The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Deuteronomy 26English
Matama 26African Kalanga
- English1
When you have entered the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it,
African Kalanga“Uti ungina mu shango yaunopiwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu uwo kube thaka iyo ngono waitola yabe iyo ugala muili,
- English2
take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the Lord your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name
African Kalangautole zwimwe zwe zwitshwa zwe mitjelo ye zwidwa mu mavu zwawavuna mu shango iyo yaunopiwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu uwo, uzwilonge mu seme ngono uyende ku bugalo gunowoshalugwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu uwo kuthama zina labo kuti ligale ko.
- English3
and say to the priest in office at the time, “I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the land the Lord swore to our forefathers to give us.”
African KalangaNgono uyende ku mpirisiti wakabhata nshingo mu tjibaka itjetjo un'dwe uti, ‘Ndoleba nasi mu zhuba lino kuna Yahwe Ndzimu kuti ndaswika mu shango Yahwe yabatuna kuna bobatategulu bedu kuitipa.’
- English4
The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God.
African KalangaIpapo mpirisiti unowotola seme mu luboko gugwe ebe eibiga pasi mbeli kwe tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo tja Yahwe Ndzimu uwo.
- English5
Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous.
African Kalanga“Ngono ube ulebeleka mbeli kwa Yahwe Ndzimu uwo uti, ‘Tate bangu bakabe bali N'aramu wakabe eyendayenda, ngono bakayenda ku Egipiti bakalubila ikoko, bali bashomanana, ngono ikoko bakabe ludzi lukulu gwakasima gunozibika.
- African Kalanga
Ngono Baegipiti bakatibhata nge moyo nkukutu, bakatidziyidza bakatitilika busungwa gwakasima.
- English7
Then we cried out to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression.
African KalangaIpapo tikalilila kuna Yahwe Ndzimu wa bobatategulu bedu, ngono Yahwe bakawha whi ledu kakale bakabona kudziyidzika kwedu ne kushinga kunolema ne kutshambilidziwa kwedu.
- English8
So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with miraculous signs and wonders.
African KalangaNdizo Yahwe bakatidusa mu Egipiti nge tjiazha tjakasima nge luboko gwakatambunuka ne kutjisa kukulu nenge matjenamiso,
- African Kalanga
ngono bakatizhisa mu magalo iyawa bebe betipa shango iyeyi, shango inowunga nkaka ne butji.
- English10
and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, O Lord, have given me.” Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him.
African KalangaNgono bonani, ngwenu ndazhisa zwitshwa zwe zwizwalo zwe mavu zwamakandipa imwi Yahwe.’ Ngono unowozwibiga pasi mbeli kwa Yahwe Ndzimu uwo, ube unamata mbeli kwa Yahwe Ndzimu uwo.
- English11
And you and the Levites and the aliens among you shall rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you and your household.
African KalangaNgono ushathe ne be nsha uwo muna zose zwakanaka zwawakapiwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu uwo, iwe ne Nlevi ne nlubili upakati kwenyu.
- English12
When you have finished setting aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the alien, the fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.
African Kalanga“Uti wapedza kudusa tjebugumi tjose tje zwawakavuna mu gole le butatu, gole lekudusa tjebugumi, utjipa Nlevi ne nlubili ne siyang'wa ne tjilikadzi kuti baje bagute mu mizi uwo.
- English13
Then say to the Lord your God: “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the alien, the fatherless and the widow, according to all you commanded. I have not turned aside from your commands nor have I forgotten any of them.
African KalangaIpapo ube uti mbeli kwa Yahwe Ndzimu uwo, ‘Ndadusa tjakayengemala mu ng'umba yangu ngono kakale ndatjipa Nlevi ne nlubili ne siyang'wa ne tjilikadzi kuyendidzana ne nlayo wenyu wamakandipa, akuna mmwe we milayo yenyu wandatjuluka kene kuli kukangang'wa.
- English14
I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while I was in mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor have I offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the Lord my God; I have done everything you commanded me.
African KalangaAndizotongo ja tjebugumi pandakabe ndili mu tjililo kene kuli kudusa tjimwe tjatjo pandakabe ndakatemapala kene dusila tjimwe tjatjo bafi, ndakawha whi la Yahwe Ndzimu wangu, ndathama kunoyendidzana na kose kwamakandidwa.
- English15
Look down from heaven, your holy dwelling place, and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us as you promised on oath to our forefathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.”
African KalangaLingani pasi kudwa mu bugalo gwakayengemala, kudwa kudzimu, ngono mukombolele bathu benyu Baiziraela na pasi pamakatipa koga sekwa makatuna kuna bobatategulu bedu, shango inowunga nkaka ne butji.’
- English16
The Lord your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.
African Kalanga“Mu zhuba ileli Yahwe Ndzimu banokudwa kuti ushingikadze milayo iyeyi, ndizo uyele njele kuyishinga nge moyo uwo wose nenge meya iyo yose.
- English17
You have declared this day that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in his ways, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws, and that you will obey him.
African KalangaWaleba nasi mu zhuba ileli ngekwa Yahwe kuti Ndzimu uwo nekuti kakale unowoyenda mu zila dzabo unowolondolodza milayo yabo uwhilila whi labo.
- English18
And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands.
African KalangaNgono Yahwe baleba mu zhuba lino nge kwenyu kuti mu bathu bawo, thaka yabo, sekwa bakamugadzabgwe nenge kuti mulondolodze milayo yabo yose.
- English19
He has declared that he will set you in praise, fame and honor high above all the nations he has made and that you will be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he promised.
African KalangaBanowomukudza bakamubiga pezhugwi kwe njudzi dzose dzabakathama, mutetiwe, muzibike mukudziwe nenge kuti mowobe bathu bakayengemala kuna Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu sekwa bakaleba.
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.