The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Judges 17English
Basumikilisi 17African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Kwakabe kuna nlume we shango ye matuthu ye Ifureimi zina lile kuyi Mika.
- English2
said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse–I have that silver with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “The LORD bless you, my son!”
African KalangaKadwa mmeyabe kati, “Shekele dze siliva dzili tjiwulu ne zana (1 100) dzatogwa mumuli, idzo dzandawha mulonga bhiso, siliva iyeyo ndinayo, ndakaitola.” Ipapo mme yabe bakandwa beti, “Yahwe bakukombolele nkololo wangu.”
- English3
When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I solemnly consecrate my silver to the LORD for my son to make a carved image and a cast idol. I will give it back to you.”
African KalangaWakati ebgwiliza siliva ye shekele dzili tjiwulu tjina zana (1 100) kuna mme yabe, bakandwa bakati, “Ndoyengemadzila Yahwe siliva iyeyi ngekwe nkololo wangu, kuthama ifano tje ndzimu wakabezhiwa ne wakabumbiwa, ndizo ngwenu ndowokubgwilizila iyo.”
- English4
So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into the image and the idol. And they were put in Micah’s house.
African KalangaNdizo wakati ebgwiliza siliva kuna mme yabe, mme yabe bakatola maloso ali mazana mabili (200) e siliva bakabebepa nthuli we siliva, kathama ndzimwana wakabezhiwa ne wakabumbiwa. Zwika bigiwa mu ng'umba ya Mika.
- English5
Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some idols and installed one of his sons as his priest.
African KalangaNlume iwoyu unoyi Mika wakabe ana dulana le midzimu, kathama khiba ne zwifano ngono kabiga nkololo uwe kube mpirisiti.
- African Kalanga
Mu mazhuba iyawo kwakabekusina mambo mu Iziraela, mmwe ne mmwe ethama tjaanobona tjakalulwama mu mesho awe.
- African Kalanga
Kwakabe kuna nzhuzha edwa ku Bhetelehema mu Juda, we ludzi gwa Juda.
- English8
left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
African KalangaNlume iwoyu kabhuda mu nzi we Bhetelehema mu Juda, kunogala kwaangabona magalo, wakayenda kaswika ku shango ye matuthu ye Ifureimi ku ng'umba ya Mika.
- English9
Micah asked him, “Where are you from?” “I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he said, “and I’m looking for a place to stay.”
African KalangaMika kambhuzwa kati, “Unodwa poni?” Kanshandula eti, “Ndi Nlevi we Bhetelehema mu Juda, ndoshaka magalo pandingagala.”
- English10
Then Micah said to him, “Live with me and be my father and priest, and I’ll give you ten shekels of silver a year, your clothes and your food.”
African KalangaMika kandwa kati, “Gala nami, ube tate bangu ube mpirisiti wangu, ngono ndowokupa shekele dze siliva dzili gumi (10) ne gole, kose ne zwiambalo ne zojiwa.”
- African Kalanga
Ndizo Nlevi kaduma gala naye, ngono nzhuzha kanga bakololo babe kunli.
- English12
Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
African KalangaNdizo Mika kalonga Nlevi mu nshingo, nzhuzha kabe mpirisiti uwe, kagala mu ng'umba ya Mika.
- English13
And Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.”
African KalangaMika kabe eti, “Ngwenu ndoziba kuti Yahwe banowondithamila zwakanaka, ngoti ndina mpirisiti we Nlevi.”
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.