The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Joshua 20English
Joshuwa 20African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Kwakati shule kwa ipapo Yahwe bakalebeleka na Joshuwa kuti
- African Kalanga
adwe bathu be Iziraela ati, “Tjishalulani mizi ye matizhilo yandakatuma Mushe kuti amubudze nge kwayo,
- English3
so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood.
African Kalangakuti ndizo nthu ungabulaya mmwe kusi nge mwaza kene abe asakazwimisila kumbulaya atizhileko kuti abakiligwe muna unoshaka kuzwibgwilizilila.
- English4
“When he flees to one of these cities, he is to stand in the entrance of the city gate and state his case before the elders of that city. Then they are to admit him into their city and give him a place to live with them.
African Kalanga“Ha mbulayi etizhila ku mmwe we mizi iyeyi wakafanila kuswika ema ku nkoba we nzi ngono ipapo abe ebikila bakulu be nzi ndebo iye. Ngono ndizo kudwapo bangan'amutjila mu nzi wabo bakampa magalo kuti agale nabo.
- English5
If the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the one accused, because he killed his neighbor unintentionally and without malice aforethought.
African KalangaNgono wabulayigwa ha angantobela bakulu be lubazhe abazofanila kudusa mbulayi iwoyo ngoti azobulaya mmwe mwaza kene nge mazwimisilo mamwe koga.
- English6
He is to stay in that city until he has stood trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then he may go back to his own home in the town from which he fled.”
African KalangaMbulayi wakafanila gala mu nzi we dizhilo kudzina ema mbeli kwe gubungano esumikilisiwa ne kuswikila mpirisiti nkulu we tjibaka itjetjo efa. Ngono ndizo kudwapo ungayendazwe ku nzi uwe kwaakabe atizha ko.”
- English7
So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
African KalangaNdizo bakashalula nzi we Kedeshi umu ntuthu we Galili mu shango ye matombo ya Nafutali ne Shekemu mu shango ye matombo ya Ifureimi ne Kiriyatiaribha (inodang'wa Heburoni) mu shango ye matombo ya Juda.
- English8
On the east side of the Jordan of Jericho they designated Bezer in the desert on the plateau in the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead in the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan in the tribe of Manasseh.
African KalangaNgono seli kwe gwizi gwe Jorodani ku bhezhuba kwe Jerikho bakashalula nzi we Bhezera umu tjilambanyika tje tjibata tje ludzi gwa Rubheni ne Ramoti mu Giliyadi mu ludzi gwa Gadi ne mu Golani mu Bhashani mu ludzi gwa Manase.
- English9
Any of the Israelites or any alien living among them who killed someone accidentally could flee to these designated cities and not be killed by the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
African KalangaMizi iyeyi ndiyo yakabe yashaluligwa Baiziraela bose ne bazhi bose bakabe begala mu Baiziraela kuti mmwe ne mmwe wakabulaya mmwe kusi nge mwaza kene nge mazwimisilo awe ungatizhila ku ili kuti ndizo asibulawe ne mbgwilizili wabulayigwa kuswikilila mbulayi asekesiwa mbeli kwe gubungano.
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.