The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Corinthians 10English
2 Bakorinta 10African Kalanga
- English1
By the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you–I, Paul, who am “timid” when face to face with you, but “bold” when away!
African KalangaImi Paulo, ne kwangu ndomukumbila ne kuzwiyisa pasi nenge bunhu gwa Khirisiti, imi ndinoyi ndigwala ha ndakalingisana namwi, koga ndakasimamoyo ha ndili kule namwi.
- English2
I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world.
African KalangaNdomukumbila kuti musithame kuti ndisisime moyo sekwa ndakazwimisila ne buhhalo, kuna ibabo banotialakanila kuti tozwibhata ne mazwiibhato e shango.
- African Kalanga
Nenguba tigala mu hango atitogwa ngwa ye hango,
- English4
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
African Kalangangobe zwibhayano zwatinogwa ndizo ate zwibhayano zwe hango, koga zwina simba lakayengemala kulobesa matihhilo akasima.
- English5
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
African KalangaTokolomola kukakabadzana kose, ne kuzwikudza kumwe ne kumwe kunodzinganyidza luzibo gwe Ndzimu, tikasunga nkumbulo mmwe ne mmwe kuti uwhe Khirisiti.
- African Kalanga
Ngono towobe takazwilulwamisila kuloba hamu kusawha kumwe ne kumwe, ha kuwha kwenyu kwapelela.
- English7
You are looking only on the surface of things. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should consider again that we belong to Christ just as much as he.
African KalangaImwi lingani zwi mbeli kwe meho enyu. Ha mmwe egalabgwe kuti nde wa Khirisiti, ngaazwikumbuludze kuti iswi ti BaKhirisiti bo.
- English8
For even if I boast somewhat freely about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than pulling you down, I will not be ashamed of it.
African KalangaNenguba ndizwikudza kupindisa nekwe ndaulo yedu iyo He yabakatipa kumubaka koga kusi kumukolomola, anditowoibhatigwa ne shoni.
- African Kalanga
Anditohaka kuti kulingike ndinga ndinohaka kumupalusamoyo ne whalo dzangu.
- English10
For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing.”
African KalangaBamwe banoti, “Whalo dzidze dzolema, dzakasima, koga iye ne kukwe aali pano nlelu lelu, zwilebo zwizwe ate zwili tjimwe.”
- English11
Such people should realize that what we are in our letters when we are absent, we will be in our actions when we are present.
African KalangaBanhu bakajalo ngabazibe kuti tjatinoleba ne lukwalo tisipo, nditjo tjatinowothama ha tili yapo.
- English12
We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.
African KalangaIswi atizozwilizanya kene kuli kuzwifananya na ibabo banozwikudza. Koga ha mmwe ezwifananya ne mmwe, ngono mmwe ezwiyelesedza ne mmwe pakati kwenyu, kobva kuti abatowhisisa.
- English13
We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the field God has assigned to us, a field that reaches even to you.
African KalangaKoga iswi atingazwikudze kupinda tjilizanyo, towoma mu tjilizanyo tjatakapiwa ne Ndzimu, kuhinga namwi na iko kuli mukatibo.
- English14
We are not going too far in our boasting, as would be the case if we had not come to you, for we did get as far as you with the gospel of Christ.
African KalangaTakabe tisingapindilile mu tjilizanyo tjedu patakahha kumuli, ngobe ndiswi bekutanga kuhhisa ndebo mbuya ya Khirisiti kumuli.
- English15
Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting of work done by others. Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow, our area of activity among you will greatly expand,
African KalangaAtitozwikudza kwakapindilila ne mihingo ye bamwe bathu, i kuhhe kwe tjilizanyo tjedu, koga kugalabgwe kwedu whuti se kugalamoyo kwenyu kukula, n’hingo wedu pakati kwenyu unowokula kwazo.
- English16
so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast about work already done in another man’s territory.
African KalangaKuti ndizo tisumikile ndebo mbuya mu shango dzimwe dzi mbeli kwe yenyu tisingazwikudze ne n’hingo wakahingwa kale mu nnda we mmwe nhu.
- African Kalanga
Koga “Iye unohaka kuzwikudza ngaazwikudze ne tjakahingwa ndi He.”
- English18
For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
African KalangaNgobe nhu unozwikudza ate iye unoamutjigwa, koga nhu unokudziwa ndi He ndiye unoamutjigwa.
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.