Psalms 1 | Old Testament

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Psalms 1English

Njimbo 1African Kalanga

English1
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.
African Kalanga
Kwakakombolegwa iye nthu usingatobele gumbuludzo le babi kene kuli kuyenda mu zila ye batjinyi, kene kuli kushanganyila ne badadi.
English2
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
African Kalanga
Koga shatho imu nlayo wa Yahwe, ngono unokumbula nlayo wa Yahwe siku ne sikati.
English3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
African Kalanga
Unonga nti wakadzwagwa mu wunde ye whobana dzinowunga vula, unozwala mitjelo yawo mu nsi wakalingisana, ne mazhani awo aatobuna. Tjimwe ne tjimwe tjaanothama tjodwilila.
English4
Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
African Kalanga
Babi abate bali saikoko, koga banonga bunye gunowulusiwa nge phepo.
English5
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
African Kalanga
Ndizo babi abatowomilana ne sumikiliso, batjinyi abangame mu gubungano le bayengemali,
English6
For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
African Kalanga
Ngobe Yahwe banotjengeta zila dze bayengemali, koga zila dze babi dzowoloba.

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.