1 John 2 | New Testament

1 John 2English

1 Johani 2African Kalanga

English1
My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense–Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
African Kalanga
Bana bangu, ndomukwalila lukwalo igogu kuti ndizo musitjinye. Koga ha mmwe wenyu etjinya, tina nlebelekeli wedu kuna Tate, iye Jesu Khirisiti we nlulwami,
English2
He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
African Kalanga
ndiye tjibhayilo tjinodusa matjinyo edu. Asi edu koga, ne matjinyo e hango yose.
English3
We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.
African Kalanga
Ha tilondolodza milayo iye, ndiko sekwa tingabe ne luzibo guhhele kuti tonziba.
English4
The man who says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
African Kalanga
Iye unoti “Ndonziba,” koga asingalondolodze milayo iye, nnyepi, ngono malebeswa ate ali muunli.
English5
But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him:
African Kalanga
Koga iye unolondolodza dama lile, muunli ludo gwe Ndzimu guyapo ne buhhalo. Tingabvuma kuti timuunli, ha titjila sa whoku:
English6
Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.
African Kalanga
Iye unozwibva eti unotjilila muunli wakafanila tjila ne zila yaakatjilabo ndiyo.
English7
Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard.
African Kalanga
Badiwa, anditomukwalila mmwe nlayo ntshwa, koga ndomukwalila nekwe nlayo nkulukugwi wamakabe munawo kubva mu kutangisa. Nlayo iwoyu nkulukugwi ndilo dama lamakawha.
English8
Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.
African Kalanga
Nenguba ndimukwalila nlayo ntshwa, malebeswa awo anobong'wa muunli ne mumuli, ngobe hhalima lopinda, ngono tjedza tje malebeswa tjotjipenya kale.
English9
Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.
African Kalanga
Iye unoti umu tjedza koga ebenga gamu litje, unobe atjimu hhalima zwe.
English10
Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble.
African Kalanga
Iye unoda gamu litje ugele mu tjedza, ngono mu tjedza akuna tjingathama kuti utjinye.
English11
But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him.
African Kalanga
Koga iye unobenga gamu litje umu hhalima kakale unoyenda mu hhalima, ngono aatoziba kwaanoyenda, ngobe hhalima lakampofupadza.
English12
I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.
African Kalanga
Bana bangu, ndomukwalila ngobe matjinyo enyu makaazwiibhatigwa nekwe zina lile.
English13
I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, dear children, because you have known the Father.
African Kalanga
Botate, ndamukwalila ngobe monziba iye unobva mu kutangisa. Imwi bahhuhha, ndamukwalila ngobe makakunda mbimbi.
English14
I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
African Kalanga
Botate, ndamukwalila ngobe monziba iye wakabe alipo kubva mu kutangisa. Bahhuhha, ndamukwalila ngobe makasima nenge dama le Ndzimu logala mumuli, kakale makakunda mbimbi.
English15
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
African Kalanga
Muside hango kene tjimwe tje hango. Ha mmwe eda hango, aatoda Tate.
English16
For everything in the world–the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does–comes not from the Father but from the world.
African Kalanga
Ngoti tjimwe ne tjimwe tjimu hango; njemulo dze mbili ne njemulo dze meho ne kuzwida mubutjilo, akutobva kuna Tate, koga ndekwe hango.
English17
The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.
African Kalanga
Hango inopela ne njemulo dzayo, koga iye unothama kuda kwe Ndzimu unotjilila tjose.
English18
Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.
African Kalanga
Bana bangu, kwabe tjibaka tje bupelo! Makawha kuti tjita tja Khirisiti tjaswika; ngono ngwenu zwita zwa Khirisiti zwinji zwabe yapo kale, ndizo nekwa ikoku toziba kuti kwabe nsi we bupelo.
English19
They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.
African Kalanga
Ibaba banhu tjoselele ate bali bamwe bedu, ndizo wali bakatisiya; ha bakabe bali bamwe bedu, banobe bakagala naswi. Koga bakayenda kuti kube patjena kuti akuna wabo tjose wakabe ali wedu.
English20
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
African Kalanga
Koga imwi makahhodziwa ne Wakayengemala, ngono mose muna luzibo.
English21
I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.
African Kalanga
Ndomukwalila, kusi kuti ngobe musingazibe malebeswa; koga ngobe muaziba, ne kuti mozibabo kuti akuna manyepkhwa anobva mu malebeswa.
English22
Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist–he denies the Father and the Son.
African Kalanga
Nnyepi ndiani ngono, aaisi mmwe ne mmwe unolandula kuti Jesu ndi Khirisiti. Nhu wakajalo tjita tja Khirisiti, unolandula bose Tate ne Nkololo.
English23
No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
African Kalanga
Ngobe iye unolandula Nkololo, na Tate unobalandulabo; iye unoleba kuti unobvuma mu Nkololo, na Tate unabo.
English24
See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
African Kalanga
Thamani kuti tjamakawha kubva mu kutangisa tjigale mumuli. Ha tjamakawha tjigala mumuli namwibo mowogala mu Nkololo ne muna Tate.
English25
And this is what he promised us–even eternal life.
African Kalanga
Ngono ikoku ndiko kwatakagadziwabgwe ndiye, butjilo gusingapele.
English26
I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.
African Kalanga
Ndamukwalila ikoku nekwa ibabo banogwisa kumudzimidza.
English27
As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit–just as it has taught you, remain in him.
African Kalanga
Koga kuhhodziwa kwamakahhodziwa ndiye kumumuli, ndizo amutohaka mmwe kumudiya. Se kuhhodza kukwe kumudiya nekwe tjimwe ne tjimwe, kakale ili lebeswa lisina manyepkhwa, koga sekwa kwakamudiya galani munli.
English28
And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.
African Kalanga
Ee, bana bangu, ibeni bang'ompela naye, kuti ndizo ati ehha tisime, ngono tisibhakhwe ne honi ha ehha.
English29
If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.
African Kalanga
Ha muziba kuti wakalulwama, mungazibabo kuti mmwe ne mmwe unothama tjakalulwama mwana uwe.

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.