The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Chronicles 12English
2 Zwiyitikalo 12African Kalanga
- English1
After Rehoboam’s position as king was established and he had become strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the law of the Lord.
African KalangaKwakati mbuso wa Rehoboamu watjisima, Rehoboamu ne Baiziraela bakabe bakantobela bakafupatila nlayo wa Yahwe.
- English2
Because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam.
African KalangaNgono kukati mu gole le bushanu le mbuso uwe Mambo Rehoboamu ngekwe kusawha Yahwe kukwe, Shishaki mambo we Egipiti kanginilila Jerusalema
- English3
With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen and the innumerable troops of Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites that came with him from Egypt,
African Kalangange koloyi dze ngwa dzili tjiwulu tjina mazana ali mabili (1 200) ne batathi be mbizi bali zwiwulu zwili makumi ali tathatu (60 000) ne babhayani basina mbalo baakazha nabo bedwa ku shango ye Libhiya ne Sukimu ne Itopiya.
- African Kalanga
Ngono katapa matizhilo e mizi mikulu ye Juda ngono kaswika ku Jerusalema.
- English5
Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and to the leaders of Judah who had assembled in Jerusalem for fear of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You have abandoned me; therefore, I now abandon you to Shishak.’”
African KalangaNgono Shemaiya nlebesambeli kayenda kuna Rehoboamu ne batungamili be Juda bakabe bakakubungana mu Jerusalema ngekwa Shishaki. Wakabadwa kati, “Yahwe bakati kumuli, ‘Makandifupatila ngono ndizo ndamulashila mu simba la Shishaki’ ”
- African Kalanga
Batungamili na mambo we Iziraela bakazwiyisa pasi ngono bakabe beti, “Yahwe bakalulwama.”
- English7
When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, this word of the Lord came to Shemaiah: “Since they have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them but will soon give them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
African KalangaNgono Yahwe bakati bebona Baiziraela bazwiyisa pasi, bakalebeleka na Shemaiya beti, “Ngoti bazwiyisa pasi, anditjowobakolomodza koga ndowobapa kusununguka ne bushongola gwangu agutjowodelukila Jerusalema nge tjiazha tja Shishaki,
- English8
They will, however, become subject to him, so that they may learn the difference between serving me and serving the kings of other lands.”
African Kalangakoga banowobe balanda babe bakaziba kuthubukana kwe kundishingila ne kushingila bushe gwe shango dzipoga.”
- English9
When Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem, he carried off the treasures of the temple of the Lord and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields Solomon had made.
African KalangaNdizo Shishaki mambo we Egipiti kamukila Jerusalema katola tjimwe ne tjimwe, thundu yose ye Ng'umba ya Yahwe ne thundu yose ye ng'umba ya mambo, katola zwivikisi zwakathamwa nge golide zwakabe zwathamwa ndi Solomoni.
- English10
So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
African KalangaNgono Rehoboamu wakathama zwivikisi zwe phangula kazwilonga mu maboko e balindi bakabe belinda nkoba we ng'umba ya mambo.
- English11
Whenever the king went to the Lord’s temple, the guards went with him, bearing the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom.
African KalangaKwakabe kuti tjibaka ne tjibaka mambo eyenda ku Ng'umba ya Yahwe balisi be mikoba bakabe besenga zwivikisi ngono kati apedza bakazwigwiliza ku ng'umba ye balisi.
- English12
Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord’s anger turned from him, and he was not totally destroyed. Indeed, there was some good in Judah.
African KalangaNge kuti wakazwiyisa pasi, bushongola gwa Yahwe aguzonlobesa koga zwithu zwakayenda zubuyanana mu Juda.
- English13
King Rehoboam established himself firmly in Jerusalem and continued as king. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.
African KalangaRehoboamu wakabusa mu Jerusalema ngono kawatsha masimba awe e bumambo. Rehoboamu wakabe ali makole ali makumi manna ana ling'ompela (41) paakabe mambo ngono kabusa makole ali gumi lina kutendeka (17) mu Jerusalema, nzi nkulu Yahwe wabakashalula mu njudzi dzose dze Iziraela kubiga zina labo muuli. Mme ba Rehoboamu bakabe bali Naama bedwa ku shango ye Amoni.
- African Kalanga
Ngono Rehoboamu wakathama kose kwakabipa ngobe wakabe asakazwimisila kushinga kuda kwa Yahwe.
- English15
As for the events of Rehoboam’s reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer that deal with genealogies? There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
African KalangaMishingo ya Rehoboamu kudwa mu kutangisa kunoti ku bupelo aizokwagwa mu Thawu dza Shemaiya Nlebesambeli ne mu Thawu dza Ido we mboni kene? Kwakabe kugala kuna kukwebakwebana kusingapele pakati kwa Rehoboamu na Jeroboamu.
- English16
Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And Abijah his son succeeded him as king.
African KalangaRehoboamu kafa kanobiganyiwa na bobatategulu babe, wakabiganyiwa mu nzi nkulu wa Dafite, nkololo uwe Abija kabe iye mambo.
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.