1 John 4 | New Testament

1 John 4English

1 Johani 4African Kalanga

English1
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
African Kalanga
Badiwa, musitongo galamoyo Meya imwe ne imwe, koga mubone kene meya iyeyo inobva ku Ndzimu, ngobe balebesambeli banjinji be manyepkhwa bakaandama mu hango.
English2
This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
African Kalanga
Mungabona kuti Meya ndeye Ndzimu sawoku; Meya imwe ne imwe inotendeka kuti Jesu Khirisiti wakahha ali mu nyama, ndeye Ndzimu.
English3
but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
African Kalanga
Koga meya imwe ne imwe isingatendeke nekwa Jesu ate ili ye Ndzimu. Eyo ndiyo meya ye tjita tja Khirisiti, iyo yamakawha kuti yaswika, ngono ngwenu yatjibe mu hango.
English4
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
African Kalanga
Bana bangu, mube Ndzimu, makakunda zwita zwa Khirisiti, ngobe Meya igele mumuli ina masimba kupinda imu hango.
English5
They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.
African Kalanga
Nde be hango, ndizo tjabanoleba nde tje hango, ngono hango inobawhilila.
English6
We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.
African Kalanga
Iswi ti be Ndzimu. Iye unoziba Ndzimu unotiwhilila, ngono iye usi we Ndzimu aatotiwhilila. Nekwa ikoku toziba kuthubukanya meya ye malebeswa muna meya ye manyepkhwa.
English7
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
African Kalanga
Badiwa, ngatidaneni, ne kuti ludo ndegwe Ndzimu, ngono iye una ludo mwana we Ndzimu kakale unoziba Ndzimu.
English8
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
African Kalanga
Iye usina ludo aatoziba Ndzimu, ngobe Ndzimu ludo.
English9
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
African Kalanga
Ludo gwe Ndzimu takaguzumbunuligwa ne zila eyi, Ndzimu wakatuma Nkololo wawo uyega mu hango, kuti ndizo titjile ndiye.
English10
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
African Kalanga
Ludo gwakajali, ate kuli kuti ndiswi takada Ndzimu, koga Ndzimu ndiwo wakatida ukabuya ukatuma Nkololo wawo kuti awobe tjibhayilo tjinodusa matjinyo edu.
English11
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
African Kalanga
Badiwa, ha Ndzimu wakatida kwakajalo, naswibo takafanila kudana.
English12
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
African Kalanga
Akuna nhu wakatongo bona Ndzimu. Ha tidana, Ndzimu ugele mutili nenge ludo gwawo gwakapelela mutili.
English13
We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
African Kalanga
Toziba kuti tigele mu Ndzimu na iwo ugele mutili, ngobe wakatipa Meya yawo.
English14
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
African Kalanga
Takabona kakale totendeka kuti Tate bakatuma Nkololo wabo ali Ntjidzi we hango.
English15
If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.
African Kalanga
Iye unoleba kuti Jesu Nkololo we Ndzimu, Ndzimu ugele muunli, na iye ugele mu Ndzimu.
English16
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
African Kalanga
Ndizo toziba kakale togalamoyo ludo gwe Ndzimu gwaunotida ndigo. Ndzimu ludo, ngono iye ugele mu ludo ugele mu Ndzimu, ne Ndzimu ugele muunli.
English17
In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him.
African Kalanga
Ludo gwakahhadzisika mutili sawhoku: kuti tisime mu hhuba le kusumikilisiwa, ngobe sekwa agele, naswibo takajalobo mu hango iyeyi.
English18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
African Kalanga
Akuna luhlo mu ludo, koga ludo gwakapelela gotata luhlo gose. Luhlo goyendidzana ne hamu, ngono iye unohla aazopelela mu ludo.
English19
We love because he first loved us.
African Kalanga
Todana ngobe Ndzimu wakatida kutanga.
English20
If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
African Kalanga
Iye unoti “Ndoda Ndzimu” koga ebenga gamu lile, nnyepi. Ne kuti iye usingade gamu lile laanobona, aangade Ndzimu waasakatongo bona.
English21
And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.
African Kalanga
Kakale wakatipa nlayo iwoyu watakawana muunli unoti, “Iye unoda Ndzimu wakafanila kuda gamu lilebo.”

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.