The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Kings 14English
2 Bomambo 14African Kalanga
- English1
In the second year of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah began to reign.
African KalangaMu gole le bubili la Jehoashi nkololo wa Jehoyazi mambo we Iziraela, Amaziya nkololo wa Joashi mambo we Juda katangisa busa.
- English2
He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
African KalangaWakatangisa busa ana makole ali makumi mabili ana mashanu (25), ngono kabusa makole ali makumi mabili ana ali zhanalume (29) mu Jerusalema. Zina la mmeyabe kuli Jehoyadini bedwa ku Jerusalema.
- English3
He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not as his father David had done. In everything he followed the example of his father Joash.
African KalangaKathama tjakalulwama mu mesho a Yahwe koga kusi sa tate babe Dafite, mu zwithu zose wakashinga sa tate babe Joashi.
- English4
The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
African KalangaKoga magalo akatuthumala kasidusiwe, bathu bakadwilila bedusila zwibhayilo ne kupisila motsha mu magalo akatuthumala.
- English5
After the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king.
African KalangaKwakati simba le bumambo latjidzikama mu maboko awe, kabulaya makombgwa awe akabulaya mambo tate babe.
- English6
Yet he did not put the sons of the assassins to death, in accordance with what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses where the Lord commanded: “Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sins.”
African KalangaNgono kasibulaye bana be babulayi kuyendidzana nge tjakakwagwa mu lukwalo gwe nlayo gwa Mushe, Yahwe pa bakalaula beti, “Botate basibulawe ngekwe bana, ne bana basibulawe ngekwa botate babo, koga mwe ne mwe afile zwibi zwizwe.”
- English7
He was the one who defeated ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and captured Sela in battle, calling it Joktheel, the name it has to this day.
African KalangaNdiye wakabulaya Baedomu bali zwiwulu zwili gumi (10 000) ku Nkuku we Mwenyu ngono katapa nzi we Sela mu ngwa, kaudana eti Jokoteli, zina lawo nanasi.
- English8
Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, with the challenge: “Come, meet me face to face.”
African KalangaIpapo Amaziya katuma batumwa kuna Jehoashi nkololo wa Jehoyahazi ali nkololo wa Jehu mambo we Iziraela eti, “Buya ti lingisane.”
- English9
But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle underfoot.
African KalangaKoga Jehoashi mambo we Iziraela kashandula Amaziya mambo we Juda eti, “Kungubo tjimu Lebanoni tjatumidzila ku nsida umu Lebanoni tjiti, ‘Lobodza nkololokadzi uwo ku nkololo wangu,’ ngono tjibandana tjimu Lebanoni tjakapinda tjikatshamba ikungubo.
- English10
You have indeed defeated Edom and now you are arrogant. Glory in your victory, but stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?”
African KalangaNge malebeswa wakakunda Baedomu ngono ngwenu unozwikudza. Uzwikudze nge kukunda kuko koga ugale ku nzi. Ini uzwidanila mbatsha kuti uwe kose ne Juda?”
- English11
Amaziah, however, would not listen, so Jehoash king of Israel attacked. He and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth Shemesh in Judah.
African KalangaKoga Amaziya kasiteedze, Jehoashi mambo we Iziraela kamilika, ngono iye na Amaziya mambo we Juda bakalingisana mu ngwa ku Bhetishemeshi ye Juda.
- African Kalanga
Juda kakundiwa ne Iziraela ngono mmwe ne mmwe katizhila ku nzi uwe.
- English13
Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate–a section about six hundred feet long.
African KalangaJehoyashi mambo we Iziraela katapa Amaziya mambo we Juda kuli nkololo wa Joashi ali nkololo wa Ahaziya ku Bhetishemeshi. Ipapo Joashi kayenda ku Jerusalema ngono kaliga guma le Jerusalema kudwa ku nkoba we Ifureimi kunoti ku Nkoba we Kundzibo kungabe thambo dzili mazana mabili.
- English14
He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the temple of the Lord and in the treasuries of the royal palace. He also took hostages and returned to Samaria.
