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The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible

Old Testament

Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.

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Job 31English

Jobe 31African Kalanga

  1. English1

    “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl.

    African Kalanga

    “Ndakathama tjidumano ne mesho angu, kuti asitongolinga mwanadi.

  2. English2

    For what is man’s lot from God above, his heritage from the Almighty on high?

    African Kalanga

    Gobe langu labelowobeni kudwa pezhugwi ku Ndzimu kene, ne lukata gwangu kudwa kuna Masimbawose ba pezhugwi ini kene?

  3. English3

    Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong?

    African Kalanga

    Apa zwakabipa azwitowila babi kene? Apa tjiga ate tja ibabo banothama mbipo kene?

  4. English4

    Does he not see my ways and count my every step?

    African Kalanga

    Apa autobona zila dzangu kene? Apa autobala thambo imwe ne imwe yangu kene?

  5. English5

    “If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit–

    African Kalanga

    “Ha kuli kuti ndakabe ndiyenda mu zila dze bupitipiti, makumbo angu akalibilidzila kunotjinya,

  6. English6

    let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless–

    African Kalanga

    ngandiyegwe mu tjiyelo tjakalulwama, kuti Ndzimu ubone kuti andina nlandu!

  7. English7

    if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled,

    African Kalanga

    Ha kuli kuti ndakatongo pambuka mu zila, ne mesho angu kasala shule yemula dzangu, kene kuna itoyi mu maboko angu,

  8. English8

    then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

    African Kalanga

    ha kwakajalo zwandakadzwala ngazwijiwe ne upoga, ne zwijo zwe nnda wangu zwisimugwe.

  9. English9

    “If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,

    African Kalanga

    “Ha moyo wangu wakatongokuzhugwa ne nkadzi, kene ndakatongolalila pa nkoba we mbakidzani wangu,

  10. English10

    then may my wife grind another man’s grain, and may other men sleep with her.

    African Kalanga

    ha kwakajalo, nkadzi wangu ngaakhwile mmwe nlume, kakale nlume upoga ngaawalilane naye!

  11. English11

    For that would have been shameful, a sin to be judged.

    African Kalanga

    Ngobe kuthama saikoku nlandu nkulu, nlandu wakafanila kuti ulobegwe shamu ne basumikilisi.

  12. English12

    It is a fire that burns to Destruction; it would have uprooted my harvest.

    African Kalanga

    Moto unolotesa kose ku Golomodzo, unowopisa kunoti ku midzi ya kose kwandakavuna.

  13. English13

    “If I have denied justice to my menservants and maidservants when they had a grievance against me,

    African Kalanga

    “Ha ndisakabe ne hanya kuteedza nlandalume wangu kene nlandakadzi wangu, beng'ong'ola nge kwangu,

  14. English14

    what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?

    African Kalanga

    ndowothama tjini wali Ndzimu ha watjilingisana nami? Ha undilingisa matama ndowoudabila nditini kene?

  15. English15

    Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?

    African Kalanga

    Apa ate iwo wakandibumba ukababumba bo kene? Apa ate iwo wakatibumba tose mu zwibumbilo zwa bomme bedu?

  16. English16

    “If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,

    African Kalanga

    “Apa ndakatongo nyima nshayi tjaakabe ekumbila, ndakatongo tobosa tjilikadzi kene?

  17. English17

    if I have kept my bread to myself, not sharing it with the fatherless–

    African Kalanga

    Apa ndakatongoja tjiwunga ndili ndoga, ndinyima siyangwa kene?

  18. English18

    but from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my birth I guided the widow–

    African Kalanga

    Kudwa mu butjetjana gwangu ndakalela siyang'wa se kunoyita botate. Kudwa ntolo ndagala nditjengeta tjilikadzi.

  19. English19

    if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a garment,

    African Kalanga

    Apa ndakatongolingilila nthu efa ngoshaya zwiambalo kene, kene nshayi ngosheta tjaangasungila natjo kene?

  20. English20

    and his heart did not bless me for warming him with the fleece from my sheep,

    African Kalanga

    Apa aazondiboka kudwa mu moyo uwe, apa andizompa zwiambalo zwakathamwa nge wulu, yakabe idwa mu danga le pkhwizi dzangu kene?

