The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Ezra 6English
Ezera 6African Kalanga
- English1
King Darius then issued an order, and they searched in the archives stored in the treasury at Babylon.
African KalangaMambo Dariyasi bakadusa ndaulo. Ngono bakashaka mu ng'umba ye whalo dze zwiyitikalo zwa ntolo zwe bushe kwadzakabe dzibigwa ku Bhabhiloni.
- English2
A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province of Media, and this was written on it: Memorandum:
African KalangaNgono mu Ekibhana nzi nkulu we ntuthu we Mediya, kwakawang'wa lukwalo gunopetenugwa gwakakwagwa kuyi, “Zwiyitikalo.
- English3
In the first year of King Cyrus, the king issued a decree concerning the temple of God in Jerusalem: Let the temple be rebuilt as a place to present sacrifices, and let its foundations be laid. It is to be ninety feet high and ninety feet wide,
African KalangaMu gole le kutanga le mbuso wabo, Mambo Sirasi bakadusa ndaulo yakalingisana ngekwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu mu Jerusalema: Ng'umba ye Ndzimu imusiwe, kube ipo panozhisigwa zwibhayilo ne miteyo iteyiwe. Ng'umba ye Ndzimu yakafanila ibakiwe ibe bulefu gwe thambo dzili makumi mabili ana dzili kutendeka (27) ne bupabi gwe thambo dzili makumi mabili ana dzili kutendeka (27),
- English4
with three courses of large stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid by the royal treasury.
African Kalangaibe ne kutathakanyiwa katatu nge mabgwe makulu anokunguludziwa ne mapango akatathakanyiwa kang'ompela. Tjinyikilo idzedzi dzilipiwe nge be dula le bushe.
- English5
Also, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, are to be returned to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; they are to be deposited in the house of God.
African KalangaKakale ne zwija zwe golide ne siliva zwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu zwakabe zwatogwa ndi Nebukadineza, mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu mu Jerusalema, ezwiyisa ku Bhabhiloni, zwakafanila kuti zwibgwiliziwe ku magalo azo ku Ng'umba ye Ndzimu mu Jerusalema.”
- English6
Now then, Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and you, their fellow officials of that province, stay away from there.
African Kalanga“Ngono ngwenu iwe Tatenayi, nlauli we golombedzo le Yufuratesi, na Shetaribhozenayi namwi bashingi nabo be ntuthu iwoyu mube kutjena nako.
- English7
Do not interfere with the work on this temple of God. Let the governor of the Jews and the Jewish elders rebuild this house of God on its site.
African KalangaLetjani nshingo we kumusa Ng'umba iyeyi ye Ndzimu udwilile. Muletje nlauli we Bajuta ne bakulu be Bajuta, bamuse Ng'umba ye Ndzimu payakabe ilipo.
- English8
Moreover, I hereby decree what you are to do for these elders of the Jews in the construction of this house of God: The expenses of these men are to be fully paid out of the royal treasury, from the revenues of Trans-Euphrates, so that the work will not stop.
African KalangaKakale ndodusa ndaulo muna tjamakafanila thamila bakulu be Bajuta mu kumusa Ng'umba ye Ndzimu. Ndipo dze tjinyikilo dze mbako dzipiwe bathu ibaba, kudwa mu dula le bushe ne mu likhetho gwe golombedzo le Yufuratesi kuti ndizo nshingo usitongoma.
- English9
Whatever is needed–young bulls, rams, male lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine and oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem–must be given them daily without fail,
African KalangaNe tjimwe ne tjimwe tjabanoshaka: Mikong'wana, nyundo ne pkhwizana dze tjibhayilo tje Ndzimu we kudzimu. Mathunde ne nkumbi we zhambi ne mwenyu ne mafuta se zwishakiwa nge bapirisiti mu Jerusalema, mubape izo misi yose kusina tjingakonedza,
- English10
so that they may offer sacrifices pleasing to the God of heaven and pray for the well-being of the king and his sons.
African Kalangakuti ndizo batubule kuzhisa zwibhayilo zwinonuwha zwinozipa ku Ndzimu we kudzimu, ne kutembezelela butjilo gwa mambo ne bakololo babe.
- English11
Furthermore, I decree that if anyone changes this edict, a beam is to be pulled from his house and he is to be lifted up and impaled on it. And for this crime his house is to be made a pile of rubble.
