Genesis 11 | Old Testament

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Genesis 11English

Kutangisa 11African Kalanga

English1
Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.
African Kalanga
Shango yose yakabe ina lulimi gung'ompela ne matama anofanana.
English2
As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
African Kalanga
Bathu bakati befuluka beyenda ku bhezhuba bakawana lubala mu shango ye Shinari ngono bakabaka ipapo.
English3
They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.
African Kalanga
Ngono bakalebesana beti, “Buyani tithame zwitina, tizwipise kwakabhata.” Bakashingisa zwitina mu bumo gwe mabgwe, mu bumo gwe daka bakashingisa ikontiri.
English4
Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
African Kalanga
Ipapo bakati, “Buyani, ngatizwibakileni nzi nkulu una thungamakole ina tjilungwane tjinoswika kudzimu, kuti tizwithamigwe zina, ndizo tisiandame nge shango yose.”
English5
But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building.
African Kalanga
Ngono Yahwe bakadeluka kuwobona nzi nkulu ne thungamakole zwakabe zwibakwa nge bathu.
English6
The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
African Kalanga
Yahwe bakabe beti, “Bonani, bathu ibaba ludzi gung'ompela kakale banoleba lulimi gung'ompela, ngono oku whutangisa koga kwe tjabanowoshinga, ndizo akuna tjabangalongolosa kutjishinga tjinowobakona.
English7
Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
African Kalanga
Buyani, ngatidelukileni pasi tinoshangashanganya lulimi gwabo kuti basiwhane mu ndimi dzabo.”
English8
So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
African Kalanga
Ndizo Yahwe bakabapaladza ipapo bakaandama nge shango yose ngono bakaletja kubaka nzi nkulu.
English9
That is why it was called Babel - because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
African Kalanga
Ndizo zina lawo lakadang'wa Bhabele ngoti ndipo Yahwe pabakashangashanganyila lulimi gwe shango yose. Kudwa ipapo Yahwe bakabapaladza nge shango yose.
English10
This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
African Kalanga
Ezwi ndizo zwizekugwana zwa Shemu. Shemu wakati ana makole ali zana ling'ompela (100), kazwala Aripashadi shule kwe makole mabili kudwa pa nkubila.
English11
And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
African Kalanga
Kati asinozwala Aripashadi, Shemu katjila makole ali mazana ali mashanu (500) ngono kazwala bamwe bakololo ne bakololokadzi.
English12
When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.
African Kalanga
Aripashadi kati atjila makole ali makumi matatu ana makole ali mashanu (35) kazwala Shela.
English13
And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
African Kalanga
Shule kwe asinozwala Shela, Aripashadi katjila makole ali mazana manna ana makole ali matatu (403) ngono kazwala bamwe bakololo ne bakololokadzi.
English14
When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.
African Kalanga
Shela kati atjila makole ali makumi matatu (30) kazwala Eberi.
English15
And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
African Kalanga
Shule kwe asinozwala Eberi, Shela katjila makole ali mazana manna ana makole ali matatu (403) ngono kazwala bamwe bakololo ne bakololokadzi.
English16
When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg.
African Kalanga
Eberi kati atjila makole ali makumi matatu ana makole ali manna (34) kazwala Pelegi.
English17
And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
African Kalanga
Shule kwe asinozwala Pelegi, Eberi katjila makole ali mazana manna ana makole ali makumi matatu (430) ngono kazwala bamwe bakololo ne bakololokadzi.
English18
When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu.
African Kalanga
Pelegi kati atjila makole ali makumi matatu kazwala Rewu.
English19
And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
African Kalanga
Shule kwe asinozwala Rewu, Pelegi katjila makole ali mazana mabili ana makole ali zhanalume (209) ngono kazwala bamwe bakololo ne bakololokadzi.
English20
When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug.
African Kalanga
Rewu kati atjila makole ali makumi matatu ana makole ali mabili (32) kazwala Serugi.
English21
And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
African Kalanga
Shule kwe asinozwala Serugi, Rewu katjila makole ali mazana mabili ana makole ali kutendeka (207) ngono kazwala bamwe bakololo ne bakololokadzi.
English22
When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor.
African Kalanga
Serugi kati atjila makole ali makumi matatu (30) kazwala Nahori.
English23
And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
African Kalanga
Shule kwe asinozwala Nahori, Serugi katjila makole ali mazana mabili (200) ngono kazwala bamwe bakololo ne bakololokadzi.
English24
When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah.
African Kalanga
Nahori kati atjila makole ali makumi mabili ana makole ali zhanalume (29) kazwala Tera.
English25
And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
African Kalanga
Shule kwe asinozwala Tera, Nahori katjila makole ali zana ling'ompela lina makole ali gumi lina zhanalume (119) ngono kazwala bamwe bakololo ne bakololokadzi.
English26
After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.
African Kalanga
Tera kati atjila makole ali makumi ali kutendeka (70) kazwala Abhuramu na Nahori na Harani.
English27
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
African Kalanga
Ezwi ndizo zwizekugwana zwa Tera. Tera wakazwala Abhuramu na Nahori na Harani. Harani kazwala Loti.
English28
While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.
African Kalanga
Harani wakafa etangila Tera tate babe, wakafila mu Uri shango ye Bakhaladiya, shango yaakazwaligwa muili.
English29
Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
African Kalanga
Abhuramu na Nahori bose bakalobola. Zina le nkadzi wa Abhuramu lakabe liyi Sarayi, le nkadzi wa Nahori liyi Milikha ali nkololokadzi wa Harani tate ba Milikha na Isikha.
English30
Now Sarai was barren; she had no children.
African Kalanga
Sarayi wakabe asina bana, wakabe asina mbeleko.
English31
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.
African Kalanga
Tera katola nkololo uwe Abhuramu na Loti nkololo we nkololo uwe Harani, na Sarayi nkadzi we nkololo uwe Abhuramu ngono bose bakafuluka mu Uri mu shango ye Bakhaladiya beyenda ku shango ye Kanana. Koga bakati beswika mu Harani bakagala ipapo.
English32
Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
African Kalanga
Tera katjila makole ali mazana mabili ana makole ali mashanu (205) ngono kafila mu Harani.

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.