The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Chronicles 17English
2 Zwiyitikalo 17African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Jehoshafati nkololo uwe kagala Asa thaka, ngono kazwisimisa kubhayana ne Iziraela, ngono kasimisa zwitoropo mu Baiziraela.
- English2
He stationed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah and put garrisons in Judah and in the towns of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
African KalangaKabiga babhayani mu matizhilo e mizi mikulu ye Juda kabiga gupo le babhayani mu shango ye Juda ne mizi mikulu ye Ifureimi yakabe yatapiwa ndi Asa tate babe.
- English3
The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because in his early years he walked in the ways his father David had followed. He did not consult the Baals
African KalangaYahwe bakabe bana Jehoshafati ngoti wakabe eyenda mu zila dze kutanga dza tate babe kakale asinga namate bo Bhaale,
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but sought the God of his father and followed his commands rather than the practices of Israel.
African Kalangakoga iye wakashaka Ndzimu wa tate babe e bhulutana ndayo dzawo asingatobele zila yakatobegwa ndi bomambo be Iziraela.
- English5
The Lord established the kingdom under his control; and all Judah brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, so that he had great wealth and honor.
African KalangaNdizo Yahwe bakapa Jehoshafati simba mu mbuso uwe ngono bathu be Juda bakadusila Jehoshafati zwipo ngono kabe ne fumwa isishoma ne kutetiwa kukulu.
- English6
His heart was devoted to the ways of the Lord; furthermore, he removed the high places and the Asherah poles from Judah.
African KalangaMoyo uwe wakabe wakasima mu zila dza Yahwe kakale kakolomodza magalo wose akabe ethigamigwa midzimu ne zwifaniso zwe ndzimukadzi Ashera mu Juda.
- English7
In the third year of his reign he sent his officials Ben- Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel and Micaiah to teach in the towns of Judah.
African KalangaMu gole le butatu le mbuso uwe Jehoshafati katuma makombgwa awe bo Bhenihaili na Obadiya na Zekariya na Nethanele na Mikaya kuti banodiya ku mizi mikulu ye Juda.
- English8
With them were certain Levites–Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah and Tob-Adonijah–and the priests Elishama and Jehoram.
African KalangaBakabe bana Balevi bo Shemaya na Nathaniya na Zebadiya na Asaheli na Shemiramoti na Johonathani na Adonija na Tobija na Tobadonija ne Balevi ibaba, bapirisiti bakabe bali bo Elishama na Jehoramu.
- English9
They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the Lord; they went around to all the towns of Judah and taught the people.
African KalangaBakabe bediya mu Juda, bakabe beyenda bakabhata lukwalo gwe nlayo wa Yahwe beyenda mizi mikulu yose ye Juda bediya bathu.
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The fear of the Lord fell on all the kingdoms of the lands surrounding Judah, so that they did not make war with Jehoshaphat.
African KalangaNgono kutja Yahwe kukabe mu mibuso yose ye shango yakabe yakapoteleka Juda, ngono bakasigwe na Jehoshafati.
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Some Philistines brought Jehoshaphat gifts and silver as tribute, and the Arabs brought him flocks: seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred goats.
African KalangaBamwe be Bafilisitiya bakazhisila Jehoshafati zwipo ne siliva ne Baarabhu bakan'zhisila nyundo dzili zwiwulu zwili kutendeka ne mazana ali kutendeka (7 700) ne phoko dzili mazana ali kutendeka (700).
- African Kalanga
Ndizo Jehoshafati masimba awe kabe akabhata ekula. Kabaka matizhilo mu Juda ne mizi mikulu ye mabiganyilo.
- English13
and had large supplies in the towns of Judah. He also kept experienced fighting men in Jerusalem.
African KalangaKabe ne mabiganyilo makulu mu mizi mikulu ye Juda kakale kabe ne babhayani, balume bakasima moyo mu Jerusalema,
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Their enrollment by families was as follows: From Judah, commanders of units of 1,000: Adnah the commander, with 300,000 fighting men;
African Kalangabakalongolosiwa kuyenda nge misha yabo, kudwa muna Juda kwakabe kuli balauli be babhayani bali tjiwulu (1 000) ne Adina we nlauli wakabe ana babhayani bali zwiwulu zwili mazana ali matatu (300 000) zwe balume bakazwimisila ngwa.
- African Kalanga
Kudwapo kutobela Jehohanani nlauli we bali zwiwulu zwili mazana mabili ana makumi ali zhanakadzi (280 000),
- English16
next, Amasiah son of Zicri, who volunteered himself for the service of the Lord, with 200,000.
African Kalangakudwapo kuti Amasiya nkololo wa Zikiri iye ana babhayani bali zwiwulu zwili mazana mabili (200 000), Amasani iye wakabe azwishalula kuti unowoshingila Yahwe.
- African Kalanga
Nlauli we babhayani be nsha wa Bhenjamini yakabe ili Eliyada nlume wakasima elaula babhayani bali zwiwulu zwili mazana mabili (200 000) e balume bamile zubuyanana bakashakatila zwivikisi ne matati.
- African Kalanga
Wakabe etobegwa ndi Jehozabadi iye akatungamila babhayani bali zwiwulu zwili zana lina bali makumi ali zhanakadzi (180 000) bakazwilulwamisila ngwa.
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These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
African KalangaBalume ibaba bakabe beshingila mambo kusingabaligwe ibabo bakabe bakabigwa ndi mambo mu mizi mikulu ye matizhilo mu Juda yose.
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.