1 Yohana 4
1 Apendwa, mumwaminiye kwaa kila roho, lakini muijaribu mubone mana yaboka kwa Nnongo, kwa sababu manabii wanyansima wa ubocho watitokea mu'dunia.
Beloved, believe not every Spirit, but try the spirits, whether they be of God: for many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Kwa lee mumtangite Roho wa Nnongo-kila roho yalowa baya kuwa Yesu Kristo atiisa katika yega ni ya Nnongo,
By this ye may know the Spirit of God: every Spirit that confesseth Jesus Christ, who is come in the flesh, is of God:
3 na kila roho yabaya kwaa Yesu ni Nnongo kwaa. Ayee ni roho ya mpinga Kristo, ambayo mupekania kuwa yaisa, nambeambe tayari ibile mu'dunia.
and every spirit that doth not confess Jesus Christ, who is come in the flesh, is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, which ye have heard was coming, and is already in the world.
4 Mwenga ni wa Nnongo, bana apendwa, na muyomwile washinda kwa sababu ywembe ywabile nkati yinu ni nkolo kuliko ywembe ywabile katika ulimwengu,
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He, that is in you, than he that is in the world.
5 Bembe ni ba ulimwengu, kwa eyo bakiba ni cha ulimwengu, na ulimwengu wabapekania.
They are of the world; therefore they speak as men of the world, and the world heareth them.
6 Twenga ni wa Nnongo. Ywembe amtangite Nnongo aweza kutupekania. Ywembe ywabile kwaa na Nnongo aweza kwaa kutupekania. Katika yee tutangite roho waa kweli na roho wa ubocho.
We are of God: he, that knoweth God, heareth us; but he, who is not of God, heareth not us. By this we know the Spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 Mwapendilwe, tupendane twenga kwa twenga, kwa elo lipendo lya Nnongo, na kila yumo ywampendae abelekilwe na Nnongo na kuntanga Nnongo.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 Ywembe ywampenda kwaa Nnongo amtangite kwaa, kwa mana Nnpngo ni upendo.
He, that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is love.
9 Katika lee lipendo lya Nnongo lyatifunuliwa nkati yinu, panga Nnongo atintuma mwana wake wa pekee ulimwengu ili tutame pitya ywembe.
In this was the love of God manifested towards us, that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.
10 Katika lipendo lee, ni panga kwaa twatimpenda Nnongo, lakini ywembe atitupenda twenga, no ntuma mwana wake awe fidia ya sambi yitu.
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 Apendwa mana itei Nnongo atupendike twenga, yeyelo tupalikwa tupendane twenga ka twenga.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12 Ntopo hata yumo ywamweni Nnongo. Mana twapendana twenga kwa twenga, Nnongo atama nkati yitu.
No one hath ever seen God: but if we love one another, God dwelleth in us and his love is perfected in us.
13 Katika lee tutangite kuwa twatama nkati yake na ywembe nkati yitu, kwa mana atupeileRoho wake.
By this we know that we are in Him, and He in us; because He hath given us of his Spirit.
14 Na tuubweni na kuhushudia kuwa Tate attmtuma Mwana kuwa mkochopoli wa ulimwengu.
And we have seen, and do testify, that the Father hath sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15 Kila ywabaya panga Yesu ni Mwana wa Nnongo, Nnongo atama nkati yake na ywembe nkati ya Nnongo.
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16 Na tutangite na kuamini upendo abile nao Nnongo nkati yitu. Nnongo ni pendo, na ywembe atama nkati ya upendo atama nkati ya Nnongo, na Nnongo utama nkati yake.
And we have known and believed the love which God hath towards us: for God is love; and he, that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17 Katika pendo lee liyomwike kamilika kati yitu, ili tuwe na ujasiri lisoba lya hukumu, kwa sababu mana ywembe abile, na twenga nga tubile ktika ulimwengu wolo.
Herein is love perfected with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgement; for as He is, we also are in this world.
18 Ntopo hofu nkati ya pendo. Lakini pendo kamili huitupa hofu panja, kwa mana hofu huhusiana na hukumu. Lakini ywembe ywaogopeya akamilika kwaa katika lipendo.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear hath torment; but he that feareth is not perfected in love.
19 Twapenda kwa mana Nnongo atitupenda kwanza.
We love Him, because He first loved us. If any one say,
20 Mana itei yumo abaya, “Nampenda Nnongo” lakini anchukya nongowe, ywamweni, aweza kwaa kumpenda Nnongo ambae ywamwonea kwaa.
I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for how can he, that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, love God whom he hath not seen?
21 Na yee nga amri tubile nayo boka kwake: Yeyote ywampendae Nnongo, apalikwa kumpenda nongowe pia.
And we have this commandment from Him, that he, who loveth God, should love his brother also.
