The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Leviticus 14English
Zwipo 14African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati,
- English2
“These are the regulations for the diseased person at the time of his ceremonial cleansing, when he is brought to the priest:
African Kalanga“Oyu ndiwo nlayo we n'gwele we mapele, ha apola, mu zhuba le kutjenapadziwa kukwe. Azhisiwe ku mpirisiti.
- English3
The priest is to go outside the camp and examine him. If the person has been healed of his infectious skin disease,
African KalangaMpirisiti unowobhudila kuzhe kwe bukotokelo kanonlingisisa. Ndizo ha bugwele gwe mapele gwakapola,
- English4
the priest shall order that two live clean birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.
African Kalangampirisiti unolaula kuti kutogwe nyuni mbili dzinotjila dzakatjenapala ne lukuni gwe nti we nsida ne nsungo nshaba kwakabondelela ne denjana le hisopi.
- African Kalanga
Ngono mpirisiti unowolaula kuti imwe nyuni ibulayigwe mu ndilo ye ntapkhwi ina vula yatjegwa mu nsenya iwunga.
- English6
He is then to take the live bird and dip it, together with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.
African KalangaMpirisiti unowotola nyuni inotjila ne lukuni gwe nsida ne nsungo nshaba kwakabondelela ne denjana le hisopi, ebe ezwidubika mu malopa e nyuni yabulawa akashangana ne vula yatjegwa mu nsenya iwunga.
- English7
Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the infectious disease and pronounce him clean. Then he is to release the live bird in the open fields.
African KalangaMpirisiti unowonyasa nthu wapola bugwele gwe mapele unotjenapadziwa nge malopa katendeka, ndizo ebe eleba kuti watjenapala. Ebe eletja nyuni inotjila iwulukila ku shango.
- English8
“The person to be cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. After this he may come into the camp, but he must stay outside his tent for seven days.
African KalangaIwoyo unowotjenapadziwa unowosuka zwiambalo zwizwe, ebe ekera mavudzi awe wose, ebe engula mbili, ndiko kwaanowobe atjenapala, shule kwa ikoko unowobe wobgwilila ku bukotokelo, koga unowogala kuzhe kwe nshasha uwe mazhuba ali kutendeka.
- English9
On the seventh day he must shave off all his hair; he must shave his head, his beard, his eyebrows and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will be clean.
African KalangaMu zhuba le kutendeka unowotesela mavudzi wose mu nsholo kakale ne ndedu ne siye dze mesho ne mavudzi wose mu mbili uwe. Ebe esuka zwiambalo zwizwe ebuya engula mbili, ndiko kwaanowobe atjenapala nge buzhalo.
- English10
“On the eighth day he must bring two male lambs and one ewe lamb a year old, each without defect, along with three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and one log of oil.
African Kalanga“Mu zhuba le buzhanakadzi unotjenapadziwa azhise pkhwizana ndume dzili mbili dzisina bulema ne pkhwizana hadzi ina gole ling'ompela isina bulema ne tjipo tje mathunde tje tjilizanyo tje seme thatu ye bgwisa gwakashanganyiwa ne mafuta angapa kung'ompela kwe butatu gwe le lithara ye mafuta.
- English11
The priest who pronounces him clean shall present both the one to be cleansed and his offerings before the Lord at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
African KalangaNgono mpirisiti unontjenapadza aise nthu unotjenapadziwa ne zwipo izwezwi kuna Yahwe pa nkoba we nshasha we bushanganilo.
- English12
“Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and offer it as a guilt offering, along with the log of oil; he shall wave them before the Lord as a wave offering.
African KalangaMpirisiti atole imwe ye pkhwizana ndume, aiyise ili tjibhayilo tje nlandu ne gaswa le lithara ye mafuta azwizunguze ili tjibhayilo tjinozunguziwa mbeli kwa Yahwe.
- English13
He is to slaughter the lamb in the holy place where the sin offering and the burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy.
African KalangaMpirisiti abhayile pkhwizana panobhayigwa tjibhayilo tje tjibi ne tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa, mu bugalo gwakayengemala, ngobe tjibhayilo tje nlandu tjonga tjibhayilo tje tjibi nge tje mpirisiti, tjakayengemala kwazo.
