The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Kings 17English
2 Bomambo 17African Kalanga
- English1
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years.
African KalangaMu gole le bugumi lina mabili le mbuso wa Ahazi mambo we Juda, Hosheya nkololo wa Ela katangisa kubusa Iziraela mu Samariya, ngono kabusa makole ali zhanalume.
- African Kalanga
Kathama mbipo mu mesho a Yahwe koga kusi sa bomambo be Iziraela bakabusa mbeli kukwe.
- English3
Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea, who had been Shalmaneser’s vassal and had paid him tribute.
African KalangaShalimanesa mambo we Asiriya kazha kuwonginilila, ngono Hosheya kanthigamila kandusila likhetho.
- English4
But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was a traitor, for he had sent envoys to So king of Egypt, and he no longer paid tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore Shalmaneser seized him and put him in prison.
African KalangaNgono mambo we Asiriya kabona bupitipiti muna Hosheya ngobe wakabe atuma batumwa kuna So, mambo we Egipiti ngono kasitjaduse likhetho kuna mambo we Asiriya, sekwaakabe ethama gole nge gole. Ndizowali Shalimanesa kambhata kanlonga mu ng'umba ye busungwa.
- English5
The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege to it for three years.
African KalangaMambo we Asiriya kamilika kanginilila shango yose, kakomba Samariya nge ngwa kwe makole matatu.
- English6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.
African KalangaMu gole le buzhanalume le mbuso wa Hosheya, mambo we Asiriya katapa Samariya ngono kasengela Baiziraela ku Asiriya mu busungwa. Ngono kabagadza mu Hala ne mu Habori gwizi gwe Gozani ne mu mizi mikulu ye Mediya.
- English7
All this took place because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of Egypt from under the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods
African KalangaKose ikoku kwakashingikala ngobe Baiziraela bakabe batjinyila Yahwe Ndzimu wabo, iye wakabadusa mu shango ye Egipiti pasi kwe simba la Faro mambo we Egipiti, bakanamata midzimu ipoga
- English8
and followed the practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before them, as well as the practices that the kings of Israel had introduced.
African Kalangangono bakatobela mipanga ye njudzi dzakatatiwa ndi Yahwe mbeli kwe Baiziraela, bakatobela mipanga ya bomambo be Iziraela.
- English9
The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city they built themselves high places in all their towns.
African KalangaBathu be Iziraela bakathamila zwithu mu ikowa zwisakalulwama kuna Yahwe Ndzimu wabo. Bakazwibakila magalo akatuthumala e zwibhayilo mu mizi yabo yose mikulu, kudwa mu mizi ina thungamakole kunoti ku mizi ye matizhilo.
- English10
They set up sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.
African KalangaBakazwibigila mabgwe e pano namatigwa ne mapango e ndzimukadzi Ashera mu duthu limwe ne limwe na kusi kwe nti mmwe ne mmwe ntala,
- English11
At every high place they burned incense, as the nations whom the Lord had driven out before them had done. They did wicked things that provoked the Lord to anger.
African Kalangangono bakapisila motsha mu magalo wose akatuthumala sekwakathama njudzi dzakatatiwa ndi Yahwe mbeli kwabo. Bakathama zwithu zwakabipa zwakalonga Yahwe bushongola.
- African Kalanga
Bakanamata midzimu yakabezhiwa nenguba Yahwe bakabe bati, “Musithame ikoku.”
- English13
The Lord warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers: “Turn from your evil ways. Observe my commands and decrees, in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your fathers to obey and that I delivered to you through my servants the prophets.”
African KalangaYahwe bakabe batjemela Iziraela ne Juda nge balebesambeli bose ne nge baboni bose beti, “Shandukilani zila dzenyu dzakabipa ngono mu bhate milayo yangu kuyendidzana nge nlayo wose wandakapa botate benyu na iwo wandakamupa nge balanda bangu balebesambeli.”
- English14
But they would not listen and were as stiff-necked as their fathers, who did not trust in the Lord their God.
African KalangaKoga bakasiteedze ngono bakabe nge misholo yakasima sa botate babo bakabe basingagalemoyo muna Yahwe Ndzimu wabo.
