The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Kings 21English
2 Bomambo 21African Kalanga
- English1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.
African KalangaManase wakatangisa kubusa ana makole ali gumi lina mabili (12), wakabusa makole ali makumi mashanu ana mashanu (55) mu Jerusalema. Zina la mmeyabe liyi Hefiziba.
- English2
He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
African KalangaKathama mbipo mu mesho a Yahwe, etobela mipanga ye zwitjaba zwakabe zwatatiwa ndi Yahwe mbeli kwe Baiziraela.
- English3
He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them.
African KalangaWakamusa magalo akatuthumala akabe a kolomodziwa ndi tate babe Hezekiya, ngono kabakila Bhaale tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo kathama phanda dze ndzimukadzi Ashera sekwakathama Ahabu mambo we Iziraela, ngono kathigamila mibunga yose ye zhuzhugwi, kayishingila.
- English4
He built altars in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put my Name.”
African KalangaNgono kabaka zwibeso zwe zwibhayilo mu ng'umba ya Yahwe, Yahwe bakabe baleba ngekwayo beti, “Ndowobiga zina langu mu Jerusalema.”
- African Kalanga
Mu mabazhe nge bubili gwawo e Ng'umba ya Yahwe, kabaka zwibeso zwe zwibhayilo kuti kuthigamigwe mibunga yose ye zhuzhugwi.
- English6
He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
African KalangaKapisa nkololo uwe kuli tjibhayilo ngono kathama mishingo ye buloyi neye masalamusi, kashinga ne zwangoma ne midzimu. Kathama zwinji zwakabipa mu mesho a Yahwe, kabalonga bushongola.
- English7
He took the carved Asherah pole he had made and put it in the temple, of which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.
African KalangaNgono katola ifano tja Ashera tjaakabe athama katjibiga mu Ng'umba ya Yahwe yabakaleba ngekwayo kuna Dafite ne ku nkololo uwe Solomoni beti, “Mu ng'umba iyeyi, ne mu Jerusalema yandakashalula mu njudzi dzose dze Iziraela, ndowobiga zina langu nge kusingapele.
- English8
I will not again make the feet of the Israelites wander from the land I gave their forefathers, if only they will be careful to do everything I commanded them and will keep the whole Law that my servant Moses gave them.”
African KalangaNgono anditjowoletja Baiziraela bakayendayenda be bhuda mu shango yandakapa botate babo, koga abangabe ne njele kushinga kuyendidzana ne tjandakabadwa ne kuyendidzana ne nlayo wose wabakadwiwa ndi Mushe nlanda wangu.”
- English9
But the people did not listen. Manasseh led them astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.
African KalangaKoga bakasiteedze, Manase kabakwebela ntome kuti bathame mbipo inopinda yakathamwa nge zwitjaba zwakalobesiwa na Yahwe mbeli kwe bathu be Iziraela.
- African Kalanga
Ngono Yahwe bakalebeleka nge balanda babo balebesambeli beti,
- English11
“Manasseh king of Judah has committed these detestable sins. He has done more evil than the Amorites who preceded him and has led Judah into sin with his idols.
African Kalanga“Ngoti Manase mambo we Juda wa shinga zwinoshimisa, wathama mbipo kupinda Baamori bakabe bali mbeli kukwe, ngono katungamilila Juda mu tjibi nge midzimu iye,
- English12
Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.
African Kalangandizo wali tjinoleba Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela ndi yetji, Bonani, ndowozhisa mbipo mu Jerusalema ne mu Juda inowoti mmwe ne mmwe unowha nge kwayo zebe dzidze dzikadhuma.
- English13
I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
African KalangaNdowosimisila Jerusalema ntjili we tjilizanyo we Samariya ne ntjili unotambunudza wakashingisigwa be nsha wa Ahabu. Ndowotshumula Jerusalema se ndinotshula ndilo, ndiyitshula ngono ndiyitshibika.
- English14
I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance and hand them over to their enemies. They will be looted and plundered by all their foes,
African KalangaNdowolasha malimbelimbe e thaka yangu ngono abalonga mu maboko e zwita zwabo. Banowotapiwa bakabe basungwa be zwita zwabo.
- English15
because they have done evil in my eyes and have provoked me to anger from the day their forefathers came out of Egypt until this day.”
African KalangaNgoti bakathama mbipo mu mesho angu ngono bakandilonga bushongola, kudwa tjose zhuba la botate babo be bhuda mu Egipiti kuswikila nasi.”
- English16
Moreover, Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end–besides the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, so that they did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
African KalangaKupinda ipapa, Manase wakatebula malopa manjinji asina nlandu, ezhadza Jerusalema kudwa ku ndzibo kunoti ku umwe, kuzhe kwe tjibi tjaakathama Juda kuti atjithame, kuti ndizo bathame mbipo mu mesho a Yahwe.
- English17
As for the other events of Manasseh’s reign, and all he did, including the sin he committed, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
African KalangaMishingo mimwe ya Manase na zose zwaakathama ne zwibi zwaakashinga zwakakwagwa mu lukwalo gwe zwiyitikalo gwa bomambo be Juda.
- English18
Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And Amon his son succeeded him as king.
African KalangaNgono Manase kalala na botate babe ngono kabiganyiwa mu nnda we ng'umba iye, mu nnda wa Uza. Amoni nkololo uwe kan'gala thaka.
- English19
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.
African KalangaAmoni wakatangisa kubusa ana makole ali makumi mabili ana mabili (22) ngono kabusa makole mabili mu Jerusalema. Zina la mmeyabe liyi Meshulemeti nkololokadzi wa Haruzi we Jotibha.
- African Kalanga
Kathama mbipo mu mesho a Yahwe sekwakathama tate babe Manase.
- English21
He walked in all the ways of his father; he worshiped the idols his father had worshiped, and bowed down to them.
African KalangaKatobela zila dzose dzakatobegwa na tate babe, ngono kashingila midzimu ye zwifano yakashingigwa na tate babe, kayithigamila.
- African Kalanga
Kafupatila Yahwe Ndzimu wa botate babe ngono kasitobele zila dza Yahwe.
- African Kalanga
Ngono makombgwa a Amoni kanlukila gwanga, ngono bakabulayila mambo mu ng'umba iye.
- English24
Then the people of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place.
African KalangaNgono bathu be shango bakabulaya bose bakabe balukila Mambo Amoni gwanga, ngono bakabiga Josiya nkololo uwe kube mambo mu bumo gugwe.
- English25
As for the other events of Amon’s reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
African KalangaMishingo yose ya Amoni yaakathama yakakwagwa mu lukwalo gwe zwiyitikalo gwa bomambo be Juda.
- English26
He was buried in his grave in the garden of Uzza. And Josiah his son succeeded him as king.
African KalangaWakabiganyiwa mu ikumbu tjitje mu nnda wa Uza. Ngono Josiya 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.