The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
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2 Chronicles 29English
2 Zwiyitikalo 29African Kalanga
- English1
Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah.
African KalangaHezekiya wakatangisa kubusa ana makole ali makumi mabili ana mashanu (25) ngono wakabusa makole ali makumi mabili ana makole ali zhanalume (29) mu Jerusalema. Mmeyabe bakabe bedang'wa Abija nkololokadzi wa Zakhariya.
- African Kalanga
Wakathama ndulamo mbeli kwa Yahwe, wakatobela thambo dza batategulu babe Dafite.
- English3
In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the temple of the Lord and repaired them.
African KalangaMu gole le kutanga le mbuso uwe, mu mwedzi we kutanga, kazhula mikoba ye Ng'umba ya Yahwe ngono kaimusa.
- African Kalanga
Wakazhisa bapirisiti ne Balevi ngono kabakubunganyila ku tjibata tjikunobhuda zhuba kwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu,
- English5
and said: “Listen to me, Levites! Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the Lord, the God of your fathers. Remove all defilement from the sanctuary.
African Kalangangono kabadwa kati, “Munditeedze Balevi! Muzwitjenapadze mube mutjenapadza Ng'umba ya Yahwe Ndzimu wa bobatategulu benyu, muduse shambgwa yose mu bugalo gwakayengemala.
- English6
Our fathers were unfaithful; they did evil in the eyes of the Lord our God and forsook him. They turned their faces away from the Lord’s dwelling place and turned their backs on him.
African KalangaBobatategulu bedu bakabe ne kusagalikabgwe kakale bakathama mbipo mbeli kwa Yahwe Ndzimu wedu, bakabalashila kutjena bakasibe ne hanya ne magalo abo bepapha bebafupatila.
- English7
They also shut the doors of the portico and put out the lamps. They did not burn incense or present any burnt offerings at the sanctuary to the God of Israel.
African KalangaBakazhalila mikoba ye Ng'umba ye Ndzimu bakadzima mavone ayo, bakasipise motsha kene kudusa zwibhayilo mu bugalo gwakayengemala bedusila Ndzimu we Iziraela.
- English8
Therefore, the anger of the Lord has fallen on Judah and Jerusalem; he has made them an object of dread and horror and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.
African KalangaNdizo bushongola gwa Yahwe gwakadelukila mu Juda ne Jerusalema, ngono bakadzithama zwithu zwinopalusamoyo ne zwinotjenamisa sekwa munozwibonegwa nge mesho enyu.
- English9
This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword and why our sons and daughters and our wives are in captivity.
African KalangaBonani, botate bedu bakabulawa nge thumo, bana ne bakadzi bedu bakatogwa bakathamiwa basungwa.
- English10
Now I intend to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will turn away from us.
African Kalanga“Ngono ngwenu ndoshakathama tjidumano na Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela kuti ndizo bushongola gwabo gutileye.
- English11
My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him and serve him, to minister before him and to burn incense.”
African KalangaNgono ngwenu bakololo bangu musisimbapale ngobe Yahwe bakashalula imwi kuti ndimwi munowozha mbeli kwabo kubashingila ne kubapisila motsha.”
- English12
Then these Levites set to work: from the Kohathites, Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah; from the Merarites, Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel; from the Gershonites, Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah;
African KalangaIpapo Balevi bakamilika; Mahati nkololo wa Amasayi na Jowele nkololo wa Azariya, kudwa mu bakololo be Bakohati kwakabe kuli bakololo ba Merari na Kishi nkololo wa Abidi na Azariya nkololo wa Jehaleleli, kudwa mu bakololo be Bagereshoni kwakabe kuli Joahi nkololo wa Zima na Edeni nkololo wa Joahi,
- English13
from the descendants of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; from the descendants of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;
African Kalangakudwa mu bakololo ba Elizafani kwakabe kuli Shimiri na Jeuele, kudwa mu bakololo ba Asafa ndi Zakhariya na Mataniya,
- English14
from the descendants of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; from the descendants of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.
African Kalangakudwa mu bakololo ba Hemani kwakabe kuli Jehiele na Shimeyi, kudwa mu bakololo ba Jeduthuni kwakabe kuli Shemaya na Uziele.
