The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
1 Peter 1English
1 Pita 1African Kalanga
- English1
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,
African KalangaNdimi Pita, ntumwa wa Jesu Khirisiti. Ku bahalugwa be Ndzimu banonga bataya bakaandama ntunhu wose we Ponto ne mu Galatiya ne mu Kapadokiya ne mu Ezhiya ne mu Bhitiniya,
- English2
who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
African Kalangabakahalugwa ngozibila mbeli kwe Ndzimu Tate, bakayengemadziwa ne Meya yakayengemala, kuwha Jesu Khirisiti kuti munyasiwe ne malopa awe: Ngoni ne kunyalala ngakuwande pakati kwenyu.
- English3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
African KalangaNgakukudziwe Ndzimu kakale bali Tate ba He wedu Jesu Khirisiti! Ne ngoni dzabo whulu, takazwagwa butshwa mu kugalabgwe kunotjila, ne kumusiwa kwa Jesu Khirisiti mu bafi,
- African Kalanga
nekugala nhaka tjisingalobe, tjisina hambgwa, kakale tjisingafubale, tjamakabigigwa kudzimu,
- English5
who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
African Kalangaimwi bavikiligwa ne masimba e Ndzimu, ne bugalimoyo kuyitila jidzo lakalindila zumbunugwa mu nsi we bupelo.
- English6
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.
African KalangaHanhani muna ikoku, nenguba mu nsi uno mungadziyila kuhomanana ne ndiko dzakasiyana siyana,
- English7
These have come so that your faith–of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire– may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
African Kalangakuti ndizo malebeswa e bugalimoyo gwenyu guna themba inopinda ye golide inoti nenguba iloba, koga inolikiwa ne moto, sa ikokobo bugalimoyo gwenyu gungabe mbhayilo mu kukudza ne kumilidzila pehhugwi ne kutetiwa mu kuzumbunugwa kwa Jesu Khirisiti.
- English8
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
African KalangaNenguba musakambona, muna ludo muunli, nenguba musingambone sangwenu mogalamoyo muunli, muhanha kunotjenamisa, kukulu kwazo.
- African Kalanga
Mohanha ngobe muamutjila mbuzilo ye bugalimoyo gwenyu, ilo jidzo lenyu.
- English10
Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care,
African KalangaBalebesambeli bakaleba nekwe ngoni dzakabe dzowobe dzenyu, bakahakisisa kakale bakabhuzwisisa nekwe jidzo ileli.
- English11
trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.
African KalangaBakabhuzwisisa kuti kowobe kwakatini kene nsi upi unotjenesiwa ne meya ya Khirisiti imubali, ha ilebesambeli nekwe kudziyidziwa kwa Khirisiti nenge kukudziwa kunowotobela.
- English12
It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
African KalangaBakazumbunuligwa kuti bakabe basingazwithamile, koga bakabe bethamila imwi, mu zwinhu izwezwi zwamunobudziwa misi ino ndi ibabo bakasumikila ndebo mbuya kumuli ne Meya yakayengemala yakatumwa ibva kudzimu, ili izo zwinhu batumwa be kudzimu zwabagala behaka kubona.
- English13
Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self- controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
African KalangaNdizo, lulwamisani njalakang'wa dzenyu kuhinga, muzwibhate. Kugalabgwe kwenyu ngakube mu ngoni dzinohha kumuli mu kuzumbunugwa kwa Jesu Khirisiti.
- English14
As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
African KalangaSe bana banowha, musitjayendidzane ne njemulo dzinobva mu kuhaya luzibo kwenyu kwa ntolo.
- African Kalanga
Koga, sa iye wakamudana ali n'yengemali, ibeni bayengemali namwibo, mutjimwe ne tjimwe tjamunothama;
- African Kalanga
sekwa kwakakwagwa, kuyi “Yengemalani, ne kuti imi ndakayengemala.”
- English17
Since you call on a Father who judges each man’s work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.
African KalangaHa mudana muti Tate bedu, ibo banosumikilisa mmwe ne mmwe ne mihingo iye kuhhe kwe halaulo, mutjilile mu kuhla Ndzimu mu misi yose ye butaya gwenyu mu hango.
- English18
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers,
African KalangaMoziba kuti makadzutunugwa mu mipanga isina shingo yamakadiyiwa ndi botate benyu. Amuzodzutunugwa ne zwithu zwinoloba se siliva ne golide,
- African Kalanga
koga makadzutunugwa ne malopa anodika kwazo a Khirisiti, sa iyawaye e pkhwizana isina bulema kene tjifo.
- English20
He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
African KalangaWakagala abigigwa nhingo iwoyu hango isanhu ikabambiwa, koga kazumbunugwa mu bupelo gwe misi ne kwenyu.
- English21
Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.
African KalangaMakagalamoyo mu Ndzimu ndiye, iwo wakammusa mu bafi ukampa gudzo, ndizo bugalimoyo ne kugalabgwe kwenyu zwimu Ndzimu.
- English22
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart.
African KalangaSekwa makatjenapadza meya dzenyu ne kuwha malebeswa, kuti ndizo mube ne ludo gwakalulwama mu makamu, danani ne malebeswa ne moyo yenyu yose.
- English23
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
African KalangaMakazwagwa butshwa, kusi ne mbewu ye nyama inobola, koga ne mbewu isingabole, ilo dama linotjila kakale ligelile tjose le Ndzimu.
- English24
For, “All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
African KalangaNgoti kwakakwagwa kuyi, “Banhu bose banonga buwha, nenge bubuya gwabo gonga luba le hango. Buwha goswabiswa ne hhuba, ngono luba likawa,
- African Kalanga
koga dama la He ligele ne kusingapele tjose.” Dama ilelo i ndebo mbuya yamakasumikiligwa.
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.
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