The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Exodus 17English
Kufuluka 17African Kalanga
- English1
The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
African KalangaGubungano lose le Iziraela likadwilidza gwendo kudwa mu tjilambanyika tje Sini liyenda linyaluluka kuyendidzana nge nlayo wa Yahwe, ngono likanokotokela mu Refidimu; koga kwakabe kusina vula inong'wiwa ne bathu.
- English2
So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?”
African KalangaNdizo bathu bakatilika nlandu muna Mushe, ngono bakandwa bakati, “Utipe vula ting'we.” Mushe iye kabashandula eti, “Ini munditilika nlandu? Ini mulika Yahwe?”
- English3
But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
African KalangaKoga bathu bakabhakhwa nge nyota bakang'ong'ola muna Mushe bakati kunli, “Wakatidusilani mu Egipiti, kowotibulaya nge nyota iswi ne bana bedu ne zwithuwo zwedu kene?”
- English4
Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
African KalangaIpapo Mushe kalilila kuna Yahwe kati, “Ndingashingani nge bathu ibaba? Bapejo nge kundikikithidza nge mabgwe.”
- English5
The Lord answered Moses, “Walk on ahead of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
African KalangaNgono Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati, “Pindila mbeli kwe bathu, utole bamwe be bakulu be Iziraela; utole ludozo gugo gwawakalobesa gwizi gwe Naili uyende.
- English6
I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
African KalangaBona! Ndowoma mbeli kuko apaje pezhugwi kwe shongwe ku Horebu, ube uloba shongwe iyeyo, ngono vula inowobhuda muili kuti bathu bang'we.” Ngono Mushe kathama saikoko mu mesho e bakulu be Iziraela.
- English7
And he called the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
African KalangaNgono kapatumila zina eti Masa na Meriba, ngobe bana be Iziraela bakan'wana nlandu, kakale bakalika Yahwe beti, “Apa Yahwe banaswi kene?”
- African Kalanga
Ndizo Baamaleki bakazha bakagwa ne Baiziraela ku Refidimu.
- English9
Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.”
African KalangaMushe kadwa Joshuwa kati, “Shalula bamwe bedu uyende unogwa na Amaleki; mangwana imi ndowoyenda anoma pezhugwi kwe dombo ndakabhata ludozo gwe Ndzimu nge luboko gwangu.”
- English10
So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill.
African KalangaNdizo Joshuwa kathama sekwa adwiwa ndi Mushe kagwa ne Baamaleki. Mushe na Aroni na Huri bakatathila pezhugwi kwe dombo.
- English11
As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.
African KalangaMushe wakabe eti ha akamilidza maboko awe, Baiziraela bekunda, koga ha eliga maboko awe Baamaleki bekunda.
- English12
When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up–one on one side, one on the other– so that his hands remained steady till sunset.
African KalangaMaboko a Mushe kapelela anyala, ndizo bakatola bgwe bakabiga panli ngono kaligala Aroni kabhata luboko gumwe gwa Mushe, Huri kabhata gumwe ngono maboko awe kadzikama kudzina zhuba lingina.
- African Kalanga
Ndizo Joshuwa kakunda Amaleki ne bathu babe kabatemelela nge bukanu.
- English14
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
African KalangaNgono Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati, “Kwala ikoku mu lukwalo kube ikumbuludzo ukubalile Joshuwa ngoti ndowothama kuti Amaleki asitongo kumbugwa pasi kwe ntutshi we shango.”
- African Kalanga
Mushe kabaka tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo katjidana zina kati, “Yahwe ndibo nkundi.”
- English16
He said, “For hands were lifted up to the throne of the Lord. The Lord will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation.”
African KalangaEdwa kuti, “maboko akabe amilidzigwa ku tjigalo tje bushe tja Yahwe! Yahwe banowogwa na Amaleki kudwa mu tjizekugwana kuyenda ku tjizekugwana.”
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.