The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
John 15English
Johani 15African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
“Imi ndi n’hhambi wakwako, Tate ndibo ntjengeti wawo.
- English2
He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.
African KalangaBanothubula lutabi gumwe ne gumwe gumundili gusingazwale, koga lutabi gumwe ne gumwe gunozwala mitjelo banogusunulila kuti guzwale mitjelo minjinji.
- African Kalanga
Imwi makayitiwa babuyanana kale ne dama landakamudiya.
- English4
Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
African KalangaGalani mundili, namibo ndowogala mumuli. Akuna lutabi gungazwala mitjelo gusi muna mayi, gwakafanila be mu n’hhambi. Namwibo amungazwale mitjelo kuhhe kwe mugala mundili.
- English5
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
African Kalanga“Ndimi n’hhambi ngono imwi mu nhabi. Iye unogala mundili namibo ndigala muunli, unowoyita mitjelo minjinji, ngobe kuhhe kwangu akuna tjamungahinga.
- English6
If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.
African KalangaIye usingagale mundili, unowolahiwa se lutabi gwathubugwa, gukaswaba gukawoma. Nhabi dzakajalo dzokubunganyiwa dzikaposegwa mu moto dzikatshwa.
- English7
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.
African KalangaHa mugala mundili ne matama angu egala mumuli, kumbilani tjamunohaka ngono mowotjithamigwa.
- English8
This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
African KalangaTate banokudziwa ndi ikoku, kuti muyite mitjelo minjinji muli badiyiwa bangu.
- African Kalanga
Ndomuda koga sekwa ndinodiwa ndi Tate. Galani mu ludo gwangu.
- English10
If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
African KalangaHa mulondolodza milayo yangu, mowogala mu ludo gwangu koga sekwa ndakalondolodza milayo ya Tate ndikagala mu ludo gwabo.
- African Kalanga
“Ndomubudza ikoku kuti ndizo hanha kwangu kube mumuli kuyita kuti muhanhe ne buhhalo.
- African Kalanga
Nlayo wangu whuti, mudane sekwa ndakamuda.
- African Kalanga
Akuna nhu una ludo lukulu pana igogu, gwe kuti nhu nng'ompela afile bazwalani babe.
- African Kalanga
Mu bazwalani bangu ha muthama tjandinoti muthame.
- English15
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
African KalangaAnditjamudana balanda, ngobe nlanda aatoziba tjinohingwa ndi tetshi uwe. Ndomudana bazwalani, ngobe ndakamuzibisa kose kwandakawha ndi Tate.
- English16
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit–fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.
African KalangaAmuzondihalula, koga ndimi ndakamuhalula amupa n’hingo kuti muyende munozwala mitjelo inowogalila tjose. Tate banowomupa kose kwamunokumbila ne zina langu.
- African Kalanga
Nlayo wangu ndiwhoyu, mudane.
- African Kalanga
“Ha hango imubenga, zibani kuti yakabenga imi kutanga.
- English19
If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
African KalangaHa mabe muli be hango, hango yabe yomuda se bayo. Se musi be hango ino, koga ndakamuhalula amudusa mu hango, hango inomubenga.
- English20
Remember the words I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.
African KalangaAlakanani matama andakamubudza nditi, ‘Akuna nlanda nkulu pana tetshi uwe.’ Ha bakandidziyidza banowomudziyidzabo. Ha bakalondolodza zwidiyo zwangu, banowolondolodzabo zwidiyo zwenyu.
- African Kalanga
Banowomubhata ne zila iyeyi ngobe mu batobeli bangu, ngobe abatoziba iye wakandituma.
- English22
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
African KalangaHa ndabe ndisakahha ndikalebeleka nabo, banobe basina jinyo; koga ngwenu abana tjabangadzeta nditjo mu jinyo labo.
- African Kalanga
Iye unondibenga unobenga Tate bo.
- English24
If I had not done among them what no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.
African KalangaHa ndabe ndisakathama mihingo isina wakatongo ithama pakati kwabo, banobe basina jinyo; koga bakabona ngono bakabenga tose imi na Tate.
- African Kalanga
Ikoku kwakahingikala kuti kuwililane ne dama lakakwagwa mu nlayo wabo, linoti, ‘Bakandibengela suli.’
- English26
“When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me.
African Kalanga“Mbhatshi unowoti ehha, iye wandinowotuma kumuli ebva kuna Tate, Meya inolakidza malebeswa e Ndzimu, inobva kuna Tate inowotendeka ne kwangu.
- African Kalanga
Namwibo mu batendeki, ngobe makagala nami kubva mu kutangisa.
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.