- English15
They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their fathers and the warnings he had given them. They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless. They imitated the nations around them although the Lord had ordered them, “Do not do as they do,” and they did the things the Lord had forbidden them to do.
African KalangaBakalamba ndaulo dzabo ne tjidumano tja wakabe wathama na botate babo na sekwawakabe wa tjemela. Bakatobela midzimu ye manyepkhwa bakasala basi bathu betjimwe, bakatobela njudzi dzakabe dzakabapoteleka nenguba Yahwe bakabe bababudza kuti basithame sekwadzinothama.
- English16
They forsook all the commands of the Lord their God and made for themselves two idols cast in the shape of calves, and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the starry hosts, and they worshiped Baal.
African KalangaNgono bakasiya milayo yose ya Yahwe Ndzimu wabo, bakazwithamila phulu mbili dzakabumbiwa ngono bakathama ifano tja Ashera bakathigamila mibunga yose ye kudzimu ngono bakashingila Bhaale.
- English17
They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced divination and sorcery and sold themselves to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
African KalangaBakapisa bakololo babo ne bakololokadzi babo kuli zwibhayilo, bakashingisa bemasalamusi ne ng'anga, bakazwipa mu kuthama mbipo mu mesho a Yahwe, bebalonga bushongola.
- English18
So the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah was left,
African KalangaNdizo Yahwe bakazhala bushongola ngekwe Iziraela ngono bakabadusa pa mesho abo, akuna wakasala kuzhe kwe ludzi gwa Juda koga.
- English19
and even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had introduced.
African KalangaNgono Bajuta nayibobo bakasi bhate milayo ya Yahwe Ndzimu wabo, koga bakatobela zila dze Baiziraela.
- English20
Therefore the Lord rejected all the people of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hands of plunderers, until he thrust them from his presence.
African KalangaNgono Yahwe bakalasha ludzi gose gwe Iziraela, bakabaloba shamu ngono bakabalonga mu maboko e batapi kuswikila babadusa pa mesho abo.
- English21
When he tore Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat their king. Jeroboam enticed Israel away from following the Lord and caused them to commit a great sin.
African KalangaKwakati Yahwe badusa Baiziraela mu ng'umba ya Dafite, Baiziraela bakabiga Jeroboamu nkololo wa Nebati kube mambo. Ngono Jeroboamu kakwebela Baiziraela kule na Yahwe, ngono kabathamisa tjibi tjikulu kwazo.
- African Kalanga
Bathu be Iziraela bakatobela zwibi zose zwakathamwa ndi Jeroboamu, bakasithubakane nazo,
- English23
until the Lord removed them from his presence, as he had warned through all his servants the prophets. So the people of Israel were taken from their homeland into exile in Assyria, and they are still there.
African Kalangakuswikila Yahwe badusa Baiziraela mu mesho abo sekwa bakaleba nge balanda babo balebesambeli. Ndizo Baiziraela bakadusiwa mu shango yabo bakagala mu busungwa ku Asiriya kuswikila nasi.
- English24
The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took over Samaria and lived in its towns.
African KalangaMambo we Asiriya kazhisa bathu banodwa ku Bhabhiloni ne Khuta ne Ava ne Hamati ne Sefarivaimu ngono kababiga mu mizi ye Samariya mu bumo gwe Baiziraela. Bakatola Samariya bakagala mu mizi yayo.
- English25
When they first lived there, they did not worship the Lord; so he sent lions among them and they killed some of the people.
African KalangaNgono mu kutangisa kugala kwabo ikoko bakasitje Yahwe, ndizo Yahwe bakatumila shumba mubali dzikabulaya bamwe babo.
- English26
It was reported to the king of Assyria: “The people you deported and resettled in the towns of Samaria do not know what the god of that country requires. He has sent lions among them, which are killing them off, because the people do not know what he requires.”
African KalangaKukanobudziwa mambo we Asiriya kuyi, “Zwitjaba zwamakatola munobiga ku mizi ye Samariya azwitoziba nlayo we Ndzimu we shango, ndizo watumila shumba mubali ngono dzobabulaya ngobe basingazibe nlayo we Ndzimu we shango.”
