1 yohanaḥ 4
1 he priyatamāḥ, yūyaṁ sarvveṣvātmasu na viśvasita kintu te īśvarāt jātā na vetyātmanaḥ parīkṣadhvaṁ yato bahavo mṛṣābhaviṣyadvādino jaganmadhyam āgatavantaḥ|
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 īśvarīyo ya ātmā sa yuṣmābhiranena paricīyatāṁ, yīśuḥ khrīṣṭo narāvatāro bhūtvāgata etad yena kenacid ātmanā svīkriyate sa īśvarīyaḥ|
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 kintu yīśuḥ khrīṣṭo narāvatāro bhūtvāgata etad yena kenacid ātmanā nāṅgīkriyate sa īśvarīyo nahi kintu khrīṣṭārerātmā, tena cāgantavyamiti yuṣmābhiḥ śrutaṁ, sa cedānīmapi jagati varttate|
and every spirit which confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the [spirit] of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.
4 he bālakāḥ, yūyam īśvarāt jātāstān jitavantaśca yataḥ saṁsārādhiṣṭhānakāriṇo 'pi yuṣmadadhiṣṭhānakārī mahān|
Ye are of God, [my] little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.
5 te saṁsārāt jātāstato hetoḥ saṁsārād bhāṣante saṁsāraśca teṣāṁ vākyāni gṛhlāti|
They are of the world: therefore speak they [as] of the world, and the world heareth them.
6 vayam īśvarāt jātāḥ, īśvaraṁ yo jānāti so'smadvākyāni gṛhlāti yaśceśvarāt jāto nahi so'smadvākyāni na gṛhlāti; anena vayaṁ satyātmānaṁ bhrāmakātmānañca paricinumaḥ|
We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 he priyatamāḥ, vayaṁ parasparaṁ prema karavāma, yataḥ prema īśvarāt jāyate, aparaṁ yaḥ kaścit prema karoti sa īśvarāt jāta īśvaraṁ vetti ca|
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.
8 yaḥ prema na karoti sa īśvaraṁ na jānāti yata īśvaraḥ premasvarūpaḥ|
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9 asmāsvīśvarasya premaitena prākāśata yat svaputreṇāsmabhyaṁ jīvanadānārtham īśvaraḥ svīyam advitīyaṁ putraṁ jaganmadhyaṁ preṣitavān|
Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10 vayaṁ yad īśvare prītavanta ityatra nahi kintu sa yadasmāsu prītavān asmatpāpānāṁ prāyaścirttārthaṁ svaputraṁ preṣitavāṁścetyatra prema santiṣṭhate|
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
11 he priyatamāḥ, asmāsu yadīśvareṇaitādṛśaṁ prema kṛtaṁ tarhi parasparaṁ prema karttum asmākamapyucitaṁ|
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
12 īśvaraḥ kadāca kenāpi na dṛṣṭaḥ yadyasmābhiḥ parasparaṁ prema kriyate tarhīśvaro 'smanmadhye tiṣṭhati tasya prema cāsmāsu setsyate|
No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:
13 asmabhyaṁ tena svakīyātmanoṁ'śo datta ityanena vayaṁ yat tasmin tiṣṭhāmaḥ sa ca yad asmāsu tiṣṭhatīti jānīmaḥ|
hereby know we that we abide in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14 pitā jagatrātāraṁ putraṁ preṣitavān etad vayaṁ dṛṣṭvā pramāṇayāmaḥ|
And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.
15 yīśurīśvarasya putra etad yenāṅgīkriyate tasmin īśvarastiṣṭhati sa ceśvare tiṣṭhati|
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
16 asmāsvīśvarasya yat prema varttate tad vayaṁ jñātavantastasmin viśvāsitavantaśca| īśvaraḥ premasvarūpaḥ premnī yastiṣṭhati sa īśvare tiṣṭhati tasmiṁśceśvarastiṣṭhati|
And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.
17 sa yādṛśo 'sti vayamapyetasmin jagati tādṛśā bhavāma etasmād vicāradine 'smābhi ryā pratibhā labhyate sāsmatsambandhīyasya premnaḥ siddhiḥ|
Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.
18 premni bhīti rna varttate kintu siddhaṁ prema bhītiṁ nirākaroti yato bhītiḥ sayātanāsti bhīto mānavaḥ premni siddho na jātaḥ|
There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.
19 asmāsu sa prathamaṁ prītavān iti kāraṇād vayaṁ tasmin prīyāmahe|
We love, because he first loved us.
20 īśvare 'haṁ prīya ityuktvā yaḥ kaścit svabhrātaraṁ dveṣṭi so 'nṛtavādī| sa yaṁ dṛṣṭavān tasmin svabhrātari yadi na prīyate tarhi yam īśvaraṁ na dṛṣṭavān kathaṁ tasmin prema karttuṁ śaknuyāt?
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.
21 ata īśvare yaḥ prīyate sa svīyabhrātaryyapi prīyatām iyam ājñā tasmād asmābhi rlabdhā|
And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
