1 Jaona 4
1 Ry malala, aza mino ny fanahy rehetra, fa izahao toetra ny fanahy, na avy amin’ Andriamanitra ireny, na tsia, satria maro ny mpaminany sandoka efa lasa any amin’ izao tontolo izao.
Do not believe every spirit, beloved, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Izao no ahafantaranareo ny Fanahin’ Andriamanitra: Ny fanahy rehetra izay manaiky fa efa tonga tamin’ ny nofo Jesosy Kristy no avy amin’ Andriamanitra;
By this you know the Spirit of God; every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is from God;
3 ary ny fanahy rehetra izay tsy manaiky an’ i Jesosy dia tsy mba avy amin’ Andriamanitra; ary izany no fanahin’ ny antikristy, izay efa renareo fa ho avy, sady efa eo amin’ izao tontolo izao sahady izy.
and every spirit which confesses him not, is not from God. And this is that spirit of Antichrist of which you have heard that it is coming, and that now it is already in the world.
4 Anaka, ianareo dia avy amin’ Andriamanitra ary efa naharesy ireny, satria lehibe Izay ao aminareo noho izay ao amin’ izao tontolo izao.
My little children, you are of God and have conquered them; because he that is within you is greater than he that is in the world.
5 Isan’ izao tontolo izao ireny, ka dia miteny araka ny an’ izao tontolo izao izy, ary mihaino azy izao tontolo izao.
They are of the world, and for this reason they speak as of the world, and the world listens to them.
6 Avy amin’ Andriamanitra izahay; izay mahalala an’ Andriamanitra no mihaino anay; Izay tsy avy amin’ Andriamanitra tsy mba mihaino anay. Izany no ahafantarantsika ny fanahin’ ny fahamarinana sy ny fanahin’ ny fampiviliana.
But you are of God. He who is beginning to know God listens to us; he who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we may distinguish the spirit of truth from the spirit of error.
7 Ry malala, aoka hifankatia isika; fa avy amin’ Andriamanitra ny fitiavana, ary Izay rehetra tia no naterak’ Andriamanitra sady mahalala an’ Andriamanitra.
Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God; and every one that loves us a child of God.
8 Izay tsy tia dia tsy mba mahalala an’ Andriamanitra; fa Andriamanitra dia fitiavana.
He who does not love, does not know God; for God is love.
9 Izao no nanehoana ny fitiavan’ Andriamanitra antsika: Andriamanitra naniraka ny Zanani-lahy Tokana tamin’ izao tontolo izao, mba hahavelona antsika amin’ ny alalany.
In this was the love of God clearly shown toward us, by his sending his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
10 Izao no fitiavana: tsy ny nitiavantsika an’ Andriamanitra fa ny nitiavany antsika, ka nirahiny ny Zanany ho avotra’ noho ny fahotantsika.
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.
11 Ry malala, raha izany no nitiavan’ Andriamanitra antsika, dia mba tokony hifankatia kosa isika.
If God so loved us, beloved, we also ought to love one another.
12 Tsy mbola nisy olona nahita an’ Andriamanitra na oviana na oviana. Raha mifankatia isika, dia mitoetra ato amintsika Andriamanitra, ary tanteraka ato amintsika ny fitiavany.
No man has ever gazed on God; but if we love one another, God ever abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Izao no ahafantarantsika fa mitoetra ao aminy isika, ary Izy ato amintsika, dia ny nanomezany antsika ny Fanahiny.
By this we come to know that we are abiding in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit;
14 Ary izahay efa nahita ka manambara fa ny Ray efa naniraka ny Zanaka ho Mpamonjy izao tontolo izao.
and we have beheld and do testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15 Na iza na iza manaiky fa Zanak’ Andriamanitra Jesosy, dia mitoetra ao aminy Andriamanitra, ary izy kosa ao amin’ Andriamanitra.
If any man confesses that "Jesus is the Son of God." God is abiding in that man, and he in God.
16 Ary isika efa mahalala sy mino ny fitiavan’ Andriamanitra antsika. Andriamanitra dia fitiavana; ary izay mitoetra amin’ ny fitiavana no mitoetra ao amin’ Andriamanitra, ary Andriamanitra ao aminy.
And we do know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love; and he who is abiding in love is abiding in God, and God is abiding in him.
17 Izany no ahatanterahana ny fitiavana amintsika, mba hananantsika fahasahiana amin’ ny andro fitsarana; fa tahaka Azy isika eo amin’ izao tontolo izao.
In this is love made perfect with us, so that we may have cheerful confidence in the Day of Judgment, because we are living in this world as He lives.
18 Tsy manan-tahotra ny fitiavana; fa ny fitiavana tanteraka mandroaka ny tahotra; fa mampahory ny tahotra. Fa izay matahotra dia tsy mbola tanteraka amin’ ny fitiavana.
Fear does not exist in love; but love, when it is perfect, drives out fear. For fear has always torment, and he who has fear is not yet perfected in love.
19 Isika tia, satria Izy efa dia antsika taloha.
We love because He loved us first.
20 Raha misy manao hoe: Tia an’ Andriamanitra aho, nefa mankahala ny rahalahiny, dia mpandainga izy; fa izay tsy tia ny rahalahiny izay hitany, hataony ahoana no fitia an’ Andriamanitra Izay tsy hitany?
If any one says, "I love God," and yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot possibly love God, whom he has not seen.
21 Ary izao no didy efa azontsika taminy: Izay tia an’ Andriamanitra dia tsy maintsy tia ny rahalahiny koa.
And we have this command from God. HE WHO LOVES GOD IS TO LOVE HIS BROTHER ALSO.
