The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
John 4English
Johani 4African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Kwakati He basinoziba kuti Bafarasi bakawha kuti Jesu unobvubika kakale unothama badiyiwa banji Pinda Johani,
- African Kalanga
(nenguba, Jesu ne kukwe akabe asingabvubike banhu, badiyiwa babe ndibo bakabe bedubika.)
- African Kalanga
Ndizo Jesu kabhuda mu Judiya kabgwilila ku Galili.
- African Kalanga
Ngono wakabe akafanila pinda akapalama ntunhu we Samariya.
- English5
So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
African KalangaNdizo kangina ne nzi we Samariya unoyi Sikari, pedlo ne nnda wakabe wapiwa Josefa ndi tate babe Jakobe.
- English6
Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
African KalangaTshime la Jakobe lakabe lili ipapo, ngono Jesu kati anyadziwa ne gwendo kagala pasi pa whunde ne tshime. Kwakabe kuli ne lubaka gwe masikati makulu.
- African Kalanga
Ngono kukahha nkadzi we Nsamariya kuwotjela vula, ngono Jesu kambva kati, “Undipebo vula nding'we.”
- African Kalanga
Badiyiwa babe bakabe bayenda kunotenga zodliwa ku nzi.
- English9
The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
African KalangaNkadzi iwoyo kan’handula eti, “Ungandikumbila vula tjini wali, iwe uli Njuta, imi ndili nkadzi we Nsamariya kene?” Bajuta abatohingidzana ne Basamariya.
- English10
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
African KalangaJesu kan’handula eti, “Ha wabe uziba tjipo tje Ndzimu ne nge kuti ndiani iwoyu unokukumbila vula, unobe wakumbila vula kuunli, unobe akupa vula ye butjilo.”
- English11
“Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?
African KalangaNkadzi kan'dabila eti, “Tate bangu, amuna tjamungatjela nditjo, ngobe tshime ileli lakangina, ngono imwi moiwana poni iyeyo vula ye butjilo kene?
- English12
Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his flocks and herds?”
African KalangaApa imwi mu nkulu pana tate bedu Jakobe bakatipa tshime ileli kene, labakang'wa mulili ne bana babo nenge zwipfuwo zwabo?”
- African Kalanga
Jesu kadabila eti, “Iye unong'wa vula iyeyi unowobe ne nyota kakale,
- English14
but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
African Kalangakoga iye unowong'wa vula yandinowompa aatowopamha kabe ne nyota kakale. Ngobe vula yandinowompa, inowobe nsenya munli unowobvilila vula inowompa butjilo gusingapele.”
- English15
The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
African KalangaNkadzi kati kuunli, “Tate bangu, mundipe vula iyeyo kuti ndisitjabe ne nyota kakale, kakale ndisitjabuye awotjela vula ngeno.”
- African Kalanga
Jesu kambva kati, “Yenda unodana nlume uwo ubuye naye.”
- English17
“I have no husband,” she replied. Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband.
African KalangaNkadzi kan’handula eti, “Andina nlume.” Jesu kambva kati, “Unolebesa ha uti auna nlume.
- English18
The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”
African KalangaWakabe ne balume bali bahanu, nlume waunaye ngwenu ate ali uwo. Wandibudza malebeswa.”
- African Kalanga
Nkadzi kati kuunli, “Tate bangu, ndobona kuti mu nlebesambeli.
- English20
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”
African KalangaBotate bedu bakabe benamata Ndzimu pehhugwi kwe dombo ileli, koga imwi Bajuta mukati bugalo gwa takafanila namata Ndzimu i Jerusalema.”
- English21
Jesus declared, “Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
African KalangaJesu kati kunli, “Galamoyo mundili, kowohha lubaka gwe kuti Tate basinamatigwe pehhugwi kwe dombo ileli kene iko ku Jerusalema.
- English22
You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
African KalangaImwi Basamariya monamata tjamusingazibe, koga iswi tonamata tjatinoziba, ngobe jidzo lobva ku Bajuta.
- English23
Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
African KalangaKoga lubaka gohha na iko gwaswika kale, gunowoti banamati be malebeswa bakanamata Tate ne Meya ne nge malebeswa, ngoti ndibo banamati banohakwa ndi Tate.
- African Kalanga
Ndzimu Meya, ngono ibabo banounamata bakafanila kuunamata ne Meya nenge malebeswa.”
- English25
The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
African KalangaNkadzi kambva kati, “Ndoziba kuti Mesiya, unodang'wa Khirisiti unowohha, ngono ha ehha unowotitjenesela zwinhu zose.”
- African Kalanga
Jesu kambva kati, “Imi ndinolebeleka nawe, ndi iye wandili iye”
- English27
Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”
African KalangaNe lubaka igogo badiyiwa ba Jesu bakabuya kwabakabe bayenda, bakatjenama bewana elebeleka ne nhu we tjikadzi. Koga akuna wakabhuzwa nkadzi iwoyo kuti, “Unohakani?” Kene wakabhuzwa Jesu kuti, “Ini ulebeleka ne nkadzi iwoyo?”
