The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Deuteronomy 34English
Matama 34African Kalanga
- English1
Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the Lord showed him the whole land–from Gilead to Dan,
African KalangaNgono Mushe kayenda kudwa mu mabala e Moabu etathila ku Dombo le Nebo pezhugwi zhugwi kwe Pisiga pakalingisana ne Jerikho. Ngono Yahwe bakanlakidza shango yose kudwa pa Giliyadi kukweba bukule kunoti Dani,
- English2
all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the western sea,
African KalangaNafutali yose, shango ya Ifureimi na Manase, shango yose ye Juda bukule kunoti ku gungwa,
- English3
the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.
African Kalangakulonga Negebu ne lubala gunolonga nkuku we Jerikho nzi nkulu we milala bukule kunoti ku Zowa.
- English4
Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it.”
African KalangaIpapo Yahwe bakabe beti kunli, “Iyeyi ndiyo shango yandakatuna kuna Abhurahama ne kuna Isaki ne kuna Jakubo nditi, ‘Ndowoyipa bana babo.’ Ndakuletja kuti uyibone nge mesho awo, koga awutowoyenda ikweno.”
- African Kalanga
Ndizo Mushe nlanda wa Yahwe kafa ikoko mu shango ye Moabu kuyendidzana ne dama la Yahwe.
- English6
He buried him in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is.
African KalangaNgono Yahwe bakambiganya mu nkuku mu shango ye Moabu kulingisana ne Bhethipeori, koga akuna nthu unoziba paakatshigwa kuswikila mu zhuba lino.
- English7
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.
African KalangaMushe wakabe ana makole ali zana lina makumi mabili (120) paakafa, mesho awe akabe asakatundubala ne matatabuko e mbili uwe akabe asatapudzika.
- English8
The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning was over.
African KalangaNgono bathu be Iziraela bakalilila Mushe mazhuba ali makumi matatu (30) mu mabala e Moabu, ndizo mazhuba ekulilila Mushe kapela.
- English9
Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did what the Lord had commanded Moses.
African KalangaNgono Joshuwa nkololo wa Nuni wakabe ali zhele meya ye butjenjedu ngoti Mushe wakabe abiga zwiazha zwizwe pezhugwi kukwe, ndizo bathu be Iziraela bakan’wha ngono bakathama sekwa kadwiwa Mushe ndi Yahwe.
- African Kalanga
Ngono akuzotongobe ne nlebesambeli mu Iziraela wakanga Mushe wakabe Yahwe benziba bakalingisana mesho,
- English11
who did all those miraculous signs and wonders the Lord sent him to do in Egypt–to Pharaoh and to all his officials and to his whole land.
African Kalangaakuna wakanga iye nge zwilakidzo zose nenge makaabadzo Yahwe abakantuma kuashinga ku shango Egipiti kuna Faro neku balanda babe bose neku shango iye yose,
- English12
For no one has ever shown the mighty power or performed the awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.
African Kalanganenge kwe simba lose lakasima nenge mishingo yose mikulu yakabangalala iyo Mushe yaakashinga mu mesho e Baiziraela bose.
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.