The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Samuel 10English
2 Samuwele 10African Kalanga
- English1
In the course of time, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him as king.
African KalangaKwakati shule kwa ikoku, mambo we Baamoni kafa, ngono nkololo uwe Hanuni kan'gala thaka.
- English2
David thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father. When David’s men came to the land of the Ammonites,
African KalangaDafite kabe eti, “Ndowothamila Hanuni nkololo wa Nahashi buthu, sekwa tate babe bakandithamila buthu.” Ndizo Dafite katuma batumwa kunomila mu bumo gugwe kunfumidza ngekwa tate babe. Kwakati bamilili ba Dafite baswika mu shango ye Baamoni,
- English3
the Ammonite nobles said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think David is honoring your father by sending men to you to express sympathy? Hasn’t David sent them to you to explore the city and spy it out and overthrow it?”
African Kalangabatungamili be Baamoni bakadwa Hanuni tetshi wabo bakati, “Apa mokumbula kuti Dafite unoteta tate benyu, ngotumila batumwa kuwomila kumuli kene? Apa aazobatumila kuwoshola nzi bali shodzi kuti baukulile kene?”
- English4
So Hanun seized David’s men, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments in the middle at the buttocks, and sent them away.
African KalangaNdizo Hanuni kabe ebhata batumwa ba Dafite, ebatesela ndedu lushaya gumwe gwe mmwe ne mmwe wabo, ebe etjeka zwiambalo zwabo kuma muthunji, ebe ebatata.
- English5
When David was told about this, he sent messengers to meet the men, for they were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho till your beards have grown, and then come back.”
African KalangaKwakati Dafite abudziwa ngekwako, katuma batumwa kunobashanganidza, ngobe bakabe balengudzika kwazo. Mambo bakabadwa bakati, “Mugale ku Jerikho kuswikila ndedu dzenyu dzikula ndizo mukobuya.”
- English6
When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench in David’s nostrils, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth Rehob and Zobah, as well as the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and also twelve thousand men from Tob.
African KalangaKwakati Baamoni batjibona kuti bazwigwisanya na Dafite, bakatapa babhayani be makumbo bali zwiwulu zwili makumi mabili (20 000) be Baaramu kudwa ku Bhetirehobhu ne Baaramu be Zoba, na Mambo we Maakha ana balume bali tjiwulu (1 000), nenge balume bali zwiwulu zwili gumi lina kubili (12 000) banodwa ku Tobi.
- African Kalanga
Kwakati Dafite ewha ikoku, katuma Joabu ne goko lose le babhayani.
- English8
The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance to their city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.
African KalangaBaamoni bakabhuda bakama bali mu ndongoloso ye ngwa pa nkoba we nzi wabo, koga Baaramu be Zoba ne be Rehobu ne balume be Tobi ne Maaka bakabe bali kupoga ku shango.
- English9
Joab saw that there were battle lines in front of him and behind him; so he selected some of the best troops in Israel and deployed them against the Arameans.
African KalangaKukati Joabu ebona kuti ngwa yankomba mbeli na shule, kashalula bamwe be babhayani banogalikabgwe, kabalingisanya ne Baaramu.
- English10
He put the rest of the men under the command of Abishai his brother and deployed them against the Ammonites.
African KalangaBamwe balume bakasala kabalonga mu maboko Abishayi nnung'una uwe kube pasi kukwe, kabalingisanya ne Baamoni.
- English11
Joab said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you are to come to my rescue; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to rescue you.
African KalangaKabe endwa eti, “Ha Baaramu bangandikulila, unowozha kuwondibhatsha, ngono ha Baamoni bangakukulila, ndowozha kuwokubhatsha.
- English12
Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The Lord will do what is good in his sight.”
African KalangaUbe ne tjilopa, tigwe takasima tigwila bathu bedu ne mizi ye Ndzimu wedu, Yahwe ngabathame tjabanobona tjakabalulwamila.”
- English13
Then Joab and the troops with him advanced to fight the Arameans, and they fled before him.
African KalangaNdizo Joabu ne baakabe anabo bakasedzela mu ngwa kugwa ne Baaramu, Baaramu bakantizha.
- English14
When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans were fleeing, they fled before Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab returned from fighting the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
African KalangaKwakati Baamoni bebona Baaramu betizha naibobo bakatizha Abishayi bakangina mu nzi. Ndizo Joabu kabgwilila ku Jerusalema.
- African Kalanga
Shule kwe Baaramu basinobona kuti bakundiwa ne Baiziraela bakazwikubunganya.
- English16
Hadadezer had Arameans brought from beyond the River; they went to Helam, with Shobach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
African KalangaHadadezeri kadusa whi kudana Baaramu bakabe bali seli kwe Gwizi gwe Yufuratesi, ngono bakazha ku Helamu, Shobaki nlauli we babhayani ba Hadadezeri akabatungamilila.
- English17
When David was told of this, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan and went to Helam. The Arameans formed their battle lines to meet David and fought against him.
African KalangaKwakati Dafite ebudziwa ngekwako, kakubunganya Baiziraela bose, bakatjuluka Jorodani bakayenda ku Helamu. Baaramu bakazwilulwamisila ngwa bakashanganidza Dafite kugwa naye.
- English18
But they fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred of their charioteers and forty thousand of their foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there.
African KalangaKoga Baaramu bakamadzuka betizha Baiziraela, Dafite kabulaya bayendisi be koloyi dze ngwa bali mazana ali kutendeka (700) ne babhayani be makumbo bali zwiwulu zwili makumi manna (40 000), bakaloba bakakubadza Shobaki nlauli we ngwa yabo, kafila ipapo.
- English19
When all the kings who were vassals of Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with the Israelites and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
African KalangaKwakati bomambo bose bakabe bali makulukota a Hadadezeri bebona kuti bakundiwa nge Iziraela, bakathama tjidumilano nabo bakabe balanda babo. Ndizo Baaramu bakatja bakasitjafe babhatsha Baamoni kakale.
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.