The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Corinthians 11English
2 Bakorinta 11African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Ndoyemula kuti mube ne moyonlefu ne bulengwe gwangu. Ibeni ne moyonlefu nami!
- English2
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him.
African KalangaNdowha ndina kubinda mumuli kunobva ku Ndzimu, ngobe ndakamubigilidza ndobolo kumuyisa kuna Khirisiti muli mmwanadi mbuyanana una nlume nng'ompela, iye Khirisiti.
- English3
But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
African KalangaKoga ndodziyidzika ne kuti se nyoka yakatjengela Eva ne kutjenjelela ntome kwayo, mikumbulo yenyu inowotjinyiwa, mube musiya kuzwipa kwe malebeswa kakale kwakatjena muna Khirisiti.
- English4
For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.
African KalangaMoamutjila ne kuhanha mmwe ne mmwe unohha esumikila Jesu upoga muna watakasumikila, mukaamutjila meya ipoga muna yamakaamutjila kakale mukaamutjila ndebo mbuya ipoga muna yamakaamutjila mutili!
- African Kalanga
Anditobvuma kuti ndi ntukunu pa batumwa ibabo banoyi bakulukulu.
- English6
I may not be a trained speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way.
African KalangaNenguba ndisi nyambi yelebeleka, koga ndina luzibo. Ikoku takakutjenesa kumuli misi yose ne mu zwinhu zose.
- English7
Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge?
African KalangaApa ndakathama jinyo ne kuzwiyisa pasi kuti imwi mukudziwe, ne kusumikila ndebo mbuya ye Ndzimu kumuli kuhhe kwe haka lubhatsho mumuli kene?
- African Kalanga
Ndakakwibila makubungano amwe ngoamutjila lubhatsho muali kuhingila imwi.
- English9
And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.
African KalangaNgono pandakabe ndi namwi, koga ndihaya, andina wandakabe ntolo kuunli, ngobe zwandakabe ndihaya zwakadusiwa ne makamu anobva ku Makedoniya. Ndizo ndakaletja kumulemesela, kene anditowomulemesela.
- English10
As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, nobody in the regions of Achaia will stop this boasting of mine.
African KalangaSe malebeswa a Khirisiti ali mundili, kuzwikudza kwangu ikoku akutowonyaladziwa mu mitunhu ye Akaiya.
- African Kalanga
Apa ndoleba ikoku nekutini? Nekuti ndisingamude kene? Ndzimu unoziba kuti ndomuda!
- English12
And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about.
African KalangaTjandinohinga ngwenu ndowoyendilambeli nditjihinga, kuti ndihayise ibabo mazwikudzo ibaba banohaka kuti batogwe se banolizana naswi muna tjabanozwikudza nditjo.
- African Kalanga
Banhu bakajali batumwa be manyepkhwa, bahingi banotjebela, banozwithama batumwa ba Khirisiti.
- African Kalanga
Ngono akutotjenamisa, ngobe na iye Satani unozwithama ntumwa we kudzimu we tjedza.
- English15
It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.
African KalangaNdizo akutotjenamisa ha balanda babe na ibobo bezwithama balanda be ndulamo. Bhelelo labo lowofanana ne mihingo yabo.
- English16
I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting.
African KalangaNdobgwililula nditi ngakusibe ne unokumbula kuti ndi tjilengwe. Koga ha mungakumbula sa ikoko, mundiamutjile se tjilengwe, kuti ndizo namibo ndizwikudze kutukununu.
- African Kalanga
Tjandinoleba anditotjileba ne simba la He, koga ndolebeleka se tjilengwe mu kuzwikudza kwakajali.
- African Kalanga
Se banji bezwikudza nekwe zwe hango namibo ndowozwikudza,
- African Kalanga
ngobe mothamila zwilengwe moyonlefu na iko makahanha, imwi ne kwenyu makatjenjela.
- English20
In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or pushes himself forward or slaps you in the face.
African KalangaMobe ne moyonlefu ha nhu emuthama balanda, kene emutjebela kene emubhatilapo, kene emulingila pasi, kene emulonga haula mate.
- English21
To my shame I admit that we were too weak for that! What anyone else dares to boast about–I am speaking as a fool–I also dare to boast about.
African KalangaNdina honi kuleba kuti iswi takakong'wa kuthama zwinhu izwezo! Koga tjimwe ne tjimwe tjaanozwikudza nditjo, ndolebeleka se tjilengwe, namibo ndingazwikudza nditjo.
- English22
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham’s descendants? So am I.
African KalangaKene Bahebheru? Namibo ndi iye. Kene Baiziraela? Namibo ndi iye. Kene be ludzi gwa Abhurahama? Namibo ndi igo.
- English23
Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again.
African KalangaKene balanda BaKhirisiti? Imi ndi nlanda unoyita pabali. Ndoleba se mpengo! Ndakahinga kwakasima kubapinda kwazo, ndakabe mu ng'umba ye busungwa kanjinji kubapinda, ndakalobgwa kanjinji abe pedlo ne lufu kanjinji.
- African Kalanga
Ndakalobgwa kahanu ne Bajuta hamu dzili makumi manna anodusa ing'ompela.
- English25
Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea,
African KalangaNdakalobgwa katatu ne zwikombo ne Baroma, akikithidziwa ne mabgwe. Katatu kose kepe tjandakabe ndiyenda nditjo tjakanyumbgwila mu gungwa ha angama mu vula ne kuzwibhatilila mu zwipivu zwe kepe busiku gose amuka ndiwha ndakajalo hhuba lose.
- English26
I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my own countrymen, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false brothers.
African KalangaNdakayenda njendo njinji, abe mu mbatsha dze njizi ne dze zwigebeng'a, abe mu mbatsha dze bakanyi kwangu ne be zwitjaba, abe mu mbatsha mu mizi mikulu, abe mu mbatsha mu tjilambanyika nenge mu gungwa, abe mu mbhatsha mu makamu e manyepkhwa.
- English27
I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.
African KalangaNdakahinga kunolema, apedza masiku manjinji ndisingayizele, muhhala ne nyota, kanjinji ndisingadle, ndipota ndisina zwiambalo.
- African Kalanga
Ngono kuhhe kwe zwimwe zwinhu, ndodziyidzika hhuba ne hhuba ndikumbula nekwe makubungano wose.
- African Kalanga
Panobe mmwe asakasima, imi ndozwiwha ndisakasimabo, panobe mmwe awila mu jinyo imi ndohhala buyendasi.
- African Kalanga
Ha kuli kuti ndina kuzwikudza, ndowozwikudza nekwe zwithu zwinolakidza kusasima kwangu.
- English31
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever, knows that I am not lying.
African KalangaNdzimu ibo Tate ba He Jesu, iwo unokudziwa kusingapele, unoziba kuti anditonyepa.
- English32
In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me.
African KalangaPandakabe ndili mu Damasiko, nlauli wakabe ali pasi kwa He nkulu Aretasi wakabiga balindi pa nkoba we nzi nkulu kundibhata.
- African Kalanga
Koga ndakadelusigwa kuhhe ne buli limu guma ndili mu tundu, abe ndileya mbatsha dze mazwimisilo awe.
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.