The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Revelation 6English
Zumbunulo 6African Kalanga
- English1
I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!”
African KalangaNgono ndakabona Mwhizana ihhula tjihhalilo tje kutanga mu zwihhalilo zwili kutendeka, ngono ndakawha tjimwe tje zwibumbiwa zwinotjila zwinna tjilebeleka ne whi linonga nsindo we gole tjiti, “Ihha!”
- English2
I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.
African KalangaNdakalinga, ngono abona mbizi njena, ntanhi wayo wakabe akabhata dati, ngono kapiwa tjiala tje buhe. Kayenda ali nkundi kunokunda.
- African Kalanga
Mwhizana ikati ihhula tjihhalilo tje bubili, ngono awha tjibumbiwa tjinotjila tje bubili tjiti, “Ihha!”
- English4
Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword.
African KalangaKukabhuda imwe mbizi kakale, ili haba kwakabondelela. Ntanhi wayo wakapiwa masimba edusa mbakiso mu hango, kuti ndizo banhu babulayane. Ngono kapiwa thumo gulugulu.
- English5
When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand.
African KalangaMwhizana ikati ihhula tjihhalilo tje butatu, awha tjibumbiwa tje butatu tjiti, “Ihha!” Ndakalinga, ngono abona mbizi nhema. Ntanhi wayo wakabe akabhata kale mu luboko gugwe.
- English6
Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a day’s wages, and three quarts of barley for a day’s wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!”
African KalangaNdakawha nsindo unonga whi ubva pakati kwe zwibumbiwa zwinna liti, “Lithara ye korong i ndipo ye hhuba, lithara dzili nhatu dze bhali i ndipo ye hhuba. Koga musitjinye mafuta ne nkumbi.”
- English7
When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”
African KalangaIkati ihhula tjihhalilo tje bunna awha tjibumbiwa tje bunna tjiti, “Ihha!”
- English8
I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
African KalangaAlinga, ngono abona mbizi ye mbala we dundubadzi. Ntanhi wayo wakabe edang'wa kuyi Lufu, ngono bugalo gwe bafi gwakansala hule, ngono bapiwa simba pehhugwi kwe lubabi gwe bunna gwe hango, kubulaya ne thumo nenge bhamba nene dzingwele dzisina ndapo nenge kuhingisa mhuka dze hango.
- English9
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained.
African KalangaMwhizana ikati ihhula tjihhalilo tje buhanu, abona kusi kwe tjibeso meya ye banhu bakabulayigwa dama le Ndzimu ne butendeki gwabakapa.
- English10
They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?”
African KalangaBakabe bedana ne whi lipehhugwi beti, “He Masimbawose, wakayenemala, una malebeswa, kowotola lubaka gungapani, musanhu mukasumikilisa banhu ba muno mu hango, ne kubgwilizila malopa edu abakatebula?”
- English11
Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed.
African KalangaMmwe ne mmwe wabo wakapiwa zwiambalo zwitjena. Ngono bakabviwa kukayi banyaluluke kwe lubaka gulefunyana, kudzina balanda sa ibo ne makamu abo, babulawebo ngobe babe pedlo nobulawa, sa ibo bakabulawa, kuti mbalo iswike.
- English12
I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red,
African KalangaNgono ikati ihhula tjihhalilo tje butanhatu, alinga abona tengenyeka kwe hango kukulu, hhuba likahanduka likabe dema se jila dema le tjililo ne mwedzi ukahanduka ukanga malopa.
- English13
and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind.
African KalangaNyenyedzi dzikawila pasi se ntjelo usakayibva, uhahamuka mu nti ha mhepo ina masimba iwuzunguza.
- English14
The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
African KalangaHhuhhugwi kukanyelela se lukwalo gupetiwa, dombo limwe ne limwe ne tjigwizi tjimwe ne tjimwe tjikadusiwa mu magalo atjo.
- English15
Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
African KalangaIpapo bohe bakulu be hango ino ne babusi ne balauli be babhayani ne bafumi ne bana masimba ne banhu bose, balanda ne bakasungunuka bakabgwata mu makuwhu ne kusi kwe mahongwe mu matombo.
- English16
They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!
African KalangaBakadana matombo ne mahongwe ne whi lipehhugwi beti, “Mutiwile, mutisumbikile buso gwa iye ugele mu tjigalo tje buhe ne buhongola gwe Mwhizana!
- African Kalanga
Hhuba gulu le buhongola gwabo latjihha, ngono ndiani ungalimilila?”
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.