The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Revelation 5English
Zumbunulo 5African Kalanga
- English1
Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.
African KalangaNdakabona mu luboko gwe ludli gwa iye ugele mu tjigalo tje buhe, lukwalo gwakakwagwa mukati na kuhhe, gwakapetiwa gwakahhaligwa ne zwihhalilo zwili kutendeka.
- English2
And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
African KalangaAbona ntumwa we kudzimu wakasima elebeleka ne whi lipehhugwi eti, “Ndiani wakalizanila hhula lukwalo igogu?”
- English3
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it.
African KalangaKoga kwakabe kusina ne nng'ompela kudzimu kene mu hango kene kusi kwe hango wakabe etubula hhula lukwalo nekene kuli linga zwimukati.
- African Kalanga
Ndakalila kwazo, ngobe kwakabe kusina wawang'wa akalizanila hhula lukwalo kene bala zwimukati.
- English5
Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
African KalangaIpapo mmwe we bakulu kabe eti kundili, “Usilile, bona, Humba ye ludzi gwa Juda, we ludzi gwa Dafite, wakunda, kobva kuti ungahhula zwihhalilo izwezwi zwili kutendeka kahhula lukwalo.”
- English6
Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
African KalangaNdakabona Mwhizana yakabe ilingika seyakabe yatongobulawa ili mile pa tjigalo tje buhe ne zwibumbiwa zwinna zwinotjila, yakabe ina nyanga dzili kutendeka ne meho ali kutendeka ali meya ye Ndzimu ili kutendeka yakabe yatumwa mu hango yose.
- African Kalanga
Mwhizana ikayenda ikanotola lukwalo mu luboko gwe ludli gwe ugele mu tjigalo tje buhe.
- English8
And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
African KalangaYakati yatola lukwalo, zwitjili zwinna ne bakulu bakabe bali makumi mabili ana banhu banna, bakawila pasi mbeli kwe Mwhizana, mmwe ne mmwe wakabe ana dende ne ndilo dze golide dzili hhele motsha zwili milile mitembezelo ye bayenemali.
- English9
And they sang a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.
African KalangaBakamba lumbo gutswha, beti, “Wakalizana tola lukwalo ne hhula zwihhalilo zwago, ngoti wakabulawa ngono ne malopa awo wakadzutunulila Ndzimu banhu kubva mu ludzi gumwe ne gumwe ne mu lulimi gumwe ne gumwe ne mu banhu bamwe ne bamwe ne mu zwitjaba zose.
- English10
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”
African KalangaWakabathama tjaba tje buhe, Baphirisiti banohingila Ndzimu wedu, ngono banowobusa mu hango.”
- English11
Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.
African KalangaIpapo alinga, ngono awha whi le batumwa be kudzimu banjinji, bali zwiwulu wulu kupoteleka tjigalo tje buhe ne kupoteleka zwibumbiwa zwinotjila ne bakulu.
- English12
In a loud voice they sang: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!”
African KalangaBakamba ne whi lipehhugwi beti, “Mwhizana yakabe yabulawa yakalizana kuamutjila buhe ne fumwa ne butjenjebvu ne simba, ne gudzo ne ndumbidzo ne mhahhambuya.”
- English13
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!”
African KalangaNgono ndakawha tjibumbiwa tjimwe ne tjimwe kudzimu ne mu hango na kusi kwe hango ne mu gungwa na zose zwimba zwiti, “Kuunli ugele pehhugwi kwe tjigalo tje buhe ne ku Mwhizana ngakube ne mhahhambuya ne gudzo ne tjedza ne simba ne kusingapele kose.”
- African Kalanga
Zwibumbiwa zwinotjila zwinna zwakahandula zwiti, “Ngakujalo.” Ngono bakulu bakawila pasi, bakanamata Ndzimu.
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.