Exodus 23 | Old Testament

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Exodus 23English

Kufuluka 23African Kalanga

English1
“Do not spread false reports. Do not help a wicked man by being a malicious witness.
African Kalanga
Usitongo pa mbiko ye manyepkhwa. Usitongo zwizwadzanya ne nthu mbiimbi kube ntendeki we manyepkhwa.
English2
“Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd,
African Kalanga
Usitongo salana shule nge mbunga kunoshinga mbipo, kene kuli kumila manyepkhwa mu lubazhe uyenda nge mbunga kulashisa kutambunuka.
English3
and do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
African Kalanga
Usitongo lelekela ntome butendeki gwe nshayi mu lubazhe.
English4
“If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to take it back to him.
African Kalanga
“Ha ubona ng'ombe kene donki ye tjita tjitjo yalashika, uibgwilize kutjili.
English5
If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help him with it.
African Kalanga
Ha ubona donki ye unokubenga yawa nge mitolo, usitongoyisiya yakajalo, umbhatshe kuimusa.
English6
“Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
African Kalanga
“Usitongo pambusa ndulamo yakalingisana ne nshayi uwo mu ndebo.
English7
Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.
African Kalanga
Ube kutjena nge ndebo ye manyepkhwa, usitongo bulaya nthu usina nlandu kene nlulwami, ngoti imi andingaletje nthu mbiimbi.
English8
“Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
African Kalanga
Usitongo amutjila tjizwimba nlomo ngoti tjopofupadza banobona, tjikapambusa bamu zila yakalulwama.
English9
“Do not oppress an alien; you yourselves know how it feels to be aliens, because you were aliens in Egypt.
African Kalanga
“Usitongo tshambilidza ntaya, ngoti unoziba kuti kube ntaya kodwani ngoti wakabe uli ntaya mu Egipiti.
English10
“For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops,
African Kalanga
“Ulime nnda uwo makole ali matathatu uvuna zwidzwalo zwawo.
English11
but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused. Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
African Kalanga
Koga mu gole le butendeka uuletje unyaluluke ulaluke usaling'wa kuyita kuti bashayi pakati kwe bakanyi kwenyu baje muuli, kwabasiya phuka dze shango dzije. Mowothamabo minda dzenyu dze mizhambi muijalo kose ne ye ntoba.
English12
“Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the slave born in your household, and the alien as well, may be refreshed.
African Kalanga
“Mu mazhuba ali matathatu ushinge nshingo uwo, koga mu zhuba le butendeka unyatutuke, kuyita kuti ng'ombe iyo ne donki iyo zwinyatutuke ne kuti simba le nkololo we nlandakadzi uwo nele ntaya ugele nawe libuye.
English13
“Be careful to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods; do not let them be heard on your lips.
African Kalanga
“Uyele njele zwithu zose zwandaleba ku kuli, musitongo buya mukadana mazina e midzimu mimwe kene kuli kuwhika tjimwe nge kwayo tjibhuda mu milomo yenyu.
English14
“Three times a year you are to celebrate a festival to me.
African Kalanga
“Katatu mu gole mundithamile nzano.
English15
“Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in that month you came out of Egypt. “No one is to appear before me empty-handed.
African Kalanga
Mulondolodze Nzano we Tjiwunga tjisina Mbidzo sekwa ndakamudwa, muje tjiwunga tjisina mbidzo mazhuba ali kutendeka nge tjibaka tjakalingisana mu mwedzi we Abibi ngoti makabhuda mu Egipiti ndiwo. Kusibe ne nthu unozha mbeli kwangu akalembedza maboko.
English16
“Celebrate the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field. “Celebrate the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field.
African Kalanga
“Muthame nzano we kuvuna zwitshwa zwe tjamakalima. “Muthame nzano we kuvuna ku bupelo gwe gole ha mokubunganya zwamakalima mu minda.
English17
“Three times a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord.
African Kalanga
Katatu mu gole balume bose mu muli bazhe pana Yahwe Ndzimu.
English18
“Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast. “The fat of my festival offerings must not be kept until morning.
African Kalanga
“Usitongo pilanya malopa e tjibhayilo tjangu ne tjimwe tjingabe tjakalongwa mbidzo. Kakale usitongo biga mafuta e tjabhayigwa nzano wangu kuswikila tjimuka.
English19
“Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God. “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
African Kalanga
“Zwe zhizha zwe kutanga mu zwitshwa zwe nnda uwo, uzwizhise ku ng'umba ya Yahwe Ndzimu uwo. “Usitongo bhika mbudzana nge nkaka wa mayi bayo.
English20
“See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
African Kalanga
“Bonani, ndotuma ntumwa we kudzimu mbeli kwenyu kumutjengeta mu gwendo ne kumuyisa ku bugalo gwandakalulwamisa.
English21
Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him.
African Kalanga
Mun'yele njele, mun’whilile, musitongo mpandukila ngobe aangamuzwiibhatigwe matjinyo enyu ngoti zina langu limu nli.
English22
If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you.
African Kalanga
Koga ha mu teedza whi lile nge njele mushinga kose kwandinoleba, ipapo ndowobe tjita tje zwita zwenyu abe nnyanyayidzi ku banyanyayidzi benyu.
English23
My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.
African Kalanga
Ntumwa wangu unowoyenda mbeli kwenyu, unowomuyisa ku Baamori ne Bahiti ne Baperizi ne Bakanana ne Bahivi ne Bajebusi, imi ndowobalobesa.
English24
Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces.
African Kalanga
Musitongo namata midzimu yabo kene kuli kuyishingila kene kutobela zwiyito zwabo, muyikolomodze kakale mupkhwanye mabgwe abo akayengemala abe zwikwetjekwetje.
English25
Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,
African Kalanga
Munamate Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu ngono ndowokombolela zojiwa zwenyu ne vula yenyu, ndowodusila kutjena njigwele dzipakati kwenyu.
English26
and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
African Kalanga
Akuna nkadzi unowosheta kene usingowowana mbeleko mu shango yenyu. Ndowothama kuti utjile butjilo guzhele.
English27
“I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.
African Kalanga
“Ndowozhisa kutjisa kwangu mbeli kuko, ndowowhumanya bathu bose bamunowoshangana nabo, abuya athama zwita zwenyu kuti zwimutizhe.
English28
I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
African Kalanga
Ndowotumila phuzephuze mbeli kuko dzinowotata Bahivi ne Bakanana ne Bahiti mbeli kuko.
English29
But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you.
African Kalanga
Anditowobatata mbeli kuko mu gole ling'ompela kuyita kuti shango isitongo dwa ibe tjilambanyika zwibandana zwe shango zwidwa zwiwanda zwimukulila.
English30
Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.
African Kalanga
Ndowobadusa kutukununu ne kutukununu pamuli kudzina muwanda muthuwa shango.
English31
“I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River. I will hand over to you the people who live in the land and you will drive them out before you.
African Kalanga
Ndowotjeka n'gathu we shango yenyu kudwa pa Gungwa Shaba kunoti ku gungwa le Bafilisitiya ne kudwa mu tjilambanyika kunoti ku gwizi gwe Yufuratesi. Ndowolonga bagali be shango iyeyi mu maboko enyu ngono mowobatata pamuli.
English32
Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods.
African Kalanga
Usitongo thama tjidumano nabo kene ne midzimu yabo.
English33
Do not let them live in your land, or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.”
African Kalanga
Basitongo gala mu shango yenyu, ngobe bangadwa bethama kuti munditjinyile, ngoti ha munganamata midzimu yabo, lowobe labe bhuzhu kumuli.”

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.