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The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible

New Testament

Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.

John 4English

Johani 4African Kalanga

  1. English1

    The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John,

    African Kalanga

    Kwakati He basinoziba kuti Bafarasi bakawha kuti Jesu unobvubika kakale unothama badiyiwa banji Pinda Johani,

  2. English2

    although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples.

    African Kalanga

    (nenguba, Jesu ne kukwe akabe asingabvubike banhu, badiyiwa babe ndibo bakabe bedubika.)

  3. English3

    When the Lord learned of this, he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee.

    African Kalanga

    Ndizo Jesu kabhuda mu Judiya kabgwilila ku Galili.

  4. English4

    Now he had to go through Samaria.

    African Kalanga

    Ngono wakabe akafanila pinda akapalama ntunhu we Samariya.

  5. English5

    So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

    African Kalanga

    Ndizo kangina ne nzi we Samariya unoyi Sikari, pedlo ne nnda wakabe wapiwa Josefa ndi tate babe Jakobe.

  6. 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 Kalanga

    Tshime la Jakobe lakabe lili ipapo, ngono Jesu kati anyadziwa ne gwendo kagala pasi pa whunde ne tshime. Kwakabe kuli ne lubaka gwe masikati makulu.

  7. English7

    When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”

    African Kalanga

    Ngono kukahha nkadzi we Nsamariya kuwotjela vula, ngono Jesu kambva kati, “Undipebo vula nding'we.”

  8. English8

    (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

    African Kalanga

    Badiyiwa babe bakabe bayenda kunotenga zodliwa ku nzi.

  9. 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 Kalanga

    Nkadzi iwoyo kan’handula eti, “Ungandikumbila vula tjini wali, iwe uli Njuta, imi ndili nkadzi we Nsamariya kene?” Bajuta abatohingidzana ne Basamariya.

  10. 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 Kalanga

    Jesu 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.”

  11. English11

    “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?

    African Kalanga

    Nkadzi kan'dabila eti, “Tate bangu, amuna tjamungatjela nditjo, ngobe tshime ileli lakangina, ngono imwi moiwana poni iyeyo vula ye butjilo kene?

  12. 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 Kalanga

    Apa imwi mu nkulu pana tate bedu Jakobe bakatipa tshime ileli kene, labakang'wa mulili ne bana babo nenge zwipfuwo zwabo?”

  13. English13

    Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,

    African Kalanga

    Jesu kadabila eti, “Iye unong'wa vula iyeyi unowobe ne nyota kakale,

  14. 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 Kalanga

    koga iye unowong'wa vula yandinowompa aatowopamha kabe ne nyota kakale. Ngobe vula yandinowompa, inowobe nsenya munli unowobvilila vula inowompa butjilo gusingapele.”

  15. 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 Kalanga

    Nkadzi kati kuunli, “Tate bangu, mundipe vula iyeyo kuti ndisitjabe ne nyota kakale, kakale ndisitjabuye awotjela vula ngeno.”

  16. English16

    He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

    African Kalanga

    Jesu kambva kati, “Yenda unodana nlume uwo ubuye naye.”

  17. English17

    “I have no husband,” she replied. Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband.

    African Kalanga

    Nkadzi kan’handula eti, “Andina nlume.” Jesu kambva kati, “Unolebesa ha uti auna nlume.

  18. 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 Kalanga

    Wakabe ne balume bali bahanu, nlume waunaye ngwenu ate ali uwo. Wandibudza malebeswa.”

  19. English19

    “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet.

    African Kalanga

    Nkadzi kati kuunli, “Tate bangu, ndobona kuti mu nlebesambeli.

  20. English20

    Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”

    African Kalanga

    Botate bedu bakabe benamata Ndzimu pehhugwi kwe dombo ileli, koga imwi Bajuta mukati bugalo gwa takafanila namata Ndzimu i Jerusalema.”

  21. English21

    Jesus declared, “Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

    African Kalanga

    Jesu kati kunli, “Galamoyo mundili, kowohha lubaka gwe kuti Tate basinamatigwe pehhugwi kwe dombo ileli kene iko ku Jerusalema.

  22. English22

    You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

    African Kalanga

    Imwi Basamariya monamata tjamusingazibe, koga iswi tonamata tjatinoziba, ngobe jidzo lobva ku Bajuta.

  23. 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 Kalanga

    Koga lubaka gohha na iko gwaswika kale, gunowoti banamati be malebeswa bakanamata Tate ne Meya ne nge malebeswa, ngoti ndibo banamati banohakwa ndi Tate.

  24. English24

    God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.”

    African Kalanga

    Ndzimu Meya, ngono ibabo banounamata bakafanila kuunamata ne Meya nenge malebeswa.”

  25. English25

    The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”

    African Kalanga

    Nkadzi kambva kati, “Ndoziba kuti Mesiya, unodang'wa Khirisiti unowohha, ngono ha ehha unowotitjenesela zwinhu zose.”

  26. English26

    Then Jesus declared, “I who speak to you am he.”

