The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
1 Chronicles 23English
1 Zwiyitikalo 23African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Kwakati Dafite atjikula akwegula kabiga Solomoni nkololo uwe mambo we Iziraela.
- African Kalanga
Dafite wakakubunganya batungamili bose be Iziraela ne bapirisiti ne Balevi.
- English3
The Levites thirty years old or more were counted, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.
African KalangaBalevi bakabagwa bakabe bali be makole ali makumi matatu kuyenda pezhugwi, balume bose bose bakabe bali zwiwulu zwili makumi matatu ana bali zhanakadzi (38 000).
- English4
David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand are to supervise the work of the temple of the Lord and six thousand are to be officials and judges.
African KalangaMu bali Dafite wakabiga bali zwiwulu zwili makumi mabili ana bali banna (24 000) kuti balingisane ne nshingo we Ng'umba ya Yahwe, bali zwiwulu zwili tathatu (6 000) kababiga kuti babe bashingisi ne basumikilisi,
- English5
Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose.”
African Kalangabali zwiwulu zwinna (4 000) kababiga kuti babe balindi be nkoba, kabiga bali zwiwulu zwinna (4 000) kuti balingisane ne kukudza Yahwe nge zwilidzo zwakathamigwa nshingo iwoyu.
- English6
David divided the Levites into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
African KalangaDafite kabathubukanya kuyendidzana nge misha ye bakololo ba Levi: Geshoni na Kohati na Merari.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Geshoni bakabe bali bo Ladani na Shimeyi.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Ladani bakabe bali bo Jehiele ali nsholo we nsha na Zethami na Jowele, bose bose bakabe bali batatu.
- English9
The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel and Haran– three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.
African KalangaBakololo ba Shimeyi bakabe bali bo Shelomoti na Haziele na Harani, bose bose bakabe bali batatu. Ibaba ndibo bakabe bali misholo ye misha ya Ladani.
- English10
And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Ziza, Jeush and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei–four in all.
African KalangaBakololo ba Shimeyi bakabe bali banna bali bo Jahati na Zina na Jeushi na Bheriya.
- English11
Jahath was the first and Ziza the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; so they were counted as one family with one assignment.
African KalangaJahati wakabe ali nsholo we nsha etobegwa ndi Ziza, Jeushi na Bheriya bakabe basina bakololo banjinji ndizo bakabaligwa se nsha nng'ompela.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Kohati bakabe bali bo Amuramu na Izhari na Heburoni na Uziele bose bose bakabe bali banna.
- English13
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart, he and his descendants forever, to consecrate the most holy things, to offer sacrifices before the Lord, to minister before him and to pronounce blessings in his name forever.
African KalangaBakololo ba Amuramu bakabe bali bo Aroni na Mushe. Aroni wakabigigwa ntome kuti ndizo alingisane ne zwithu zwakapiwa Ndzimu. Iye ne bakololo babe bakabe bakafanila kuti bagale bepisa zwibhayilo mbeli kwa Yahwe ne kubashingila ne kuleba makombolelo mu zina labo misi yose.
- African Kalanga
Koga bakololo ba Mushe nlume we Ndzimu bakabaligwa mu Balevi.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Mushe bakabe bali Gerishomu na Eliezeri.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Gerishomu bakabe bali bo Shebuweli ali nsholo we nsha.
- English17
The descendants of Eliezer: Rehabiah was the first. Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous.
African KalangaEliezeri, iye wakabe ana nkololo ali nng'ompela edang'wa Rihabiya koga Rihabiya iye wakabe ana bakololo banjinji.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Izhari bakabe bali bo Shelomiti ali nsholo we nsha.
- English19
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.
African KalangaBakololo ba Heburoni bakabe bali bo Jeriya ali nsholo we nsha etobegwa ndi Amariya na Jahaziele ali we butatu na Jekameamu ali we bunna.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Uziele bakabe bali bo Mika ali nsholo we nsha na Ishiya ali we bubili.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Merari bakabe bali bo Mahili na Mushi. Bakololo ba Mahili bakabe bali bo Eleazari na Kishi.
- English22
Eleazar died without having sons: he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
African KalangaEleazari wakabe asina bakololo koga ana bakololokadzi koga, ibo bakalobogwa ne hama dzabo bakololo ba Kishi.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Mushi bakabe bali bo Mahili na Ederi na Jerimoti bose bose bali batatu.
- English24
These were the descendants of Levi by their families–the heads of families as they were registered under their names and counted individually, that is, the workers twenty years old or more who served in the temple of the Lord.
African KalangaBakololo ba Levi bakabe bakabigwa nge misha ya botate babo ne misholo ye misha sekwa bakakwalisiwa kuyendidzana nge mazina e mmwe ne mmwe kudwa mu makole ali makumi mabili kuyenda pezhugwi ibo bakabe bakafanila kushinga nshingo we Ng'umba ya Yahwe.
- English25
For David had said, “Since the Lord, the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever,
African KalangaNgobe Dafite wakabe ati, “Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela bapa bathu babo kunyalala kakale banogalila mu Jerusalema tjatjose.
- English26
the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service.”
African KalangaNdizo Balevi abatosheta kuti bagale bakasenga bugalo gwe Ndzimu kene tjimwe tje zwithu zwinoshingisiwa mu guli.”
- English27
According to the last instructions of David, the Levites were counted from those twenty years old or more.
African KalangaNge matama a Dafite e bupelo Balevi bose bakakwalisiwa kudwa muna bana makole ali makumi mabili kuyenda pezhugwi
- English28
The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the temple of the Lord: to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the house of God.
African Kalangangono bakapiwa nshingo wekubhatsha bakololo ba Aroni mu nshingo we Ng'umba ya Yahwe kutjengeta zwibata zwe kunonamatigwa ne zwing'umbana zwa mukati ne kutjenapadza zose zwakayengemala ne mimwe mishingo ye Ng'umba ye Ndzimu,
- English29
They were in charge of the bread set out on the table, the flour for the grain offerings, the unleavened wafers, the baking and the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.
African Kalangakubhatsha ngolingisana nge lulwamisa tjiwunga tjinobigwa pa tafuli ne bgwisa gwe tjipo tje mathunde ne tjiwunga tjisina mbidzo ne tjiwunga tjakagotjiwa ne tjiwunga tjakashanganyiwa nge mafuta nekukala ne yela zwipo zwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu.
- English30
They were also to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord. They were to do the same in the evening
African KalangaBakabe bakafanila kulingisana ngoma mangwanana mamwe ne mamwe kuboka ne kukudza Yahwe, bethama saikoko nenge mu madekwana
- English31
and whenever burnt offerings were presented to the Lord on Sabbaths and at New Moon festivals and at appointed feasts. They were to serve before the Lord regularly in the proper number and in the way prescribed for them.
African Kalanganenge zwibaka zose akudusiwa zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa zwipisigwa Yahwe mu zhuba le kunyaluluka le Sabata ne zhuba le Nzano we Mwedzi ugala ne mu mazhuba e mizano kuyendidzana ne sekwa akakwagwa zwibaka zose mbeli kwa Yahwe.
- English32
And so the Levites carried out their responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting, for the Holy Place and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, for the service of the temple of the Lord.
African KalangaBakapiwa mazwidabiligo ekutjengeta nshasha we bushanganilo ne bugalo gwakayengemala ne kubhatsha bapirisiti makamu abo e ludzi gwa Aroni mu nshingo we Ng'umba ya Yahwe.
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.