The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Galatians 6English
Bagalatiya 6African Kalanga
- English1
Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
African KalangaMakamu, ha mmwe wenyu athama tjakayipa, imwi be tjimeya mu mbuze mu zila ne bunyolo. Koga uzwilise kuti usitjengelekebo.
- African Kalanga
Amulanani mitolo, ne zila yakajalo mowobe mulondolodza nlayo wa Khirisiti.
- African Kalanga
Ha mmwe ekumbula kuti iye u tjimwe, koga asi tjimwe, unozwitjengedza.
- English4
Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else,
African KalangaMmwe ne mmwe ngalingisise mihingo iye, ngono ndizo kubvapo ungazwikudza, asingazwifananye ne mmwe,
- African Kalanga
ngobe mmwe ne mmwe wakafanila senga mitolo iye.
- African Kalanga
Mmwe ne mmwe unodiyiwa dama wakafanila kobana tjimwe ne tjimwe tjibuya tjaanatjo ne n'diyi uwe.
- African Kalanga
Musitjengedzeke, Ndzimu ha ungathamwe tjilengwe. Nhu unovuna tjaadzwala.
- English8
The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
African KalangaIye unodzwala mu nnda uwe we tjinyama, unowovuna golomodzo mu tjinyama, koga iye unodzwala mu nnda we Meya, unowovuna butjilo gusingapele mu Meya.
- English9
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
African KalangaNgatisinyadziweni ne kuhinga bubuya, ngobe ne lubaka gwakalingisana towovuna kwakafanila, ha tisanyalamoyo.
- English10
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
African KalangaNdizoke, ha titjina lubaka, ngatithamileni bathu bose bubuya, kwazo kwazo ibabo be n’ha we bagalimoyo.
- African Kalanga
Bonani kuti ndomukwalila ne hanga whulu kungapani, ndikwala ne gwangu luboko!
- English12
Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.
African KalangaIbabo banogwisa kumukombeledza kuthumbigwa, ndibo banohaka kuyita mahungwandibong'we bezwikudza ne zwinhu zwe tjinyama. Banoyita ikoku ngobe behla kudziyidzigwa tjileyano tja Khirisiti.
- English13
Not even those who are circumcised obey the law, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast about your flesh.
African KalangaAte ili kuti kene ibabo bakathumbigwa banolondolodza nlayo, koga banohaka kuti muthumbigwe, kuti ndizo bazwikudze ne kuthumbigwa kwenyu.
- English14
May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
African KalangaImi kuti ndizwikudze, ndowozwikudza koga nekwe tjileyano tja He wedu Jesu Khirisiti, ngobe ne tjileyano tjitje, ha nditjatjila sekuno tjila banhu be hango, koga habatowhisisa kuti ini nditjila saikoku.
- African Kalanga
Kuthumbigwa kene kusathumbigwa akutobva tjimwe, koga tjinhu tjikulu i mbumbiko tshwa.
- African Kalanga
Kunyalala ne mawhilongoni ngazwibe muna ibabo banotobela matama iyawa, ne mu Baiziraela bose be Ndzimu.
- African Kalanga
Ndopeleledza nditi, ngakuhaye unondidziyidza, ngobe mu mbili wangu ndina mabanga nekwa Jesu.
- African Kalanga
Ngoni dza He wedu Jesu Khirisiti ngadzibe namwi makamu. Ngakujalo.
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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