The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Exodus 8English
Kufuluka 8African Kalanga
- English1
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me.
African KalangaIpapo Yahwe bakati kuna Mushe, “Yenda kuna Faro undwe uti, ‘Yahwe bakati, “Letja bathu bangu bayende kuti banondinamata.
- African Kalanga
Koga ha ulamba kubaletja kuti bayende, bona, ndowoloba shango iyo yose nge mazhula.
- English3
The Nile will teem with frogs. They will come up into your palace and your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and on your people, and into your ovens and kneading troughs.
African KalangaGwizi gwe Naili gowozhala mazhula anowoti kazhala ne mu ng'umba iyo ye bumambo, anowongina mu ng'umba ye bulalo gugo katatha pa bulawo gugo. Anowongina mu ng'umba dze makombgwa awo ne muna dze bathu babo, anowongina mu mabhikilo enyu ne mu ndilo dzinovangigwa zwiwunga.
- African Kalanga
Mazhula iyawo anowokutatha kabuya katatha bathu babo ne makombgwa awo.” ’ ”
- English5
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the streams and canals and ponds, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.’”
African KalangaYahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati, “Idwa Aroni uti, ‘Tambunudza luboko gugo umilidzile ludozo gugo pezhugwi kwe njizi ne ngolo dze vula na pezhugwi kwe madziba e vula uthame kuti mazhula azhe mu shango ye Egipiti.’ ”
- English6
So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land.
African KalangaNdizo Aroni katambunudzila luboko gugwe pezhugwi kwe vula dze Egipiti ngono mazhula akazha kazhala shango ye Egipiti.
- English7
But the magicians did the same things by their secret arts; they also made frogs come up on the land of Egypt.
African KalangaKoga ng'anga dzikathamabo saikoko nge masalamusi adzo dzikazhisa mazhula mu shango ye Egipiti.
- English8
Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the Lord to take the frogs away from me and my people, and I will let your people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.”
African KalangaIpapo Faro kadana Mushe na Aroni ebe ebadwa eti, “Kumbilani Yahwe batidusile mazhula iyawa, imi ne bathu bangu, ngono ndowoletja bathu ibaba bakayenda kunodusila Yahwe zwibhayilo.”
- English9
Moses said to Pharaoh, “I leave to you the honor of setting the time for me to pray for you and your officials and your people that you and your houses may be rid of the frogs, except for those that remain in the Nile.”
African KalangaMushe kabe eti kuna Faro, “Imwi mundibudze kuti ndimutembezelele lini imwi ne makombgwa enyu ne bathu benyu kuti mazhula abulawe mu ng'umba dzenyu asale mu gwizi gwe Naili koga.”
- English10
“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh said. Moses replied, “It will be as you say, so that you may know there is no one like the Lord our God.
African KalangaIye kabe eti, “Mangwana.” Mushe kabe eti, “Ngakube sekwa munoleba kuti ndizo muzibe kuti akuna unonga Yahwe Ndzimu wedu.
- English11
The frogs will leave you and your houses, your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”
African KalangaMazhula anowodwa mukuli ne mu ng'umba dzenyu ne makombgwa enyu ne bathu benyu, anowosala mu Naili koga.”
- English12
After Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the Lord about the frogs he had brought on Pharaoh.
African KalangaKukati Mushe na Aroni basinodwa pana Faro Mushe kakumbila Yahwe ngekwe mazhula se kwaakabe adumana na Faro.
- English13
And the Lord did what Moses asked. The frogs died in the houses, in the courtyards and in the fields.
African KalangaYahwe bakathama tjakabe tjakumbigwa ndi Mushe, mazhula kafa mu dzing'umba ne mu mapakasa ne mu shangobo.
- African Kalanga
Baegipiti bakaakubunganya mimbumba ne mimbumba, shango inuwha itiphuu.
- English15
But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.
African KalangaKoga Faro kati ebona kuti kwatiphee kakukutadza moyo uwe ngono kasibateedze sekwa kaleba Yahwe.
- English16
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the ground,’ and throughout the land of Egypt the dust will become gnats.”
African KalangaIpapo Yahwe bakati kuna Mushe, “Idwa Aroni atole ludozo gugwe alobe pasi kuti whuluba ibe nyunyu mu shango yose ye Egipiti.”
- English17
They did this, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with the staff and struck the dust of the ground, gnats came upon men and animals. All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats.
African KalangaBakathama saikoko; Aroni kamilidza ludozo gugwe kaloba pasi ngono kukabe ne nyunyu mu bathu ne mu phuka. Whuluba yose ye shango ye Egipiti ikabe nyunyu.
