The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
1 Corinthians 12English
1 Bakorinta 12African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Ngwenu nekwe zwipo zwe tjimeya, makamu, anditohaka kuti musizibe ne kwazo.
- English2
You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
African KalangaMoziba kuti makati musanhu mukaziba Ndzimu makabe muwongiwa kakale mudzimidziwa kutobela midzimu isingalebeleke.
- English3
Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
African KalangaNdizo ndoti muzibe kuti akuna ungati elebeleka ne Meya ye Ndzimu kati, “Jesu ngaabe ne bhiso,” kakale akuna ungati, “Jesu ndi He,” asingalebesiwe ne Meya yakayengemala.
- African Kalanga
Kuna zwipo zwakasiyana, koga Meya ili iyo zwayo.
- African Kalanga
Kuna kuhingila kwakasiyana, koga kuhingigwa He iyezwe.
- African Kalanga
Kuna mihingo yakasiyana, koga Ndzimu ndiwo zwawo unoihhisa mu mmwe ne mmwe.
- African Kalanga
Mmwe ne mmwe unopiwa kuzwilakidza kwe Meya yakayengemala munli kubhatsha bose.
- English8
To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit,
African KalangaMmwe unopiwa matama e butjenjebvu, mmwe kapiwa matama e luzibo ne Meya iyo zwayo.
- African Kalanga
Mmwe unopiwa kugalamoyo ne Meya iyo zwayo, mmwe kapiwa ne Meya iyeyobo zwipo zwe kupodza,
- English10
to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
African Kalangakoga mmwe kapiwa kuhinga masazibgwe, ngono mmwe kapiwa bulebesambeli, mmwe unopiwa kuthubukanya pakati kwe meya, mmwe kapiwa tjipo tje ndimi dzipoga, koga mmwe kapiwa simba le kutjenesa ndimi.
- English11
All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.
African KalangaKose ikoku kopiwa ne Meya iyo zwayo, iyo inokobela mmwe ne mmwe sekwa yada.
- English12
The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ.
African KalangaSe mbili uli nng'ompela una ndungululo njinji, kakale ndungululo dzose dze mbili, nenguba dzili njinji, dzi mbili nng'ompela, kwakajalobo na Khirisiti.
- English13
For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body–whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free–and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
African KalangaNgobe takabvubikiwa ne Meya ing'ompela tose mu mbili nng'ompela, Bajuta kene Bezwitjaba, kene balanda kene banhu bakasunuguka, kakale tose takang'wa Meya ing'ompela.
- African Kalanga
Kwakajalo mbili auna ndungululo ing'ompela koga una ndungululo njinji.
- English15
If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
African KalangaHa gumbo lingati, “Ngobe ndisi luboko, andite ndili ndungululo ye mbili,” ikoku akungalithame likasibe ndungululo ye mbili.
- English16
And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
African KalangaNe zebe ha ingati, “Ngobe ndisi hhiho, andite ndili ndungululo ye mbili.” Ikoku akungaithame ikasibe ndungululo ye mbili.
- English17
If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
African KalangaHa mbili wose wabe uli hhiho, kuwha kobe kuli poni? Ha mbili wose wabe uli zebe, kunuwhidza kobe kuli poni?
- English18
But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
African KalangaKoga sekwa kuli iko, Ndzimu wakalongolosa ndungululo mu mbili, imwe ne imwe sekwa unoda.
- African Kalanga
Ha kose kwabe kuli ndungululo ing'ompela, mbili unobe uli poni?
- African Kalanga
Sekwa kuli iko, kuna ndungululo njinji, koga mbili nng'ompela.
- English21
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”
African KalangaNdizo ngwenu hhiho alingati ku luboko, “Imi andina n’hingo nawe,” Ne n’holo aungati ku makumbo, “Imi andina n’hingo nawe.”
- African Kalanga
Koga na idzo ndungululo dze mbili dzinolingika dzisina n’hingo nkulu atingatjile tisinadzo.
- English23
and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty,
African KalangaNdungululo dze mibili yedu dzatinotola se dzi pasi ndidzo dzatinokudza kwazo ne ndungululo dze mbili dzisingadusigwe patjena dzobhakwa ne njele whulu kupinda
- English24
while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,
African Kalangandungululo dzinodusigwa patjena. Koga ndiko Ndzimu sekwa akabumba mbili nokudza ndungululo dzi pasi,
- English25
so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.
African Kalangakuti ndizo kusibe ne kusawhanana mu mbili, koga kuti ndungululo dzitjengetane kwakafanana.
- English26
If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
African KalangaHa ndungululo ing'ompela idziyila, dzose dzodziyila, koga ha ndungululo ing'ompela ikudziwa, dzose dzohanha nayo.
- African Kalanga
Imwi mu mbili wa Khirisiti, ngono mmwe ne mmwe i ndungululo yawo.
- English28
And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues.
African KalangaMu gubungano Ndzimu wakabiga ndungululo dzose ne kutobedzana, kutanga batumwa, gwe bubili balebesambeli,* gwe butatu badiyi, betobegwa nge bahingi be masazibgwe, kutobela bapodzi, babhatshi, kukowoti bayendisi be mihingo, kubvapo kuti balebi be ndimi dzipoga.
- African Kalanga
Apa bose batumwa kene? Apa bose balebesambeli kene? Apa bose badiyi kene? Apa bose banohinga masazibgwe kene?
- African Kalanga
Apa bose bana zwipo zwe kupodza kene? Apa bose banolebeleka ne ndimi dzipoga kene? Apa bose banotjenesa ndimi dzipoga kene?
- African Kalanga
Koga imwi yemulani ne malebeswa zwipo zwipehhugwi. Ndowomulakidza zila inopinda dzimwe dzose.
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.