The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Chronicles 26English
2 Zwiyitikalo 26African Kalanga
- English1
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
African KalangaBathu bose be Juda bakatola Uziya kuti agale thaka tate babe Amaziya. Uziya wakabe ana makole ali gumi lina ali tathatu (16).
- English2
He was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his fathers.
African KalangaUziya wakabaka nzi nkulu we Eloti kaubgwilizila Juda shule kwe lufu gwa mambo.
- English3
Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
African KalangaUziya wakabe ali makole ali gumi lina ali tathatu (16) ha etangisa kubusa mu Jerusalema makole ali makumi ali mashanu ana ali mabili (52). Mmeyabe bakabe bali Jekoliya bedwa ku Jerusalema.
- African Kalanga
Wakashinga ndulamo mu mesho a Yahwe, sekwakathama tate babe Amaziya, kashinga kunoshathisa Yahwe.
- English5
He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. As long as he sought the Lord, God gave him success.
African KalangaWakazwimisila kushingila Ndzimu mu mazhuba a Zakhariya iye wakabe ambudza kuti wakafanila kuti atje Ndzimu nekuti ha angashaka Yahwe koga, Ndzimu unowothama kabhudilila.
- English6
He went to war against the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh and Ashdod. He then rebuilt towns near Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.
African KalangaUziya kabhuda kanogwa ne Bafilisitiya, kapkhwanya makuma e Gati ne makuma e Jabine ne makuma e Ashidodi ngono kabaka mizi mikulu mu ntuthu we Ashidodi ne pamwe ne pamwe pakati kwe Bafilisitiya.
- English7
God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabs who lived in Gur Baal and against the Meunites.
African KalangaNdzimu wakambhatsha kuti akunde Bafilisitiya ne Baarabu bakabe begala ku Guribaala ne Bameuni.
- English8
The Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, because he had become very powerful.
African KalangaBaamoni bakadusila Mambo Uziya zwipo ngono kasima ne tjilumbi tjitje tjikaandama kunoti ku ngathu we Egipiti.
- English9
Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate and at the angle of the wall, and he fortified them.
African KalangaUziya wakabaka thungamakole mu Jerusalema ku Nkoba uku ndzibo ne ku Nkuku we Nkoba ne ku ndzibo we guma ngono kadzibakilila.
- English10
He also built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns, because he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain. He had people working his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.
African KalangaWakabaka thungamakole mu tjilambanyika ngono katsha matshime e vula manjinji ngoti wakabe ana matanga e zwithuwo kunomila zhuba kwe ntuthu wakawila ne mu gula. Ngoti wakabe eda ndimo ne thuwa, wakabe ana balimi ne batjengeti be zhambi mu shango ye matombo neku minda dzina mavu akanaka ngobe akabe eda lima.
- English11
Uzziah had a well-trained army, ready to go out by divisions according to their numbers as mustered by Jeiel the secretary and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officials.
African KalangaWakabe ana babhayani bali banjinji bakalizanila ngwa, bakabe bakathubukanyiwa kuyendidzana nge mbalo yakabe yathamiwa ndi Jeyele we nkwalili na Maaseya iye ali nlauli. Maaseya wakabe ali pasi kwa Hananiya, Hananiya iye wakabe ali mmwe we balauli bali zana ba mambo.
- African Kalanga
Mbalo yose ye misholo ye misha ye balume ibaba bakasima yakabe ili zwiwulu zwibili zwina mazana ali tathatu (2 600).
- English13
Under their command was an army of 307,500 men trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies.
African KalangaPasi kwabo kwakabe kuna babhayani bali mazana matatu e zwiwulu ana zwiwulu zwili kutendeka zwina bali mazana ali mashanu (307 500), balume bakasima kugwila mambo mu zwita zwabo.
- English14
Uzziah provided shields, spears, helmets, coats of armor, bows and slingstones for the entire army.
African KalangaUziya wakapa babhayani bose zwivikisi ne mathumo ne whutshe dze ngwa ne zwinoambagwa mu ifuba ne tjivirimabgwe.
- English15
In Jerusalem he made machines designed by skillful men for use on the towers and on the corner defenses to shoot arrows and hurl large stones. His fame spread far and wide, for he was greatly helped until he became powerful.
African KalangaMu Jerusalema wakathama dziinjini dzakatangisiwa ne balume be nyambi kuti dzibigwe mu thungamakole neku ndzibo kuti ndizo dzipose misebe ne mabgwe. Ngono tjilumbi tjitje tjikaandama tjikanoti kule ngobe wakabe abe ne simba.
- English16
But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God, and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.
African KalangaKoga Uziya wakati asima kazwikudza kwakapelela kunkolomodza. Wakabe ne kusagalikabgwe muna Yahwe Ndzimu uwe ngo yenda inonamata midzimu ne kuidusila zwibhayilo ne pisa motsha.
- African Kalanga
Ngono Azariya we mpirisiti kansala shule ana bapirisiti ba Yahwe bali makumi ali zhanakadzi (80), balume bakabe bakasima bakazwilulwamisila ngwa,
- English18
They confronted him and said, “It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful; and you will not be honored by the Lord God.”
African Kalangangono bakalingisana na Mambo Uziya bakati, “Akuzokululwamila iwe Uziya kuti ungapisila Yahwe motsha. Nshingo we bapirisiti iwoyu ibo bakololo ba Aroni ibo bakayengemadzigwa kupisa motsha. Idwa pa bugalo gwakayengemala ngoti usingagalikebgwe kakale Yahwe Ndzimu abangatja kukombolele.”
- English19
Uzziah, who had a censer in his hand ready to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests in their presence before the incense altar in the Lord’s temple, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
African KalangaUziya wakabe akagwadza moyo. Ipapo kabe akabhata tjiyenga tjinopisigwa motsha mu luboko gugwe kuti apise motsha, wakati ezhala bushongola ngekwe bapirisiti kabhuda mapele mu phazha iye ali mbeli kwe bapirisiti mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe pa tjibeso tje motsha.
- English20
When Azariah the chief priest and all the other priests looked at him, they saw that he had leprosy on his forehead, so they hurried him out. Indeed, he himself was eager to leave, because the Lord had afflicted him.
African KalangaNgono Azariya mpirisiti nkulu ne bamwe bapirisiti bakati benlingisisa bakabona kuti una mapele mu phazha iye ndizo bakalibilidza bakun'dusila kuzhe. Iye dumbu wakabe eshakabhuda ngoti Yahwe bakabe banloba.
- English21
King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house - leprous, and excluded from the temple of the Lord. Jotham his son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
African KalangaMambo Uziya wakabe mapele kuswikila zhuba laakafa. Wakabe egala mu ng'umba iye ali ega asinga ngine mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe. Jothamu nkololo uwe ndiye wakabe elaula ng'umba ye bushe kakale e yendisa shango tate babe batjagwala.
- English22
The other events of Uzziah’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
African KalangaMimwe mishingo ye kubusa kwa Uziya kudwa mukutangisa kunoti ku bupelo yakakwagwa nge nlebesambeli Isaya nkololo wa Amozi.
- English23
Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field for burial that belonged to the kings, for people said, “He had leprosy.” And Jotham his son succeeded him as king.
African KalangaUziya wakafa ngono kabiganyiwa kubapa ne zwikumbu zwa bomambo ngoti bathu bakabe beti, “Una bugwele gwe mapele!” Nkololo uwe Jothamu kan'gala thaka.
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.