The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Chronicles 6English
2 Zwiyitikalo 6African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Ipapo Solomoni kati, “Yahwe bakati banowogala mu zhalima lakati zwititi.
- African Kalanga
Ngono ndakamubakila ng'umba ye tjimo tjipezhugwi, bugalo gwenyu gwamunowogala nge kusingapele.”
- English3
While the whole assembly of Israel was standing there, the king turned around and blessed them.
African KalangaKukati gubungano lose le Iziraela lili mile ipapo, Mambo Solomoni katendebuka kabakombolela.
- English4
Then he said: “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hands has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to my father David. For he said,
African KalangaNgono kabe eti, “Ngakukudziwe Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela bati nge luboko gwabo bakashingikadza tjabakagadzabgwe tate bangu Dafite beti,
- English5
‘Since the day I brought my people out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built for my Name to be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be the leader over my people Israel.
African Kalanga‘Tjinga kwe zhuba landakadusa bathu bangu Baiziraela mu Egipiti, akuna nzi nkulu mu njudzi dzose dze Iziraela wandakashalulila kubakigwa ng'umba inowogala zina langu kakale akuna nthu wandakashalula kubusa bathu bangu Baiziraela.
- English6
But now I have chosen Jerusalem for my Name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.’
African KalangaKoga ngwenu ndashalula Jerusalema kuti ibe iwo nzi wandinowonamatiwa kuuli kakale ndashalula Dafite kuti abe iye unotungamila bathu bangu.’
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“My father David had it in his heart to build a temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
African Kalanga“Kukagala kuli mu moyo wa tate bangu Dafite kuti banowobakila zina la Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela ng'umba.
- English8
But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Because it was in your heart to build a temple for my Name, you did well to have this in your heart.
African KalangaKoga Yahwe bakadwa tate bangu Dafite bakati, ‘Kwakalulwama kuti kube kuli mu moyo uwo kuti ubakile zina langu ng'umba,
- English9
Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, who is your own flesh and blood–he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.’
African Kalanganenguba kwakajalo, aungabakile zina langu ng'umba, koga mwana uwo unowozwagwa ndiye unowobakila zina langu ng'umba.’
- English10
“The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have succeeded David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised, and I have built the temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
African KalangaNgono ngwenu Yahwe bashingikadza kugadzabgwe, ngobe ndamuka mu bumo gwa tate bangu Dafite, agala mu tjigalo tje bushe gwe Iziraela Yahwe sekwa bakagadzabgwe, kakale ndabakila zina la Yahwe, Ndzimu we Iziraela ng'umba.
- English11
There I have placed the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with the people of Israel.”
African KalangaNgwenu ndathamila Bhokisi le Tjidumano bugalo, ilo lakasenga tjidumano tja Yahwe tjabakathama ne bathu be Iziraela.”
- English12
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.
African KalangaNdizo Solomoni kama mbeli kwe tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo tja Yahwe, mbeli kwe gubungano lose le Iziraela, kamilidza maboko awe akaalingisa ku zhuzhugwi,
- English13
Now he had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had placed it in the center of the outer court. He stood on the platform and then knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.
African KalangaSolomoni wakabe athama itubhu nge phangula tjakabe tjakabakiwa pakati kwe nsha, budzilo gwatjo gwakabe guli thambo dzili shanu bupabi gwatjo guli thambo dzili shanu bulefu kuyenda pezhugwi guli thambo dzili thatu. Solomoni wakatatha itubhu kathigama mbeli kwe gubungano lose le Iziraela, kamilidzila maboko kudzimu,
- English14
He said: “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth–you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way.
African Kalangangono katembezela eti, “Imwi Yahwe, Ndzimu we Iziraela, akuna Ndzimu unonga imwi kudzimu pezhugwi kene pasi mu shango, molondolodza tjidumano tjenyu ne ludo gusingazunguzike mu balanda benyu ha be muwha nge moyo yabo yose.
- English15
You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it–as it is today.
African KalangaMakalondolodza kugadzabgwe kwenyu kwamakagadzabgwe nlanda wenyu tate bangu Dafite, nasi mashingikadza dama lenyu limwe ne limwe nge masimba enyu.
- English16
“Now Lord, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons are careful in all they do to walk before me according to my law, as you have done.’
