The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Chronicles 8English
2 Zwiyitikalo 8African Kalanga
- English1
At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the Lord and his own palace,
African KalangaKu bupelo gwe makole ali makumi mabili, Solomoni asinobe abaka Ng'umba ya Yahwe ne iye,
- African Kalanga
Solomoni kamusa mizi mikulu yaakabe apiwa ndi Huramu ngono kabiga Baiziraela muili.
- African Kalanga
Solomoni kayenda ku Hamatizoba ngono kaitapa,
- African Kalanga
kabaka nzi we Tadimori mu tjilambanyika ne mizi mikulu yose ye matula yaakabe abaka mu Hamati.
- English5
He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars,
African KalangaSolomoni kamusa Bhetihoroni wakatathila ne Bhetihoroni wakakungulukila kube mizi ye matizhilo yakabakwa nge makuma ne mikoba ne zwizhalilo zwe butale,
- English6
as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses -whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.
African Kalangakamusa ne Bhaalati ne mizi yose ye matula ya Solomoni yaakabe anayo ne mizi mikulu yose yakabe igala koloyi dzidze dze ngwa ne yakabe igala bataswi babe be mbizi ne tjimwe ne tjimwe tja Solomoni tjaakabe eshaka kutjibaka mu Jerusalema neku Lebanoni ne mu shango ye mbuso uwe wose.
- English7
All the people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these peoples were not Israelites),
African KalangaMalimbelimbe e bathu be Bahiti ne Baamori ne Baperizi ne Bahivite ne Bajebusi ibo bakabe basi be Iziraela,
- English8
that is, their descendants remaining in the land, whom the Israelites had not destroyed–these Solomon conscripted for his slave labor force, as it is to this day.
African Kalangawhuti, Baiziraela bakabe basabalobesa bose, ibabo ndibo Solomoni baakathama balanda kudzina kube nasi.
- English9
But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites for his work; they were his fighting men, commanders of his captains, and commanders of his chariots and charioteers.
African KalangaKoga Baiziraela ibo Solomoni kasibathame balanda ku nshingila koga bakabe babhayani ne balauli be babhayani babe ne balauli be koloyi dzidze dze ngwa ne bataswi babe be mbizi.
- English10
They were also King Solomon’s chief officials–two hundred and fifty officials supervising the men.
African KalangaMambo Solomoni wakabe ana batungamili bali mazana mabili ana bali makumi mashanu (250) bakabe bali balingilili bana simba mu bathu.
- English11
Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the palace of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the Lord has entered are holy.”
African KalangaSolomoni kadusa nkololokadzi wa Faro mu nzi nkulu wa Dafite ku ng'umba yaakabe ambakila ngono kabe eti, “Nfumakadzi wangu angagale mu ng'umba ya Dafite mambo we Iziraela ngobe magalo mamwe ne mamwe akatongogala Bhokisi le Tjidumano akayengemala.”
- English12
On the altar of the Lord that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord,
African KalangaIpapo Solomoni wakadusila Yahwe zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa mu tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo tja Yahwe tjaakabe abaka mbeli kwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu,
- English13
according to the daily requirement for offerings commanded by Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons and the three annual feasts–the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles.
African Kalangawakadusa zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa kuyendidzana na zose zwinoshakiwa mu milayo ya Mushe ngekwe mazhuba wose akayengemala ali mazhuba e Ndzimu ekunyaluluka abo Sabata neye Mwedzi ugala ne mizano mitatu ye gole ne gole: Nzano we tjiwunga tjisina mbidzo ne Nzano we zwavung'wa mu minda ne Nzano we Mishasha.
- English14
In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their duties, and the Levites to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day’s requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God had ordered.
African KalangaKuyendidzana nge milayo ya Dafite tate babe wakabiga makupo e bapirisiti nge mishingo yabo ne Balevi nge nshingo wabo we kumba mu misi ye mazhuba wose e mishingo, kabiga balisi be mikoba ku mikoba ngo siyana kwayo, koga Dafite sekwa akalaula.
- English15
They did not deviate from the king’s commands to the priests or to the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.
African KalangaNdizo abazopambuka muna tjakabetjadwiwa bapirisiti ne Balevi ndi mambo muna zose ngekwe zwe matula.
- English16
All Solomon’s work was carried out, from the day the foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid until its completion. So the temple of the Lord was finished.
African KalangaNge tjibaka itjetjo ndiyo mishingo yose iyeyi yakashingwa ndi Solomoni. Kudwa tjose mu tjibaka tje kuteyiwa kwe Ng'umba ya Yahwe kudzina inopelela.
- African Kalanga
Ipapo Solomoni kayenda ku Eziyonigeberi mamilo e zwikepe ne ku Eloti ku nsupho we gungwa mu shango ye Edomu.
- English18
And Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own officers, men who knew the sea. These, with Solomon’s men, sailed to Ophir and brought back four hundred and fifty talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
African KalangaMambo Huramu kantumila zwikepe ne balanda ne bamwe balanda bana luzibo nge gungwa ngono bakayenda ku Ofira kose ne balanda ba Solomoni ngono bakanotola talenta dze golide dzili zana lina makumi mashanu (150), ngono bakadziyisa kuna Mambo Solomoni.
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.