The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Ephesians 2English
Baefeso 2African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Imwi makabe makafa mu kutjinya kwenyu ne mu zwibi
- English2
in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.
African Kalangazwamakabe mutjilila muzwili mutobela zila dze hango iyeyi ne dze mbusi we tjibombo tje mhepo, iyo meya inohinga ngwenu muna ibabo basingawhe nlayo.
- English3
All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath.
African KalangaTose takatongo tjililabo mazwiwo e tjinyama, titobela njemulo dze mibili ne mikumbulo yedu. Ndizo ne mbumbiko yedu, takabe takafanilo delukigwa ne buhongola gwe Ndzimu se banhu bose.
- African Kalanga
Koga Ndzimu, iwo una mawhilozogwadza kwazo, ne ludo gwawo lukulu gwawakatida ndigo,
- English5
made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions–it is by grace you have been saved.
African Kalangane patakabe takafa ne matjinyo edu, wakathama kuti titjile tose na Khirisiti. Makatjidziwa ne ngoni.
- English6
And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
African KalangaNgono Ndzimu wakatimusa na Khirisiti, ukatigadza naye kudzimu mu kubhatana na Khirisiti Jesu,
- English7
in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
African Kalangakuti ndizo mu misi inohha, ungandaukalakidza bunji gwe ngoni dzawo dzisina tjilizanyo ne n’hahho wawo kutili muna Khirisiti Jesu.
- English8
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–
African KalangaNgobe makatjidziwa ne ngoni ne kugalamoyo, ngono ikoku akuzothamiwa ndimwi, koga tjipo tje Ndzimu,
- African Kalanga
kusi ne mihingo, kuti ndizo kuhaye unozwi-kudza.
- English10
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
African KalangaTakathamiwa tjatili itjo ne Ndzimu wakatibumba muna Khirisiti Jesu, kuhinga mihingo mibuya, iyo Ndzimu yawakatilulwamisila kale kuti tiilondolodze.
- English11
Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (that done in the body by the hands of men)–
African KalangaNdizo kumbulani kuti makati mu gumwe lubaka, imwi Bezwitjaba ngozwagwa, makabe mudang'wa kuyi “basakathumbigwa” ndi ibabo bakabe bezwidana beti “bakathumbigwa,” kwakathamwa mu mbili ne maboko e nhu.
- English12
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
African KalangaKumbulani kuti mu lubaka igogo makabe makathubukana na Khirisiti, muli bataya mu hango ye Iziraela, kakale muli bahhi basi be zwibvumano zwakagadziwabgwe ne Ndzimu ku banhu bawo, musina kugalabgwe, kakale musina Ndzimu mu hango.
- English13
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
African KalangaKoga ngwenu, imwi bamuna Khirisiti Jesu, imwi makatongobe mulikulekule makasedzedziwa pedlo ne malopa a Khirisiti.
- English14
For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,
African KalangaNgobe Khirisiti i mbakiso yedu, iye wakathama kuti tose tibe bang'ompela, wakakolomodza tjidzibilidzi, iwo n'ganhu unotithubukanya,
- English15
by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace,
African Kalangangokolomodza nlayo ne milawana yawo kuti ndizo abumbe muunli mbumbiko ing'ompela tshwa ye nhu mu bumo gwa idzedzo mbili, kuti ndizo kube ne kunyalala.
- English16
and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.
African KalangaKuti ndizo agadzanye bubili ne Ndzimu, mu mbili nng'ompela ne tjileyanyo, kuli kupedza ne tjileyanyo, sawha-nana.
- African Kalanga
Wakahha kasumikila ndebo mbuya ye kunyalala kumuli, imwi makabe muli kule ne kuna ibabo bakabe bali pedlo.
- African Kalanga
Ngobe ndiye, iswi tose Bajuta ne Bezwitjaba totubula kuhha pana Tate ne Meya ing'ompela.
- English19
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household,
African KalangaNdizo amutji bataya kene bahhi, koga mabe beni be hango, imwi mose ne bayengemali ne bagali bose be n’ha we Ndzimu,
- English20
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.
African Kalangamakabakwa pehhugwi kwe pfiwa ye batumwa ba Jesu ne balebesambeli, Khirisiti Jesu ne kukwe ali iye bgwe le ndzibo linotambunudza mbako.
- English21
In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
African KalangaMunli, mbako yose yakabhatana, ngono ndiye unoipamha kube ng'umba yakayengemala ye Ndzimu muna He.
- English22
And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
African KalangaKakale munli, namwibo makabumbigwanyiwa kube bugalo, Ndzimu gwaunogala muguli mu Meya.
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.