The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Hebrews 9English
Bahebheru 9African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Tjibvumano tje kutanga naitjo tjakabe tjina milayo ye kunamata Ndzimu ne n’haha we kunamata wa muno mu hango.
- English2
A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand, the table and the consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place.
African KalangaKwakabakiwa n’haha utjakuhhe, wakabe uli bugalo gwakayengemala. Imomo kwakabe kuna bugalo gwe luvone ne tafuli inobigiwa tjiwunga tjadusigwa Ndzimu.
- African Kalanga
Hule kwe tjisitili tje bubili kuli n’haha unodang'wa Bugalo gwakayengemala kupinda magalo wose akayengemala.
- English4
which had the golden altar of incense and the gold- covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
African KalangaImomo kwakabe kuna tjibeso tje golide tjinopisigwa motsha, ne bhokisi le tjibvumano lakabe lakadzulugwa ne golide, mulili kwakabe kuna hali ye golide igala mana ne ludozo gwa Aroni gwakati gukathinila ne mabgwe mabili e tjibvumano ne hali ye golide yakabe igala mana.
- English5
Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
African KalangaPehhugwi kwe bhokisi ileli kwakabe kuna batumwa be Ndzimu banopenya bakasitila tjigalo tje ngoni. Koga atingatjenese zwinhu izwezwi ngwenu.
- English6
When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry.
African KalangaKwakati zwinhu izwezwi zwisinolulwamisiwa ne zila yakajalo, Bapirisiti bakabe bogala bengina mu n’haha ukuhhe kuhinga mihingo ye kunamata.
- English7
But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
African KalangaNgono koga mu n’haha we bubili kongina Ntungamili we Bapirisiti koga, naiye engina kang'ompela koga ne gole, engina akasenga malopa aanopa ezwipila ebe epila milandu ye banhu.
- English8
The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
African KalangaNe zila iyeyi Meya yakayengemala inolakidza kuti zila inongina mu bugalo gwakayengemala kupinda magalo wose akayengemala ayinhu ikahhugwa, ha n’haha we kutanga utji yapo.
- English9
This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper.
African KalangaIkoku kolakidza nekwe misi ino. Kuyendidzana ne ndongoloso iyeyi, zwipo ne zwibhayilo zwinopiwa Ndzimu azwingalulwamise hana ye unoupfigamila,
- English10
They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings–external regulations applying until the time of the new order.
African Kalangakoga kohinga ne zodliwa ne zwing'o ne ngudziwa, ili milawana ye kubuyapidza mbili tjakuhhe kuswikila ndongoloso tshwa ibepo.
- English11
When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation.
African KalangaKoga Khirisiti wakati ehha ali Ntungamili we Bapirisiti we zwinhu zwakanaka zwakahha, kangina kuhinga mu tente whulu yakapelela isakathamiwa ne maboko, isi ye lubumbo guno,
- English12
He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.
African Kalangawakangina kang'ompela kakale asingatjowongina kakale mu Bugalo gwakayengemala kupinda magalo wose akayengemala asakasenga malopa e mbudzi kene e zwikondolo, koga ne awe malopa kawana kudzutunula kusingapele.
- English13
The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean.
African KalangaNgobe ha kuli kuti kunyasiwa kwe nnhu wakatemapala ne malopa e mbudzi ne e mikono nenge milota ye mholombe kutjenapala mbili;
- English14
How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
African Kalangamalopa a Khirisiti iwo anowobatjenapadza kungapani iye wakati ne Meya inotjila ne kusingapele kazwipa Ndzimu, ali tjibhayilo tjisina tjifo, kuyengemadza mikumbulo yenyu kuti ibhude mu mihingo isina lubhatsho, kuti tihingile Ndzimu unotjila.
- English15
For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance–now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
African KalangaNdizo Khirisiti ndiye mmilili we tjibvumano tjitshwa, kuyita kuti ndizo ibabo bakadang'wa baamutjile nhaka isingapele yabakagadziwabgwe se Khirisiti akafa kubasunungula mu kutjinya kwabakathama mu mahhuba e tjidumano tje kutanga.
- African Kalanga
Ha kuli kuti kuna lukwalo gunokoba lukata, kwakafanila zibgwa kuti malebeswa nkwali wago wakafa;
- English17
because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living.
African Kalangangobe lukwalo gunokoba lukata gohinga koga mweni wago afa, agutohinga atjatjila.
- African Kalanga
Ndizo ne tjibvumano tje kutanga na itjobo atjizotongohinga kusina malopa.
- English19
When Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people.
African KalangaNgobe Mushe wakabe eti asinozibisa banhu ndayo yose ye nlayo, katola malopa e zwikondolo ne e mbudzi akahanganyiwa ne vula ne wulu haba ne n’hangule ebe eanyasa lukwalo gwe nlayo kose ne banhu bose.
- African Kalanga
Elebeleka eti, “Awa ndiwo malopa e tjibvumano tjakalaugwa ne Ndzimu kuti mu tjilondolodze.”
- English21
In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies.
African KalangaNe zila iyeyo zwayo, Mushe wanyasa N’haha we Tjibvumano ne zwinhu zose zwinohingisiwa mu kunamata Ndzimu malopa.
- English22
In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
African KalangaMalebeswa whuti, mu nlayo, bunji gwe zwinhu gotjenapadziwa ne malopa ne zwibi zwe banhu zozwiibhatigwa koga ha kwatebuka malopa.
- English23
It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
African KalangaKwakabe kwakalingisana kuti mituzi ye zwinhu zwi kudzimu itjenapadziwe nge zwinhu izwezwi, koga zwe kudzimu izo, zwitjenepadziwe ne zwibhayilo zwinoyita pana izwezwi.
- English24
For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence.
African KalangaNgobe Khirisiti aazongina mu bugalo gwakayengemala gwakathamwa ne banhu, igo gwakabe guli ntuzi we zwinhu zwakwako. Koga wakangina kudzimu tjose iko kwaali mmilili wedu mbeli kwe Ndzimu.
- English25
Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.
African KalangaKene aazobe ezwithama tjibhayilo gole ne gole, sekwakabe kuthama Ntungamili we Bapirisiti wakabe engina mu Bugalo gwakayengemala kupinda magalo wose akayengemala akasenga malopa asi awe.
- English26
Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.
African KalangaHa kwakabe kwakajalo wakabe ewobe akafanila kudziyila kanjinji kubvila mu kubumbiwa kwe hango. Koga, wakahha ngwenu mu bupelo gwe misi yose, wakahha kang'ompela kakale asingatjawohha, kadusa jinyo ne kuzwithama tjibhayilo.
- African Kalanga
Mmwe ne mmwe wakalingisana nofa kang'ompela, ngono hule kwa ipapo asumikilisiwe.
- English28
so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
African KalangaSa ikoko Khirisiti na iyebo wakabe tjibhayilo kang'ompela kudusa jinyo le banji. Unowoboneka gwe bubili, asingahhile jinyo le banhu, koga ewotjidza ibabo bakanlindila ne mimoyo yabo yose.
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.