The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Exodus 14English
Kufuluka 14African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Ipapo Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati,
- English2
“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. They are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon.
African Kalanga“Idwa bathu be Iziraela bashanduke banothibelela pakalingisana ne Pihahiroti, pakati kwe Migidolo ne gungwa, pakalingisana ne Balizefoni. Mukotokele ipapo pa gungwa.
- English3
Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.’
African KalangaFaro unokumbula kuti Baiziraela, banopungayila mu shango bazhaliligwa nge tjilambanyika.
- English4
And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” So the Israelites did this.
African KalangaNgono ndowokukutadza moyo wa Faro, ngono unowobatobela, koga imi ndowokudziwa nge kukunda kwangu ndikunda Faro ne bunji gwaanago. Baegipiti banowoziba kuti ndimi Yahwe.” Ndizo Baiziraela bakathama saikoko.
- English5
When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services!”
African KalangaKwati Mambo we Egipiti ebudziwa kuti Baiziraela bayenda, nkumbulo wa Faro ne makombgwa awe ukashandukila bathu be Iziraela, ngono bakazwidwa bakati, “Ini ikoku kwatathama dumbu tiletja Baiziraela beyenda besiya kutishingila?”
- African Kalanga
Ndizo kalulwamisa koloyi dzidze, kayenda ne babhayani babe.
- English7
He took six hundred of the best chariots, along with all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.
African KalangaNgono katola koloyi dze ngwa dzakashalugwa dzili mazana ali matathatu (600) ne dzimwe koloyi dzose dze Egipiti dzina batjengeti dzose.
- English8
The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly.
African KalangaYahwe bakakukutadza moyo wa Faro Mambo we Egipiti ngono katobela bathu be Iziraela bakabe beyenda betshamba se bakundi.
- English9
The Egyptians–all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops–pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon.
African KalangaBaegipiti bakabatobela, babhayani bose ba Faro, mbizi ne koloyi dze ngwa ne batathi badzo. Bakababhata pa gungwa batji mu mishasha yabo pa Pihahiroti pa kalingisana ne Balizefoni.
- English10
As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord.
African KalangaFaro wakati abe pejo bathu be Iziraela bakamilidza mesho ngono bakabona Baegipiti bakabasala shule, ngono bakazhigwa ngotja kukulu. Baiziraela bakalilila kuna Yahwe.
- English11
They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
African KalangaNgono bakadwa Mushe bakati, “Apa koikhwa nge kuti atina zwikumbu mu Egipiti, ndizo wali watidusa kuwofila mu tjilambanyika kene? Watithamilani nge kutidusa mu Egipiti kene?
- English12
Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”
African KalangaApa ate itjo itjetji tjatakakubudza titji mu Egipiti titi, ‘Utiletje, utisiye tishingile Baegipiti kene? Kwabe kungayita kuti tishingile Baegipiti pana kuti tifile mu tjilambanyika.’
- English13
Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again.
African KalangaNgono Mushe kadabila bathu kati, ‘Musitje, simani, ngono mowobona jidzo la Yahwe labanowomuthamila nasi, ngoti Baegipiti ibaba bamunobona nasi amutjowobabona kakale.
- African Kalanga
Yahwe banowomugwila, imwi dzikamani koga.’ ”
- English15
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on.
African KalangaYahwe bakati kuna Mushe, “Ini mulilila kundili kene? Idwa Baiziraela bayendile mbeli.
- English16
Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.
African KalangaMilidza ludozo gugo, utambunudzile luboko gugo pezhugwi kwe gungwa ugupalalanye kuti Baiziraela batjuluke gungwa betshamba pasi pakawoma.
- English17
I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.
African KalangaKoga ndowosimisa mimoyo ye Baegipiti kuti ndizo bangine mu gungwa bebatobela, koga ndowokudziwa nge kukunda Faro ne bunji gwaanago gwe koloyi dze ngwa ne be mbizi dze ngwa.
- English18
The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.”
African KalangaMukukudziwa kwangu ngo kunda Faro ne koloyi dzidze dze ngwa Baegipiti banowoziba kuti ndimi Yahwe.”
- English19
Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel’s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them,
African KalangaIpapo ntumwa we Ndzimu wakabe akatungamila Baiziraela kabuyila shule kwabo, ndizo gole likadwa mbeli kwabo likanoma shule kwabo,
- English20
coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long.
African Kalangalikama pakati kwe Baegipiti ne Baiziraela. Ndizo gole likabe zhalima ku Baegipiti ku Baiziraela likabe tjedza busiku gose bakasitongo shangana.
- English21
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided,
African KalangaMushe katambunudzila luboko gugwe pezhugwi kwe gungwa, ngono Yahwe bakasundila vula ye gungwa shule nge phepo yakasima ye ku bhezhuba busiku gose bakathama gungwa kuti gube pasi pakawoma bapalalanya vula.
- English22
and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.
African KalangaBaiziraela bakangina mu gungwa beyenda pasi pakawoma, vula yakathama makuma mbizho dzabo dzose, ku luji ne ku lumeshwe.
- English23
The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen followed them into the sea.
African KalangaBaegipiti bakabatobela, bakangina pakati kwe gungwa, kose ne mbizi dzose dza Faro dze ngwa ne batathi badzo ne koloyi dze ngwa.
- English24
During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion.
African KalangaNgono kukati nge mazhokuyedza, Yahwe bali mu bibi le moto ne mu shongwe ye gole, bakalinga ngwa ye Baegipiti pasi bakabawhumanya.
- English25
He made the wheels of their chariots come off so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting for them against Egypt.”
African KalangaYahwe bakasimisa makumbgwana e koloyi akayenda ngolema, ngono Baegipiti bakalebesana beti, “Ngatitizheni Baiziraela ngoti Yahwe banobagwila.”
- English26
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”
African KalangaIpapo Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati, “Tambunudzila luboko gugo pezhugwi kwe gungwa kuti vula dzikwitidze Baegipiti ne koloyi dzabo dze ngwa ne batjengeti be mbizi.”
- English27
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward it, and the Lord swept them into the sea.
African KalangaNdizo Mushe katambunudzila luboko gugwe pezhugwi kwe gungwa, ngono gungwa gukabgwilila mu tjimo tjago koyedza. Baegipiti bakatizha mu guli koga Yahwe bakabakubila mu gungwa.
- English28
The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen–the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
African KalangaVula ikashanduka ikakwitidza koloyi dze ngwa ne batjengeti be mbizi ne babhayani bose ba Faro bakabe babatobela mu gungwa, kukasibe ne nng'ompela wasala.
- English29
But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.
African KalangaKoga Baiziraela bakayenda betshamba pasi pakawoma betjuluka gungwa, vula ili makuma ku luboko luji ne ku lumeshwe.
- English30
That day the Lord saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore.
African KalangaNdiko Yahwe sekwa bakaangula Baiziraela mu Baegipiti mu zhuba ilelo, ngono Baiziraela bakabona zwitumbu zwe Baegipiti mu phili dze gungwa.
- English31
And when the Israelites saw the great power the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.
African KalangaBaiziraela bakabona nshingo nkulu washingwa ndi Yahwe mu Baegipiti, ngono bakatja Yahwe bakagalamoyo muna Yahwe ne mu nlanda wabo Mushe.
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.