The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Genesis 22English
Kutangisa 22African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Shule kwe zwithu izwezwi, Ndzimu ukashola Abhurahama kubona kuti nthu wakatini. Ukan'dana ukati, “Abhurahama!” Kadabila eti, “Ndipano.”
- English2
Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”
African KalangaNdzimu ukabe uti, “Tola nkololo uwo, nkololo uwo uyega Isaki waunoda, uyende ku shango ye Moriya un'duse tjili tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa pezhugwi kwe limwe le matombo landinowokubudza.”
- English3
Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about.
African KalangaNdizo tjimuka Abhurahama kabinduka kathubulila whuni dze tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa kadzibelesa donki iye, kabe etola balanda babe babili ne nkololo uwe Isaki, katola whuni dze tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa ngono kamilika kayenda ku bugalo gwaakabe abudziwa nge Ndzimu.
- African Kalanga
Mu zhuba le butatu Abhurahama kamilidza mesho kabona pathu ipapo patjikule.
- English5
He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”
African KalangaIpapo Abhurahama kati ku balanda babe, “Salani ipapa ne donki, imi ne mbisana towoyenda apaje tinonamata Ndzimu tikobuya kumuli.”
- English6
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together,
African KalangaAbhurahama katola whuni dze tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa kadzisengesa nkololo uwe Isaki, iye kasenga moto ne mpanga nge luboko gugwe. Ngono bakayenda bubili gwabo.
- English7
Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?” “Yes, my son?” Abraham replied. “The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
African KalangaIsaki kabe eti kuna tate babe Abhurahama, “Tate!” Ibo bakadabila beti, “Ukatini nkololo wangu?” Isaki kabe eti, “Bonani, tina moto ne whuni, pkhwizana ye tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa ingayi?”
- English8
Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.
African KalangaAbhurahama kadabila eti, “Nkololo wangu, Ndzimu unowotipa pkhwizana ye tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa.” Ngono bubili gwabo bakayenda.
- English9
When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
African KalangaBakati beswika pathu paakabudziwa nge Ndzimu, Abhurahama kathama tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo kayilikanya whuni zubuyanana pezhugwi kwatjo. Kasunga nkololo uwe Isaki kambiga pezhugwi kwe whuni.
- African Kalanga
Ipapo Abhurahama katambunudza luboko gugwe katola mpanga kubulaya nkololo uwe.
- English11
But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
African KalangaKoga ntumwa wa Yahwe kadana ali kudzimu kati, “Abhurahama! Abhurahama!” Abhurahama kadabila kati, “Ndipano.”
- English12
“Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”
African KalangaNtumwa wa Yahwe kabe eti, “Usikubadze mbisana iwoyu kene kuli kunthama tjimwe. Ngwenu ndaziba kuti unotja Ndzimu ngoti ndabona usingalambe ne nkololo uwo uyega.”
- English13
Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.
African KalangaAbhurahama kamilidza mesho katjebuka ngono kabona nyundo yakabhakhwa nge nyanga mu ishaka. Kabe eyenda ku ili kaitola kaithama tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa mu bumo gwe nkololo uwe.
- English14
So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”
African KalangaNdizo Abhurahama kadana pathu ipapo eti, “Yahwe banowopa.” Nanasi kutjayi, “Pezhugwi kwe dombo la Yahwe, banowopa.”
- African Kalanga
Ntumwa wa Yahwe kadana Abhurahama gwe bubili ali kudzimu
- English16
and said, “I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
African Kalangakati, “Ndotuna, koleba Yahwe, se wathama ikoku ukasilambe ne nkololo uwo uyega,
- English17
I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,
African Kalangandowokukombolela kakale ndowowatsha ludzi gugo gukabe bunji se nyenyedzi dza pezhugwi ne nsetje mu tjekelo dze gungwa. Ludzi gugo gowotapa mizi ye zwita zwago.
- English18
and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”
African KalangaZwitjaba zose zwe shango zowokombolegwa ngekwe bana babo ngoti wandiwha.”
- English19
Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba. And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.
African KalangaNdizo Abhurahama kabgwilila ku balanda babe ngono bakamilika bose bakayenda ku Bheerisheba. Abhurahama kagala ku Bheerisheba.
- English20
Some time later Abraham was told, “Milcah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor:
African KalangaShule kwe zwithu izwezwi Abhurahama kawha kuti Milikha na iyebo wakawanila Nahori nnung'una uwe bana be tjilisana.
- African Kalanga
Mbano ili Uzi, etobegwa ndi Bhuzi kukoti Kemuele tate ba Aramu,
- African Kalanga
kutobela Kesedi na Hazori na Pilidashi na Jidilafu na Bhethuwele.
- English23
Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
African KalangaBhethuwele iye wakazwala Ribeka. Milikha wakawanila Nahori nnung'una wa Abhurahama bakololo ibaba bali zhanakadzi (8).
- African Kalanga
Nahori kazwala bamwe bakololo ne nlongwana wakabe eyi Reuma. Mazina abo ndibo Teba na Gahamu na Tahashi na Maakha.
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.