1 Kings 6 | Old Testament

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1 Kings 6English

1 Bomambo 6African Kalanga

English1
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the temple of the Lord.
African Kalanga
Shule kwe makole ali mazana ali manna ana makumi ali zhanakadzi (480) Baiziraela babhuda mu shango ye Egipiti, mu gole le bunna le mbuso wa Solomoni mu Iziraela, mu mwedzi we Zivi uli mwedzi we bubili mu gole, Solomoni katangisa kubaka Ng'umba ya Yahwe.
English2
The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high.
African Kalanga
Solomoni wakabaka Ng'umba ya Yahwe ili bulefu gwe thambo dzili makumi mabili ana kutendeka (27), bupabi guli thambo dzili zhanalume, kudwa pasi kuyenda pezhugwi ili thambo dzili gumi lina kutatu kuna gaswa (13.5).
English3
The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple extended the width of the temple, that is twenty cubits, and projected ten cubits from the front of the temple.
African Kalanga
Ng'umba ye kutanga usathu ukangina ku bugalo gwakayengemala yakabe ili thambo dzili nna dzina gaswa (4.5) kuyenda pasi, ili bupabi gwe thambo dzili zhanalume gulizana ne bupabi gwe bugalo gwakayengemala.
English4
He made narrow clerestory windows in the temple.
African Kalanga
Kathama Ng'umba ye Ndzimu ina mafesitere matetjanana kuzhe, mukati ali mapabi.
English5
Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms.
African Kalanga
Kabaka zwing'umbana zwakatathikana zwakabhatana ne guma le Ng'umba ye Ndzimu kuipoteleka ne kupoteleka bugalo gwakayengemala.
English6
The lowest floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits and the third floor seven. He made offset ledges around the outside of the temple so that nothing would be inserted into the temple walls.
African Kalanga
Budzilo gwa pasi gwakabe guli bupabi gwe thambo dzili mbili dzina zwipithu zwibili (2.2), budzilo gupakati gwakabe guli bupabi gwe thambo dzili mbili dzina zwipithu zwili kutendeka (2.7), budzilo gwe butatu, gwakabe guli bupabi gwe thambo dzili thatu dzina ipithu (3.1). Kupoteleka tjakuzhe kathama mathudzi e guma kuitila kuti makwasayile asipubuligwe mu guma le ng'umba.
English7
In building the temple, only blocks dressed at the quarry were used, and no hammer, chisel or any other iron tool was heard at the temple site while it was being built.
African Kalanga
Mabgwe akabe ebaka Ng'umba ye Ndzimu akabe ebezhegwa kunokobolegwa mabgwe, kuti ha Ng'umba ye Ndzimu ibakiwa kusiwhike nsindo we hamuli kene we shathu kene uli we gumwe butale.
English8
The entrance to the lowest floor was on the south side of the temple; a stairway led up to the middle level and from there to the third.
African Kalanga
Nkoba we Ng'umba ye Ndzimu ku budzilo gupakati wakabe wakalinga ku burwa, ngono kuna matathilo kuyenda ku budzilo gwe bubili kudwa pasi kuyenda pezhugwi ne kudwa muna gwe bubili kuyenda pezhugwi kuna gwe bupelo.
English9
So he built the temple and completed it, roofing it with beams and cedar planks.
African Kalanga
Solomoni wakabaka Ng'umba ye Ndzimu kaipedza, kathama denga nge thungo ne mapulanka e sida.
English10
And he built the side rooms all along the temple. The height of each was five cubits, and they were attached to the temple by beams of cedar.
African Kalanga
Wakabaka dzimwe ng'umba kupoteleka Ng'umba ye Ndzimu yose. Bulefu gwe imwe ne imwe yadzo kudwa pasi kuyenda pezhugwi gwakabe guli thambo dzili mbili dzina ipithu tje bubili mu gumi (2.2), dzakabe dzakabhatshanyiwa ne Ng'umba ye Ndzimu nge mapango e sida.
English11
The word of the Lord came to Solomon:
African Kalanga
Dama la Yahwe likazha kuna Solomoni liti,
English12
“As for this temple you are building, if you follow my decrees, carry out my regulations and keep all my commands and obey them, I will fulfill through you the promise I gave to David your father.
African Kalanga
“Ngekwe Ng'umba yaunobaka, ha utobela milayo yangu yose, ndowoshingikadza dama langu mukuli, landakaleba na Dafite tate babo.
English13
And I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel.”
African Kalanga
Ndowogala pakati kwe Baiziraela, andingalashe bathu bangu Baiziraela.”
English14
So Solomon built the temple and completed it.
African Kalanga
Solomoni wakabaka Ng'umba ye Ndzimu kaipedza.
English15
He lined its interior walls with cedar boards, paneling them from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and covered the floor of the temple with planks of pine.
African Kalanga
Kazwimba guma le ng'umba tjamukati nge mapulanka e sida, kudwa pasi kunoswika ku thungo. Ngono budzilo kaguthama nge mapulanka e misipuri.
English16
He partitioned off twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
African Kalanga
Tjamukati kabaka ng'umba nge mapango e sida ili bugalo gwakayengemala gwakabe gudang'wa Bugalo gwakayengemala kupindisa edwa pasi enoti ku thungo. Bulefu gwayo kudwa pasi yakabe ili thambo dzili zhanalume.
English17
The main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.
African Kalanga
Ng'umba yakabe ili mbeli kwe Bugalo gwakayengemala kupindisa yakabe ili bulefu gwe thambo dzili gumi lina zhanakadzi (18).
English18
The inside of the temple was cedar, carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; no stone was to be seen.
African Kalanga
Mapango e miti ye sida akabe ali tjamukati kwe ng'umba akabe akakobolegwa zwifano zwe zwiteme ne maluba. Kuboneka mapango e sida koga, kusina bgwe linoboneka.
English19
He prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the Lord there.
African Kalanga
