The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Revelation 21English
Zumbunulo 21African Kalanga
- English1
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
African KalangaKubva ipapo abona kudzimu kutswha ne hango ndzwa, ngobe kudzimu kwe kutanga ne hango ye kutanga zwakabe zwapinda, ne gungwa lisitjipo.
- English2
I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
African KalangaNgono ndakabona nzi nkulu wakayenemala, Jerusalema ndzwa, ideluka ibva kudzimu ku Ndzimu yakalulwamisiwa se nlongo wakanakisigwa nlume uwe.
- English3
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
African KalangaNdakawha whi lilebelekela pehhugwi libhuda mu tjigalo tje buhe liti, “Bona, bugalo gwe Ndzimu gwabe mu banhu. Unowogala nabo, ngono banowobe banhu bawo. Ndzimu ne kwawo unowobe nabo, ukabe Ndzimu wabo.
- English4
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
African KalangaUnowobuhika mihodzi yose mu meho abo, akutjawobe ne lufu kakale, akutjawobe ne buyendasi kene tjililo kene tjibhayo, ngoti zwe kutanga azwitjipo.”
- English5
He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
African KalangaNgono iwoyo ugele mu tjigalo tje buhe kalebeleka eti, “Bona, ndothama zwinhu zose butswha.” Kandibva kakale kati, “Kwala ikoku, ngoti matama iyawa anogalikabgwe, malebeswa.”
- English6
He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life.
African KalangaNgono kati “Kwahingwa kwawila. Ndimi we kutanga newe bupelo, bubvilo ne bhelelo. Mmwe ne mmwe una nyota ndowompa ndetjedzelo ye ng'wa mu nsenya we vula ye butjilo kuhhe kwe ntengo.
- African Kalanga
Iye unokunda, unowoamutjila ikoku, ndowobe Ndzimu uwe, ngono iye unowobe mwanangu.
- English8
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars–their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
African KalangaKoga magwala ne basingagalemoyo ne bana hambgwa ne babulayi be banhu ne mhombgwe ne banothama malipa ne banonamata midzimu ne banyepi, mbhayilo wabo unowobe mu gungwa guna moto ne salifa, ogu ndigo lufu gwe bubili.”
- English9
One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
African KalangaNdizo kukahha mmwe we batumwa be kudzimu bali kutendeka bakabe bana ndilo dzihhele hamu dze bupelo dzili kutendeka, kalebeleka nami eti, “Ihha, ndowokulakidza nlongo, nkadzi we Mwhizana.”
- English10
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.
African KalangaKandisenga ndili mu Meya kandiyisa pehhugwi kwe dombo lefu lefu kandilakidza nzi nkulu wakayenemala, Jerusalema udeluka ubva kudzimu ku Ndzimu,
- English11
It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.
African Kalangauna gudzo le Ndzimu. Tjedza tjawo tjipenya se bgwe le themba ipehhugwi, se jasipa, tjibonenela se dayimani.
- English12
It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.
African KalangaWakabe una guma gulu gulu lefu lefu lina mikoba ili gumi lina mibili, kuna batumwa be kudzimu bali gumi lina babili pa mikoba iyeyi. Mu zwihhalilo kwakakwagwa mazina e njudzi gumi lina mbili dze bana be Iziraela.
- English13
There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west.
African KalangaKwakabe kuna mikoba ili mitatu ku Bhehhuba; mikoba ili mitatu ku Bunandzwa; mikoba ili mitatu ku Burwa; mikoba ili mitatu ku Golombedzo.
- English14
The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
African KalangaGuma le nzi nkulu iwoyo lakabe lakabakigwa pehhugwi kwe pfiwa dzili gumi lina mbili, pehhugwi kwadzo kwakakwagwa mazina e batumwa be Mwhizana bali gumi lina babili, ibo batumwa ba Jesu.
- English15
The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls.
African KalangaNtumwa we kudzimu wakalebeleka nami wakabe ana lukombo gwakathamiwa ne golide kulizanya nzi nkulu ne mikoba yayo ne guma layo.
- English16
The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long.
African KalangaNzi nkulu unolizana bupabi ne bulefu, ngono kalizanya nzi nkulu ne lukombo gugwe, khilomitha dzili zwiwulu zwibili ne mazana manna (2400) bulefu. Bulefu ne bupabi ne bulefu kuyenda pehhugwi kolizana.
- English17
He measured its wall and it was 144 cubits thick, by man’s measurement, which the angel was using.
African KalangaGuma nailo kalilizanya, ngono lakabe lili mitha dzili makumi ali kutanhatu kuyenda pehhugwi, kubvumilana ne tjilizano tje banhu, kobva tje ntumwa we kudzimu.
- African Kalanga
Guma lakabe lakathamwa ne jasipa, koga nzi nkulu nekwawo wakabe wakabumbiwa ne golide mbuyanana, inobonenela se halasi.
- English19
The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
African KalangaPfiwa dze guma le nzi nkulu dzakabe dzakanakisiwa ne milenje yose ye mabgwe e themba ipehhugwi akanaka. Pfiwa ye kutanga lakabe lili bgwe le jasipa, le bubili lili safaya, le butatu lili agate, le bunna lili emeralidi,
- English20
the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
African Kalangale buhanu lili onikisi, le butanhatu lili kaneliyeni, le kutendeka lili kirisoliti, le buhhanakadzi lili bherili, le buhhanalume lili topazi, le bugumi lili kalisedoni, le bugumi lina kung'ompela lili tukoisi, le bugumi lina kubili lili ametisiti.
- English21
The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass.
African KalangaMikoba ili gumi lina mibili mabgwe mabuya anothama ndalama ali gumi lina mabili; nkoba ng'ompela wakathamiwa ne bgwe buya ling'ompela. Zila i mu nzi nkulu ne ye golide mbuyanana inobonenela se halasi.
- English22
I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
African KalangaAndizobona ng'umba ye Ndzimu mu nzi nkulu, ngoti ng'umba yawo ye Ndzimu ndi He Ndzimu Masimbawose ne Mwhizana.
- English23
The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.
African KalangaNzi nkulu autohaya kube ne hhuba mu uli kene mwedzi kupenya mu uli, ngobe gudzo le Ndzimu lopenya mu uli, Mwhizana iyo luvone gwayo.
- English24
The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.
African KalangaZwitjaba zwe hango zowoyenda ne tjedza tjawo ngono bohe bakulu be hango banowohhisa fumwa dzabo mu uli.
- African Kalanga
Mikoba ye nzi nkulu aitowohhaligwa masikati, kakale akutowobe ne busiku ikweno.
- African Kalanga
Gudzo ne dendo le zwitjaba zwe hango yose zowohhisiwa mu nzi nkulu.
- English27
Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
African KalangaKoga akuna tjakatemapala tjinowongina mu nzi nkulu, kene ali ani unohinga zwinhu zwinobhatisa honi kene unoleba manyepkwha, koga kowongina be mazina akakwagwa mu lukwalo gwe Mwhizana gwe butjilo.
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.