The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Genesis 10English
Kutangisa 10African Kalanga
- English1
This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood. The Japhethites
African KalangaEzwi ndizo zwizekugwana zwe bakololo ba Nuwa, bo Shemu na Hamu na Jafeti, ibo bakati bakazwala bana shule kwe nkubila.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Jafeti ndi Gomeri na Magogi na Madai na Javani na Tubali na Mesheki na Tirasi.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Gomeri ndi Ashikenazi na Rifati na Togama.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Javani ndi Elisha na Tashishi na Khitimu na Dodanimu.
- English5
(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.) The Hamites
African KalangaMuna ibaba, kwakadwa bathu bakabe begala mu tjekelo dze gungwa. Ibaba ndibo bakaandama mu shango dzabo kuyenda nge misha yabo nenge ndimi dzabo mu zwitjaba zwabo.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Hamu ndi Khushi na Egipiti na Puti na Kanana.
- English7
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
African KalangaBakololo ba Khushi ndi Sheba na Havila na Sabuta na Raama na Sabuteka. Bakololo ba Raama ndi Sheba na Dedani.
- African Kalanga
Khushi kazwala Nimirodi iye wakatanga kube mbhayani nkulu mu shango.
- English9
He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”
African KalangaWakabe ali nvimi wakasima mbeli kwa Yahwe, ndizo kuna ndebo inoti, “Sa Nimirodi nvimi wakasima mbeli kwa Yahwe.”
- African Kalanga
Mbuso uwe wakatangisa mu Bhabhiloni ne mu Ereke ne mu Akhadi ne Kaline mu shango ye Shinari.
- African Kalanga
Kudwa mu shango iyeyo wakayenda ku Asiriya kwaakabaka Ninive ne Rehoboti ne Khala
- African Kalanga
ne Reseni nzi nkulu upakati kwe Ninive ne Khala.
- African Kalanga
Egipiti wakazwala Baludi ne Baanami ne Balehabi ne Banafitu ne
- African Kalanga
Bapatirusi ne Bakasilu pakapaluka Bafilisitiya ne Bakhafutori.
- African Kalanga
Kanana kazwala Sidoni mbano iye, ndiyezwe batategulu be Bahiti
- African Kalanga
ne Bajebusi ne Baamori ne Bagirigashi
- African Kalanga
ne Bahivi ne Baariki ne Basini,
- African Kalanga
Baarivadi ne Bazemari ne Bahamati. Kwakati shule kwe tjibaka misha ye Bakanana ikapalalana.
- English19
and the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
African KalangaMigathu ye Kanana yakabe ibamba kudwa ku Sidoni ilinga ku Gera inotigu ku Gaza ibe ilinga ku Sodoma ne ku Gomora ne ku Adima ne ku Zeboyimi bukule kunoti ku Lasha.
- English20
These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations. The Semites
African KalangaNdibo bakololo ba Hamu ibaba kuyenda nge misha ne ndimi dzabo ne shango dzabo nenge njudzi dzabo.
- English21
Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.
African KalangaShemu nnung'una wa Jafeti wakabe ali batategulu be bakololo ba Eberi ngono na iye kawana bana.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Shemu ndi Elamu na Ashuri na Aripashadi na Ludi na Aramu.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Aramu ndi Uzi na Hule na Gethari na Mashi.
- African Kalanga
Aripashadi kazwala Shela, Shela tate ba Eberi.
- English25
Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.
African KalangaEberi kazwala bakololo bali babili. Mmwe wakabe edang'wa kuyi Pelegi ngoti mu tjibaka tjitje shango yakapalalana. Nnung'una uwe wakabe edang'wa kuyi Jokitani.
- African Kalanga
Jokitani kazwala Alimodadi na Shelefi na Hazamaveti na Jera,
- African Kalanga
na Hadoramu na Uzali na Dikila,
- African Kalanga
na Obali na Abimaele na Sheba,
- African Kalanga
na Ofiri na Havila na Jobabu. Ibaba bose bakabe bali bakololo ba Jokitani.
- English30
The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
African KalangaNtuthu wabakabe begala wakabe ubamba kudwa ku Mesha kunoti ku Sefari mu shango ye matuthu ku bhezhuba.
- African Kalanga
Ndibo bakololo ba Shemu ibaba kuyenda nge misha yabo ne ndimi dzabo ne shango dzabo nenge njudzi dzabo.
- English32
These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.
African KalangaIyeyi ndiyo misha ye bakololo ba Nuwa kuyenda nge kuzwagwa kwabo mu njudzi dzabo. Kudwa mubali zwitjaba zwakaandama nge shango yose shule kwe nkubila.
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.