The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Corinthians 9English
2 Bakorinta 9African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Akungahayike kuti ndimukwalile nekwe n’hingo we kupa bayengemali zwipo,
- English2
For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year you in Achaia were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action.
African Kalangangobe ndoziba kuda kwenyu, ngono ndozwikudza ne kwenyu ku banhu be Makedoniya. Nditi, “Makamu mu Akaiya akazwilulwamisila kubhatsha kubvila makenyi.” Kumusa meya kwenyu kwakamusa bunji gwabo.
- English3
But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove hollow, but that you may be ready, as I said you would be.
African KalangaKoga ndotuma makamu, kuti ndizo kuzwikudza kwedu ne kwenyu kusitongobe kwe suli muna ikoku. Koga kuti ndizo mube makazwilulwamisa sekwa ndakati mowobe makazwilulwamisa.
- English4
For if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we–not to say anything about you–would be ashamed of having been so confident.
African KalangaHa kungabe ne bamwe banobva ku Makedoniya bangahha nami bebe bewana musakazwilulwamisa, tingabhakhwa ne honi seni, koga imwi mungabhakhwa ne honi kupindisa nenguba kuna kuzwikudza kwakajali.
- English5
So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift, not as one grudgingly given.
African KalangaNdizo ndawana kwakalingisana kukulumbidza makamu ihawa kuhha kumuli kunditangila kuti balulwamisile mbeli kwe lubaka tjipo itjetji tjamakagadzabgwe. Ipapo tjowobe tjakalulwama ha ndiswika, ngono tjisi tjamakombeledzwa koga tjili tjipo tjamapa ne moyo ntjena.
- English6
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
African KalangaKumbulani whoku: Ani kene ani unodzwala kutukununu unowovuna kutukununubo, koga iye unodzwala kunjinji unowovuna kunjinji.
- English7
Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
African KalangaMmwe ne mmwe wakafanila ape sekwa ada asingazeyeze kene asingakombeledziwe, ngobe Ndzimu unoda nhu unopa akahanha.
- English8
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
African KalangaKakale Ndzimu unotubula kumupa tjipo tjimwe ne tjimwe ne buhhalo, kuti ndizo misi yose mube muna tjimwe ne tjimwe tjakaswika, mutubule kupana ne buhhalo mu n’hingo mmwe ne mmwe wakalulwama.
- English9
As it is written: “He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.”
African KalangaSekwa kwakakwagwa kuyi, “Unoandamisa, unopa bahayi, ndulamo iye aitopela.”
- English10
Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
African KalangaIye unopa ndzwali mbewu ne tjiwunga kudla unowomupa kawandisa mbewu yenyu ngono kawatsha mbuzilo ye ndulamo.
- English11
You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.
African KalangaMowofumisiwa ne zila dzose kuti ndizo mupane ne sununguko whulu ndizo bunjinji gowoboka Ndzimu nekwe zwipo zwenyu zwabanoamutjila mutili.
- English12
This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.
African KalangaNgobe n’hingo iwoyu wamunohinga autobhatsha kuhaya kwe bayengemali koga, koga unopinda ukahhisa kuboka kukulu ku Ndzimu.
- English13
Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, men will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else.
African KalangaN’hingo wenyu iwoyu unowolakidza meya yenyu ye TjiKhirisiti, bamwe banjinji banowokudza Ndzimu nekwe kuwha ndebo mbuya ya Khirisiti, iyo yamunoleba ne kupana kwenyu kukulu kubali ne ku bamwe bose.
- English14
And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.
African KalangaNgono banowomutembezelela bakamuhuba nekwe ngoni dze Ndzimu whulu mumuli.
- African Kalanga
Ngakutendiwe Ndzimu nekwe tjipo tjawo tjisina themba.
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.