The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Ezra 3English
Ezera 3African Kalanga
- English1
When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem.
African KalangaKwakati mu mwedzi we kutendeka ugala bathu be Iziraela bakabe batjigadzikana mu mizi yabo, bakanokubunganila ku Jerusalema bali tjithu tjing'ompela.
- English2
Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, in accordance with what is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
African KalangaKudwapo kukamilika Jeshuwa nkololo wa Jozadaki, ana bapirisiti naye na Zerubhabeli nkololo wa Shealitiyele ne makamu awe bakabaka tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo tje Ndzimu we Iziraela, kuti ndizo bapisile zwibhayilo mutjili sekwa kwakakwagwa mu Nlayo wa Mushe, nlume we Ndzimu.
- English3
Despite their fear of the peoples around them, they built the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and evening sacrifices.
African KalangaBakabaka tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo pa thiwa dzatjo dzakale, nenguba bakabe betja bathu be mizi yakabapoteleka nabo, kudwapo bakapisila Yahwe zwibhayilo, mangwanana ne madekwana.
- English4
Then in accordance with what is written, they celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles with the required number of burnt offerings prescribed for each day.
African KalangaBakazana Nzano we Mishasha sekwa kwakakwagwa, zhuba ne zhuba bakabe beyisa zwibhayilo zwe palo yakabe ishakiwa mu zhuba ilelo.
- English5
After that, they presented the regular burnt offerings, the New Moon sacrifices and the sacrifices for all the appointed sacred feasts of the Lord, as well as those brought as freewill offerings to the Lord.
African KalangaShule kwa ikoko bakayisa zwibhayilo zwe misi yose, ne zwipo zwinoyisiwa pa Nzano we Mwedzi ugala ne zwe mizano yakabigwa yose ya Yahwe ne zwipo zwe mmwe ne mmwe zwe moyo ntjena zwidusigwa Yahwe.
- English6
On the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, though the foundation of the Lord’s temple had not yet been laid.
African KalangaKudwa mu zhuba le kutanga le mwedzi we kutendeka bakatangisa kudusa zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa kuna Yahwe, nenguba muna itjetjo tjibaka thiwa dze Ng'umba ya Yahwe dzakabe dzisathu dzikateyiwa.
- English7
Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and gave food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar logs by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.
African KalangaKakale bakapa babezhi be mabgwe ne be whuni mari ne zojiwa ne zwinong'wiwa ne mafuta kuti zwitumiligwe ku bathu be Tire ne Sidoni, kuti ndizo bazhise mapango e miti ye misida nge gungwa kudwa ku Lebanoni beayisa ku Jopa, sekwa bakabe bapiwa ndetjedzelo ndi Sirasi mambo we Pheshiya.
- English8
In the second month of the second year after their arrival at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers (the priests and the Levites and all who had returned from the captivity to Jerusalem) began the work, appointing Levites twenty years of age and older to supervise the building of the house of the Lord.
African KalangaMu mwedzi we bubili we gole le bubili, basinoswika ku Ng'umba ye Ndzimu ku Jerusalema, Zerubhabeli nkololo wa Shealitiyele na Jeshuwa nkololo wa Jozadaki bakatangisa kubaka, bakabe bakashangana ne bathu bose babo, bapirisiti, ne Balevi na ibabo bose bakabe bazha mu Jerusalema bedwa ku busungwa. Balevi bose bakabe bana makole ali makumi mabili ne kupinda ipapo bakabe bakatungamila nshingo we kumusa Ng'umba ya Yahwe.
- English9
Jeshua and his sons and brothers and Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Hodaviah) and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers–all Levites– joined together in supervising those working on the house of God.
African KalangaJeshuwa ne bakololo babe ne makamu awe na Kadimiyele ne bakololo babe ne bakololo ba Juda wakabe edang'wa Hodaviya ne bakololo ba Henadadi ne bakololo babobo ne Balevi bakama nge makumbo bali batungamili be bashingi be Ng'umba ye Ndzimu.
- English10
When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments and with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their places to praise the Lord, as prescribed by David king of Israel.
African KalangaKwakati babaki betangisa kuteya thiwa dze Ng'umba ya Yahwe, bapirisiti bakabe bakaambala zwiambalo zwabo bakabhata dziporompita mu maboko abo, Balevi be nsha wa Asafa bakabe bali mile bakabhata dzisimbali. Bakabe bekudza Ndzimu bakasala shule ndaulo sekwa dzakapiwa ndi Dafite mambo we Iziraela.
- English11
With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord: “He is good; his love to Israel endures forever.” And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
African KalangaBakamba bedabidzana, bekudza kakale beboka Yahwe, bebakudza beti, “Yahwe bakanaka, mawhilo ngoni abo mu Baiziraela nge asingapele.” Bathu bose bakabe bepululudza dumbu bekudza Yahwe, ngobe thiwa dze Ng'umba ya Yahwe dzakabe dzatjitangisiwa.
- English12
But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple, wept aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy.
African KalangaKoga bunji gwe bapirisiti ne Balevi bawhola ne misholo ye misha bakabe babona Ng'umba ye Ndzimu ye kutanga, bakalila kwazo kwazo ha bebona thiwa dze Ng'umba ye Ndzimu dziteyiwa, ngono bunji gwe bathu gwakabe gupululudza gwakashatha.
- English13
No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away.
African KalangaNdizo bathu bakabe basingake bakathubukanya zhoba ye shatho mu zhoba ye tjililo tje bathu, ngobe zhoba yakabe ili njisa kwazo iwhika kulekule.
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.