The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Job 2English
Jobe 2African Kalanga
- English1
On another day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him.
African KalangaKukazha limwe zhuba kakale bakololo be Ndzimu bakazha kuwozwilakidza mbeli kwa Yahwe, Satani kazhabo nabo.
- English2
And the Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it.”
African KalangaIpapo Yahwe bakabhuzwa Satani beti, “Unodwa ngayi?” Satani kadabila Yahwe eti, “Ndodwa kuyendayenda mu shango ne kupotelekapoteleka muili.”
- English3
Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”
African KalangaNgono Yahwe bakadwa Satani bakati, “Apa wabe ne hanya ngekwe nlanda wangu Jobe kene? Akuna nthu unonga iye mu shango, nthu usina nlandu, wakatambunuka una ntutshi unotja Ndzimu kakale unoleya mbipo. Nenguba wakathama kuti ndinlobe shamu asina nlandu aazolashikigwa ngolulwama kukwe.”
- African Kalanga
Satani kashandula eti, “Nthu ungakoba tjimwe ne tjimwe tjaanatjo kuti ndizo atjengete butjilo gugwe.
- English5
But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
African KalangaKoga tambunudzani luboko gwenyu ngwenu muwhise mbili uwe ne mafupa awe zogwadza unowomutuka patjena!”
- English6
The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.”
African KalangaYahwe bakadwa Satani beti, “Kwakalulwama, ndokupa iye, koga butjilo gugwe igo usitongo gukuma.”
- English7
So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
African KalangaNdizo Satani kamilika mbeli kwa Yahwe ngono kathama kuti Jobe abhudiwe nge malonda mbili wose kudwa mu nsholo kunoti ku makumbo.
- English8
Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.
African KalangaJobe kamilika kanogala pa tjizhalanlota ngono katola tjiyenga kazwing'wanga natjo.
- African Kalanga
Ipapo nkadzi uwe kandwa kati, “Apa utjakabhatilila mu kululwama kuko? Tuka Ndzimu ufe.”
- English10
He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
African KalangaKoga Jobe kanshandula eti, “Unolebeleka se tjilengwe tje nkadzi. Apa takafanila amutjila zwakanaka koga kudwa ku Ndzimu kene? Zwibiibi izo atizofanila kuzwiamutjila kene?” Muna zose izwezwi Jobe aazothama tjibi nge nlomo uwe.
- English11
When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.
African KalangaKwakati bakwinya ba Jobe batatu Elifazi we N'temani na Bhilidadi we N'shuhi na Zofa we N'namathi bewha kuti Jobe wawigwa nge mang'oni mangapani, bakadwa mu magalo akasiyana siyana bakashangana kunon'nyaladza.
- English12
When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads.
African KalangaNgono bakati be milidza mesho bali thambgwana bakasibhate kuti ndiani, ngono bakamilidza mawhi abo bakalila kwazo, bakapalula zwiambalo zwabo bakazwidila whuluba mu misholo yabo.
- English13
Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.
African KalangaNgono bakagala naye pasi mazhuba ali kutendeka ne masiku ali kutendeka, koga kwakasheta ne nng'ompela wabo wakan'dwa dama, ngobe bakabe bebona kuti umu kugwadzika kukulu kwazo.
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.