The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Leviticus 12English
Zwipo 12African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati,
- English2
“Say to the Israelites: ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period.
African KalangaIdwa bathu be Iziraela uti, “Ha nkadzi ezwisenga, ebe etshibama mwana we tjilume, unowotemapala kwe mazhuba ali kutendeka, kuyendidzana ne mazhuba awe e kungula kukwe, akatemapala.
- African Kalanga
Ngono mu zhuba le buzhanakadzi, mbisana athumbigwe.
- English4
Then the woman must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding. She must not touch anything sacred or go to the sanctuary until the days of her purification are over.
African KalangaNdizo adwilile ali mu mazhuba awe e kutjenapadziwa kukwe kwe buzwele mazhuba ali makumi matatu ana matatu, asingabhate tjimwe tjakayengemala kene kuli kungina mu bugalo gwakayengemala kudzina mazhuba awe e kutjenapadziwa ewila.
- English5
If she gives birth to a daughter, for two weeks the woman will be unclean, as during her period. Then she must wait sixty-six days to be purified from her bleeding.
African Kalanga“Koga ha nkadzi angatshibama mwana we tjikadzi, ipapo unowotemapala tshipi dzili mbili, kuyendidzana ne mazhuba awe e kungula kukwe, ebe edwilila egala buzwele gwe kutjenapadziwa kukwe mazhuba ali makumi ali matathatu ne ali matathatu.
- English6
“ ‘When the days of her purification for a son or daughter are over, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin offering.
African Kalanga“Ngono ha mazhuba awe e kutjenapadziwa kukwe awila, ali e mwana we tjilume kene we tjikazi, nkadzi iwoyu azhise pkhwizana ina gole ye tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa ne ngurukukwana kene njiba ye tjibhayilo tje tjibi, ku mpirisiti mbeli kwe nkoba we nshasha we bushanganilo.
- English7
He shall offer them before the Lord to make atonement for her, and then she will be ceremonially clean from her flow of blood. “ ‘These are the regulations for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl.
African KalangaMpirisiti unoyisa tjibhayilo mbeli kwa Yahwe egadzanya nkadzi iwoyu na Yahwe, ndizo nkadzi unowotjenapadzigwa buzwele gugwe. Oyu ndiwo nlayo we nkadzi atshibama mwana, ali we tjilume kene we tjikadzi.
- English8
If she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
African Kalanga“Ha asingatubule kudusa pkhwizana, atole njiba mbili kene ngurukukwana mbili, imwe ili ye tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa imwe ili ye tjibhayilo tje tjibi, ngono mpirisiti unowogadzanya nkadzi iwoyu na Yahwe, ngono unowotjenapala.”
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.