The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
2 Samuel 6English
2 Samuwele 6African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Dafite kakubunganya kakale balume bali zwiwulu zwili makumi matatu (30 000) bose bakashalugwa mu Iziraela.
- English2
He and all his men set out from Baalah of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name, the name of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on the ark.
African KalangaDafite ne balume bose baakabe anabo bakamilika kudwa mu Bhaale we Juda kunotolako Bhokisi le Ndzimu, linodang'wa nge zina la Yahwe Masimbawose, ibo bagele pakati kwe dzikherubhu.
- English3
They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart
African KalangaBakalonga Bhokisi le Ndzimu mu kara tshwa, bebe belidusa mu ng'umba ya Abinadabu yakabe ili pezhugwi kwe duthu. Bakololo ba Abinadabu, Uza na Ahio ndibo bakabe beyendisa kara tshwa
- African Kalanga
ina Bhokisi le Ndzimu muili, ngono Ahio eyenda mbeli kwayo.
- English5
David and the whole house of Israel were celebrating with all their might before the Lord, with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, sistrums and cymbals.
African KalangaDafite ne ng'umba yose ye Iziraela bakabe bezana nge simba labo lose mbeli kwa Yahwe, bemba belidza zwilidzo zwakathamwa nge nti we nsipuri, matende ne dzithamborini ne matumbana ne dzisimbali.
- English6
When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled.
African KalangaBakati beswika ku lutombo gwa Nakoni, Uza kaabilila nge luboko gugwe ku Bhokisi le Ndzimu kalibhata ngobe mangabe akabe alizunguza.
- English7
The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act; therefore God struck him down and he died there beside the ark of God.
African KalangaYahwe bakazhala bushongola ngekwa Uza, ngekwe kushaya kutja kukwe, ndizo bakambulaya, kafila pa wunde ye Bhokisi le Ndzimu.
- English8
Then David was angry because the Lord’s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.
African KalangaIpapo Dafite kagwadzamoyo, ngobe bushongola gwa Yahwe gwawila Uza, ndizo pathu ipapo pakadang'wa Pereziuza na nasi.
- English9
David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, “How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me?”
African KalangaDafite wakabe etja Yahwe mu zhuba ilelo, kabe eti, “Apa Bhokisi le Ndzimu lingazha kundili tjini?”
- English10
He was not willing to take the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
African KalangaWakabe asingayemule kutola Bhokisi la Yahwe kugala nalo mu Nzi nkulu uwe, mu bumo gwa ikoku, Dafite wakalitola kaliyesa ku ng'umba ya Obediedomu we N'giti.
- English11
The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed- Edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed him and his entire household.
African KalangaBhokisi la Yahwe likagala mimwedzi mitatu mu ng'umba ya Obediedomu we N'giti, Yahwe bakakombolela Obediedomu ne nsha uwe wose.
- English12
Now King David was told, “The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has, because of the ark of God.” So David went down and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed- Edom to the City of David with rejoicing.
African KalangaMambo Dafite kawha kuti, Yahwe bakakombolela nsha wa Obediedomu na zose zwaanazo, ngekwe Bhokisi le Ndzimu. Ndizo Dafite kayenda kanotola Bhokisi le Ndzimu ku ng'umba ya Obediedomu elizhisa ku Nzi nkulu wa Dafite nge nzano nkulu.
- English13
When those who were carrying the ark of the Lord had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.
African KalangaKukati ibaba bakabe bakasenga Bhokisi la Yahwe bayenda thambo dzili kutathatu, kathama tjibhayilo tje ngabe ne ikondolo tjakakodziwa.
- African Kalanga
Dafite kazana mbeli kwa Yahwe nge simba lile lose, akaambala efodi.
- English15
while he and the entire house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of trumpets.
African KalangaNdizo Dafite ne nsha wose we Iziraela bakatathila ne Bhokisi la Yahwe nge mipululu belidza lunyanga.
- English16
As the ark of the Lord was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him in her heart.
African KalangaKwakati Bhokisi la Yahwe lingina mu Nzi Nkulu wa Dafite, Mikhali nkololokadzi wa Saulo kashozhela kuzhe nge fesitere, kabona Mambo Dafite ekudzula ezana mbeli kwa Yahwe, ngono kansola mu moyo uwe.
- English17
They brought the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the Lord.
African KalangaBakaswikisa Bhokisi la Yahwe, bakaligadza pa bugalo gwalo, mukati kwe nshasha walakabe labambuligwa ndi Dafite. Dafite kadusila Yahwe zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa ne zwibhayilo zwe mbakisano.
- English18
After he had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord Almighty.
African KalangaKwakati Dafite asinopedza kudusa zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa ne zwipo zwe mbakisano, kakombolela bathu mu zina la Yahwe Masimbawose.
- English19
Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each person in the whole crowd of Israelites, both men and women. And all the people went to their homes.
African KalangaKabe ekobela bathu zojiwa, itjaba tjose tje Iziraela, bose balume ne bakadzi, mmwe ne mmwe tjiwunga ne khekhe le thewa ne thango ye nyama ne khekhe le thewa dzakawanikiwa, kudwapo mmwe ne mmwe akayenda ku nzi uwe.
- English20
When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, disrobing in the sight of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”
African KalangaDafite wakabuya kuwokombolela be nsha uwe, ngono Mikhali nkololokadzi wa Saulo kabhuda kanonshangamidza kandwa kati, “Nasi mambo we Iziraela wazwipundumadza seni, ezwiambula mbeli kwe balandakadzi be balanda babe, se tjilengwe tjinga zwiambula tjisina shoni!”
- English21
David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the Lord’s people Israel—I will celebrate before the Lord.
African KalangaDafite kadwa Mikhali kati, “Ndabe ndizana ndili mbeli kwa Yahwe, bakandishalula mu bumo gwa tate babo kene mmwe we nsha wabo, nge kundishalula bendibiga mbusi we itjaba tja Yahwe, tje Iziraela.
- English22
I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor.”
African KalangaNdowolengudzika kakale kupinda ipapa, ndibuya ndizwiyisa pasi, koga ngekwe balandakadzi bawaleba ngekwabo, ndowotetiwa.”
- African Kalanga
Mikhali nkololokadzi wa Saulo wakashaya bana kuswikila efa.
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.