The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Matthew 6English
Matewu 6African Kalanga
- English1
“Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
African Kalanga“Yelani njele kuti musiyite zwiyito zwe ndulamo mbeli kwe banhu muyita mahonga ndibong'we. Ha muyita ikoku amutowobe ne mbhayilo unobva kuna Tate benyu ba kudzimu.
- English2
“So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
African Kalanga“Ndizo ha upa bahayi, usizibise ne lidza lunyanga se kunoyita batjengedzi mu ng'umba dze mitembezelo ne mu zila kuti balumbidziwe ne banhu. Ndolebesa ndoti kumuli, bakauamutjila mbhayilo wabo kale.
- English3
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
African KalangaHa upa bahayi usiyite kuti luboko gugo gwe lumewhe guzibe tjinohingwa ne luboko gugo gwe ludli,
- English4
so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
African Kalangakuyita kuti pa kuko bahayi kube kwakasumbikala. Ipapo Tate babo ibo banobona zwakasumbikika, banowokupa mbhayilo.
- English5
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
African Kalanga“Ha mutembezela, musifanane ne batjengedzi, ngobe banoda tembezela bali mile mu ng'umba dze mitembezelo ne mu mahanganilo e zila kuti babong'we ne banhu. Ndolebesa ndoti kumuli, baamutjila mbhayilo wabo.
- English6
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
African KalangaKoga ha utembezela, ngina mu ng'umba iyo uhhalile nkoba utembezele kuna Tate babo basingaboneke. Ipapo Tate babo banobona pakasumbikika, banowokupa mbhayilo.
- English7
And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
African Kalanga“Kakale ha mutembezela musilombolodze matama asina n’hingo se banhu basibagalimoyo, ngobe banokumbula kuti banowowhika ne matama manji.
- African Kalanga
Musifanane nabo, ngobe Tate benyu banoziba tjamunohaya musanhu mukakumbila.
- African Kalanga
Tembezelani sawhoku, ‘Tate bedu ba kudzimu, zina lenyu ngaliyengamadziwe.
- African Kalanga
Buhe gwenyu ngaguhhe kuda kwenyu ngakuyitiwe mu hango sekwa kunoyitiwa kudzimu.
- African Kalanga
Mutipeni nasi zodliwa zwedu zwe misi ne misi.
- African Kalanga
Mutizwiibhatigwe milandu yedu, sekwa tinozwiibhatigwa banotithamila milandu.
- African Kalanga
Musitilonge mu kulikwa, koga mutisunungule mu bubi.’
- English14
For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
African Kalanga“Ngobe ha muzwiibhatigwa banhu milandu yabo, Tate benyu be kudzimu banowomuzwiibhatigwabo.
- African Kalanga
Koga ha musingazwiibhatigwe banhu milandu yabo, Tate benyu abatowomuzwiibhatigwa milandu yenyu.
- English16
“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
African Kalanga“Ha muzwinyima zodliwa musifubale se batjengedzi banohobesa njiso dzabo kuti kuzwinyima zodliwa kwabo kubong'we ne banhu. Ndolebesa ndoti kumuli, baamutjila mbhayilo wabo kale.
- African Kalanga
Koga ha uzwinyima zodliwa, hhodza n’holo uwo mafuta ungule buso gugo,
- English18
so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
African Kalangakuti ndizo kuzwinyima zodliwa kuko kusibong'we ne banhu, koga kubong'we ndi Tate babo bakasumbikala, ndizo Tate babo banobona kwakasumbikala banowokupa mbhayilo.
- English19
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
African Kalanga“Musizwikubunganyile fumwa mu hango panotjinya sole ne bulala ne mbava padzinoti dzikapkhwanya dzikakwiba.
- English20
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
African KalangaKoga muzwikubunganyile fumwa kudzimu pasingatjinye sole ne bulala ne mbava padzisinga pkhwanye dzikakwiba.
- African Kalanga
Ngobe ipapo pana fumwa iyo ndipo panowobe ne moyo uwo.
- English22
“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
African Kalanga“Hhiho ndilo luvone gwe mbili. Ndizo ha hhiho lilo lipiza, mbili uwo wose uhhele tjedza.
- English23
But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
African KalangaKoga ha hhiho lilo lisingapize, mbili uwo wose uhhele hhalima. Ha tjedza tjimukuli tjili hhalima, ligulu kungapani hhalima ilelo kene!
- English24
“No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
African Kalanga“Akuna iye ungahingila botetshi babili, ngobe ungabenga mmwe wabo kada mmwe, kene unowokudza mmwe kadeelela mmwe. Aungahingile Ndzimu kose ne fumwa.
- English25
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?
African Kalanga“Ndizo ndomubva nditi, musidziyidzike nekwe butjilo gwenyu, nekwe tjamunowodla kene tjamunowong'wa, kene nekwe mibili yenyu kuti mowombalani. Apa butjilo agutopinda zodliwa kene ne mbili autopinda zwiambalo kene?
- English26
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
African KalangaBonani nyunyi dzinowuluka, adzitolima kakale adzitovuna kene kuli biganya mu matula, koga Tate benyu be kudzimu banodzidlisa dzose. Apa amutodzipinda kunjinji kwazo kene?
- African Kalanga
Ndiani wenyu ungati ngodziyidzika ne moyo kapamhidza kuli kutukununu bulefu gwe butjilo gugwe kene?
- English28
“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
African Kalanga“Apa modziyidzikilani nekwe zwiambalo? Bonani kuti maluba e hango anokula tjini. Aatohinga kakale aatoluka.
- African Kalanga
Koga ndomubudza kuti na iye Solomoni mu bukulu gugwe gose aazobe akaambala se ling'ompela lawo.
- English30
If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
African KalangaIkoko ha kuli iko Ndzimu sekwa unombadza maluba e hango iyawa ayapo nasi koga mangwana eposegwa mu tjibeso, apa autowomumbadza kupinda ikoku kwazo kene, imwi banhu be kugalamoyo kutukununu kene?
- English31
So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
African Kalanga“Ndizo musidziyidzike muti, ‘Towodlani kene towong'wani kene towombalani?’
- English32
For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
African KalangaNgobe banhu basibagalimoyo banotihhilila zwinhu izwezwi zose. Tate benyu ba kudzimu banoziba zose zwamunotjila ndizo.
- English33
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
African KalangaKoga hakani buhe gwabo ne ndulamo yabo kutanga, ngono zwinhu izwezwi zose mowozwipiwa na izobo.
- English34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
African KalangaNdizo musidziyidzike nekwa mangwana, ngobe mangwana kowozwidziyidzikila ne kwako. Limwe ne limwe hhuba lina dziyilo yakalilizana.
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.