The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Joshua 18English
Joshuwa 18African Kalanga
- English1
The whole assembly of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. The country was brought under their control,
African KalangaGubungano lose le Baiziraela lakanokubungana ku nzi we Shilo ngono bakabaka nshasha we bushanganilo. Shango yose ikabe pasi kwabo.
- African Kalanga
Kwakabe kutjina njudzi dzili kutendeka muna dze Baiziraela dzakabe dzasala dzisathu dzikakobegwa shango.
- English3
So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?
African KalangaNgono Joshuwa kadwa Baiziraela kati, “Mowotola tjibaka tjingapani munonoka kutola shango yamakapiwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu wa bobatategulu benyu kene?
- English4
Appoint three men from each tribe. I will send them out to make a survey of the land and to write a description of it, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me.
African KalangaLudzi gumwe ne gumwe ngaguduse balume bali batatu, ndibatume kuti bayende banobona shango ngono bakwale nge buzhalo nge kwayo kuti munga ikobegwa tjini ngono babe beshandukila kundili.
- English5
You are to divide the land into seven parts. Judah is to remain in its territory on the south and the house of Joseph in its territory on the north.
African KalangaMuthubukanye shango katendeka. Juda isale mu ntuthu wayo ku burwa ngono be ludzi gwa Josefa ibo batole ntuthu uku bunandzwa.
- English6
After you have written descriptions of the seven parts of the land, bring them here to me and I will cast lots for you in the presence of the Lord our God.
African KalangaApa musino kuthubukanya shango katendeka, mukwale ngekwe makwamu e shango ali kutendeka amathubukanya mube muzhisa kundili, ndizo ndowomukandilila mbeli kwa Yahwe.
- English7
The Levites, however, do not get a portion among you, because the priestly service of the Lord is their inheritance. And Gad, Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan. Moses the servant of the Lord gave it to them.”
African KalangaBalevi ibo abana gobe pakati kwenyu ngobe kushingila Yahwe ndiyo thaka yabo. Gadi na Rubheni ne gwamu le ludzi gwa Manase ibo bakapiwa gobe labo kale ku bhezhuba kwe Jorodani ndi Mushe nlanda wa Yahwe.”
- English8
As the men started on their way to map out the land, Joshua instructed them, “Go and make a survey of the land and write a description of it. Then return to me, and I will cast lots for you here at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord.”
African KalangaNdiko balume ibabo bakamilika kunobona shango kuti ingathubukanyiwa tjini, Joshuwa kabalaya eti, “Yendani munothama ndingisiso ye shango mukwale nge buzhalo nge kwayo kuti ingathubukanyiwa tjini. Kudwapo mushandukile ku ndili, ngono imi ndowoposela ndili mbeli kwa Yahwe pano mu Shilo.”
- English9
So the men left and went through the land. They wrote its description on a scroll, town by town, in seven parts, and returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh.
African KalangaNdizo balume ibaba bakamilika bakayenda bakapalama shango. Bakakwala nge buzhalo ngekwe nzi ne nzi mu mituthu ili kutendeka ngono bakashandukila kuna Joshuwa ku bukotokelo ku Shilo.
- English10
Joshua then cast lots for them in Shiloh in the presence of the Lord, and there he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their tribal divisions.
African KalangaJoshuwa kaposela nge kwayo mbeli kwa Yahwe ngono kakobela Baiziraela bakasala shango nge njudzi dzabo.
- English11
The lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin, clan by clan. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:
African KalangaDziba le kutanga likawila ludzi gwa Bhenjamini nsha nge nsha. Bakapiwa ntuthu wakabe uli pakati kwe mituthu ya Juda neya Josefa.
- English12
On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan, passed the northern slope of Jericho and headed west into the hill country, coming out at the desert of Beth Aven.
African KalangaN'gathu we ludzi gwa Bhenjamini ku ndzibo we bunandzwa wakabe utangisa pa gwizi gwe Jorodani, kudwapo udwilila wakalinga kwakakung'ulukila kwe Jerikho ku bunandzwa, udwapo utathila shango ye matombo kunomila zhuba unopelela ku tjilambanyika tje Bhetiaveni.
