The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Titus 2English
Tito 2African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Koga iwe udiye tjinobvumana ne zwidiyo zwe malebeswa.
- English2
Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.
African KalangaUbve balume bawhola kuti badzikame, babe ne njalakang'wa dzakalulwama bazwibhate, babe ne bugalimoyo ne ludo ne kusimidzila.
- English3
Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.
African KalangaUbve bakadzi bawhola kuti na ibo bathame sa ikokobo, kuti babe ne mazwiibhato anoyemulika, basi banyepi kene balanda be zwing'o. Bakafanila diya tjakalulwama,
- African Kalanga
kuti ndizo badiye bakadzi batjetjana kuda balume babo ne bana babo,
- English5
to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
African Kalangakuti bazwibhate, babe babuyanana bahinge mihingo yabo ye mu nzi, babe ne bunhu, kakale bazwiyise pasi mu balume babo, kuti ndizo dama le Ndzimu lisilingigwe pasi.
- African Kalanga
Sa ikoko ukulumbidze bahhuhha kuzwibhata.
- English7
In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness
African KalangaUthame kuti mu tjimwe ne tjimwe tjaunothama ube tjilakidzo tje mihingo yakalulwama, udiye zwidiyo zwinogalikabgwe, ne zila ina ntuzi,
- English8
and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.
African Kalangakakale udiye zwidiyo zwakatambunuka zwisingasolese, kuti ndizo banokunyanyayidza babhakhwe ne shoni, bahaye bubi gwabangaleba ne kwedu.
- English9
Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them,
African KalangaUbve balanda bazwiyise pasi muna botetshi babo ne kubahanhisa ne zila dzose, basingahandudzane nabo,
- English10
and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.
African Kalangaabazofanila bakwibila, bagalikebgwe mu tjimwe ne tjimwe kuti bubuya gwe zwidiyo zwe Ndzimu Ntjidzi wedu guzwilakidze mubali.
- African Kalanga
Ne kuti ngoni dze Ndzimu dzakazumbunukila kutjidziwa kwe mmwe ne mmwe,
- English12
It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,
African Kalangadzitidiya thubukana ne haya bugalimoyo nenge nyota ye zwinhu zwe hango ino, kuti tigadzikane, titambunuke, ne tjila butjilo gunolakidza bundzimu mu hango iyeyi,
- English13
while we wait for the blessed hope–the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
African Kalangatakalindila kugalabgwe kwaka kuna mhahhambuya, ne hha kwe gudzo le Ndzimu wedu nkulu ne Ntjidzi wedu Jesu Khirisiti,
- English14
who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
African Kalangaiye wakazwipa kutidzutunula mu bubi gose ne kutizwitjenapadzila etithama tjaba tjite tjibuyanana tjina ludo bukulu gwe thama mihingo mibuyanana.
- English15
These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.
African KalangaUlebe zwinhu izwezwi. Usimise gubungano kakale utjemele ne masimba. Kusibe ne unokulingila pasi.
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.