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1 John 5English

1 Johani 5African Kalanga

English1
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.
African Kalanga
Mmwe ne mmwe unogalamoyo kuti Jesu ndi Khirisiti, mwana we Ndzimu, ngono iye unoda nzwadzi unoda ne mwana uwe.
English2
This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands.
African Kalanga
Tingaziba kuti toda bana be Ndzimu ha tida Ndzimu, kakale tilondolodza milayo yawo.
English3
This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,
African Kalanga
Ludo gwe Ndzimu ndi wogu, kuti tilondolodze milayo yawo. Ngono milayo ye Ndzimu aitolema.
English4
for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
African Kalanga
Mmwe ne mmwe unozwagwa ne Ndzimu unokunda hango. Kukunda hango ndi woku, bugalimoyo gwedu.
English5
Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
African Kalanga
Unokunda hango ndiupi? Ndiye unogalamoyo kuti Jesu Nkololo we Ndzimu kene?
English6
This is the one who came by water and blood–Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
African Kalanga
Jesu Khirisiti iye wakahha ne vula ne malopa, aazohha ne vula koga, wakahha ne vula ne malopa. Meya yakayengemala ndiyo inotendeka ne kwako, ngobe Meya i lebeswa.
English7
For there are three that testify:
African Kalanga
Kuna batendeki batatu,
English8
the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.
African Kalanga
Meya yakayengemala ne vula ne malopa, butatu igugo gobvumana.
English9
We accept man’s testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son.
African Kalanga
Ha tiamutjila butendeki gwe banhu, butendeki gwe Ndzimu igo gopinda, ngobe ogu ndigo butendeki gwe Ndzimu. Iwo ne kwawo unotendekela Nkololo wawo.
English10
Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son.
African Kalanga
Iye unogalamoyo mu Nkololo we Ndzimu, una butendeki mukati kukwe. Iye usingagalemoyo mu Ndzimu, unobe eunyepesa, ngobe aazogalamoyo mu butendeki gwe Ndzimu, nekwe Nkololo wawo.
English11
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
African Kalanga
Butendeki igogu ndi ogu, Ndzimu wakatipa butjilo gusingapele, ngono butjilo igogu gumu Nkololo wawo.
English12
He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
African Kalanga
Iye una Nkololo, una butjilo igogu. Iye usina Nkololo we Ndzimu aanago.
English13
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
African Kalanga
Ndokwalila imwi munogalamoyo mu zina le Nkololo we Ndzimu, kuti ndizo muzibe kuti muna butjilo gusingapele.
English14
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
African Kalanga
Oku ndiko kusima kwedu mu Ndzimu, kuti tjimwe ne tjimwe tjatinokumbila ne kuda kwawo, unotiwha.
English15
And if we know that he hears us–whatever we ask– we know that we have what we asked of him.
African Kalanga
Ngono ha tiziba kuti unotiwha mutjimwe ne tjimwe tjatinokumbila, tobe nge luzibo gwe kuti taamutjila zwatakumbila.
English16
If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that.
African Kalanga
Iye unobona gamu lile lihinga jinyo lisingabulaye, unowolikumbilila ngoni mu Ndzimu, ngono Ndzimu unowopa gamu ileli butjilo, ndobva ibabo banothama jinyo lisinga bulaye. Kuna jinyo linobulaya. Anditobva kuti kube ne unolitembezelela.
English17
All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.
African Kalanga
Tjimwe ne tjimwe tjisakalulwama i jinyo, koga kuna jinyo lisingabulaye.
English18
We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him.
African Kalanga
Toziba kuti mwana mmwe ne mmwe we Ndzimu aatoyendilambeli ne kutjinya, koga Nkololo we Ndzimu unontjengeta, ngono mbimbi aatonkuma.
English19
We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.
African Kalanga
Toziba kuti tibe Ndzimu koga hango yose imu simba le mbimbi.
English20
We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true–even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
African Kalanga
Toziba kuti Nkololo we Ndzimu wakahha, ngono wakathama kuti tiwhisise, kuti tizibe Ndzimu we malebeswa. Timuunli iwo we malebeswa, mu Nkololo wawo Jesu Khirisiti. Oyu ndiwo Ndzimu we malebeswa nenge butjilo gusingapele.
English21
Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.
African Kalanga
Bana bangu, bonani kuti mube kutjena ne kunamata midzimu.

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.