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Genesis 13English

Kutangisa 13African Kalanga

  1. English1

    So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him.

    African Kalanga

    Ndizo Abhuramu kabhuda mu Egipiti kayenda ku Negebu ne nkadzi uwe ne tjimwe ne tjimwe tjaakabe anatjo, na Loti kayenda naye.

  2. English2

    Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.

    African Kalanga

    Ngono Abhuramu wakabe akafuma kwazo. Wakabe ana zwithuwo ne siliva ne golide.

  3. English3

    From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier

    African Kalanga

    Kudwa mu Negebu wakayenda edwa mu magalo mamwe eyenda ku mamwe kuswikila eswika ku Bhetele, kanoti pakati kwe Bhetele ne Ai paakatongo gala kutanga,

  4. English4

    and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the Lord.

    African Kalanga

    ipo paakatanga kubaka tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo. Ngono ipapo kanamata Yahwe.

  5. English5

    Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

    African Kalanga

    Loti iye wakabe eyenda na Abhuramu na iyebo wakabe ana pkhwizi ne mbudzi ne ng'ombe ne nsha uwe ne balanda.

  6. English6

    But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.

    African Kalanga

    Ndizo shango ikasibalizane kuti bagale bose, ngoti thundu dzabo dzakabe dzili njisa kwabakabe basingake bakagala bose.

  7. English7

    And quarreling arose between Abram’s herdsmen and the herdsmen of Lot. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.

    African Kalanga

    Ndizo kukabe ne kuleyana pakati kwe balisi ba Abhuramu ne ba Loti. Bakanana ne Baperizi bakabe begala mu shango iyeyobo mu tjibaka itjetjo.

  8. English8

    So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, for we are brothers.

    African Kalanga

    Ndizo Abhuramu kabe eti kuna Loti, “Ngakusibe ne kuleyana pakati kuko nami kene pakati kwe balisi babo ne bangu ngoti ti bana be nthu.

  9. English9

    Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.”

    African Kalanga

    Apa shango aizozhuka mbeli kuko kene? Ngatithubukane. Ha uyenda ku lumeshwe, ndowoyenda ku luji, kene ha uyenda ku luji ndowoyenda ku lumeshwe.”

  10. English10

    Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, toward Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

    African Kalanga

    Loti kamilidza mesho kalinga shango ngono kabona nkuku wose we Jorodani kuti una vula pamwe ne pamwe, unofanana ne nnda wa Yahwe ne nge shango ye Egipiti, kuyendila ku Zowa. Kwakabe kuli mu tjibaka itjetjija Yahwe basathu bakalobesa Sodoma ne Gomora.

  11. English11

    So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company:

    African Kalanga

    Ndizo Loti kashalula nkuku wose we Jorodani, ngono kamilika kayendila ku bhezhuba, ndiko bakathubukana.

  12. English12

    Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.

    African Kalanga

    Abhuramu kagala mu shango ye Kanana, Loti iye kagala pakati kwe mizi ye nkuku, kabaka pejo ne Sodoma.

  13. English13

    Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.

    African Kalanga

    Bathu be Sodoma bakabe bali babiibi, bali batjinyi bakulu mbeli kwa Yahwe.

  14. English14

    The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Lift up your eyes from where you are and look north and south, east and west.

    African Kalanga

    Kukati Loti asinothubukana na Abhuramu Yahwe bakadwa Abhuramu bakati, “Milidza mesho awo uli pauyapo ulinge ku bunandzwa ne ku burwa ne ku bhezhuba ne ku golombedzo,

  15. English15

    All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever.

    African Kalanga

    shango yose iyeyi yaunobona ndowoipa iwe ne zwizekugwana zwizo nge kusingapele.

  16. English16

    I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.

    African Kalanga

    Ndowothama lutshinga gugo kuti gunge whuluba ye shango nge bunji, kuti ha ili kuti kuna ungabala whuluba ne zwizekugwana zwizo zwingabalikabo.

  17. English17

    Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.”

    African Kalanga

    Milika uyende shango nge bulefu gwayo nenge bupabi gwayo ngoti ndowokupa iyo.”

  18. English18

    So Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the Lord.

    African Kalanga

    Ndizo Abhuramu kafulusa nshasha uwe kanogala pejo ne miti mikulu ye pakayengemala ya Mamure ku Heburoni kwaakabakila Yahwe tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo ko.

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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.

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