The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Galatians 3English
Bagalatiya 3African Kalanga
- English1
You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
African KalangaZwilengwe ndimwi zwe Bagalatiya! Ndiani wakamulowa kene? Pa meho enyu makabona ndakidzo mbuyanana yekubambugwa kwa Jesu Khirisiti!
- English2
I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard?
African KalangaNdohaka ziba tjinhu tjing'ompela koga ne kwenyu: Apa makaamutjila Meya nolondolodza nlayo kene ne kugalamoyo muna tjamakawha?
- English3
Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?
African KalangaMungabe zwilengwe kungapa kene! Makatangisa ne Meya, ngono ngwenu apa mohaka kupeleledza ne matatabuko e tjinyama kene?
- African Kalanga
Apa makazwidziyidza kungapa ngapa muzwidziyidzila suli kene? Ndobva ha ili kuti ne lebeswa i suli.
- English5
Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard?
African KalangaApa Ndzimu unomupa Meya, ukathama makaabadzo pakati kwenyu ngobe mulondolodza nlayo, kene ngobe mugalamoyo tjamakawha?
- African Kalanga
Kumbulani Abhurahama; “Wakagalamoyo mu Ndzimu, ngono Ndzimu wakantola ali nlulwami.”
- African Kalanga
Ndizo mobona kuti banhu be kugalamoyo ndibo bana ba Abhurahama.
- English8
The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
African KalangaWhalo dze Ndzimu dzakabonela mbeli kuti, Ndzimu unowolulwamisa Bezwitjaba ne kugalamoyo. Ndizo whalo dzikasumikila ndebo mbuya kuna Abhurahama dziti, “Zwitjaba zose zowowanisiwa mhahhambuya ne kuko.”
- African Kalanga
Ndizo ibabo bana kugalamoyo banowanisiwa mhahhambuya na Abhurahama n'galimoyo.
- English10
All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
African KalangaIbabo banogalabgwe mu kulondolodza nlayo banotjilila pasi kwe bhiso. Ngobe kwakakwagwa kuyi, “Una bhiso mmwe ne mmwe usingayendilembeli nothama tjimwe ne tjimwe tjimu lukwalo gwe nlayo!”
- English11
Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
African KalangaNgwenu kupatjena kuti akuna unolulwamisiwa mbeli kwe Ndzimu ne kulondolodza nlayo, ngobe “Nlulwami unowotjila ne kugalamoyo.”
- English12
The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
African KalangaKoga nlayo auzoteyegwa pehhugwi kwe kugalamoyo, ngobe “Iye unohinga mihingo iyeyo unowotjila ndiyo.”
- English13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
African KalangaKhirisiti wakatidzutunula mu bhiso le nlayo ne kube pasi kwe bhiso mubumo gwedu, ngobe kwakakwagwa kuyi, “Una bhiso mmwe ne mmwe unobambugwa mu nti,”
- English14
He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
African Kalangakuti muna Khirisiti Jesu wanisiwa mhahhambuya kwa Abhurahama kube muna Bezwitjaba, kuti ne kugalamoyo tiamutjile Meya yaka gadziwabgwe ne Ndzimu.
- English15
Brothers, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case.
African KalangaMakamu angu, imani ndimupe tjilakidzilo ne ndebeleko yakawolobeleka: Ha tjibvumano tjathamiwa tjikabvumaniwa, akuna ungatjitjuluka kene ungatji-pamhidza.
- English16
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ.
African KalangaNgwenu, Ndzimu wakagadzabgwe Abhurahama ne mwana uwe. Nkwalo wakayengemala autoti “Ne bana,” ubva bali banjinji, koga ukati “Mwana” ubva nhu nng'ompela koga, iye Khirisiti.
- English17
What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise.
African KalangaTjandinobva whuti, Ndzimu wakathama tjibvumano na Abhurahama, kakale wakagadzabgwe kutjilondolodza. Nlayo wakahha hule kwe makole ali mazana manna ana makumi matatu (430), aungakolomodze tjibvumano itjetjo kene kuli kukolomodza tjagadziwabgwe.
- English18
For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.
African KalangaHa tjipo tje Ndzimu tjihha ne nlayo, atjitji tje kugadzabgwe. Koga Ndzimu wakapa Abhurahama tjipo ne kun'gadzabgwe.
- English19
What, then, was the purpose of the law? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was put into effect through angels by a mediator.
African KalangaNgono ngwenu nlayo iwokee, n’hingo wawo wakabe ulini? Wakapamha nekwe jinyo, kudzina mwana wa Abhurahama, iye wakapiwa kugadzabgwe ehha. Nlayo wakahinga ne batumwa be kudzimu ne tjibanga.
- African Kalanga
Koga tjibanga ate tjili milile nhu nng'ompela koga, ngono Ndzimu nng'ompela.
- English21
Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.
African KalangaApa ikoku kobva kuti nlayo unonyanyayidzana ne kugadzabgwe kwe Ndzimu kene? Akutobva kujalo! Ha banhu bakabe babigigwa nlayo ungabapa butjilo, ipapo tingabe takathamwa balulwami ne kulondolodza nlayo.
- English22
But the Scripture declares that the whole world is a prisoner of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
African KalangaKoga Whalo dze Ndzimu dzoleba kuti hango yose ipasi kwe simba le jinyo, kuti ndizo tjakagadziwabgwe muna Jesu Khirisiti tjipiwe ibabo banogalamoyo.
- English23
Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.
African KalangaKoga kugalamoyo kwakati kusanhu kukahha, takabe takasungwa ne nlayo kudzina kugalamoyo kuzumbunugwa.
- African Kalanga
Ndizo nlayo wakabe ntjengeti wedu kudzina Khirisiti ehha, kuti ndizo tilulwamisiwe ne kugalamoyo.
- African Kalanga
Ngwenu se kugalamoyo kwatjihha, atitji pasi kwe simba le nlayo,
- African Kalanga
ne kuti mose mu bana be Ndzimu ne kugalamoyo muna Khirisiti Jesu.
- African Kalanga
Ngobe bose benyu bakabvubikiwa muna Khirisiti, bakaambala Khirisiti.
- English28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
African KalangaAkuna kuthubukana pakati kwe Njuta ne N'giriki, nlanda kene nsununguki, nhu we tjilume kene we tjikadzi, ngobe mu bang'ompela koga muna Khirisiti Jesu.
- African Kalanga
Ha muli ba Khirisiti, kobva kuti mu bana ba Abhurahama, ndizo mowoamutjila tjamaka- gadziwabgwe ne Ndzimu.
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.