- English15
When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to purify the temple of the Lord, as the king had ordered, following the word of the Lord.
African KalangaBakakubunganya bamwe babo bakazwitjenapadza ngono bakangina koga mambo sekwa bakalaula nge matama a Yahwe, kuti kutjenapadziwe Ng'umba ya Yahwe.
- English16
The priests went into the sanctuary of the Lord to purify it. They brought out to the courtyard of the Lord’s temple everything unclean that they found in the temple of the Lord. The Levites took it and carried it out to the Kidron Valley.
African KalangaIpapo bapirisiti bakangina mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu kuitjenapadza ngono bakadusila kuzhe zose zwakatemapala zwabakawana mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe bezwidusila ku nsha we Ng'umba ya Yahwe ngono Balevi ibo bekowozwitola bezwisengela ku nkuku we Kidironi.
- English17
They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and by the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the Lord. For eight more days they consecrated the temple of the Lord itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.
African KalangaBakatangisa kuyengemadza ng'umba mu zhuba le kutanga le mwedzi we kutanga ngono mu zhuba le buzhanakadzi le mwedzi iwoyu bakaswika pa nsha wa Yahwe umbeli ku nkoba, bakayengemadza Ng'umba ya Yahwe ngono bakati mu zhuba le bugumi lina tathatu (16) le mwedzi we kutanga bakawidza.
- English18
Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported: “We have purified the entire temple of the Lord, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table for setting out the consecrated bread, with all its articles.
African KalangaBalevi bakayenda kuna Hezekiya ngono bakaswika bakan'dwa bakati, “Tatjenapadza Ng'umba ya Yahwe yose ne tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo ne zwishingisiwa zwatjo zose ne tafuli ye tjiwunga ne zwishingisiwa zose zwayo.
- English19
We have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz removed in his unfaithfulness while he was king. They are now in front of the Lord’s altar.”
African KalangaTabuza zwishingisiwa zose zwakati zwikatogwa ndi Mambo Ahazi tjibaka atjabusa asingagalikebgwe ku Ndzimu ngono naizo tazwitjenapadza. Zose zwimbeli kwe tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo tja Yahwe.”
- English20
Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials together and went up to the temple of the Lord.
African KalangaTjimuka Hezekiya mambo kabinduka kakubunganya makulukota e nzi nkulu ngono bakayenda bose ku Ng'umba ya Yahwe.
- English21
They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven male lambs and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary and for Judah. The king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer these on the altar of the Lord.
African KalangaBakadusa mikono ili kutendeka ne nyundo dzili kutendeka ne pkhwizana ndume dzili kutendeka ne mbudzi ndume dzili kutendeka, bedzidusa dzili tjibhayilo tje tjibi be tjidusila mbuso ne bugalo gwakayengemala gwe Juda. Mambo wakabe adwa bapirisiti ibo zwizekugwana zwa Aroni kuti badusile zwibhayilo izwezwi pa tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo tja Yahwe.
- English22
So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar; next they slaughtered the rams and sprinkled their blood on the altar; then they slaughtered the lambs and sprinkled their blood on the altar.
African KalangaNdizo bakabhaya mikono ngono bapirisiti bekotola malopa ayo bebebenyasa malopa mu tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo, bakabhaya nyundo ngono malopa adzo kanyasiwa mu tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo, kudwapo bakabhaya phkwizana ngono malopa adzo akanyasiwa mu tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo.
- English23
The goats for the sin offering were brought before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them.
African KalangaMbudzi dze tjibhayilo tje tjibe dzakazhisiwa mbeli kwa mambo ne gubungano ngono bakabiga maboko abo mudzili.
- English24
The priests then slaughtered the goats and presented their blood on the altar for a sin offering to atone for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.
African KalangaBapirisiti bakadwapo bakabhaya mbudzi idzedzi bekowozhisa malopa adzo ku tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo dzili tjibhayilo tje gadzanyo ne Baiziraela bose ngoti mambo wakabe ati kudusiwe tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa ne tjibhayilo tje tjibi tjili tje Baiziraela bose.
- English25
He stationed the Levites in the temple of the Lord with cymbals, harps and lyres in the way prescribed by David and Gad the king’s seer and Nathan the prophet; this was commanded by the Lord through his prophets.
