The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
1 Kings 9English
1 Bomambo 9African Kalanga
- English1
When Solomon had finished building the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do,
African KalangaKukati Solomoni apedza baka Ng'umba ya Yahwe ne ng'umba ye bushe na zose zwaakabe ayemula kuzwibaka,
- African Kalanga
Yahwe bakazwilakidza kuna Solomoni gwe bubili sekwa bakatongozwilakidza kunli ku Gibiyoni.
- English3
The Lord said to him: “I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
African KalangaNgono Yahwe bakandwa bakati, “Ndawha mitembezelo iyo ne kukumbila kuko kwawakathama mbeli kwangu. Ndayengemadza ng'umba iyeyi yawakabaka, ukabiga zina langu muili nge kusingapele, mesho angu ne moyo wangu zowobe muili nge kusingapele.
- English4
“As for you, if you walk before me in integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,
African KalangaNgekuko, ha ungandishingila nge lebeswa sa tate babo Dafite, undishingila wakalonga moyo, wakatambunuka, uthama kuyendidzana na kose kwandakakudwa, ulondolodza milayo yangu,
- English5
I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
African Kalangandowolumbidza tjigalo tjitjo tje bushe mu Iziraela nge kusingapele, sekwa ndakagadzabgwe tate babo Dafite nditi, ‘Akutowoshayika nlume mu nsha uwo unowobe mambo we Iziraela.’
- English6
“But if you or your sons turn away from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them,
African KalangaKoga ha ungandishandukila, iwe kene bana babo, mukasilondolodze milayo yangu, yandakamupa, mukanamata midzimu ipoga,
- English7
then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. Israel will then become a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.
African Kalangaipapo ndowotatila Baiziraela kuzhe kwe shango yandakabapa. Ne ng'umba yandakayengemadzila zina langu, ndowoifupatila. Ngono Baiziraela banowoshanduka tjiyeye ne tjiseko mu tjaba dzose.
- English8
And though this temple is now imposing, all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
African KalangaNgono ng'umba iyeyi inowoshanduka ikabe duluthulu le dongo, mmwe ne mmwe unopinda paili unowokaabala, kabhata nlomo, ngono kati, ‘Apa Yahwe bakathamani shango iyeyi beijali ne ng'umba iyeyi kene?’
- English9
People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them–that is why the Lord brought all this disaster on them.’”
African KalangaIpapo bathu banowoti, ‘Ngobe bakafupatila Yahwe Ndzimu wabo, bakadusa bobatategulu babo mu shango ye Egipiti, ngono bakatobela midzimu ipoga, bakainamata bakaishingila. Ndizo Yahwe bakazhisa mbipo yose iyeyi mubali.’”
- English10
At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built these two buildings–the temple of the Lord and the royal palace–
African KalangaKu bupelo gwe makole ali makumi mabili, Solomoni abaka ng'umba idzedzi mbili, ng'umba ya Yahwe ne ng'umba ye bushe,
- English11
King Solomon gave twenty towns in Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, because Hiram had supplied him with all the cedar and pine and gold he wanted.
African Kalangamambo we Tire Hiramu enzhisila mapango e sida ne e misipuri ne golide, nge tjilizanyo tjaakabe eshakila nshingo uwe, Mambo Solomoni wakapa Hiramu mizi mikulu ili makumi mabili mu ntuthu we Galili (20).
- English12
But when Hiram went from Tyre to see the towns that Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them.
African KalangaKoga kukati Mambo Hiramu edwa ku Tire kuwobona mizi mikulu yaakapiwa ndi Mambo Solomoni, kasi ishathile.
- English13
“What kind of towns are these you have given me, my brother?” he asked. And he called them the Land of Cabul, a name they have to this day.
African KalangaNdizo kadwa Solomoni kati, “Mizi ye mbumbiko yakatini iyeyi yawandipa, mwana wa mayi?” Ndizo ikadang'wa kuyi shango ye Khabhulu, kudwiwa kuti mizi isi ye tjimwe nge Tjihebheru.
- African Kalanga
Koga Hiramu wakabe ayisa talenta dze golide dzili zana ne makumi mabili kuna Solomoni.
