The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Timothy 3English
2 Timoti 3African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Koga uwhisise whoku, kowobe ne misi yakabangalala mu mahhuba e bupelo.
- English2
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
African KalangaNgobe banhu banowobe ne kuzwida ne da mari ne kuzwiloba fuba ne kuzwikudza ne kutukana ne sawha bazwadzi babo ne satenda ne kusayengemala
- English3
without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self- control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
African Kalangane kusabe ne ludo ne kusazwibhatigwana ne tjinya bamwe mazina ne kusazwibhata ne kube ne buhongola ne sada bubuya ne kube
- African Kalanga
mapitipiti ne kube matjapa ne kuzwibona ne da mizipo pana da Ndzimu,
- African Kalanga
belingika bana kunamata kunonga kwedu, koga belandula simba lako. Ibe kutjena ne banhu bakajalo.
- English6
They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,
African KalangaNekuti mu banhu bakajalo kuna banongina mu mizi ngono bakatola bakadzi basakasima banolemegwa kale ne zwibi kakale banodengadengesiwa ne njemulo dzakasiyana siyana,
- African Kalanga
banodiyiwa misi yose koga basingatongo tubula kuziba malebeswa.
- English8
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth–men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected.
African KalangaKoga sa Janesi na Jambhuresi bakanyanyayidza Mushe, balume ibaba banonyanyayidza malebeswa, banhu be mi-kumbulo yakabola, yakathama kuti kugalamoyo kwabo kwakaleleka kulambiwe.
- English9
But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.
African KalangaKoga abatowonoti poni, sa ibabo balume babili, bulengwe gwabo gowobvila patjena ku mmwe ne mmwe.
- English10
You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance,
African KalangaKoga iwe wakalondolodza zwidiyo zwangu ne mazwibhato angu ne mazwimisilo angu ne kugalamoyo kwangu ne bumoyonlefu gwangu ne ludo gwangu ne kudzikitadza kwangu
- English11
persecutions, sufferings–what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
African Kalangane kuwhisiwa zogwadza kwangu ne kudziyidzika kwangu, zwinhu zwakandihingikalila ku Antiyoki ne ku Ikoniyo ne ku Lisitira ne kuwhisiwa zogwadza kwangu kwandakasimidzilamoyo. Koga He bakandiangulila mukuli kose.
- African Kalanga
Ne lebeswa bose banoyemula tjila butjilo gwe kunamata muna Khirisiti Jesu banowowhisiwa zogwadza
- African Kalanga
koga banhu babi ne batjebeli banowopandukila mbeli mu kutjebela na ibo betjebegwabo.
- English14
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it,
African KalangaKoga iwe yendilambeli muna tjawakazwidiya ne tjaunogalamoyo mu-tjili wakasimisila, ukumbula wakakudiya,
- English15
and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
African Kalangane sekwa wakaziba whalo dzakayengemala utji ntjetjana, idzo dzinotubula kukudiya nekwe jidzo ne kugalamoyo muna Khirisiti Jesu.
- English16
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
African KalangaWhalo dze Ndzimu dzose dzakayengemala dzakafemegwa ne Ndzimu ngono dzakalulwamila kudiya, kutjemela, kululwamisa nenge kudiya kutjilila mu ndulamo,
- African Kalanga
kuti ndizo nhu we Ndzimu abe wakapelela, akazwilulwamisila n’hingo mmwe ne mmwe wakanaka
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.