The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
1 Corinthians 8English
1 Bakorinta 8African Kalanga
- English1
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
African KalangaNgwenu, nekwe zodliwa zwakapiwa midzimu toziba kuti, “Tose tina luzibo.” Luzibo gohiyisa nhu, koga ludo gosimisa nhu.
- African Kalanga
Iye unokumbula kuti unoziba tjimwe, aanhukaziba sekwa akafanila atjizibe.
- African Kalanga
Koga ha nhu eda Ndzimu unozibgwa ne Ndzimu.
- English4
So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that there is no God but one.
African KalangaNdizo, nekwe dla zodliwa zwakapiwa midzimu, toziba kuti midzimu ate ili tjimwe tjinotjila ne kuti akuna Ndzimu kuhhe kwe nng'ompela.
- English5
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”),
African KalangaNenguba kungabe kuna banodang'wa “midzimu,” kudzimu kene mu hango, dumbu nenguba ili yapo “midzimu” na “boHe” banjinji,
- English6
yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.
African Kalangakutili kuna Ndzimu nng'ompela, ibo Tate, zwinhu zose zobva kubali kakale totjila ne kwabo, kakale kuna He nng'ompela iye Jesu Khirisiti. Zwinhu zose zwiyapo ndiye, naswibo tiyapo ndiye.
- English7
But not everyone knows this. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat such food they think of it as having been sacrificed to an idol, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
African KalangaKoga ate mmwe ne mmwe unoziba ikoku. Bamwe banhu ne kuwolobela midzimu koti ha bedla zodliwa zwakajali banokumbula ne kwazo se zwakapiwa midzimu, ngono se hana dzabo dzisakasima dzotemapala.
- English8
But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
African KalangaZodliwa azwingatisedzedze ku Ndzimu. Ate tili babi kupindisa atisingadle kakale atitoyita atidla.
- English9
Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
African KalangaKoga yelani njele kuti kusununguka kwenyu kusibe tjikunhi kuna basakasima.
- English10
For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you who have this knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, won’t he be emboldened to eat what has been sacrificed to idols?
African KalangaHa mmwe una hana isakasima ekubona iwe una luzibo igogu udla mu ng'umba ye midzimu, apa angakulumbidzike kudla zwakapiwa midzimu kene?
- African Kalanga
Ndizo ne luzibo gugo, gamu ileli lisakasima, Khirisiti laakafila, lalobesiwa.
- English12
When you sin against your brothers in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
African KalangaHa utjinyila makamu awo ukubadza hana dzabo dzisakasima, unotjinyila Khirisiti.
- English13
Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to fall.
African KalangaNdizo ha zodliwa zwithama kuti gamu langu liwe, anditjowodla nyama, ngobe ndingabva ndithama kuti gamu langu liwe.
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.