African KalangaNdizo ngwenu, Yahwe, Ndzimu we Iziraela, londolodzani tjamakagadzabgwe nlanda wenyu tate bangu Dafite muti, ‘Akutowoshayika nlume mu zwizekugwana zwizo unowogala pa tjigalo tje bushe gwe Iziraela, ha bakololo babo banga be ne njele mu zila dzabo, beyenda mbeli kwangu sekwa wakabe uyenda mbeli kwangu iwe.’
- English17
And now, O Lord, God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David come true.
African KalangaNdizo ngwenu, imwi Ndzimu we Iziraela, thamani kuti dama lenyu lizhadzisike lamakaleba ne nlanda wenyu tate bangu Dafite.
- English18
“But will God really dwell on earth with men? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!
African Kalanga“Apa dumbu Ndzimu ungagala mu shango kene? Naiko kudzimu na pezhugwizhugwi akungabe bugalo gwakamulizana. Ngono ng'umba iyeyi yandakabaka ina bukulu gungapani gwaingamulizana kene?
- English19
Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, O Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence.
African KalangaNenguba kwakajalo Yahwe Ndzimu wangu, itilani hanya ntembezelo we nlanda wenyu muamutjile kukumbila kukwe ne ntembezelo waanotembezela mbeli kwenyu nasi,
- English20
May your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, this place of which you said you would put your Name there. May you hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.
African Kalangakuti zhisho lenyu libe pezhugwi kwe ng'umba iyeyi siku ne sikati, bugalo igogu gwamakaleba muti, ‘Zina langu lowobe muili,’ ndizo muwhe ntembezelo unotembezegwa nge nlanda wenyu akalinga bugalo igogu.
- English21
Hear the supplications of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.
African KalangaIwhani kukumbila kwe nlanda wenyu nekwe bathu benyu Baiziraela ha betembezela bakalinga bugalo igogu. Iwhani muli mu bugalo gwenyu kudzimu muamutjile mutizwiibhatigwe.
- English22
“When a man wrongs his neighbor and is required to take an oath and he comes and swears the oath before your altar in this temple,
African Kalanga“Ha nthu atjinyila ikamu tjitje kube kuyi atune, ebe ezha etuna mbeli kwe tjibeso tjenyu tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo mu ng'umba iyeyi,
- English23
then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing down on his own head what he has done. Declare the innocent not guilty and so establish his innocence.
African Kalangaipapo Yahwe, muwhe muli kudzimu mutole thambo. Musumikilisa balanda benyu, mulobe shamu una nlandu nge kunkhiga nlandu uwe mu nsholo, mubuzile nlulwami kuyenda nge ndulamo iye.
- English24
“When your people Israel have been defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you and when they turn back and confess your name, praying and making supplication before you in this temple,
African Kalanga“Ha bathu benyu Baiziraela bamutjinyila, bebe bekundiwa nge zwita zwabo mbeli kwenyu, koga bebe beshandukila kumuli, bedana zina lenyu, betembezela bemukumbila bali mu ng'umba iyeyi,
- English25
then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their fathers.
African Kalangamubawhe muli kudzimu, muzwiibhatigwe zwibi zwe bathu benyu Baiziraela, mube mubabgwiliza ku shango yamakapa bobatategulu babo.
- English26
“When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and confess your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them,
African Kalanga“Ha kudzimu kwazhaligwa vula isingane ngobe bathu benyu bamutjinyila, ngono ha beshandukila zwibi zwabo, belinga ku ng'umba iyeyi, betembezela bedana zina lenyu, ngoti mubaloba,
- English27
then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.
African Kalangamubawhe muli kudzimu, muzwiibhatigwe zwibi zwe balanda benyu Baiziraela. Mubadiye ndulamo, kuyenda mu zila yabakafanila yenda muili. Mube mubanisila vula mu shango yabo, yamakabapa kube thaka.