- English13
From there it crossed to the south slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth Addar on the hill south of Lower Beth Horon.
African KalangaWakabe udwapo upinda uli ku burwa gwe kwakatathila kwe Luzi (inodang'wa Bhetele) upinda uli ku Atarotiadari mu dombo liku burwa gwe Bhetihoroni.
- English14
From the hill facing Beth Horon on the south the boundary turned south along the western side and came out at Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a town of the people of Judah. This was the western side.
African KalangaKudwapo n'gathu ukashandukila kunomila zhuba unopubuka uli ku dombo lakalinga ku Bhetihoroni ku burwa, n'gathu wakabe ushanduka ulinga ku burwa uli kunomila zhuba unobhuda uli ku Kiriyatibhali (whuti Kiriatijearimu), nzi we ludzi gwa Juda. Ikoku kuthama ntuthu ukunomila zhuba.
- English15
The southern side began at the outskirts of Kiriath Jearim on the west, and the boundary came out at the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.
African KalangaN'gathu uku burwa wakabe utangisa ku lubizho gwe Kiriatijearimu kunomila zhuba unopubuka uli ku misenya ye Nefutoya,
- English16
The boundary went down to the foot of the hill facing the Valley of Ben Hinnom, north of the Valley of Rephaim. It continued down the Hinnom Valley along the southern slope of the Jebusite city and so to En Rogel.
African Kalangaube uyenda unoti pa thobo dze dombo wakalinga nkuku we nkololo wa Hinomu ku bunandzwa gwe nkuku we Refaimu, udwilila udelukila mu nkuku we Hinomu lubizho gwe kunokungulukila nzi we Bajebusi newe Enerogele.
- English17
It then curved north, went to En Shemesh, continued to Geliloth, which faces the Pass of Adummim, and ran down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
African KalangaKudwapo upotelekela kunomila zhuba, uyenda ku Eneshemeshi udwilila wakalinga ku Geliloti yakalingisana ne pakatathila kwe Adumimi, udwapo unopinda bgwe la Bhohani nkololo wa Rubheni.
- African Kalanga
Upinda uli panotathila kwe Bhetiaraba uyenda ku Araba,
- English19
It then went to the northern slope of Beth Hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan in the south. This was the southern boundary.
African Kalangaunopinda uli ku bunandzwa gwe kunokungulukila kwe Bhetihogila unopelela ku bunandzwa gwe phili dze Gungwa le Mwenyu ku burwa gwe Jorodani. Iwoyo uli n'gathu uku burwa.
- English20
The Jordan formed the boundary on the eastern side. These were the boundaries that marked out the inheritance of the clans of Benjamin on all sides.
African KalangaGwizi gwe Jorodani igo gwakabe guthama n'gathu ku bhezhuba. Iyeyi yakabe ili migathu yakabe ilakidza mituthu yakapiwa ludzi gwa Bhenjamini nsha nge nsha.
- English21
The tribe of Benjamin, clan by clan, had the following cities: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,
African KalangaMizi ye ludzi gwa Bhenjamini nsha nge nsha yakabe ili sa woku; Jerikho ne Bhetihogila ne Emekikezizi ne
- African Kalanga
Bhetiaraba ne Zemarayimi ne Bhetele ne
- African Kalanga
Awimu ne Phara ne Ofira ne
- African Kalanga
Khefaraamoni ne Ofini ne Geba yose yakashangana ne mizana yayo yakabe ili gumi lina mibili (12).
- African Kalanga
Gibiyoni ne Rama ne Bheeroti ne
- African Kalanga
Mizipha ne Khefira ne Moza ne
- African Kalanga
Rekemu ne Iripeele ne Tarala ne
- English28
Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath–fourteen towns and their villages. This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.
African KalangaZela ne Haelefu ne Jebusi (whuti Jerusalema) ne Gibiya ne Kiriatijearimu yose yose yakashangana ne mizana yayo yakabe ili gumi lina minna (14). Ndiyo thaka yakapiwa ludzi gwa Bhenjamini.
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.