The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Kings 12English
2 Bomambo 12African Kalanga
- English1
In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
African KalangaKwakati mu gole le butendeka la Jehu, Jehoashi katangisa kubusa, ngono wakabusa makole ali makumi manna (40) mu Jerusalema. Mmeyabe bakabe bedang'wa Zibiya we Berisheba.
- English2
Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
African KalangaJehoashi kathama tjakalulwama mu mesho a Yahwe mazhuba awe wose, ngobe Jehoyida we mpirisiti wakabe e nkumbuludza.
- English3
The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
African KalangaNenguba kwakajalo magalo akatuthumala aazopaladziwa, bathu bakadwilila bepisa zwibhayilo ne motsha mu magalo akatuthumala.
- English4
Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money that is brought as sacred offerings to the temple of the Lord -the money collected in the census, the money received from personal vows and the money brought voluntarily to the temple.
African KalangaJehoashi kadwa bapirisiti kati, “Mari wose e zwithu zwakayengemala anozhisiwa mu ng'umba ya Yahwe, mari anowodusiwa nge nthu mmwe ne mmwe sekwaanobe a lingisisiwa nge mpirisiti, ne mari wose anowodusiwa nge nthu nge ludo, ne mari anowodusiwa kuli tjipo mu ng'umba ya Yahwe,
- English5
Let every priest receive the money from one of the treasurers, and let it be used to repair whatever damage is found in the temple.”
African Kalangabapirisiti batole mari mu babhati be mari balulwamise Ng'umba ye Ndzimu payakatjinyika nawo.”
- African Kalanga
Koga kwakati mu gole le bumakumi mabili ana matatu (23) bapirisiti bakabe basathu bakalulwamisa Ng'umba ye Ndzimu.
- English7
Therefore King Joash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and asked them, “Why aren’t you repairing the damage done to the temple? Take no more money from your treasurers, but hand it over for repairing the temple.”
African KalangaNdizo Mambo Jehoashi kadana Jehoyada we mpirisiti ne bapirisiti bamwe kababhuzwa kati, “Whutini musingalulwamise Ng'umba ye Ndzimu payakatjinyika? Musitjatole mari mu babhati be mari, kuzhe kwe mu ashingisa kululwamisa Ng'umba ye Ndzimu.”
- English8
The priests agreed that they would not collect any more money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.
African KalangaBapirisiti bakaduma kuti abatjowotola mari mu bathu kakale abatowolulwamisa Ng'umba ye Ndzimu.
- English9
Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in its lid. He placed it beside the altar, on the right side as one enters the temple of the Lord. The priests who guarded the entrance put into the chest all the money that was brought to the temple of the Lord.
African KalangaJehoyada katola bhokisi kalipubula mu tjizwino ngono kalibiga pa tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo tje kuluji ha ungina mu ng'umba ya Yahwe, ngono bapirisiti bakalinda nkoba bakalonga mari wose akabe ezhisiwa mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu mulili.
- English10
Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal secretary and the high priest came, counted the money that had been brought into the temple of the Lord and put it into bags.
African KalangaKwakabe kuti abebona mari atjibe manji mu bhokisi, nkwalili wa mambo ne mpirisiti nkulu bakabe bezha be bala mari a wang'wa mu ng'umba ya Yahwe bealonga mu dziwhomwana.
- English11
When the amount had been determined, they gave the money to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. With it they paid those who worked on the temple of the Lord -the carpenters and builders,
African KalangaBepa batungamili be nshingo we Ng'umba ye Ndzimu mari akalizanila ngono bakalipa babezhi ne babaki bakabe beshinga ng'umba ya Yahwe,
- English12
the masons and stonecutters. They purchased timber and dressed stone for the repair of the temple of the Lord, and met all the other expenses of restoring the temple.
African Kalangane babaki be mabgwe ne babezhi be mabgwe, kakale kutengwa mapango ne mabgwe akabezhiwa kuti kululwamisiwe ng'umba ya Yahwe, ne tjinyikilo dzose dzekululwamisa Ng'umba ye Ndzimu.
- English13
The money brought into the temple was not spent for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets or any other articles of gold or silver for the temple of the Lord;
African KalangaMari akakubunganyiwa mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu akasishingisiwe kuthama zwikutili zwitukununu zwe siliva ne zwidzimi zwe mavone ne zwikutili zwinoshingisiwa kunyasa ne zwilidzo zwe lunyanga kene tjimwe tjija tje golide kene tje siliva zwe ng'umba ya Yahwe,
- African Kalanga
ngobe akabe epiwa bashingi bakabe belulwamisa ng'umba ya Yahwe.
- English15
They did not require an accounting from those to whom they gave the money to pay the workers, because they acted with complete honesty.
African KalangaNgono bakasishake kuti mari akashinga tjini ku bathu babakapa mari kuti balipe bashingi, ngobe bakashinga nge kugalikabgwe.
- English16
The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the temple of the Lord; it belonged to the priests.
African KalangaMari e zwibhayilo zwe milandu ne mari e zwibhayilo zwe zwibi iwo akabe asingashanganyiwe ne e ng'umba ya Yahwe, akabe ali e bapirisiti.
- English17
About this time Hazael king of Aram went up and attacked Gath and captured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem.
African KalangaMu misi iyeyo Hazaele mambo we Siriya kamilika kanogwa ne Gati ngono kaitapa. Kashanduka kuti anonginilila Jerusalema,
- English18
But Joash king of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers–Jehoshaphat, Jehoram and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah–and the gifts he himself had dedicated and all the gold found in the treasuries of the temple of the Lord and of the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram, who then withdrew from Jerusalem.
African Kalangakoga Jehoyashi mambo we Juda katola zwipo zose zwakayengemala zwakabe zwadusiwa ndi Jehoshafati na Jehoramu na Ahaziya botate babe bali bomambo be Juda bezwidusila Ng'umba ye Ndzimu kose ne zwipo zwizwe zwakayengemala ne golide yose imu matula e ng'umba ya Yahwe ne imu ng'umba ya mambo ngono kazwitumila kuna Hazaele mambo we Siriya. Ngono Hazaele kasiya Jerusalema.
- English19
As for the other events of the reign of Joash, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
African KalangaImwe mishingo ya Jehoyashi na zose zwaakathama zwakakwagwa mu lukwalo gwe zwiyitikalo gwa bomambo be Juda.
- English20
His officials conspired against him and assassinated him at Beth Millo, on the road down to Silla.
African KalangaNgono makombgwa awe kammukila, kanlukila gwanga, bakabulaya Joashi pa Bhetimilo mu zila inoyenda ku Sila.
- English21
The officials who murdered him were Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer. He died and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. And Amaziah his son succeeded him as king.
African KalangaMakombgwa akambulaya ndi Jozabadi nkololo wa Shimeyati na Jehozabadi nkololo wa Shomeri. Wakafa ngono kabiganyiwa pana botate babe mu nzi nkulu wa Dafite. Ngono Amaziya nkololo uwe kan'gala thaka.
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.