The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Exodus 9English
Kufuluka 9African Kalanga
- English1
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, so that they may worship me.”
African KalangaIpapo Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati, “Yenda kuna Faro undwe uti, ‘Yahwe Ndzimu we Bahebheru bakati, “Letja bathu bangu bayende banondinamata.
- African Kalanga
Ha ungadwilila ulamba kubaletja kuti bayende,
- English3
the hand of the Lord will bring a terrible plague on your livestock in the field–on your horses and donkeys and camels and on your cattle and sheep and goats.
African Kalangabona, Yahwe banowozhisa tjigwele tjakabipa mu ng'ombe dzidzo dzose ne mu mbizi ne mu madonki ne kamela ne mu pkhwizi ne mbudzi.
- English4
But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”
African KalangaKoga Yahwe banowoshalaula zwithuwo zwe Iziraela muna zwe Egipiti kuyita kuti kusibe ne tjinofa tje bathu be Iziraela.” ’ ”
- African Kalanga
Ngono Yahwe bakabiga tjibaka bakati, “Mangwana Yahwe banowokushinga ikoku kuthu mu shango.”
- English6
And the next day the Lord did it: All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.
African KalangaKwakati tjimuka Yahwe bakashinga tjabakaleba, zwithuwo zose zwe Egipiti zwikafa, koga muna zwe Iziraela akuna zwakafa.
- English7
Pharaoh sent men to investigate and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go.
African KalangaFaro katuma bathu bakanoshola, ngono bonani, bakawana kusina ne tjing'ompela tje zwithuwo zwe Baiziraela tjakafa. Nenguba kwakajalo, Faro kakukutadza moyo uwe kasiletje bathu bakayenda.
- English8
Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from a furnace and have Moses toss it into the air in the presence of Pharaoh.
African KalangaYahwe bakadwa Mushe na Aroni bakati, “Nokolani nlota mu tjibeso nge maboko enyu alizhele, Mushe auposele pezhugwi eupaladza mu phepo Faro akalinga.
- English9
It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on men and animals throughout the land.”
African KalangaNgono nlota unowobe whuluba ye bgwisana mu shango yose ye Egipiti ube malonda anonyikishila mu bathu ne mu zwithuwo mu shango yose ye Egipiti.”
- English10
So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on men and animals.
African KalangaNdizo bakatola nlota mu tjibeso bakama mbeli kwa Yahwe ngono Mushe kauposela pezhugwi mu phepo ngono ukabe ube malonda anonyikishila mu bathu ne zwithuwo.
- English11
The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils that were on them and on all the Egyptians.
African KalangaNg'anga dzikasitubule kuboneka pana Mushe dziikhwa nge malonda ngoti malonda akabe ali mu ng'anga ne mu Baegipiti bose.
- English12
But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said to Moses.
African KalangaKoga Yahwe bakakukutadza moyo wa Faro ngono kasibawhilile, koga Yahwe sekwa bakabudza Mushe.
- English13
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, confront Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me,
African KalangaIpapo Yahwe bakati kuna Mushe, “Umuke mangwanana uyende kuna Faro undwe uti, ‘Yahwe Ndzimu we Bahebheru bakati, “Letja bathu bangu bayende kuti banondinamata.
- English14
or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against you and against your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.
African KalangaNgoti tjibaka tjino ndowokuloba shamu inowotuthula moyo uwo, iwe ne makombgwa awo ne bathu babo kuti uzibe kuti akuna unonga imi mu shango yose.
- English15
For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth.
African KalangaNgoti ngwenu wali ndingabe ndakatambunudza luboko gwangu akuloba nge bugwele iwe ne bathu babo, kungabe kujali makapela mu shango.
- English16
But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
African KalangaKoga tjandakakuletjela kuti utjile whuti ndikulakidze masimba angu, kuyita kuti zina langu lilebgwe mu shango yose.
- African Kalanga
Koga iwe utjazwikudzazo nge bathu bangu, autobaletja bakayenda.
- English18
Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded till now.
African KalangaBona, mangwana nge tjibaka itjetji ndowothama kuti tjivulamabgwe tjakabangalala tjine, tjowobe tjili tjisathu tjikatongobepo mu Egipiti kudwa mu kubambiwa kwayo kudzina kuswikila sakuno.
- English19
Give an order now to bring your livestock and everything you have in the field to a place of shelter, because the hail will fall on every man and animal that has not been brought in and is still out in the field, and they will die.’”