    African Kalanga

    Jesu kambva kati, “Imi ndinolebeleka nawe, ndi iye wandili iye”

  27. 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 Kalanga

    Ne 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?”

  28. English28

    Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people,

    African Kalanga

    Ipapo nkadzi kasiya habana iye ye vula kabgwilila ku nzi ngono kati ku banhu,

  29. English29

    “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

    African Kalanga

    “Ihhani mubone nlume wandibudza tjimwe ne tjimwe tjandakahinga. Apa ungabe ali iye Mesiya kene?”

  30. English30

    They came out of the town and made their way toward him.

    African Kalanga

    Banhu bakabhuda mu nzi bakayenda kuna Jesu.

  31. English31

    Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

    African Kalanga

    Ne lubaka igogo badiyiwa babe bakabe benkumbila beti, “N'diyi, idlani tjimwe!”

  32. English32

    But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

    African Kalanga

    Koga kabadabila eti, “Ndina zodliwa zwandinodla zwamusingazibe.”

  33. English33

    Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”

    African Kalanga

    Badiyiwa bakabhuzwana beti, “Kungabe kuna mmwe wabahhisila zodliwa kene?”

  34. English34

    “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.

    African Kalanga

    Jesu kababva kati, “Zodliwa zwangu whuhinga da kwe wakandituma ne pedzisa n’hingo uwe.

  35. 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 Kalanga

    Apa 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!

  36. 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 Kalanga

    Iye unovuna unoamutjila ndipo, ekubunganyila mapfunde mu butjilo gusingapele, kuti ndizo ndzwali ne nvuni bahanhe bose.

  37. English37

    Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

    African Kalanga

    Ndizo malebeswa matama anoti, ‘Mmwe unodzwala, ngono kovuna upoga.’

  38. 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 Kalanga

    Ndakamutuma kunovuna pamusakahinga, kuna bakabe bahinga, imwi makavuna mu masimba abo.”

  39. 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 Kalanga

    Bunji gwe Basamariya mu nzi iwoyo bakagalamoyo muna Jesu, ne butendeki gwe nkadzi iwoyu ngobe wakabe ati, “Wandibudza tjimwe ne tjimwe tjandakahinga.”

  40. English40

    So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days.

    African Kalanga

    Ngono kwakati Basamariya bahha kuna Jesu, bakankumbila kuti agale nabo, ngono kagala nabo mahhuba mabili.

  41. English41

    And because of his words many more became believers.

    African Kalanga

    Bunji gumwe gwe banhu gwakagalamoyo nekwe matama a Jesu.

  42. 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 Kalanga

    Bakati ku nkadzi, “Togalamoyo ngwenu, ngono kusi ne wha tjawaleba, koga kuli ne tjatazwiwhigwa ne kwedu, totjiziba kuti ndiye tjose Ntjidzi we hango.”

  43. English43

    After the two days he left for Galilee.

    African Kalanga

    Hule kwe mahhuba iyawo mabili kayenda ku Galili,

  44. English44

    (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)

    African Kalanga

    ngobe iye Jesu ne kukwe wakabe aleba eti, “Nlebesambeli aatokudziwa mu hango ya kanyi kwabo.”

  45. 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 Kalanga

    Kukati eswika mu Galili, banhu baikoko bakan'amutjila, ngobe bakabe bayenda ku Jerusalema ku nzano, ngobe bakabebabona tjimwe ne tjimwe tjaakahinga mu nsi we nzano.

  46. 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 Kalanga

    Ipapo 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.

  47. 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 Kalanga

    Kati ewha kuti Jesu wahha ku Galili ebva ku Judiya, kayenda kuunli kankumbila kuti ahhe kuwopodza nkololo uwe wakabe abe pedlo ne lufu.

  48. English48

    “Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders,” Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”

    African Kalanga

    Jesu kati kuunli “Kuhhe kwe kuti mubone zwilakidzo ne mihingo ye matjenamiso amungagalemoyo kene?”

  49. English49

    The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”

    African Kalanga

    Gulukota ilelo likadabila liti, “He, ihhani mwanangu asanhu kafa.”

  50. English50

    Jesus replied, “You may go. Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at his word and departed.

    African Kalanga

    Jesu kati kuunli, “Yenda, nkololo uwo unowotjila!” Kagalamoyo matama a Jesu kayenda kanyi.

  51. English51

    While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living.

    African Kalanga

    Kati ali mu zila ebgwilila kanyi kahangana ne balanda babe bakambudza kuti nkololo uwe unotjila.

  52. 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 Kalanga

    Kababhuzwa kuti nkololo uwe wapodziwa ne lubaka gupi, ngono bakan'dabila beti, “Luhhahhamo gwakabhuda munli madekwe mu lubaka gwe matewuko e hhuba.”

  53. 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 Kalanga

    Ipapo tate babe bakakumbula kuti ndigo lubaka gwaakabviwa ndi Jesu kati, “Nkololo uwo unowotjila.” Ndizo iye ne be n’ha uwe bose bakagalamoyo.

  54. English54

    This was the second miraculous sign that Jesus performed, having come from Judea to Galilee.

    African Kalanga

    Itjetji 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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