Wakalulwamisa bugalo gwakayengemala gutjamukati gumukati kwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, kuti kubigwe Bhokisi le Tjidumano tja Yahwe.
English20
The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty wide and twenty high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.
African Kalanga
Bugalo gwakayengemala gutjamukati gwakabe guli bulefu gwe thambo dzili zhanalume ne bupabi gwe thambo dzili zhanalume kudwa pasi kuyenda pezhugwi thambo dzili zhanalume, guma le ng'umba lakabe lakadzulugwa nge golide lose. Tjibeso tje zwibhayilo tjakabe tjakabakwa nge mapango e sida.
English21
Solomon covered the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.
African Kalanga
Solomoni kadzulula Ng'umba ye Ndzimu nge golide yakatjena mukati. Katjinjika ketani dze golide mbeli kwe bugalo gwakayengemala gutjamukati, kagudzulula nge golide.
English22
So he overlaid the whole interior with gold. He also overlaid with gold the altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.
African Kalanga
Mukati kose kwakabe kwakadzulugwa nge golide. Wakadzululabo tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo tje bugalo gwakayengemala gutjamukati nge golide.
English23
In the inner sanctuary he made a pair of cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.
African Kalanga
Mukati kwe bugalo gwakayengemala gutjamukati kabiga dzikherubhu mbili dzakabezhiwa nge lukuni gwe ntoba, imwe ne imwe ili bulefu gwe thambo dzili nna dzina zwipithu zwinna (4.4).
English24
One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing five cubits–ten cubits from wing tip to wing tip.
African Kalanga
Bhapilo le kherubhu lakabe lili bulefu gwe thambo dzili mbili dzina zwipithu zwibili (2.2), limwe bhapiro lili bulefu gwe thambo dzili mbili dzina zwipithu zwibili (2.2). Ndizo bulefu gwe kudwa ku theswi ye limwe bhapilo kunoti ku theswi ye limwe dzakabe dzili thambo dzili nna dzina zwipithu zwinna (4.4).
English25
The second cherub also measured ten cubits, for the two cherubim were identical in size and shape.
African Kalanga
Kherubhu imwe yakabe ilizana thambo dzili nna bo dzina zwipithu zwinna (4.4), bubili gwadzo dzakabe dzifanana kakale dzilizana.
English26
The height of each cherub was ten cubits.
African Kalanga
Bulefu gwe kherubhu dzose bubili gwakabe guli thambo dzili nna dzina zwipithu zwinna (4.4) imwe ne imwe yadzo.
English27
He placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple, with their wings spread out. The wing of one cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the other touched the other wall, and their wings touched each other in the middle of the room.
African Kalanga
Wakabiga dzikherubhu dzakabapa mukatikati kwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu dzakazhula mapapilo adzo kuti bhapilo le imwe kherubhu likuthe guma ku ndzibo mmwe likuthe guma ku ndzibo mmwe, mamwe mapapilo ekuthana pakati kwe ng'umba.
English28
He overlaid the cherubim with gold.
African Kalanga
Ngono kakuyunga dzikherubhu nge golide.
English29
On the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer rooms, he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers.
African Kalanga
Kakobolela zwifano zwe dzikherubhu ne zwe miti ye milala ne maluba mu makuma wose tjamukati na kuzhe.
English30
He also covered the floors of both the inner and outer rooms of the temple with gold.
African Kalanga
Budzilo gwe ng'umba kagudzila nge golide mukati na kuzhe.
English31
For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood with five-sided jambs.
African Kalanga
Nkoba we bugalo gwakayengemala gutjamukati kaguthamila matendele e mapango e mitoba. Pezhugwi kwe makoko ne makwasayile e nkoba kukabe midzibo ili mishanu.
English32
And on the two olive wood doors he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with beaten gold.
African Kalanga
Kanakisa matendele mabili e mapango e ntoba nge dzikherubhu ne miti ye milala ne maluba kwakakobolegwa. Kadzulula dzikherubhu ne miti ye milala nge golide.
English33
In the same way he made four-sided jambs of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall.
African Kalanga
Nkoba unonginila ku bugalo gwakayengemala kauthama nge makwasayile e ntoba midzibo ili minna.
English34
He also made two pine doors, each having two leaves that turned in sockets.
African Kalanga
Ne matendele mabili anopetiwa e mapango e misipuri.
English35
He carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers on them and overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.
African Kalanga
Mu matendele kakobolela dzikherubhu ne miti ye milala ne maluba akazhuka, kati akobolela zwithu izwezwi kazwidzulula nge golide.
English36
And he built the inner courtyard of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams.
African Kalanga
Kabaka nsha wa mukati mitiliyane ili mitatu ye mabgwe akabezhiwa akawaligwa nge mapango e sida ntiliyane mmwe ne mmwe.
English37
The foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv.
African Kalanga
Mu gole le bunna thiwa dze Ng'umba ya Yahwe dzakawagwa mu mwedzi unoyi Zivi.
English38
In the eleventh year in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in all its details according to its specifications. He had spent seven years building it.
African Kalanga
Mu mwedzi we buzhanakadzi unoyi Bhulu, mu gole le bugumi lina gole ling'ompela Solomoni ebusa, Ng'umba ye Ndzimu ikapela bakwa sekwa yakabe yakafanila bakwa ndiko. Solomoni wakatola makole ali kutendeka eibaka.

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.