The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Exodus 7English
Kufuluka 7African Kalanga
- English1
Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
African KalangaYahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati, “Bona, ndakuthama ukabe se Ndzimu kuna Faro, Aroni nkulu uwo iye unowobe nlebesambeli uwo.
- English2
You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country.
African KalangaIwe unowobudza Aroni kose kwandinokubudza, Aroni nkulu uwo iye unowobudza Faro kuti aletje Baiziraela babhude mu shango iye.
- English3
But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt,
African KalangaKoga ndowokukutadza moyo wa Faro ngono nenguba ndiwowatsha makaabadzo angu mu Egipiti,
- English4
he will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment I will bring out my divisions, my people the Israelites.
African KalangaFaro aatowomuwhilila. Ipapo ndowoloba Egipiti ndibe ndidusa njudzi dze bathu bangu Baiziraela, mu shango ye Egipiti nge kubaloba shamu kukulu.
- English5
And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it.”
African KalangaBaegipiti banowoziba kuti imi ndimi Yahwe ha ndibaloba ndidusa Baiziraela pakati kwabo.”
- African Kalanga
Mushe na Aroni bakashinga koga se kwabadwiwa ndi Yahwe.
- African Kalanga
Mushe wakabe ana makole ali makumi ali zhanakadzi (80), Aroni iye ana makole ali makumi ali zhanakadzi ana makole ali matatu (83).
- African Kalanga
Yahwe bakadwa Mushe na Aroni bakati,
- English9
“When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ then say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a snake.”
African Kalanga“Ha Faro angati kumuli, ‘Muzwilakidze ngoshinga jenamiso kuti matumwa nge Ndzimu.’ ” Ipapo udwe Aroni uti, “Tola ludozo gugo ugulashile pasi mbeli kwa Faro ngono gowoshanduka gukabe nyoka.”
- English10
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake.
African KalangaNdizo Mushe na Aroni bakayenda kuna Faro ngono bakathama sekwabakadwiwa ndi Yahwe. Aroni kalashila ludozo gugwe pasi mbeli kwa Faro ne makombgwa awe ngono gukashanduka gukabe nyoka mbeli kwabo.
- English11
Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts:
African KalangaFaro kabe edana batjenjedu ne ng'anga ne banoshingisa masalamusi be Egipiti ngono bakathamabo saikoko nge bung'anga gwabo.
- English12
Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.
African KalangaMmwe ne mmwe wabo kalashila pasi ludozo gugwe ngono gukashanduka gukabe nyoka. Ludozo gwa Aroni gukamidza madozo abo.
- English13
Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.
African KalangaNenguba kwakajalo Faro wakakukutadza moyo uwe kasibawhilile se kwakaleba Yahwe.
- English14
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.
African KalangaIpapo Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati, “Faro wakukutadza moyo, unolamba kuletja bathu ibaba kuti bayende.
- English15
Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
African KalangaKashangane naye mangwanana, unowobe eyenda ku gwizi gwe Naili ngono iwe ummilile pa phili ye gwizi wakabhata ludozo igogu gwakatongo shanduka nyoka.
- English16
Then say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the desert. But until now you have not listened.
African KalangaUswike undwe uti, ‘Yahwe Ndzimu we Bahebheru bandituma ku kuli bakati, “Letja bathu bangu bayende kuti banondinamata mu tjilambanyika. Koga iwe na ngwenu kose autondiwhilila.” ’ ”
- English17
This is what the Lord says: By this you will know that I am the Lord: With the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will be changed into blood.
African KalangaNdizo Yahwe bakati, “Oku ndiko kwandinowothama kukulakidza kuti ndimi Yahwe: Bona ndowoloba vula imu gwizi gwe Naili nge ludozo igogu ngono inowoshanduka ikabe malopa.
- English18
The fish in the Nile will die, and the river will stink; the Egyptians will not be able to drink its water.’”
African KalangaWhobe dzimu Naili dzowofa ngono gwizi gowonuwha Baegipiti banowoshima kung'wa vula yago.”
- English19
The Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt–over the streams and canals, over the ponds and all the reservoirs’-and they will turn to blood. Blood will be everywhere in Egypt, even in the wooden buckets and stone jars.”
African KalangaYahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati, “Idwa Aroni atole, ludozo gugwe atambunudze luboko gugwe agumilidzile pezhugwi kwe vula dze Egipiti, pezhugwi kwe njizi dzabo ne ngolo dzabo ne makakhwa abo ne madziba abo e vula kuti ashanduke abe malopa. Kowobe ne malopa mu shango yose ye Egipiti nenge mu zwija zose zwe lukuni ne zwakathamiwa ne bgwe.”
- English20
Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded. He raised his staff in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was changed into blood.
African KalangaMushe na Aroni bakathama sekwa bakadwiwa ndi Yahwe mu mesho a Faro ne mu mesho e makombgwa awe. Wakamilidza ludozo kaloba vula yakabe ili mu gwizi gwe Naili ngono vula ikashanduka ikabe malopa.
- English21
The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. Blood was everywhere in Egypt.
African KalangaWhobe dzimu gwizi gwe Naili dzikafa gwizi gukanuwha, Baegipiti bakasitubule kung'wa vula mu gwizi gwe Naili. Malopa kazhala pamwe ne pamwe mu shango yose ye Egipiti.
- English22
But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts, and Pharaoh’s heart became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.
African KalangaBana masalamusi mu Egipiti bakathamabo saikoko nge masalamusi abo, ngono Faro kakukutadza moyo uwe sakale kasitongo bateedza sekwakaleba Yahwe.
- African Kalanga
Faro kashanduka kayenda ku bugalo gugwe ngono kasitongogala akulonga mu moyo uwe.
- English24
And all the Egyptians dug along the Nile to get drinking water, because they could not drink the water of the river.
African KalangaBaegipiti bose bakatsha kupoteleka gwizi gwe Naili beshaka vula yabangang'wa ngoti bakabe basingake bakang'wa vula mu Naili.
- African Kalanga
Kukapinda mazhuba ali kutendeka shule kwa Yahwe baloba gwizi gwe Naili.
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.