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Deuteronomy 28English

Matama 28African Kalanga

  1. English1

    If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.

    African Kalanga

    “Ngono ha uwha Yahwe Ndzimu uwo, una njele kulondolodza milayo yabo yose yandinokupa mu zhuba lino, Yahwe Ndzimu uwo banowokumilidza ukabe pezhugwi kwe njudzi dzose dze shango.

  2. English2

    All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God:

    African Kalanga

    Ngono makombolelo wose iyawa anowozha kukuli akawanda ha uwha whi la Yahwe Ndzimu uwo:

  3. English3

    You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

    African Kalanga

    “Unowokombolegwa mu nzi nkulu, ukakombolegwa mu shango.

  4. English4

    The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock–the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

    African Kalanga

    Ntjelo we mbili unowokombolegwa ntjelo we mavu awo anowokombolegwa ne ntjelo we phuka dzidzo ne kuwanda kwe ng'ombe dzidzo ne ngubi dzidzo.

  5. English5

    Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.

    African Kalanga

    Zwitundu zwizo zowokombolegwa ne zwivangilo zwizo zwe tjiwunga.

  6. English6

    You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

    African Kalanga

    Unowokombolegwa ha ungina ukakombolegwa ha ubhuda.

  7. English7

    The Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.

    African Kalanga

    “Yahwe banowothama kuti zwita zwizo zwinokumukila uzwikunde, zowozha nge zila ing'ompela zwikakutizha nge zila dzili kutendeka.

  8. English8

    The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.

    African Kalanga

    Yahwe banowozhisa makombolelo mu matula awo ne mu tjimwe ne tjimwe tjaunothama, banowokukombolela mu shango iyeyi yaunopiwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu uwo.

  9. English9

    The Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the Lord your God and walk in his ways.

    African Kalanga

    Yahwe banowomuthumbidza se bathu babo bakayengemala kubali, sekwa bakatuna kumuli ha mulondolodza milayo ya Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu kakale muyenda mu zila dzabo.

  10. English10

    Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will fear you.

    African Kalanga

    Ngono bathu bose be shango banowobona kuti iwe unodang'wa nge zina la Yahwe, ngono banowokutja.

  11. English11

    The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity–in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground–in the land he swore to your forefathers to give you.

    African Kalanga

    Yahwe banowokupa kuwanda mu ntjelo we mbili uwo nemu ntjelo we ng'ombe dzidzo nemu ntjelo we mavu awo mu shango iyo Yahwe yabakatuna kuna bobatategulu babo kumupa iyo.

  12. English12

    The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.

    African Kalanga

    Yahwe banowokuzhulila kudzimu dula labo le fumwa, kukupa vula mu shango nge nsi wayo ne kukombolela mishingo yose ye maboko awo ngono unowoadzima njudzi njinji, koga iwe aatowoadzima.

  13. English13

    The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.

    African Kalanga

    Yahwe banowokuthama kube nsholo, abatowokuthama kube mwise ngono unowokulila pezhugwi koga autowobuyila pasi, ha uwha milayo ya Yahwe Ndzimu uwo iyeyi yandinokupa nasi mu zhuba lino una njele kuyithama,

  14. English14

    Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them.

    African Kalanga

    usingapambukile ntome kwe limwe le matama andinokupa mu zhuba lino, uyenda ku luji kene ku lumeshwe uyenda ku imwe midzimu kuyishingila.”

  15. English15

    However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

    African Kalanga

    “Koga ha ungasawha whi la Yahwe Ndzimu uwo kene ungasabe ne njele kushinga milayo yabo yose yandinokupa mu zhuba lino, ipapo bhiso lose ileli lowozha kukuli lakakukulila.

  16. English16

    You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.

    African Kalanga

    Uwobe ne bhiso uli mu nzi nkulu, ukabe ne bhiso uli ku shango.

  17. English17

    Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.

    African Kalanga

    Zwitundu zwizo zowobe ne bhiso ne mavangilo awo e tjiwunga anowobe ne bhiso.

  18. English18

    The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

    African Kalanga

    Ntjelo ye mbili uwo unowobe ne bhiso ne ntjelo we mavu awo ne kuwanda kwe ng'ombe dzenyu ne bana be ngubi iyo.

  19. English19

    You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.

    African Kalanga

    Unowobe ne bhiso ha ungina ukabe ne bhiso ha ubhuda.

  20. English20

    The Lord will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him.

    African Kalanga

    “Yahwe banowokutumila bhiso ne kuwumana ne kushangashangana muna kose kwaunoshinga kuswikila ulobesiwa upela tjinyolotjo kuyikhwa nge mbipo ye zwaunothama ngoti wandifupatila.

