Job 41 | Old Testament

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Job 41English

Jobe 41African Kalanga

English1
“Can you pull in the leviathan with a fishhook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
African Kalanga
“Apa ungadusa zhithu le gungwa linoyi Livatani nge whuka kene? Kene kuli kusungilila lulimi gwalo nge ntjili kene?
English2
Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
African Kalanga
Apa ungalonga nsungo mu zwimilo zwalo kene? Kene kuli kulonga whuka mu shaya dzalo kene?
English3
Will he keep begging you for mercy? Will he speak to you with gentle words?
African Kalanga
Apa lingakukumbila kene? Apa lingalebeleka nawe nge matama manyolo kene?
English4
Will he make an agreement with you for you to take him as your slave for life?
African Kalanga
Apa lingathama tjidumano nawe kene, tjekuti lowobe nlanda uwo butjilo gwalo gose kene?
English5
Can you make a pet of him like a bird or put him on a leash for your girls?
African Kalanga
Apa ungazana nalo se unozana ne nyuni kene, ungayenda yenda nalo wakalilonga nsungo kulilakidza badwana kene?
English6
Will traders barter for him? Will they divide him up among the merchants?
African Kalanga
Apa babhati be whobe bangaliyingidza kene? Apa bangalithubukanyila batengi kene?
English7
Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
African Kalanga
Apa ungazhadza mathumo mu ganda lalo kene? Kene kulikubhaya nsholo wayo nge miwha kene?
English8
If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the struggle and never do it again!
African Kalanga
Biga maboko mulili ubone, autjofa wakuma kakale, autofa wakakangang'wa dzulana kwamunowodzulana.
English9
Any hope of subduing him is false; the mere sight of him is overpowering.
African Kalanga
Bona, kugalabgwe kwe nthu wuzwibiga ludandi mu mesho, aelibona koga, unowha epelegwa akalilinga.
English10
No one is fierce enough to rouse him. Who then is able to stand against me?
African Kalanga
Akuna ndodwa ungalitanga. Apa ndiani ngono ungama akalingisana nami kene?
English11
Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.
African Kalanga
Apa ndiani wakatongo ndipa tjimwe ndin'bgwilizile itjo? Tjimwe ne tjimwe tjimu shango yose ngetjangu.
English12
“I will not fail to speak of his limbs, his strength and his graceful form.
African Kalanga
“Ima ndikubudze ngekwe makumbo e zhithu le gungwa, ndikubudze kuti lakasima kakale lina masimba kungapani.
English13
Who can strip off his outer coat? Who would approach him with a bridle?
African Kalanga
Apa ndiani ungaliambula ganda lalo kene, ungapubula ganda lalo nge mbambo kene?
English14
Who dares open the doors of his mouth, ringed about with his fearsome teeth?
African Kalanga
Apa ndiani ungazhula nlomo walo kene? Meno alo anotjisa nge zila dzose koga.
English15
His back has rows of shields tightly sealed together;
African Kalanga
Ikamba tjalo zwivikili zwakatathikana zwakabhatshanyiwa kwakasima tjose,
English16
each is so close to the next that no air can pass between.
African Kalanga
tjimwe ne tjimwe tjiwunde ne tjimwe, akuna ndodwa ne phepo inongina pakati kwazo.
English17
They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted.
African Kalanga
Zwakabhatshanyiwa kwazo, zwakanamatilana kwa zwisinganamutshuke.
English18
His snorting throws out flashes of light; his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
African Kalanga
Alitshimuta kobhuda nthuto, mesho alo anonga mazazi e kuyedza.
English19
Firebrands stream from his mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.
African Kalanga
Mu nlomo walo kobhuda mithuto ye moto, sasi dzowuluka dzibhuda mulili.
English20
Smoke pours from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.
African Kalanga
Zwimilo zwalo zothungayila busi, se hali inobila ili mu moto we whuni dze mpani.
English21
His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from his mouth.
African Kalanga
Nfemo walo unobhatidza masimbe, mu nlomo walo kobhuda bhuba le nthuto.
English22
Strength resides in his neck; dismay goes before him.
African Kalanga
Ntshibha walo wakasima, kutjisa ku mbeli kwayo.
English23
The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
African Kalanga
Mabundi e nyama dzayo akatathikana, akasima aatozunguzika, ndodwa.
English24
His chest is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone.
African Kalanga
Lina moyo wakasima se bgwe, se bgwe le gwiyo litjakusi.
English25
When he rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before his thrashing.
African Kalanga
Ali milika lotetemesa bakasima, bakawhumanyiwa nge lutjo.
English26
The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.
African Kalanga
Nenguba nthu elibhaya, thumo akuna tjalinothama, akuna bukano kene nsebe ungaliwhisa zogwadza.
English27
Iron he treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood.
African Kalanga
Butale golitola se lushanga, ne phangula se lukuni gwakabola.
English28
Arrows do not make him flee; slingstones are like chaff to him.
African Kalanga
Misebe aitothama kuti litizhe, mabgwe e tjivirimabgwe anonga bunye kulili.
English29
A club seems to him but a piece of straw; he laughs at the rattling of the lance.
African Kalanga
Swimbo golitolabo se lushanga koga, loseka ibabo banoliposa nge mathumo.
English30
His undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
African Kalanga
Makwapa alo akusi anopitsha se zwiyenga, anoyenda etsha pasi esiya nkwala se tjileyi.
English31
He makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.
African Kalanga
Lobidza vula ye gungwa se hali inobila, likaithama kuti ikapaile se hali ye mafuta.
English32
Behind him he leaves a glistening wake; one would think the deep had white hair.
African Kalanga
Lothama kuti palapinda vula isale ipenya, likasiya gungwa gwaka kapa mafulo.
English33
Nothing on earth is his equal–a creature without fear.
African Kalanga
Akuna tjimwe tjinofanana nalo mu shango yose, tjibumbiwa tjisingatje tjimwe ndodwa.
English34
He looks down on all that are haughty; he is king over all that are proud.”
African Kalanga
Lolingilila zose zwikulu lisingatje tjimwe, ndilo she muna zose zwinozwibona.”

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.