1 Johane
4:1 Bathandekayo, ningakholwa yibo bonke omoya, kodwa hlolani omoya ukuthi bayikho yini
kaNkulunkulu: ngokuba baningi abaprofethi bamanga abaphumele ezweni.
4:2 Yazini uMoya kaNkulunkulu ngalokhu: Bonke omoya abakuvumayo lokho
UJesu Kristu uzile enyameni ungokaNkulunkulu;
4:3 Futhi wonke umoya ongamvumi ukuthi uJesu Kristu ufikile
inyama ayiveli kuNkulunkulu, futhi lona ungumoya womphikukristu eninawo nina
ngizwile ukuthi iyeza; namanje isikhona emhlabeni.
4:4 Nina ningabakaNkulunkulu, bantwanyana, futhi nibanqobile, ngoba mkhulu
nguye okini, kunalowo osezweni.
4:5 Bona bangabezwe, ngakho-ke bakhuluma okwezwe nezwe
uyabezwa.
4:6 Thina singabakaNkulunkulu; omaziyo uNkulunkulu uyasizwa; ongesiye okaNkulunkulu
akasizwa. Ngalokhu siyazi umoya weqiniso nomoya we
iphutha.
4:7 Bathandekayo, masithandane, ngokuba uthando luvela kuNkulunkulu; kanye nakho konke lokho
Uthando luzelwe nguNkulunkulu, futhi luyamazi uNkulunkulu.
4:8 Lowo ongenalo uthando akamazi uNkulunkulu; ngoba uNkulunkulu uluthando.
4:9 Uthando lukaNkulunkulu lwabonakaliswa kithi ngalokhu, ngokuba uNkulunkulu uthumile
iNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa emhlabeni, ukuze siphile ngayo.
4:10 Uthando lukulokhu, kungesikho ukuthi thina samthanda uNkulunkulu, kodwa ukuthi yena wasithanda, wathuma
iNdodana yakhe ibe yinhlawulo ngezono zethu.
4:11 Bathandekayo, uma uNkulunkulu wasithanda kangaka, nathi kufanele sithandane.
4:12 Akekho owake wabona uNkulunkulu. Uma sithandana, uNkulunkulu uhlala
kithi, nothando lwakhe luphelelisiwe kithi.
4:13 Ngalokhu siyazi ukuthi sihlala kuye, naye kithi, ngoba unikile
thina ngoMoya wakhe.
4:14 Futhi sibonile futhi siyafakaza ukuthi uBaba wayithuma iNdodana ibe yiNdodana
Msindisi womhlaba.
4:15 Yilowo nalowo ovuma ukuthi uJesu uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu uhlala kuyo
naye, naye kuNkulunkulu.
4:16 Futhi thina siyalwazi futhi sakholwa uthando uNkulunkulu analo kithi. UNkulunkulu ukhona
uthando; futhi ohlala othandweni uhlala kuNkulunkulu, noNkulunkulu kuye.
4:17 Uthando lwenziwe lwapheleliswa ngalokhu, ukuze sibe nesibindi ngosuku lokuphela
ukwahlulela: ngokuba njengalokhu enjalo yena, sinjalo nathi kuleli zwe.
4:18 Akukho ukwesaba othandweni; kodwa uthando olupheleleyo luyaxotsha ukwesaba;
uvalo lunobuhlungu. Owesabayo akapheleliswa othandweni.
4:19 Thina siyamthanda, ngoba yena wasithanda kuqala.
4:20 Uma umuntu ethi: Ngiyamthanda uNkulunkulu, kepha ezonda umzalwane wakhe, ungumqambimanga;
ongamthandiyo umzalwane wakhe ambonileyo, angamthanda kanjani uNkulunkulu
akaboni?
4:21 Futhi lo myalo sinawo uvela kuye, ukuthi othanda uNkulunkulu athande owakhe
umfowethu futhi.