- English27
Then the king of Assyria gave this order: “Have one of the priests you took captive from Samaria go back to live there and teach the people what the god of the land requires.”
African KalangaNgono mambo we Asiriya kabadwa eti, “Tumilani mmwe we bapirisiti wamakasunga kudwa ku Samariya kuti abgwilile anogala ikweno ngono adiye bathu nlayo we Ndzimu we shango.”
- English28
So one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came to live in Bethel and taught them how to worship the Lord.
African KalangaNdizo mmwe we bapirisiti wabakatola ku Samariya kazha kagala mu Bhetele, ngono kabadiya kuti banamate Yahwe tjini.
- English29
Nevertheless, each national group made its own gods in the several towns where they settled, and set them up in the shrines the people of Samaria had made at the high places.
African KalangaKoga itjaba tjimwe ne tjimwe tjikazwithamila ndzimu watjo mu mizi yabakabe begala, ngono bakayibiga mu magalo akatuthumala e zwibhayilo akabe athamiwa nge Basamariya.
- English30
The men from Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the men from Cuthah made Nergal, and the men from Hamath made Ashima;
African KalangaBalume be Bhabhiloni bakathama ifano tja Sukotibhenoti, balume be Khuti bakathama tja Nagali, balume be Hamati bakathama tja Ashima,
- English31
the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire as sacrifices to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
African Kalangangono Baavi bakathama tja Nibhazi na Taritaki, ngono Basefavaimu bakapisila Adirameleki na Anameleki midzimu yabo bana babo mu moto.
- English32
They worshiped the Lord, but they also appointed all sorts of their own people to officiate for them as priests in the shrines at the high places.
African KalangaBakanamata Yahwe, koga naibobo bakazwibigila bapirisiti babo mu magalo akatuthumala e zwibhayilo, bakabe bedusa zwibhayilo mu bumo gwabo mu magalo akatuthumala.
- English33
They worshiped the Lord, but they also served their own gods in accordance with the customs of the nations from which they had been brought.
African KalangaBakanamata Yahwe, koga bakashingila midzimu yabo kuyendidzana nge mipanga ye njudzi dzabakadwa ku dzili.
- English34
To this day they persist in their former practices. They neither worship the Lord nor adhere to the decrees and ordinances, the laws and commands that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
African KalangaKuswikila nasi batjathama mazwibhato abo a ntolo. Abato namata Yahwe kene kuli ku tobela milayo ya Yahwe yabakapa bana ba Jakubo iye wabakadana Iziraela.
- English35
When the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites, he commanded them: “Do not worship any other gods or bow down to them, serve them or sacrifice to them.
African KalangaYahwe bakathama tjidumano nabo ngono bakabadwa bakati, “Musitongo namata midzimu ipoga kene kuli kuyithigamila kene kuyishingila kene kuyidusila zwibhayilo.
- English36
But the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt with mighty power and outstretched arm, is the one you must worship. To him you shall bow down and to him offer sacrifices.
African KalangaKoga munamate Yahwe, ibo bakamudusa mu shango ye Egipiti nge simba gulu ne nge luboko gwabo gwakatambunidziwa, mu thigamile ibo ngono mu badusile zwibhayilo.
- English37
You must always be careful to keep the decrees and ordinances, the laws and commands he wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.
African KalangaMube ne njele ku londolodza milayo yabo yabakamukwalila. Musinamate midzimu ipoga.
- African Kalanga
Musikangang'we tjidumano tjandakathama namwi ngono musithigamile midzimu ipoga.
- English39
Rather, worship the Lord your God; it is he who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”
African KalangaKoga munamate Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu, ngono banowomusunungula mu luboko gwe zwita zwenyu zose.”
- African Kalanga
Koga bakasiteedze ngono bakadwilila nge mipanga yabo ya ntolo.
- English41
Even while these people were worshiping the Lord, they were serving their idols. To this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
African KalangaZwitjaba izwezo zwikathigamila Yahwe ngono kakale beshingila midzimu yabo. Nanasi bana babo ne bana be bana babo banothama sa botate babo.
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.