The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Hebrews 11English
Bahebheru 11African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Kugalamoyo whube ne malebeswa mu zwinhu zwatinogalabgwe mu zwili.
- African Kalanga
Ngobe banhu ba ntolo bakahanhisa Ndzimu ne kugalamoyo.
- English3
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
African KalangaNe kugalamoyo towhisisa kuti hango yakathamiwa ne dama le Ndzimu, kobva kuti zwatinobona zwakathamiwa ne zwinhu zwisingaboneke.
- English4
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
African KalangaNe kugalamoyo Abele wakapa Ndzimu tjibhayilo tjibuya pana tja Kaini. Nekwa ikoko kaamutjigwa ali nlulwami, Ndzimu uli ntendeki ngoamutjila zwipo zwizwe. Abele wakafa koga ne kugalamoyo kukwe utjalebelekazwe.
- English5
By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death; he could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
African KalangaNe kugalamoyo Enoki wakatolegwa kudzimu kuti asife. Aazobvapo kabong'wa, ngobe Ndzimu wakabe wantola. Koga wakati asanhu katogwa, kwakabe ne butendeki gwe kuti wakahanhisa Ndzimu.
- English6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
African KalangaAusina kugalamoyo akutotubuka hanhisa Ndzimu ngobe kene ali ani unozwisedzedza ku Ndzimu wakafanila kuti abe ebvuma kuti Ndzimu uyapo, kakale nenge kuti unopa mbhayilo ibabo banouhaka.
- English7
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
African KalangaNe kugalamoyo Nowa wakati atjenjedziwa ne Ndzimu nekwe zwinohha koga zwisanhu zwikaboneka kayela njele, ndiko kabaka ng'umba inoangama mu vula se n'goro kutjidza be n’ha uwe. Ne kujalo kalakidza kuti hango ina nlandu, ngono kabe n'galinhaka we ndulamo inohha ne kugalamoyo.
- English8
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
African KalangaNe kugalamoyo Abhurahama wakati abviwa kuyi afuluke mu hango ya kanyi kukwe ayende ku hango yaakabe ewopiwa kateedza kayenda nenguba akabe asingazibe kwaanoyenda.
- English9
By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
African KalangaNe kugalamoyo wakagala mu hango yaakagadziwabgwe se n’hhi umu hango isi iye ana Isaki na Jakubo bagalinhaka be kugadziwabgwe naye.
- English10
For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
African KalangaNgoti wakabe akalindila nzi nkulu una pfiwa, wakabambiwa ukabakwa ne Ndzimu.
- English11
By faith Abraham, even though he was past age–and Sarah herself was barren–was enabled to become a father because he considered him faithful who had made the promise.
African KalangaNe kugalamoyo Sara wakati aamutjila simba le kuzwisenga, nenguba akabe akwegula wakagalabgwe kuti iye wakan'gadzabgwe unogalikamoyo.
- English12
And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
African KalangaNenguba nlume iwoyu akabe atjifanana ne nhu wakafa, kwakabhuda munli njudzi njinji se nyenyedzi dzehhuhhugwi, njinji se nsetje umu mhili ye gungwa usingake ukabagwa.
- English13
All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth.
African KalangaIbaba bose bakafa begalamoyo, basanhu bakaamutjila tjabakagadziwabgwe, koga bakati batjibona bakatjiamutjila tjili kule. Kakale bakaamutjila kuti bataya ne bahhi mu hango iyeyi.
- African Kalanga
Ngobe banhu banolebeleka sa ikoku banolakidza nelebeswa kuti banohaka yabo hango.
- English15
If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
African KalangaHa bakabe bakumbula hango yabakasiya banobe bakawana tjibaka tje bgwilila.
- English16
Instead, they were longing for a better country–a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
African KalangaKoga sekwakuli iko banohaka hango inoyita, ili hango i kudzimu. Ndizo Ndzimu autobabhatigwa ne shoni kudang'wa Ndzimu wabo, ngobe wakabalulwamisila nzi nkulu.
- English17
By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son,
African KalangaNe kugalamoyo Abhurahama wakati elikiwa ne Ndzimu, kadusa Isaki kube tjibhayilo. Iye wakabe awana tjaakabe agadziwabgwe ne Ndzimu, wakabe akazwimisila kuun’dusila nkololo uwe wakabe ali iye ega,
- English18
even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”
African Kalangaiye ne kukwe wakabe abviwa ne Ndzimu uti, “Njudzi dzandinokugadzabgwe ne kwadzo dzowobva muna Isaki.”
- English19
Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death.
