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3 John 1English

3 Johani 1African Kalanga

English1
The elder, To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
African Kalanga
Ndimi nkulu we gubungano. Ku n'diwa wangu Gayo, wandinoda ne malebeswa.
English2
Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
African Kalanga
N'diwa, ndotembezela kuti kose kukuyendile zubuyanana ne kuti ube ne mamuko koga sekwa wakalulwama mu tjimeya.
English3
It gave me great joy to have some brothers come and tell about your faithfulness to the truth and how you continue to walk in the truth.
African Kalanga
Ndakahanha kwazo pakaswika amwe e makamu, ngono betendeka nekwe malebeswa e butjilo gugo, iko ntja sekwa utobela malebeswa.
English4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
African Kalanga
Akuna kumwe hanha kunopinda ikoku kwandingabe nako, ndiwha kuti bana bangu banotobela malebeswa.
English5
Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, even though they are strangers to you.
African Kalanga
N'diwa, unothama zubuyanana ha ubhatsha makamu, nenguba bali bahhi,
English6
They have told the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
African Kalanga
bakabudza gubungano le Ndzimu nekwe ludo gwenyu mu lili. Unowobe uthama zubuyanana ha ubatuma ne zila inodiwa ne Ndzimu.
English7
It was for the sake of the Name that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans.
African Kalanga
Bakati beyenda kunohinga n’hingo wa Khirisiti, bakasibvume amutjila tjinobva ku banhu basi bagalimoyo.
English8
We ought therefore to show hospitality to such men so that we may work together for the truth.
African Kalanga
Ndizo takafanila bhatsha balume bakajalo, kuti tihanganyile nabo mihingo yabo ye malebeswa.
English9
I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will have nothing to do with us.
African Kalanga
Ndakwalila tjimwe ku gubungano le Ndzimu, koga Diyotirefesi, iye unoda kuzwi-tungamidza, aana hanya ne bukulu gwedu aatotiamutjila.
English10
So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, gossiping maliciously about us. Not satisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers. He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church.
African Kalanga
Ndizo ndowoti, ndihha ndowolebeleka nekwe tjaanothama, etitilika nlandu ne manyepkhwa. Naiko ikoku akuton'gadzamoyo, ndizo aatoamutjila makamu, kakale unodzibisa ibabo banobe behaka amutjila makamu, ebuya ebatata mu gubungano le Ndzimu.
English11
Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.
African Kalanga
Badiwa, musiyedze bubi, koga yedzani ndulamo. Iye unothama ndulamo nde we Ndzimu. Iye unothama bubi aazobona Ndzimu.
English12
Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone–and even by the truth itself. We also speak well of him, and you know that our testimony is true.
African Kalanga
Mmwe ne mmwe wakapa butendeki gunoma na Demetiriyo, ngono ne malebeswa anoma naye. Naswibo totendeka ne kukwe, ngono moziba kuti butendeki gwedu malebeswa.
English13
I have much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink.
African Kalanga
Ndina zwinhu zwinjinji zwandinohaka mukwalila ne kwazo, koga anditowomukwalila ne kwazo ne lusiba ne inki.
English14
I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. Greet the friends there by name.
African Kalanga
Ndizo ndogalabgwe kumubona tjinyolotjo, ngono towolebeleka takalingisana. Mbakiso ngaibe namwi. Bazwalani banomubuyisa. Buyisani bazwalani, mmwe ne mmwe wabo.

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.