwilwa mukati ketu, Kuti Ireeza ava tumi mwana kwe ye yena mwi nkanda kuti tu hale che vaka lya chakwe.

In this was manifested the love of God in regard to us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we may live through him.

10 Mweli ilato, isinyi kuti tuva suni Ireza. kono kuti aba tusuni, mi cho kuti aba tumi mwaana kwe kuti ave chitavelo cha zivi zetu.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.

11 Basunwa, haiva Ireza ava tusuni, naswe vulyo tuli sune.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

12 Kakwina ichaba bwene Ireza. Hatu lisuna, Ireza wi kala mwetu, Mi ilato lyakwe li kondete mwetu.

No one hath ever seen God. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

13 Chechi twizi kuti twina kwali mi wina kwetu, kakuti ava tuhi lumwi kulu huho lwakwe.

Hereby we know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

14 Hape, tu vavoni mi twina vupaki bwa kuti Ishetu ava tumi mwana kwe we chiswisu kuti za ve muhazi we nkanda.

And we have seen and bear witness, that the Father hath sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

15 Yense yo lemuha kuti Jesu mwana Ireza, Ireza wina mwali mi naye mwe Ireza.

Whoever acknowledgeth that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

16 Hape, tuvezivi ni kuzumina ilato lye Ireza kwetu. Ireza ilato, mi yo shala mweli ilato wi kalilila kwe Ireza, mi ni Ireza wi kalilila kwali.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath in regard to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

17 Cheli ivaka, Ili ilato liva chitililwa mukati ketu. Njokuti katuve ni nsepo mwi zuva lye nkatulo, kakuti mwe kalile, vo vulyo mutwi kalile mwi nkanda.

Herein hath love been perfected with us, that we have confidence in the day of judgment; because as he is, so are we in this world.

18 Kakwina kutiya mwilato. Kono, ilato lishiyeme kutandila kutiya kunze. Kakuti kutiya kuleta inkatulo. Kono yo tiya keni kupetahala mwi lato.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear hath torment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

19 Tusuna kakuti Ireza ava tusuni lwe ntazi,

We love, because he first loved us.

20 Haiva muntu nata kuti, “Nisuni Ireza” kono utoyete mwakwe, wina mapa. Mukuti yasa suni mwakwe, yava voni, ka woli kusuna Ireza, yaseni kuvona.

If any one saith, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar; for he that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, how can he love God, whom he hath not seen?

21 Hape, iyi nji ntaelo itukwete kuzwa kwali: Yense yosuna Ireza, uswanela kusuna mwakwe.

And this commandment we have from him, that he who loveth God love also his brother.