The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Chronicles 22English
2 Zwiyitikalo 22African Kalanga
- English1
The people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, Jehoram’s youngest son, king in his place, since the raiders, who came with the Arabs into the camp, had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.
African KalangaBagali be Jerusalema bakabiga Ahaziya kologwe tja Jehoramu mambo katola muna tate babe, se goko lakabe lazha ne Baarabu ku bukotokelo lakabe labulaya bakololo bose ba mambo bawhola.
- English2
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri.
African KalangaAhaziya wakabe ana makole ali makumi manna ana mabili (42) aetangisa kubusa, wakabusa gole ling'ompela mu Jerusalema. Mmeyabe bakabe bali Athaliya bali mwana we mwana wa Omiri.
- English3
He too walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother encouraged him in doing wrong.
African KalangaNaiyebo wakatshamba pakatshamba be nsha wa Ahabu, ngoti mmeyabe ndibo bakabe bali nkumbuludzi uwe kuthama zwakabipa.
- English4
He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for after his father’s death they became his advisers, to his undoing.
African KalangaWakathama mbipo mbeli kwe mesho a Yahwe, koga sekwa kathama be nsha wa Ahabu ngobe kwakati shule kwe lufu gwa tate babe, ndibo bakabe bakumbuludzi babe muna zwaakathama.
- English5
He also followed their counsel when he went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead. The Arameans wounded Joram;
African KalangaNaiko kabuya katobela gumbuludzo labo kuti azwishanganye na Joramu nkololo wa Ahabu mambo we Iziraela bayende banonginilila mambo we Siriya Hazaele ku Ramotigiliyadi. Ngono Basiriya bakakubadza Joramu.
- English6
so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramoth in his battle with Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab because he had been wounded.
African KalangaJoramu kabgwilila ku Jezirele kunozwiyengela whubadzi dzaakawana ku Rama paakabe anogwa na mambo we Siriya. Ngono Ahaziya nkololo wa Jehoramu mambo we Juda kayenda kuna Joramu nkololo wa Ahabu ku Jezirele kunon'shola.
- English7
Through Ahaziah’s visit to Joram, God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
African KalangaKoga kwakabe kwabigwa ne Ndzimu kuti kuwa kwa Ahaziya kuzhe nge kunoshogwa kwa Joramu ndi Ahaziya, ngoti wakati eswika ikoku wakabhuda na Joramu kunoshangamidza Jehu nkololo wa Nimishi iye Yahwe bakabe banzhodza kuti alobese nsha wa Ahabu.
- English8
While Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives, who had been attending Ahaziah, and he killed them.
African KalangaNgono kwakati Jehu atjaloba nsha wa Ahabu kawana makulukota e Juda ne bana be nkulu wa Ahaziya bakabe bayenda naye kunoshola Joramu ngono Jehu kababulaya.
- English9
He then went in search of Ahaziah, and his men captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. He was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He was a son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart.” So there was no one in the house of Ahaziah powerful enough to retain the kingdom.
African KalangaAhaziya kanoshakiwa ngono kanowang'wa akabgwata ku Samariya, ngono kazhisiwa kuna Jehu ngono kambulaya. Koga bakambiganya beti ngoti wabe ali mwana we mwana wa Jehoshafati, iye wakabe eshingayilila kushingila Yahwe nge moyo uwe wose. Nsha wa Ahaziya wakabe usina iye unotubula kubusa mu bumo gugwe.
- English10
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family of the house of Judah.
African KalangaKwakati Athaliya mme ba Ahaziya bebona kuti nkololo wabo wafa, bakamilika bakabulaya bose be ng'umba ye bushe gwe Juda.
- English11
But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes who were about to be murdered and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of the priest Jehoiada, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid the child from Athaliah so she could not kill him.
African KalangaKoga Jehoshabeti nkololokadzi wa mambo katola Joashi nkololo wa Ahaziya, kankwiba mu bakololo ba mambo bakabe bowobulawa ngono kanlonga mu ng'umba ye buizelo ne mbhabhi uwe. Ngoti Jehoshabeti nkololokadzi wa Mambo Jehoramu kakale ali nkadzi wa Jehoyada we mpirisiti wakabe ali hazwadzi ya Ahaziya ngono kasumbikila Athaliya mwana kuti ndizo asimbulaye.
- English12
He remained hidden with them at the temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
African KalangaBakagala naye bakansumbika mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu kwe makole ali tathatu Athaliya atjabusa shango.
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.