Job 37 | Old Testament

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Job 37English

Jobe 37African Kalanga

English1
“At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place.
African Kalanga
“Ngekwako moyo wangu unoloba kwazo, unotjuluka kudwa mu magalo awo.
English2
Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
African Kalanga
Bhulutanani kudidima kwe whi le Ndzimu, iwhani kubhonga kunodwa mu nlomo wawo.
English3
He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth.
African Kalanga
Lupenyo gugwe gwe vula gopenya gutendebukila ku zhuzhugwi kudwa tjose ku phelelo dze shango.
English4
After that comes the sound of his roar; he thunders with his majestic voice. When his voice resounds, he holds nothing back.
African Kalanga
Kudwa ipapo kotobela nsindo we kubhonga kwawo, unodadamula nge whi lakasima awutobgwilila shule ndodwa!
English5
God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.
African Kalanga
Ndzimu unobomba kunotjenamisa, unothama zwithu zwikulu zwatisingake tikawhisisa.
English6
He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’
African Kalanga
Unoti ku kapuku, ‘Wila mu shango,’ ukadwa vula ukati, ‘Ina nge midumbi.’
English7
So that all men he has made may know his work, he stops every man from his labor.
African Kalanga
Ukamisa nthu mmwe ne mmwe kushinga, kuti ndizo bathu bazibe ngekwe mishingo yawo.
English8
The animals take cover; they remain in their dens.
African Kalanga
Phuka dze shango dzongina mu mazwimba adzo, dzogala zwadzo mu makuwu adzo.
English9
The tempest comes out from its chamber, the cold from the driving winds.
African Kalanga
Matutu anotutudza edwa ku burwa, phepo inotothola inodwa ku bunandzwa.
English10
The breath of God produces ice, and the broad waters become frozen.
African Kalanga
Lufemo gwe Ndzimu gothama makaa, ne vula dzakawala dzikagamba.
English11
He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them.
African Kalanga
Unosengesa gole lakasima vula, makole anoandamisa lupenyo gwawo.
English12
At his direction they swirl around over the face of the whole earth to do whatever he commands them.
African Kalanga
Zopoteleka zwikapoteleka zwilaugwa ndiwo, kushingikadza ndaulo dzose dzaunozwipa, mu shango yose koga.
English13
He brings the clouds to punish men, or to water his earth and show his love.
African Kalanga
Ndzimu unozhisa makole kuloba bathu shamu, kene ukainisa vula kulakidza ludo gwawo gusingazunguzike.
English14
“Listen to this, Job; stop and consider God’s wonders.
African Kalanga
“Ima kutanga Jobe, teedza, kumbula mishingo ye Ndzimu inotjenamisa.
English15
Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash?
African Kalanga
Apa unoziba kuti Ndzimu unolaula makole tjini kene? Apa unoziba kuti unothama tjini kuti lupenyo gupenye kene?
English16
Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who is perfect in knowledge?
African Kalanga
Apa unoziba tjakabhata makole kuti asiwile pasi kene? Apa unoziba makaabadzo aiye una zibo yakapelela kene?
English17
You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
African Kalanga
Iwe, we zwiambalo zwinokupisa, ha phepo ye burwa i whuwhudza mu shango,
English18
can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a mirror of cast bronze?
African Kalanga
apa ungabhatsha Ndzimu kuthama zhuzhugwi kene? Apa ungathama zhuzhugwi gwakasima se iponi tje phangula kene?
English19
“Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
African Kalanga
Utibudze kuti tidwe Ndzimu titini, titini ngoti iswi timuzhalima koga.
English20
Should he be told that I want to speak? Would any man ask to be swallowed up?
African Kalanga
Apa ubudziwe kuti ndilebeni kene? Andidi, kuti ndiko ukowotini kene? Undilobese?
English21
Now no one can look at the sun, bright as it is in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
African Kalanga
“Koga ngwenu akuna ungalinga zhuba, lipenya lili ku zhuzhugwi, zhuzhugwi gwakatjena kusina ndodwa ne gole.
English22
Out of the north he comes in golden splendor; God comes in awesome majesty.
African Kalanga
Ku bunandzwa koboneka kupenya kwe golide, Ndzimu unoboneka mu kupenya ikoku kukulu.
English23
The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.
African Kalanga
Masimbawose atitobabona, bakulu mu simba labo ne ndulamo, kululwama kwabo kwakawanda abangabatshambilidze.
English24
Therefore, men revere him, for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart?”
African Kalanga
Ndizo, bathu banoutja, auna hanya na ibabo banozwidwa beti bakatjenjela.”

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.