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2 Timothy 1English

2 Timoti 1African Kalanga

English1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,
African Kalanga
Ndimi Paulo ntumwa wa Khirisiti Jesu ne kuda kwe Ndzimu, kuyendidzana ne kugadzabgwe kwe butjilo gumuna Khirisiti Jesu.
English2
To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
African Kalanga
Kuna Timoti nkololo wangu unodika. Ngoni ne mawhilo zogwadza ne kunyalala kunobva ku Ndzimu Tate na Khirisiti Jesu He wedu ngakube nawe.
English3
I thank God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.
African Kalanga
Ndotenda Ndzimu, iwo wandinohingila ne hana mbuyanana sa bobatategulu bangu bakabe beuhingila, ndimukumbula misi yose mu mitembezelo yangu.
English4
Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.
African Kalanga
Ha ndikumbula mihodzi iyo, ndoyemula siku ne sikati kukubona kuti ndizo ndihhale kuhanha.
English5
I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.
African Kalanga
Ndoalakana kugalamoyo kuko kwakwako, kugalamoyo kwakabe kuli muna kuku babo Loisi kutanga, na mmeyabo Yunisi, koga ngwenu ndina malebeswa ekuti kwabe mukuli.
English6
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
African Kalanga
Ndizo nekwa ikoku ndikualakanisa kuti upfutidze tjipo tje Ndzimu tjimukuli ne kukubiga maboko kwangu.
English7
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
African Kalanga
Ngobe Ndzimu auzotipa meya ye bugwala koga wakatipa meya ye simba neye ludo neye kuzwibhata.
English8
So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God,
African Kalanga
Ndizo usibhakhwe ne honi kuleba nekwa He wedu, kene ne kwangu imi nsungwa nekukwe. Koga bhatana nami mu kudziyilila ndebo mbuya, ne simba la He,
English9
who has saved us and called us to a holy life–not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,
African Kalanga
ibo bakatitjidza bakatidanila ku butjilo gwakayengemala, kusi nekwe tjimwe tjatakahinga koga ngekwe mazwimisilo awo ne ngoni dzawakatipa muna Khirisiti Jesu ntolo tjose,
English10
but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
African Kalanga
koga ngwenu kwakazumbunugwa ne kuhha kwe Ntjidzi wedu, Khirisiti Jesu, iye wakakolomola simba le lufu ngono kahhisa butjilo nenge kusafa pa tjedza ne ndebo mbuya.
English11
And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher.
African Kalanga
Nekwe ndebo mbuya iyeyi ndakahalugwa kube nsumikili ne kube ntumwa nenge kube n'diyi.
English12
That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day.
African Kalanga
Ndizo ndidziyila sekwa ndinodziyila. Koga anditobhakhwa ne honi, ngobe ndoziba wandakagalamoyo muunli, ngoti ndina lebeswa lekuti unotubula kulisa tjandakapiwa mu maboko angu kuswikila Hhuba ilelo.
English13
What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus.
African Kalanga
Tjawakawha ndimi, utjibhate tjili tjilakidzilo tje kudiya kwakwako, mu kugalamoyo kose ne mu ludo zwimuna Khirisiti Jesu.
English14
Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you– guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
African Kalanga
Tjengeta lebeswa lawakapiwa ne Meya yakayengemala inogala mutili.
English15
You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
African Kalanga
Unoziba kuti bose bamu ntunhu we Ezhiya bakandifupatila, ngono mubali kuli Figelo na Hemogenesi.
English16
May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.
African Kalanga
Dzene He angawhila zogwadza be n’ha wa Onesiforo, ngobe kanjinji wakandisimisa kakale aazobhatisiwa honi ne ketani dzakandisunga,
English17
On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me.
African Kalanga
koga wakati eswika ku Roma, kandihaka kwazo kadzina kandiwana.
English18
May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus.
African Kalanga
Dzene He bangan’whila zogwadza mu Hhuba ilelo! Kakale unoziba zubuyanana kuti wakabhatsha kungapani ku Efeso.

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.