The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Esther 6English
Esita 6African Kalanga
- English1
That night the king could not sleep; so he ordered the book of the chronicles, the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him.
African KalangaMu busiku igogu mambo aazotongo izela, ndizo kalaula kuti kuzhisiwe lukwalo gwakakwagwa zwiyitikalo, ngono akagubaligwa.
- English2
It was found recorded there that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s officers who guarded the doorway, who had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
African KalangaNgono kwakawanika kwakakwagwa sekwa Modekayi akadziba shingikadziwa kwe gwanga gwakalukiwa nge ngomwa dza Mambo Bhigithani na Tereshi kuti dzibulaye mambo.
- English3
“What honor and recognition has Mordecai received for this?” the king asked. “Nothing has been done for him,” his attendants answered.
African KalangaNgono mambo wakabhuzwa kati, “Modekayi wakathamigwani asinoshinga nshingo iwoyo kene?” Koga balanda ba mambo bakadabila beti, “Akuna tjaakathamigwa.”
- English4
The king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he had erected for him.
African KalangaNgono mambo kabe ebhuzwa eti, “Ndiani umu ng'umba whulu?” Mu tjibaka itjetjo Hamani kwakabe kuli iko atjangina mu ng'umba whulu awokumbila mambo kuti Modekayi asungiligwe mu thungamakole yaakabe abaka.
- English5
His attendants answered, “Haman is standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” the king ordered.
African KalangaNdizo nlanda wa mambo kashandula mambo eti, “Ndi Hamani. Unoshaka kumubona.” Mambo kabe eti, “Undwe angine.”
- English6
When Haman entered, the king asked him, “What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Who is there that the king would rather honor than me?”
African KalangaNdizo Hamani kangina ngono mambo kandwa kati, “Ini wale tjandinga thamila nthu wandinoshakakudza?” Ngono Hamani kakumbula kati, “Ndiani wale ungakudziwa ndi mambo ha kusi imi koga?”
- African Kalanga
Hamani kashandula mambo eti, “Nthu wamunoshakakudza,
- English8
have them bring a royal robe the king has worn and a horse the king has ridden, one with a royal crest placed on its head.
African Kalangaitini mmwe anzhisile imwe ye hazu dzenyu dzamakatongo ambala ne imwe ye mbizi dzenyu yamakatongo tatha iyo yakaambadziwa tjiala tje bushe mu nsholo wayo,
- English9
Then let the robe and horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them robe the man the king delights to honor, and lead him on the horse through the city streets, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!’”
African Kalangangono muthame kuti makulukota enyu makulu baambadze nthu iwoyo hazu yenyu ngono bantungamile mu zila dze nzi nkulu akatatha mbizi yenyu bamwe bakabhata bemimila beti, ‘Woku ndiko sekwa mambo banokudza nthu unobashathisa!’ ”
- English10
“Go at once,” the king commanded Haman. “Get the robe and the horse and do just as you have suggested for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything you have recommended.”
African KalangaIpapo mambo kadwa Hamani kati, “Saku wale! Tola hazu ne mbizi sekwa waleba, uthamile Modekayi we Njuta unogala pa nkoba we bugalo gwangu zose zwawaleba usitongo siya ndodwa ne kung'ompela kwe zwithu zwawaleba.”
- English11
So Haman got the robe and the horse. He robed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city streets, proclaiming before him, “This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!”
African KalangaNdizo Hamani katola hazu ya mambo ne mbizi. Kaambadza Modekayi ngono ka ntungamila kupalama nzi nkulu akatatha mbizi. Hamani wakabe akabhata e mimila eti, “Etji nditjo tja mambo tjabanothamila nthu unobashathisa!”
- English12
Afterward Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief,
African KalangaShule kwa ikoku Modekayi kabgwilila ku nkoba wa mambo koga Hamani iye tjinyolotjo kalibilidzila ku nzi uwe elila akabhakhwa nge shoni.
- English13
and told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has started, is of Jewish origin, you cannot stand against him–you will surely come to ruin!”
African KalangaNgono Hamani kazibisa nkadzi uwe Zereshi ne bakwiya babe tjashwa tjanshingikalila. Ngono bakumbuludzi babe ne nkadzi uwe bakandwa bakati, “Ha Modekayi ali Njuta athamwa saikoku, aungatjatubule, simba lilo lapela, nge malebeswa wokukunda.”
- English14
While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and hurried Haman away to the banquet Esther had prepared.
African KalangaBakati batjalebeleka, ngomwa dza mambo dzikazha dzikatola Hamani tjinyolotjo ben'yisa ku mabhikwa akalulwamisiwa ndi Esita.
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.