African KalangaNdizo sakuno wali, kubunganyani zwithuwo zwenyu zose zwimu shango na zose zwamunazo zwiyisiwe pakabakililika, ngoti tjivulamabgwe tjowowila nthu mmwe ne mmwe kose ne zwithuwo zwimu shango zwisazhisiwa mu nzi, ngono zowofa.
- English20
Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside.
African KalangaIpapo mmwe ne mmwe we makombgwa a Faro unotja Yahwe kathama kuti balanda babe ne zwithuwo zwitizhile mu ng'umba.
- African Kalanga
Koga mmwe ne mmwe wakashayila hanya Yahwe kaletja balanda babe ne zwithuwo mu shango.” ’ ”
- English22
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that hail will fall all over Egypt–on men and animals and on everything growing in the fields of Egypt.”
African KalangaYahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati, “Milidza luboko gugo utendeke pezhugwi, kuti kube ne tjivulamabgwe mu shango yose ye Egipiti, mu bathu ne mu zwithuwo ne nti mmwe ne mmwe mu shango mu Egipiti.”
- English23
When Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt;
African KalangaMushe kati emilidza luboko gugwe etendeka pezhugwi Yahwe bakazhisa dutu gulu ne tjivulamabgwe, vula ikadadamula. Yahwe bakanisa tjivulamabgwe mu shango ye Egipiti.
- English24
hail fell and lightning flashed back and forth. It was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.
African KalangaKwakabe ne tjivulamabgwe tjikulu ne vula idwilila ipenya kusakatongobepo mu shango ye Egipiti.
- English25
Throughout Egypt hail struck everything in the fields–both men and animals; it beat down everything growing in the fields and stripped every tree.
African KalangaTjivulamabgwe tjikaloba tjimwe ne tjimwe mu Egipiti, nthu ne phuka ne zwinomela tjiloba tjiligila pasi tjizazabula nti mmwe ne mmwe mu shango.
- African Kalanga
Ku Gosheni koga kwakabe kugala Baiziraela ndiko kwakabe kusina tjivulamabgwe.
- English27
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said to them. “The Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.
African KalangaIpapo Faro katuma bathu bakanodana Mushe na Aroni, ngono kabadwa kati, “Ndimi ndatjinya dumbu tjibaka tjino, Yahwe bakatambunuka, imi ne bathu bangu ti batjinyi.
- English28
Pray to the Lord, for we have had enough thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don’t have to stay any longer.”
African KalangaMutikumbilile kuna Yahwe ngoti kwathamwa nge dutu ne tjivulamabgwe kwalizana, ndowomuletja mukayenda, anditjowobe nditjamudzibila.”
- English29
Moses replied, “When I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands in prayer to the Lord. The thunder will stop and there will be no more hail, so you may know that the earth is the Lord ‘s.
African KalangaMushe kanshandula kati, “Ndowoti koga ndibhuda mu nzi nkulu ndowotembezela Yahwe, dutu lowopela ne tjivulamabgwe atjitowobepo kuti uzibe kuti shango nge ya Yahwe.
- African Kalanga
Koga iwe ne makombgwa awo ndoziba kuti amuthu mukatja Yahwe Ndzimu.”
- English31
(The flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley had headed and the flax was in bloom.
African Kalanga“Minda ye maluba anothama jila neye mathunde anoyi bhali ikatjinyiwa nge tjivulamabgwe. Mathunde e bhali akabe aputjula ne maluba iwo akabe atjakafunda.
- African Kalanga
Koga mathunde e korong iwo aazotjinyiwa ngoti enonoka kukula.”
- English33
Then Moses left Pharaoh and went out of the city. He spread out his hands toward the Lord; the thunder and hail stopped, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.
African KalangaMushe kadwa pana Faro kabhuda mu nzi nkulu ngono kamilidza maboko awe katembezela Yahwe ndizo dutu ne tjivulamabgwe zwikama ne vula ikakaamudza.
- English34
When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts.
African KalangaKoga Faro kati ebona kuti vula ne tjivulamabgwe ne dutu zwakaamudza, katjinya kakale kakukutadza moyo uwe, makombgwa awe na iwobo.
- English35
So Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said through Moses.
African KalangaNdizo moyo wa Faro ukakukutala kasiletje bathu be Iziraela bakayenda sekwakabe kwaleba Yahwe betuma 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.