The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Thessalonians 1English
2 Batesalonika 1African Kalanga
- English1
Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
African KalangaNdimi Paulo, ndina Silasi na Timoti. Ku gubungano le Batesalonika mu Ndzimu Tate bedu na He Jesu Khirisiti:
- African Kalanga
Ngoni ne kunyalala kunobva ku Ndzimu Tate bedu na He Jesu Khirisiti ngakube namwi.
- English3
We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.
African KalangaTakafanila boka Ndzimu misi yose ne kwenyu makamu, kwakafanila, ngobe galamoyo kwenyu kokula kuyenda mbeli ne ludo gwamunodana ndigo gokula.
- English4
Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.
African KalangaNdizo pakati kwe makubungano e Ndzimu, tozwiloba ifuba nekwe kusimidzila kwenyu ne kugalamoyo kwenyu mu kudziyidziwa kose ne kuwhisiwa zogwadza kwamunodzikitadzila.
- English5
All this is evidence that God’s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.
African KalangaKose ikoku kolakidza kuti kusumikilisa kwe Ndzimu kwakalulwama, ngono nekwa ikoko mowothang'wa bakafanila buhe gwe Ndzimu, iwo wamunodziyilila.
- African Kalanga
Ndzimu wakalulwama, unowodziyidza ibabo banomudziyidza,
- English7
and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels.
African Kalangakoga, ukamunyalulusa, imwi banodziyidziwa, kose naswibo. Oku kowohingikala He Jesu ezumbunuka kubva kudzimu ne batumwa babe be kudzimu bana masimba,
- African Kalanga
ali mu moto unopfuta ewhisa zogwadza ibabo banolamba Ndzimu kakale basina hanya ne ndebo mbuya ya He wedu Jesu.
- English9
They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power
African KalangaBanowolobgwa hamu ye golomodzo lisingapele, bakatatigwa kule na He ne bukulu gwe simba lile
- English10
on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you.
African Kalangamu hhuba laanowohha kukudziwa mu banhu babe bakayengemala ne kulumbidziwa ndi bose bakagalamoyo. Namwibo mowobe munabo, ngobe makagalamoyo butendeki gwedu kumuli.
- English11
With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith.
African KalangaHa tikumbula ikoku, tomutembezelela misi yose kuti dzene tshene Ndzimu ungamuthama kuti mufanigwe nodanigwa kwenyu kuunli, kakale kuti ne simba lawo ungahhadzisa mazwimisilo enyu wose ekuhinga ndulamo, ne mihingo yenyu ye bugalimoyo,
- English12
We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
African Kalangakuti ndizo zina la He wedu Jesu likudziwe ne kwenyu, namwibo mukudziwe ne kukwe kuyendidzana ne ngoni dze Ndzimu wedu ne dza He wedu Jesu Khirisiti.
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.