The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Chronicles 35English
2 Zwiyitikalo 35African Kalanga
- English1
Josiah celebrated the Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
African KalangaMambo Josiya kalondolodzela Yahwe Nzano we Kupinda pezhugwi mu Jerusalema, bakabhaya phkwizana dze Nzano we Kupinda pezhugwi mu zhuba le bugumi lina manna (14) le mwedzi we kutanga.
- English2
He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the Lord’s temple.
African KalangaWakakobela bapirisiti mishingo ngono kabakulumbidza mu nshingo we Ng'umba ya Yahwe.
- English3
He said to the Levites, who instructed all Israel and who had been consecrated to the Lord: “Put the sacred ark in the temple that Solomon son of David king of Israel built. It is not to be carried about on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel.
African KalangaNgono wakadwa Balevi bose ibo bakabe bediya Baiziraela, ibo bakabe bakayengemala kuna Yahwe kati, “Mubige Bhokisi le Tjidumano mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu yakabakwa ndi Solomoni nkololo wa Dafite. Musitongotja lisenga nge mathudzi enyu koga shingilani Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu ne bathu bawo Baiziraela.
- English4
Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the directions written by David king of Israel and by his son Solomon.
African KalangaMuzwilulwamise kuyenda nge misha ne kuyenda nge mishingo yamakakobegwa ndi Mambo Dafite ne nkololo uwe Mambo Solomoni.
- English5
“Stand in the holy place with a group of Levites for each subdivision of the families of your fellow countrymen, the lay people.
African KalangaMume mu Bugalo gwakayengemala nge makupo e misha e bakanyi kwenyu, bathu koga, ngono nkoba mmwe ne mmwe kume Balevi be nsha nng'ompela.
- English6
Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves and prepare the lambs for your fellow countrymen, doing what the Lord commanded through Moses.”
African KalangaMubhaye pkhwizana ye Nzano we Kupinda Pezhugwi namwi muzwitjenapadze ngono mululwamisile bakanyi kwenyu pkhwizana, muthama itjo Yahwe tjabakadwa Mushe kuti tjithamiwe.”
- English7
Josiah provided for all the lay people who were there a total of thirty thousand sheep and goats for the Passover offerings, and also three thousand cattle–all from the king’s own possessions.
African KalangaNgono Mambo Josiya kapa bathu kudwa mu ngubi iye, pkhwizana ne mbudzana dze Nzano we Kupinda Pezhugwi dzili zwiwulu zwili makumi matatu (30 000) ne mikono ili zwiwulu zwili zwitatu (3 000).
- English8
His officials also contributed voluntarily to the people and the priests and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah and Jehiel, the administrators of God’s temple, gave the priests twenty-six hundred Passover offerings and three hundred cattle.
African KalangaMakulukota awe naiwo kadusila bathu be bapirisiti ne Balevi. Hilikiya na Zakhariya na Jehiele bayendisi be Ng'umba ye Ndzimu bakapa bapirisiti zwiwulu zwili zwibili ne mazana ali tathatu (2 600) e zwibhayilo zwe pkhwizana ne mbudzana zwe Nzano we Kupinda Pezhugwi ne mazana matatu (300) e ng'ombe.
- English9
Also Conaniah along with Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah, Jeiel and Jozabad, the leaders of the Levites, provided five thousand Passover offerings and five hundred head of cattle for the Levites.
African KalangaKonaniya ne banung'una babe Shemaya na Nethanele na Hashabiya na Jeyele na Jozabadi batungamili be Balevi bakadusa zwipo zwe Nzano we Kupinda Pezhugwi zwili zwiwulu zwili zwishanu (5 000) ne mikono ili mazana mashanu (500) bakazwipa Balevi.
- English10
The service was arranged and the priests stood in their places with the Levites in their divisions as the king had ordered.
African KalangaNgono kwakati tjimwe ne tjimwe tje Nzano we Kupinda Pezhugwi tjalulwamisiwa bapirisiti ne Balevi bakatola magalo koga mambo sekwa bakalaula.
- English11
The Passover lambs were slaughtered, and the priests sprinkled the blood handed to them, while the Levites skinned the animals.
African KalangaNgono bakabhaya pkhwizana dze Nzano we Kupinda pezhugwi ngono bapirisiti bakan'nyasa malopa abakabe bepiwa, Balevi ibo beviya phuka dzabhayiwa.
- English12
They set aside the burnt offerings to give them to the subdivisions of the families of the people to offer to the Lord, as is written in the Book of Moses. They did the same with the cattle.
African KalangaBakabigila ntome zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa kuti ndizo bazwikobe nge makupo e misha ye bathu koga kuti ndizo badusilabo Yahwe koga sekwa kwakakwagwa mu lukwalo gwe nlayo wa Mushe. Bakathama saikoku bo ne zwikondolo.
- English13
They roasted the Passover animals over the fire as prescribed, and boiled the holy offerings in pots, caldrons and pans and served them quickly to all the people.
African KalangaBalevi bakagotja zwibhayilo zwe Nzano we Kupinda pezhugwi mu moto koga sekwa kwakakwagwa ngono bakakapayidza zwipo zwakayengemala mu hali ngothubukana kwadzo ngono bakakobela bathu bose tjinyolotjo.
