The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Acts 7English
Mihingo 7African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Ntungamili we Baphirisiti kabhuzwa Sitifani kati, “Apa zwinhu izwezwi malebeswa kene?”
- English2
To this he replied: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.
African KalangaSitifani kadabila kati, “Makamu na botate, mundiwhilile! Ndzimu we gudzo wakaboneka kuna batategulu bedu Abhurahama batjiku Mesopotamiya, basanhu bakanogala ku Harani,
- African Kalanga
ngono Ndzimu ukababva ukati, ‘Bhuda mu hango ya kanyi kwenyu ne muna bakanyi kwenyu, ngono uyende ku hango yandinowokulakidza imi.’
- English4
“So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living.
African KalangaNdizo bakabhuda mu hango ya kanyi kwabo ye ba Khalideya bakanogala ku Harani. Hule kwe lufu gwa tate ba Abhurahama Ndzimu wakabadusa ikoko ukabahhisa mu hango iyeyi yamugele muili.
- English5
He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised him that he and his descendants after him would possess the land, even though at that time Abraham had no child.
African KalangaNdzimu ipapo auzopa Abhurahama pamwe payo se pape ndobva ne paangabiga gumbopo, koga Ndzimu wakagadzabgwe kumpa iyo ne kuti inowobe iye ne bana babe. Nenguba Abhurahama akabe asina mwana.
- English6
God spoke to him in this way: ‘Your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
African KalangaNdzimu tjawakaleba kuunli etji, ‘Ludzi gugo gowogala mu hango ye bamwe, kwabanowobe balanda, ngono banowobhakwha zwakayipa makole ali mazana manna.
- English7
But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come out of that country and worship me in this place.’
African KalangaKoga ndowosumikilisa tjaba igogo tjabanowohingila, ngono hule banowobhuda mu hango iyeyo, ngono banowondinamata mu bugalo igogu.’
- English8
Then he gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision. And Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him eight days after his birth. Later Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.
African KalangaIpapo Ndzimu ukapa Abhurahama tjibvumano tje thumbigwa. Abhurahama kazwala Isaki, ngono kanthumbila ne hhuba le buhhanakadzi hule kwe azwagwa. Isaki kazwala Jakubo, Jakubo kazwala bobatategulu bedu bali gumi lina babili.
- English9
“Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
African Kalanga“Bobatategulu bakathamila fupa nnung'una wabo Josefa ngono bakantenesa kube nlanda mu Egipiti. Koga Ndzimu wakabe unaye.
- English10
and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt; so he made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.
African KalangaWakansunungula mu dziyilo dzidze dzose. Ndzimu wakathama kuti adiwe ndi Faro, ukampa butjenjebvu mu meho awe. Ndizo Faro He nkulu we Egipiti kanthama nlauli we Egipiti newe n’ha uwe wose.
- English11
“Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our fathers could not find food.
African KalangaIpapo kukabe ne bhamba mu Egipiti yose ne mu Kanana lakahhisa dziyila kukulu. Bobatategulu bedu bakahaya zodliwa.
- African Kalanga
Jakubo kati ewha kuti kuna mapfunde ku Egipiti, katuma bobatategulu bedu kutanga.
- English13
On their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was, and Pharaoh learned about Joseph’s family.
African KalangaNgono gwe bubili Josefa kazwizibisa bakulu babe, ndizo Faro kaziba nekwe n’ha wa kanyi kwa Josefa.
- African Kalanga
Ipapo Josefa kadana tate babe Jakubo, kose ne n’ha wose, banhu bali makumi ali kutendeka ana bahanu, kuti bahhe ku Egipiti.
- African Kalanga
Ipapo Jakubo kayenda ku Egipiti, iko kwaakafila na bobatategulu bedu.
- English16
Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.
African KalangaMibili yabo yakasenegwa ku Shekemu, kwayakabiganyiwa mu kumbu tjakatengwa ndi Abhurahama ne themba ye mari ye siliva mu bana ba Hamori mu Shekemu.
- English17
“As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt greatly increased.
African Kalanga“Kukati lubaka gwakagadziwabgwe Abhurahama ne Ndzimu gwabe pedlo, mbalo ye banhu bedu ikakula bakawanda mu Egipiti.
- African Kalanga
Ngono kukabepo He nkulu mu Egipiti usingazibe tjimwe nekwa Josefa.
- English19
He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our forefathers by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die.
African KalangaKatjebela bobatategulu bedu, ngono kabadziyidza, ebakombeledza kuti balahe habana dzabo, kuti ndizo dzife.
- English20
“At that time Moses was born, and he was no ordinary child. For three months he was cared for in his father’s house.
African KalangaNdigo lubaka gwakazwagwa Mushe ali mwana wakanaka mbeli kwe Ndzimu. Wakalelegwa mu nzi wa tate babe mimwedzi ili mitatu,
- African Kalanga
ngono kati adusiwa mu nzi uwe, nkololokadzi wa Faro kantola kanlela se mwana uwe.
