The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Joshua 12English
Joshuwa 12African Kalanga
- English1
These are the kings of the land whom the Israelites had defeated and whose territory they took over east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern side of the Arabah:
African KalangaIbaba ndibo bomambo be shango bakakundiwa ne Baiziraela bakabatapila ntuthu we ku bhezhuba kwe Jorodani kudwa pa nkuku we Arinoni kunoti ku Dombo le Hemoni beyenda tjose benoti ku bhezhuba kwe Araba.
- English2
Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge– from the middle of the gorge–to the Jabbok River, which is the border of the Ammonites. This included half of Gilead.
African KalangaMambo Sihoni we N'amori, iye wakabusa mu Heshibhoni. Wakabusa kudwa mu Aroeri imu tjekelo dze nkuku we Arinoni ne kudwa pakati kwe nkuku kunoti ku gwizi gwe Jabhoki, eyenda tjose enoti ku n'gathu we Baamoni ne gwamu le Giliyadi
- English3
He also ruled over the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), to Beth Jeshimoth, and then southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
African Kalangane nzi we Araba kunoti ku gungwa le Khinereti kunoti ku bhezhuba kwe Araba, Gungwa le Mwenyu ne kuyendila ku Bhetijeshimoti ne ku burwa kwakatathila kwe Pisiga.
- English4
And the territory of Og king of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaites, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei.
African KalangaOgi mambo we Bhashani, mmwe we malimbelimbe e Barefayi wakabe egala ku Ashitaroti neku Edireyi.
- English5
He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan to the border of the people of Geshur and Maacah, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
African KalangaWakabusa kutangisa pa Dombo le Hemoni ne Saleka ne Bhashani kunoti ku n'gathu we Bageshuri ne Bamaakati ne gwamu le Giliyadi kunoti ku n'gathu wa Sihoni mambo we Heshibhoni.
- English6
Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the Israelites conquered them. And Moses the servant of the Lord gave their land to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh to be their possession.
African KalangaBakakundiwa ndi Mushe nlanda wa Yahwe ne Baiziraela. Mushe katola shango yabo kaipa Barubheni ne Bagadi ne gwamu le ludzi gwa Manase kuti ibe thaka yabo.
- English7
These are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (their lands Joshua gave as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their tribal divisions–
African KalangaIbaba ndibo bomambo be shango bakakundiwa ndi Joshuwa ne Baiziraela. Bakabatapila shango iku golombedzo kwe Jorodani ne kudwa pa Baligadi mu nkuku we Lebanoni kuyendila ku Dombo le Halaki lakawala lakalinga ku Seiri. Joshuwa kapa Baiziraela nge njudzi dzabo shango idzedzi kube thaka yabo,
- English8
the hill country, the western foothills, the Arabah, the mountain slopes, the desert and the Negev–the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites):
African Kalangashango ye matombo, shango yakawila neye Araba ne shango inotathila neye tjilambanyika neye Negebu ne shango ye Bahiti neye Baamori neye Bakanana neye Baperizi neye Bahivi neye Bajebusi.
- African Kalanga
Bamwe ba bomambo bakakundiwa ndi aba: Mambo we Jerikho ne mambo we nzi we Ai wakabapa ne nzi we Bhetele
- African Kalanga
ne mambo we Jerusalema ne mambo we Heburoni
- African Kalanga
ne mambo we Jarimuti ne mambo we Lakhishi ne
- African Kalanga
mambo we Egiloni ne mambo we Gezeri
- African Kalanga
ne mambo we Dibiri ne mambo we Gederi
- African Kalanga
ne mambo we Horima ne mambo we Aradi
- African Kalanga
ne mambo we Libina ne mambo we Adulamu
- African Kalanga
ne mambo we Makeda ne mambo we Bhetele
- African Kalanga
ne mambo we Tapuwa ne mambo we Heferi
- African Kalanga
ne mambo we Afeki ne mambo we Lasharoni
- African Kalanga
ne mambo we Madoni ne mambo we Hazori
- African Kalanga
ne mambo we Shimironimeroni ne mambo we Akishafa
- African Kalanga
ne mambo we Taanaki ne mambo we Megido
- African Kalanga
ne mambo we Kedeshi ne mambo we Jokineyamu mu Karimeli
- African Kalanga
ne mambo we Dori mu Dori ku bunandzwa ne mambo we Goyimu mu Giligala
- African Kalanga
ne mambo we Tireza. Bomambo bose bakabe bali makumi matatu ana nng'ompela (31).
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.