The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Judges 12English
Basumikilisi 12African Kalanga
- English1
The men of Ephraim called out their forces, crossed over to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you go to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We’re going to burn down your house over your head.”
African KalangaBathu be Ifureimi bakadana balume babo be ngwa ngono bakatjulukila ku Zafoni ngono bakadwa Jefutha bakati, “Ini wayenda kunogwa ne Baamoni usatidana tikayenda nawe? Towokupisila mu ng'umba nge moto.”
- English2
Jephthah answered, “I and my people were engaged in a great struggle with the Ammonites, and although I called, you didn’t save me out of their hands.
African KalangaNgono Jefutha kabadwa kati, “Imi ne bathu bangu takabe mu ngwa whulu kwazo ne Baamoni, ndakati ndimudana amuzondisunungula mu maboko abo.
- English3
When I saw that you wouldn’t help, I took my life in my hands and crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the LORD gave me the victory over them. Now why have you come up today to fight me?”
African KalangaNdakati ndibona musingadibhatshe, ndikalonga butjilo gwangu mu mbatsha, ndikatjuluka kunogwa ne Baamoni, ngono Yahwe bakabalonga mu maboko angu. Ngono nasi ini mabuya kugwa nami?”
- English4
Jephthah then called together the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. The Gileadites struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are renegades from Ephraim and Manasseh.”
African KalangaIpapo Jefutha kakubunganya balume bose be Giliyadi kagwa ne Baifureimi. Bagiliyadi bakababulaya ngobe Baifureimi bakabe bati, “Imwi Bagiliyadi mu batizhi be Ifureimi ne Manase.”
- English5
The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a survivor of Ephraim said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he replied, “No,”
African KalangaBagiliyadi bakatolela Baifureimi maambuko wose e Jorodani, ngono kwakabe kuti mmwe we batizhi be Ifureimi ezha eti, “Imani nditjuluke,” balume be Giliyadi banowobe bembhuzwa beti, “Apa u N'ifureimi kene?” Ha eti, “Aa,”
- English6
they said, “All right, say ‘Shibboleth.’” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.
African Kalangabanowobe bendwa beti, uti, “Shibholeti.” Ngono apa eti, “Sibholeti,” ngoti e konegwa ngo dana zubanana, banombhata be mbulayila pa maambuko e Jorodani. Ngono kukabulawa Baifureimi bali zwiwulu zwili makumi manna ana zwibili (42 000) mu tjibaka itjetjo.
- English7
Jephthah led Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in a town in Gilead.
African KalangaJefutha wakabe ntungamili we Iziraela kwe makole ali tathatu. Jefutha we Giliyadi kafa, ngono kabiganyigwa mu nzi uwe mu Giliyadi.
- African Kalanga
Shule kukwe, Ibizani we Bhetelehema katungamila Iziraela.
- English9
He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He gave his daughters away in marriage to those outside his clan, and for his sons he brought in thirty young women as wives from outside his clan. Ibzan led Israel seven years.
African KalangaWakabe ana bakololo bali makumi matatu (30) ne bakololokadzi bali makumi matatu (30). Kalobodza bakololokadzi babe kuzhe kwe ludzi gugwe, ngono bakololo babe bakalobola Baanadi bali makumi matatu (30) kube bakadzi kudwa ku ludzi gu kuzhe. Izibani wakatungamila Iziraela kwe makole ali tendeka.
- African Kalanga
Kudwapo Izibani kafa ngono kabiganyiwa mu Bhetelehema.
- African Kalanga
Shule kukwe, Eloni we N'zibuloni katungamila Iziraela kwe makole ali gumi (10).
- African Kalanga
Kudwapo Eloni kafa, ngono kabiganyiwa mu Aijaloni mu shango ye Zibuluni.
- African Kalanga
Shule kukwe, Abhidoni nkololo wa Hileli kudwa ku Piratoni katungamila Iziraela.
- English14
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel eight years.
African KalangaWakabe ana bakololo bali makumi manna (40) ne zwizekugwana zwili makumi matatu (30), bakabe tatha madonki ali makumi ali tendeka (70). Wakatungamila Iziraela kwe makole ali zhanakadzi.
- English15
Then Abdon son of Hillel died, and was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
African KalangaKudwapo Abhidoni nkololo wa Hileli kafa, ngono kabiganyigwa ku Piratoni mu Ifureimi, mu shango ye matuthu ye Baamaleki.
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.