- African Kalanga
Ipapo nkadzi kasiya habana iye ye vula kabgwilila ku nzi ngono kati ku banhu,
- African Kalanga
“Ihhani mubone nlume wandibudza tjimwe ne tjimwe tjandakahinga. Apa ungabe ali iye Mesiya kene?”
- African Kalanga
Banhu bakabhuda mu nzi bakayenda kuna Jesu.
- African Kalanga
Ne lubaka igogo badiyiwa babe bakabe benkumbila beti, “N'diyi, idlani tjimwe!”
- African Kalanga
Koga kabadabila eti, “Ndina zodliwa zwandinodla zwamusingazibe.”
- African Kalanga
Badiyiwa bakabhuzwana beti, “Kungabe kuna mmwe wabahhisila zodliwa kene?”
- African Kalanga
Jesu kababva kati, “Zodliwa zwangu whuhinga da kwe wakandituma ne pedzisa n’hingo uwe.
- English35
Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
African KalangaApa imwi amutoti, ‘Kwasala mwedzi minna kuti kuvung'we mapfunde kene?’ Koga imi ati, tongo poselani meho ku minda, mubone mapgunde sekwa akayibva, atjilinda vung'wa!
- English36
Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.
African KalangaIye unovuna unoamutjila ndipo, ekubunganyila mapfunde mu butjilo gusingapele, kuti ndizo ndzwali ne nvuni bahanhe bose.
- African Kalanga
Ndizo malebeswa matama anoti, ‘Mmwe unodzwala, ngono kovuna upoga.’
- English38
I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”
African KalangaNdakamutuma kunovuna pamusakahinga, kuna bakabe bahinga, imwi makavuna mu masimba abo.”
- English39
Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
African KalangaBunji gwe Basamariya mu nzi iwoyo bakagalamoyo muna Jesu, ne butendeki gwe nkadzi iwoyu ngobe wakabe ati, “Wandibudza tjimwe ne tjimwe tjandakahinga.”
- English40
So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days.
African KalangaNgono kwakati Basamariya bahha kuna Jesu, bakankumbila kuti agale nabo, ngono kagala nabo mahhuba mabili.
- African Kalanga
Bunji gumwe gwe banhu gwakagalamoyo nekwe matama a Jesu.
- English42
They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”
African KalangaBakati ku nkadzi, “Togalamoyo ngwenu, ngono kusi ne wha tjawaleba, koga kuli ne tjatazwiwhigwa ne kwedu, totjiziba kuti ndiye tjose Ntjidzi we hango.”
- African Kalanga
Hule kwe mahhuba iyawo mabili kayenda ku Galili,
- African Kalanga
ngobe iye Jesu ne kukwe wakabe aleba eti, “Nlebesambeli aatokudziwa mu hango ya kanyi kwabo.”
- English45
When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, for they also had been there.
African KalangaKukati eswika mu Galili, banhu baikoko bakan'amutjila, ngobe bakabe bayenda ku Jerusalema ku nzano, ngobe bakabebabona tjimwe ne tjimwe tjaakahinga mu nsi we nzano.
- English46
Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
African KalangaIpapo Jesu kabgwilila ku nzi we Kana mu ntunhu we Galili, kwaakabe atongo handula vula ikabe nkumbi. Kwakabe kuna nlume ali Gulukota wakabe egwaligwa ne nkololo uwe ali mu Kapenaume.
- English47
When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.
African KalangaKati ewha kuti Jesu wahha ku Galili ebva ku Judiya, kayenda kuunli kankumbila kuti ahhe kuwopodza nkololo uwe wakabe abe pedlo ne lufu.
- English48
“Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders,” Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”
African KalangaJesu kati kuunli “Kuhhe kwe kuti mubone zwilakidzo ne mihingo ye matjenamiso amungagalemoyo kene?”
- African Kalanga
Gulukota ilelo likadabila liti, “He, ihhani mwanangu asanhu kafa.”
- English50
Jesus replied, “You may go. Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at his word and departed.
African KalangaJesu kati kuunli, “Yenda, nkololo uwo unowotjila!” Kagalamoyo matama a Jesu kayenda kanyi.
- African Kalanga
Kati ali mu zila ebgwilila kanyi kahangana ne balanda babe bakambudza kuti nkololo uwe unotjila.
- English52
When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”
African KalangaKababhuzwa kuti nkololo uwe wapodziwa ne lubaka gupi, ngono bakan'dabila beti, “Luhhahhamo gwakabhuda munli madekwe mu lubaka gwe matewuko e hhuba.”
- English53
Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” So he and all his household believed.
African KalangaIpapo tate babe bakakumbula kuti ndigo lubaka gwaakabviwa ndi Jesu kati, “Nkololo uwo unowotjila.” Ndizo iye ne be n’ha uwe bose bakagalamoyo.
- English54
This was the second miraculous sign that Jesus performed, having come from Judea to Galilee.
African KalangaItjetji tjilakidzo tje bubili tjakathamiwa ndi Jesu abuya ku Galili ebva ku Judiya.
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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