1 Yohana 4
1 Wapendwa, msiiamini kila roho, lakini zijaribuni roho muone kama zinatokana na Mungu, kwa sababu manabii wengi wa uongo wametokea duniani.
Dear ones, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2 Kwa hili mtamjua Roho wa Mungu - kila roho itakayokiri kuwa Yesu Kristo amekuja katika mwili ni ya Mungu,
By this the Spirit of God is known: every spirit that acknowledges Jesus Christ as having come in flesh is of God,
3 na kila roho isiyomkiri Yesu si ya Mungu. Hii ni roho ya mpinga kristo, ambayo mliyoisikia kuwa inakuja, na sasa tayari iko duniani.
and every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus Christ as having come in flesh is not of God; indeed, this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming—actually, it is already in the world right now.
4 Ninyi ni wa Mungu, watoto wapendwa, na mmekwisha washinda kwa sababu yeye aliye ndani yenu ni mkuu kuliko yeye aliye katika ulimwengu.
Dear children, you are of God and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than the one in the world.
5 Wao ni wa ulimwengu, kwa hiyo wanachokisema ni cha ulimwengu, na ulimwengu unawasikiliza.
They are of the world; that is why they speak of the world, and the world listens to them.
6 Sisi ni wa Mungu. Yeye amjuaye Mungu hutusikiliza sisi. Yeye asiye wa Mungu hawezi kutusikiliza. Katika hili tunajua roho wa kweli na roho wa uongo.
We are of God: he who knows God listens to us; he who is not of God does not listen to us—by this we know the Spirit of the Truth and the spirit of the deception.
7 Wapendwa, tupendane sisi kwa sisi, kwa vile upendo ni wa Mungu, na kila mmoja apendaye amezaliwa na Mungu na kumjua Mungu.
Dear ones, we must love one another, because the love is of God and everyone who loves has been begotten by God and knows God.
8 Yeye asiyependa hamjui Mungu, kwa sababu Mungu ni upendo.
He who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
9 Katika hili pendo la Mungu lilifunuliwa miongoni mwetu, kwamba Mungu alimtuma Mwanae wa pekee ulimwenguni ili tuishi kupitia yeye.
God's love was made real within us by this: God sent His only begotten Son into the world in order that we might live through Him.
10 Katika hili pendo, si kwamba tulimpenda Mungu, lakini yeye alitupenda, na akamtuma Mwanawe awe fidia ya dhambi zetu.
In this is the love, not that we loved God but that He loved us—He even sent His Son as the propitiation for our sins.
11 Wapendwa, ikiwa Mungu alitupenda sisi, vile vile tunapaswa kupendana sisi kwa sisi.
Dear ones, since God loved us in this way we are obligated to love one another, really.
12 Hakuna hata mmoja aliyemuona Mungu. Kama tukipendana sisi kwa sisi, Mungu anakaa ndani yetu na pendo lake limekamilika ndani yetu.
No one has ever looked at God. If we love one another, God remains in us and His love is being perfected in us.
13 Katika hili tunajua kuwa tunakaa ndani yake na yeye ndani yetu, kwa sababu ametupa Roho wake.
By this we know that we remain in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
14 Na tumeona na kushuhudia kuwa Baba amemtuma Mwana kuwa mwokozi wa ulimwengu.
Yes, we have observed and do testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.
15 Kila anayekiri kwamba Yesu ni Mwana wa Mungu, Mungu anakaa ndani yake na yeye ndani ya Mungu.
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him and he in God.
16 Na tunajua na kuamini upendo alio nao Mungu ndani yetu. Mungu ni pendo, na yeye anayekaa ndani ya upendo anakaa ndani ya Mungu, na Mungu hukaa ndani yake.
Yes, we have come to know and believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and he who abides in the love abides in God, and God in him.
17 Katika pendo hili limekwisha kamilishwa kati yetu, ili tuwe na ujasiri siku ya hukumu, kwa sababu kama yeye alivyo, na sisi ndivyo tulivyo katika ulimwenngu huu.
The love is perfected with us for this: that we may have confidence in the Day of judgment, since just as He is so are we in this world.
18 Hakuna hofu ndani ya pendo. Lakini pendo kamili huitupa hofu nje, kwa sababu hofu huhusiana na hukumu. Lakini yeye aogopaye hajakamilishwa katika pendo.
There is no fear in love; rather perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment; so he who fears has not been perfected in love.
19 Tunapenda kwa sababu Mungu alitupenda kwanza.
We love Him because He first loved us.
20 Ikiwa mmoja atasema, “Nampenda Mungu” lakini anamchukia ndugu yake, ni mwongo. Kwa sababu asiyempenda ndugu yake, anayemuona, hawezi kumpenda Mungu ambaye hajamuona.
If anyone says, “I love God,” while hating his brother, he is a liar. Well, how can he love God whom he has not seen, while not loving his brother whom he has seen?
21 Na hii ndiyo amri tuliyo nayo kutoka kwake: Yeyote ampendaye Mungu, anapaswa kumpenda ndugu yake pia.
Indeed, this commandment we have from Him: he who loves God must love his brother also.
