The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Exodus 11English
Kufuluka 11African Kalanga
- English1
Now the Lord had said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely.
African KalangaYahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati, “Nditjowozhisa shamu imwe muna Faro ne mu Egipiti, shule kwa ikoku unowomuletja mukayenda, ha emuletja muyenda, unowomutata tjoselele kuti mudwe ipapa.
- English2
Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”
African KalangaUlebeleke mu zebe dze Baiziraela bose kuti mmwe ne mmwe akumbile zwithu zwakathamiwa nge siliva ne golide mu mbakidzani naye.”
- English3
(The Lord made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.)
African KalangaYahwe bakayita kuti Baiziraela batetiwe ne Baegipiti. Pezhugwi kwa ikoku, nlume uwoyu Mushe, wakabe ali nkulu kwazo mu shango ye Egipiti, ne mu mesho e makombgwa a Faro nenge bathu bose.
- African Kalanga
Ngono Mushe kadwa Mambo kati, “Yahwe bakati, ‘Kowoti kuthubukana kwe masiku kusedzela, ndowopalama Egipiti.
- English5
Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well.
African KalangaNgono bakololo bose be mbano dze Baegipiti dzowofa, kutangisa ne mbano ya Faro iye ugele mutjigalo tje bushe, kunoti ku mbano ye nlandakadzi iye umile paduni, nenge zwithuwo zose zwakazwagwa kutanga zowofa.
- English6
There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt–worse than there has ever been or ever will be again.
African KalangaNgono kowobe ne tjililo tjikulu tjisakatongobepo naiko tjisingobepo ku tandula shango yose ye Egipiti, kakale.’ ”
- English7
But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any man or animal.’ Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
African KalangaKoga na iyo mbgwa aitowobukula Baiziraela kene zwithuwo zwabo, ndiko imwi Faro ne bathu babo Baegipiti kwamunowoziba kuti Yahwe bana shalaulo pakati kwe Baegipiti ne Baiziraela.
- English8
All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down before me and saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will leave.” Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh.
African KalangaMushe kaligila eti, “Makombgwa wose awo anowozha kundili bebe bendithigamila bendikumbila kuti nditole bathu bangu bose ndizwiyendigwe. Ngono shule kwa ikoku, ndowobhuda ayenda.” Ndizo Mushe kamilika pana Mambo ali zhele bushongola.
- English9
The Lord had said to Moses, “Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you–so that my wonders may be multiplied in Egypt.”
African KalangaNdizo Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati, “Faro angakuteedze, kuyitila kuti, matjenamiso angu awande mu shango ye Egipiti.”
- English10
Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his country.
African KalangaMushe na Aroni bakathama matjenamiso wose iyawa mbeli kwa Faro, ngono Yahwe bakakukutadza moyo wa Faro, ngono kasiletjedze bana be Iziraela bebhuda mu shango iye.
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.