1 Yoane 4
1 Balingami na ngai, bondimaka te bato nyonso oyo babetaka tolo mpo na koloba ete batondisami na Molimo ya Nzambe; kasi bomeka bango mpo na koyeba soki bazali penza ya Nzambe, pamba te basakoli ebele ya lokuta basili kopanzana na mokili.
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 Tala ndenge nini bokoyeba soki bazali na Molimo ya Nzambe: moto nyonso oyo azali kondima ete Yesu-Klisto akomaki moto azali na Molimo ya Nzambe.
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 Moto nyonso oyo azali kondima Yesu te azali na Molimo ya Nzambe te, kasi azali na molimo ya monguna ya Klisto, oyo boyokaki na tina na ye ete azali koya mpe azali sik’oyo kati na mokili.
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 Bino, bana na ngai, bozali ya Nzambe mpe bosili kolonga basakoli yango ya lokuta, pamba te Ye oyo azali kati na bino azali na nguya koleka ye oyo azali kati na mokili.
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 Basakoli ya lokuta bazali ya mokili; balobaka kolanda elobeli ya mokili, mpe mokili eyokaka bango.
They — of the world they are; because of this from the world they speak, and the world doth hear them;
6 Biso, tozali ya Nzambe; mpe moto nyonso oyo ayebi Nzambe ayokaka biso. Kasi moto oyo azali ya Nzambe te ayokaka biso te. Ezali ndenge wana nde toyebaka Molimo ya solo mpe molimo ya libunga.
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 Balingami na ngai, tolinganaka biso na biso, pamba te Nzambe azali bolingo. Moto nyonso oyo azali na bolingo azali ya Nzambe mpe ayebi Nzambe.
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 Moto oyo azangi bolingo ayebi Nzambe te, pamba te Nzambe azali bolingo.
he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.
9 Botala ndenge nini Nzambe atalisaki biso bolingo na Ye: atindaki Mwana na Ye se moko kati na mokili mpo ete tozala na bomoi ya solo na nzela na Ye.
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 Bolingo yango emonani na likambo oyo: ezali biso te bato tolingaki Nzambe, kasi Ye nde alingaki biso mpe atindaki Mwana na Ye mpo ete azala mbeka mpo na bolimbisi masumu na biso.
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 Balingami na ngai, lokola Nzambe alingaki biso mingi penza, biso mpe tosengeli kolingana biso na biso.
Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;
12 Moto moko te asila komona Nzambe; nzokande soki tozali kolingana biso na biso, Nzambe azali kati na biso mpe bolingo na Ye ezali ya kokoka kati na biso.
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 Tala ndenge nini toyebaka ete tozali kati na Nzambe, mpe Nzambe azali kati na biso: ezali na nzela ya Molimo na Ye, oyo apesa biso.
in this we know that in Him we do remain, and He in us, because of His Spirit He hath given us.
14 Tosilaki komona Ye mpe totatolaka ete Tata atinda Mwana na Ye mpo ete azala Mobikisi ya mokili.
And we — we have seen and do testify, that the Father hath sent the Son — Saviour of the world;
15 Moto oyo andimaka ete Yesu azali Mwana na Nzambe, Nzambe azali kati na ye, mpe ye azali kati na Nzambe.
whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him doth remain, and he in God;
16 Mpe biso toyebi mpe tozali na kondima kati na bolingo oyo Nzambe azali na yango mpo na biso. Nzambe azali bolingo, mpe moto oyo abikaka kati na bolingo abikaka kati na Nzambe, mpe Nzambe abikaka kati na ye.
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 Tala mpo na nini bolingo ezali ya kokoka kati na biso: ezali mpo ete tozala na elikya ya kokoka na mokolo ya kosambisama; pamba te kati na mokili oyo, ndenge Klisto azali, ndenge biso mpe tozali.
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 Kati na bolingo, kobanga ezalaka te; kasi bolingo oyo ezali ya kokoka elongolaka bobangi, pamba te bobangi ebendaka etumbu. Mpe moto oyo abangaka azali nanu ya kokoka te kati na bolingo.
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 Biso, tolingaka mpo ete Nzambe alingaki biso, ya liboso.
we — we love him, because He — He first loved us;
20 Soki moto alobi ete alingaka Nzambe, kasi azali lisusu koyina ndeko na ye, azali mokosi. Pamba te moto oyo alingaka te ndeko na ye, oyo amonaka akoki kolinga te Nzambe oyo amonaka te.
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 Kutu, Klisto apesaki biso mobeko oyo: moto oyo alingaka Nzambe asengeli mpe kolinga ndeko na ye.
and this [is] the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.
