The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Acts 14English
Mihingo 14African Kalanga
- English1
At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Gentiles believed.
African KalangaKu Ikhoniyamu Paulo na Bhanabhasi bakangina mu ng'umba ye mitembezelo ye Bajuta. Ikoko bakalebeleka ne zila yakati banhu banjinji be Tjijuta ne Bezwitjaba bakagalamoyo.
- English2
But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
African KalangaKoga ibabo Bajuta bakalamba galamoyo bakadzonga Bezwitjaba bakathama kuti bahandukile makamu.
- English3
So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to do miraculous signs and wonders.
African KalangaNdizo Paulo na Bhanabhasi bakapedza lubaka gulefu ikoko, belebelekela He bakasimamoyo, iye wakalakidza dama lile le ngoni ne thama zwilakidzo ne makaabadzo ndibo.
- African Kalanga
Banhu be nzi bakabe bakathubukana, bamwe bakama ne Bajuta bamwe ne batumwa ba Jesu.
- English5
There was a plot afoot among the Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.
African KalangaKwakabe kuna kulangana pakati kwe Bajuta nene Bezwitjaba kang'ompela ne batungamili babo, kubadziyidza nene kubakikithidza ne mabgwe.
- English6
But they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country,
African KalangaKoga bakaziba ne kwako ndizo bakatihhila ku mizi ye Lisitira ne Debhe mu Likhaoniya ne mitunhu yakapoteleka ipapo.
- African Kalanga
Ikoko bakasumikila Ndebo Mbuya.
- English8
In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
African KalangaMu Lisitira, kwakabe kuna mmwe nlume wakabe ali gele pasi asingatubule hingisa makumbo awe. Wakabe azwagwa ali tjilema kakale kasitongo yenda.
- English9
He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed
African KalangaWakawhilila Paulo elebeleka. Paulo kanlingisisa, kabona kuti una kugalamoyo kupodziwa,
- African Kalanga
ngono kadanila pehhugwi, kati, “Ima ne makumbo.” Kamadzuka ngono kayenda.
- English11
When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!”
African KalangaMbunga ukati ubona Paulo tjaathama, ukamimila ne lulimi gwe Tjilikhaoniya uti, “Midzimu yadelukila kutili ili mu mbumbiko ye banhu!”
- African Kalanga
Bhanabhasi bakantumila beti Zeusi, ngono Paulo bakantumila beti Hemesi, ngobe ali iye tjilebeleki tjikulu.
- English13
The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.
African KalangaMphirisiti wa Zeusi, we ng'umba yaanonamatigwa muili iyo yakabe ili kuhhe kwe nzi, kahhisa mikono ne maluba ku mikoba ye nzi, ngobe iye ne mbunga bakabe behaka kubabhayila zwibhayilo.
- English14
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting:
African KalangaKoga kukati batumwa, Bhanabhasi na Paulo bewha ikoku, bakapalula zwiambalo zwabo, ngono bakatihhila ku mbunga bemimila beti;
- English15
“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
African Kalanga“Banhu, ini muthama ikoku? Naswi ti banhu banonga imwi. Tomuhhisila Ndebo Mbuya, timubudza kuti handukani mu midzimu ye manyepkwha, muhandukile ku Ndzimu unotjila iwo wakathama kudzimu ne hango ne gungwa na kose ku muali magalo iyawa.
- African Kalanga
Mu misi yakapinda wakaletja zwitjaba zose zwithama tjakabe tjizwihanhisa.
- English17
Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”
African KalangaKoga auzozwisiya usina butendeki. Wakalakidza n’hhahho ne kumupa vula kubva kudzimu ne zwidlo mu misi yazo, unogutsha mimoyo yenyu ne zodliwa ne kuhanha.”
- African Kalanga
Ne baleba matama iyawa zwabo bakasimigwa ne kumisa mbunga kubabhayila zwibhayilo.
- English19
Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead.
African KalangaBajuta bakahha ikoko bebva ku Antiyokhi ne ku Ikhoniyamu, ngono bakayita kuti banhu babvumane nabo. Bakakikithidza Paulo ne mabgwe, ngono bakankakatila kuhhe kwe nzi bekumbula kuti wafa.
- English20
But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.
African KalangaKoga kukati hule kwe bagalimoyo bankubunganila, kamuka, ngono kabgwilila mu nzi. Tjimuka iye na Bhanabhasi bakayenda ku Debhe.
- English21
They preached the good news in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch,
African KalangaBakati basumikila Ndebo Mbuya mu nzi iwoyo, bakahandula banhu banjinji kube badiyiwa. Ipapo bakabgwilila ku Lisitira ne ku Ikhoniyamu ne ku Antiyokhi
- English22
strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
African Kalangabesimisa zwilopa bagalimoyo bebakulumbidza kuyendilambeli mu kugalamoyo, beti, “Nodziyidziwa kanjinji towongina mu buhe gwe Ndzimu.”
- English23
Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.
African KalangaPaulo na Bhanabhasi bakabahalulila bakulu mu gubungano limwe ne limwe, ngono bakatembezela bezwinyima zodliwa, ndizo bakalonga mu maboko a He iye wabakagalamoyo muunli.
- African Kalanga
Bakayenda bakapalama Phisidiya bakangina mu Phamufiliya.
- African Kalanga
Kukati basumikila dama mu Phega bakadelukila ku Athaliya.
- English26
From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.
African KalangaKubva mu Athaliya bakabgwilila ku Antiyokhi ne gungwa, iko kwabakabe babigiwa mu ngoni dze Ndzimu nekwe n’hingo wabakabe bapedza.
- English27
On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
African KalangaBakati beswika ikoko, bakakubunganya gubungano, ngono bakabika kose Ndzimu kwawakabe wahinga ndibo nene sekwa wakahhulila Bezwitjaba nkoba we kugalamoyo.
- African Kalanga
Ngono bakagala lubaka gulefu ikoko ne badiyiwa.
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.