The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Chronicles 33English
2 Zwiyitikalo 33African Kalanga
- English1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.
African KalangaManase wakabe ana makole ali gumi lina makole mabili (12) tjibaka tjaakatangisa busa, wakabusa kwe makole ali makumi mashanu ana makole mashanu (55) mu Jerusalema.
- English2
He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
African KalangaWakathama mbipo mumesho a Yahwe, etobela zwiyito zwakabipa zwe zwitjaba zwakabe zwatatiwa na Yahwe bezwitatila kutjena ne Baiziraela.
- English3
He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had demolished; he also erected altars to the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them.
African KalangaWakamusa magalo apezhugwi akabe akolomogwa ndi tate babe Hezekiya kakale kamusa zwibeso zwa bo Bhaale, kamisa phanda dze ndzimukadzi Ashera, kanamata zose zwe zhuzhugwi.
- English4
He built altars in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
African KalangaWakabaka zwibeso zwe midzimu mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe, ipo Yahwe pa bakati, “Zina langu lowogalila tjatjose mu Jerusalema.”
- African Kalanga
Mu zwibata nge bubili zwe Ng'umba ya Yahwe wakabaka zwibeso kuti kuthigamigwe midzimu ye nyenyedzi
- English6
He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced sorcery, divination and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
African KalangaWakapisa bakololo babe ebathama zwibhayilo mu nkuku we nkololo wa Hinomi, kathama mishingo ye malipa neye midzimu eshinga ne mashabi ne baloyi. Wakathama mbipo isi shoma mu mesho a Yahwe ngono kathama kuti bazhale bushongola.
- English7
He took the carved image he had made and put it in God’s temple, of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.
African KalangaWakabiga ifano tje ndzimu wakabezhiwa mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, iyo Ndzimu yawakadwa Dafite na Solomoni nkololo uwe uti, “Mu Ng'umba iyeyi, ne mu Jerusalema iyo yandakashalula mu zwitjaba zose zwe Iziraela, ndowobiga zina langu muili nge kusingapele,
- English8
I will not again make the feet of the Israelites leave the land I assigned to your forefathers, if only they will be careful to do everything I commanded them concerning all the laws, decrees and ordinances given through Moses.”
African Kalangakakale anditowothama kuti Baiziraela babhude mu shango yandakapa bobatategulu babo, koga ha bangabe ne njele bakalondolodza tjandakababudza kakale bakalondolodza milayo yabapiwa ne nlanda wangu Mushe.”
- English9
But Manasseh led Judah and the people of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.
African KalangaKoga Manase kapambusa bathu be Juda ne bagali be Jerusalema, bakathama bubi gunopinda gwe zwitjaba izo Yahwe zwabakalobesa mbeli kwe bathu be Iziraela.
- African Kalanga
Ngono Yahwe bakalebeleka na Manase ne bathu babe koga bakasiteedze.
- English11
So the Lord brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.
African KalangaNdizo Yahwe bakazhisa balauli be babhayani be ngwa ya mambo we Asiriya bakabhata Manase nge zwiweko ngono bakansunga nge ketani dze phangula ngono bakan'yisa ku Bhabhiloni.
- English12
In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
African KalangaMukudziyidzika kukwe kazwiyisa pasi ngono kashandukila kuna Yahwe Ndzimu uwe kakumbila bhatsho.
- English13
And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God.
African KalangaWakabatembezela, ngono Yahwe bakawha tjililo tjitje ne kukumbila kukwe ngono bakan'yisa kakale ku Jerusalema ku mbuso uwe. Ipapo Manase kaziba kuti Yahwe Ndzimu.
- English14
Afterward he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, west of the Gihon spring in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and encircling the hill of Ophel; he also made it much higher. He stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.
African KalangaShule kwa ikoku Manase kabaka guma litja kuzhe kwe nzi nkulu wa Dafite kapapha bulefu gwe guma litja kuzhe le nzi nkulu wa Dafite kunomila zhuba kwe Gihoni ku nkuku kunoti ku Nkoba we Whobe ngono kalipoteledza Ofele. Kabiga balauli be babhayani mu mizi ye matizhilo mu Juda.
- English15
He got rid of the foreign gods and removed the image from the temple of the Lord, as well as all the altars he had built on the temple hill and in Jerusalem; and he threw them out of the city.
African KalangaKadusa midzimu ne ifano tjaakabe abiga mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe kakolomola kose ne zwibeso zwaakabe abaka mu duthu lakabe lili ilo lakabakwa Ng'umba ya Yahwe ne zwimwe mu magalo mamwe mu Jerusalema, katola zwithu izwezwi zose kanozwilashila kuzhe kwe nzi nkulu.
- English16
Then he restored the altar of the Lord and sacrificed fellowship offerings and thank offerings on it, and told Judah to serve the Lord, the God of Israel.
African KalangaKudwapo kamusa tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo tja Yahwe ngono kadusila zwibhayilo mutjili zwili zwibhayilo zwe mbakisano ne zwe mboko ngono kalaula Juda kuti bashingile Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela.
- English17
The people, however, continued to sacrifice at the high places, but only to the Lord their God.
African KalangaNe kwakajalo bathu ibo bakadwilila koga bedusila zwibhayilo mu magalo a pezhugwi koga bepisila Yahwe Ndzimu wabo.
- English18
The other events of Manasseh’s reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the seers spoke to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, are written in the annals of the kings of Israel.
African KalangaZose zwe mishingo ya Manase ne ntembezelo uwe ku Ndzimu ne matama e balebesambeli bakabe belebeleka naye mu zina la Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela zose zwakakwagwa mu Zwiyitikalo zwabo Mambo be Iziraela.
- English19
His prayer and how God was moved by his entreaty, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself–all are written in the records of the seers.
African KalangaNtembezelo uwe ne Ndzimu sekwa wakadabila ntembezelo uwe ndiko ne ndongoloso ye jinyo laakathama asathu ashanduka, mbipo yose yaakathama ne magalo a pezhugwi aakabaka ne zwifano zwe ndzimukadzi Ashera zwaakathama kuti zwithigamigwe zose zwakakwagwa mu Thawu dze Balebesambeli.
- English20
Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace. And Amon his son succeeded him as king.
African KalangaManase kafa, kabiganyiwa mu ng'umba ye bushe ngono nkololo uwe Amoni kan'gala thaka.
- African Kalanga
Amoni wakabe ana makole ali makumi mabili (22) tjibaka tjaakatangisa busa, wakabusa makole ali mabili mu Jerusalema.
- English22
He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon worshiped and offered sacrifices to all the idols Manasseh had made.
African KalangaWakathama mbipo mbeli kwa Yahwe, sa tate babe Manase. Amoni wakabe ethigamila kakale edusila midzimu yakabe yathamwa ndi Manase zwibhayilo.
- English23
But unlike his father Manasseh, he did not humble himself before the Lord; Amon increased his guilt.
African KalangaKoga iye aazothama sa tate babe, azozwiyisa pasi mbeli kwa Yahwe kene kuli kushandukila ku bali. Wakabe mbi kupinda tate babe.
- African Kalanga
Balanda ba Amoni bakan'lukila gwanga kuti bambulaye mu ng'umba iye ye bushe.
- English25
Then the people of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place.
African KalangaKoga bathu be Juda bakabulaya bose bakabe balukila mambo gwanga, koga bakabiga Josiya nkololo 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.