- English14
The priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
African KalangaMpirisiti atole mamwe e malopa e tjibhayilo tje nlandu, ngono mpirisiti abhome pa theswi ye zebe ye luji ye unotjenapadziwa ne pa tjinyala tjikulu tje luboko gwe luji ne pa tjinyala tjikulu tje gumbo le luji.
- English15
The priest shall then take some of the log of oil, pour it in the palm of his own left hand,
African KalangaMpirisiti atole mamwe e mafuta mu gaswa le lithara aadile mu tjiazha tjitje tje luboko gwe lumeshwe,
- English16
dip his right forefinger into the oil in his palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of it before the Lord seven times.
African Kalangaabe edubika tjinyala tjitje tje luboko gwe luji mu mafuta amu tjiazha tjitje tje luboko gwe luji, abe enyasa mamwe mafuta nge tjinyala tjitje tjinotendeka katendeka mbeli kwa Yahwe.
- English17
The priest is to put some of the oil remaining in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.
African KalangaNgono mafuta asala mu tjiazha tje mpirisiti aabhome pa theswi ye zebe ye luji ye unotjenapadziwa ne mu tjinyala tjikulu tje luboko gwe luji ne mu tjinyala tjikulu tje gumbo le luji, pezhugwi kwe malopa e tjibhayilo tje nlandu.
- English18
The rest of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed and make atonement for him before the Lord.
African KalangaNgono mafuta asala mu tjiazha tje mpirisiti aadile mu nsholo we unotjenapadziwa. Ndizo mpirisiti unowon'gadzanya na Yahwe.
- English19
“Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering
African Kalanga“Ndizo mpirisiti unowobhaya tjibhayilo tje tjibi kugadzanya iwoyo unowotjenapadziwa kutemapala kukwe. Ngono shule kwa ikoku abhaye tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa,
- English20
and offer it on the altar, together with the grain offering, and make atonement for him, and he will be clean.
African Kalangangono mpirisiti unowopisa tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa ne tjipo tje mathunde pa tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo. Ndizo mpirisiti unowogadzanya n'yengemadziwa na Yahwe, ndiko kwaanowobe atjenapala.
- English21
“If, however, he is poor and cannot afford these, he must take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, together with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, a log of oil,
African Kalanga“Koga ha ali nshayi usingake katubula kungapo, atole pkhwizana ing'ompela ye tjibhayilo tje nlandu kube tjipo tjinozunguziwa kuti agadzanyiwe na Yahwe ne kung'ompela mu gumi kwe eifa kwe bgwisa gwakanathiwa gwakashanganyiwa ne mafuta kube tjipo tje mathunde ne gaswa le lithara ye mafuta,
- English22
and two doves or two young pigeons, which he can afford, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
African Kalangane njiba mbili kene ngurukukwana mbili, sekwa angatubula, ing'ompela inowobe ye tjibhayilo tje tjibi imwe ikabe tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa.
- English23
“On the eighth day he must bring them for his cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, before the Lord.
African KalangaMu zhuba le buzhanakadzi unowozwiyisa ku mpirisiti kutjenapadziwa, pa nkoba we nshasha we bushanganilo mbeli kwa Yahwe.
- English24
The priest is to take the lamb for the guilt offering, together with the log of oil, and wave them before the Lord as a wave offering.
African KalangaNgono mpirisiti unowotola pkhwizana ye tjibhayilo tje nlandu ne gaswa le lithara ye mafuta, mpirisiti unozwitola zwili tjipo tjinozunguziwa mbeli kwa Yahwe.
- English25
He shall slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
African KalangaMpirisiti unowobhaya pkhwizana ye tjibhayilo tje nlandu, ngono ebe etola mamwe e malopa e tjibhayilo tje nlandu eabhoma pa theswi ye zebe ye luji ya iwoyo unotjenapadziwa ne mu tjinyala tjikulu tje luboko gwe luji ne mu tjinyala tjikulu tje gumbo lile le luji.
