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2 Corinthians 1English

2 Bakorinta 1African Kalanga

English1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
African Kalanga
Ndimi Paulo ntumwa wa Khirisiti Jesu nge kuda kwe Ndzimu, ndina Timoti gamu ledu. Tobuyisa gubungano le Ndzimu limu Khorinte ne bayengemali bose bamu Akaiya yose titi:
English2
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
African Kalanga
Ngoni ne kunyalala kunobva ku Ndzimu Tate bedu na He Jesu Khirisiti ngakube namwi.
English3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
African Kalanga
Ngakukudziwe Ndzimu, Tate ba He wedu Jesu Khirisiti, Tate be ngoni, Ndzimu we nyaladzo mu zwinhu zose,
English4
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
African Kalanga
iwo unotinyaladza mu kudziyila kwedu kose, kuti ndizo titubule kunyaladza ibabo bana kudziyila kumwe ne kumwe ne nyaladzo yatinonyaladziwa ndiyo ne Ndzimu.
English5
For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
African Kalanga
Ngobe se tina gobe mukudziyila kwa Khirisiti kwakatiwandila, ne nyaladzo ya Khirisiti yakatiwandilabo.
English6
If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer.
African Kalanga
Ha tidziyila, todziyilila nyaladzo ne jidzo lenyu; ha tinyaladziwa, namwibo mobe ne nyaladzo yamunowana ha mudzikitadza ne moyonlefu kudziyila kwatinodziyilabo ndiko.
English7
And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.
African Kalanga
Kugalabgwe kwedu mumuli akutozunguzika; ngobe toziba kuti se muna gobe mukudziyila kwedu, muna gobebo mu kunyaladzika kwedu.
English8
We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
African Kalanga
Atitohaka kuti musizibe, makamu, nekwe kudziyila kwatakabe nako mu ntunhu we Ezhiya, ngobe takabe takamanikanyiwa kukulu kwazo, kwakabe kwakatipinda, ndizo tikawana ne butjilo nekwago tagutoboka.
English9
Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
African Kalanga
Mulebeswa takazwiwana tinga banhu basumikilisigwa lufu; koga ikoko kwakabe kuli kutithama kuti tisizwigalebgwe koga tigalebgwe Ndzimu iwo unomusa bafi.
English10
He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us,
African Kalanga
Wakatidzutunula mu mbhatsha dzinohlisa dze lufu, ngono unowotidzutunula, muunli takabiga kugalabgwe kwedu kuti unowoti dzutunula kakale.
English11
as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
African Kalanga
Namwibo mutibhatshe ne ntembezelo, kuti ndizo banji banowotibokela ku Ndzimu nekwe mhahhambuya yatakapiwa ili kudabigwa kwe mitembezelo minjinji.
English12
Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God. We have done so not according to worldly wisdom but according to God’s grace.
African Kalanga
Tozwikudza ne butendeki gunopiwa ne hana dzedu kuti takazwibhata zubuyanana mu hango, kwazo kwazo mu kuhingidzana kwedu namwi ne bubuyanana nenge kuhalabvuka kunobva ku Ndzimu, kusi ne butjenjedu gwe hango, koga ne ngoni dze Ndzimu.
English13
For we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I hope that,
African Kalanga
Ngobe atina tjatinomukwalila kuhhe kwe tjamungabala kakale tjamungawhisisa. Ndogalabgwe kuti mowowhisisa ne buhhalo,
English14
as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.
African Kalanga
sekwa makawhisisa kutukununu kuti mungazwikudza ne kwedu, saswi tingazwikudza ne kwenyu mu hhuba la He Jesu.
English15
Because I was confident of this, I planned to visit you first so that you might benefit twice.
African Kalanga
Ndakabe ndina malebeswa a ikoku, ndakabe ndihakahha ikoko kutanga kuti kuhanha kwenyu kuhhadzisike kabili.
English16
I planned to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea.
African Kalanga
Ndakabe ndihaka kumukumba ndili mu zila yangu ndiyenda ku Makedoniya ne ndobuya ku Makedoniya kuti mundibhatshe mu gwendo gwangu kuyenda ku Judiya.
English17
When I planned this, did I do it lightly? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner so that in the same breath I say, “Yes, yes” and “No, no”?
African Kalanga
Apa mu kuleba ikoku ndakabe ne bulelu koga kene? Apa ndongoloso dzangu dzonga dze nhu tjinyama kene, ndili zwimisile kuti “Ee” na “Aa” lubaka gung'ompela kene?
English18
But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
African Kalanga
Se Ndzimu ne malebeswa ugalikabgwe, dama ledu kumuli alizotongobe “Ee” na “Aa.”
English19
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by me and Silas and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.”
African Kalanga
Ngobe Nkololo we Ndzimu, iye Jesu Khirisiti wakasumikigwa pakati kwenyu ndimi na Silivano na Timoti, wakabe asi “Ee” na “Aa.” Koga muunli misi yose ndi “Ee.”
English20
For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.
African Kalanga
Ngobe kugadzabgwe kose kwe Ndzimu kuna “Ee” muunli, ndizo toleba titi “Ngakujalo” ndi Khirisiti kukudza Ndzimu.
English21
Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us,
African Kalanga
Koga Ndzimu ndiwo unotithama tose iswi namwi kuti tibhatilile muna Khirisiti, ngono wakatihalula,
English22
set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
African Kalanga
wakatibiga lutjwayo gwawo, ngono ukatipa Meya yawo mu mimoyo yedu ili tjipo tjinogadzabgwe.
English23
I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
African Kalanga
Koga ndodana Ndzimu kupa butendeki ne kwangu! Kusahha kwangu ku Khorinte kwakabe kuli kumutjengeta.
English24
Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.
African Kalanga
Atitomulaulila kugalamoyo kwenyu, ngobe toziba kuti mumile mu kugalamoyo kwenyu koga tohinga namwi tihingila kuhanha kwenyu.

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.