The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Joshua 11English
Joshuwa 11African Kalanga
- English1
When Jabin king of Hazor heard of this, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon, to the kings of Shimron and Acshaph,
African KalangaKwakati Jabini mambo we Hazori ewha ngekwe zwiyitikalo izwezwi kayisa dama kuna Jobabu mambo we Madoni ne kuna mambo we Shimironi ne we Akishafa
- English2
and to the northern kings who were in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Kinnereth, in the western foothills and in Naphoth Dor on the west;
African Kalangane kuna bomambo be bunandzwa ku shango ye matombo ne Araba ku burwa gwe Khinereti ku shango yakawila ne baku Dori
- English3
to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites below Hermon in the region of Mizpah.
African Kalangana bomambo be Bakanana baku bhezhuba ne ba kunomila zhuba nebe Baamori nebe Bahiti nebe Baperizi nebe Bajebusi bamu shango ye matombo nebe Bahivi mu ntuthu we Mizipha bakusi kwe Dombo le Hemoni.
- English4
They came out with all their troops and a large number of horses and chariots–a huge army, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.
African KalangaBakazha ne babhayani babo, bali banjinji ne mbizi dze ngwa ne koloyi dze ngwa njinji kwazo. Babhayani bakabe bali banji se nsetje we phili dze gungwa.
- English5
All these kings joined forces and made camp together at the Waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
African KalangaBomambo bose ibaba bakazwibhatshanya ngono bakanokotokela pa vula dze Meromu kuti ndizo bagwe ne Baiziraela.
- English6
The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will hand all of them over to Israel, slain. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”
African KalangaKoga Yahwe bakadwa Joshuwa bakati, “Usibatje, ngobe imi Yahwe ndowobabulaya bose, muna la mangwana mu tjibaka itjetji ndowobapa Baiziraela bakafa kale. Shule kwe ngwa uthubule makanyu e mbizi dzabo kakale mupise koloyi dzabo dze ngwa.”
- English7
So Joshua and his whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them,
African KalangaJoshuwa ne babhayani bose babe bakanonginilila zwita zwabo ku bukotokelo ku vula dze Meromu batjakazwikangang'wa,
- English8
and the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel. They defeated them and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon, to Misrephoth Maim, and to the Valley of Mizpah on the east, until no survivors were left.
African Kalangangono Yahwe bakathama kuti bakundiwe ne Baiziraela. Bakabakunda bakabatatamila kulekule kunoti tjose ku Sidoni Nkulu ne kunoti ku Misirefotimayimi ne kunoti ku nkuku we Mizipha kunobhuda zhuba, kukasala kusina ndodwa ne limbelimbe.
- English9
Joshua did to them as the Lord had directed: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.
African KalangaJoshuwa wakabathama koga sekwa akadwiwa ndi Yahwe, kathubula makanyu e mbizi dzabo kakale kapisa koloyi dzabo dze ngwa.
- English10
At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword. (Hazor had been the head of all these kingdoms.)
African KalangaMu tjibaka itjetjo Joshuwa ne balume babe bakashanduka bakanonginilila Hazori. Mukutanga Hazori wakabe uli nsholo we mimwe mibuso. Bakatola nzi we Hazori bakabulaya mambo wawo,
- English11
Everyone in it they put to the sword. They totally destroyed them, not sparing anything that breathed, and he burned up Hazor itself.
African Kalangabakabulaya mmwe ne mmwe ne thumo. Bakalobesa nthu mmwe ne mmwe wakatongo tjila muuli kakale bakapisa nzi we Hazori.
- English12
Joshua took all these royal cities and their kings and put them to the sword. He totally destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded.
African KalangaJoshuwa wakatapa mizi iyeyi na bomambo bayo kababulaya nge thumo. Wakabalobesa tjoselele koga sekwa kwaakabe adwiwa ndi Mushe nlanda wa Yahwe.
- English13
Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds–except Hazor, which Joshua burned.
African KalangaBaiziraela akuna nzi wabakatongo pisa kuzhe kwe nzi we Hazori wakapisiwa ndi Joshuwa.
- English14
The Israelites carried off for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but all the people they put to the sword until they completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone that breathed.
African KalangaBaiziraela bakazwitolela thundu ne zwithuwo zwe mizi iyeyi koga bakabulaya bathu bose, bakabalobesa tjoselele,
- English15
As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.
African Kalangakoga Yahwe sekwa badwa nlanda wabo Mushe kuti athame, Mushe iye kadwa Joshuwa ngono Joshuwa kasala shule ndaulo dza Yahwe. Kathama tjimwe ne tjimwe tjaakabe adwiwa ndi Mushe.
- English16
So Joshua took this entire land: the hill country, all the Negev, the whole region of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah and the mountains of Israel with their foothills,
African KalangaNdizo Joshuwa katapa shango idzedzi dzose, shango ye matombo neye Negebu ne shango yose ye Gosheni ne shango yakawila neye Araba ne shango ye Iziraela ye matombo,
- English17
from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.
African Kalangakudwa pa Dombo le Halaki linowala tjose lakalinga ku Seiri linoti tjose ku Baligadi mu nkuku we Lebanoni unopinda kusi kwe Dombo le Hemoni. Joshuwa wakatapa bomambo bose be shango idzedzi ngono kababulaya.
- African Kalanga
Joshuwa wakatola tjibaka tjilefu kugwa na bomambo ibaba bose.
- English19
Except for the Hivites living in Gibeon, not one city made a treaty of peace with the Israelites, who took them all in battle.
African KalangaAkuna nzi wakasiyiwa ne Baiziraela basagwa nawo, kuzhe kwe Bahivi bakabe be gala mu Gibiyoni, ibo bakabe bathama tjidumano tje mbakiso ne Iziraela.
- English20
For it was the Lord himself who hardened their hearts to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
African KalangaNgobe Yahwe ndibo bakakukutadza mimoyo yabo kuti bagwe ne Baiziraela, kuyita kuti balobesiwe tjoselele kusina unobawhila zogwadza koga Yahwe sekwa bakabe badwa Mushe.
- English21
At that time Joshua went and destroyed the Anakites from the hill country: from Hebron, Debir and Anab, from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua totally destroyed them and their towns.
African KalangaMu tjibaka itjetjo Joshuwa wakamilika kanolobesa Baanakimu bakabe begala mu shango ye matombo, be Heburoni nebe Dibiri nebe Anabu na bose banodwa mu shango ye matombo ye Juda ne banodwa mu shango ye matombo ye Iziraela. Joshuwa wakabalobesa kakolomodza mizi yabo tjoselele.
- English22
No Anakites were left in Israelite territory; only in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod did any survive.
African KalangaAkuna ndodwa ne nthu we N'anakimu wakasala mu ntuthu we Iziraela kuzhe kwe malimbelimbe eku Gaza ne Gati ne Ashidodi.
- English23
So Joshua took the entire land, just as the Lord had directed Moses, and he gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. Then the land had rest from war.
African KalangaNdizo Joshuwa katola shango yose koga Yahwe sekwa bakabe babudza Mushe ngono kaipa Baiziraela, akaithubukanya nge njudzi dzabo. Ndizo kukabe ne kunyalala mu shango.
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.