- English22
Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
African KalangaNgono Mushe kadiyiwa butjenjebvu gose gwe Baegipiti, ngono kabe akasima mu ndebeleko ne mu mihingo.
- African Kalanga
“Kati ana makole ali makumi manna, kakumbula kumba bakanyi kukwe, bakololo BaIziraeli.
- English24
He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defense and avenged him by killing the Egyptian.
African KalangaWakati ebona mmwe wa kanyi kukwe edziyidziwa kamila nlume iwoyo unotshambilidziwa ngono kambuzuludzila ne kubulaya N'egipiti.
- English25
Moses thought that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them, but they did not.
African KalangaWakabe ekumbula kuti banhu ba kanyi kukwe banowowhisisa kuti Ndzimu wakabe uwon’hingisa kubasunungula, koga ibo bakasiwhisise.
- English26
The next day Moses came upon two Israelites who were fighting. He tried to reconcile them by saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you want to hurt each other?’
African KalangaTjimuka kawana BaIziraeli babili begwa, ngono kagwisa kubagadzanya. Kati kubali, ‘Balume mu bana be nhu ini muthamilana bubi?’
- English27
“But the man who was mistreating the other pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
African KalangaKoga nlume iwoyu wakabe edziyidza mmwe katshindikila Mushe ntome. Kabhuzwa eti, ‘Ndiani wakakuthama nlauli ne nsumikilisi mutili kene?’
- African Kalanga
‘Unohaka ndibulaya sekwa wakabulaya N'egipiti madekwe?’
- English29
When Moses heard this, he fled to Midian, where he settled as a foreigner and had two sons.
African KalangaMushe kati ewha ikoku, katihha mu Egipiti kayenda kanogala mu hango ye Midiya. Kabe ne bakololo babili ikoko.
- English30
“After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
African Kalanga“Hule kwe makole ali makumi manna, ntumwa we kudzimu kaboneka kuna Mushe mu tjilambanyika tje dombo le Sinai mu mpfuto we moto mu denjana.
- English31
When he saw this, he was amazed at the sight. As he went over to look more closely, he heard the Lord’s voice:
African KalangaMushe katjenamisiwa ne tjaakabona, ngono kasedzela pedlo ne denjana kuti abone zubuyanana. Koga kawha whi la He liti,
- English32
‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.
African Kalanga‘Ndimi Ndzimu wa bobatategulu babo, Ndzimu wa Abhurahama, na Isaki na Jakubo.’ Mushe katetema ngohla, ngono kasiline.
- English33
“Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals; the place where you are standing is holy ground.
African KalangaHe bakati kuunli, ‘Mbula khwebana dzidzo, ngobe panhu paumile panhu pakayenemala.
- English34
I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to set them free. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
African KalangaNdabona dziyidziwa kwe banhu bangu mu Egipiti. Ndawha lila kwabo, ndizo ndadeluka kuwobasunungula. Ihha ngwenu; ndowokutuma ku Egipiti.’
- English35
“This is the same Moses whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
African Kalanga“Mushe iwoyu ndiye zwe wabakalamba beti, ‘Ndiani wakakuthama nlauli ne nsumikilisi mutili kene?’ Ndzimu wakantuma kunolaula banhu ne kubasunungula ne lubhatsho gwe ntumwa we kudzimu iwoyu wakaboneka kuunli mu denjana lakabe lipfuta moto.
- English36
He led them out of Egypt and did wonders and miraculous signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea and for forty years in the desert.
African KalangaWakatungamilila banhu kubhuda mu Egipiti athama matjenamiso ne zwilakidzo mu Egipiti ne ku Gungwa Haba ne mu tjilambanyika makole ali makumi manna.
- English37
“This is that Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will send you a prophet like me from your own people.’
African KalangaMushe ndiye wakati ku banhu be Iziraeli, ‘Ndzimu wenyu unowomuhhisila nlebesambeli, koga sekwa wakandihhisa, ngono unowobva mu ludzi gwenyu.’
- English38
He was in the assembly in the desert, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and he received living words to pass on to us.
African KalangaNdiye wakabe ana gubungano mu tjilambanyika, ndiye wakabe ali mile pakati kwa bobatategulu bedu ne ntumwa we kudzimu, iwoyu wakalebeleka naye ali pehhugwi kwe Dombo le Sinai ngono Mushe kaamutjila matama e Ndzimu anotjila kutipa iwo.
- English39
“But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
African Kalanga“Koga bobatategulu bedu bakalamba kun’wha, bakansundila ntome, ngono bakayemula bgwilila ku Egipiti.
- English40
They told Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt— we don’t know what has happened to him!’
