The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Matthew 15English
Matewu 15African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Ipapo Bafarisi ne badiyi be nlayo bakahha kuna Jesu bebva ku Jerusalema, ngono bakambhuzwa beti,
- English2
“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”
African Kalanga“Ini badiyiwa babo betjuluka milenje ya bobatategulu kene? Abatongula maboko abo ha bedla!”
- African Kalanga
Jesu kabahandula ne mbhuzo eti, “Ini milenje yenyu ithama kuti mutjuluke nlayo we Ndzimu?
- English4
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
African KalangaNdzimu wakati, ‘Kudza tate babo na mmeyabo,’ kakale, ‘Iye unoleba bubi nekwa tate babe na mmeyabe, ne malebeswa ngaabulawe.’
- English5
But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’
African KalangaKoga imwi moti, ‘Ha nhu angati kuna tate babe kene mmeyabe, bhatsho yamabe mungawana mundili yatjibe tjipo tjapiwa Ndzimu,
- English6
he is not to ‘honor his father ‘ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
African Kalangaaazotjafanila kudza tate babe.’ Ndizo molandulila dama le Ndzimu milenje yenyu.
- African Kalanga
Mapitipiti ndimwi! Isaya wakabe elebesa ha elebelambeli ne kwenyu eti,
- African Kalanga
‘Banhu ibaba banondilumbidza ne nlomo koga, koga mimoyo yabo ikule nami.
- African Kalanga
Banondipfigamilila suli, ngobe banodiya milayo ye banhu se banodiya nlayo wangu.’”
- African Kalanga
Jesu kadanila mbunga we banhu kuunli kati, “Mundibhulutane muwhisise.
- English11
What goes into a man’s mouth does not make him ‘unclean,’ but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him ‘unclean.’”
African KalangaTjinongina mu nlomo we nhu ate itjo tjinonthama kuti asibe mbuyanana kwaangasanamata Ndzimu, koga tjinobhuda ne nlomo, itjetjo nditjo tjinonthama kuti atemapale.”
- English12
Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
African KalangaIpapo badiyiwa bakahha kuunli bakambhuzwa beti, “Apa unoziba kuti Bafarisi bakunhika bewha ndebo iyeyi kene?”
- English13
He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
African KalangaKahandula eti, “Mmwe ne mmwe nti usakadzwagwa ndi Tate bangu ba kudzimu unowodzikunugwa.
- English14
Leave them; they are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
African KalangaMubaletje, mapofu e batungamili. Ha bhofu likweba bhofu limwe, wose anowila mu gomba.”
- African Kalanga
Koga Pita kati kuunli, “Utitjenesele tjifaniso itjetji.”
- African Kalanga
Jesu kabe eti, “Apa namwibo amunhu mukabe ne kuwhisisa zwenyu kene?
- English17
“Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
African KalangaAmutobona kuti tjinongina mu nlomo tjongina mu ntumbu kubva ipapo tjibhuda mu mbili kene?
- English18
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man ‘unclean.’
African KalangaKoga tjinobva mu nlomo tjobva mu moyo, ngono nditjo tjinothama kuti nhu atemapale.
- English19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
African KalangaNgobe mu moyo kobhuda mikumbulo mibi, bulaya ne bupombgwe ne walilana ngubo kuhhe kwe ndobolo ne bubava ne manyepkhwa ne tjinya bamwe mazina.
- English20
These are what make a man ‘unclean’; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him ‘unclean.’”
African KalangaEzwi ndizo zwinoyita nhu kasibe mbuyanana. Koga dla ne maboko asakangugwa akutoyita nhu kuti asibe mbuyanana.”
- African Kalanga
Jesu kabhudila ku ntunhu we Tire ne Sidoni.
- English22
A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon– possession.”
African KalangaNgono nkadzi we Nkanana, ebva mu ntunhu iwoyo kahha kuunli elila eti, “He, Nkololo wa Dafite, mundiwhile ngoni! Nkololokadzi wangu unodziyila kwazo wakasungwa ne meya mbi.”
- English23
Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
African KalangaJesu kasidabile. Ndizo badiyiwa babe bakahha kuunli bakankumbila beti, “Untate, ngobe unoyendilambeli koga etililila.”
- African Kalanga
Kadabila eti, “Ndakatumwa ku mwhizi dzakalahika dze Iziraela koga.”
- African Kalanga
Nkadzi iwoyo kahha kapfigama mbeli kukwe kati, “He, mundibhatshe!”
- African Kalanga
Kadabila eti, “Akuzolulwama kuti zodliwa zwe bana zwitogwe zwiposegwe mbgwa.”
- English27
“Yes, Lord,” she said, “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
African KalangaNkadzi iwoyo kati, “Ee, He, koga na idzo mbgwa dzodla mamburumburu anowa ebva mu tafuli ya batezi badzo.”
- English28
Then Jesus answered, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
African KalangaIpapo Jesu kan’handula eti, “Nkadzi, kukulu galamoyo kuko! Yemulo iyo yahingikala.” Ngono nkololokadzi uwe kapodziwa ne lubaka igogo.
- English29
Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down.
African KalangaKubva ipapo Jesu kayenda, kasumha ne gungwa gwe Galili. Wakatanha dombo kanogala pasi.
- English30
Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them.
African KalangaMibunga ye banhu mikulu ikahha kuunli kuhhisa banohudza ne mapofu ne zwilema zwakasiyana siyana ne mbebebe ne bamwe banjinji, bakababiga pa makumbo awe, ngono kabapodza.
- English31
The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.
African KalangaBanhu bose bakakaabala kwazo ha bebona mbebebe dzilebeleka ne zwilema zwipodziwa ne banohudza beyenda ne mapofu epofunuka. Ngono bakakudza Ndzimu we Iziraela.
- English32
Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.”
African KalangaJesu kadanila badiyiwa babe kuunli kati, “Ndowhila zogwadza banhu ibaba, kwabe mahhuba matatu banami, ngono akuna tjabanodla. Anditohaka kubapaladza bana hhala, ngobe banowokonegwa mu zila.”
- English33
His disciples answered, “Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?”
African KalangaBadiyiwa bakati kuunli, “Tingawana poni zwiwunga zwakalizana dlisa mbunga we banhu ungapa mu tjilambanyika itjetji kene?”
- African Kalanga
Jesu kabhuzwa eti, “Muna zwiwunga zwingana?” Bakadabila beti, “Zwili kutendeka ne whobe homanana nhukununu.”
- African Kalanga
Kabva mbunga we banhu kuti ugale pasi.
- English36
Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people.
African KalangaIpapo katola zwiwunga seme dzili kutendeka ne whobe, kukati aboka, kazwipemula kazwipa badiyiwa, badiyiwa bakakobela mibunga ye banhu.
- English37
They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
African KalangaBose bakadla bakaguta. Kubva ipapo badiyiwa bakanunga mamburumburu asala bakahhadza zwitundu zwili kutendeka.
- African Kalanga
Ipapo bakadla bakabe bali balume bali zwiwulu zwinna, kuhhe kwe bakadzi ne bana.
- English39
After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.
African KalangaKukati Jesu apaladza mibunga ye banhu kangina mu n'goro kayenda pedlo ne ntunhu we Magadani.
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.