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 Ay baakoy, araŋ ma si biya* kulu cimandi, amma araŋ ma biyey si ka di hala Irikoy wane yaŋ no. Zama tangari annabi* boobo say-say ndunnya ra.
2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
2 Woone gaa no araŋ ga Irikoy Biya bay: biya kulu kaŋ goono ga seeda ka ne Yesu Almasihu kaa gaaham ra, nga wo Irikoy wane no.
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.
3 Biya kulu mo kaŋ si Yesu seeda, manti Irikoy wane no. Nga mo no ga ti Almasihu wane yanjekaaro biya kaŋ araŋ maa baaru kaŋ a go kaa. Za sohõ mo a go ndunnya ra.
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 Ize kayney, araŋ wo Irikoy wane yaŋ no. Araŋ te zaama tangari annabey din boŋ. Zama nga kaŋ go araŋ ra bisa nga kaŋ go ndunnya ra gaabi.
5They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
5 Borey wo ndunnya wane yaŋ no. Woodin sabbay se i goono ga salaŋ danga ndunnya wane yaŋ. Ndunnya mo goono ga maa i sanney.
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.
6 Iri wo Irikoy wane yaŋ no. Boro kaŋ ga Irikoy bay ga maa iri se. Boro kaŋ manti Irikoy wane mo si maa iri se. Woodin do no iri ga cimi biya da darayyaŋ biya fayanka.
7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
7 Ay baakoy, iri ma ba care zama baakasinay fun Irikoy do. Boro kulu mo kaŋ gonda baakasinay, i n'a hay Irikoy do, a ga Irikoy bay mo.
8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
8 Boro kaŋ sinda baakasinay si Irikoy bay, zama Irikoy ya baakasinay no.
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.
9 Woone gaa no Irikoy na nga baakasina bangandi iri se: Irikoy na nga ize follonka donton ndunnya ra zama iri ma funa a sabbo ra.
10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
10 Woone ra no baakasinay go: manti sanda iri no ba Irikoy bo, amma nga no ba iri ka nga Izo donton a ma ciya sasabandiyaŋ sargay iri zunubey sabbay se.
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
11 Ay baakoy, da Irikoy ga ba iri yaadin cine, a ga hima iri mo ma ba care.
12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
12 Boro kulu mana di Irikoy baa ce fo. D'iri ga ba care, Irikoy goono ga goro iri ra, a baakasina mo to iri ra.
13Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
13 Woone gaa no iri ga bay kaŋ iri goono ga goro Irikoy ra, nga mo go iri ra, zama a n'iri no nga Biya.
14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
14 Iri mo, iri di, iri goono ga seeda mo ka ne kaŋ Baaba na Izo donton zama a ma ciya ndunnya Faabako.
15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
15 Boro kulu kaŋ ga seeda ka ne Yesu ya Irikoy Izo no, Irikoy goono ga goro bora din ra, nga mo go Irikoy ra.
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.
16 Iri mo, iri ga baakasina bay kaŋ Irikoy gonda iri se, iri n'a cimandi mo. Irikoy ya baakasinay no. Boro kaŋ goono ga goro baakasinay ra, a goono ga goro Irikoy ra. Irikoy mo goono ga goro a ra.
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 Danga mate kaŋ cine Almasihu go, yaadin no iri mo go ndunnyo wo ra. Woodin do no baakasinay ciya toonante iri ra, zama iri ma bara nda bine-gaabi ciiti zaaro ra.
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.
18 Humburkumay si baakasinay ra, amma baakasinay toonante ga humburkumay gaaray, zama boro kaŋ ga humburu, goojiyaŋ sabbay se no a goono ga humburu. Boro kaŋ goono ga humburu mo, manti toonante no baakasinay ra.
19We love him, because he first loved us.
19 Iri gonda baakasinay zama Irikoy jin ka ba iri.
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?
20 Da boro fo ga ne: «Ay ga ba Irikoy,» amma a goono ga konna nga nya-izo, a ciya tangarikom. Zama boro kaŋ si ba nga nya-izo kaŋ a go ga di si hin ka ba Irikoy kaŋ a mana di.
21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
21 Lordo wo mo, Almasihu do no iri du a: boro kaŋ ga ba Irikoy ma ba nga nya-izo mo.