1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1¶ E nga hoa aroha, kaua e whakapono atu ki nga wairua katoa, engari me whakamatau nga wairua no te Atua ranei; he tokomaha hoki nga poropiti teka kua haere mai ki te ao.
2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
2Ma konei koutou ka matau ai ki te Wairua o te Atua: ko nga wairua katoa e whakaae ana i haere mai a Ihu Karaiti i te kikokiko, no te Atua era:
3And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
3Ko nga wairua katoa hoki kahore e whakaae i haere mai a Ihu Karaiti i te kikokiko, ehara i te mea no te Atua: ko to te anatikaraiti wairua ano tenei, i rongo nei koutou e haere mai ana; a tenei ano kei te ao nei inaianei.
4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
4¶ No te Atua koutou, e aku tamariki nonohi, kua kaha ano koutou i a ratou: no te mea nui atu tenei i roto i a koutou, i tera i roto i te ao.
5They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
5No te ao ratou: na reira no te ao nei ano a ratou korero, a e whakarongo ana te ao ki a ratou.
6We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
6No te Atua tatou: ko te tangata e matau ana ki te Atua, e whakarongo ana ia ki a tatou; ko te tangata ehara nei i ta te Atua, e kore ia e whakarongo ki a tatou. Ma konei tatou ka matau ai ki te wairua o te pono, ki te wairua o te he.
7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
7¶ E nga hoa aroha, kia aroha tatou tetahi ki tetahi: no te Atua hoki te aroha; ko te hunga katoa hoki e aroha ana, kua whanau i te Atua, e matau ana hoki ki te Atua.
8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
8Ko te tangata kahore e aroha, kahore ia e matau ki te Atua; he aroha hoki te Atua.
9In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
9Na konei i kitea mai ai te aroha o te Atua ki a tatou, na te mea kua tonoa mai e te Atua tana Tama kotahi ki te ao, kia ora ai tatou i a ia.
10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
10Ko te aroha tenei, ehara i te mea ko tatou kua aroha ki te Atua, engari ko ia kua aroha ki a tatou, a tonoa mai ana e ia tana Tama hei whakamarie mo o tatou hara.
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
11E nga hoa aroha, ki te mea i penei te aroha o te Atua ki a tatou, he tika ano hoki kia aroha tatou tetahi ki tetahi.
12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
12Kahore he wa i kite ai tetahi i te Atua. Ki te aroha tatou tetahi ki tetahi, e noho ana te Atua i roto i a tatou, kua rite pu ano tona aroha i roto i a tatou.
13Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
13Na konei tatou i matau ai e noho ana tatou i roto i a ia, me ia i roto i a tatou, na te mea kua homai e ia ta tona Wairua ki a tatou.
14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
14¶ Kua kite ano matou, ka whakaatu nei ano hoki, i tonoa mai te Tama e te Matua hei Kaiwhakaora mo te ao.
15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
15Ko te tangata e whakaae ana ko Ihu te Tama a te Atua, e noho ana te Atua i roto i a ia, me ia ano hoki i roto i te Atua.
16And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
16Kua matau nei ano hoki tatou, kua whakapono ki te aroha o te Atua ki a tatou. He aroha te Atua, ko te tangata hoki e noho ana i runga i te aroha e noho ana i roto i te Atua, me te Atua ano hoki i roto i a ia.
17Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
17¶ Na konei te aroha i roto i a tatou i rite pu ai, a ka whai maiatanga ano tatou a te ra whakawa: na te mea e rite ana ki a ia tatou e noho nei i tenei ao.
18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
18Kahore he mataku i roto i te aroha: engari ka maka te mataku ki waho e te aroha ina tino rite; no te mea he mamae to te mataku. Ko te tangata hoki e mataku ana, kahore ia i tino rite i roto i te aroha.
19We love him, because he first loved us.
19E aroha ana tatou ki a ia, no te mea ko ia kua matua aroha ki a tatou.
20If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
20Ki te mea tetahi, E aroha ana ahau ki te Atua, a e mauahara ana ki tona teina, he tangata teka ia: ko te tangata hoki kahore e aroha ki tona teina i kitea nei e ia, me pehea ka aroha ai ia ki te Atua kahore nei i kitea e ia?
21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
21Kei a tatou ano hoki tenei ture, he mea nana, Ko te tangata e aroha ana ki te Atua, kia aroha hoki ki tona teina.