The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Chronicles 28English
2 Zwiyitikalo 28African Kalanga
- English1
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord.
African KalangaAhazi wakabe ana makole ali makumi mabili (20) tjibaka tjaakatangisa busa. Ngono wakabusa makole ali gumi lina kutathatu (16) mu Jerusalema. Wakathama mbipo mu mesho a Yahwe, kasitobele Yahwe nge buzhalo, sekwa batategulu babe Dafite bakabe bethama.
- English2
He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and also made cast idols for worshiping the Baals.
African KalangaKoga wakatobela zila dzabo mambo be Iziraela ebuya ebezha zwifano zwa bo Bhaale,
- English3
He burned sacrifices in the Valley of Ben Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, following the detestable ways of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
African Kalangakakale kapisa motsha ku nkuku we Bhenihinomi kabuya kapisa bakololo babe bali zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa etobela zwiyito zwakabipa zwe njudzi dzakabe dzatatiwa ndi Yahwe bedzitatila kutjena ne Baiziraela.
- English4
He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.
African KalangaKadusa zwibhayilo kakale kapisa motsha mu magalo apezhugwi, ne ku matuthu ne kusi kwe miti mimwe ne mimwe ye bgwelele.
- English5
Therefore the Lord his God handed him over to the king of Aram. The Arameans defeated him and took many of his people as prisoners and brought them to Damascus. He was also given into the hands of the king of Israel, who inflicted heavy casualties on him.
African KalangaNdizo Yahwe Ndzimu uwe bakanlonga mu maboko a mambo we Aramu. Ngono Baaramu bakankunda bakatapa bathu babe bali banjinji ngono kabayisa ku Damasiko. Wakalongwa mu maboko a mambo we Iziraela kakale, mambo we Iziraela wakankunda kwakabangalala kubi,
- English6
In one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed a hundred and twenty thousand soldiers in Judah–because Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers.
African Kalangangoti Peka nkololo wa Ramaliya wakabe abulaya babhayani bali zwiwulu zwili zana lina makumu mabili (120 000) mu Juda mu zhuba ling'ompela bose ibaba bakabulawa bakabe bali babhayani bakasima koga yakabe kuli kuti bakafupatila Yahwe Ndzimu wa bobatategulu babo.
- English7
Zicri, an Ephraimite warrior, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, Azrikam the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, second to the king.
African KalangaNgono Zikiri nlume wakasima we Ifureimi iye kabulaya Maaseya nkololo wa mambo na Azirikamu nlauli we ng'umba ya mambo na Elikana iye wakabe etobela mambo nge mamo.
- English8
The Israelites took captive from their kinsmen two hundred thousand wives, sons and daughters. They also took a great deal of plunder, which they carried back to Samaria.
African KalangaBaiziraela bakatapa bakanyi kwabo be bayisa kubusungwa bali zwiwulu zwili mazana mabili (200 000) bali bakadzi ne bakololo ne bakololokadzi ngono bakatapa thundu dzabo dzisishoma bakadziyisa ku Samariya.
- English9
But a prophet of the Lord named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them, “Because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches to heaven.
African KalangaKoga kwakabe kuna nlebesambeli wa Yahwe wakabe edang'wa Odedi ikoko, ngono wakabhuda kanoshanganidza babhayani bakabe bebuya ku Samariya ngono kabadwa kati, “Ngoti Yahwe Ndzimu wa bobatategulu benyu babe bakagwadzilamoyo Juda bakailonga mu maboko enyu, ngono imwi makababulaya nge bushongola gwakadza gukaswika kudzimu.
- English10
And now you intend to make the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem your slaves. But aren’t you also guilty of sins against the Lord your God?
African KalangaNgono ngwenu moshakathama balume ne bakadzi be Juda ne Jerusalema balanda benyu. Koga apa namwi amuzothamila Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu jinyo kene?
- English11
Now listen to me! Send back your fellow countrymen you have taken as prisoners, for the Lord’s fierce anger rests on you.”
African KalangaNdizo ngwenu mundibhulutane kwazo! Bgwilizani basungwa bose ibaba, kusakajalo bushongola gwa Yahwe gowodelukila mu muli.”
- English12
Then some of the leaders in Ephraim–Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berekiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai–confronted those who were arriving from the war.
African KalangaBatungamili bamwe mubali kuli balume be Ifureimi Azariya nkololo wa Johanani na Bherekiya nkololo wa Meshilemoti na Jehizikiya nkololo wa Shalumu na Amasa nkololo wa Hadilayi bakamililana na ibabo bakabe bedwa ku ngwa,
- English13
“You must not bring those prisoners here,” they said, “or we will be guilty before the Lord. Do you intend to add to our sin and guilt? For our guilt is already great, and his fierce anger rests on Israel.”