- English14
After this, they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were sacrificing the burnt offerings and the fat portions until nightfall. So the Levites made preparations for themselves and for the Aaronic priests.
African KalangaShule kwa ikoku, Balevi bakalulwamisa nyama yabo neye bapirisiti ibo zwizekugwana zwa Aroni ngoti bapirisiti bakabe basina gwe kugala, bakabe bepisa zwibhayilo zwakabe zwipisiwa zose ne zwibhayilo zwe mafuta kudzina kukabe busiku.
- English15
The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, were in the places prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun the king’s seer. The gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made the preparations for them.
African KalangaNgono bambi ibo bakabe bali Balevi be nsha wa Asafa bakabe bali mu magalo abo Mambo Dafite sekwa akabe aleba, ibo bakabe bali bo Asafa na Hemani na Jeduthuni iye ali nlebesambeli wa mambo. Balisi be mikoba ibo akuzobe kusheteka kuti bangasiya mikoba ngoti Balevi bakabalulwamisila.
- English16
So at that time the entire service of the Lord was carried out for the celebration of the Passover and the offering of burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord, as King Josiah had ordered.
African KalangaNdizo nshingo wose wa Yahwe wakalulwamisiwa zhuba ilelo, kulondolodza Nzano we Kupinda Pezhugwi, Mambo Josiya sekwa akabe aleba.
- English17
The Israelites who were present celebrated the Passover at that time and observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.
African KalangaBaiziraela bakabe balipo bakalondolodza Nzano we Kupinda Pezhugwi nge tjibaka itjetjo bakalondolodza ne Nzano we Tjiwunga tjisina Mbidzo kwe mazhuba ali kutendeka.
- English18
The Passover had not been observed like this in Israel since the days of the prophet Samuel; and none of the kings of Israel had ever celebrated such a Passover as did Josiah, with the priests, the Levites and all Judah and Israel who were there with the people of Jerusalem.
African KalangaAkuzotongofa kwabe ne Nzano we Kupinda Pezhugwi wakanga iwoyu mu Iziraela tjinga kwe mazhuba a Samuele nlebesambeli, akuna wa bomambo be Baiziraela wakatongolondolodza Nzano we Kupinda pezhugwi iwoyu nge zila inonga yakathamiwa ndi Josiya ne bapirisiti ne Balevi ne Juda yose ne Baiziraela bakabe balipo ne bagali be Jerusalema.
- African Kalanga
Mu gole le bugumi lina zhanakadzi (18) le mbuso wa Josiya, Nzano we Kupinda pezhugwi wakalondolodziwa.
- English20
After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah marched out to meet him in battle.
African KalangaShule kwe kuti Josiya abe athama zose izwezwi zwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, Neko mambo we Egipiti kabhuda kanogwa ku Karikhemishi ku gwizi gwe Yufuratesi. Ngono Mambo Josiya kayenda kunonshanganidza.
- English21
But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What quarrel is there between you and me, O king of Judah? It is not you I am attacking at this time, but the house with which I am at war. God has told me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or he will destroy you.”
African KalangaKoga Neko katumila batumwa kunli ne matama anoti, “Dumbu unotshwa ubhulani mu ngwa iyeyi Mambo we Juda kene? Andizozha kuwogwa nawe ndazha kuwogwa ne wandinogwa naye. Ndzimu wandibudza kuti nditjimbidze, ndizo letjedza kunyanyayidzana ne Ndzimu, iwo unami kusakajalo unokulobesa.”
- English22
Josiah, however, would not turn away from him, but disguised himself to engage him in battle. He would not listen to what Neco had said at God’s command but went to fight him on the plain of Megiddo.
African KalangaKoga Josiya kabe akazwimisila kugwa, kalamba teedza matama a Neko akabe edwa ku Ndzimu ngono Josiya kanogwa na Neko ku tjibata tje Megido.
- African Kalanga
Josiya kabhayiwa nge misebe ye Baegipiti. Ngono kadwa balanda babe kati, “Mundiduse ipapa ngobe ndakubala zwakabipa.”
- English24
So they took him out of his chariot, put him in the other chariot he had and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.
African KalangaNdizo balanda babe bakan'dusa mu koloyi iye ye ngwa ngono bakantathisa imwe ipoga bakan'yisa ku Jerusalema. Wakanofila ikoko ngono kanobiganyiwa ku zwikumbu zwa botate babe. Ngono bathu bose be Juda ne Jerusalema bakan'lilila.
- English25
Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the men and women singers commemorate Josiah in the laments. These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.
African KalangaNlebesambeli Jeremiya kakwala lumbo gwe tjililo gwa Mambo Josiya. Kwakabe kwakawolobeleka mu Iziraela kuti bambi ne balume ne bakadzi bambe lumbo igogu abe nlilila. Lumbo igogu gowang'wa mu whalo dze Zwililo.
- English26
The other events of Josiah’s reign and his acts of devotion, according to what is written in the Law of the Lord -
African KalangaTjimwe ne tjimwe tjakathamwa ndi Josiya, kuzwimisila kukwe muna Yahwe ne kulondolodza nlayo kukwe,
- English27
all the events, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
African Kalangane thawu dzidze kudwa mu kutangisa kunoti ku bupelo kwakakwagwa mu Thawu dza Bomambo be Iziraela ne Juda.
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.