Philippians 3 | New Testament

Philippians 3English

Bafilipi 3African Kalanga

English1
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
African Kalanga
Tje bupelo makamu angu, hanhani muna He. Ate ali mang'oni ku ndili, kumukwalila zwinhu izozwazo kakale akuna mbatsha kumuli.
English2
Watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil, those mutilators of the flesh.
African Kalanga
Muzwitjengete mu mbgwa, muzwitjengete mu bahingi be bubi, muzwitjengete muna banopalulanya mbili.
English3
For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh--
African Kalanga
Ngobe ndiswi buthumbi gwe malebeswa, iswi tinopfigamila Ndzimu ne Meya yawo, tizwiloba fuba muna Khirisiti Jesu. Atitogalabgwe mu mihingo ye tjinyama;
English4
though I myself have reasons for such confidence.
African Kalanga
nenguba imi ne kwangu ndina tjandingagalabgwe mutjili tje tjinyama. Ha kuli kuti kuna unatjaanga- galabgwe mutjili tje tjinyama, imi ndingagalabgwe kupinda.
English5
If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;
African Kalanga
Ndakathumbigwa mu hhuba le buhhanakadzi le kuzwagwa kwangu. Ndi N'iziraela nozwagwa, we ludzi gwa Bhenjamini, N’hebheru, wakazwagwa ne Bahebheru; nekwe kulondolodza nlayo, ndi Mfarasi;
English6
as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for legalistic righteousness, faultless.
African Kalanga
nekwe kutukutilila, ndakabe ndatukutilila kudziyidza bagalimoyo; nekwe kuwana ndulamo kwe Ndzimu mu kulondolodza nlayo, andina nlandu.
English7
But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.
African Kalanga
Koga mbuzilo kene ili ipi yandakabe ndinayo, ndoyitola ili ndahikilo nekwa Khirisiti.
English8
What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
African Kalanga
Ne malebeswa ndotola tjimwe ne tjimwe ili ndahikilo, ngobe luzibo gwandinago nekwa Khirisiti Jesu He wangu gopinda zwinhu zose. Ne kukwe ndakalahikigwa ne zwinhu zose, ngono azwitola zwili malala, kuti ndizo Khirisiti abe mbuzilo kundili,
English9
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ--the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith.
African Kalanga
kuti kakale ndiwang'we munli, ndisina ndulamo ne kwangu yakatemelela mu nlayo, koga ndibe ne ndulamo ye Ndzimu ne kugalamoyo muna Khirisiti. Iko kubvumila kunobva ku Ndzimu, kunohaka kugalamoyo,
English10
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
African Kalanga
kuti ndizo ndizibe Khirisiti ne masimba e kumuka kukwe ne kudziyidzika mu kubhatana naye, ndifanana naye mu lufu gugwe,
English11
and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
African Kalanga
kuti, ha kutubuka, ndimusiwe mu bafi.
English12
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
African Kalanga
Anditobva kuti ndakatubula kale kene kuti ndakatjilulwama. Ndoyendilambeli ndigwisa kuwana mbhayilo, ngobe Khirisiti Jesu wakandithama abe uwe.
English13
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
African Kalanga
Makamu, andito-kumbula kuti imi ndauwana kale; koga tjing'ompela tjandinothama, whukangang'wa tjihule kwangu ndibe ndigwisila kuswika kuna tji mbeli.
English14
I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
African Kalanga
Ndoyendilambeli ndigwisila kunowidza lubilo, kuti ndiwane mbhayilo wandakadanigwa kudzimu ne Ndzimu muna Khirisiti Jesu.
English15
All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.
African Kalanga
Tose bakakula tjimeya ngatibeni ne nkumbulo wakajalo. Koga ha mukumbula ne zila ipoga nekwa ikoku, Ndzimu unowomuzumbunulila ikokubo.
English16
Only let us live up to what we have already attained.
African Kalanga
Koga ngatitjilileni mu malebeswa atakawana.
English17
Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you.
African Kalanga
Makamu, yendilanimbeli mube bayedzi bangu, mulingilile ibabo banolondolodza tjilakidzilo tjatakamupa.
English18
For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
African Kalanga
Ngobe banjinji bandakamubudza ne kwabo kanjinji, ngono na ngwenu nditjamubudza nekwabo ne mishodzi, banotjila se zwita zwe tjileyano tja Khirisiti.
English19
Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things.
African Kalanga
Bhelelo labo whuloba, Ndzimu wabo ntumbu wabo, ngono banozwikudza ne tjabakafanila kubhatigwa ne honi. Mikumbulo yabo imu zwinhu zwe hango.
English20
But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
African Kalanga
Koga bugalo gwedu gu kudzimu, kakale takalindila Ntjidzi kubvako, iye He Jesu Khirisiti,
English21
who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
African Kalanga
iye unowohandula mibili yedu isakasima kuti inge mbili uwe we kukudziwa, ne simba linontubulisa kuyisa zwinhu zose pasi kukwe.

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.