African Kalangangono bakabadwa bakati, “Musizhise basungwa ibaba ngeno, ngoti mungadwa muthama kuti tibe ne nlandu pakati kwedu na Yahwe pezhugwi kwe zwibi ne nlandu zwatinazo kale ngwenu. Nlandu wedu nkulu kale, kakale bushongola gwakadelukila Iziraela kuli kale.”
- English14
So the soldiers gave up the prisoners and plunder in the presence of the officials and all the assembly.
African KalangaNdizo babhayani bakasiya basungwa ne thundu mbeli kwe makulukota ne gubungano lose.
- English15
The men designated by name took the prisoners, and from the plunder they clothed all who were naked. They provided them with clothes and sandals, food and drink, and healing balm. All those who were weak they put on donkeys. So they took them back to their fellow countrymen at Jericho, the City of Palms, and returned to Samaria.
African KalangaNgono balume ibabo bakalebgwa nge mazina bakatola basungwa, bakatola zwiambalo mu thundu yakabe yatapiwa ngono bakapa bakabe basakaambala kuti baambale. Bakabapa zwiambalo ne shangu ne zojiwa ne vula ne mafuta anozhogwa. Ngono bose ibabo bakabe bekong'wa bakatathisiwa madonki. Ndizo basungwa bakabgwiliziwa kuna bakanyi kwabo ku Jerikho nzi nkulu we milala. Ipapo Baiziraela bakabgwilila ku Samariya.
- African Kalanga
Mu tjibaka itjetjo Mambo Ahazi katuma bathu kuna mambo we Asiriya kuti wombhatsha.
- African Kalanga
Baedomu bakabe banginilila Juda kakale babayisa ku busungwa.
- English18
while the Philistines had raided towns in the foothills and in the Negev of Judah. They captured and occupied Beth Shemesh, Aijalon and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah and Gimzo, with their surrounding villages.
African KalangaBafilisitiya bakabe banginilila mizi mikulu ye kwakakungulukila mu Juda ne ye Negebu. Bakatola bakabuya bakagala mu Bhetishemeshi ne Aijaloni ne Gederoti ne Soko ne mizi yayo yakaipoteleka ne Timina ne mizi yayo yakaipoteleka ne Gimuzo ne mizi yayo yakaipoteleka.
- English19
The Lord had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had promoted wickedness in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the Lord.
African KalangaNgobe Yahwe bakabe beyisa Juda pasi ngekwa Ahazi mambo we Iziraela ngobe wakabe akwebela Juda ku tjibi kakale asingagalebgwe ndodwa muna Yahwe.
- African Kalanga
Ngono Tiligati Filineseri mambo we Asiriya kammukila ngono kan'zhisila mang'oni pana kuti ambhatshe.
- English21
Ahaz took some of the things from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace and from the princes and presented them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help him.
African KalangaNgobe Ahazi wakabe akatola zwimwe zwija mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe ne ng'umba ye bushe ne ye makulukota ngono kadusila mambo we Asiriya zwipo koga ikoku akuzom'bhatsha nge tjimwe.
- African Kalanga
Mu tjibaka tjitje tje mang'oni iyawa kusagalikabgwe kwa Mambo Ahazi muna Yahwe kukakula,
- English23
He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him; for he thought, “Since the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.” But they were his downfall and the downfall of all Israel.
African Kalangangobe wakadusila midzimu ye Damasiko zwibhayilo iyo yakabe yankunda ekumbula eti, “Ngoti midzimu ya bomambo be Siriya ndiyo yababhatsha, ndowoyidusila zwibhayilo kuti ndizo indibhatshe.” Koga yakabe bhelelo lile ne Baiziraela bose.
- English24
Ahaz gathered together the furnishings from the temple of God and took them away. He shut the doors of the Lord’s temple and set up altars at every street corner in Jerusalem.
African KalangaAhazi kakubunganya zwishingisiwa zose zwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu ngono kazwithubulila zwikasala zwili zwipithu pithu ngono kazhalila mikoba ye Ng'umba ya Yahwe, kazwithamila tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo ku ndzibo mmwe ne mmwe mu Jerusalema.
- English25
In every town in Judah he built high places to burn sacrifices to other gods and provoked the Lord, the God of his fathers, to anger.
African KalangaMu nzi nkulu mmwe ne mmwe kabaka magalo a pezhugwi anopisigwa zwibhayilo kupisigwa midzimu ngono kabe atanga Yahwe Ndzimu wa bobatategulu babe.
- English26
The other events of his reign and all his ways, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
African KalangaMimwe mishingo ye mbuso uwe nenge zila dzidze dzose kudwa mu kutangisa kunoti ku bupelo yakakwagwa mu Whalo dza Bomambo be Juda ne Iziraela.
- English27
Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son succeeded him as king.
African KalangaAhazi kafa ngono kanobiganyiwa ku nzi nkulu we Jerusalema koga kusi ku zwikumbu zwa bomambo be Iziraela. Hezekiya nkololo uwe 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.