The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Chronicles 13English
2 Zwiyitikalo 13African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Mu makole ali gumi lina ali zhanakadzi (18) Jeroboamu, Abija katangisa kubusa Juda.
- English2
and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah, a daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
African KalangaWakabusa makole ali matatu mu Jerusalema. Zina la mmeyabe lakabe liyi Maakha ali nkololokadzi wa Urieli we nzi nkulu we Gibiya. Ngono ngwa ikamuka pakati kwa Abija na Jeroboamu.
- English3
Abijah went into battle with a force of four hundred thousand able fighting men, and Jeroboam drew up a battle line against him with eight hundred thousand able troops.
African KalangaAbija wakayenda ne babhayani bakashalugwa bakasima bali zwiwulu zwili mazana manna (400 000) ngono Jeroboamu iye kayenda ne babhayani bakashalugwa bali zwiwulu zwili mazana ali zhanakadzi (800 000).
- English4
Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Jeroboam and all Israel, listen to me!
African KalangaNgono Abija katatha Dombo le Zemarayimi limu shango ye matombo ye Ifureimi ngono kabe eti, “Jeroboamu ne Iziraela yose wee munditeedze!
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Don’t you know that the Lord, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?
African KalangaApa amutoziba kuti Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela bakathama tjidumano tje mwenyu tjisingapele na Dafite, tjekumpa iye ne zwizekugwana zwizwe bushe gwe Iziraela kene?
- English6
Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, an official of Solomon son of David, rebelled against his master.
African KalangaNgono Jeroboamu nkololo wa Nebati nlanda wa Solomoni nkololo wa Dafite kapandukila tetshi uwe.
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Some worthless scoundrels gathered around him and opposed Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young and indecisive and not strong enough to resist them.
African KalangaKudwapo kanokubunganya makupo asinapura e batjinyi bakakulila Rehoboamu nkololo wa Solomoni atji ntukununu kakale asina luzibo asingake kamililana nabo.
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“And now you plan to resist the kingdom of the Lord, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made to be your gods.
African KalangaNgono ngwenu imwi mozwidwa muti mungamililana ne bushe gwa Yahwe gumu maboko e bakololo ba Dafite ngoti muli mbunga muna zwifano zwe phulu zwe golide zwamakathamigwa ndi Jeroboamu kube midzimu yenyu.
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But didn’t you drive out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make priests of your own as the peoples of other lands do? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams may become a priest of what are not gods.
African KalangaApa amuzotatila kutjena bapirisiti ba Yahwe ibo bakololo ba Aroni kose ne Balevi mu bumo gwabo mukabiga bapirisiti nge zila ye be zwitjaba kene? Makabe mutola mmwe ne mmwe koga wazha ne nkono kene pkhwizi dzili kutendeka mumbiga mpirisiti we zwithu zwisi midzimu.
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“As for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him. The priests who serve the Lord are sons of Aaron, and the Levites assist them.
African Kalanga“Koga iswi titjashingila Yahwe Ndzimu wedu atizobafupatila. Tina bapirisiti banoshingila Yahwe ibo bakololo ba Aroni ne Balevi banoshingabo nshingo wabo.
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Every morning and evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the Lord. They set out the bread on the ceremonially clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. We are observing the requirements of the Lord our God. But you have forsaken him.
African KalangaBanodusila Yahwe zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa mangwanana mamwe ne mamwe ne madekwana mamwe ne mamwe bepisa zwinonuwha zwinozipa, banozhisa tjiwunga pa tafuli ye golide mbuyanana, betjengeta zwigadziko zwe mavone zwe golide kuti ndizo mavone azo adwilile ethuta madekwana. Tolondolodza zwinoshakiwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu wedu koga makaulashila kutjena.
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God is with us; he is our leader. His priests with their trumpets will sound the battle cry against you. Men of Israel, do not fight against the Lord, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”
African KalangaBonani Ndzimu ndiwo ntungamili wedu ngono bapirisiti bawo bapano bakabhata nyanga bakazwilulwamisila kudzilidza kuti ngwa itangise. Baiziraela wee, musigwe na Yahwe Ndzimu wa bobatategulu benyu ngobe amungatubule!”
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Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah the ambush was behind them.
African KalangaJeroboamu katumila babhayani be balalili kuti bapoteleke tja shule. Bakabe bakalingisana ne Bajuta koga balalili ibo bakabe bali shule kwabo.
- English14
Judah turned and saw that they were being attacked at both front and rear. Then they cried out to the Lord. The priests blew their trumpets
African KalangaNgono Bajuta bakati belinga bakazwiwana bakakombiwa mbeli na shule. Bakamimila belilila kuna Yahwe beshaka bhatsho ngono bapirisiti bakalidza nyanga.
- English15
and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. At the sound of their battle cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
African KalangaIpapo balume be Juda bakamimila kwazo, bakabanginilila, ngono balume be Juda bakati bemimila, Ndzimu ukakunda Jeroboamu ne Baiziraela bose mbeli kwa Abija na Juda.
- African Kalanga
Baiziraela bakatizha mbeli kwe bajuta, ngono Ndzimu ukabalonga mu maboko abo.
- English17
Abijah and his men inflicted heavy losses on them, so that there were five hundred thousand casualties among Israel’s able men.
African KalangaAbija ne babhayani babe bakabulaya Baiziraela bali banjinji kwazo, ndizo kwakabulawa Baiziraela bali zwiwulu zwili mazana mashanu (500 000) zwe balume bakashalugwa.
- English18
The men of Israel were subdued on that occasion, and the men of Judah were victorious because they relied on the Lord, the God of their fathers.
African KalangaNdizo Baiziraela bayesiwa pasi nge kwaka jalo mu tjibaka itjetjo ngono Bajuta ibo bakasima, ngoti bakabe bakabiga kose muna Yahwe Ndzimu wa bobatategulu babo.
- English19
Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took from him the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah and Ephron, with their surrounding villages.
African KalangaNgono Abija katatana na Jeroboamu ngono katola mizi mikulu munli, wakatola nzi nkulu we Bhetele ne mizana yakaupoteleka ne Jeshana ne mizana yayo ne Efuroni ne mizana yakaipoteleka.
- English20
Jeroboam did not regain power during the time of Abijah. And the Lord struck him down and he died.
African KalangaMasimba a Jeroboamu kapelela tjose kasitongo tjamuka mu misi ya Abija ngono kukati ku bupelo Yahwe bakanloba ngono kafa.
- English21
But Abijah grew in strength. He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
African KalangaAbija iye simba lile likakula. Kalobola bakadzi bali gumi lina bali banna (14) ngono kabe ne bakololo bali makumi mabili ana babili (22) ne bakololokadzi bali gumi lina tathatu (16).
- English22
The other events of Abijah’s reign, what he did and what he said, are written in the annotations of the prophet Iddo.
African KalangaMishingo yose ya Abija ne zila dzidze dzose ne mapeswa awe zwakakwagwa mu Thawu dza Ido Nlebesambeli.
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.