The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Mark 2English
Mako 2African Kalanga
- English1
A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home.
African KalangaKukati hule kwe mahhuba mahomanana, Jesu abgwilila ku Kapenaume, banhu bakawha kuti wabuya umu nzi.
- English2
So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.
African KalangaBunjinji gukakubungana, kukadza kukahayika bugalo ne pa nkoba dumbu, ngono kabasumikilila dama le Ndzimu.
- African Kalanga
Bamwe balume bakahhisa nlume wakalobgwa ne gulukadzi kuunli akasengwa ne balume banna.
- English4
Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on.
African KalangaSe bakabe basingatubule kunswikisa pana Jesu ne bunji gwe banhu, bakapubula denga le ng'umba kulingisana na Jesu, bakakodelusa n'gwele ali mu nhobo.
- African Kalanga
Jesu kati ebona galamoyo kwabo kati ku nlume unogwala, “Nkololo wangu, wazwiibhatigwa matjinyo awo.”
- African Kalanga
Ngono kwakabe kuna badiyi be nlayo bali gele ipapo bezwibhuzwa mu mimoyo yabo beti,
- English7
“Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
African Kalanga“Ini iwoyu nlume elebeleka ejali kene? Unotuka Ndzimu. Ndiani ungazwiibhatigwa matjinyo kuhhe kwe Ndzimu woga?”
- English8
Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things?
African KalangaIpapo Jesu kaziba mu meya iye kuti banokumbula sa ikoko mu mimoyo yabo, ndizo kababva kati, “Apa mokumbulilani zwinhu izwezwi mu mimoyo yenyu kene?
- English9
Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’?
African KalangaNdikupi kulelu pa kumwe, ha kuli kubva n'gwele iwoyu nditi ‘Wazwiibhatigwa matjinyo awo,’ ne kumbva nditi, ‘Milika utole nhobo iyo uyende?’
- English10
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins....” He said to the paralytic,
African KalangaKoga kuti muzibe ha Nkololo we Nhu una simba mu hango le kuzwiibhatigwa matjinyo.” Ndizo kati kuna wakalobgwa ne gulukadzi,
- African Kalanga
“Ndokubva nditi, milika utole nhobo iyo uyende ku nzi uwo!”
- English12
He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
African KalangaKamilika, tjinyolotjo katola nhobo iye, kabhuda kayenda bakanlinga bose. Oku kukatjenamisa mmwe ne mmwe, ndizo bakakudza Ndzimu beti, “Atinhu tikabona kwakajali!”
- English13
Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them.
African KalangaJesu kayenda kakale pa whunde ye gungwa. Mbunga nkulu we banhu ukahha kuunli, ngono katangisa badiya.
- English14
As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.
African KalangaKati eyenda akasumha ne gungwa, kabona nkhethisi Levi nkololo wa Alifeo ali gele pa buhingilo gwe nkhethisi. Jesu kati kuunli, “Unditobele.” Levi kamilika kantobela.
- English15
While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and “sinners” were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.
African KalangaKwakati Jesu edla zodliwa mu ng'umba ya Levi, bakhethisi banjinji ne batjinyi bakabe bedla naye ne badiyiwa babe, ngobe wakabe atobegwa ne banhu banjinji.
- English16
When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the “sinners” and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and ‘sinners’?”
African KalangaBadiyi be nlayo be Bafarisi bakati bembona edla ne batjinyi ne bakhethisi, bakabhuzwa badiyiwa babe beti, “Ini edla ne bakhethisi ne batjinyi?”
- English17
On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
African KalangaJesu kati ewha ikoku kababva kati, “Ate banhu banomuka zubuyanana banohaka ng'anga, koga bagwele ndibo banohaka ng'anga. Andizohha kuwodana balulwami, koga ndakahha kuwodana batjinyi.”
- English18
Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?”
African KalangaBadiyiwa ba Johani ne Bafarisi bakabe bezwinyima zodliwa. Banhu bakahha bakabhuzwa Jesu beti, “Ini badiyiwa ba Johani ne be Bafarisi bezwinyima zodliwa, babo basingazwinyime izo?”
- English19
Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them.
African KalangaJesu kabadabila kati, “Apa bakokiwa ku nzano we ndobolo bangazwinyima zodliwa pa bukwe nkwaha atjinabo kene? Abangazwinyime zodliwa batjinaye.
- English20
But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.
African KalangaKoga misi inowohha yabanowotolegwa nkwaha, ipapo ndiko kwabanowozwinyima zodliwa.
- English21
“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse.
African Kalanga“Akuna unotongo thumila nguli tshwa mu tjiambalo tjikulukugwi, ngobe nguli tshwa inowobuya, ikamwaula tjiambalo tjikapalukila mbeli.
- English22
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, he pours new wine into new wineskins.”
African KalangaKakale akuna unodila nkumbi ntshwa mu makukhwa makulukugwi, ngobe angaphutuka nkumbi ukatebuka, kube kwatjinyika kose nkumbi ne makukhwa. Nkumbi ntshwa unodigwa mu makukhwa matshwa.”
- English23
One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.
African KalangaHhuba limwe le Sabatha Jesu wakabe eyenda akapalama nnda we mapfunde ana badiyiwa babe, ngono badiyiwa babe bakatangisa mwaula zwiyako zwe mapfunde.
- African Kalanga
Bafarisi bakati kuna Jesu, “Ini badiyiwa babo bethama tjisi mu nlayo ne nsi we Sabatha kene?”
- English25
He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
African KalangaKabadabila eti, “Apa amunhu mukatongo bala tjakathamiwa ndi Dafite ne baakabe anabo bana hhala, behaka zodliwa kene?
- English26
In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.”
African KalangaNe lubaka igogo, Abhiyata wakabe ali Ntungamili we Baphirisiti. Dafite wakangina mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, ngono katola zwiwunga zwakapiwa Ndzimu kadla ne banhu baakabe anabo, koga ne nlayo zwakabe zwili zwiwunga zwe Baphirisiti koga.”
- African Kalanga
Jesu kayendilambeli kati kubali, “Nsi we Sabatha wakathamigwa nhu, nhu aazothamigwa nsi we Sabatha.
- African Kalanga
Ndizo Nkololo we Nhu ndi He wa kose nenge Sabatha.”
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.