The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Joshua 16English
Joshuwa 16African Kalanga
- English1
The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan of Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert into the hill country of Bethel.
African KalangaLudzi gwa Josefa gwakakobegwa nge hakata shango inotangisa pa gwizi gwe Jorodani mu Jerikho, ku bhezhuba kwe vula dze Jerikho, kuyenda tjose kunoti ku tjilambanyika kuyenda ku shango ye matombo kunoti ku shango ye Bhetele.
- English2
It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz), crossed over to the territory of the Arkites in Ataroth,
African KalangaKudwa mu Bhetele kunoti ku Luzi, itola n'gathu we Baariki mu Ataroti,
- English3
descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon and on to Gezer, ending at the sea.
African Kalangaidelukila kunomila zhuba kwe n'gathu we Bajafeleti iyenda tjose inoti mu ntuthu we kwakakungulukila we Bhetihoroni ne mu Gezeri inopelela ku gungwa.
- African Kalanga
Ndizo Manase na Ifureimi bakapiwa shango kuti ibe thaka yabo.
- English5
This was the territory of Ephraim, clan by clan: The boundary of their inheritance went from Ataroth Addar in the east to Upper Beth Horon
African KalangaNtuthu wa Ifureimi nsha ne nsha wakabe uli sawhoku: N'gathu we shango yabakapiwa kuti ibe thaka yabo wakabe uyenda tjose kudwa mu Atarotiadari ku bhezhuba kunoti ku Bhetihoroni,
- English6
and continued to the sea. From Micmethath on the north it curved eastward to Taanath Shiloh, passing by it to Janoah on the east.
African Kalangauyenda unoti ku gungwa, kudwa pa Mikimethati ku bunandzwa upoteleka wakalinga ku bhezhuba kwe Taanatishilo, upinda napo wakalinga ku Janoya ku bhezhuba.
- English7
Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho and came out at the Jordan.
African KalangaKudwa ipapo wakabe udwa tjose pa nzi we Janoya kunoti ku Ataroti ne Naara unotigu ku Jerikho unopubuka ku gwizi gwe Jorodani.
- English8
From Tappuah the border went west to the Kanah Ravine and ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites, clan by clan.
African KalangaKudwa mu Tapuwa, n'gathu wakalinga ku nkuku we Kana kunomila zhuba unopelela mu gungwa. Iyeyi ndiyo thaka yakapiwa bathu be Ifureimi nsha ne nsha,
- English9
It also included all the towns and their villages that were set aside for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites.
African Kalangakushangana ne mizi ne mizana yakabe ili mu n'gathu we bathu be ludzi gwa Manase.
- English10
They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim but are required to do forced labor.
African KalangaKoga Baifureimi abazotatila kutjena Bakanana bakabe begala mu Gezeri, ndizo Bakanana bakagala ne Baifureimi kuswika nasi koga Bakanana bakabashingila bali balanda bethama tjimwe ne tjimwe tjabanodwiwa.
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.