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2 Chronicles 4English

2 Zwiyitikalo 4African Kalanga

English1
He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.
African Kalanga
Mambo Solomoni kathama tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo nge phangula tje bulefu gwe thambo dzili makumi mabili (20) ne bupabi gwe thambo dzili makumi mabili (20) ne bulefu kuyenda pezhugwi gwe thambo dzili gumi.
English2
He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it.
African Kalanga
Wakabumba bhavu gulugulu linodang'wa gungwa nge phangula, kudwa pezhugwi kuyenda pasi lili thambo dzili mbili dzina ipithu tje bubili mu gumi (2.2),
English3
Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it–ten to a cubit. The bulls were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.
African Kalanga
kusi kwe milomo yalo kukabe kuna mabundo e phangula akalipoteleka ali mizila mibili, lakabe lakateyegwa pezhugwi kwe misemo ye zwifano zwe mikono kuli poteleka.
English4
The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center.
African Kalanga
Bhavu lakabe lakateyegwa pezhugwi kwe misemo ye zwifano zwe mikono ye phangula ili gumi lina ili mibili, mitatu yakalinga ku bunadzwa, mitatu yakalinga ku golombedzo, mitatu yakalinga ku burwa, mitatu yakalinga ku bhezhuba, kushule kwe mikono kwakabe kuli kusi kwe tanka kuyendila pakati kwayo.
English5
It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.
African Kalanga
Bukodu gwayo gwakabe guli dzithambo dzili makumi ali kutendeka ana kushanu (75). Milomo yayo yakabe yakathamwa se kopi, inga luba linoyi lili, yakabe izhadziwa nge lithara dzingabe zwiwulu zwili makumi manna (40 000).
English6
He then made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. In them the things to be used for the burnt offerings were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing.
African Kalanga
Wakathama mabhavu anosukila ali gumi ngono mashanu bakaabiga ku burwa mamwe mashanu bakaabiga ku bunandzwa. Mabhavu iyawa akabe esukila zwishingisiwa zwe zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa koga vula imu tanka yakabe ili inongula ne bapirisiti.
English7
He made ten gold lampstands according to the specifications for them and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
African Kalanga
Wakathama zwigadziko zwe mavone zwili gumi nge golide kuyendidzana nge sekwa kwakayi zwibigwe mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, zwili zwishanu ku burwa ne zwili zwishanu ku bunandzwa.
English8
He made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold sprinkling bowls.
African Kalanga
Wakathama tafuli dzili gumi ngono akadzibiga mu ng'umba, dzili shanu ku burwa ne dzili shanu ku bunandzwa. Wakathama kakale zwikutili zwe golide zwili zana zwinoshingisiwa kunyasa.
English9
He made the courtyard of the priests, and the large court and the doors for the court, and overlaid the doors with bronze.
African Kalanga
Wakathama lubazhe gwe bapirisiti ne lubazhe bukulu ne matendele e lubazhe ngono kadzulula matendele nge phangula,
English10
He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.
African Kalanga
kabiga tanka ye vula ku theswi iku burwa kuyendila ku bhezhuba burwa.
English11
He also made the pots and shovels and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of God:
African Kalanga
Kakale Huramu kathama hali ne maharawo ne zwikutili. Ndizo Huramu kabe apedza nshingo wose waakathamila Mambo Solomoni mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe.
English12
the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars; the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;
African Kalanga
Zwaakathama ndiyezwi: Phanda mbili ne ndilo whulu mbili dze mishogwana ipezhugwi kwe phanda ne njanga mbili kufukidza ndilo whulu mbili dzina mishogwana yakabe ili pezhugwi kwe phanda.
English13
the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network, decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars);
African Kalanga
Kakale kathamila njanga mbili pomegiranati dzili mazana ali manna (400), ethamila gwanga limwe ne limwe mizila ili mibili ye pomegiranati, kufukidza ndilo whulu mbili dze mishogwana yakabe ili pezhugwi kwe phanda.
English14
the stands with their basins;
African Kalanga
Wakathama zwigadziko ne mabhavu azo anongulila kaabiga pezhugwi kwazo.
English15
the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;
African Kalanga
Kathama tanka ye vula ne mikono ili gumi lina ili mibili (12) yakateegwa tanka ye vula pezhugwi kwayo.
English16
the pots, shovels, meat forks and all related articles. All the objects that Huram-Abi made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lord were of polished bronze.
African Kalanga
Hali ne maharawo ne zwikutili ne zwija zose Huramu zwaakathamila Mambo Solomoni mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe zwakabe zwili zwe phangula yakapenyesiwa.
English17
The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.
African Kalanga
Mu lubala gwe gwizi gwe Jorodani mambo kazwitebulila pa vu le ntapkhwi pakati kwe Sukoti ne Zereda.
English18
All these things that Solomon made amounted to so much that the weight of the bronze was not determined.
African Kalanga
Solomoni kathama zwithu zose izwezwi zwinji kusina ungatubula ziba kuti kwakashingisiwa phangula ingapani.
English19
Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in God’s temple: the golden altar; the tables on which was the bread of the Presence;
African Kalanga
Ndizo Solomoni kathama zwija zose zwimu Ng'umba ya Yahwe, tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo tje golide ne tafuli ye golide ye tjiwunga tjinopigwa Ndzimu,
English20
the lampstands of pure gold with their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
African Kalanga
ne zwigadziko zwe mavone awo e golide mbuyanana zwinomisiwa mbeli kwe bugalo gwakayengemala gutjamukati sekwa kwakalebgwa;
English21
the gold floral work and lamps and tongs (they were solid gold);
African Kalanga
maluba ne mavone ne milipo ye golide mbuyanana,
English22
the pure gold wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors of the main hall.
African Kalanga
zwidzimi zwe mavone ne zwikutili ne ndigwana dzinopisila motsha ne makambana e moto, zwakathamwa nge golide mbuyanana. Zwija zose izwezwi zwakabe zwakathamwa nge golide mbuyanana. Mikoba ye tjakuzhe ne mikoba inongina ku Bugalo gwakayengemala kupindisa yakabe yakabuiwa nge golide.

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.