African KalangaNdizo bakati kuna Aroni, ‘Utithamile midzimu inowotitungamila. Atitoziba kuti kwahingikalani kuna Mushe, iye wakatidusa mu Egipiti.’
- English41
That was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought sacrifices to it and held a celebration in honor of what their hands had made.
African KalangaNdigo lubaka gwabakathama ndzimu we tjifano tje mhulu, bakatjipa zwipo ngono bakabe ne nzano unokudza itjo tjabathama ibo.
- English42
But God turned away and gave them over to the worship of the heavenly bodies. This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets: “ ‘Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the desert, O house of Israel?
African KalangaNdizo Ndzimu ukabafupatila, ngono ukabayisa mu kunamata nyenyedzi dze kudzimu, sekwa kwakakwagwa mu whalo dze balebesambeli kuyi, ‘Ng'umba ye Iziraeli. Apa makandipa zwibhayilo zwe mhuka dzakabulawa nene zwipo makole ali makumi manna mu tjilambanyika kene?
- English43
You have lifted up the shrine of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile’ beyond Babylon.
African KalangaMakasenga tente ya Moleki, ne nyenyedzi ye ndzimu wenyu Refani, zwifano zwamakathama kuzwinamata. Ndizo wali ndowomudusa amuyisa mbeli kwe Bhabhiloni.’
- English44
“Our forefathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the desert. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
African Kalanga“Bobatategulu bedu bakabe bana tente ye butendeki mu tjilambanyika. Yakabe yakathamiwa sekwakabe kwalebgwa ne wakabudza Mushe kuti ithamiwe tjini.
- English45
Having received the tabernacle, our fathers under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them. It remained in the land until the time of David,
African KalangaBobatategulu bedu bakati bakahha nayo bana Joshuwa pabakatolela zwitjaba hango, izo Ndzimu zwawakatata mbeli kwa botate bedu. Ngono kwakagala kwakajalo kuswikila misi ya Dafite,
- English46
who enjoyed God’s favor and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
African Kalangaiye wakaamutjigwa ne Ndzimu, ngono kakumbila Ndzimu kumbvumila bakila Ndzimu wa Jakubo bugalo.
- African Kalanga
Koga Solomoni ndiye wakabakila Ndzimu ng'umba.
- African Kalanga
“Ndzimu upehhugwi hhugwi autogala mu ng'umba dzakabakwa ne banhu, se kunoleba nlebesambeli eti,
- English49
“ ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me? says the Lord. Or where will my resting place be?
African Kalanga‘He bakati, kudzimu tjigalo tjangu tje buhe, hango tjigalo tje makumbo angu. I ng'umba yakatini yaungandibakila kene? Ndiapi magalo andinganyaluluka muali kene?
- African Kalanga
Apa andizothama zwinhu izwezwi zose ne luboko gwangu kene?’
- English51
“You stiff-necked people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are just like your fathers: You always resist the Holy Spirit!
African Kalanga“Banhu ndimwi bana mitshibha yakawomelela, bana mimoyo mikukutu ne zebe dzisingahako wha lebeswa. Molamba Meya Yakayenemala misi yose, tjakathamwa ndi bobatategulu benyu namwibo motjithama.
- English52
Was there ever a prophet your fathers did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him—
African KalangaApa wakatongo bepo nlebesambeli bobatategulu benyu wabasakadziyidza kene? Bakabulaya na ibabo bakalebelambeli ne hha kwa iye Wakalulwama, iye wamakati ngwenu mukawonga mukambulaya.
- English53
you who have received the law that was put into effect through angels but have not obeyed it.”
African KalangaImwi makaamutjila nlayo wakahhisiwa ne batumwa be kudzimu, koga mukasiulondolodze!”
- African Kalanga
Bakati bewha ikoku bakan'gwadzilamoyo kwazo.
- English55
But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
African KalangaKoga Sitifani ali hhele Meya Yakayenemala, kalinga kudzimu kabona tjedza tje Ndzimu na Jesu ali mile ku luboko gwe ludli gwe Ndzimu.
- African Kalanga
Kati, “Bonani! Ndobona kudzimu kwakahhuka ne Nkololo we Nhu ali mile ku luboko ludli gwe Ndzimu!”
- English57
At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him,
African KalangaNgono bakamimila bakazwina zebe dzabo ngono bakalabukila kuunli bakan'wila bose.
- English58
dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
African KalangaBakankwebela kuhhe kwe nzi, ngono bakankikithidza ne mabgwe. Batendeki bakabiga zwiambalo zwabo pa makumbo e n’hhuhha wakabe eyi Saulo.
- African Kalanga
Bakatibekikithidza Sitifani ngono iye katembezela kati, “He Jesu, amutjilani meya yangu!”
- English60
Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
African KalangaKapfigama pasi kamilidza whi kati “He! Musibabone nlandu we jinyo ileli!” Wakati aleba ikoku kafa.
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.