The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Kings 2English
2 Bomambo 2African Kalanga
- English1
When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.
African KalangaKwakati Yahwe batjibe pejo ngotolela Elija pezhugwi kudzimu nge tjampupudze, Elija na Elisha bakabe bali muzila bedwa ku Giligala.
- English2
Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
African KalangaNgono Elija kati kuna Elisha, “Gala ipapa, ndokukumbila, ngobe Yahwe bandituma ku Bhetele.” Ngono Elisha kati, “Ndotuna na Yahwe banotjila kose nawe nditi, andingakusiye.” Bakadelukila ku Bhetele.
- English3
The company of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and asked, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?” “Yes, I know,” Elisha replied, “but do not speak of it.”
African KalangaBadiyiwana be balebesambeli bakabe bali mu Bhetele bakazha kuna Elisha ngono bakati kunli, “Apa moziba kuti nasi Yahwe banowomutolela tetshi wenyu kene?” Elisha kashandula eti, “Ee ndoziba, koga nyalalani.”
- English4
Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here, Elisha; the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” And he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
African KalangaElija kandwa kati, “Elisha gala ipapa, ndokukumbila, ngobe Yahwe bandituma ku Jerikho.” Ngono kashandula eti, “Ndotuna na Yahwe banotjila kose nawe nditi, Andingakusiye.” Ndizo bakayenda ku Jerikho.
- English5
The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied, “but do not speak of it.”
African KalangaBadiyiwana be balebesambeli bakabe bali ku Jerikho bakasedzela kuna Elisha bakandwa bakati, “Apa moziba kuti nasi Yahwe banowomutolela tetshi wenyu kene?” Ngono kashandula eti, “Ee ndoziba koga nyalalani.”
- English6
Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” And he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them walked on.
African KalangaIpapo Elija kati kunli, “Gala ipapa, ndokukumbila, ngobe Yahwe bandituma ku Jorodani.” Koga kashandula eti, “Ndotuna na Yahwe banotjila kose nawe nditi, andingakusiye.” Ndizo bubili gwabo bakayenda.
- English7
Fifty men of the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan.
African KalangaBalume bali makumi mashanu (50), bali badiyiwana be balebesambeli bakayenda bakama tjakulenyana nabo, ibo bubili gwabo balimile pa Jorodani.
- English8
Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up and struck the water with it. The water divided to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
African KalangaIpapo Elija katola hazu iye kaipomba ngono kaloba vula nayo, vula ikathubukana, imwe ikabe ku ndzibo mmwe, imwe ikabe ku mmwe, ngono bubili gwabo bakatjuluka na pasi pakawoma.
- English9
When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?” “Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.
African KalangaKwakati batjitjuluka, Elija kadwa Elisha kati, “Kumbila tjaunoshaka ndikuthamila ndisathu atogwa pakuli.” Elisha kashandula eti, “Ndokukumbila, meya iyo ngaipaphiwe kabili mundili.”
- English10
“You have asked a difficult thing,” Elijah said, “yet if you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours–otherwise not.”
African KalangaNgono kati, “Wakumbila tjithu tjakasima seni, ngono nenguba kwakajalo ha ungandibona pandinowobe nditogwa pakuli, kowoshingikala kujalo mukuli, koga ha usingandibone akutowoshingikala kuijalo.”
- English11
As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.
African KalangaKoga kwakati batjayenda belebeleka, bona, kukazha koloyi ye moto ne mbizi dze moto ngono dzikabathubukanya bubili gwabo, ngono Elija kayenda pezhugwi kudzimu nge tjampupudze.
- English12
Elisha saw this and cried out, “My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And Elisha saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them apart.
African KalangaElisha kabona ngono kalila kati, “Tate bangu, tate bangu, koloyi dze Iziraela ne bataswi badzo.” Ngono kasitjambone kakale. Ipapo kabhata zwiambalo zwizwe kazwipalula kabili.
- English13
He picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
African KalangaNgono katola hazu ya Elija yakabe yawa munli, kashanduka kama pa phili ye Jorodani.
- English14
Then he took the cloak that had fallen from him and struck the water with it. “Where now is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.
African KalangaIpapo katola hazu yakabe yawa muna Elija, kaloba vula nayo eti, “Bangayi Yahwe, Ndzimu wa Elija?” Ngono kati asinoloba vula, vula ikathubukana imwe ku ndzibo mmwe imwe ku ndzibo mmwe, ndizo Elisha katjuluka.
- English15
The company of the prophets from Jericho, who were watching, said, “The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.
African KalangaBadiyiwana be balebesambeli be Jerikho bakabe bakalingilila bakati, “Meya ya Elija igele muna Elisha.” Ngono bakayenda kunonshanganidza, ngono bakathigama pasi mbeli kukwe.
- English16
“Look,” they said, “we your servants have fifty able men. Let them go and look for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the Lord has picked him up and set him down on some mountain or in some valley.” “No,” Elisha replied, “do not send them.”
African KalangaNgono bakandwa bakati, “Bona, iswi balanda babo ti balume bakasima bali makumi mashanu (50), tokumbila tiyende tinoshaka tetshi uwo, pamwe meya ya Yahwe yantola ikanonlashila ku limwe le matombo kene ku mmwe nkuku.” Ngono kati, “Musiyende.”
- English17
But they persisted until he was too ashamed to refuse. So he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find him.
African KalangaKoga bakankwekweredza kudzina e bhakhwa nge shoni, ngono kati, “Yendani.” Ndizo bakatuma balume bali makumi mashanu, ngono bakanshaka kwe mazhuba matatu koga bakasimbone.
- English18
When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”
African KalangaNgono bakabgwilila kunli atjigele mu Jerikho, kati kubali, “Apa andizomubudza kuti musiyende kene?”
- English19
The men of the city said to Elisha, “Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive.”
African KalangaIpapo balume be nzi nkulu bakati kuna Elisha, “Bonani, tetshi wedu, nzi nkulu iwoyu ugele zwakanaka sekwa munobona, koga vula ayitozipa kose ne shango ayitodusa zojiwa.”
- African Kalanga
Kabe eti, “Mundizhisile ndilo tshwa, mulonge mwenyu muili.” Ndizo bakaizhisa kunli.
- English21
Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.’”
African KalangaIpapo kayenda ku nsenya we vula kalashila mwenyu muuli, kati, “Tjinoleba Yahwe etji, ‘Ndalapa vula iyeyi, akutjowobe ne lufu kene kusawana zwizwalo kunowobhuda muili.’ ”
- African Kalanga
Ndizo vula ikapola kuswikila zhuba la nasi, kuyendidzana nge dama lakalebgwa ndi Elisha.
- English23
From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. “Go on up, you baldhead!” they said. “Go on up, you baldhead!”
African KalangaKudwa ipapo Elisha katathila ku Bhetele. Wakati atja yenda ali muzila, kukabhuda balisana mu nzi nkulu benkuwelela beti, “Yenda woko ne bhalo! Yenda woko ne bhalo!”
- English24
He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.
African KalangaNgono katjebuka, kati ebabona kabalonga bhiso mu zina la Yahwe. Ndizo kukabhuda bhira hadzi mbili mu ishaka dzikapalulanya balisana bali makumi manna ana babili (42).
- African Kalanga
Kudwa ipapo kayenda ku Dombo le Karimeli, kwakati shule kabgwilila ku Samariya.
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.