John 14 | New Testament

John 14English

Johani 14African Kalanga

English1
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.
African Kalanga
Jesu kati kubali, “Mimoyo yenyu ngaisidziyidzike. Galanimoyo mu Ndzimu, mugalemoyo ne mundili.
English2
In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.
African Kalanga
Mu nzi wa Tate kuna ng'umba njinji. Ha kwabe kusakajalo, apa ndobe ndakamubva ati, ndonomululwamisila bugalo kene!
English3
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
African Kalanga
Ngono ha ndayenda kunomululwamisila bugalo, ndowobuya ndiwomutola kuti ndizo mube nami kwandiyako.
English4
You know the way to the place where I am going.”
African Kalanga
Moziba zila ye kwandinoyenda.”
English5
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
African Kalanga
Tomasi kati kuunli, “He, atitoziba kwamunoyenda. Tingaziba zila ye kwamunoyenda tjini?”
English6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
African Kalanga
Jesu kabahandula eti, “Ndimi zila ne malebeswa ne butjilo. Akuna unohha kuna Tate asapinda nami.
English7
If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
African Kalanga
Ha mabe mundiziba mobe makaziba kose na Tate. Kubva ngwenu mobaziba kakale mababona.”
English8
Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
African Kalanga
Filipo kati, “He, mutilakidze Tate ngono ikoko kowobe kwakatilizana.”
English9
Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
African Kalanga
Jesu kan’handula eti, “Autondiziba kene Filipo, ndakabe namwi lubaka gulefu kungapa? Iye wandibona wabona Tate. Ini uti, ‘Mutilakidze Tate?’
English10
Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.
African Kalanga
Apa autogalamoyo kuti ndi muna Tate na Tate bamundili kene? Matama andinomubudza anditoazwilebegwa. Tate banogala mundili ndibo banohinga n’hingo wabo.
English11
Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves.
African Kalanga
Galanimoyo muna tjandinoleba anditi ndi muna Tate na Tate bamundili; koga ha mukong'wa, ngono galanimoyo nekwa iyo mihingo.
English12
I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
African Kalanga
Ndolebesa tjose ndoti kumuli, iye unogalamoyo mundili unowothamabo mihingo yandinothama, nelebeswa ndingati unowothama mihingo mikulu pana iyeyi, ngobe ndoyenda kuna Tate.
English13
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.
African Kalanga
Kose kwamunokumbila ne zina langu ndowokuthama, kuti ndizo gudzo la Tate libong'we mu Nkololo.
English14
You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
African Kalanga
Ha mukumbila tjimwe ne tjimwe ne zina langu, ndowotjithama.
English15
“If you love me, you will obey what I command.
African Kalanga
“Ha mundida mowolondolodza milayo yangu.
English16
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever–
African Kalanga
Ndowokumbila tate, ngono banowomupa mmwe Mbhatshi unowobe namwi ne kusingapele,
English17
the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
African Kalanga
iyo Meya inolakidza malebeswa e Ndzimu. Hango aitowoiamutjila se mbhatshi wayo, ngobe aitoibona kakale aitowoiziba. Koga imwi moiziba, ngobe inogala namwi kakale imumuli.
English18
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
African Kalanga
“Anditowomusiya muli siyang'wa; ndowobuya kumuli.
English19
Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.
African Kalanga
Hule kwe lubaka gufupi, banhu be hango ino abatjowondibona, koga imwi mowondibona. Ne kuti ndotjila, mowotjilabo.
English20
On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.
African Kalanga
Mu hhuba ilelo mowobona kuti imi ndi muna Tate, ngono imwi mu mundili nami ndi mumuli.
English21
Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.”
African Kalanga
“Iye unoziba kakale elondolodza milayo yangu, ndiye unondida. Unondida unowodiwa ndi Tate, namibo ndowon'da kakale ndowonzwilakidza.”
English22
Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”
African Kalanga
Ipapo Judasi, kusi Judasi Isikariyoti kati, “He, ini muhaka zwilakidza kutili musingazwilakidze ku banhu bose be hango?”
English23
Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
African Kalanga
Jesu kan'dabila eti, “Iye unondida unowolondolodza zwidiyo zwangu. Tate banowon'da, ndizo towohha kunli tikagala naye.
English24
He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
African Kalanga
Iye usingandide aatowolondolodza zwidiyo zwangu. Zwidiyo izwezwi zwamunowha ate zwangu, nde zwa Tate, ibo bakandituma.
English25
“All this I have spoken while still with you.
African Kalanga
“Kose ikoku ndakakuleba nditji namwi.
English26
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
African Kalanga
Koga Mbhatshi, Meya yakayengemala, unowotumwa ndi Tate ne zina langu, unowomudiya zwinhu zose, kamukumbuludza tjimwe ne tjimwe tjandakamubudza.
English27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
African Kalanga
“Ndomusiyila kunyalala, ndomupa kunyalala kwangu. Anditomupa iko sekwa kunopa hango. Mimoyo yenyu ngaisidziyidzike kakale musitje.
English28
“You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
African Kalanga
Makawha nditi, ‘Ndoyenda ngono ndowobuya kumuli.’ Ha mabe mundida mobe mahanha, ngobe ndoyenda kuna Tate. Ngobe ibo bakulu pandili.
English29
I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe.
African Kalanga
Ndamubudza ngwenu kusina tjanhu tjikahingikala, kuti ndizo ha kuhingikala mugalemoyo.
English30
I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me,
African Kalanga
Anditjowolebeleka namwi lubaka gulefu, ngobe mbusi we hango ino unohha. Aana simba mundili,
English31
but the world must learn that I love the Father and that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me. “Come now; let us leave.
African Kalanga
koga hango yakafanila ziba kuti ndoda Tate kakale, ndizo ndothama tjandalayiwa ndibo. “Buyani tiyende.”

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.