1 John 3 | New Testament

1 John 3English

1 Johani 3African Kalanga

English1
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
African Kalanga
Bonani kuti Tate bakatida ne ludo gungapani, kwatinodang'wa bana be Ndzimu! Koga malebeswa tibana bawo. Hango aitotiziba, ngobe aizotongo ziba Ndzimu.
English2
Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
African Kalanga
Badiwa, tibana be Ndzimu sangwenu. Akunhu kukatjena kuti towobeni, koga toziba kuti nsi waanohha towobe tinga iye, ne kuti towombona ali sekwa agele.
English3
Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.
African Kalanga
Mmwe ne mmwe unogalabgwe muunli ne zila iyeyi unozwitjenapadza ebe mbuyanana sa iye ali mbuyanana.
English4
Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.
African Kalanga
Mmwe ne mmwe unotjinya unotjuluka nlayo; ngobe jinyo whutjuluka nlayo.
English5
But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin.
African Kalanga
Moziba kuti Jesu wakahhila kudusa matjinyo edu, ngono iye ne kukwe aana jinyo.
English6
No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.
African Kalanga
Akuna unontjilila unoyendilambeli notjinya. Iye unoyendilambeli ne kutjinya aazombona kene kuli kunziba.
English7
Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
African Kalanga
Bana bangu, kuhaye wamutjebela. Iye unothama ndulamo wakalulwama koga sa Khirisiti akalulwama.
English8
He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.
African Kalanga
Iye unotjinya nde we Nvanganyi, ngobe Nvanganyi wakatjinya kubva mu kutangisa. Nkololo we Ndzimu wakahhila kuwolobesa mihingo ye Nvanganyi.
English9
No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
African Kalanga
Akuna mwana we Ndzimu unotjinya, ngobe mbumbiko ye Ndzimu igele munli, ngono aangatjinye ngobe mwana we Ndzimu.
English10
This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
African Kalanga
Woku ndiko sekwa tinoziba bana be Ndzimu ne bana be Nvanganyi; Iye unothama tjisakalulwama ate ali we Ndzimu, naiye usingade gamu litje.
English11
This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
African Kalanga
Ndebeleko yamakawha mu kutangisa, nde inoti tidane.
English12
Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.
African Kalanga
Tisitongonga Kaini wakabe ali we mbimbi ngono kabulaya nnung'una uwe. Wakabe embulayilani? Wakabe embulaya ngobe mihingo iye yakabe ili mibi, ye nnung'una uwe yakalulwama.
English13
Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
African Kalanga
Musitongo tjenama makamu, ha hango imubenga.
English14
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
African Kalanga
Toziba kuti takabhuda mu lufu tikangina mu butjilo, ngobe toda makamu edu. Iye usina ludo utjimu lufu.
English15
Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.
African Kalanga
Iye unobenga gamu lile mbulayi, ngono moziba kuti akuna mbulayi una butjilo gusingapele.
English16
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
African Kalanga
Toziba kuti ludo ini ne zila eyi; Khirisiti wakatifila. Ndizo takafanila, naswibo kufila makamu eedu.
English17
If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?
African Kalanga
Iye unobe ana thundu ye hango, eti ebona gamu lile lihaka lubhatsho, kalamba kulibhatsha, ludo gwe Ndzimu gungagala muunli tjini?
English18
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
African Kalanga
Bana bangu, ngatisilebelekeni nekwe ludo koga, ngatidane ne malebeswa muna tjatinothama.
English19
This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence
African Kalanga
Ha tina ludo gwakajali, ndiko kwatingaziba kuti timu zila ye malebeswa, ngono towosima ha tili mile mbeli kwe Ndzimu.
English20
whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
African Kalanga
Ha kuli kuti mimoyo yedu inotitilika nlandu, Ndzimu nkulu paili, kakale unoziba tjimwe ne tjimwe.
English21
Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God
African Kalanga
Badiwa, ha mimoyo yedu isingatitilike nlandu, takasima mbeli kwe Ndzimu.
English22
and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.
African Kalanga
Toamutjila ku uli kene ilini tjatinokumbila, ngobe tolondolodza milayo yawo kakale mihingo yedu inouhanhisa.
English23
And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.
African Kalanga
Ngono nlayo wawo unoti, tigalemoyo mu zina le Nkololo wawo Jesu Khirisiti kakale tidane koga sekwa wakatidwa.
English24
Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.
African Kalanga
Bose banolondolodza milayo yawo bang'ompela nawo, na iwo nng'ompela nabo. Toziba kuti nng'ompela naswi, tizibisiwa ne Meya yawakatipa.

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.