The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Chronicles 7English
2 Zwiyitikalo 7African Kalanga
- English1
When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.
African KalangaSolomoni kati afidza ntembezelo uwe, moto ukadwa kudzimu ukapisa zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa ne zwimwe zwibhayilo zwakabe zwadusiwa, ngono tjedza tja Yahwe tjikazhala Ng'umba ye Ndzimu.
- African Kalanga
Bapirisiti bakabe basingatubule ngina mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe ngobe tjedza tja Yahwe tjakabe tjilizhele mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe.
- English3
When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the Lord above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, “He is good; his love endures forever.”
African KalangaBaiziraela bose bakati be bona moto udeluka ne tjedza tja Yahwe mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu bakathigama bakawa nge njiso mu budzilo, bakanamata ngono bakaboka Yahwe beti, “Yahwe bakanaka, ngobe ludo gwabo gusingazunguzike gugelile tjatjose.”
- African Kalanga
Ipapo Mambo Solomoni ne bathu bose be Iziraela bakadusila Yahwe zwibhayilo.
- English5
And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the people dedicated the temple of God.
African KalangaMambo Solomoni wakadusa zwibhayilo zwili zwiwulu zwili makumi mabili ana zwibili (22 000) zwe mikono ne pkhwizi dzili zwiwulu zwili zana lina makumi ali mabili (120 000). Mambo ne bathu bose be Iziraela bakabe betola Ng'umba beipa Yahwe.
- English6
The priests took their positions, as did the Levites with the Lord’s musical instruments, which King David had made for praising the Lord and which were used when he gave thanks, saying, “His love endures forever.” Opposite the Levites, the priests blew their trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
African KalangaBapirisiti bakatola magalo abo ne Balevi bo bakabe balimile bakalingisana nabo bakabhata zwilidzo zwakabe zwathamwa ndi Mambo Dafite kuti zwilidziwe mukukudza Yahwe ngobe ludo gwabo gusingazunguzike gugelile tjatjose, bapirisiti bakabe belidza nyanga ngono Baiziraela bakama nge makumbo.
- English7
Solomon consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the Lord, and there he offered burnt offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar he had made could not hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat portions.
African KalangaSolomoni wakayengemadza pakati kwe nsha wakabe uli mbeli kwe Ng'umba ya Yahwe. Kadusila zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa ne tjipo tje mathunde ne mafuta e zwibhayilo zwe mbakisano ipapo, ngobe tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo tje phangula tjakabe tjili mbeli kwa Yahwe tjakabe tjisingaswike kupisigwa zwipo zose zwakabe zwakafanila pisiwa.
- English8
So Solomon observed the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him–a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt.
African KalangaIpapo Solomoni ne gubungano lose le Iziraela bakadwa babhata Nzano we Mishasha wakatola mazhuba ali kutendeka. Kwakabe kuli mbunga nkulu we bathu kudwa ku nkoba we Hamati kunoti ku lukobana gwe Egipiti.
- English9
On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival for seven days more.
African KalangaKukati mu zhuba le buzhanakadzi bakabe ne nshangano nkulu ngobe bakabe batola mazhuba ali kutendeka beshinga nshingo we kupa tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo Yahwe ne mazhuba mamwe ali kutendeka mu nzano.
- English10
On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their homes, joyful and glad in heart for the good things the Lord had done for David and Solomon and for his people Israel.
African KalangaNgono wakati mu zhuba le bumakumi mabili ana matatu mambo kapaladza bathu kuti bayende ku makanyi abo, bakayenda bakashathila bubuya gose gwa Yahwe gwabalakidza Dafite na Solomoni ne bathu babo Baiziraela.
- English11
When Solomon had finished the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had succeeded in carrying out all he had in mind to do in the temple of the Lord and in his own palace,
African KalangaNgono kwakati Solomoni apedza kubaka Ng'umba ye Ndzimu ne kubaka ng'umba ye bushe na zose zwaakabe eshaka kuzwithama mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu ne iye,
- English12
the Lord appeared to him at night and said: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices.
African KalangaYahwe bakazwilakidza kuna Solomoni busiku ngono bakati kunli, “Ndawha ntembezelo uwo ngono ndazwishalulila kakale ndaamutjila bugalo igogu kuti ndipo panowothamigwa zwibhayilo zwangu.
- English13
“When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people,
African KalangaHa ndizhalila kudzimu kuti vula isine kene nditumila phashu kuti dziwodukudza shango kene nditumila bugwele ku bathu bangu,
- English14
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
African Kalangaha bathu bangu banodang'wa nge zina langu bangashandukila zila dzabo mbiimbi ha benditembezela ndowobawha ndili kudzimu ngono azwiibhatigwa matjinyo abo ngono apodza shango yabo.
- African Kalanga
Ngwenu mesho angu anowozhuka ne zebe dzangu dzowoteedza mitembezelo inothamwa mu bugalo igogu,
- English16
I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
African Kalangangoti ndashalula ng'umba iyeyi kakale ndaiyengemadza kuti ibe ipo panowobe ne zina langu nge kusingapele. Mesho angu ne moyo wangu zowobe ipapo zwibaka zose.
- English17
“As for you, if you walk before me as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees and laws,
African KalangaKoga iwe, haunganditobela koga sa Dafite tate babo bakanditobela, ukalondolodza zose zwandakakudwa nditi uzwishinge kakale ukabhulutana milayo yangu,
- English18
I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’
African Kalangandowobambila bushe gugo tjatjose sekwa ndakagadzabgwe tate babo Dafite nditi, ‘Aakutowosheteka nthu ungabusa Iziraela.’
- English19
“But if you turn away and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them,
African KalangaKoga haungafupatila milayo yangu yandabiga mbeli kuko ukathigamila midzimu ipoga,
- English20
then I will uproot Israel from my land, which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.
African Kalangandowokutatila kuzhe kwe shango iyeyi yandakakupa ne Ng'umba iyeyi yandakayengemadzila zina langu, inowobe tjiseko mu bathu kakale ikalingigwa pasi.
- English21
And though this temple is now so imposing, all who pass by will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
African Kalanga“Ngono mmwe ne mmwe unopinda Ng'umba iyeyi inokudziwa unowokaabala ngono kabhuzwa kati, ‘Ini Yahwe bathama tjakajali mu shango ne Ng'umba iyeyi?’
- English22
People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them–that is why he brought all this disaster on them.’”
African KalangaIpapo banowoti, ‘Ngoti bakalashila kutjena Yahwe Ndzimu wa bobatategulu babo, ibo bakabadusa mu shango ye Egipiti, ngono bakatobela midzimu ipoga bakainamata kakale bakaishingila ndizo babazhisila mbipo yose iyeyi.’ ”
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.