The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Deuteronomy 6English
Matama 6African Kalanga
- English1
These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,
African KalangaEyi ndiyo milayo Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu yabakandidwa kuti ndimudiye iyo kuti muyilondolodze mu shango yamunoyenda kuyitola,
- English2
so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.
African Kalangakuti utje Yahwe Ndzimu uwo, iwe ne nkololo uwo ne zwizekugwana zwizo nge kulondolodza milayo yabo yose mu mazhuba wose butjilo gugo nekuti mazhuba awo apaphidziwe.
- English3
Hear, O Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your fathers, promised you.
African KalangaNdizo wali iwha iwe Iziraela, ibe ne njele kuyilondolodza kuti kukuyendile zubuyanana ne kuti muwande kwazo Yahwe Ndzimu wa botate benyu sekwa bakamugadzabgwe mu shango inowunga nkaka ne butji.
- African Kalanga
“Iwha iwe Iziraela, Yahwe Ndzimu wedu ndi Yahwe bang'ompela,
- English5
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
African Kalangangono ude Yahwe Ndzimu uwo nge moyo uwo wose nenge meya iyo yose ne simba lilo lose.
- African Kalanga
Ngono matama iyawa andinokupa mu zhuba lino agale mu moyo uwo.
- English7
Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
African KalangaUadiye bana babo, ulebeleke nge kwawo uligele mu ng'umba iyo ne uyenda mu zila ne ulilele pasi ne umuka.
- African Kalanga
Uasungilile mu tjiazha tjitjo ili ikumbuludzo abe lutjwayo pakati kwe mesho awo.
- African Kalanga
Ngono uakwale mu makwasayile e nkoba we ng'umba iyo nemu mazhalilo e nkoba we nzi.”
- English10
When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you–a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build,
African Kalanga“Ngono kowoti Yahwe Ndzimu uwo bekulonga mu shango yabakatuna kuna botate benyu, kuna Abhurahama ne kuna Isaki ne kuna Jakubo kukupa iyo ne mizi mikulu yayo yakanaka yawusakabaka,
- English11
houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant–then when you eat and are satisfied,
African Kalangang'umba dzizhele zwithu zose zwakanaka zwausakalonga mudzili ne matshime akatshiwa kale, awusakatsha ne mizhambi ne mitoba yawusakadzikila, ngono uti uja uguta,
- English12
be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
African Kalangaipapo ube ne njele usitongo kangang'wa Yahwe ibo bakakudusa mu shango ye Egipiti, bekudusa mu ng'umba ye busungwa.
- African Kalanga
Utje Yahwe Ndzimu uwo, ubashingile utune nge zina labo.”
- African Kalanga
“Musitongo tobela midzimu mimwe, midzimu ye bathu bakakupoteleka,
- English15
for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land.
African Kalangangoti Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu upakati kwenyu Ndzimu una fupa, kugwadzamoyo kwa Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu kusitongo dwa kumuwhila bebe bemulobesa kudwa mu shango.
- African Kalanga
Musitongo buya mukalika Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu sekwa makabalika ku Masa.
- English17
Be sure to keep the commands of the Lord your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you.
African KalangaMumusile moyo kulondolodza milayo ya Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu ne milaywana yabo yabakamudwa kuyilondolodza.
- English18
Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land that the Lord promised on oath to your forefathers,
African KalangaNgono muthame tjakatambunuka ne tjakalulwama mu mesho a Yahwe kuti ndizo kumuyendile zubuyanana nenge kuti mungine mutole shango iyeyi yakanaka Yahwe yabakatuna kuyipa bobatategulu benyu
- African Kalanga
nge kutata zwita zwenyu zose mbeli kwenyu Yahwe sekwa bakagadzabgwe.
- English20
In the future, when your son asks you, “What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the Lord our God has commanded you?”
African Kalanga“Ha nkololo uwo ekubhuzwa mu tjibaka tjinozha eti, ‘Milayo iyeyi ne milaywana iyeyi yabakadwiwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu wedu kuyilondolodza inodwani?’
- English21
tell him: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
African KalangaIpapo udwe nkololo uwo uti, ‘Takabe tili balanda ba Faro mu Egipiti, ngono Yahwe bakatidusa mu Egipiti nge tjiazha tjakasima.
- English22
Before our eyes the Lord sent miraculous signs and wonders–great and terrible–upon Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household.
African KalangaNgono Yahwe bakalakidza zwilakidzo ne matjenamiso makulu anogwadza ebhayana ne Egipiti na Faro ne nsha uwe wose mu mesho edu.
- English23
But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land that he promised on oath to our forefathers.
African KalangaNgono bakatidusa ikoko kuti batizhise batipe shango yabakagadzabgwe kuipa bobatategulu bedu.
- English24
The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today.
African KalangaYahwe bakatilaya kulondolodza milayo yose iyeyi, kutja Yahwe Ndzimu wedu kuti kutilulwamile misi yose kuti batibhabhe titjile sekwa kuliiko mu zhuba ileli.
- English25
And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness.”
African KalangaNgono kowobe ndulamo kutili ha tingabe ne njele kulondolodza nlayo wose mbeli kwa Yahwe Ndzimu wedu sekwa bakatidwa.’ ”
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.