1 B eloved, do not put faith in every spirit, but prove (test) the spirits to discover whether they proceed from God; for many false prophets have gone forth into the world.

Gacaliyayaalow, ha rumaysanina ruux walba, laakiin ruuxyada tijaabiya si aad u hubsataan inay kuwa Ilaah yihiin; waayo, nebiyo badan oo been ah ayaa u soo baxay dunida.

2 B y this you may know (perceive and recognize) the Spirit of God: every spirit which acknowledges and confesses that Jesus Christ (the Messiah) has become man and has come in the flesh is of God;

Taasaad ku garanaysaan Ruuxa Ilaah; ruux walba oo qirta in Ciise Masiix jidh ku yimid, waa ku Ilaah.

3 A nd every spirit which does not acknowledge and confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh '> annul, destroy, sever, disunite Him] is not of God. This '> nonconfession] is the of the antichrist, which you heard that it was coming, and now it is already in the world.

Oo ruux walba oo aan qiran Ciise Masiix ku Ilaah ma aha; oo kanuna waa ruuxa kan Masiixa ka geesta ah oo aad maqasheen inuu imanayo, imminkana duniduu ku jiraa.

4 L ittle children, you are of God and have defeated and overcome them, because He Who lives in you is greater (mightier) than he who is in the world.

Carruurtiiyey, kuwa Ilaah baad tihiin, oo iyagaad ka adkaateen; maxaa yeelay, Ka idinku jira ayaa ka weyn ka dunida ku jira.

5 T hey proceed from the world and are of the world; therefore it is out of the world '> whole economy morally considered] that they speak, and the world listens (pays attention) to them.

Iyagu waa kuwa dunida; oo taas aawadeed waxay ka hadlaan waxa dunida, oo duniduna way maqashaa.

6 W e are of God. Whoever is learning to know God '> get an ever-clearer knowledge of Him] listens to us; and he who is not of God does not listen or pay attention to us. By this we know (recognize) the Spirit of Truth and the spirit of error.

Innaguna kuwa Ilaah baynu nahay; ka Ilaah yaqaan waa ina maqlaa; oo ka aan kan Ilaah ahaynna inama maqlo. Taasaynu ku garanaynaa ruuxa runta ah iyo ruuxa qaladka ah. Ilaah Waa Jacayl

7 B eloved, let us love one another, for love is (springs) from God; and he who loves is begotten (born) of God and is coming to know and understand God.

Gacaliyayaalow, aynu isjeclaanno; waayo, Ilaah baa leh jacaylka; oo mid walba oo jecel, wuxuu ka dhashay Ilaah, Ilaah buuna yaqaan.

8 H e who does not love has not become acquainted with God, for God is love.

Oo ka aan jeclaynina Ilaah ma yaqaan; waayo, Ilaah waa jacayl.

9 I n this the love of God was made manifest (displayed) where we are concerned: in that God sent His Son, the only begotten or unique, into the world so that we might live through Him.

Ilaah baa Wiilkiisa keliya oo dhashay dunida u soo diray si aynu ugu noolaanno isaga, oo taasaa jacaylka Ilaah laynoogu muujiyey.

10 I n this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins.

Oo taas jacayl baa ku jira, mana aha inaynu Ilaah jeclayn, laakiinse isagaa ina jeclaaday, oo wuxuu Wiilkiisa u soo diray si uu kafaaraggudka dembiyadeenna u noqdo.

11 B eloved, if God loved us so, we also ought to love one another.

Gacaliyayaalow, haddii Ilaah sidaa inoo jeclaaday, waa inaynu isjeclaanno.

12 N o man has at any time seen God. But if we love one another, God abides (lives and remains) in us and His love (that love which is essentially His) is brought to completion (to its full maturity, runs its full course, is perfected) in us!

Cidina Ilaah ma arkin marnaba. Haddii aynu isjeclaanno, Ilaah wuu inagu jiraa, oo jacaylkiisu wuu inagu dhan yahay.

13 B y this we come to know (perceive, recognize, and understand) that we abide (live and remain) in Him and He in us: because He has given (imparted) to us of His Spirit.

Ruuxiisuu ina siiyey oo taasaynu ku garanaynaa inaynu ku sii jirno isaga, isaguna inagu sii jiro.

14 A nd we ourselves have seen (have deliberately and steadfastly contemplated) and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son Savior of the world.

Innagu waynu aragnay oo waxaynu markhaati u furaynaa in Aabbuhu Wiilka soo diray si uu Badbaadiyaha dunida u noqdo.

15 A nyone who confesses (acknowledges, owns) that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides (lives, makes His home) in him and he in God.

Ku alla kii qirta inuu Ciise yahay Wiilka Ilaah, Ilaah baa ku sii jira isaga, isaguna wuu ku sii jiraa Ilaah.

16 A nd we know (understand, recognize, are conscious of, by observation and by experience) and believe (adhere to and put faith in and rely on) the love God cherishes for us. God is love, and he who dwells and continues in love dwells and continues in God, and God dwells and continues in him.

Oo innaguna waan garanaynaa oo waan rumaysan nahay jacaylka Ilaah inoo qabo. Ilaah waa jacayl; oo kii ku sii jiraa jacaylka, Ilaah buu ku sii jiraa, Ilaahna isaguu ku sii jiraa.

17 I n this love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as He is, so are we in this world.

Taasaa jacaylku kaamil inoogu noqday si aynu kalsoonaan u lahaanno maalinta xisaabta; maxaa yeelay, siduu isagu yahay ayaynu innaguna dunidan ku nahay.

18 T here is no fear in love, but full-grown (complete, perfect) love turns fear out of doors and expels every trace of terror! For fear brings with it the thought of punishment, and he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity of love.

Jacaylku baqdin ma leh, laakiin jacaylka kaamilka ahi baqdinta dibadduu u saaraa, waayo, baqdintu ciqaab bay leedahay. Oo kii baqaana kaamil kuma noqdo jacaylka.

19 W e love Him, because He first loved us.

Waynu jecel nahay isaga, waayo, isagaa hore inoo jeclaaday.

20 I f anyone says, I love God, and hates (detests, abominates) his brother '> in Christ], he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, Whom he has not seen.

Haddii qof yidhaahdo, Ilaah waan jeclahay, oo uu walaalkiis neceb yahay, waa beenaaleh, maxaa yeelay, kan aan jeclayn walaalkii uu arko sidee buu u jeclaan karaa Ilaaha uusan arag?

21 A nd this command (charge, order, injunction) we have from Him: that he who loves God shall love his brother '> believer] also.

Oo waxaynu isaga ka haysannaa qaynuunkan, kaas oo ah, Kii Ilaah jecel, walaalkiina ha jeclaado.