The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Esther 7English
Esita 7African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Ngono mambo na Hamani bakayenda ku zojiwa zwakabe zwalulwamisiwa ndi Esita.
- English2
and as they were drinking wine on that second day, the king again asked, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be granted.”
African KalangaBakati batjang'wa nkumbi we zhambi mambo kabhuzwa Esita gwe bubili eti, “Ini tjaunoshaka Esita? Leba koga ndowokupa itjo! Ndowokupa kungapa gwamu le bushe gwangu!”
- English3
Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor with you, O king, and if it pleases your majesty, grant me my life–this is my petition. And spare my people– this is my request.
African KalangaNfumakadzi Esita kashandula eti, “Tetshi wangu, apa kumushathisa, ndokumbila kuti munditjidze imi ne bathu bangu, itjetji nditjo tjikulu tjandinokumbila.
- English4
For I and my people have been sold for destruction and slaughter and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.”
African KalangaNgobe imi ne bathu bakanyi kwangu takatengesiwa kuti ndizo tibulawe tilobesiwe tjoselele. Tetshi wangu ha ingabe kuli kuti takatengesiwa kube basungwa be balume ne bakadzi kusi kubulawa ndingabe ndisingalebe tjimwe ngobe ikoku kusi tjimwe koga tjingathama kuti ndidziyidze mambo.”
- English5
King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, “Who is he? Where is the man who has dared to do such a thing?”
African KalangaNgono Mambo Ahasurusi kabhuzwa Esita kati, “Ndiani iwoyo una tjilopa tjingapa tjekuthama saikoku kene? Ungayi?”
- English6
Esther said, “The adversary and enemy is this vile Haman.” Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen.
African KalangaEsita kashandula eti. “Tjibandana ne tjita tjedu yetjetji! Nlume iwoyo, we mbiimbi unoyi Hamani!” Hamani kapaluka moyo mbeli kwa mambo ne Nfumakadzi.
- English7
The king got up in a rage, left his wine and went out into the palace garden. But Haman, realizing that the king had already decided his fate, stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life.
African KalangaMambo kamilika alizhele bushongola bukulu akasiya zojiwa zwizwe kayenda ku nnda we maluba, koga Hamani iye kasala ezwikumbilila muna Nfumakadzi Esita kuti asibulawe, ngobe wakabe ebona kuli kale kuti mambo wazwipedza nkumbulo.
- English8
Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Will he even molest the queen while she is with me in the house?” As soon as the word left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
African KalangaNgono kwakati koga mambo ebuya kudwa ku nnda ezha ku ng'umba ye zojiwa kawana Hamani akasendama tjigalo tjakabe tjili gegwe ndi Esita, ngono mambo kalebeleka kati, “Apa unodzula Nfumakadzi wangu mbeli kwangu, mu ng'umba yangu kene?” Mambo wakati asathu kaligila kulebeleka tjinyolotjo ngomwa dzidze dzikabe dzisunga Hamani mesho.
- English9
Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, “A gallows seventy-five feet high stands by Haman’s house. He had it made for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king.” The king said, “Hang him on it!”
African KalangaMmwe we ngomwa dza Mambo Habona kabe eti kuna mambo, “Tetshi wangu, Hamani wakabaka thungamakole ye bulefu gwe makumi ali kutendeka ne bushanu (75) kubapa ne ng'umba iye, kuti ndizo asungilile Modekayi muili.”
- English10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s fury subsided.
African KalangaNgono mambo kabe eti, “Mu nsungilile muili.” Ndizo Hamani kasungiligwa mu thungamakole yaakabe alulwamisila Modekayi. Ndizo mambo kawiligwa.
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.