The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Revelation 16English
Zumbunulo 16African Kalanga
- English1
Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.”
African KalangaNdizo ndakawha whi lilebelekela pehhugwi libva mu ng'umba ye Ndzimu libva batumwa be kudzimu bali kutendeka liti, “Yendani munotebulila buhongola gwe Ndzimu gumu ndilo dzili kutendeka mu hango.”
- English2
The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly and painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped his image.
African KalangaNdizo ntumwa we kudzimu we kutanga kayenda, kaswika katebulila kumu ndilo iye mu hango. Malonda anohlisa, anogwadza kabhuda muna ibabo bakabe bana lutjayo gwe tjibandana kakale benamata tjifano tjatjo.
- English3
The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a dead man, and every living thing in the sea died.
African KalangaNtumwa we kudzimu we bubili katebulila kumu ndilo iye mu gungwa, vula ikahanduka ikanga malopa e nhu wakafa, tjitjili tjimwe ne tjimwe mu gungwa tjikafa.
- English4
The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.
African KalangaNtumwa we kudzimu we butatu katebulila kumu ndilo iye mu njizi ne mu misenya ye vula, dzikahanduka dzikabe malopa.
- English5
Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say: “You are just in these judgments, you who are and who were, the Holy One, because you have so judged;
African KalangaNdakawha ntumwa we kudzimu we vula eti, “Makalulwama nohingisa hamu dzenyu idzedzi. Muyapo, imwi magala muli yapo, Makayenemala.
- English6
for they have shed the blood of your saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.”
African KalangaBanhu bakatebula malopa e bayenemali ne e balebesambeli, ndizo mabapa malopa kuti baang'we. Ikoku kwakabafanila.”
- African Kalanga
Ndakawha tjibeso tjiti, “Ee, He Ndzimu Masimbawose, sumikilisa kwenyu ku malebeswa kakale kwakalulwama.”
- English8
The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was given power to scorch people with fire.
African KalangaNtumwa we kudzimu we bunna katebulila ndilo iye mu hhuba, ngono likaletjiwa kuti lipise banhu ne moto.
- English9
They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him.
African KalangaBanhu bakapisiwa nopisa kukulu, ngono bakatuka zina le Ndzimu, iwo una masimba mu hamu idzedzi, koga abazohanduka bakaukudza.
- English10
The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness. Men gnawed their tongues in agony
African KalangaNtumwa we buhanu katebulila kumu ndilo iye mu tjigalo tje buhe tje tjibandana, buhe gwatjo gukabe mu hhalima. Banhu bakazwiluma ndimi nekuwha zogwadza,
- English11
and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done.
African Kalangangono bakatuka Ndzimu we kudzimu beutukila zogwadza ne malonda amubali, koga abazohandukila mihingo yabo.
- English12
The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East.
African KalangaNtumwa we kudzimu we butanhatu katebulila zwi mu ndilo iye mu gwizi gwe Yufuratesi, vula yago yakapkwha kuhhulila zila bohe bakulu banohha bebva ku Bhehhuba.
- English13
Then I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
African KalangaNgono hule abona meya mitatu mibi inolingika se mahhula, ibhuda mu nlomo we bhophona ne mu nlomo we tjibandana ne mu nlomo we nlebesambeli we manyepkwha.
- English14
They are spirits of demons performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.
African KalangaMeya iyeyo mibi inohinga zwilakidzo, inoyenda kuna bohe bakulu be hango yose kunobakubunganyila ngwa mu hhuba gulu le Ndzimu Masimbawose.
- English15
“Behold, I come like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him, so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed.”
African Kalanga“Bonani ndohha se mbava! Una mhahhambuya iye unogala akalinga, akalulwamisa zwiambalo zwizwe kuti asiyende ali mbudlo kubonegwa ne banhu.”
- African Kalanga
Ndizo meya yakakubunganya bohe bakulu panhu panodang'wa ne lulimi gwe Tjihebheru kuyi Amagedoni.
- English17
The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, “It is done!”
African KalangaNtumwa we kudzimu we butendeka katebulila zwi mu ndilo iye mu mhepo, whi lipehhugwi likabva mu tjigalo tje buhe mu ng'umba ye Ndzimu liti, “Kwapela.”
- English18
Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No earthquake like it has ever occurred since man has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake.
African KalangaKukabe ne kutitima ne mawhi ne matutu ne midumo ye makole ne kutengenyeka kwe hango kukulu kusakatongobe yapo mu hango, tjinga banhu kwabakabumbiwa.
- English19
The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath.
African KalangaNzi nkulu ukapaluka mbabi thatu, ngono mizi mikulu ye njudzi ikawa. Ndzimu ukaalakana nzi nkulu we Bhabhiloni, ngono ukawukombeledza kung'wa mu tjing'wilo tjawo tje buhongola gwawo.
- African Kalanga
Zwigwizi zose zwikalobesiwa ne matombo kasiwanike.
- English21
From the sky huge hailstones of about a hundred pounds each fell upon men. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible.
African KalangaMabgwe makulu kulu e tjivulamabgwe, limwe ne limwe lina kale tjinolizana ne kilogiramu dzili makumi mahanu, akawa ebva pehhugwi, ewila pehhugwi kwe banhu. Bakatuka Ndzimu, ngobe wakahhisa hamu inohlisa.
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.