1 KaYohane 4 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

4 ¹Zintanda, musani ukukholwa yiyo yonke imimoya, koko yicikideni imimoya ukuba ingaba ivela kuBawo wethu na, kuba baninzi abaprofeti bobuxoki abaphumele ehlabathini. ²Nokwazi ngayo le nto uMoya kaBawo wethu: wonke umoya ovumayo ukuba uYesu Krestu weza enyameni uvela kuBawo wethu, ³wonke ke umoya ongavumiyo uYesu awuveli kuBawo wethu. Lo ngumoya womchasi kaKrestu, enaweva ukuba uyeza, osele ekhona ehlabathini ngoku. ⁴Nina nivela kuBawo wethu, bantwana abancinane, kwaye nibeyisile, kuba mkhulu lowo ukuni kunalowo usehlabathini. ⁵Bona bavela ehlabathini; ngenxa yoko bathetha ngokwasehlabathini, size ihlabathi liphulaphule kubo. ⁶Thina sivela kuBawo wethu. Lowo umaziyo uyasiphulaphula; lowo ungaveli kuye akasiphulaphuli. Ngale nto ke siwazi uMoya wenyaniso nomoya wempazamo.

UBawo Wethu Uluthando

⁷Zintanda, masithandane, kuba uthando luvela kuBawo wethu, kwaye bonke abathandayo bazelwe nguye, bayamazi. ⁸Lowo ungathandiyo akamazi uBawo wethu, kuba uBawo wethu uluthando. ^a a v8 “UThixo uluthando” kuba ngu “uBawo wethu uluthando” — uthando asiyompawu ayinxibileyo, koko bubuyena kanye njengoBawo. ⁹Nabonakala ngayo le nto uthando lukaBawo wethu phakathi kwethu: uBawo wethu wamthuma uNyana wakhe okuphela kwakhe ehlabathini, ukuze siphile ngaye. ¹⁰Lulolu uthando: kungekhona ukuba thina samthanda uBawo wethu, koko kungokuba yena wasithanda, waza wathuma uNyana wakhe ukuba abe lidini elicamagushela izono zethu. ^b b v10 Idini elicamagushelayo ngumnikelo ohlawula lonke ixabiso lesono, ubuyisele ubudlelwane esasibonakalise ngaso isono sethu. ¹¹Zintanda, ukuba uBawo wethu wasithanda ngolo hlobo, nathi simelwe kukuthandana. ¹²Akukho namnye wakha wambona uBawo wethu; ukuba siyathandana, uBawo wethu uhlala kuthi, nothando lwakhe lufikelela ekuzalisekeni kuthi. ¹³Nokwazi ngayo le nto ukuba sihlala kuye naye kuthi: usiphe uMoya wakhe. ¹⁴Thina sibonile, siyangqina ukuba uBawo wethu wamthuma uNyana ukuba abe nguMsindisi wehlabathi. ¹⁵Lowo uvumayo ukuba uYesu unguNyana kaBawo wethu, uBawo wethu uhlala kuye, naye uhlala kuBawo wethu. ¹⁶Thina silwazile sakholwa luthando uBawo wethu analo kuthi. UBawo wethu uluthando, kwaye lowo uhlala eluthandweni uhlala kuye, naye uhlala kuye. ¹⁷Nafikelela ngayo le nto uthando ekuzalisekeni kuthi, ukuze sibe nenkoloseko ngomhla womgwebo, kuba njengoko enjalo yena, sinjalo nathi kweli hlabathi. ¹⁸Eluthandweni akukho koyika; uthando olugqibeleleyo luyakukhuphela ngaphandle ukoyika, kuba ukoyika kunesohlwayo, kananjalo lowo woyikayo akazalisekanga eluthandweni. ¹⁹Thina siyathanda ngenxa yokuba uBawo wethu wasithanda kuqala. ²⁰Ukuba ubani uthi: “Ndiyamthanda uBawo wethu,” kodwa emthiya umzalwana wakhe, nguye olixoki. Kuba othe akamthanda umzalwana wakhe, lowo ambonileyo, akanako ukumthanda uBawo wethu, lowo angambonanga. ²¹Kananjalo lo mthetho sinawo ovela kuye: lowo umthandayo uBawo wethu makamthande nomzalwana wakhe.