The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Corinthians 12English
2 Bakorinta 12African Kalanga
- English1
I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
African KalangaNdakafanila ndizwikudze, nenguba kusingabuzile tjimwe. Koga ngwenu ndowoleba nekwe mbono nenge zumbunulo dza He.
- English2
I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know–God knows.
African KalangaNdoziba mmwe nlume muna Khirisiti iye wakati makole ali gumi lina manna (14) akapinda, kadzamuligwa kudzimu kwe butatu, kene kuti kwakahingikala kene yakabe ili mbono koga anditoziba, koziba Ndzimu.
- English3
And I know that this man–whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows–
African KalangaNgono ndoziba kuti nlume iwoyu kene wakabe ali mu mbili kene kuhhe kwe mbili anditoziba, koziba Ndzimu,
- English4
was caught up to paradise. He heard inexpressible things, things that man is not permitted to tell.
African Kalangawakadzamuligwa ku Paradaisi ngono kawha zwinhu zwisingalebgwe, zwinhu zwisingabvumigwe nhu kuti azwilebe.
- English5
I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses.
African KalangaNdowozwikudza nekwa iwoyu nlume, koga ne kwangu anditowozwikudza, kuhhe kwe kuzwikudza nekwe kusasima kwangu.
- English6
Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say.
African KalangaHa kuli kuti ndohaka kuzwikudza, ndowobe ndisi tjilengwe, ngobe ndowobe ndileba malebeswa. Koga ndozwidziba mu kuzwikudza, kuti ndizo kusibe ne mmwe unondikumbulila kupinda tjaanobona mundili kene tjaanowha tjibva mundili.
- English7
To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
African KalangaNgono kundidziba kuti ndisihhale mazwikudzo nekwe zumbunulo dzandakabona whulu kupindisa, ndakalongwa miwha mu nyama yangu, iye ntumwa wa Satani kundidziyidza kuti ndizo ndisizwikudze.
- African Kalanga
Katatu kose ndakakumbila He nekwa ikoku, kuti kubhude mundili,
- English9
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
African Kalangakoga He wakati kundili, “Ngoni dzangu dzakakulizana, ngobe simba langu lohhadzisika mu kusasima kuko.” Ndowozwikudza kwazo ndakahanha mu kusasima kwangu, kuti simba la Khirisiti libe mundili.
- English10
That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
African KalangaNdizo nekwa Khirisiti ndoamutjila nge kuhanha kusasima ne masapa ne zogwadza ne kudziyidziwa ne dzimanikano, ngobe pandisakasima, ipapo ndakasima.
- English11
I have made a fool of myself, but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
African KalangaNdakabe tjilengwe! Makandikombeledza kube itjo, kwakajalo ndabe ndakafanila kudziwa ndimwi. Ate ndili ntukunu pana ibabo batumwa banoyi bakulukulu, nenguba imi ndisi tjimwe.
- English12
The things that mark an apostle–signs, wonders and miracles–were done among you with great perseverance.
African KalangaZwilakidzo zwe ntumwa wa Jesu wakwako zwakahingwa pakati kwenyu ne moyonlefu, ne zwilakidzo ne matjenamiso ne mihingo mikulu.
- English13
How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
African KalangaMakabhakhwa ne zila ipi inogwadza kupinda makubungano mamwe kene, kuhhe kwe kuti imi ne kwangu andizobe ntolo kumuli? Mundizwiibhatigwe nlandu iwoyu!
- English14
Now I am ready to visit you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
African KalangaNdakazwilulwamisila kumukumba gwe butatu ngwenu. Koga anditowobe ntolo kumuli, ngobe anditohaka tjimwe tjenyu, koga ndohaka imwi. Ngobe bana ate ili ibo banobiganyidzila bazwadzi, koga bazwadzi ndibo banobiganyidzila bana babo.
- English15
So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well. If I love you more, will you love me less?
African KalangaNdowohanha kwazo kuhingisa tjandinatjo, azwipila na kose kwandili iko. Apa ha ndimuda kwazo imwi mowondida kutukununu kene?
- English16
Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you. Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery!
African KalangaNgatitini ndakabe ndisi ntolo kumuli. Koga mmwe unowoti ndakabe ndili tjakwani, ngono amuteya ne butjakwani.
- African Kalanga
Apa ndakahaba ndimwi ne mmwe wa ibabo bandakatuma kumuli kene?
- English18
I urged Titus to go to you and I sent our brother with him. Titus did not exploit you, did he? Did we not act in the same spirit and follow the same course?
African KalangaNdakakulumbidza Tito kuhha kumuli, ngono antuma ne limwe gamu. Apa Tito wakahaba ndimwi kene? Apa atizozwibhata ne meya dzinofanana kene? Apa atizotola nhambo dzinofanana kene?
- English19
Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? We have been speaking in the sight of God as those in Christ; and everything we do, dear friends, is for your strengthening.
African KalangaApa mabe mualakana lubaka gose kuti takabe tizwivikilila mbeli kwenyu kene? Tabe tilebeleka muna Khirisiti mbeli kwe Ndzimu, ngono kose kuli kumubaka, badiwa bangu.
- English20
For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.
African KalangaNdohla kuti pamwe ndowohha ndiwana muli bapoga musi tjandinoyemula kuti mube itjo, namwi mukawana ndili upoga ndisi tjamunoyemula kuti ndibe ndili itjo. Ndohla kuti ndowowana kukakabadzana ne fupa ne buhongola ne kuzwikumbula ne kutjinyana mazina ne bung'wa, kuzwida ne kusayendidzana.
- English21
I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery in which they have indulged.
African KalangaNdohla kuti pandinowohha kakale Ndzimu wangu unowondiyisa pasi mbeli kwenyu, ngono ndowozwiwana ndililila banjinji bakatjinya mu misi yakapinda koga bakasihandukile matjinyo abo e kuwalilana nhobo kunobhatisa honi ne kuwalilana nhobo kusakalingisana ne njemulo dzisakanaka dzekuwalilana nhobo.
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.