The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Revelation 20English
Zumbunulo 20African Kalanga
- English1
And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain.
African KalangaKubva ipapo abona ntumwa we kudzimu edeluka ebva kudzimu akabhata tjihhulo tje gomba lakangina kusina tjilizano mu luboko gugwe ne ketani whulu whulu.
- English2
He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
African KalangaKabe ebhata bhophona, nyoka whulukugwi, inodang'wa Nvanganyi, Satani, kailonga mu busungwa kwe makole ali tjiwulu tjing'ompela (1000).
- English3
He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.
African KalangaKaiposela mu gomba, ngono kalihhalila kalikhiya, kuti ndizo lisitjatubule tjebela banhu kakale, kudzina makole ali tjiwulu tjing'ompela apinda. Hule kwa ipapo lakafanila sunungugwa kwe lubaka gufupi.
- English4
I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
African KalangaIpapo abona zwigalo zwe buhe, ngono zwiligegwe ne bakapiwa masimba e kusumikilisa. Ndakabonabo meya ya ibabo bakabe bathubugwa mitshibha, bebulayigwa butendeki gwa Jesu ne dama le Ndzimu, ibo basakatongonamata tjibandana kene tjifano tjatjo, kene iko kuamutjila lutjayo gwatjo mu mhahha dzabo kene mu maboko abo. Bakamuka mu bafi bakabusa na Khirisiti makole ali tjiwulu tjing'ompela (1000).
- English5
(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.
African KalangaBafi bakasala abazomusiwa kuswikila makole ali tjiwulu tjing'ompela apinda. Ikoku ndiko muka kwe bafi kwe kutanga.
- English6
Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
African KalangaUnamhahhambuya kakale wakayenemala iwoyo unowobe mu kumusiwa kwe bafi kwe kutanga. Lufu gwe bubili aguna masimba muna ibabo, banowobe Baphirisiti be Ndzimu na Khirisiti, ngono banowobusa naye makole ali tjiwulu tjing'ompela.
- African Kalanga
Hule kwe makole ali tjiwulu tjing'ompela Satani unowosunungugwa mu ng'umba iye ye busungwa.
- English8
and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth–Gog and Magog–to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore.
African KalangaNgono unowoyenda kanotjebela zwitjaba zwimu mbihho nna dze hango, kubva kuti Gogo na Magogo, ku bakubunganyila ngwa. Bunji gwabo gonga nsetje we gungwa.
- English9
They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
African KalangaBakathubulanya ne hango yose, ngono bakakomba bugalo gwe bayenemali ne nzi nkulu unodika. Koga moto wakadeluka ubva kudzimu ukabapisa.
- English10
And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
African KalangaNgono Nvanganyi iye wakabatjebela kalahigwa mu gungwa gwe moto ne salifa, kuna tjibandana ne nlebesambeli we manyepkwha, banowowhisiwa zogwadza siku ne sikati ne kusingapele.
- English11
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them.
African KalangaIpapo abona tjigalo tje buhe tjitjena tjikulu, na iye ugele pehhugwi kwatjo. Hango ne hhuhhugwi zwikantihha ngono zwikasitjabong'we kakale.
- English12
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.
African KalangaNgono abona bafi bakulukulu ne batukununu, bali mile mbeli kwe tjigalo tje buhe, ngono whalo dzikahhugwa. Lukwalo naigo gukahhugwabo, guli lukwalo gwe butjilo. Bafi bakasumikilisiwa kuyendidzana ne mihingo yabo sekwa kwakabe kwakakwagwa mu whalo idzedzo.
- English13
The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done.
African KalangaGungwa likadusa bafi bakabe bali mulili, Lufu ne Kumbu zwikadusa bafi bakabe bali muzwili ngono bose bakasumikilisiwa kuyendidzana ne mihingo yabo.
- English14
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.
African KalangaIpapo Lufu ne Kumbu zwikaposegwa mu gungwa gwe moto, ogu ndigo lufu gwe bubili, gungwa gwe moto.
- English15
If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
African KalangaMmwe ne mmwe usakakwagwa zina mu lukwalo gwe butjilo wakaposegwa mu gungwa gwe moto.
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.