1 John 4
1 Most beloved, do not be willing to believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Nɔvi lɔlɔ̃tɔwo, migaxɔ gbɔgbɔ ɖe sia ɖe ko dzi se o, ke boŋ mido gbɔgbɔwo kpɔ be wotso Mawu gbɔ hã. Elabena aʋatsonyagbɔɖila geɖewo kaka ɖe xexea me.
2 The Spirit of God may be known in this way. Every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has arrived in the flesh is of God;
Ale si míatsɔ dze si Mawu ƒe Gbɔgbɔe nye esi: Gbɔgbɔ ɖe sia ɖe si ɖe gbeƒã be Yesu Kristo va le ŋutilã me la tso Mawu gbɔ.
3 and every spirit who contradicts Jesus is not of God. And this one is the Antichrist, the one that you have heard is coming, and even now he is in the world.
Ke Gbɔgbɔ ɖe sia ɖe si meɖea gbeƒã Yesu Kristo o la metso Mawu gbɔ o. Esiae nye Kristo ƒe futɔ ƒe gbɔgbɔ si mese be egbɔna eye fifia gɔ̃ hã la ele xexea me xoxo.
4 Little sons, you are of God, and so you have overcome him. For he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Vinye lɔlɔ̃awo, miawo ya la, mienye Mawu viwo, eye mieɖu aʋatsonyagbɔɖila siawo dzi; elabena Gbɔgbɔ si le mia me la tri akɔ wu esi le xexea me.
5 They are of the world. Therefore, they speak about the world, and the world listens to them.
Wotso xexea me, eya ta woƒoa nu le xexea me ƒe nugɔmesese nu, eye xexea me ɖoa to wo.
6 We are of God. Whoever knows God, listens to us. Whoever is not of God, does not listen to us. In this way, we know the Spirit of truth from the spirit of error.
Míawo ya míetso Mawu gbɔ, eye ame sia ame si nya Mawu la ɖoa to mí; ke ame si metso Mawu gbɔ o la meɖoa to mí o. Esiae na míedzea si Nyateƒegbɔgbɔ kple aʋatsogbɔgbɔ.
7 Most beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God. And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
Xɔ̃nye lɔlɔ̃wo, mina míalɔ̃ mía nɔewo, elabena Mawu gbɔe lɔlɔ̃ tsona. Ame sia ame si lɔ̃a ame la, wodzii tso Mawu me, eye wònya Mawu.
8 Whoever does not love, does not know God. For God is love.
Ame si melɔ̃a ame o la, menya Mawu o, elabena Mawu nye lɔlɔ̃.
9 The love of God was made apparent to us in this way: that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
Ale si Mawu ɖe eƒe lɔlɔ̃ fia le mía dome lae nye: eɖo via ɖeka hɔ̃ɔ ɖe xexea me be míanɔ agbe to eya amea me.
10 In this is love: not as if we had loved God, but that he first loved us, and so he sent his Son as a propitiation for our sins.
Esiae nye lɔlɔ̃ vavã, menye míawoe lɔ̃ Mawu o, ke boŋ le eƒe lɔlɔ̃ na mí ta wòɖo Via ɖa abe avulévɔsa le míaƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta ene.
11 Most beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Xɔ̃nye lɔlɔ̃tɔwo, le ale si Mawu lɔ̃ mí ta la, ele be míawo hã míalɔ̃ mía nɔewo.
12 No one has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Ame aɖeke mekpɔ Mawu kpɔ o, ke ne míelɔ̃ mía nɔewo la, Mawu ƒe Gbɔgbɔ le mía me, eye eƒe lɔlɔ̃ ade blibo le mía me.
13 In this way, we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he has given to us from his Spirit.
Míenyae bena míele agbe le eya amea me, eye eya hã le mía me, elabena etsɔ eƒe Gbɔgbɔ de mía me.
14 And we have seen, and we testify, that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
Míekpɔe, eye míeɖi ɖase be Fofo la ɖo Via ɖa be wòanye xexea me ƒe Ɖela.
15 Whoever has confessed that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
Ame sia ame si aɖe gbeƒã be Yesue nye Mawu Vi la la, Mawu le eya amea me, eye eya hã le Mawu me.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love. And he who abides in love, abides in God, and God in him.
Eye míawo míedze si lɔlɔ̃ si Mawu tsɔ lɔ̃a mi, eye míexɔ edzi se. Mawue nye lɔlɔ̃, eye ame si nɔa lɔlɔ̃ me la, eya nɔa Mawu me, eye Mawu hã nɔa eya me.
17 In this way, the love of God is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment. For as he is, so also are we, in this world.
Ewɔ míaƒe lɔlɔ̃ wòde blibo le mía dome, ale be dzideƒo nanɔ mía si le ʋɔnudrɔ̃ŋkekea dzi, elabena míaƒe agbenɔnɔ le xexe sia me sɔ kple etɔ.
18 Fear is not in love. Instead, perfect love casts out fear, for fear pertains to punishment. And whoever fears is not perfected in love.
Vɔ̃vɔ aɖeke menɔa lɔlɔ̃ me o, ke boŋ lɔlɔ̃ vavãtɔ nyaa vɔvɔ̃ ɖe sia ɖe ɖa. Elabena vɔvɔ̃ ku ɖe tohehe ŋu. Ame si vɔ̃na la ƒe lɔlɔ̃ mede blibo o.
19 Therefore, let us love God, for God first loved us.
Míelɔ̃ mía nɔewo, elabena Mawu tre mía lɔlɔ̃.
20 If anyone says that he loves God, but hates his brother, then he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother, whom he does see, in what way can he love God, whom he does not see?
Ne ame aɖe ƒo adegbe be, “Melɔ̃ Mawu,” ke wòléa fu nɔvia la, enye alakpatɔ, elabena ame sia ame si melɔ̃a nɔvia, ame si kpɔm wòle o la, mate ŋu alɔ̃ Mawu ame si mekpɔna o.
21 And this is the commandment that we have from God, that he who loves God must also love his brother.
Mawu ŋutɔ de se na mí be ame si lɔ̃a Mawu la nelɔ̃ nɔvia hã.
