The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Judges 4English
Basumikilisi 4African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Kwakati shule kwe lufu gwa Ehudi, Baiziraela bakathama mbipo kakale mu mesho a Yahwe.
- English2
So the LORD sold them into the hands of Jabin, a king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim.
African KalangaYahwe bakabatengesa mu maboko a Jabini mambo we Kanana wakabe e busa mu Hazori, nlauli we ngwa iye kwakabe kuli Sisera wakabe egala mu Haroshetihagoyimu.
- English3
Because he had nine hundred iron chariots and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the LORD for help.
African KalangaIpapo bathu be Iziraela bakalilila kuna Yahwe beshaka bhatsho ngoti wakabe ana koloyi dze ngwa dze butale dzili mazana ali zhanalume (900), etshambilidza Baiziraela kwakabipa kwe makole ali makumi mabili (20).
- African Kalanga
Mu tjibaka itjetjo nlebesambeli unoyi Debora ali nkadzi wa Lapidoti ndiye wakabe ali nsumikilisi we Iziraela.
- English5
She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites came to her to have their disputes decided.
African KalangaWakabe eti kagala kusi kwe nlala wa Debora pakati kwe Rama ne Bhetele mu shango ye matuthu ya Ifureimi, ngono Baiziraela bakabe beyenda kunli ku sumikilisiwa.
- English6
She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “The LORD, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead the way to Mount Tabor.
African KalangaKatuma kuti kudang'we Baraki nkololo wa Abinoyamu we Kedeshi mu Nafutali, ngono kandwa kati, “Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela, banokudwa beti, ‘Yenda, utole balume bali zwiwulu zwili gumi (10 000) be ludzi gwa Nafutali ne gwa Zebuluni uyende nabo ku Dombo le Tabori.
- English7
I will lure Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your hands.’”
African KalangaNdowokwebela Sisera nlauli we ngwa ya Jabini kukuli pa gwizwi gwe Khishoni kose ne koloyi dzidze dze ngwa ne babhayani babe, ngono ndowonlonga mu maboko awo.’ ”
- African Kalanga
Baraki kashandula eti, “Apa uyenda nami, ndowoyenda, koga apa usingayende nami, anditoyenda.”
- English9
“Very well,” Deborah said, “I will go with you. But because of the way you are going about this, the honor will not be yours, for the LORD will hand Sisera over to a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh,
African KalangaDebora kadabila eti, “Kwakalulwama ndowoyenda nawe, koga nge zila yaunotobela, gudzo akutowobe lilo, ngoti Yahwe banowolonga Sisera mu maboko e nkadzi.” Ndizo Debora kamilika kayenda na Baraki ku Kedeshi,
- English10
where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
African KalangaBaraki kadana Zebuluni na Nafutali ku Kedeshi, Balume bali zwiwulu zwili zana (10 000) bakantobela, ngono Debora kayendabo naye.
- English11
Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law, and pitched his tent by the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.
African KalangaNdizo Heberi we N'keni wakabe azwithubukanya ne Bakeni, zwizekugwana zwa Hobabu tezwale ba Mushe, ngono wakabe athama nshasha uwe tjose kunoti ku nti we n'oko mu Zananimu whunde ye Kedeshi.
- African Kalanga
Kwakati kubikigwa Sisera kuti Baraki nkololo wa Abinoyamu wayenda ku Dombo le Tabori,
- English13
Sisera gathered together his nine hundred iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River.
African KalangaSisera kakubunganya koloyi dzidze dze ngwa dzose dzili mazana ali zhanalume (900) dze butale, ne balume bose bakabe banaye, kudwa ku Haroshetihagoyimu kunoti ku gwizi gwe Khishoni.
- English14
Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the LORD has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the LORD gone ahead of you?” So Barak went down Mount Tabor, followed by ten thousand men.
African KalangaNgono Debora kadwa Baraki kati, “Milika, ngoti ndilo zhuba Yahwe labalonga Sisera mu maboko awo. Apa Yahwe abazokutungamila kene?” Ndizo Baraki kadeluka Dombo le Tabori ne balume bali zwiwulu zwili gumi (10 000) bakansalashule.
- English15
At Barak’s advance, the LORD routed Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.
African KalangaYahwe bakadzikunula Sisera ne koloyi dzidze dzose dze ngwa nge thumo mbeli kwa Baraki, ngono Sisera kadeluka mu koloyi iye ye ngwa katizha nge makumbo.
- English16
But Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim. All the troops of Sisera fell by the sword; not a man was left.
African KalangaBaraki katatana ne koloyi dze ngwa ne babhayani kunoti ku Haroshetihagoyimu, ngono ngwa yose ya Sisera ikabulawa nge thumo, akuna nthu wakasala.
- English17
Sisera, however, fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there were friendly relations between Jabin king of Hazor and the clan of Heber the Kenite.
African KalangaKoga Sisera katizha nge gumbo kanoti ku nshasha wa Jayeli nkadzi wa Heberi we N'keni, ngoti kwakabe kuna mbakiso pakati kwa Jabini mambo we Hazori ne be nsha wa Heberi we N'keni.
- English18
Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come, my Lord, come right in. Don’t be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she put a covering over him.
African KalangaNgono Jayeli kabhuda kashanganidza Sisera kandwa kati, “Pambukilani ngeno tetshi wangu, pambukilani kundili, musitje.” Ndizo kapambukila kunli kangina mu nshasha ngono kankwididza nge ngubo.
- English19
“I’m thirsty,” he said. “Please give me some water.” She opened a skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him up.
African KalangaSisera kandwa kati, “Ndokumbila vula, ndina nyota.” Nkadzi kazhula gukhwa le nkaka kan'mwisa, ngono kankwididza.
- English20
“Stand in the doorway of the tent,” he told her. “If someone comes by and asks you, ‘Is anyone here?’ say ‘No.’”
African KalangaSisera kandwa kati, “Ima pankoba we nshasha, apa nthu angazha ekubhuzwa eti, ‘Kuna nthu imomu?’ Uti, Aa.”
- English21
But Jael, Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.
African KalangaKoga Jayeli nkadzi wa Heberi katola lubambo gwe nshasha, kabhata hamuli nge luboko, kanyangila kalobela lubambo kusi kwe zebe gukanongina pasi atjilele akanyala. Ndizo kafa.
- English22
Barak came by in pursuit of Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him. “Come,” she said, “I will show you the man you’re looking for.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera with the tent peg through his temple–dead.
African KalangaNgono Baraki wakati akatatamila Sisera, Jayeli kabhuda kunonshanganidza ngono kandwa kati, “Buya ndikulakidze nlume waunoshaka.” Ndizo kangina mu nshasha uwe, ngono kabona Sisera akafa, ne lubambo gwe nshasha guli kusi kwe zebe iye.
- African Kalanga
Ndizo mu zhuba ilelo Ndzimu bakayesa pasi Jabini mambo we Kanana mbeli kwe Baiziraela.
- English24
And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin, the Canaanite king, until they destroyed him.
African KalangaLuboko gwe Baiziraela guka simila mbeli kwazo muna Jabini mambo we Bakanana, kuswikila bempaladza.
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.