African KalangaKatola golide yose ne siliva yose ne zwija zose zwakabe zwili mu ng'umba ya Yahwe ne mu matula e ng'umba ya mambo kose ne batapiwa ngono kabgwilila ku Samariya.
- English15
As for the other events of the reign of Jehoash, what he did and his achievements, including his war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?
African KalangaMimwe mishingo ya Jehoyashi ne zwaakathama ne zwaakatubula na sekwa akagwa na Ahaziya mambo we Juda zwakakwagwa mu lukwalo gwe Zwiyitikalo gwa bomambo be Iziraela.
- English16
Jehoash rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And Jeroboam his son succeeded him as king.
African KalangaJehoyashi kalala na botate babe ngono kabiganyigwa mu Samariya na bomambo be Iziraela, Jeroboamu nkololo uwe kan'gala thaka.
- English17
Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
African KalangaAmaziya nkololo wa Joashi mambo we Juda, wakatjila makole ali gumi lina mashanu (15) shule kwe lufu gwa Jehoyashi nkololo wa Jehoyahazi mambo we Iziraela.
- English18
As for the other events of Amaziah’s reign, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
African KalangaMimwe mishingo ya Amaziya yakakwagwa mu lukwalo gwe Zwiyitikalo gwa bomambo be Juda.
- English19
They conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish, but they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there.
African KalangaNgono bakanlukila gwanga mu Jerusalema, katizhila ku Lakhishi, koga bakantumila balume ku Lakhishi bakambulayila ko.
- English20
He was brought back by horse and was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers, in the City of David.
African KalangaWakazhisiwa nge mbizi ngono kabiganyigwa mu Jerusalema pana botate babe mu nzi nkulu wa Dafite.
- English21
Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
African KalangaBathu bose be Juda bakatola Azariya wakabe ana makole ali gumi lina matathatu (16) bakambiga mambo mu bumo gwa tate babe Amaziya.
- English22
He was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his fathers.
African KalangaNdiye wakabaka Elati kaibgwilizila Juda, shule kwekuti mambo balale na botate babo.
- English23
In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years.
African KalangaMu gole le bugumi lina makole ali mashanu (15) le mbuso wa Amaziya nkololo wa Joashi mambo we Juda, Jeroboamu nkololo wa Joashi mambo we Iziraela katangisa busa mu Samariya, ngono wakabusa makole ali makumi manna ana gole (41).
- English24
He did evil in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.
African KalangaKathama mbipo mu mesho a Yahwe, kasiletje zwibi zose zwa Jeroboamu nkololo wa Nebati, izo zwaakathamisa Iziraela tjibi.
- English25
He was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, in accordance with the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, spoken through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.
African KalangaNdiye wakabgwilizila Iziraela migathu kudwa ku nkoba we Hamati kunoti tjose ku Gungwa gwe Araba kuyendidzana nge dama la Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela labakaleba nge nlanda wabo Jona nkololo wa Amitayi we nlebesambeli unodwa ku Gatihefa.
- English26
The Lord had seen how bitterly everyone in Israel, whether slave or free, was suffering; there was no one to help them.
African KalangaNgobe Yahwe bakabe babona kudziyila kwe Baiziraela kugwadza, kwakabe kusina basala, basungwa kene bakasununguka ngono kwakabe kusina ungaba bhatsha.
- English27
And since the Lord had not said he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
African KalangaKoga Yahwe bakabe basaleba kuti banowodzimidza zina le Iziraela pasi kwe zhuzhugwi, ndizo bakabatjidza nge luboko gwa Jeroboamu nkololo wa Joashi.
- English28
As for the other events of Jeroboam’s reign, all he did, and his military achievements, including how he recovered for Israel both Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Yaudi, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?
African KalangaMimwe mishingo ya Jeroboamu na zose zwaakathama ne zwaakatubula ne sekwa akagwa na sekwa akabgwilizila Iziraela Damasiko ne Hamati yakabe ili ye Juda, zwakakwagwa mu lukwalo gwe Zwiyitikalo gwa bomambo be Iziraela.
- English29
Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. And Zechariah his son succeeded him as king.
African KalangaNgono Jeroboamu kalala na botate babe bomambo be Iziraela, Zakhariya 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.