The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Exodus 1English
Kufuluka 1African Kalanga
- English1
These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
African KalangaAwa ndiwo mazina e bakololo ba Jakubo bakayenda naye ku Egipiti, mmwe ne mmwe ne nsha uwe.
- African Kalanga
Ndi Rubheni na Simiyoni na Levi na Juda,
- African Kalanga
Isakari na Zebuluni na Bhenjamini,
- African Kalanga
Dani na Nafutali, Gadi na Asha.
- African Kalanga
Bose be lutshinga gwa Jakubo mbalo yabo yakabe ili makumi ali kutendeka (70). Josefa iye wakabe ali ku Egipiti kale.
- African Kalanga
Ngono Josefa kafa ne bakololo ba tate babe bose ne tjizekugwana tjitje tjose.
- English7
but the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
African KalangaKoga Baiziraela bakabe bana mbeleko bewanda ngolibilidza. Bakawanda bakabe banjinji, bakasima, ngono bakazhala shango.
- African Kalanga
Ngono kukabepo Mambo mu Egipiti usingazibe tjimwe ngekwa Josefa.
- African Kalanga
Kadwa bathu babe kati, “Bonani, Baiziraela banjisa naiko bakasima kutipinda.
- English10
Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.”
African KalangaBuyani tibalukile mano, banodwa bewanda bebe beti mu nsi ungabe ne ngwa bezwibhatshanya ne zwita zwedu begwa naswi bekotizha bebhuda mu shango iyeyi.”
- English11
So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
African KalangaNdizo bakabe bebapa bashingisi kubadziyidza nge kubakombeledza kushinga mishingo inolema. Baiziraela bakabakila Faro mizi ye matula, Pitomu ne Ramese.
- English12
But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites
African KalangaKoga kudziyidziwa kwabo kwakati kukula, bakawanda kunyanyisa bakaandama kwakayita kuti Baegipiti batje Baiziraela.
- African Kalanga
Ndizo Baegipiti bakashingisa Baiziraela kunolema kwakapindilila basingabawhile ngoni,
- English14
They made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their hard labor the Egyptians used them ruthlessly.
African Kalangabakathama butjilo gwabo gukabipa nge kubashingisa kunolema bevangisiwa daka ne kuthamisiwa zwitina nenge nshingo mmwe ne mmwe mu minda. Baegipiti bakabe basina ngoni mu mishingo yose inolema yabakabe bebashingisa.
- African Kalanga
Mambo we Egipiti kadwa batshibamisi be Bahebheru, Shifura na Puva kati,
- English16
“When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.”
African Kalanga“Muti mushinga nshingo wenyu mutshibamisa bakadzi be Bahebheru, bati besununguka, ha mwana ali mbisana mu mbulaye, koga ha ali mwanadi musimbulaye.”
- English17
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.
African KalangaKoga batshibamisi ibaba bakabe betja Ndzimu, ngono bakasitongo thama tjabakadwiwa ndi Mambo we Egipiti, bakasibulaye balisana.
- English18
Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
African KalangaNdizo Mambo we Egipiti kadana batshibamisi kababhuzwa kati, “Ini makathama saikoku muletja balisana betjila?”
- English19
The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.”
African KalangaBatshibamisi bakadwa Faro bakati, “Bakadzi be Bahebheru abatonga bakadzi be Egipiti, banotshibama nge bulelu batshibamisi basathu bakaswika pabali.”
- African Kalanga
Ndizo Ndzimu ukabhata batshibamisi zubuyanana, ne bathu bakawanda bakasima kwazo.
- African Kalanga
Ngono se batshibamisi bakabe betja Ndzimu, ndizo Ndzimu ukabathamila zwakanaka ukabapa misha.
- English22
Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.”
African KalangaIpapo Faro kadwa bathu babe kati, “Mbisana mmwe ne mmwe we Nhebheru wazwagwa munlashile mu gwizi gwe Naili, koga muletje mwanadi mmwe ne mmwe atjile.”
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.