1 Yohana 4
1 Vaghanike, mulekaghe kukumwitika juno iiti ali nu Mhepo, lino musighelaghe u Mhepo kange mulolaghe ndavule sihuma kwa Nguluve, ulwakuva avaviili avavudesi mwevale viinga mu iisi.
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but put the spirits to the test to see whether they are from God; for many false teachers have gone out into the world.
2 Mhu iili mukagula u Mhepo ugwa Nguluve - kila mwoojo ghuno ghukumwitika kuutikuuti u Yesu Kilisite alisile mu Mbili ghwa Nguluve,
The test by which you may recognize the Spirit of God is that every spirit which acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come as man is from God,
3 Neke umwoojo ghunoghuno ghukumwitika u Yesu naghwa Nguluve. Ughu ghwe mwoojo ughwa mulugu ghwa Kilisite, ghano mulyapulike kuuti ghikwisa, lino ghisile ghali mu iisi.
and that no spirit is from God which does not acknowledge this about Jesus. Such is the spirit of the anti-Christ; of whose coming you have heard, and it is already in the world.
4 Umue muli va Nguluve, vanaango mwevaghanike, muvalemile ulwakuva umwene juno alimun'kate mulyumue m'baha kukila umwene juno ali mu iisi.
As for you, dear children, you are God's children, and have successfully resisted them; for greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
5 Aveene va mu iisi, neke kino vijova kya mu iisi, naji iisi jikuvapulikisia.
They are the world's children, and so their language is that of the world, and the world listens to them. We are God's children.
6 Usue tuliva Nguluve. jula juno an'kagwile u Nguluve ikutupulikisia usue. Looli juno na ghwa Nguluve naikutupulikisia. Mhu uluo pe tukagula u Mhepo ughwa kyang'haani nu Mhepo ughwa vudesi.
The man who is beginning to know God listens to us, but he who is not a child of God does not listen to us. By this test we can distinguish the Spirit of truth from the spirit of error.
7 Vaghanike, tughananaghe usue jusue, ulwakuva ulughano luhuma kwa Nguluve, umunhu ghwen juno ikuvaghana aholilue nhu Nguluve kange an'kagwile u Nguluve.
Dear friends, let us love one another; for love has its origin in God, and every one who loves has become a child of God and is beginning to know God.
8 Neke jula naikuvaghana nan'kagwile u Nguluve, ulwakuuva u Nguluve ghwe lughano.
He who is destitute of love has never had any knowledge of God; because God is love.
9 Mulughano ulu lwa Nguluve alyahufisie kulyusue, kuuti u Nguluve alya nsung'ile u mwanaake juno ali jumo mwene mu iisi neke kuuti tukale kukila umweene.
God's love for us has been manifested in that He has sent His only Son into the world so that we may have Life through Him.
10 Mulughano ulu, na kwekuuti tulyamughanile u Nguluve, looli ye atughanile, akan'suung'ha umwanaake kuuti ave litekelo lya kupyanilua uvuhosi vwiitu.
This is love indeed--we did not love God, but He loved us and sent His Son to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
11 Vaghanike vango, nave uNguluve alyatughanile usue, neke n'diki najusue tunoghile kughanana.
Dear friends, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
12 Nakwale nambe jumo juno alyamwaghile u Nguluve. Neke nave tughanana jusue, u Nguluve ikukala mun'kate mulyusue kange nalulughano lwa mweene lwa kyaang'haani luva mun'kate mulyusue.
No one has ever yet seen God. If we love one another, God continues in union with us, and His love in all its perfection is in our hearts.
13 Petukagula kuuti tukukala mun'kate mwa mwene kange na jumwene mun'kate mulyusue, ulwakuva atupelile umhepo ghwa mwene.
We can know that we are continuing in union with Him and that He is continuing in union with us, by the fact that He has given us a portion of His Spirit.
14 Kange tumwaghile na kukuvoleka avange kuuti u Nhaata unsung'ile umwanake kuuti ava mpooki gha iiisi.
And we have seen and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15 Umuunhu ghweni juno ikwitika kuuti u Yesu mwana ghwa Nguluve, u Nguluve iva n'kate mwamwene ju mwene iva n'kate mwa Nguluve.
Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God--God continues in union with him, and he continues in union with God.
16 Kange tukagwile na kukwitika ulughano luno alinalo u Nguluve mun'kate mulyusue. Nguluve ghwa lughano, na ughweni juno ikukala n'kate mwa Nguluve, Ghwope u Nguluve ikukala n'kate mwa mwene.
And, as for us, we know the love which God has for us, and we confide in it. God is love, and he who continues to love continues in union with God, and God continues in union with him.
17 Mu lughano ulu ulwa kyang'haani lulimun'kate mulyusue, neke tuve nuvukangali ikighono ikya vuhighi, ulwakuva ndavule umwene alivuo, najusue ndavule tulivuo mu iisi iji.
Our love will be manifested in all its perfection by our having complete confidence on the day of the Judgement; because just what He is, we also are in the world.
18 Kusiila ludwesi mun'kate mulughano. Looli ulughano ulwa kyang'haani luvusia uludwesi, ulwakuva uludwesi luhwananisivua nu vuhighi. Mu uluo jula juno alinuludwesi ulughano alivuvule.
Love has in it no element of fear; but perfect love drives away fear, because fear involves pain, and if a man gives way to fear, there is something imperfect in his love.
19 Tulinulughano ulwakuva u Nguluve alyatughanile taasi.
We love because God first loved us.
20 Nave jumo iliiti, “Nimughanile u Nguluve” neke ikun'kalalila unyalukolo ghwa mwene, ujuo n'desi. Ulwakuvajuno namughanile unyalukolo ghwa mwene, juno na ikumwagha, nangamughane uNguluve juno namwaghile.
If any one says that he loves God, while he hates his brother man, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother man whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
21 Ulu lwe lulaghilo luno tulinalo kuhuma kwa mwene: Ghwe ghwoni juno ikumughana u Nguluve, anoghile kukumughana unyalukolo ghwa mwene.
And the command which we have from Him is that he who loves God must love his brother man also.
