The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Genesis 9English
Kutangisa 9African Kalanga
- English1
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.
African KalangaNdzimu ukakombolela Nuwa ne bakololo babe ukati, “Ibeni ne mbeleko muwande muzhale shango.
- English2
The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands.
African KalangaPhuka dzose dze shango ne nyuni dzose dza pezhugwi na zose zwinokambayila ne whobe dze gungwa zose zowomutja zwikamutizha. Zose ndazwilonga mu maboko enyu.
- English3
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
African KalangaTjimwe ne tjimwe tjinotjila tjiyendayenda tjowobe zojiwa zwenyu. Sekwa ndakamupa milibo minyolo, ngwenu ndomupa tjimwe ne tjimwe.
- African Kalanga
Koga musitongoja nyama ina butjilo gwayo, whuti ina malopa.
- English5
And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each man, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man.
African KalangaNge malebeswa ndowoloba phuka kene nthu unotebula malopa enyu emubulaya. Ndowoloba nge lufu mmwe ne mmwe unobulaya mmwe.
- English6
“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man.
African KalangaKene ali ani unotebula lopa le nthu, na iyebo lopa lile lowotebugwa nge nthu, ngoti Ndzimu wakathama nthu mu ifano tjawo.
- English7
As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”
African KalangaImwi, ibeni ne mbeleko mupaphidzike muwande mu shango.”
- African Kalanga
Ipapo Ndzimu ukadwa Nuwa ne bakololo babe ukati,
- African Kalanga
“Bonani, ndothama tjidumano tjangu namwi ne zwizekugwana zwenyu,
- English10
and with every living creature that was with you–the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you–every living creature on earth.
African Kalangane tjibumbiwa tjimwe ne tjimwe tjinamwi, nyuni ne zwithuwo ne phuka dzose dze shango, zose zwakabhuda mu araka.
- English11
I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
African KalangaNdothama tjidumano tjangu namwi, tjekuti, akutjina nkubila unowolobesa zwitjili zose, naiko akutjina nkubila utjawokolomodza shango.”
- English12
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
African KalangaNdizo Ndzimu ukabe uti, “Tjilakidzo tje tjidumano tjandinothama pakati kwangu namwi ne tjimwe ne tjimwe tjinotjila tjinamwi, tjidumano tje zwizekugwana zose, etji,
- English13
I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
African Kalangandabiga nlalabungu wangu mu makole, ngono unowobe tjilakidzo tje tjidumano pakati kwangu ne shango.
- African Kalanga
Kowoti ndimilidzila makole pezhugwi, nlalabungu uboneka mu makole,
- English15
I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
African Kalangandowokumbula tjidumano tjangu pakati kwangu namwi ne zwitjili zose zwe njudzi dzose. Vula adzitowofa dzabe nkubila kakale kulobesa zwitjili zose.
- English16
Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”
African KalangaNlalabungu mu makole, ndowoulinga akumbula tjidumano tjisingapele pakati kwe Ndzimu ne zwibumbiwa zose zwinotjila zwe ludzi gumwe ne gumwe mu shango.”
- English17
So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”
African KalangaNdzimu ukabe uti kuna Nuwa, “Etji nditjo tjilakidzo tje tjidumano tjandathama pakati kwangu ne zwitjili zose mu shango.”
- English18
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)
African KalangaBakololo ba Nuwa bakabhuda mu araka ndi Shemu na Hamu na Jafeti. Hamu ndi tate ba Kanana.
- English19
These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the earth.
African KalangaIbaba batatu bakabe bali bana ba Nuwa, ndibo bobatategulu be bathu bose mu shango.
- African Kalanga
Nuwa, nlume wakabe ali nlimi, ndiye we kutanga kulima nnda we mizhambi.
- African Kalanga
Kang'wa nkumbi kalaladza, ngono kalala mu nshasha asakasungila.
- African Kalanga
Hamu, tate ba Kanana kabonela tate babe, ngono kanobudza bakulu babe kuzhe.
- English23
But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father’s nakedness.
African KalangaIpapo Shemu na Jafeti bakatola ngubo bakaibiga mu mathudzi abo, bakayenda nge ku shule bakafukidza tate babo. Njiso dzabo dzakabe dzakalinga ntome kuyita kuti basibonele tate babo.
- African Kalanga
Nuwa kati emuka mu kulaladza kukwe, kaziba tjaakabe ashingigwa nge nkololo uwe ntukunu,
- African Kalanga
ngono kati, “Kanana ngaabe ne bhiso! Unowobe nlanda we balanda ku bana ba mmeyabe.
- African Kalanga
Ngakukudziwe Yahwe Ndzimu wa Shemu! Kanana unowobe nlanda wa Shemu.
- English27
May God extend the territory of Japheth; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave.”
African KalangaNdzimu ngautalabudze ntuthu wa Jafeti. Jafeti ngaagale mu mishasha ya Shemu, Kanana unowobe nlanda uwe.”
- African Kalanga
Shule kwe nkubila Nuwa katjila makole ali mazana matatu ana makole ali makumi mashanu (350).
- African Kalanga
Makole wose Nuwa aakatjila, makole ali mazana ali zhanalume ana makole ali makumi mashanu (950), ngono kafa.
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.