The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Judges 2English
Basumikilisi 2African Kalanga
- English1
The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I swore to give to your forefathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you,
African KalangaNtumwa wa Yahwe kamilika edwa ku Giligala eyenda ku Bhokhimu kati, “Ndakamudusa mu Egipiti ndimuzhisa mu shango yandakabe ndatuna kuyipa botate benyu. Ndakati, ‘Anditowokolomodza tjidumano tjangu namwi,
- English2
and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down their altars.’ Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this?
African Kalangamusithame tjidumano ne bagali be shango iyeyi, mu kolomodze zwibeso zwabo zwe zwibhayilo.’ Koga amuzobhata nlayo wangu, ini ikoko kwamakathama kene?
- English3
Now therefore I tell you that I will not drive them out before you; they will be thorns in your sides and their gods will be a snare to you.”
African KalangaNdizo ngwenu ndikati, anditowobatata mbeli kwenyu, banowobe zwita zwenyu ngono midzimu yabo inowobe bhuzhu ku muli.”
- English4
When the angel of the LORD had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud,
African KalangaKwakati ntumwa wa Yahwe a leba matama iyawa ku Baiziraela bose, bathu bakamilidza mawhi bakalila.
- African Kalanga
Bakatumila bugalo igogo zina beti Bhokimu, bakadusila Yahwe zwibhayilo ikoko.
- English6
After Joshua had dismissed the Israelites, they went to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.
African KalangaKwakati Joshuwa asina kupaladza bathu, mmwe ne mmwe akayenda kunotola thaka iye, kuthuwa shango.
- English7
The people served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had seen all the great things the LORD had done for Israel.
African KalangaBathu bakashingila Yahwe mazhuba wose a Joshuwa, ne mazhuba wose e bakulu bakatjila tjibaka tjilefu pana Joshuwa, bakabona mishingo mikulu yakathamigwa Baiziraela ndi Yahwe.
- African Kalanga
Joshuwa nkololo wa Nuni, nlanda wa Yahwe wakafa ana makole ali zana lina ali gumi (110).
- English9
And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
African KalangaBakambiganyila mu shango ye thaka iye ku Timinatiheresi mu shango ye matuthu ya Ifureimi, ku bunandzwa gwe Dombo le Gaashi.
- English10
After that whole generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation grew up, who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel.
African KalangaKwakati tjizekugwana tjose tjatjilala nabo batategulu batjo, ngono kukamuka tjizekugwana tjitshwa tjisingazibe Yahwe kene mishingo yabakathamila Baiziraela.
- African Kalanga
Ngono bathu be Iziraela bakathama mbipo mu mesho a Yahwe, bakashingila bo Bhaale.
- English12
They forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped various gods of the peoples around them. They provoked the LORD to anger
African KalangaBakasiya Yahwe Ndzimu wa botate babo wakabadusa mu Egipiti. Bakatobela midzimu yakasiyanasiyana ye bathu bakabapoteleka, ngono bakayithigamila, bakalonga Yahwe bushongola.
- African Kalanga
Bakasiya Yahwe bakashingila Bhaale na Ashitoreti.
- English14
In his anger against Israel the LORD handed them over to raiders who plundered them. He sold them to their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
African KalangaNdizo bushongola gwa Yahwe gukathutila Baiziraela ngono bakabalonga mu maboko e batapi bakabatapila thundu. Bakabatengesela zwita zwabo kubapoteleka, kwabakabe basingatjatubule kugwa nazo.
- English15
Whenever Israel went out to fight, the hand of the LORD was against them to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. They were in great distress.
African KalangaKwakabe kuti apa Baiziraela bebhuda beyenda ku ngwa, luboko gwa Yahwe gwakabe gu gwa nabo kubathamila bubi, Yahwe sekwa bakabebaleba na Yahwe sekwa bakabebabatunila. Bakabe mu buyendasi bukulu.
- African Kalanga
Ngono Yahwe bakabamusila basumikilisi bakabatjidza mu simba le batapi babo.
- English17
Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. Unlike their fathers, they quickly turned from the way in which their fathers had walked, the way of obedience to the LORD’s commands.
African KalangaKoga bakasiteedze basumikilisi babo ngoti bakathama bupombgwe ne midzimu ipoga ngono bakayithigamila, bakatjimbidza bapambuka mu zila yakayendiwa na botate babo bakatobela milayo ya Yahwe, ngono bakasithame bejalo.
- English18
Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived; for the LORD had compassion on them as they groaned under those who oppressed and afflicted them.
African KalangaKwakabe kuti apa Yahwe bebamusila basumikilisi, Yahwe bakabe bana nsumikilisi ngono katjidza bathu mu luboko gwe zwita zwabo mu mazhuba wose e nsumikilisi, ngoti Yahwe bakabe nge ngoni mubali pabakabe bedziyidziwa be tshambilidziwa.
- English19
But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their fathers, following other gods and serving and worshiping them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
African KalangaKoga kwakabe kuti apa nsumikilisi afa, bathu bakabe beshandukila kuzila dzabo dzakabipa kupinda dza botate babo, betobela midzimu ipoga beyishingila beinamata. Bakabe belamba kuletja mishingo yabo ne zila dzabo dze moyonkukutu.
- English20
Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel and said, “Because this nation has violated the covenant that I laid down for their forefathers and has not listened to me,
African KalangaNdizo bushongola gwa Yahwe gukathutila Baiziraela, ngono bakati, “Ngoti bathu ibaba batjuluka tjidumano tjangu tjandaka laya botate babo, bakasinditeedze,
- African Kalanga
anditjowotata zwitjaba mbeli kwabo zwakasiyiwa ndi Joshuwa afa.
- English22
I will use them to test Israel and see whether they will keep the way of the LORD and walk in it as their forefathers did.”
African KalangaNdowozwishingisa kulika Baiziraela, ndibone kuti banowobhata zila dza Yahwe bakadzitobela sekwakathama bobatategulu babo kene aa.”
- English23
The LORD had allowed those nations to remain; he did not drive them out at once by giving them into the hands of Joshua.
African KalangaNdizo Yahwe bakaletja zwitjaba izwezo basingazwitate ngokuzwilonga mu maboko a Joshuwa.
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.