The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Kings 20English
2 Bomambo 20African Kalanga
- English1
In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”
African KalangaKwakati mu mazhuba iyawo Hezekiya kagwala kwaakabe pejo ngofa. Isaya nlebesambeli nkololo wa Amozi, kayenda kunli kan'dwa kati, “Yahwe bakati, ‘Lulwamisa zwe nsha uwo ngoti unowofa, autowopola.’ ”
- African Kalanga
Ipapo Hezekiya kashanduka kalinga ku guma ngono katembezela Yahwe eti,
- English3
“Remember, O Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
African Kalanga“Yahwe ndomukumbila, alakanani sekwa ndakatjila mbeli kwenyu, ndigalikabgwe nge buzhalo, ndishinga nge moyo wangu wose kakale ndishinga zwakanaka mbeli kwenyu.” Hezekiya kalila zwinogwadza.
- African Kalanga
Ngono kwakati Isaya asathu kabhuda mu nsha upakati, dama la Yahwe likazha kunli liti,
- English5
“Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord.
African Kalanga“Shanduka udwe Hezekiya ntungamili we bathu bangu uti, ‘Etji nditjo tjinolebgwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu wa tate babo Dafite, nda wha ntembezelo uwo, ndabona mishodzi iyo, bona, ndowokupodza ngono mu zhuba le butatu unowoyenda ku ng'umba ya Yahwe.
- English6
I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.’”
African KalangaNdowopapha butjilo gugo nge makole ali gumi lina mashanu (15). Ndowosunungula iwe ne nzi nkulu iwoyu mu luboko gwa mambo we Asiriya. Ndowobakilila nzi nkulu iwoyu nge kwangu ne ngekwe nlanda wangu Dafite.’ ”
- English7
Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” They did so and applied it to the boil, and he recovered.
African KalangaIpapo Isaya kati, “Zhisani tjiwunga tje phaya ngono mutjibige pa londa kuti ndizo apole.”
- English8
Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord on the third day from now?”
African KalangaNgono Hezekiya kabhuzwa Isaya kati, “Tjilakidzo tjowobeni tjekuti Yahwe banowondipodza, nekuti ndiyende ku ng'umba ya Yahwe mu zhuba le butatu?”
- English9
Isaiah answered, “This is the Lord’s sign to you that the Lord will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?”
African KalangaNgono Isaya kandwa kati, “Yetji nditjo tjilakidzo kukuli tjinodwa kuna Yahwe tjekuti Yahwe banowothama tjabakakugadzabgwe. Apa unoshaka ntutshi uyende mbeli thambo dzili gumi, kene ubgwilile shule thambo dzili gumi kene?”
- English10
“It is a simple matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps,” said Hezekiah. “Rather, have it go back ten steps.”
African KalangaNgono Hezekiya kadabila eti, “Tjithu tjilelulelu kuti ntutshi uyende mbeli thambo dzili gumi, koyita ungabgwilila shule thambo dzili gumi.”
- English11
Then the prophet Isaiah called upon the Lord, and the Lord made the shadow go back the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.
African KalangaIsaya we nlebesambeli kalilila kuna Yahwe ngono bakabgwiliza ntutshi shule thambo dzili gumi pawakabe wapinda tjilakidza tjibaka tja Ahazi.
- English12
At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of Hezekiah’s illness.
African KalangaMu tjibaka itjetjo Merodakhi Baladani nkololo wa Baladani mambo we Bhabhiloni katumila whalo ne zwipo kuna Hezekiya ngoti wakabe awha ngekwe bugwele gwa Hezekiya.
- English13
Hezekiah received the messengers and showed them all that was in his storehouses–the silver, the gold, the spices and the fine oil–his armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
African KalangaHezekiya kabaamutjila ngono kabalakidza dula le fumwa iye. Kabalakidza siliva ne golide ne zwipayisi ne mafuta e themba ipezhugwi, kabalakidza ne zwibhayano zwizwe, kabalakidza kose kwakabe kuli mu matula awe. Akuna tjimwe Hezekiya tjaakasiya mu ng'umba iye kene mu bumambo gugwe asabalakidza itjo.
- English14
Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, “What did those men say, and where did they come from?” “From a distant land,” Hezekiah replied. “They came from Babylon.”
African KalangaIpapo nlebesambeli Isaya kazha kuna Mambo Hezekiya kan'dwa kati, “Balume ibaba badwa ngayi, bakatini?” Hezekiya kadabila eti, “Bazha kundili bedwa ku shango ikule, shango ye Bhabhiloni.”
- English15
The prophet asked, “What did they see in your palace?” “They saw everything in my palace,” Hezekiah said. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
African KalangaIsaya kabhuzwa eti, “Babonani mu ng'umba iyo?” Hezekiya kadabila eti, “Babona kose kungabong'wa mu ng'umba yangu, akuna tjimu matula angu tjandisabalakidza.”
- African Kalanga
Ipapo Isaya kabe edwa Hezekiya eti, “Iwha kuti Yahwe bakatini?
- English17
The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the Lord.
African KalangaBona, mazhuba anozha anowoti zose zwimu ng'umba iyo naizo zose zwetjinga zwakakubunganyiwa ndi botate babo mu matula kuswikila nasi zwikasengegwa ku Bhabhiloni, akuna tjinowosala, koleba Yahwe.
- English18
And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, that will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
African KalangaBamwe be bakololo babo bawakazwala banowotapiwa, banowobe ngomwa mu ng'umba ye bumambo ya mambo we Bhabhiloni.”
- English19
“The word of the Lord you have spoken is good,” Hezekiah replied. For he thought, “Will there not be peace and security in my lifetime?”
African KalangaIpapo Hezekiya kabe eti kuna Isaya, “Dama la Yahwe lawaleba lakalulwama.” Wakajalo ngobe wakakumbula eti, “Mbakiso ne mbakililo zowobepo mu mazhuba angu.”
- English20
As for the other events of Hezekiah’s reign, all his achievements and how he made the pool and the tunnel by which he brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
African KalangaMimwe mishingo ya Hezekiya na zose zwaakatubula na sekwaakathama tshime ne kuzhisa vula mu nzi nkulu zwakakwagwa mu lukwalo gwe zwiyitikalo gwa bomambo be Juda.
- African Kalanga
Hezekiya kalala na botate babe ngono Manase 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.