1 Corinthians 13 | New Testament

1 Corinthians 13English

1 Bakorinta 13African Kalanga

English1
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
African Kalanga
Ha ndilebeleka ne ndimi dze banhu nenge dze batumwa be kudzimu, koga ndisina ludo, ndonga tshipi inolidziwa ilonga hhoba, kene tiloko inolobana.
English2
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
African Kalanga
Ngono ha ndina simba le bulebesambeli ndiwhisisa masazibgwe wose, ndina luzibo gose, kakale ha ndina kugalamoyo kose kunomilidza matombo, koga ndisina ludo, ate ndili tjimwe.
English3
If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
African Kalanga
Ha ndikoba kose kwandinako nenguba ndingapa mbili wangu kuti upisiwe, koga ndisina ludo, anditobuyigwa ne tjimwe.
English4
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
African Kalanga
Ludo guna moyonlefu, guna n’hhahho, ludo aguna fupa kene kuzwikudza kene kuzwida,
English5
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
African Kalanga
agutohaya mazwibhato. Ludo agutozwihakila; agutogwadzisiwamoyo kene kuli kubhata mmwe ne moyo;
English6
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
African Kalanga
agutohanhila mbipo, koga gohanhila ndulamo.*
English7
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
African Kalanga
Ludo agutonyalamoyo mu zwinhu zose, gogalamoyo zwinhu zose, gogalabgwe zwinhu zose, gosimisila mu zwinhu zose.
English8
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
African Kalanga
Ludo agutopela, ha kuli kusumikila kowopinda ne ndimi dzowoma, ha guli luzibo gowopinda.
English9
For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
African Kalanga
Ne kuti luzibo gwedu ne kusumikila dama le Ndzimu azwizopelela,
English10
but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.
African Kalanga
koga panowohha tjakapelela, tjisakapelela tjowopinda.
English11
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.
African Kalanga
Pandakabe nditji mwana, ndakabe ndilebeleka se mwana, ndialakana se mwana ndihingisa mikumbulo ye bumwana; ndakati ndabe nlume athubukana ne zwinhu zwe bumwana.
English12
Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
African Kalanga
Ne kuti ngwenu tobona mu tjiboni kusingaboneseseke, koga ipapo towobe takalingisana nge meho. Ngwenu ndoziba ntome koga, koga ipapo ndowobe ndiwhisisa ne buhhalo sekwa ndakawhisisiwa.
English13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
African Kalanga
Ndizo ngwenu zwinhu zwitatu ezwi: kugalamoyo ne kugalabgwe ne ludo azwitoyenda kumwe, koga tjikulu muna izwezwi ludo.

Source: The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible, Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo, 2026. This online edition was extracted and reformatted from the PDF edition. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.