- English18
But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not. And the gnats were on men and animals.
African KalangaNg'anga dzikagwisa nge masalamusi adzo kuzhisa nyunyu koga dzikakongwa. Nyunyu dzikabe mu bathu ne mu phuka.
- English19
The magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the Lord had said.
African KalangaNg'anga dzikadwa Faro dzikati, “Ikoku mishingo ye Ndzimu.” Koga Faro kakukutadza moyo uwe kasitongo bateedza se kwakaleba Yahwe.
- English20
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and confront Pharaoh as he goes to the water and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me.
African KalangaIpapo Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati, “Umuke mangwanana unoshanganidza Faro, unowobe eyenda ku gwizi ngono undwe uti, ‘Yahwe bakati, “Letja bathu bangu bayende kuti banondinamata.
- English21
If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies, and even the ground where they are.
African KalangaHa ungasaletja bathu bangu bakayenda, bona, ndowotumila milunda ye thuzi ku kuli neku makombgwa awo ne ku bathu babo. Ng'umba dzidzo ne dze Baegipiti dzowozhala milunda ye thuzi ne pamwe ne pamwe padziyapo.
- English22
” ‘But on that day I will deal differently with the land of Goshen, where my people live; no swarms of flies will be there, so that you will know that I, the Lord, am in this land.
African KalangaKoga mu zhuba ilelo ndowothama n'gathu unosiyila kuzhe shango ye Gosheni kugele bathu bangu, akutowoboneka milunda ye thuzi kuyita kuti uzibe kuti ndimi Yahwe mu shango.
- English23
I will make a distinction between my people and your people. This miraculous sign will occur tomorrow.’”
African KalangaNdowobiga n'gathu pakati kwe bathu bangu ne bathu babo saikoko. Mangwana tjilakidzo itjetji tjowoboneka.” ’ ”
- English24
And the Lord did this. Dense swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials, and throughout Egypt the land was ruined by the flies.
African KalangaYahwe bakathama saikoko; kukazha milunda mikulu ye thuzi mu ng'umba ya Faro ne mu ng'umba dze makombgwa awe ne mu shango ye Egipiti ngono shango ikatjinyika ngekwe thuzi.
- English25
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God here in the land.”
African KalangaFaro kadana Mushe na Aroni kabadwa kati, “Yendani munodusila Ndzimu wenyu tjibhayilo koga muli mu shango iyeyino.”
- English26
But Moses said, “That would not be right. The sacrifices we offer the Lord our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. And if we offer sacrifices that are detestable in their eyes, will they not stone us?
African KalangaKoga Mushe kabe eti, “Kowobe kusakalulwama kuthama saikoko; ngoti ha tiijalo towobe tibhayila Yahwe Ndzimu wedu zwibhayilo zwinoshimisa Baegipiti. Apa ha tibhayila Yahwe zwibhayilo zwinoshimisa Baegipiti pa mesho abo, apa Baegipiti abanga tikikithidze nge mabgwe kene?
- English27
We must take a three-day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, as he commands us.”
African KalangaIswi takafanila yenda gwendo gwe mazhuba matatu mu tjilambanyika tibe tibhayila Yahwe Ndzimu wedu sekwabanowotidwa.”
- English28
Pharaoh said, “I will let you go to offer sacrifices to the Lord your God in the desert, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
African KalangaFaro kabe eti, “Ndowomuletja mukayenda kunobhayila Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu mu tjilambanyika, koga musiyendile kulekule. Mundikumbililebo.”
- English29
Moses answered, “As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the Lord, and tomorrow the flies will leave Pharaoh and his officials and his people. Only be sure that Pharaoh does not act deceitfully again by not letting the people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.”
African KalangaIpapo Mushe kabe eti, “Ndobhuda ndoyenda ndodwa pamuli ngono ndowotembezela Yahwe kuti milunda ye thuzi idwe pa muli ne pa makombgwa enyu ne mu bathu, koga mangwana musitongo pitukana kakale mube musingaletje bathu kuti bayende kunobhayila Yahwe.”
- African Kalanga
Mushe kadwa pana Faro ngono katembezela Yahwe.
- English31
and the Lord did what Moses asked: The flies left Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not a fly remained.
African KalangaYahwe bakathama tjakumbigwa ndi Mushe bakadusa milunda ye thuzi pana Faro ne pa makombgwa awe ne mu bathu kukasheta ne ing'ompela yasala.
- African Kalanga
Koga Faro kakukutadza moyo uwe kakale kasiletje bathu kuti bayende.
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.
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