The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Chronicles 27English
2 Zwiyitikalo 27African Kalanga
- English1
Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok.
African KalangaJothamu wakatangisa busa ali makole ali makumi mabili ana makole ali mashanu (25) ngono wakabusa makole ali gumi lina makole ali tathatu (16) mu Jerusalema. Zina la mmeyabe lakabe lili Jerusha nkololokadzi wa Zadoki.
- English2
He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Uzziah had done, but unlike him he did not enter the temple of the Lord. The people, however, continued their corrupt practices.
African KalangaWakathama ndulamo mbeli kwa Yahwe, koga sekwakathama tate babe Uziya, koga iye kasingine mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe. Bathu ibo bakadwilila nge zila dzabo dze kutjinya.
- English3
Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple of the Lord and did extensive work on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
African KalangaJothamu wakabaka Nkoba upezhugwi we Ng'umba ya Yahwe ngono kashinga nshingo usinshoma emusa makuma ku Ofele.
- African Kalanga
Mu matombo e Juda kabaka mizi mikulu ngono ku zwishaka kabaka matizhilo ne thungamakole.
- English5
Jotham made war on the king of the Ammonites and conquered them. That year the Ammonites paid him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat and ten thousand cors of barley. The Ammonites brought him the same amount also in the second and third years.
African KalangaJothamu kagwa na mambo we Baamoni ngono kabakunda. Ngono mu gole ilelo Baamoni bakanlipa talenta dze siliva dzili zana ne dzitani dzili tjiwulu (1 000) tje masaka e mathunde ne dzitani dzili tjiwulu (1 000) tje mathunde e bhali. Baamoni bakalipa ngo fanana kwe gole linotobela nenge le butatu.
- African Kalanga
Jothamu kasima kwazo ngobe wakabe egalabgwe Yahwe Ndzimu uwe.
- English7
The other events in Jotham’s reign, including all his wars and the other things he did, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
African KalangaMimwe mishingo ye mbuso wa Jothamu ne ngwa dzaakagwa ne zwimwe zwaakathama zwakakwagwa mu Thawu dza Bomambo be Iziraela ne Juda.
- English8
He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years.
African KalangaJothamu wakabe ali makole ali makumi mabili ana mashanu (25) paakabe etangisa bumambo ngono kabusa mu Jerusalema makole ali gumi lina makole ali tathatu (16).
- English9
Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And Ahaz his son succeeded him as king.
African KalangaJothamu kafa ngono kabinganyiwa ku nzi nkulu wa Dafite. Ngono Ahazi nkololo uwe kagala thaka kube mambo.
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.