- English15
Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the supporting terraces, the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.
African KalangaEdzi ndidzo thawu ngekwe bashingi bakashingisiwa ndi Mambo Solomoni kubaka ng'umba ya Yahwe ne ng'umba iye ne duluthulu ne luswingo gwe Jerusalema. Wakashingisa bashingi ibo zwabo kubaka mizi mikulu ye Hazori ne Megido ne Gezeri.
- English16
(Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire. He killed its Canaanite inhabitants and then gave it as a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
African Kalanga(Faro mambo we Egipiti wakayenda kunonginilila Gezeri, kaupisa nge moto, kabuya kabulaya Bakanana bakabe begala mu nzi nkulu iwoyo. Kabe eutola eupa nkololokadzi wakabe ali nkadzi wa Solomoni kuti ube thiya misha.
- African Kalanga
Ndizo Solomoni kaumusa.) Kakale Solomoni kashingisa bashingi kubaka Bhetihoroni upakawila.
- African Kalanga
Kakale kabaka Bhaalati ne Tama mu tjilambanyika mu ntuthu we Juda
- English19
as well as all his store cities and the towns for his chariots and for his horses -whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.
African Kalangane mizi mikulu yose ye mabiganyilo awe ne mizi mikulu ye koloyi dzidze dze ngwa ne mizi mikulu ye mbizi dzidze ne tjimwe ne tjimwe Solomoni tjaakabe eyemula baka mu Jerusalema ne mu Lebanoni ne mu shango yose yaakabe ebusa.
- English20
All the people left from the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these peoples were not Israelites),
African KalangaBathu bose babakabe basababulaya, basi Baiziraela, Baamoni ne Bahiti ne Baperizi ne Bahivi ne Bajabusi,
- English21
that is, their descendants remaining in the land, whom the Israelites could not exterminate -these Solomon conscripted for his slave labor force, as it is to this day.
African Kalangabana babo bakabe basalobesiwa nge Baiziraela, Solomoni wakabathama balanda banonshingila, ngono na nasi batji balanda zwabo.
- English22
But Solomon did not make slaves of any of the Israelites; they were his fighting men, his government officials, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and charioteers.
African KalangaKoga Solomoni kasi thame Baiziraela balanda. Bakashinga bali babhayani, bali balauli be babhayani babe, bali batungamili be ngwa dzidze, bali balauli be koloyi dzidze dze ngwa ne batathi be mbizi dzidze.
- English23
They were also the chief officials in charge of Solomon’s projects-550 officials supervising the men who did the work.
African KalangaIbaba bali mazana ali mashanu ana makumi ali mashanu (550), bakabe bali balauli bakulu bakabe betjengeta bathu bakabe bashinga nshingo uwe.
- English24
After Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace Solomon had built for her, he constructed the supporting terraces.
African KalangaNkadzi wa Solomoni nkololokadzi wa Faro mambo we Egipiti, kafuluka mu nzi nkulu wa Dafite, kanogala ku ng'umba iye ye bushe yaakabakigwa nge nlume uwe. Ndiko Solomoni kabaka duluthulu.
- English25
Three times a year Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense before the Lord along with them, and so fulfilled the temple obligations.
African KalangaSolomoni wakabe eyisila Yahwe zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa ne zwe shatho katatu nge gole eyisa ne motsha unonuwha zwinozipa mbeli kwa Yahwe. Ngono kabe apedza kubaka Ng'umba ye Ndzimu.
- English26
King Solomon also built ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
African KalangaMambo Solomoni kabaka zwikepe zwili zwinjinji ku Eziyonigeberi ipejo ne Eloti pa phili ye Gungwa Shaba, mu shango ye Edomu.
- African Kalanga
Mambo Hiramu katumila balanda babe nge zwikepe bali balume bakawolobela gungwa, kunoshinga ne balanda ba Solomoni.
- English28
They sailed to Ophir and brought back 420 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
African KalangaBakayenda nge gungwa ku Ofira, bakayendila Solomoni talenta dze golide dzili mazana manna ana makumi mabili (420).
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.