The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Galatians 2English
Bagalatiya 2African Kalanga
- English1
Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also.
African KalangaHule kwe makole ali gumi lina manna (14), ndakayenda kakale ku Jerusalema ndina Bhanabhasi na Tito.
- English2
I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did this privately to those who seemed to be leaders, for fear that I was running or had run my race in vain.
African KalangaNdakayenda, ngobe Ndzimu wakandizumbunulila kuti ndiyendeko. Ndakatjenesela batungamili pakasumbikala nekwe ndebo mbuya yandino- sumikilila Bezwitjaba. Ndakathama saikoko ngobe ndakabe ndisingade kuti n’hingo wangu wandakahinga ne wandinohinga ngwenu usibesuli.
- English3
Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
African KalangaNanga Tito iye wandakabe ndi naye, aazokombeledzwa kuthumbigwa, nenguba ali N'giriki.
- English4
This matter arose because some false brothers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves.
African KalangaIkoku kwakahingikala ngobe makamu e manyepkhwa akangina mu gubungano ledu ne butjakwani, bali hodzi, kuti babone kusununguka kwatinako muna Khirisiti Jesu. Bakabe behaka kutithama balanda,
- English5
We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might remain with you.
African Kalangakoga kuti ndizo malebeswa e Ndebo mbuya abiganyike mumuli, atizo-bvumana nabo.
- English6
As for those who seemed to be important--whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not judge by external appearance--those men added nothing to my message.
African KalangaNgono ibabo bakabe bekaiwa bali bapehhugwi, tjabakabe bali itjo aatjitobva tjimwe kundili, Ndzimu auna halaulo, banhu ibabo akuna tjimwe tjabakapamha mundili.
- English7
On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, just as Peter had been to the Jews.
African KalangaKoga mu bumo gwa ikoku bakabona kuti Ndzimu wakandipa n’hingo we kusumikila ndebo mbuya kuna basakathumba koga sekwa kwakapiwa Pita n’hingo we kusumikila ndebo mbuya kuna bakathumbigwa,
- English8
For God, who was at work in the ministry of Peter as an apostle to the Jews, was also at work in my ministry as an apostle to the Gentiles.
African Kalangangobe Ndzimu sekwa wakatungamila Pita mu n’hingo uwe se ntumwa kuna bakathumbigwa wakanditungamilabo mu n’hingo wangu we butumwa kuna Bezwitjaba.
- English9
James, Peter and John, those reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews.
African KalangaJakubo, na Pita na Johani, ibabo bakabe betogwa bali n’hongo’hongo wakabhata mbandu, bakati babona ngoni dzandakathamigwa ne Ndzimu, bakatibhata maboko, imi na Bhanabhasi kuli tjilakidzo tjekuti tibang'ompela, iswi tihinge pakati kwe Bezwitjaba, ngono ibo bahinge pakati kwe bakathumbigwa.
- English10
All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
African KalangaTjabakakumbila koga whuti tikumbule bashayi, itjo tjinhu tjandakabe nditukutilila tjihinga.
- English11
When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.
African KalangaKoga Pita wakati ahha ku Antiyoki, ha n'nyanyayidza pa meho e mmwe ne mmwe ngobe wakabe etjinya.
- English12
Before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.
African KalangaKwakati banhu bakatumwa ndi Jakubo basanhu bakaswika ikoko, Pita wakabe edla ne Bezwitjaba. Koga banhu ibabo bakati batjihha, kazwi-thubukanya ne Bezwitjaba kasitjadle nabo, ngobe wakabe ehla goko lebaka-thumbigwa.
- English13
The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.
African KalangaNgono bamwe Bajuta bakakuhhuka mu bupitipiti gwa Pita; ngono na Bhanabhasi kalahiwa ne kutobelela bupitipiti gwabo.
- English14
When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?
African KalangaNdakati ndibona kuti abatohinga bali mu ndongoloso ye malebeswa e ndebo mbuya, ati kuna Pita mbeli kwabo bose, “Iwe u Njuta, koga unotjila se we zwitjaba. Ungakombeledza Bezwitjaba kutjila se Bajuta tjini wali?”
- African Kalanga
Iswi ti Bajuta nozwagwa, ate tili Bezwitjaba batjinyi,
- English16
know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.
African Kalangatoziba kuti nhu atolulwa-misiwa nolondolodza nlayo, unolulwamisiwa nogalamoyo muna Jesu Khirisiti. Ndizo naswibo takagalamoyo muna Khirisiti Jesu, kuti tilulwamisiwe nogalamoyo muna Khirisiti, kusi ne kulondolodza tjinohakwa ne nlayo. Nolondolodza tjinohakwa ne nlayo akuna ungalulwamisiwa.
- English17
“If, while we seek to be justified in Christ, it becomes evident that we ourselves are sinners, does that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!
African KalangaNdizo ha tihaka kululwamisiwa muna Khirisiti, koga tiwang'wabo tili batjinyi, apa ikoku kobva kuti Khirisiti unokudza jinyo kene? Lebeswa akuzojalo!
- African Kalanga
Ha ndibaka kakale tjandakakolomola, ipapo ndowobe ndilakidza kuti ndotjuluka nlayo.
- African Kalanga
Nekwe nlayo ndakafa, ndibulawa ne nlayo, kuti nditjilile Ndzimu.
- English20
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
African KalangaNdakabambugwa na Khirisiti, ndizo akutji imi ndinotjila, koga ndi Khirisiti unotjila mundili. Butjilo gwandinotjila ngwenu mu nyama, ndotjila ne kugalamoyo mu Nkololo we Ndzimu, iye wakandida, kakale wakandifila.
- English21
I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”
African KalangaAnditolamba ngoni dze Ndzimu, koga ha nhu elulwamisiwa mbeli kwe Ndzimu ne nlayo, kobva kuti Khirisiti wakafila suli.
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.