African KalangaAbhurahama wakabe egalamoyo kuti Ndzimu ungamusa bafi, ndizo akabgwilizigwa Isaki se wabva mu lufu.
- African Kalanga
Ne kugalamoyo Isaki wakathamila mhahhambuya Jakubo na Esau mahhuba ambeli.
- English21
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
African KalangaNe kugalamoyo Jakubo wakati efa, kathamila mhahhambuya mmwe ne mmwe we bakololo ba Josefa, enamata Ndzimu akanayila ludozo gugwe.
- English22
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions about his bones.
African KalangaNe kugalamoyo Josefa wakati abe pedlo nofa kaleba nekwe fuluka kwe Baiziraela bebva mu Egipiti, ngono kabalaya kuti abiganyiwe tjini.
- English23
By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.
African KalangaNe kugalamoyo Mushe wakati azwagwa kansumbika mimwedzi mitatu ne bazwadzi babe, ngobe bakabe babona akanaka, abazohla tjuluka nlayo wakabe wabigwa ndi He nkulu.
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By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
African KalangaNe kugalamoyo Mushe wakati akula kalamba dang'wa mwana we nkololokadzi wa Faro.
- English25
He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time.
African KalangaWakahalula kudziyidziwa pang'ompela ne banhu be Ndzimu mu bumo gwe mizipo inopela ye tjibi.
- English26
He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.
African KalangaWakabona kuti lengudzigwa Khirisiti ifumwa whulu kupinda fumwa ye Egipiti, ngobe wakabe akalinga mbhayilo unowohha.
- English27
By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.
African KalangaNe kugalamoyo Mushe wakabva mu Egipiti asingahle buhongola gwa Faro, ngoti wakadzikitidza se unonga wakabe ebona iye usingaboneke.
- English28
By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.
African KalangaNe kugalamoyo wakathama ndongoloso ye Kupinda pehhugwi kanyasa malopa mu matendele kuti ndizo ntumwa we kudzimu unolobesa mbano dze Egipiti asitongo bulaya mbano dze Baiziraela.
- English29
By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.
African KalangaNe kugalamoyo banhu bakatjuluka Gungwa Haba se banoyenda pasi pakawoma; koga Baegipiti bakati behha beti banoyedza Baiziraela bakang'wa nkopkhwi bakafa.
- English30
By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.
African KalangaNe kugalamoyo makuma e Jeriko akawa, apotelekwa mahhuba ali kutendeka.
- English31
By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.
African KalangaNe kugalamoyo Rahabu we fukula aazoloba na ibabo bakabe basingawhe Ndzimu, ngobe aamutjila hodzi ne bunhu.
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And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and the prophets,
African KalangaTjimwe ini wali tjandingaleba tjinopinda ikoku? Andingawane lubaka gwe leba nekwa Gideoni, na Bharaki, na Samisoni, na Jefuta, na Dafite, na Samuele nenge balebesambeli.
- English33
who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
African KalangaBakati ne kugalamoyo bakakunda mibuso, bakabusa ne ndulamo ngono bakawana tjabakabe bagadziwabgwe, bakahhalila milomo ye humba,
- English34
quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.
African KalangaBakadzima mimoto yakabangalala, bakadzeta mathumo anopiza, haya masimba kwabo kukahandugwa kukabe masimba, bakasima mu ngwa bakakunda babhayani be babva kule.
- English35
Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
African KalangaBakadzi bakaamutjila bafi babo ne kumusiwa mu bafi. Bamwe bakadziyidziwa ngono bakalamba kusunungugwa, kuti ndizo bawane kumusiwa mu butjilo gunoyita.
- African Kalanga
Bamwe bakadadigwa bakalobgwa, bakasungwa ne dziketani bakalongwa mu ng'umba dze busungwa.
- English37
They were stoned; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated–
African KalangaBakakikithidziwa ne mabgwe, bamwe bakasahiwa bethubugwa napakati, bakabulawa ne thumo. Bakabe beyenda yenda bakaambala makukuta e mwhizi, kene e mbudzi, bali bahayi, bedziyidziwa basingabhakhwe zubuyanana.
- English38
the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.
African KalangaBakatendeleka se basina kanyi, beyenda mu tjilambanyika mu matombo, begala mu makuwhu nenge mu mimwina ye hango. Hango yakabe isakabafanila.
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These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised.
African KalangaBose ibaba nenguba bakakudziwa ne kugalamoyo kwabo, abazoamutjila tjakabe tjagadziwabgwe ne Ndzimu,
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God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.
African Kalangase Ndzimu wakabe watiwanila kutjikale tjimwe tjinoyita, kuti ndizo basitongothamiwa bakapelela basinaswi.
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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