The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Genesis 16English
Kutangisa 16African Kalanga
- English1
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar;
African KalangaSarayi nkadzi wa Abhuramu wakabe asingan'wanile bana. Koga wakabe ana nlandakadzi wakabe edang'wa Haga we Egipiti,
- English2
so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
African Kalangangono Sarayi kadwa Abhuramu kati, “Yahwe bakandinyima bana, nginani mu ng'umba ye nlandakadzi wangu, pamwe ndowowana bana ndiye.” Ngono Abhuramu kadumana ne tjakalebgwa ndi Sarayi.
- English3
So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.
African KalangaNdizo Abhuramu kati agala makole ali gumi mu shango ye Kanana, nkadzi uwe Sarayi katola Haga we N'egipiti nlandakadzi uwe kampa nlume uwe Abhuramu kube nkadzi uwe.
- English4
He slept with Hagar, and she conceived. When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
African KalangaAbhuramu kangina mu ng'umba na Haga ndizo Haga kazwisenga. Kukati Haga ebona kuti wazwisenga kadeelela tetshikadzi uwe Sarayi.
- English5
Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my servant in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.”
African KalangaNdizo Sarayi kati kuna Abhuramu, “Nlandu nge wenyu muna tjandinothamiwa tjisakanaka. Ndakamupa nlandakadzi wangu mu maboko enyu, koga wati ebona kuti wazwisenga kandideelela. Yahwe ngabasumikilise pakati kwenyu nami.”
- English6
“Your servant is in your hands,” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her.
African KalangaNgono Abhuramu kadwa Sarayi kati, “Nlandakadzi u pasi kuko, shinga tjaunoda ndiye.” Ndizo Sarayi kadziyidza Haga, ngono Haga katizha kadwa pana Sarayi.
- English7
The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.
African KalangaNtumwa wa Yahwe kawana Haga pa nsenya we vula mu tjilambanyika, nsenya upa whunde ye zila inoyenda ku Shuri.
- English8
And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.
African KalangaNgono Ntumwa wa Yahwe kati kunli, “Haga nlandakadzi wa Sarayi, wadwa ngayi uyenda ngayi?” Haga kashandula eti, “Ndotizha tetshikadzi wangu Sarayi.”
- African Kalanga
Ipapo ntumwa wa Yahwe kati kunli, “Bgwilila kuna tetshikadzi uwo uzwiyise pasi kukwe.”
- English10
The angel added, “I will so increase your descendants that they will be too numerous to count.”
African KalangaNtumwa wa Yahwe kapapha kati, “Ndowowatsha zwizekugwana zwizo kwazwisingake zwikabalika nge bunji.”
- English11
The angel of the Lord also said to her: “You are now with child and you will have a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard of your misery.
African KalangaNtumwa wa Yahwe kandwa kati, “Bona, wakazwisenga ngono unowowana mwana we tjilisana, unowontumila zina uti Ishimaele ngobe Yahwe bawha tjililo tjitjo.
- English12
He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
African KalangaUnowobe donki ye shango, tjiazha tjitje tjowobe tjibhayana ne mmwe ne mmwe ne tjiazha tje mmwe ne mmwe tjowobe tjibhayana naye. Unowogala emukilana ne be ludzi gugwe.”
- English13
She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”
African KalangaNdizo Haga kapa Yahwe ibo bakalebeleka naye zina eti, “Mu Ndzimu unobona,” ngoti wakati, “Apa ndabona Ndzimu kene, iwo unondibona kene?”
- English14
That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.
African KalangaNdizo tshime ilelo lakatumigwa kuyi Bheerilahairoyi kodwiwa kuti tshime le wabona katjila. Lipakati kwe Kadeshi ne Bheredi.
- African Kalanga
Haga kawanila Abhuramu mwana we tjilisana, ngono Abhuramu katumila mwana uwe waakawanigwa ndi Haga zina eti, Ishimaele.
- African Kalanga
Abhuramu wakabe ana makole ali makumi ali zhanakadzi ana makole ali matathatu (86) paakazwaligwa Ishimaele ndi Haga.
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.