1 Chronicles 13 | Old Testament

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1 Chronicles 13English

1 Zwiyitikalo 13African Kalanga

English1
David conferred with each of his officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.
African Kalanga
Dafite kalebesana ne balauli be bali zwiwulu (1 000) ne be mazana (100) ne batungamili bose.
English2
He then said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you and if it is the will of the Lord our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers throughout the territories of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their towns and pasturelands, to come and join us.
African Kalanga
Ngono Dafite kadwa gubungano lose le Iziraela kati, “Ha kwaka mululwamila kakale ha kuli kuda kwa Yahwe Ndzimu wedu ngati tumileni ndaidzo ku zwikamu zwedu mu mituthu yose ye Iziraela ne bapirisiti ne Balevi mu mizi yabo ngono tibadwe bashangane naswi ipapa.
English3
Let us bring the ark of our God back to us, for we did not inquire of it during the reign of Saul.”
African Kalanga
Kudwapo ngati buzeni Bhokisi le Ndzimu wedu ku tili ngobe takalilashilila mu misi ya Saulo.”
English4
The whole assembly agreed to do this, because it seemed right to all the people.
African Kalanga
Gubungano lose likaduma kuthama saikoko ngobe kwakabe kwakalulwama mbeli kwe bathu bose.
English5
So David assembled all the Israelites, from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.
African Kalanga
Ndizo Dafite kakubunganya Iziraela yose kudwa pa Gwizi gwe Shihori ye Egipiti kunoti ku nkoba we Hamati kuzhisa Bhokisi le Ndzimu kudwa mu Kiriatijearimu.
English6
David and all the Israelites with him went to Baalah of Judah (Kiriath Jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, who is enthroned between the cherubim–the ark that is called by the Name.
African Kalanga
Dafite ne Iziraela yose bakayenda ku Bhaala whuti Kiriatijearimu ye Juda kunotola Bhokisi le Ndzimu linodang'wa nge zina la Yahwe ibo bagele pezhugwi kwe dzikherubhu.
English7
They moved the ark of God from Abinadab’s house on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding it.
African Kalanga
Bakasenga Bhokisi le Ndzimu nge kara tshwa kudwa pa ng'umba ya Abinadabu, Uza na Ahio bakabe beyendisa kara,
English8
David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might before God, with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets.
African Kalanga
ha Dafite ne Iziraela yose bakabe bezana mbeli kwe Ndzimu nge mimoyo yabo yose bemba belidza zwilidzo zwe matende ne nyele ne zwe thamborini ne dzisimbali ne manyanga.
English9
When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the ark, because the oxen stumbled.
African Kalanga
Bakati beswika pa libuwa gwe Khidoni ngabe dzikabe dzitshatsharika ngono Uza katambunudza luboko gugwe kubhata Bhokisi.
English10
The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.
African Kalanga
Ngono bushongola gwa Yahwe gukadelukila muna Uza bakanligila pasi ngobe aabilila Bhokisi ngono kafa ipapo mbeli kwe Ndzimu.
English11
Then David was angry because the Lord’s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.
African Kalanga
Koga Dafite kagwadza moyo ngobe Yahwe baloba Uza ngono kadana pathu ipapo Pereziuza kuswikila nasi.
English12
David was afraid of God that day and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”
African Kalanga
Ngono Dafite katja Ndzimu tjose zhuba ilelo ngono kabe eti, “Ndowoyisa Bhokisi le Ndzimu ku nzi wangu tjini wali?”
English13
He did not take the ark to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed- Edom the Gittite.
African Kalanga
Ndizo Dafite kasitjayise Bhokisi ku nzi nkulu wa Dafite koga kaliyisa ntome ku ng'umba ya Obediedomu we N'giti.
English14
The ark of God remained with the family of Obed- Edom in his house for three months, and the Lord blessed his household and everything he had.
African Kalanga
Ngono Bhokisi le Ndzimu likagala mu nsha wa Obediedomu mu ng'umba iye mimwedzi ili mitatu ngono Yahwe bakakombolela nsha wa Obediedomu ne tjimwe ne tjimwe tjaakabe anatjo.

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.