The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Corinthians 5English
2 Bakorinta 5African Kalanga
- English1
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
African KalangaNgobe toziba kuti ha n’haha we hango watinogala muuli ukolomogwa, tina mbako inobva ku Ndzimu, ng'umba isakathamwa ne maboko, inogala ne kusingapele kudzimu.
- African Kalanga
Ha titjimu n’haha iwoyu, topisigwa kwazo mu moyo, takahuba kwazo kuti tiambale bugalo gwedu gwe kudzimu
- African Kalanga
kuti ha tiguambala tisiwang'we tili mbudlo.
- English4
For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
African KalangaNgobe ha titjimu n’haha iwoyu, tina hungu, tolemegwa, ngekuti atitohaka kuti tiambugwe, koga kuti tiambadziwe mbili we kudzimu, kuti tjinobola tjiamidziwe ne butjilo.
- English5
Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
African KalangaNdzimu ndiwo wakatilulwamisila ikoku, ndiwo wakatipa Meya se tjipo tjinogadzabgwe.
- English6
Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.
African KalangaNdizo wali tina kugalabgwe misi yose. Toziba kuti ha titji kanyi mu mbili, tikule na He,
- African Kalanga
ngobe toyenda nogalamoyo, kusi nobona.
- English8
We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
African KalangaAtitohla koga toyemula kuthubukana ne mbili kuti tibe na He.
- African Kalanga
Ndizo kene tili kanyi kene tisi kanyi, mazwimisilo edu whwun’hanhisa.
- English10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
African KalangaNgobe tose takafanila kuboneka mbeli kwe tjigalo tje sumikiliso tja Khirisiti, kuti mmwe ne mmwe aamutjile tjakanaka kene tjakayipa, kuyendidzana ne tjaakathama atjatjila.
- English11
Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.
African KalangaNdizo noziba kuti hla She kobvani, togwisa kukulumbidza banhu kuhha ku Ndzimu, koga tjatili itjo tjozibgwa ne Ndzimu, ngono ndogalabgwe kuti namwi moziba ikoku mu hana dzenyu.
- English12
We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart.
African KalangaAtitozwikudza kumuli, koga tomupa tjamungazwikudza nditjo ne kwedu, kuti ndizo mutubule kudabila ibabo banozwikudza ne mamo e nhu kusi ne moyo uwe.
- English13
If we are out of our mind, it is for the sake of God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.
African KalangaHa tipenga nde kwedu ne Ndzimu, ha tisingapenge kobhatsha imwi,
- English14
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
African Kalangangobe ludo gwa Khirisiti gotilaula, ngobe togalamoyo kuti nhu nng'ompela wakafila bose, ndizo ne imwe zila bose bakafa.
- English15
And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
African KalangaNgono wakafila bose, kuti ibabo banotjila basitjazwitjilile, koga batjilile iye wakabafila kamusiwa.
- English16
So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
African KalangaNdizo kubva ngwenu, atina watinolinga ne hhiho le tjinyama, nenguba takatongo linga Khirisiti ne hhiho le tjinyama, ha titjanlinga sa ikoko.
- English17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
African KalangaNdizo ani kene ani umuna Khirisiti, wabe tjibumbiwa tjitshwa, mbumbiko whulukugwi yapinda, koga tshwa yahha.
- English18
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
African KalangaKose ikoku kobva ku Ndzimu, iwo wakatipa Khirisiti kuti atigadzanye nawo ndizo ukatipabo n’hingo we kugadzanya.
- English19
that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
African KalangaNe amwe matama, ndi Khirisiti, Ndzimu wakagadzanya hango nawo, usingababalile matjinyo abo, ngono ukatipa dama le kugadzanya.
- English20
We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
African KalangaNdizo iswi ti bamilili ba Khirisiti, Ndzimu unomutetedzela ndiswi; tomukumbila mu bumo gwa Khirisiti kuti mugadzane ne Ndzimu.
- English21
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
African KalangaNe kwedu Ndzimu wakantilika jinyo, iye usakatongo ziba jinyo, kuti ndizo muunli tibe ndulamo ye Ndzimu.
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.