The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Revelation 4English
Zumbunulo 4African Kalanga
- English1
After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”
African KalangaHule kwa ikoko alinga, ngono abona nkoba wakahhuka kudzimu! Ngono whi lakabe lina nlidzo unonga we lunyanga gunolidziwa lakabe lalebeleka nami kutanga, likati, “Tanhila neno, ngono ndowokulakidza tjakafanila hingikala hule kwa ikoku.”
- English2
At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it.
African KalangaTjinyolotjo Meya Yakayenemala ikadelukila mundili, ngono abona, tjigalo tje buhe tjikudzimu, kuna mmwe ugele mu tjigalo itjetjo!
- English3
And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian. A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne.
African KalangaIwoyo wakabe ali gele ipapo wakabe epenya se mabgwe anoyi jasipa ne kaneliyeni, ngono kupoteleka tjigalo itjetjo kwakabe kuna nlalabungwe una mbala we nkwakwa.
- English4
Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads.
African KalangaKupoteleka tjigalo tje buhe kwakabe kuna zwigalo zwili makumi mabili ana mido minna, muzwili kuli gele bakulu bali makumi mabili ana banhu bali banna, bakambala butjena, mu miholo yabo bakambala zwiala zwe golide.
- English5
From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God.
African KalangaMu tjigalo tje buhe kwaka be kubhuda lupenyo gwe vula ne mawhi ne kutitima. Kwabe kuna mavone ali kutendeka mbeli kwe tjigalo tje buhe, mavone meya ye Ndzimu ili kutendeka.
- African Kalanga
Kakale mbeli kwe tjigalo tje buhe kwakabe kuna tjinhu tjinolingikala se gungwa gwe halasi gwakatjenapala gunonga dayimani. Kupoteleka tjigalo tje buhe, mu midzibo yatjo minna kuna zwitjili zwinna, zwihhele meho mbeli na hule.
- English7
In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.
African KalangaTjitjili tje kutanga tjakabe tjinga humba, tje bubili tjakabe tjinga ngabe, tje butatu tjina buso gunonga gwe nhu, tje bunna tjinga dzu linowuluka.
- English8
Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.”
African KalangaZwitjili izwezwi zose ne bunna gwazo, tjimwe ne tjimwe tjazo tjina mapapiro matanhatu, zwilihhele meho pamwe ne pamwe na mukati na kuhhe kwe mapapiro. Siku ne sikati azwitoma mba zwiti, “Wakayenemala, wakayenemala, wakayenemala, iye He Ndzimu Masimbawose wakabe uli yapo, uyapo kakale utjawohha.”
- English9
Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever,
African KalangaLubaka gumwe ne gumwe zwitjili izwezwi gwazwinokudza zwilumbidza kakale zwiboka iye ugele mu tjigalo tje buhe, iye unotjila ne kusingapele kose,
- English10
the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
African Kalangabakulu ibaba bali makumi mabili ana banhu banna, banowila pasi mbeli kwe ugele tjigalo tje buhe, ngono bennamata iye unotjila ne kusingapele kose. Beposela zwiala zwabo pa tjigalo tje buhe bemba beti,
- English11
“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”
African Kalanga“He wedu kakale Ndzimu wedu, makafanila amutjila gudzo ne ndumbidzo ne masimba, ngobe makabumba zwinhu zose, ne kuda kwenyu zwakabe yapo zwikabumbika.”
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.