The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Deuteronomy 13English
Matama 13African Kalanga
- English1
If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a miraculous sign or wonder,
African Kalanga“Ha nlebesambeli angabepo pakati kwenyu, kene n'woloti we mawoloto ngono ebe emupa tjilakidzo kene ethama gaabadzo,
- English2
and if the sign or wonder of which he has spoken takes place, and he says, “Let us follow other gods” (gods you have not known) “and let us worship them,”
African Kalangangono tjilakidzo kene gaabadzo libe lishingikala kene tjaanomubudza tjibe tjishingikala, ngono kene eti, ‘Ngatitobeleni midzimu mimwe,’ koga ili midzimu yamusakatongo ziba kale eti ngatiyishingile,
- English3
you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.
African Kalangamusitongo teedza matama e nlebesambeli iwoyo kene n'woloti iwoyo ngoti Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu banomulika kuziba kene muda Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu nge moyo wenyu wose nenge meya yenyu yose.
- English4
It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him.
African KalangaImwi mutobele Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu mubatje, mulondolodze milayo yabo muwhe whi labo, ngono mubashingile muzwibhatilile ndibo.
- English5
That prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he preached rebellion against the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way the Lord your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.
African KalangaKoga nlebesambeli iwoyo kene n'woloti we mawoloto iwoyo abulawe, ngoti wakadiya kupandukila Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu ibo bakamudusa mu shango ye Egipiti bakamudzutunula mu ng'umba ye busungwa kwakabe kuthama kuti usiye zila yawakapiwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu uwo kuyenda muili. Ndizo ubukushe mbipo idwe pakati kwenyu.
- English6
If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods that neither you nor your fathers have known,
African Kalanga“Ha nkololo wa tate babo, mwana wa mmeyabo kene nkololo uwo kene nkololokadzi uwo kene nkadzi uwo kene nzwalani uwo waunowhanana naye kwazo ekupambusa nge kwakasumbikala eti, ‘Ngatiyendeni tinoshingila midzimu mimwe,’ yamusakatongo ziba imwi kene bobatategulu benyu,
- English7
gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other),
African Kalangamimwe ye midzimu ye bathu bakamupoteleka, kene kuli pejo namwi kene kuli kule namwi, kudwa mu lubizho gumwe gwe shango kunoti ku gumwe,
- African Kalanga
usitongo amutjila kene kuli kun’whilila, naiko usitongo n’whila ngoni kene kuntjidza, ne kunsumbika usitongo nsumbika,
- English9
You must certainly put him to death. Your hand must be the first in putting him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
African Kalangakoga iwe umbulaye, tjiazha tjitjo tjibe tje kutanga kubhayana naye kumbulaya, maboko ebamwe abe etobela gugo.
- English10
Stone him to death, because he tried to turn you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
African KalangaMunkikithidze nge mabgwe kudzina efa ngoti wakashaka kukuthubukanya na Yahwe Ndzimu uwo ibo bakakudusa mu shango ye Egipiti kudwa mu ng'umba ye busungwa.
- English11
Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and no one among you will do such an evil thing again.
African KalangaNgono Baiziraela bose banowowha bakatja ngono bakasife bathama kakale mbipo inonga iyeyi pakati kwenyu.
- African Kalanga
“Ha mungawha mu mmwe we mizi mikulu yenyu, yamunopiwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu kugala ko,
- English13
that wicked men have arisen among you and have led the people of their town astray, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods you have not known),
African Kalangakuyi bamwe be bathu basibetjimwe bazwithubula mu muli bakwebela bagali be nzi nkulu ntome beti, ‘Ngatiyendeni tinoshingila mimwe midzimu,’ ili midzimu yamusakatongo ziba,
- English14
then you must inquire, probe and investigate it thoroughly. And if it is true and it has been proved that this detestable thing has been done among you,
African Kalangaipapo mowoshakisisa mukabhuzwa, ngono bonani, akuli malebeswa zwakwako kuti kuthu kunoshimika saikoku kwashingwa pakati kwenyu,
- English15
you must certainly put to the sword all who live in that town. Destroy it completely, both its people and its livestock.
African Kalangange malebeswa mulonge thumo mu bagali be nzi nkulu iwoyo, muwulobese tjose, bose bamuwuli ne ng'ombe dzawo, mushingise pitsha kwe thumo.
- English16
Gather all the plunder of the town into the middle of the public square and completely burn the town and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. It is to remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt.
African KalangaMukubunganye thundu yawo yose pakati kwe tjibata tjawo tjakazhuka mube mupisa nge moto nzi ne thundu yawo yose se tjibhayilo tjizhele tjinothamigwa Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu. Unowobe duluthulu nge kusingapele, awutjowobakwa kakale.
- English17
None of those condemned things shall be found in your hands, so that the Lord will turn from his fierce anger; he will show you mercy, have compassion on you, and increase your numbers, as he promised on oath to your forefathers,
African KalangaKusitongo yita tjimwe tje zwithu zwakanaka zwakayi mukolomole tjingawang'wa mu maboko enyu kuthama kuti kutjisa kwe bushongola gwa Yahwe kupele ngono bamulakidze ngoni, babe ne mawhilongoni mumuli ngono bamuwatshe sekwa bakatuna kuna bobatategulu benyu,
- English18
because you obey the Lord your God, keeping all his commands that I am giving you today and doing what is right in his eyes.
African Kalangaha muwha whi la Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu, mulondolodza milayo yabo yose yandinomupa mu zhuba lino mushinga tjakalulwama mu mesho a Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu.”
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.