  21. English21

    The Lord will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess.

    African Kalanga

    Yahwe banowothama kuti bugwele gukunamatile kuswikila bekupedza mu shango iyo yaunongina kuitola ne kuithuwa.

  22. English22

    The Lord will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, with blight and mildew, which will plague you until you perish.

    African Kalanga

    Yahwe banowokuloba nge bugwele kunowokukorotelesa ne gunokutetemesa ne gunopisa ne kupisa kunonga moto ne bhamba ne phori ne whuzwi ne zwimbugwi, zowokusala shule kuswikila upela.

  23. English23

    The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron.

    African Kalanga

    Ngono mazhuzhugwi apezhugwi kwe misholo iyo anowobe phangula ngono shango kusi kuko ikabe butale.

  24. English24

    The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.

    African Kalanga

    Yahwe banowothama vula ye shango iyo ikabe bgwisana ne whuluba, ngono kowotebukila mukuli kudwa zhuzhugwi kuswikila walobesiwa.

  25. English25

    The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven, and you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms on earth.

    African Kalanga

    “Yahwe banowokuthama kuti ukundiwe mbeli kwe zwita zwizo, unowoyenda nge zila ing'ompela kunozwinginilila ngono ukatizha nge zila dzili kutendeka mbeli kwabo ngono unowotjisa ku mibuso yose ye shango.

  26. English26

    Your carcasses will be food for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.

    African Kalanga

    Ngono zwitumbu zwenyu zowobe zojiwa zwe nyuni dze phepo ne zwe zwibandana zwe shango ngono kowobe kusina mmwe unozwitata.

  27. English27

    The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.

    African Kalanga

    Yahwe banowokuloba nge thomba dze Egipiti ne malonda ne kukwangwanyuka ne gwenyakwenya kwausingowopodziwa.

  28. English28

    The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind.

    African Kalanga

    Yahwe banowokuloba nge bupengo ne bupofu ne kushangashangana kwe nkumbulo.

  29. English29

    At midday you will grope about like a blind man in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.

    African Kalanga

    Ngono unowoambaamba zila masikati makulu se bhofu liambaamba mu zhalima, ngono aatowowatshika mu zila iyo. Unowotshambiligwa ukadwilila utolegwa ngono kowobe kusina unokubhatsha.

  30. English30

    You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and ravish her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.

    African Kalanga

    Unowobigilidza nkadzi, ngono nlume mmwe kalala naye, unowobaka ng'umba koga ukasigale muili, unowolima nnda ye mizhambi ngono ukasishingise mitjelo yawo.

  31. English31

    Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them.

    African Kalanga

    Ngabe iyo inowobulawa mu mesho awo ngono autoija, donki iyo inowotogwa nge masimba mbeli kuko ngono aitowobuziwa kukuli, pkhwizi iyo inowopiwa zwita zwizo, ngono akutowobe ne mmwe kumubhatsha.

  32. English32

    Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand.

    African Kalanga

    Bakololo babo ne bakololokadzi babo banowopiwa bamwe bathu mesho awo akalinga zhuba ne zhuba ngono autowobe ne simba le kudziba ikoku.

  33. English33

    A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days.

    African Kalanga

    Ludzi gwausakatongoziba gowoja ntjelo we mavu awo na kose kwawakashinga, unowotshambilidzwa ukathukudziwa kuyendila mbeli

  34. English34

    The sights you see will drive you mad.

    African Kalanga

    kunothama kuti upengesiwe nge tjinowobe mesho awo etjibona.

  35. English35

    The Lord will afflict your knees and legs with painful boils that cannot be cured, spreading from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

    African Kalanga

    Yahwe banowokuloba mu zwidwi ne mu makumbo nge malonda anowhisa zogwadza ausingake ukapodziwa, kudwila kusi kwe matshambo kunoti ku thong'omana ye nsholo uwo.

  36. English36

    The Lord will drive you and the king you set over you to a nation unknown to you or your fathers. There you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone.

    African Kalanga

    “Yahwe banokuzhisa, iwe na mambo uwo wawakabiga, ku ludzi gwausakatongo ziba na bobatategulu babo gwabasakatongo ziba, ngono ikoko unowoshingila midzimu mimwe ye lukuni ne ye mabgwe.

  37. English37

    You will become a thing of horror and an object of scorn and ridicule to all the nations where the Lord will drive you.

    African Kalanga

    Ngono unowobe tjinotjisa, ukabe thawu ne tjiyeye pakati kwe bathu bose Yahwe kwabakakutatila.

