The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Chronicles 14English
2 Zwiyitikalo 14African Kalanga
- English1
And Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. Asa his son succeeded him as king, and in his days the country was at peace for ten years.
African KalangaNdizo Abija kafa ngono bakambiganya mu nzi nkulu wa Dafite. Asa nkololo uwe kan'gala thaka kabusa mu bumo gugwe. Ngono kwakati kubusa Asa shango yakabe ne kunyalala kwe makole ali gumi.
- African Kalanga
Asa wakashathisa Yahwe Ndzimu uwe ngothama bubuya.
- English3
He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles.
African KalangaWakapkhwanyila kutjena zwibeso zwe zwibhayilo zwe midzimu ipoga ne magalo apezhugwi katema phanda dze ndzimukadzi Ashera.
- English4
He commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, and to obey his laws and commands.
African KalangaNgono wakalaula kuti bathu be Juda bathame tjinoshakiwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu wa bobatategulu babo ne kulondolodza milayo yabo.
- English5
He removed the high places and incense altars in every town in Judah, and the kingdom was at peace under him.
African KalangaWakakolomola magalo wose akabe ethigamigwa midzimu ne zwibeso zwakabe zwipisigwa motsha mu mizi mikulu yose ye Juda, ngono kukabe ne kunyalala mu mbuso uwe.
- English6
He built up the fortified cities of Judah, since the land was at peace. No one was at war with him during those years, for the Lord gave him rest.
African KalangaWakabaka matizhilo mu mizi mikulu ye Juda ngoti shango yakabe yabe ne kunyalala. Akuna wakagwa naye mu misi iyeyo ngoti Yahwe bakampa kunyalala.
- English7
“Let us build up these towns,” he said to Judah, “and put walls around them, with towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours, because we have sought the Lord our God; we sought him and he has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
African KalangaNgono wakati ku bathu be Juda, “Ngatibakeni mizi mikulu tiibakilile nge makuma ne thungamakole nge mikoba inozhaligwa nge butale. Tina simba le shango ngoti ndeyedu takathama kuda kwa Yahwe Ndzimu wedu. Bakatibakilila bakatipa kunyalala.” Ndizo bakabaka ngono bakabhudilila.
- English8
Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men from Judah, equipped with large shields and with spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand from Benjamin, armed with small shields and with bows. All these were brave fighting men.
African KalangaAsa wakabe ana babhayani be Bajuta bali mazana matatu e zwiwulu (300 000) bakabe bakashakatila mathumo ne zwivikisi ne babhayani banodwa ku Bhenjamini bali zwiwulu zwili mazana mabili ana zwili makumi ali zhanakadzi (280 000) bakabe bakazwilulwamisa zubuyanana nge zwivikisi ne matati bose ibaba bakabe bali balume bakasima be ngwa.
- English9
Zerah the Cushite marched out against them with a vast army and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.
African KalangaKwakabe kuna nlume we Nkhushi wakabe edang'wa Zera, nlume iwoyo kanginilila Juda nge babhayani bali miliyoni (1 000 000) ne koloyi dze ngwa dzili mazana matatu (300) ngono kayenda kudzina kunoti ku Maresha.
- English10
Asa went out to meet him, and they took up battle positions in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.
African KalangaAsa wakamilika kanobagwisa, ngono bakama zubuyanana bakalingisana bali ku nkuku we Zefatha pejo ne Maresha.
- English11
Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, “Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. O Lord, you are our God; do not let man prevail against you.”
African KalangaNgono Asa kadana Yahwe Ndzimu uwe kati, “Yahwe akuna iye ungabhatsha pakati kwe bana matatabuko ne basina matatabuko kuzhe kwenyu. Mutibhatshe Yahwe Ndzimu wedu ngoti takabiga mu muli kakale nge zina lenyu tazha tiwolingisana ne babhayani ibaba banjinji. Yahwe imwi Ndzimu wedu akuna ungamukunda.”
- African Kalanga
Ndizo Yahwe bakakunda Baitopiya ha Asa ne Bajuda be banginilila ngono Baitopiya bakatizha.
- English13
and Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. Such a great number of Cushites fell that they could not recover; they were crushed before the Lord and his forces. The men of Judah carried off a large amount of plunder.
African KalangaAsa ne babhayani babe bakabatatamila kudzina benoti ku Gera. Bunji gwe Baitopiya bakabulawa kukasheta ne limbelimbe lasala litjila ngobe bakabe bakuligwa nge babhayani mbeli kwa Yahwe nenge babhayani babo, babhayani bakatapa thundu njinji.
- English14
They destroyed all the villages around Gerar, for the terror of the Lord had fallen upon them. They plundered all these villages, since there was much booty there.
African KalangaBakakolomola mizi mikulu yose yakapoteleka Gera ngoti bathu bakabe betja Yahwe. Babhayani bakatapa mizi mikulu ngobe kwakabe kuna thundu njinji muili.
- English15
They also attacked the camps of the herdsmen and carried off droves of sheep and goats and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.
African KalangaBakanokolomola mishasha ye bathuwi be ng'ombe ngono bakatapa pkhwizi dzabo njinji ne kamela dzabo. Kudwapo bakabgwilila ku Jerusalema.
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.