The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Matthew 4English
Matewu 4African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Ipapo Meya ikayisa Jesu ku tjilambanyika kulikwa ndi Mvanganyi.
- African Kalanga
Wakazwinyima zodliwa mahhuba ali makumi manna ne masiku ali makumi manna, ngono hule kabe ne hhala.
- English3
The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
African KalangaNliki kahha kuunli kati, “Ha uli Nkololo we Ndzimu ibva mabgwe iyawa abe zwiwunga.”
- English4
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
African KalangaJesu kan’handula kati, “Kwakakwagwa kuyi, ‘Nhu aangatjile ne tjiwunga koga, koga ne dama limwe ne limwe linobva mu nlomo we Ndzimu!’”
- English5
Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
African KalangaIpapo Mvanganyi kantola kan'yisa ku Jerusalema, nzi nkulu wakayengemala, kammisa pa tjilungwane tje Ng'umba ye Ndzimu
- English6
“If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”
African Kalangangono kati kuunli, “Ha uli Nkololo we Ndzimu, uzwiposele pasi, ngobe kwakakwagwa kuyi, ‘Unowobva batumwa bawo be kudzimu ne kuko. Ngono banowokugama, kuti usilobe gumbo lilo mu bgwe.’”
- African Kalanga
Jesu kan’handula kati, “Kwakakwagwabo kuyi ‘Usilike He Ndzimu uwo.’”
- English8
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
African KalangaKakale Mvanganyi kantola kantanhisa dombo lefu lefu kwazo kanlakidza mibuso yose ye hango ne bubuya gwayo.
- African Kalanga
Ngono Mvanganyi kati kuunli, “Kose ikoku ndowokupa ha ungawila pasi ukandinamata.”
- English10
Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”
African KalangaJesu kati kuunli, “Ibva pandili Satani, ngobe kwakakwagwa kuyi, ‘Namata He Ndzimu uwo uhingile iye ega!’”
- African Kalanga
Ipapo Mvanganyi kansiya, ngono batumwa be kudzimu bakahha bakambhatsha.
- African Kalanga
Jesu wakati ewha kuti Johani wasungwa, kabhuda mu ntunhu we Jorodani kayenda ku Galili.
- English13
Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali–
African KalangaNgono wakati ebhuda mu Nazareta kayenda kanogala ku Kapenaume pedlo ne gungwa mu ntunhu we Zebhuloni ne Nafutali
- African Kalanga
kuti kusiwile pasi matama akalebgwa ndi Isaya nlebesambeli eti,
- English15
“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, along the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles–
African Kalanga“Hango ye Zebhuloni ne hango ye Nafutali, kuyendila ku gungwa, seli kwe Jorodani, Galili we Bezwitjaba!
- English16
the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”
African KalangaBanhu bakabe begala mu hhalima bakabona tjedza tjikulu. Ibaba bakabe begala mu ntunhu we hhalima le lufu, tjedza tjabepo.”
- African Kalanga
Kubva mu lubaka igogo Jesu katangisa sumikila eti, “Handukilani matjinyo enyu, ngobe buhe gwe kudzimu gwasedzela.”
- English18
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.
African KalangaJesu kati eyenda akasumha ne gungwa gwe Galili, kabona bana be nhu babili, Simoni unoyi Pita na Enduru nnung'una uwe belahila gwanga mu gungwa, ngobe bakabe bali babhati be whobe.
- African Kalanga
Jesu kati kubali, “Munditobele ngono ndowomuthama babhati be banhu.”
- African Kalanga
Tjinyolotjo bakasiya njanga dzabo bakantobela.
- English21
Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them,
African KalangaKati eyendila mbeli kubva ipapo, kabona bamwe bana be nhu babili, Jakubo nkololo wa Zebhedi na Johani nnung'una uwe, bali mu n'goro bana tate babo Zebhedi beluka njanga dzabo ngono kabadana.
- African Kalanga
Tjinyolotjo bakasiya n'goro na tate babo bakantobela.
- English23
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
African KalangaJesu kayenda ntunhu wose we Galili ediya mu ng'umba dzabo dze mitembezelo esumikila ndebo mbuya ye buhe kakale epodza dzingwele ne buworoworo gumwe ne gumwe pakati kwe banhu.
- English24
News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and he healed them.
African KalangaTjilumbi tjitje tjakawhika Siriya yose, ngono banhu bakahhisa kuunli bose banogwala dzingwele dzakasiyana siyana ne zwibhayo ne bakasungwa ne meya mibi ne bana zwifafa ne bakalobgwa ne gulukadzi, ngono kabapodza.
- English25
Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.
African KalangaMibunga mikulu yakantobela ibva ku Galili ne ku Dekapoli ne ku Jerusalema ne ku Judiya ne ntunhu useli kwe Jorodani.
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.