1 Johani 4
1 Shamwari dzinodikanwa, musatenda mweya yose yose, asi edzai mweya kuti muone kana ichibva kuna Mwari, nokuti vaprofita vazhinji venhema vakapinda munyika.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2 Aya ndiwo maziviro amungaita Mweya waMwari: mweya mumwe nomumwe unopupura kuti Jesu Kristu akauya munyama unobva kuna Mwari,
By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
3 asi mweya wose usingapupuri Jesu haubvi kuna Mwari. Ndiwo mweya waandikristu, wamakanzwa kuti uri kuuya uye kunyange iye zvino watova munyika.
and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.
4 Imi, vana vanodikanwa, munobva kuna Mwari uye makavakunda, nokuti ari mamuri mukuru kuna iye ari munyika.
You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
5 Ivo ndevenyika, naizvozvo vanotaura sevenyika, uye nyika inovanzwa.
They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.
6 Isu tinobva kuna Mwari, uye ani naani anoziva Mwari anotinzwa; asi ani naani asingabvi kuna Mwari haatinzwi. Izvi ndizvo zvinoita kuti tizive mweya wechokwadi nomweya wenhema.
We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
7 Shamwari dzinodikanwa, ngatidananei, nokuti rudo runobva kuna Mwari. Mumwe nomumwe anoda akaberekwa naMwari uye anoziva Mwari.
Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
8 Ani naani asingadi haazivi Mwari, nokuti Mwari rudo.
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
9 Mwari akaratidza rudo rwake pakati pedu sezvizvi: Akatuma Mwanakomana wake mumwe woga munyika kuti tive noupenyu kubudikidza naye.
This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
10 Urwu ndirwo rudo: kwete kuti isu takada Mwari, asi kuti iye akatida uye akatuma Mwanakomana wake kuti ave chibayiro chinoyananisa zvivi zvedu.
And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
11 Shamwari dzinodikanwa, sezvo Mwari akatida zvakadai, isu tinofanirawo kudanana.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
12 Hakuna munhu akatongoona Mwari; asi kana tichidanana, Mwari anogara matiri, uye rudo rwake runokwaniswa matiri.
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
13 Tinoziva kuti tinogara maari uye iye matiri, nokuti akatipa zvoMweya wake.
By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
14 Uye takaona uye tikapupura kuti Baba vakatuma Mwanakomana wavo kuti ave Muponesi wenyika.
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
15 Kana munhu akapupura kuti Jesu ndiye Mwanakomana waMwari, Mwari anogara maari uye iye muna Mwari.
If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
16 Nokudaro tinoziva uye tinovimba norudo rwaMwari kwatiri. Mwari rudo. Ani naani anogara murudo anogara muna Mwari, uye Mwari maari.
And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
17 Naizvozvo, rudo runokwaniswa pakati pedu kuitira kuti tigova nokuvimba pazuva rokutongwa, nokuti munyika ino takafanana naye.
In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.
18 Murudo hamuna kutya. Asi rudo rwakakwana runodzinga kutya, nokuti kutya kune chokuita nokurangwa. Munhu anotya haana kukwaniswa murudo.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
19 Tinomuda nokuti iye akatanga kutida.
We love because He first loved us.
20 Kana munhu achiti, “Ndinoda Mwari,” asingadi hama yake, murevi wenhema. Nokuti ani naani asingadi hama yake yaakaona, haagoni kuda Mwari, waasina kumboona.
If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
21 Uye akatipa murayiro uyu: Ani naani anoda Mwari anofanirawo kuda hama yake.
And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
