Job 26 | Old Testament

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Job 26English

Jobe 26African Kalanga

English1
Then Job replied:
African Kalanga
Ipapo Jobe kashandula eti,
English2
“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
African Kalanga
“Wambhatsha seni iye usina matatabuko! Wambhatsha seni iye una maboko asakasima!
English3
What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed!
African Kalanga
Wakumbuludza seni usina butjenjedu! Naiko whu zibisisa kungapani kwawalakidza kene!
English4
Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
African Kalanga
Apa ndiani wakubhatsha kuti ulebe matama iyawa kene? Apa i meya yaani inolebeleka idwa mukuli kene?
English5
“The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
African Kalanga
Bafi banotetema bali kusi kwe vula ne zose zwinogala muili.
English6
Death is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered.
African Kalanga
Bugalo gwe bafi gwakaambuka mbeli kwe Ndzimu ne Golomodzo alizozwimbiwa.
English7
He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.
African Kalanga
Unotalabudza zhuzhugwi liku bunandzwa kusina tjimwe, ukalembeledza shango mu phepo kusina tjimwe.
English8
He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
African Kalanga
Unopetela vula mu makole awo, ngono koga makole atophutukana ngolema kwayo.
English9
He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it.
African Kalanga
Unozwimba kuboneka kwe mwedzi uzhele, nge kuukwididza nge gole lawo.
English10
He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness.
African Kalanga
Unotala n'gathu pezhugwi kwe vula, kuthama n'gathu unothubukanya tjedza ne zhalima.
English11
The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.
African Kalanga
Phanda dze kudzimu dzotengenyeka dzotjenamisiwa ngotjemela kwawo.
English12
By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
African Kalanga
Nge simba lawo unodzikamisa gungwa, nge whisiso yawo unotemelela zhithu le gungwa linoyi Rahabu.
English13
By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent.
African Kalanga
Nge meya yawo zhuzhugwi kwakaambuka, nge luboko gwawo unobhaya nyoka imu kutizha.
English14
And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”
African Kalanga
Bonani, yezwi butukununu koga gwe zila dzawo, towha kutukununu seni zwinyebezegwa nge kwawo! Ndiani ungawhisisa nsindo we simba lawo kene?”

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.