  21. English21

    if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court,

    African Kalanga

    Apa ndakatongo bhayana ne siyamwa, ngoziba kuti ndowobakunda ku lubazhe kene?

  22. English22

    then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let it be broken off at the joint.

    African Kalanga

    Ha kwakajalo, luboko gwangu ngakushomoke mu thudzi, ngaguvunike pa malunganilo e thudzi.

  23. English23

    For I dreaded destruction from God, and for fear of his splendor I could not do such things.

    African Kalanga

    Ngoti ndakabe nditja bushongola gwe Ndzimu, akuna kuti ndingabe ndakathama tjithu tjakajali saikoku!

  24. English24

    “If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’

    African Kalanga

    “Ha ndakabiga kugalabgwe kwangu mu golide, kene ndakadwa golide nditi, ‘Ndiwe kugalabgwe kwangu,’

  25. English25

    if I have rejoiced over my great wealth, the fortune my hands had gained,

    African Kalanga

    ha ndakashathila fumwa yangu whulu, ne thundu yandashaba nge maboko angu,

  26. English26

    if I have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

    African Kalanga

    ha ndakatongo linga zhuba lipenya kene mwedzi uyenda wakanaka,

  27. English27

    so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,

    African Kalanga

    kuli kuti zwakatongo nditjengela, ha zwithigamila ha zwinamata,

  28. English28

    then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.

    African Kalanga

    ikoku milandu yakafanila kuti isumikilisigwe, ngobe kowobe kudwa kuti ndakanyepela Ndzimu masimbawose.

  29. English29

    “If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune or gloated over the trouble that came to him–

    African Kalanga

    “Ha kuli kuti ndakatongo shathila manikano dze tjita tjangu, kene kuli kushatha ha tjawigwa nge mang'oni,

  30. English30

    I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against his life–

    African Kalanga

    andizotongo thama tjibi ngoleba nge nlomo wangu, ndilonga bhiso ngekwe butjilo gwatjo.

  31. English31

    if the men of my household have never said, ‘Who has not had his fill of Job’s meat?’-

    African Kalanga

    Apa bashingi bangu bakabe basingatongo bhuzwa beti, ‘Ndiani watongoja kasigute nyama iye?’

  32. English32

    but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler–

    African Kalanga

    Akuna n'yendi wakatongo lala kuzhe, ngobe mikoba yakabe igala yakazhuligwa nzhi.

  33. English33

    if I have concealed my sin as men do, by hiding my guilt in my heart

    African Kalanga

    Ha ndakasumbika matjinyo angu bathu bamwe sekwa banothama, ngekusumbika jinyo langu mukati kwangu,

  34. English34

    because I so feared the crowd and so dreaded the contempt of the clans that I kept silent and would not go outside

    African Kalanga

    ngoti ndakabe nditja mibunga, nditja kubhatisa shoni njudzi dza kanyi kwedu, kwakathama kuti ndigale ndakabgwata.

  35. English35

    (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense–let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.

    African Kalanga

    Apa ndiani unowonditeedza kene? Ndobiga tjinyala tjangu, ili butendeki gwe lebeswa langu, Masimbawose ngabandidabile. Handabe ndakabhata lukwalo gwakakwagwa nge tjita tjangu ngekwe milandu yangu.

  36. English36

    Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.

    African Kalanga

    Ndabe ndowoyenda ndakagusenga pamwe ne pamwe, ndabe ndowogusenga ne mu nsholo dumbu se tjiala,

  37. English37

    I would give him an account of my every step; like a prince I would approach him.)-

    African Kalanga

    Ndabe ndowoubudza ngekwe thambo dzangu dzose, se nkololo wa mambo ndabe ndowolingisana nawo.

  38. English38

    “if my land cries out against me and all its furrows are wet with tears,

    African Kalanga

    “Ha kuli kuti nnda wangu unolila nge kwangu, ne ngolo dzawo dzose dzinyolo nge mishodzi,

  39. English39

    if I have devoured its yield without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

    African Kalanga

    ha kuli kuti ndakaja mitjelo yawo ndisingalipe, ha ndakabulaya beni bawo,

  40. English40

    then let briers come up instead of wheat and weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.

    African Kalanga

    ipapo, mu bumo gwe mathunde ngaumele miwha.” Matama a Jobe anoma ipapa.

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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.

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