  38. English38

    You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little, because locusts will devour it.

    African Kalanga

    Unowodzwala mbewu njinji mu nnda uwo, koga unowovuna kushomanana ngoti phashu dzowoja.

  39. English39

    You will plant vineyards and cultivate them but you will not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.

    African Kalanga

    Unowolima nnda we mizhambi ukayishakulila, koga autong'wa nkumbi wayo kene kuli kutjela zhambi muuli, ngoti makonye anodzija.

  40. English40

    You will have olive trees throughout your country but you will not use the oil, because the olives will drop off.

    African Kalanga

    Unowobe ne mitoba mu ntuthu wenyu wose, koga autowozhola mafuta ngoti thoba dzidzo dzowoshashamukila pasi.

  41. English41

    You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them, because they will go into captivity.

    African Kalanga

    Unowana bakololo ne bakololokadzi, koga abatowobe babo, ngoti banowoyenda ku butapiwa.

  42. English42

    Swarms of locusts will take over all your trees and the crops of your land.

    African Kalanga

    Miti iyo yose ne ntjelo we mavu awo kowobe kwe phashu.

  43. English43

    The alien who lives among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower.

    African Kalanga

    Nlubili upakati kwenyu unowokula kamupinda etathila pezhugwizhugwi, ngono imwi mowo buyila pasipasi.

  44. English44

    He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, but you will be the tail.

    African Kalanga

    Unowokuadzima koga iwe autowon'adzima, unowobe nsholo, ngono iwe unowobe mwise.

  45. English45

    All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you.

    African Kalanga

    Bhiso lose ileli lowozha kukuli likakutobelela ngono likakukulila kuswikila walobesiwa ngoti usawha whi la Yahwe Ndzimu uwo ngekusalondolodza nlayo wabo wabakamupa.

  46. English46

    They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever.

    African Kalanga

    Lowobe tjilakidzo ne gaabadzo kukuli, lowobe ne mu bana babo nge kusingapele.

  47. English47

    Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity,

    African Kalanga

    “Ngekuti auzoshingila Yahwe Ndzimu uwo nge kushatha ne kushaladuka mu moyo nge kuwatshika kwe zwithu zose,

  48. English48

    therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.

    African Kalanga

    ngono unowoshingila zwita zwizo Yahwe zwabanowotumila kubhayana nawe, unowozwishingila uli mu zhala ne nyota, uli mbujo kakale una zhala ye zwithu zose, ngono banowokutilika jokwi le butale mu ntshibha uwo kuswikila bekulobesa.

  49. English49

    The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,

    African Kalanga

    Yahwe banowozhisa ludzi gunodwa kule kubhayana nawe, kudwa ku phelelo dze shango, bana lubilo se dzu liwuluka, ludzi gwe lulimi gwa usingawhe,

  50. English50

    a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old or pity for the young.

    African Kalanga

    ludzi gwakabangalala gusina hanya ne sholotjena kene kube ne ngoni kuba tjetjana.

  51. English51

    They will devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine or oil, nor any calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined.

    African Kalanga

    Banowoja bana be ng'ombe dzidzo ne ntjelo we mavu awo, kuswikila walobesiwa. Abatowokusiyila mathunde kene nkumbi we zhambi kene mafuta kene bana be ng'ombe dzidzo kene be ngubi iyo kuswikila bathama kuti mupelele.

  52. English52

    They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the Lord your God is giving you.

    African Kalanga

    Banowokukomba nge ngwa mu mizi iyo yose kuswikila makuma e mizi iyo ye matizhilo yaunogalabgwe malefu akasima ewa mu shango iyo yose, banowokukomba nge ngwa mu mizi iyo yose mu shango iyo yose yamapiwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu uwo.

  53. English53

    Because of the suffering that your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you.

    African Kalanga

    Ngono unowoja bana babo, unowoja nyama ye bakololo neye bakololokadzi babo ibo bawakapiwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu uwo, unowobaja tjibaka tjaunowobe makakombiwa nge ngwa muli mu kudziyila kwamunowodziyidziwa nge zwita zwenyu.

  54. English54

    Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children,

    African Kalanga

    Nlume wakadzikama wakatebama mukuzwagwa kukwe pakati kwenyu unowonyima mwana wa tate babe zojiwa, kanyima nkadzi uwe waanoda ne bana babe batjatjila.

  55. English55

    and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities.

    African Kalanga

    Ndizo aana wabo waanowopa nyama ye bana babe yaanoja ngekuti aana yansalila mu kukombiwa nge ngwa ne mu kudziyidziwa kwamunowodziyidziwa ndiko nge zwita zwenyu mu mizi yenyu yose.

