The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Romans 11English
Baroma 11African Kalanga
- English1
I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
African KalangaNdobhuzwa ngono kuti, apa Ndzimu wakalamba banhu bawo kene? Ndobva! Imi ne kwangu ndi N'iziraela, tjizekugwana tja Abhurahama ndili we n’ha wa Bhenjamini.
- English2
God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don’t you know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah--how he appealed to God against Israel:
African KalangaNdzimu auzolamba banhu bawo, bawakaziba kuli kale. Apa amutoziba kuti Whalo dzotini nekwa Elija, se kwaanokumbila Ndzimu kuti ubone Iziraela nlandu?
- English3
“Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me”?
African KalangaKati, “He, Baiziraela bakabulaya balebesambeli benyu, bakapkhwanya zwibeso zwenyu zwe zwibhayilo, ndimi ndoga ndasala, ngono banohaka ndibulaya.”
- English4
And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
African KalangaKoga Ndzimu wakan'dabila utini kene? Wakati, “Ndakazwibiganyidzila balume bali zwiwulu zwili kutendeka basakatongopfigamila Bhaale.”
- African Kalanga
Ndizo kwakajalo nangwenu, kuna malimbelimbe Ndzimu awakahalula ne ngoni dzawo.
- African Kalanga
Koga ha akahalugwa kwakabigwa mu ngoni dzawo, kobva kuti halula akuzotemelela mu mihingo, ha kwabe kwakajalo, ngoni dzawo dzingabe dzisitji ngoni.
- English7
What then? What Israel sought so earnestly it did not obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
African KalangaNgono kee? Banhu be Iziraela bakakong'wa wana tjabakabe behaka. Bahalugwa bakatjiwana, koga bakasala bose bakakukutala.
- English8
as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes so that they could not see and ears so that they could not hear, to this very day.”
African KalangaSekwa kwakakwagwa kuyi, “Ndzimu wakabapa meya ye wope, kuti meho asibone ne zebe dzisiwhe, kuswikila hhuba lino.”
- English9
And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them.
African KalangaNgono Dafite kati, “Dzene butjilo gwabo gungabe dati ne bhuhhu, ne tjinobakunha ne kulobgwa kwabo.
- African Kalanga
Meho abo ngaapofupadziwe, kuti ndizo basibone; bagogonyale mu ne kusingapele.”
- English11
Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious.
African KalangaNdizo ndobhuzwa, apa bakakunhiwa, kuti ndizo bawe kene? Ndobva! Koga ngotjinya kwabo, jidzo lakahha kuna Bezwitjaba, kuti ndizo Baiziraela babe ne fupa.
- English12
But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!
African KalangaNgono ha tjinya kwabo kufumisa hango, ne kong'wa kwabo kufumisa Bezwitjaba. Tjidziwa kwe Baiziraela kowopamha fumwa inopinda iyeyi kanjinji seni!
- English13
I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I make much of my ministry
African KalangaNgwenu ndolebeleka namwi Bezwitjaba. Se ndili ntumwa kuna Bezwitjaba, ndokudza n’hingo wangu,
- African Kalanga
kuti ndizo Bajuta, ibo be ludzi gwangu babe ne fupa, kuti ndizo bamwe babo batjidziwe.
- English15
For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
African KalangaNgobe ha lambiwa kwabo kubva gadzanyiwa kwe hango, amutjigwa kwabo kowobeni ha isi tjila kwe bafi koga?
- English16
If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
African KalangaHa ipemu tje tjiwunga tjidusiwa se tjipo tje kutanga, tjakayengemala, tjiwunga tjose tjobe tjakayengemala, ngono ha ndzi we nti wakayengemala ne nhabi dzawo dzakayengemala.
- English17
If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root,
African KalangaKoga ha nhabi dzimwe dze ntoba wakadzwagwa dzakathubugwa, imwi lutabi gwe ntoba we hango mukamedzekiwa muunli, mu magalo abo kuti mube ne gobe mu nti we ntoba,
- English18
do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
African Kalangamusitongo zwikudza se munopinda nhabi. Ha muzwikudza, mualakane kuti imwi ate imwi makabhata ndzi koga ndzi ndiwo wakabhata imwi.
- African Kalanga
Koga mowoti, “Nhabi dzakathubugwa kuti timedzekiwe.”
- English20
Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
African KalangaIkoku malebeswa. Bakathubugwa ne kusagalamoyo kwabo, koga imwi musime ne kugalamoyo. Ndizo musizwikudze, koga mube ne hla.
- African Kalanga
Ha Ndzimu usakatjiba nhabi dze wakadzwagwa, namwibo autowomutjiba.
- English22
Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.
African KalangaBonani n’hhahho ne bushongola gwe Ndzimu. Una buhongola kuna ibabo bakawa, koga una n’hhahho kumuli ha muyendilambeli mu n’hahho wawo. Koga kuhhe kwa ikoku, namwibo mowothubugwa.
- English23
And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
African KalangaNgono ne bamwebo abasayendilambeli mu kusagalamoyo banowomedzekiwa kakale, ngobe Ndzimu una simba le kubamedzeka kakale.
- English24
After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
African KalangaNgono ha imwi makathubugwa mu ntoba we hango ne mbumbiko, mube mu medzekiwa kusingayendidzane ne mbumbiko, mu ntoba wakadzwagwa, ngono kowobe kulelu kungapani kumedzeka kakale nhabi idzedzi dzakathubugwa muna mayi badzo kene?
- English25
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
African KalangaKuti musizwipe butjenjebvu gwa musinago, makamu, ndohaka kuti muwhisise masazibgwe iyawa. Kukukutala kwakangina mu bamwe ba Iziraela, kuswikila Bezwitjaba betjidziwa ne buhhalo.
- English26
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
African KalangaNdizo Iziraela yose inowotjidziwa, sekwa kwakakwagwa kuyi, “Nsununguli unowobva ku Ziyoni, unowodusa bubi gose mu ludzi gwa Jakubo.
- African Kalanga
Ngono etji nditjo tjinowobe tjibvumano tjangu nabo, ha ndidusa zwibi zwabo.”
- English28
As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies on your account; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,
African KalangaNe kwe ndebo mbuya Baiziraela zwita zwe Ndzimu ne kwenyu, ngohalugwa Baiziraela banodiwa nekwa bobatategulu babo;
- African Kalanga
ngobe zwipo zwe Ndzimu ne kudana kwawo azwitohanduka.
- English30
Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience,
African KalangaSekwa makatongobe musingawhe Ndzimu, ngono ngwenu makawhigwa zogwadza ne sawha kwabo,
- English31
so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you.
African Kalangandizo naibo bakahaya kuwha kuti se kwamakawhigwa zogwadza, na ibobo bawhigwe zogwadza.
- African Kalanga
Ndzimu wakathama bathu bose basungwa be kusawha kwabo, kuti ndizo ubawhile ngoni bose.
- English33
Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!
African KalangaBanhu bedu! Fumwa ye butjenjebvu ne luzibo gwe Ndzimu zwikulu seni! Sumikilisa kwawo akuna ungakutjenesa, ndiani ungalonda zila dzawo kene?
- African Kalanga
“Ndiani wakaziba nkumbulo wa He? 'GNdiani wakabe nkumbuludzi wabo?
- African Kalanga
Kene ndiani wakatongoupa tjipo kuti ekotjibuzigwa?”
- African Kalanga
Zwinhu zose zwakabumbiwa ndiwo, zwinhu zose zwiyapo ndiwo, kakale zwili zwawo. Ndzimu ngaukudziwe ne kusingapele kose! Ngakujalo.
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.