The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Galatians 1English
Bagalatiya 1African Kalanga
- English1
Paul, an apostle--sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead--
African KalangaNdimi Paulo, ntumwa wa Jesu, imi ndisakadang'wa ne nhu kube ntumwa, koga ndakadang'wa ndi Jesu Khirisiti ne Ndzimu Tate, ibo bakammusa mu bafi, ne
- African Kalanga
makamu ose angeno tobuyisa makubungano e Galatiya titi;
- African Kalanga
Ngoni ne kunyalala kunobva ku Ndzimu Tate na He Jesu Khirisiti ngakube namwi,
- English4
who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
African KalangaKhirisiti iye wakazwipa kube tjibhayilo tje matjinyo edu, kutisunungula mu bubi gwe misi ino, kuli kuda kwe Ndzimu Tate bedu.
- African Kalanga
Ngabakudziwe ne kusingapele kose. Ngakujalo.
- English6
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel--
African KalangaNdotjenamisiwa ne kuti, tjinyolotjo motjisiya iye wakamudana ne ngoni dza Khirisiti, mutobela ndebo mbuya ipoga,
- English7
which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.
African Kalangakusingabve kuti kuna imwe ndebo mbuya, koga kuna bamwe banomudziyidza, behaka kuleyanya ndebo mbuya ya Khirisiti.
- English8
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!
African KalangaKene kuli iswi, kene ntumwa we kudzimu ha angamusumikilila imwe ndebo mbuya ipoga, kusi iyeyi yatakamusumikilila, ngaabe ne bhiso.
- English9
As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!
African KalangaSekwa takaleba kutanga, nditjaleba kakale nditi, ha kuli kuti kuna mmwe unomusumikilila ndebo mbuya ipoga inoleyana ne yamaka-amutjila, ngaabe ne bhiso.
- English10
Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
African KalangaApa ndohaka kudiwa ne banhu kene ne Ndzimu? Kene ndogwisa kuhanhisa banhu? Ha ndabe nditjahanhisa banhu, ndobe ndisi nlanda wa Khirisiti.
- English11
I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up.
African KalangaNdohaka kuti muzibe etji makamu, kuti ndebo mbuya yandakasumikila ate ili ndebo mbuya yakazwithamigwa koga ne banhu.
- English12
I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
African KalangaAndizo i amutjila ibva mu nhu, kakale akuna wakandidiya iyo, koga ndaka i amutjila ili zumbunulo inobva kuna Jesu Khirisiti.
- English13
For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
African KalangaNgobe makawha sekwa ndakabe nditjila mu tjilenje tje Bajuta, sekwa ndakadziyidza kwazo gubungano le Ndzimu ndihaka kulikolomola,
- English14
I was advancing in Judaism beyond many Jews of my own age and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
African Kalangandakabe ndakasima mu tjilenje tje Bajuta kupinda thaka dzangu mu banhu ba kanyi kwangu, ndakalonga meya ne buhhalo mu zwilenje zwa bobatategulu.
- African Kalanga
Koga Ndzimu iwo wakandihalula ndisanhu azwagwa, ukandidana ne ngoni dzawo,
- English16
to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man,
African Kalangawakahanhila kundizumbunulila Nkololo wawo, kuti ndisumikile ne kukwe kuna Bezwitjaba. Akuna nhu wandakakumbuludzana naye,
- English17
nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went immediately into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
African Kalangakakale andizotongoyenda ku Jerusalema, kuna ibabo bakahagwa bali batumwa ba Jesu kunditangila, koga ndakayenda tjinyolotjo ku Arabhiya, abva abgwilila ku Damasiko.
- English18
Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Peter and stayed with him fifteen days.
African KalangaNgono kwakati hule kwe makole matatu ayenda ku Jerusalema kunokumba Pita. Ndakagala naye mahhuba ali gumi lina mahanu.
- African Kalanga
Akuna mmwe ntumwa wandakabona kakale kuhhe kwa Jakubo, nnung'una wa He.
- African Kalanga
Tjandinokwala malebeswa mbeli kwe Ndzimu. Anditonyepa!
- African Kalanga
Hule kwa ipapo ndakayenda ku mitunhu ye Siriya ne Silisiya.
- African Kalanga
Be makubungano a Khirisiti mu Judiya bakabe basanhu bakandibona.
- English23
They only heard the report: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
African KalangaBakabe bewha kulebgwa koga kuyi: “Nlume wakatongobe etidziyidza, ngwenu unosumikila bugalimoyo gwaakatongo gwisa kukolomodza!”
- African Kalanga
Ndizo bakakudza Ndzimu nge kwangu.
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.