- English28
“When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when enemies besiege them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come,
African Kalanga“Ha kuna bhamba mu shango, ha kuna bugwele kene mathunde ali zwimbubgwi kene ana whuzwi kene ejiwa nge phashu kene nge zwikonyana, kene bathu banginiligwa nge zwita zwabo mu mizi yabo, kene kuna gatekate le bugwele kene kuna bugwele gwawa,
- English29
and when a prayer or plea is made by any of your people Israel–each one aware of his afflictions and pains, and spreading out his hands toward this temple–
African Kalangamuwhe mitembezelo yabo. Ha mmwe we bathu benyu Baiziraela, ezha nge kuwha zogwadza, bemilidzila maboko abo ku ng'umba iyeyi betembezela,
- English30
then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive, and deal with each man according to all he does, since you know his heart (for you alone know the hearts of men),
African Kalangamuwhe mitembezelo yabo. Mubawhe muli mu nzi wenyu kudzimu, mubabhatshe. Ndimwi moga munoziba zwimu moyo ye bathu. Mubhatshe nthu mmwe ne mmwe kuyendidzana ngokumbila kukwe.
- English31
so that they will fear you and walk in your ways all the time they live in the land you gave our fathers.
African KalangaKuti ndizo bathu benyu bamuwhe mu zwibaka zose bali mu shango yamakapa bobatategulu bedu.
- English32
“As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm–when he comes and prays toward this temple,
African Kalanga“Nenge ntaya usi we ludzi gwe bathu benyu Baiziraela, ha angazha edwa ku shango ikulekule, ezhila zina lenyu ne simba lenyu gulu ne luboko gwenyu gwamakatambunudza, ha ezha wotembezela akalingisana ne ng'umba iyeyi,
- English33
then hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.
African Kalangamuwhe muli kudzimu ku bugalo gwenyu ngono muthame ikoko kuti ndizo bathu bose be shango bazibe zina lenyu kakale bamutje se bathu benyu Baiziraela. Banowoziba kuti Ng'umba iyeyi yandamubakila ndipo pamakafanila zina lenyu lidang'wepo.
- English34
“When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray to you toward this city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name,
African Kalanga“Ha bathu benyu bebhuda beyenda ku ngwa, kunogwa ne zwita zwabo, bebe betembezela bakalinga nzi nkulu uwoyu wamakashalula ne ng'umba iyeyi yandakabakila zina lenyu,
- African Kalanga
muwhe mitembezelo ne kukumbila kwabo muli kudzimu, ngono mubape gwendo.
- English36
“When they sin against you–for there is no one who does not sin–and you become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive to a land far away or near;
African Kalanga“Ha bathu benyu bangamuthamila tjibi, ngoti akuna nthu usingake kathama tjibi, ngono kube kuti nge bushongola gwenyu mube mubalonga mu maboko e zwita zwabo, kuti ndizo batapigwe ku shango ye zwita zwabo, kule kule kene pejo pejo,
- English37
and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong and acted wickedly’;
African Kalangabebe beti bali ku shango yabakatapigwa ko bebe bemukumbula mu moyo yabo, ngono bebe beshanduka, bemutembezela bali mu shango ya bakabatapa beti, ‘Takatjinya, ngono tikabhuda mu zila tikathama mbipo,’
- English38
and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity where they were taken, and pray toward the land you gave their fathers, toward the city you have chosen and toward the temple I have built for your Name;
African Kalangaha bashanduka mu mikumbulo yabo yose ne mu moyo yabo yose bali mu shango ye zwita zwabo, zwakabatapa, bebe betembezela bakalinga ku shango yabo yamakapa bobatategulu babo, nzi nkulu wamakashalula, ne ku ng'umba iyeyi yandakabakila zina lenyu,
- English39
then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their pleas, and uphold their cause. And forgive your people, who have sinned against you.
African Kalangamuwhe mitembezelo ne kukumbila kwabo muli mu bugalo gwenyu kudzimu, mubawhile ngoni.
- English40
“Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
African KalangaNgono ngwenu Ndzimu wangu, zhulani mesho ne zebe muwhe ntembezelo iwoyu we magalo iyawa.
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“Now arise, O Lord God, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. May your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, may your saints rejoice in your goodness.
African Kalanga“Ngono ngwenu Yahwe Ndzimu tjimilikani ne Bhokisi le Tjidumano ilo simba lenyu gulu muzhe ku bugalo gwenyu gwe kunyaluluka. Ambadzani bapirisiti benyu jidzo mu nshingo wabo ngono bayengemali benyu bose ngabashathile bubuya gwenyu.
- English42
O Lord God, do not reject your anointed one. Remember the great love promised to David your servant.”
African KalangaYahwe Ndzimu, musindifupatile imi nzhodziwa wenyu! Kumbulani ludo gwenyu gusingazunguzike mu nlanda wenyu Dafite.”
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.