1 Yohane 4

1 Omwasunika, kamutashomanga muntu uliyense lambangeti ukute mushimu wa Lesa, nsombi mwelela kubelesha kwambeti mubone na nicakubinga eti bakute mushimu weshikufuma kuli Lesa. Mwelela kwinseco pakwinga bashinshimi bandemishibili balamwaiki kuli konse.

My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.

2 Ngamwinshiba mushimu wa Lesa munshila iyi; Uliyense lasumininga kwambeti Yesu Klistu walesa mubuntu, wopeloyo elafumunga kuli Lesa.

By this you may have knowledge of the Spirit of God: every spirit which says that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God:

3 Nsombi uliyense lakananga Yesu, wopeloyo nkakute kufuma kuli Lesa. mwalanyumfweti lakesanga, neco mwali kendi mucishi.

And every spirit which does not say this is not from God: this is the spirit of Antichrist, of which you have had word; and it is in the world even now.

4 Nsombi amwe mobana bame mulabakomo kendi bashinshimi bandemi shibili kayi mobana ba Lesa. Pakwinga mushimu uli mulinjamwe ukute ngofu kupita uyo uli muli abo basuni bya pacishi capanshi.

You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

5 Bashinshimi bandemi shibili bakute kwamba bintu byapacishi capanshi, naco cishi cikute kubanyumfwila, pakwinga nibapacishi capanshi

They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.

6 Nsombi afwe tobantu bakendi Lesa, neco uliyense wabula kuba wa Lesa nkela kutukutikila sobwe. Encotukute kwishiba mushimu walulama ne mushimu waipa.

We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.

7 Omwasunika, katusunananga pakwinga lusuno lukute kufuma kuli Lesa. Uliyense uyo ukute lusuno, nimwana mwana wa Lesa, kayi umwinshi Lesa.

My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

8 Uliyense wabula lusuno nkamwinshipo Lesa, pakwinga Lesa ni lusuno.

He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.

9 Pakwinga Lesa walalesha lusuno lwakendi palinjafwe mpwalatuma mwanendi kwisa mucishi capanshi kwambeti tube ne buyumi kupitila muli endiye.

And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

10 Lino lusuno lwine lwine ni ulu, nsombi Lesa ewalatusuna afwe, kayi walatuma mwanendi kwambeti abe cipo cakulekelela kwa bwipishi bwetu.

And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

11 Omwasunika na Lesa walatusuna, nenjafwe twelela kusunana.

My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

12 Kuliyawa walamubona Lesa, nsombi afwe twasunananga Lesa ukute kwikala muli njafwe, kayi lusuno lwakendi lulashimpi mulinjafwe.

No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:

13 Tucinshi kwambeti tukute kwikala muli Lesa kayi nendi ukute kwikala muli njafwe pakwinga walatupa Mushimu Uswepa.

And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

14 Afwe tulabono kayi tobakamboni ba makani akwambeti Bata balatuma Mwana wakendi kwambeti abe mupulushi wa bantu ba pacishi capanshi conse.

And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

15 Uliyense lasuminga kwambeti Yesu ni Mwana Lesa, ukute kwikala muli Lesa kayi Lesa ukute kwikala muli endiye.

Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.

16 Neco afwe tucinshi kayi twashoma kwambeti Lesa utusuni. Lesa elusuno kayi muntu ukute buyumi bwa lusuno uli muli Lesa, Kayi Lesa ukute kwikala muli endiye.

And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.

17 Lusuno lulakulu mulinjafwe kayi buyumi bwetu mucishi capanshi bulyeti bwa Klistu, kayi myoyo ilayumu kwambeti ngatukumana ne busuba bwakombolosha.

In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

18 Muntu ukute lusuno liyawa buyowa, pakwinga lusuno lwashimpa lukute kupwisha buyowa. Neco lusuno nkalwashimpa mu muntu uliyense ukute buyowa, latininga cisubulo.

There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.

19 Tukute kusuna Lesa pakwinga ewalatanguna kutusuna.

We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

20 Na muntu wambeti ndimusuni Lesa nsombi nkatasuni mukwabo ekwambeti labepenga, pakwinga muntu utasuni mukwabo ngwalabononga nkela kusuna Lesa uyo ngwatana abonapo.

If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?

21 Mulawo ngwalatupa niwakwambeti layandanga kusuna Lesa asune mukwabo.

And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.