The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Colossians 1English
Bakolosa 1African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Ndimi Paulo ntumwa wa Khirisiti Jesu ne kuda kwe Ndzimu. Ndina Timoti gamu ledu.
- English2
To the holy and faithful brothers in Christ at Colosse: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
African KalangaKu bayengemali, ibo makamu anogalamoyo muna Khirisiti, amu nzi we Kolosi. Ngoni ne kunyalala kunobva ku Ndzimu Tate bedu ngazwibe namwi.
- African Kalanga
Misi yose ha timutembezelela, toboka Ndzimu ibo Tate ba He wedu Jesu Khirisiti,
- English4
because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints--
African Kalangangobe takawha nekwe kugalamoyo kwenyu muna Khirisiti Jesu nenge ludo gwamunago mu bayengemali bose.
- English5
the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel
African KalangaOku koikhwa ne kugalabgwe kwamakabigigwa kudzimu. Makawha kale nekwe kugalabgwe ikoku mu dama le malebeswa, iyo ndebo mbuya,
- English6
that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God’s grace in all its truth.
African Kalangayakahha mu hango yose, inozwala zwizwalo kakale ikula sekwa yakayita pakati kwenyu kubvila hhuba lamakaiwha mukawhisisa ngoni dze Ndzimu mu malebeswa.
- English7
You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
African KalangaSekwa makawha na Epafurasi, nlanda naswi unodika, unohingila Khirisiti ne malebeswa mu bumo gwedu.
- African Kalanga
Wakatibudza nekwe ludo gwamakapiwa ne Meya.
- English9
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding.
African KalangaNekwa ikoku, kubva tjose mu hhuba latakawha ne kwako, atizotongo letja kumutembezelela ne kukumbila Ndzimu kuti umuhhadze ne luzibo gwe kuda kwawo mu butjenjebvu gose ne kuwhisisa kunohhisiwa ne Meya yawo,
- English10
And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
African Kalangakuti ndizo mutjile butjilo gwakalulwamila He, gunon’hanhisa ne buhhalo, makayendilambeli ne mihingo yenyu yakalulwama inozwala zwizwalo nenge sekwa luzibo gwenyu nekwe Ndzimu gupamhidzika.
- English11
being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully
African KalangaDzene mungasimisiwa ne kusima kose kunobva mu simba lawo gulu. Kuti ndizo mutubule kube ne kusimidzila kukulu ne moyonlefu, nekuhanha,
- English12
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.
African Kalanganekuboka Tate, ibo bakatithama kuti tibe ne fanilo dzekube ne gobe mu nhaka ye bayengemali mu buhe gwe tjedza.
- English13
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
African KalangaWakatidusa mu simba le hhalima ukatiyisa ku buhe gwe Nkololo wawo unodika,
- African Kalanga
iye watinowana kudzutunungwa ne mazwiibhatigo e zwibi.
- African Kalanga
Khirisiti tjifano tje Ndzimu usingaboneke, ndiye mbano ye lubumbo gose.
- English16
For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.
African KalangaZwinhu zose zwakabumbigwa munli, zwinhu zwi kudzimu ne zwimu hango, zwinoboneka ne zwisingaboneke, zwigalo zwe buhe kene mibuso kene babusi kene balauli. Ndzimu wakathama zwinhu zose ndiye uzwithamila iye.
- African Kalanga
Wakabe yapo zwinhu zose zwisanhu zwikabe yapo, muunli tjimwe ne tjimwe tjimu magalo atjo.
- English18
And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.
African KalangaNdiye n’holo we mbili, ilo gubungano. Ndiye kutangisa, kakale ndiye we kutanga emusiwa mu bafi, kuti ndizo abe pehhugwi mu tjimwe ne tjimwe.
- African Kalanga
Kwakahanhisa Ndzimu kuti mbumbiko yawo yose igale muunli.
- English20
and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
African KalangaNdzimu wakagadzanya zwinhu zose nawo ndiye, mu hango ne kudzimu, uthama mbakiso ne malopa e tjileyano tjitje.
- English21
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.
African KalangaNgono imwi makatongobe makathubukana ne Ndzimu, muli zwita zwawo mu mikumbulo yenyu muhinga zwa zwakayipa,
- English22
But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation--
African Kalangakoga ngwenu, ne lufu gwe nkololo wawo Ndzimu wakamugadzanya, kuti ndizo umubone mbeli kwawo makayengemala musina nlandu kakale musinga soleke.
- English23
if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
African KalangaKobva koga mu kuti moyendilambeli mu kugalamoyo, makagadzikana makasimidzila musingatsheduke mu kugalabgwe mu ndebo mbuya yamakawha yakasumikiligwa itjili tjimwe ne tjimwe tjimu hango, iyo imi Paulo yandakabe n’hingi wayo.
- English24
Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.
African KalangaNgwenu, ndohanha mu kuwhisiwa zogwadza kwangu ne kwenyu, ngono mu nyama yangu ndopeleledza tjakasala mu kuwhisiwa zogwadza kwe mbili wa Khirisiti, ilo gubungano.
- English25
I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness--
African KalangaNdakabe n’hingi we gubungano ne n’hingo wandakapiwa ne kwenyu, kuti dama le Ndzimu lizibgwe ne buhhalo,
- English26
the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the saints.
African Kalangalili masazibgwe akasumbikala makole manjinji mu zwizekugwana zwinjinji, koga ngwenu akazibisiwa bayengemali bawo.
- English27
To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
African KalangaKubali Ndzimu wakahalula kuti bazibe kuti bukulu gwe fumwa ye gudzo le masazibgwe iyawa gungapani mu njudzi dzose, masazibgwe iyawa ndikuti Khirisiti unogala mumuli, iye kugalabgwe kwe gudzo.
- English28
We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
African KalangaNdizo Khirisiti ndiye watinosumikila, titjemela kakale tidiya mmwe ne mmwe butjenjebvu gose, kuti ndizo tihhise mmwe ne mmwe akapelela muna Khirisiti.
- African Kalanga
Kuti ikoku kutubuke, ndohinga ndigwisa ne simba la Khirisiti linondisimisa lihinga lili mundili.
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.
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