  56. English56

    The most gentle and sensitive woman among you– so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot–will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter

    African Kalanga

    Nkadzi wakadzikama wakatebama mukuzwagwa kukwe pakati kwenyu, iye whoyu usingake katshamba pasi nge gumbo lile ngekuti wakadzikama kakale wakatebama unowonyima nlume uwe waanoda zojiwa, kanyima nkololo uwe ne nkololokadzi uwe,

  57. English57

    the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For she intends to eat them secretly during the siege and in the distress that your enemy will inflict on you in your cities.

    African Kalanga

    unowobanyima mbeleko yakadwa mu tjibumbilo tjitje ne bana baakazwala ngoti unowobajila pakasumbikala nge zhala ye zwithu zose mu kukombiwa nge ngwa ikoku ne kudziyila kwamunodziyidziwa ndiko nge zwita zwenyu mu mizi yenyu.

  58. English58

    If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name–the Lord your God–

    African Kalanga

    “Ha usina njele dze kushinga tjinolebgwa nge matama e nlayo iwoyu akakwagwa mu lukwalo igogu anoti utje zina ileli lina gudzo kakale lidzidzimusa la Yahwe Ndzimu uwo,

  59. English59

    the Lord will send fearful plagues on you and your descendants, harsh and prolonged disasters, and severe and lingering illnesses.

    African Kalanga

    ipapo Yahwe banowozhisa kukuli ne mu bana benyu kudziyidzika kukulu, kudziyidzika kusingapele ne njigwele dzinowhisa zogwadza dzinogalila tjose.

  60. English60

    He will bring upon you all the diseases of Egypt that you dreaded, and they will cling to you.

    African Kalanga

    Kakale banowozhisa mumuli njigwele dze Egipiti dzamakabe mutja ngono dzowomunamatila.

  61. English61

    The Lord will also bring on you every kind of sickness and disaster not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.

    African Kalanga

    Yahwe banowozhisabo ne bugwele gumwe ne gumwe ne kudziyidzika zwisakakwagwa mu lukwalo igogu gwe nlayo iwoyu, Yahwe banowozwizhisa mumuli kudzina malobesiwa.

  62. English62

    You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left but few in number, because you did not obey the Lord your God.

    African Kalanga

    Mowoti makafanila kunga nyenyedzi dze zhuzhugwi nge bunji, mowosala mabe bashomanana ha mubagwa, ngoti amuzowha whi la Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu.

  63. English63

    Just as it pleased the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

    African Kalanga

    Ngono sekwa kati Yahwe bakashathila kumuthamila bubuya bakamuwandisa, saikoko Yahwe banowoshathila kumuzhisila tjinomutjinya tjimulobesa ngono mowodusiwa mu shango iyeyi yamunongina kuithuwa.

  64. English64

    Then the Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods–gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

    African Kalanga

    Ngono Yahwe banowomupaladza nge njudzi dzose, kudwa mu lubizho gwe shango kunoti ku gumwe lubizho, ngono ikoko mowoshingila midzimu mimwe ye lukuni neye mabgwe isakatongo zibgwa ndimwi kene ndi bobatategulu benyu.

  65. English65

    Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart.

    African Kalanga

    Ngono pakati kwe njudzi idzedzo amutowowana kudzikama, akutowobe ne kunyaluluka kwe makumbo enyu, koga ikoko Yahwe banowomupa moyo unotetema ne mesho asingabonesese ne meya yakanyala.

  66. English66

    You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life.

    African Kalanga

    Bupenyu gwenyu gowobe gwakabhakhwa nge kududumwa, siku ne sikati mowobe mulogwa nge hana, musina malebeswa ngekwe butjilo gwenyu.

  67. English67

    In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening, “If only it were morning!”-because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see.

    African Kalanga

    Mu mangwanana mowobe muti, ‘Ungati kungabe kuli madekwana.’ Ngono mu madekwana mowoti, ‘Ungati kungabe kuli mangwanana.’ Kuyikhwa nge hana inowotjisa moyo uwo nenge zwinowobe zwibong'wa nge mesho enyu.

  68. English68

    The Lord will send you back in ships to Egypt on a journey I said you should never make again. There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.

    African Kalanga

    Yahwe banowokubgwiliza nge zwikepe ku Egipiti, gwendo gwandakagadzabgwe kuti usitongo gutola kakale, ngono ikoko unowozwipa kutengwa ku zwita zwizo se nlandalume ne nlandakadzi, koga akuna unowokutenga.”

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.

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