The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Romans 14English
Baroma 14African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Amutjilani nhu usakasima mu kugalamoyo, koga musikakabadzane naye nekwe mikumbulo iye.
- English2
One man’s faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.
African KalangaNhu mmwe ungabe ne kugalamoyo kukulu kulu kwaanotubula dla tjimwe ne tjimwe, koga nhu usakasima mu kugalamoyo unodla milibo koga.
- English3
The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him.
African KalangaNhu unodla tjimwe ne tjimwe ngaasilingile pasi usingadle, usingadle asibone nlandu unodla tjimwe ne tjimwe, ngobe Ndzimu wakan'amutjila.
- English4
Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
African KalangaUani iwe kubona nlandu nlanda we mmwe? Tetshi uwe ndiye unowobona kuti kene unopundula kene unokong'wa. Ngono unowopundula, ngobe Ndzimu uwe unotubula kunthama kuti apundule.
- English5
One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
African KalangaNhu unotola limwe hhuba se lakayengemala kupinda limwe, koga mmwe etola kuti mahhuba wose anofanana. Mmwe ne mmwe wakafanila kube ne malebeswa ahhele mu nkumbulo uwe.
- English6
He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
African KalangaIye unokudza hhuba limwe unohinga ejalo kukudza He, iye unodla tjimwe ne tjimwe unokuhinga kukudza Ndzimu, ngobe unobokela Ndzimu zodliwa. Iye usingadle zwimwe zwinhu unokuhinga kukudza He, ngono unoboka Ndzimu.
- African Kalanga
Akuna wedu unozwitjilila, akuna wedu unozwifila.
- English8
If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
African KalangaHa titjila totjilila He, ha tifa tofila He. Ndizo kene titjila kene tifa, ti ba He.
- English9
For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
African KalangaNgobe nangwenu Khirisiti wakafa, ngono kabgwilila mu butjilo kuti abe He we banotjila ne bakafa.
- English10
You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
African KalangaIni usumikilisa gamu lilo kene? Kene ini ulingila gamu lilo pasi kene? Tose towoma mbeli kwe Ndzimu kusumikilisiwa ndiwo.
- English11
It is written: “ ‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God.’”
African KalangaNgobe kwakakwagwa kukayi, “Ne malebeswa ha nditjila, kojalo He, mmwe ne mmwe unowondipfigamila, ne mmwe ne mmwe unowoleba kuti ndi Ndzimu.”
- African Kalanga
Mmwe ne mmwe wedu unowozwidabiligwa ku Ndzimu.
- English13
Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
African KalangaNdizo ngatimiseni kusumikilisa, koga tisitongo zwimisila biga mu zila ye gamu ledu tjimwe tjingalikunha kene tjingandzinganyidza.
- English14
As one who is in the Lord Jesus, I am fully convinced that no food is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
African KalangaNdoziba ne buhhalo muna He Jesu kuti akuna zodliwa zwakatemapala ne kwazo, koga zwakatemapalila nhu unobe ekumbula kuti zwakatemapala.
- English15
If your brother is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother for whom Christ died.
African KalangaHa uwhisa zogwadza gamu lilo ne tjaunodla, ipapo autjahingila mu ludo. Usiti ne dla kuko ukabulaya gamu lilo Khirisiti laakafila.
- African Kalanga
Usiletje lulwama kuko kukalebgwa bubi,
- English17
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
African Kalangangobe buhe gwe Ndzimu ate guli dla ne ng'wa, koga nde gwe ndulamo ne kunyalala ne hanha mu Meya yakayengemala.
- African Kalanga
Ndizo iye unohingila Khirisiti ne zila yakajali, unohanhisa Ndzimu kakale unokudziwa ne banhu.
- African Kalanga
Ngatitjisalani hule tjimwe ne tjimwe tjinothama kunyalala ne bhatshana mu kusimisana.
- English20
Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.
African KalangaMusikolomodze n’hingo we Ndzimu ne zila ye zodliwa. Zodliwa zose zwibuyanana, koga kwakayipa whudla tjimwe tjinowothama mmwe kawila mu tjibi.
- English21
It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall.
African KalangaAkuzolulwama kuti udle nyama kene ung'we nkumbi kene uthame tjimwe koga tjingaliga gamu lilo kugalamoyo.
- English22
So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
African KalangaGalamoyo kwaunako ngakube pakati kuko ne Ndzimu. Kowohanha iye usingazwisumikilise muna tjaanothama.
- English23
But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.
African KalangaKoga ha edudumwa nekwe tjaanoja, Ndzimu unombona nlandu ha etjidla, ngobe tjaanothama atjizobva mu kugalamoyo, ngono tjimwe ne tjimwe tjisingabve mu kugalamoyo tjibi.
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.