The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Romans 4English
Baroma 4African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Tingatini ngono nekwa batategulu bedu, Abhurahama?
- English2
If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about--but not before God.
African KalangaNgobe ha Abhurahama akalulwamisiwa ne mihingo, ungabe ana tjimwe tjaangazwikudza nditjo, koga kusi mbeli kwe Ndzimu.
- English3
What does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
African KalangaWhalo dzikatini? “Abhurahama wakagalamoyo Ndzimu, ngono galamoyo kukwe kukatogwa ili ndulamo.”
- African Kalanga
Kuna iye unohinga, ndipo iye aitotogwa ili tjipo, koga inotogwa ili fanilo.
- English5
However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
African KalangaKuna iye usingahinge koga egalabgwe Ndzimu, kuti ndiwo unolulwamisa babi, galamoyo kukwe kotogwa ili ndulamo.
- English6
David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
African KalangaNdizo Dafite naiye bo unoleba nekwe wanisiwa mhahhambuya kwe nhu unoyi wakawanisiwa mhahhambuya ne Ndzimu kuhhe kwe mihingo eti,
- African Kalanga
“Banamhahhambuya ibabo bakazwiibhatigwa matjinyo abo, nebana zwibi zwakabuhikiwa.
- African Kalanga
Kwakawanisiwa mhahhambuya nhu He waasingobalila zwibi zwizwe.”
- English9
Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
African KalangaApa iko mhahhambuya iyeyi ndeye bakathumbigwa koga, kene ndeye basakathumbigwabo? Se tati, “Galamoyo kwa Abhurahama kwakatogwa ili ndulamo.”
- English10
Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before!
African KalangaKwakahingikala tjini kuti kutogwe ne zila iyeyo? Wakabe atjithumbigwa kene asanhu kathumbigwa? Kwakahingikala asanhu kathumbigwa.
- English11
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
African KalangaWakaamutjila thumbigwa kuli lutjwayo gwe ndulamo yaakabe nayo ne kugalamoyo kukwe asanhu kathumbigwa. Ili kunthama tate ba bose bakagalamoyo basakathumbigwa ngono kukatogwa ili ndulamo kubali.
- English12
And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
African KalangaSa ikoko ndi tatebo be bakathumbigwa, kusi kuti whuthumbigwa koga, kuli kuti banogalamoyo mu Ndzimu sa Abhurahama tate bedu, basathu bakathumbigwa.
- English13
It was not through law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
African KalangaGadziwabgwe kwa Abhurahama ne bana babe kuti bapfuwe hango, akuzohha ngobe Abhurahama akabe elondolodza nlayo, koga kwakahha ne ndulamo yaakawana ne galamoyo.
- African Kalanga
Ha kuli kuti balondolodzi be nlayo ndibo banowobe bagalinhaka, kowobe kubva kuti galamoyo akutobva tjimwe kakale gadziwabgwe akuna n’hingo.
- African Kalanga
Ne kuti nlayo unohhisa buhongola gwe Ndzimu, koga pasina nlayo akuna tjibi.
- English16
Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring-- not only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
African KalangaNdizo gadziwabgwe kwakateyiwa pehhugwi kwe galamoyo kuti bose bana ba Abhurahama babe ne gobe mu gadziwabgwe kumu ngoni dze Ndzimu, kusi ibabo banolondolodza nlayo boga, koga na ibabo banogalamoyo sa Abhurahama. Abhurahama ndi tate bedu tose.
- English17
As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed--the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.
African KalangaSekwa kwakakwagwa kuyi, “Ndakakuthama tate be zwitjaba zwi njinji.” Mbeli kwe Ndzimu iwo wakaagalamoyo, iwo unopa bafi butjilo, unoti ukathama zwinhu zwisakatongobe yapo zwikabe yapo.
- English18
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
African KalangaMu kugalabgwe, Abhurahama wakagalabgwe nenguba kwakabe kusingagalikebgwe, ndizo kabe “tate be zwitjaba zwinjinji” sekwa akabe abviwa, kuyi “Bana babo banowobe banjinji sa ikoku.”
- English19
Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead--since he was about a hundred years old--and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.
African KalangaAazonyala meya mu kugalamoyo kukwe ha ekumbula mbili uwe, iwo wakabe ungafanidzanyiwa ne wakafa ne kuti wakabe ana makole angabhata zana, kene ekumbula kusawana bana kwa Sara.
- English20
Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
African KalangaAazodudumwa kene kuli sagalabgwe kugadzabgwe kwe Ndzimu, koga wakasima mu kugalamoyo, ekudza Ndzimu,
- African Kalanga
egalamoyo ne buhhalo kuti Ndzimu unotubula hinga tjawakagadzabgwe.
- African Kalanga
Ndizo wali ne kugalamoyo kukwe, “Ndzimu wakanlulwamisa.”
- African Kalanga
Matama anoti, “galamoyo kwakatogwa ili ndulamo,” aazokwaligwa iye ega.
- English24
but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness--for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
African KalangaAkakwaligwa naswibo. Iswi tinogalamoyo galamoyo kwedu kotogwa ili ndulamo muunli iwo wakamusa Jesu He wedu mu bafi.
- African Kalanga
Iye wakabulayigwa zwibi zwedu kamusigwa ndulamo yedu.
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.