African KalangaMambo kabiga Balevi nge mamo abo mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe bakabhata matende ne zwilidzo zwe dzisimbali koga Dafite sekwa akaleba nge mboni wa Mambo Gadi nenge nlebesambeli Nathani, ngoti ndaulo yakabe idwa kuna Yahwe nge balebesambeli babo.
- African Kalanga
Ndizo Balevi bakama zubuyanana nge zwilidzo zwa Dafite bapirisiti naibo bakabhata nyanga dzabo.
- English27
Hezekiah gave the order to sacrifice the burnt offering on the altar. As the offering began, singing to the Lord began also, accompanied by trumpets and the instruments of David king of Israel.
African KalangaIpapo Hezekiya kadusa ndaulo kuti kudusiwe tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa mu tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo. Kwakati kutangisiwa dusiwa tjibhayilo njimbo dza Yahwe dzikatangisa bo kulidziwa nyanga ne zwilidzo zwa Dafite mambo we Iziraela.
- English28
The whole assembly bowed in worship, while the singers sang and the trumpeters played. All this continued until the sacrifice of the burnt offering was completed.
African KalangaGubungano lose likathigama likanamata ha bambi ibo bakabhata bemba be nyanga belidza nyanga, bakadwilila koga kudza kupisa zwibhayilo kwapela.
- English29
When the offerings were finished, the king and everyone present with him knelt down and worshiped.
African KalangaKwakati kupisa zwibhayilo kwapela mambo na bose bakabe bali ipapo bakathigama bakanamata.
- English30
King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed their heads and worshiped.
African KalangaHezekiya mambo ne makulukota awe bakadwa Balevi kuti bambile Yahwe njimbo dzinokudza nge matama a Dafite na Asafa mboni. Ndizo bakamba njimbo dzinokudza ngekushatha ngono bakawa nge zwidwi benamata.
- English31
Then Hezekiah said, “You have now dedicated yourselves to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the temple of the Lord.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.
African KalangaIpapo Hezekiya kati, “Matjizwipa kuna Yahwe. Sedzelani pejo muzhise zwibhayilo ne zwipo zwe mboko ku Ng'umba ya Yahwe.” Gubungano likazhisa zwibhayilo ne zwipo zwe mboko ne zwipo zwakabe zwidusiwa ne moyo ntjena zwili zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa.
- English32
The number of burnt offerings the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams and two hundred male lambs–all of them for burnt offerings to the Lord.
African KalangaBakazhisa mikono ili makumi ali kutendeka (70) ne nyundo dzili zana (100) ne pkhwizana dzili mazana mabili (200) zose zwili zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa zwipisigwa Yahwe.
- English33
The animals consecrated as sacrifices amounted to six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep and goats.
African KalangaZwithuwo zose zwakabe zwadusiwa zwili zwibhayilo zwakabe zwili mazana ali tathatu (600) e mikono ne pkhwizi ne mbudzi dzili zwiwulu zwitatu (3 000).
- English34
The priests, however, were too few to skin all the burnt offerings; so their kinsmen the Levites helped them until the task was finished and until other priests had been consecrated, for the Levites had been more conscientious in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.
African KalangaKoga bapirisiti bakabe bali bashomanana kuviya zwithuwo zose zwe zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa ndizo makamu abo Balevi bakababhatsha kuswikila nshingo wawila, ngobe Balevi bakabe bakatambunuka kwazo mu mimoyo kupinda bapirisiti bakabe bazwitjenapadza.
- English35
There were burnt offerings in abundance, together with the fat of the fellowship offerings and the drink offerings that accompanied the burnt offerings. So the service of the temple of the Lord was reestablished.
African KalangaKuzhe kwe zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa zwinjinji kwakabe kuna mafuta e zwipo zwe mbakiso ne zwipo zwe zwing'o. Ndizo kunamata mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe kukatangisa kakale.
- English36
Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had brought about for his people, because it was done so quickly.
African KalangaHezekiya ne bathu bose bakashatha kwazo muna tjabathamigwa ne Ndzimu ngoti tjimwe ne tjimwe tjakashingwa tjinyolotjo.
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.
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