African KalangaKakale ndadusa ndaulo inoti ani kene ani ungashandula matama iyawa kushomogwe phanda ye ng'umba iye, apayikwe muili, ngono ng'umba ithamwe duluthulu le malala.
- English12
May God, who has caused his Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to change this decree or to destroy this temple in Jerusalem. I Darius have decreed it. Let it be carried out with diligence.
African KalangaNdzimu wakathama kuti zina lawo libepo, ligale mu Jerusalema, ulobese mambo kene bathu bangashandula matama iyawa kene bangakolomodza Ng'umba ye Ndzimu mu Jerusalema. Imi Dariyasi ndadusa ndaulo iyeyi. Ngaitobegwe kusina tjingakonedza.”
- English13
Then, because of the decree King Darius had sent, Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar- Bozenai and their associates carried it out with diligence.
African KalangaNdizo kuyendidzana nge ndaulo yakabe yadusiwa ndi Dariyasi, Tatenayi nlauli we ntuthu uku golombedzo le Yufuratesi, Shetaribhozenayi, ne bamwe babanoshinga nabo, bakashinga bakamusa meya sekwa bakadwiwa ndi Mambo Dariyasi.
- English14
So the elders of the Jews continued to build and prosper under the preaching of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, a descendant of Iddo. They finished building the temple according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.
African KalangaBakulu be Bajuta bakadwilila bebaka bali pasi kwe bulebesambeli gwe balebesambeli Hagayi na Zekariya nkololo wa Ido. Bakapedza kubaka Ng'umba ye Ndzimu nge ndaulo ye Ndzimu we Iziraela na Dariyasi na Sirasi na Mambo Atazezasi we Pheshiya.
- English15
The temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
African KalangaNg'umba ye Ndzimu yakawidziwa kubakwa mu zhuba le butatu le mwedzi we Ada, mu gole le butathatu le mbuso wa Mambo Dariyasi.
- English16
Then the people of Israel–the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles–celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.
African KalangaKudwa ipapo bathu be Iziraela, bapirisiti ne Balevi ne bamwe bathu bose bakabuya kutapiwa bakazana nzano we kushathila kupiwa kwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu nge shatho whulu kwazo.
- English17
For the dedication of this house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred male lambs and, as a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, one for each of the tribes of Israel.
African KalangaMukupa Ng'umba ye Ndzimu bakadusa mikong'wana ili zana ling'ompela (100) ne nyundo dzili mazana mabili (200) ne pkwizana dzili mazana manna (400) ne mbudzi dzili gumi lina mbudzi mbili (12) dze tjibhayilo tje jinyo tje Baiziraela bose, imwe ne imwe ili milile ludzi gung'ompela mu njudzi dzili gumi lina mbili dze Iziraela.
- English18
And they installed the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their groups for the service of God at Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.
African KalangaBakabiga bapirisiti nge mamo abo akathubukana ne Balevi bakapiwa mishingo ye Ng'umba ye Ndzimu nge makupo abo mu Jerusalema sekwa kwakakwagwa mu lukwalo gwa Mushe.
- African Kalanga
Mu zhuba le bugumi lina manna mu mwedzi we kutanga bose bakabuya kutapiwa bakazana Nzano we Kupinda pezhugwi.
- English20
The priests and Levites had purified themselves and were all ceremonially clean. The Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their brothers the priests and for themselves.
African KalangaBapirisiti ne Balevi bakabe bakazwitjenapadza, bose bakatjenapala. Ngono bakabhaya pkhwizana ye Nzano we Kupinda pezhugwi, bose bakabuya kutapiwa ne bapirisiti na ibobo.
- English21
So the Israelites who had returned from the exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the unclean practices of their Gentile neighbors in order to seek the Lord, the God of Israel.
African KalangaNgono Baiziraela bose bakabuya kutapiwa, ne bakabe bazwishalula muna bose bakatemapala be zwitjaba, bakaja pkhwizana iyeyo kuti ndizo bathigamile Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela.
- English22
For seven days they celebrated with joy the Feast of Unleavened Bread, because the Lord had filled them with joy by changing the attitude of the king of Assyria, so that he assisted them in the work on the house of God, the God of Israel.
African KalangaBakazana nge kushatha, Nzano we Tjiwunga tjisina Mbidzo mazhuba ali kutendeka, ngobe Yahwe bakabe babashathisa nge kushandula nkumbulu wa mambo we Asiriya kuti ndizo ababhatshe mu nshingo we kumusa Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, Ndzimu we Iziraela.
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.