The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Revelation 12English
Zumbunulo 12African Kalanga
- English1
A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
African KalangaNgono kukaboneka tjilakidzo tjikulu pehhugwi. Kukaboneka nkadzi, akambala hhuba, mwedzi uli kusi kwe makumbo awe, mu n’holo uwe kuna tjiala tje buhe tjina nyenyedzi dzili gumi lina nyenyedzi dzili mbili.
- African Kalanga
Wakabe akazwisenga, ngono kalila ali mu nhumbgwa, ngobe wakabe atjibe pedlo notshibama.
- English3
Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads.
African KalangaTjimwe tjilakidzo tjikaboneka kudzimu; kwakaboneka bhophona gulu haba, lina miholo ili kutendeka ne nyanga dzili gumi, ngono pehhugwi kwe miholo yalo kuna zwialana zwili kutendeka.
- English4
His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child the moment it was born.
African KalangaMwise walo ukakwebela pasi ngabo ye butatu ye nyenyedzi ukadziligila mu hango. Ngono bhophona lika ma mbeli kwe nkadzi wakabe ali pedlo notshibama, kuti ndizo lidle mwana uwe tjinyolotjo ha ezwagwa.
- English5
She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.
African KalangaNkadzi katshibama mwana we tjiyisana unowobusa zwitjaba zose ne kombo tje tshipi, koga mwana wakadzamugwa katolegwa ku Ndzimu ku tjigalo tjitje tje buhe.
- English6
The woman fled into the desert to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.
African KalangaNkadzi wakatihhila ku tjilambanyika ku bugalo gwaakabikanyidzigwa ne Ndzimu kwaanotjengetiwa mu mahhuba ali tjiwulu tjina mazana mabili ana makumi matanhatu (1260).
- English7
And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
African KalangaNgwa ikamuka kudzimu. Mikaele ne batumwa babe bakagwa ne bhophona, bhophona likagwabo nabo lina batumwa balo,
- African Kalanga
koga bakakundiwa, ngono bakabe basitjina bugalo kudzimu.
- English9
The great dragon was hurled down–that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
African KalangaNgono bhophona ilelo gulu likalahigwa pasi, ilo nyoka ya ntolo, inodang'wa Nvanganyi kakale kuyi Satani, ntjengeli we hango yose lakalahigwa pasi mu hango ne batumwa balo bose.
- English10
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.
African KalangaNgono ndakawha whi gulu kudzimu liti, “Ngwenu jidzo ne masimba ne buhe gwe Ndzimu wedu ne ndaulo ya Khirisiti zwatjihha, ngobe iye unotilika zwikamu zwedu nlandu walahigwa pasi, iye unobatilika nlandu siku ne sikati mbeli kwe Ndzimu wedu.
- English11
They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
African KalangaMakamu edu akunda bhophona ne malopa e Mwhizana ne butendeki gwabo, ngobe abazogumbatila matjilo abo, koga bakabe bakazwimisila lufu.
- English12
Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.”
African KalangaNdizo hanhani imwi mu kudzimu, ndobva imwi mose banogala ikoko, koga hango yapalala ne gungwa gwapalala! Ngoti Nvanganyi wahha pasi kumuli alihhele buhongola, ngoti unoziba kuti wasaligwa ne lubaka gufutswhanana!”
- English13
When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
African KalangaBhophona lakati libona kuti laposegwa pasi mu hango, likatobela nkadzi iwoyo wakabe azwala mwana we tjiyisana.
- English14
The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the desert, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent’s reach.
African KalangaKoga nkadzi kapiwa mapapiro ali mabili e dzu gulu kuti atihhe bhophona awulukile ku tjilambanyika, kwaanowotjenetegwako makole ali matatu ana gaswa.
- English15
Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent.
African KalangaNyoka iyeyo ikapfa vula inonga gwizi guli hhele, kuti itole nkadzi iwoyo,
- English16
But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.
African KalangaKoga hango ikabhatsha nkadzi iwoyo ikahhula nlomo wayo, ikamidza vula iyeyo yakabe yapfiwa ne bhophona.
- English17
Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring– those who obey God’s commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
African KalangaIpapo bhophona likagwadzila moyo nkadzi iwoyo, liyenda kunogwa ne bakasala be bana babe, ibabo banolondolodza milayo ye Ndzimu, kakale betendeka nekwa Jesu.
- African Kalanga
Bhophona likama mu nsetje umu phili ye gungwa.
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.