The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Genesis 46English
Kutangisa 46African Kalanga
- English1
So Israel set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
African KalangaNdizo Iziraela katola kose kwaakabe anako katola gwendo kanoti ku Bheerisheba, ipapo kapisila Ndzimu wa tate babe Isaki zwibhayilo.
- English2
And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, “Jacob! Jacob!” “Here I am,” he replied.
African KalangaNdzimu ukalebeleka na Iziraela nge mbono mu busiku ukati, “Jakubo! Jakubo!” Kadabila eti, “Ndipano.”
- English3
“I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
African KalangaNdzimu ukabe uti, “Ndimi Ndzimu, Ndzimu wa tate babo. Usitje kuyenda ku Egipiti, ngoti ndowokuthama ukabe itjaba tjikulu ikweno.
- English4
I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph’s own hand will close your eyes.”
African KalangaNdowoyenda nawe ku Egipiti ngono ndowokubuza ngeno kakale. Tjiazha tja Josefa tjowozhalila mesho awo nsi waunowofa.”
- English5
Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel’s sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him.
African KalangaIpapo Jakubo kamilika mu Bheerisheba kawila mu zila. Bana babe bakantathisa ne bana babo ne bakadzi babo mu dzikoloyi dzakabe dzatumigwa ndi Faro kubasenga.
- English6
They also took with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.
African KalangaBakayenda ne zwithuwo zwabo ne thundu dzabo dzabakashaba mu Kanana, ngono Jakubo ne bana babe bose bakayenda ku Egipiti.
- English7
He took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters–all his offspring.
African KalangaKatola bakololo babe ne zwizekugwana zwizwe ne bakololokadzi, bose be ludzi gugwe.
- English8
These are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob.
African KalangaMazina e bana ba Iziraela bakayenda ku Egipiti ndiawa: Rubheni mbano ya Jakubo.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Rubheni ndi Hanoki na Phalu na Hezironi na Khami.
- English10
The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
African KalangaBakololo ba Simiyoni ndi Jemuyele na Jamini na Ohadi na Jakini na Zohari na Shawulu mwana we nkadzi we Tjikanana.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Levi ndi Geshoni na Kohati na Merari.
- English12
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
African KalangaBakololo ba Juda ndi Eri na Onani na Shela na Perezi na Zera (koga Eri wakafila mu shango ye Kanana). Bakololo ba Perezi ndi Hezironi na Hamuli.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Isakari ndi Tola na Lobe na Puva na Shimironi.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Zebuluni ndi Seredi na Eloni na Jahileeli.
- English15
These were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, besides his daughter Dinah. These sons and daughters of his were thirty-three in all.
African KalangaIbaba ndibo bakololo bakazwagwa ndi Liya na Jakubo batji ku Padani Aramu ne nkololokadzi uwe Dina. Bakololo ne bakololokadzi ibaba bose, bakabe bali makumi matatu ana bali batatu (33).
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Gadi ndi Zefoni na Hagi na Shuni na Ezibhoni na Eri na Arodi na Areli.
- English17
The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. Their sister was Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malkiel.
African KalangaBakololo ba Asheri ndi Imuna na Ishuva na Ishivi na Bheriya. Hazwadzi yabo yakabe ili Sera. Bakololo ba Bheriya ndi Heberi na Malekhieli.
- English18
These were the children born to Jacob by Zilpah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Leah–sixteen in all.
African KalangaIbaba bakabe bali bana ba Jakubo na Zilipa, iye wakabe apiwa Liya ndi Labani. Bakabe bali gumi lina bali tathatu bose.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Jakubo ne nkadzi uwe Rahele ndi Josefa na Bhenjamini.
- English20
In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
African KalangaMu Egipiti Josefa na Asenati nkololokadzi wa Potifera mpirisiti we Oni bakazwala Manase na Ifureimi.
- English21
The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.
African KalangaBakololo ba Bhenjamini ndi Bhela na Bhekeri na Ashebheli na Gera na Naamani na Ehi na Roshi na Mupimu na Hupimu na Aridi.
- African Kalanga
Ibaba bali gumi lina bali banna ndibo bakololo ba Jakubo na Rahele.
- African Kalanga
Nkololo wa Dani ndi Hushimu.
- African Kalanga
Bakololo ba Nafutali ndi Jahitsaeli na Guni na Jezeri na Shilemu.
- English25
These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel–seven in all.
African KalangaIbaba bakololo ba Jakubo na Bhiliha iye Labani waakapa nkololokadzi uwe Rahele, bose bali kutendeka.
- English26
All those who went to Egypt with Jacob–those who were his direct descendants, not counting his sons’ wives–numbered sixty-six persons.
African KalangaBose bakayenda ku Egipiti na Jakubo, ibabo bakabe bali bana babe kusingabagwe bakadzi be bana babe, bakabe bali makumi matathatu ana bali tathatu (66).
- English27
With the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family, which went to Egypt, were seventy in all.
African KalangaBana ba Josefa bakazwaligwa mu Egipiti bakabe bali babili. Ndizo be nsha wa Jakubo bose bakayenda ku Egipiti, bakabe bali makumi ali kutendeka (70).
- English28
Now Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When they arrived in the region of Goshen,
African KalangaJakubo katuma Juda kuyenda mbeli kuna Josefa kunokumbila Josefa kunobashanganidza ku Gosheni. Kwakati beswika mu ntuthu we Gosheni,
- English29
Joseph had his chariot made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time.
African KalangaJosefa katatha koloyi iye kayenda ku Gosheni kunoshanganidza tate babe Iziraela. Kati eswika kagumbatila tate babe katola tjibaka elila akabagumbatila.
- English30
Israel said to Joseph, “Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for myself that you are still alive.”
African KalangaIziraela kadwa Josefa kati, “Ngwenu ndingatjifa zwangu ngoti ndakuzwibonegwa kuti utjatjila.”
- English31
Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
African KalangaJosefa kabe elebeleka ne bakulu babe ne nnung'una uwe na bose be nsha wa tate babe eti, “Ndowoyenda anolebeleka na Faro nditi, ‘Bakulu bangu ne banung'una bangu ne nsha wa tate bakabe begala mu shango ye Kanana bazha kundili.
- English32
The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks and herds and everything they own.’
African KalangaIbaba bathu bathuwi, bana zwithuwo, bazha ne pkhwizi dzabo ne ng'ombe ne tjimwe ne tjimwe tjabanatjo.’
- African Kalanga
Ha Faro emudana emubhuzwa eti, ‘Nshingo wenyu ndiwupi?’
- English34
you should answer, ‘Your servants have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our fathers did.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the region of Goshen, for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”
African KalangaMudabile muti, ‘Balanda benyu bakakula bali bathuwi be zwithuwo kudwila mu butukununu gwedu kuswikila ngwenu, sa botate bedu.’ Ha majalo mowodumigwa kugala mu ntuthu we Gosheni.” Josefa wakaleba ikoku ngoti Baegipiti banoyilana ne balisi.
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.