The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Genesis 23English
Kutangisa 23African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Sara wakatjila makole ali zana lina makole ali makumi mabili ana makole ali kutendeka (127).
- English2
She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.
African KalangaSara wakafila ku Kiriyatiaribha (Heburoni) mu shango ye Kanana ngono Abhurahama kalilila Sara kabuya kan'galila tjililo.
- African Kalanga
Abhurahama kamilika kasiya itumbu tje nkadzi uwe kayenda kunolebeleka ne Bahiti. Kabadwa kati,
- English4
“I am an alien and a stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.”
African Kalanga“Imi ndi nzhi ne ntaya ugele pakati kwenyu. Mundipeni pandingabiganya nfi wangu.”
- African Kalanga
Bahiti bakashandula Abhurahama bakati,
- English6
“Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.”
African Kalanga“Mutiwhilileni tetshi wedu, mu ntungamili wakasima pakati kwedu. Biganyani nfi wenyu pamashalula, akuna wedu ungamudzibisa kubiganya.”
- African Kalanga
Ndizo Abhurahama kamilika ngono kazwiyisa pasi mbeli kwe beni be shango Bahiti.
- English8
He said to them, “If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
African KalangaKalebeleka nabo kati, “Ha muda kuti ndingabiganya nfi wangu, mundiwhilileni, mu ndikumbilile Efuroni nkololo wa Zohari
- English9
so he will sell me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you.”
African Kalangakuti anditengesele guwu lile le Makipela liku misholo ye nnda uwe. Lebelekani naye anditengesele ilo nge themba izhele mu mesho enyu, libe ipo pandinobiganyilapo.”
- English10
Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
African KalangaNgono Efuroni we Nhiti wakabe aliyapo ipapo ngono kashandula Abhurahama mu zebe dze Bahiti bose bakabe bazha ku nkoba we nzi eti,
- English11
“No, my lord,” he said. “Listen to me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
African Kalanga“Aa, tetshi wangu, mundiwhilile. Ndomupa ntuthu iwoyo ne guwu limuuli. Ndomupa iwo mbeli kwe bakanyi kwedu. Biganyani nfi wenyu.”
- African Kalanga
Ipapo Abhurahama kazwiyisa pasi mbeli kwe beni be shango.
- English13
and he said to Ephron in their hearing, “Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there.”
African KalangaNgono kadwa Efuroni mbeli kwe lubazhe gwe beni be shango kati, “Koga undiwhilile, ndowokulipa themba ye ntuthu iwoyo, uiamutjile kuti ndibiganye nfi wangu ko.”
- African Kalanga
Efuroni kashandula Abhurahama eti,
- English15
“Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between me and you? Bury your dead.”
African Kalanga“Munditeedzeni tetshi wangu, themba ye ntuthu iwoyu i shekele dze siliva dzili mazana manna (400), ngono koga ikoku ini pakati kwangu namwi? Biganyani nfi wenyu.”
- English16
Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weight current among the merchants.
African KalangaAbhurahama kadumana na Efuroni, ndizo Abhurahama kayelela Efuroni themba ye shekele dze siliva yaaleba mu zebe dze Bahiti, mazana manna (400) e shekele dze siliva kuyendidzana ne zwiyelo zwe batengesi be misi iyeyo.
- English17
So Ephron’s field in Machpelah near Mamre–both the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field–was deeded
African KalangaNdizo ntuthu wa Efuroni mu Makipela ku bhezhuba kwe Mamure, ntuthu ne guwu lakabe lili muuli ne miti yose yakabe ili muuli, midzibo yawo yose,
- English18
to Abraham as his property in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of the city.
African Kalangayakapiwa Abhurahama kube iye mu mesho e Bahiti ne bamwe bose bakabe bazha ku lubazhe gwe nzi uwe.
- English19
Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (which is at Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
African KalangaShule kwa ikoku Abhurahama kabiganya Sara nkadzi uwe mu guwu le ntuthu we Makipela kulingisana ne Mamure ku Heburoni mu shango ye Kanana.
- African Kalanga
Bahiti bakapa Abhurahama ntuthu ne guwu lakabe lili muuli kube paanobiganyila bafi babe.
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.