1 John 4
1 Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because 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 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come 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 doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God; and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.
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 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you 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 of the world, and the world hears 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. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and 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 Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been 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 He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
Ame si melɔ̃a ame o la, menya Mawu o, elabena Mawu nye lɔlɔ̃.
9 By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his only born Son into the world 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 that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice 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 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, 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 seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been 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 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
Míenyae bena míele agbe le eya amea me, eye eya hã le mía me, elabena etsɔ eƒe Gbɔgbɔ de mía me.
14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
Míekpɔe, eye míeɖi ɖase be Fofo la ɖo Via ɖa be wòanye xexea me ƒe Ɖela.
15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains 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 We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains 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, love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so we are 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 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect 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 We love him, because he first loved us.
Míelɔ̃ mía nɔewo, elabena Mawu tre mía lɔlɔ̃.
20 If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
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 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
Mawu ŋutɔ de se na mí be ame si lɔ̃a Mawu la nelɔ̃ nɔvia hã.