- African Kalanga
Ngono mpirisiti unowodila mamwe e mafuta mu tjiazha tje luboko gugwe gwe lumeshwe,
- English27
and with his right forefinger sprinkle some of the oil from his palm seven times before the Lord.
African Kalangaebe enyasa nge tjinyala tjitje tjinotendeka katendeka mamwe e mafuta amu tjiazha tjitje tje luboko gwe lumeshwe mbeli kwa Yahwe.
- English28
Some of the oil in his palm he is to put on the same places he put the blood of the guilt offering–on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
African KalangaNgono mpirisiti unowobhoma mamwe mafuta pa theswi ye zebe ye luji ya iwoyo unotjenapadziwa ne mu tjinyala tjikulu tje luboko gwe luji ne mu tjinyala tjikulu tje gumbo le luji, ipo zwapo pabhong'wa malopa e tjibhayilo tje nlandu.
- English29
The rest of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the Lord.
African KalangaNgono mafuta asala amu tjiazha tje mpirisiti unowoadila mu nsholo we ntjenapadziwa kun'gadzanya na Yahwe mbeli kwa Yahwe.
- African Kalanga
Ndizo unoyisa, njiba kene ngurukukwana sekwa angatubula,
- English31
one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the Lord on behalf of the one to be cleansed.”
African Kalangaimwe ili tjibhayilo tje tjibi imwe ili tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa ne tjipo tje mathunde. Mpirisiti unowobe egadzanya unotjenapadziwa na Yahwe ngothama saikoku.
- English32
These are the regulations for anyone who has an infectious skin disease and who cannot afford the regular offerings for his cleansing.
African KalangaOyu ndiwo nlayo we nthu unogwala mapele, asingatubule zwibhayilo zwe kutjenapadziwa kukwe.”
- African Kalanga
Yahwe bakadwa Mushe na Aroni bakati,
- English34
“When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a spreading mildew in a house in that land,
African Kalanga“Ha mungina mu shango ye Kanana, yandakamupa kuti ibe yenyu, ndibe ndilonga mapele mu ng'umba mu shango yandakamupa,
- English35
the owner of the house must go and tell the priest, ‘I have seen something that looks like mildew in my house.’
African Kalangamweni we ng'umba wakafanila yenda ku mpirisiti kunombudza nge kwago eti, ‘Ndabona madziba anonga e bugwele mu ng'umba yangu.’
- English36
The priest is to order the house to be emptied before he goes in to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will be pronounced unclean. After this the priest is to go in and inspect the house.
African KalangaMpirisiti unowolaula kuti kudusiwe zwija zose mu ng'umba kutanga asathu kanolinga bugwele mukati kwayo, kuti kusidwe kutogwa kuti tjimwe ne tjimwe tjimu ng'umba tjakatemapala, kukoti kwadusiwa zwija ndiko mpirisiti kwaanowongina mu ng'umba kuyibona.
- English37
He is to examine the mildew on the walls, and if it has greenish or reddish depressions that appear to be deeper than the surface of the wall,
African KalangaNgono unowonolinga bugwele, ngono ha bugwele guli mu guma le ng'umba nge mbala we bgwelele kene nge madziba mashaba, kakale ha guboneka gwakangina kwazo mu guma,
- African Kalanga
ndizo mpirisiti unowobhudila kuzhe kwe ng'umba kaizhalila kwe mazhuba ali kutendeka.
- English39
On the seventh day the priest shall return to inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls,
African KalangaNgono mpirisiti unowozha kakale mu zhuba le butendeka kuwolinga, ngono ha bugwele gwakabdzwila mu guma le ng'umba,
- English40
he is to order that the contaminated stones be torn out and thrown into an unclean place outside the town.
African Kalangampirisiti unolaula kuti kudusiwe mabgwe akanging'wa nge bugwele aposegwe ku bugalo gwakatemapala kuzhe kwe nzi.
- English41
He must have all the inside walls of the house scraped and the material that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the town.
African KalangaNgono unowothama kuti ng'umba ikukugwe mpharelo mukati kose, mpharelo wose wakukugwa ube unotebuligwa ku bugalo gwakatemapala kuzhe kwe nzi.
- English42
Then they are to take other stones to replace these and take new clay and plaster the house.
African KalangaNdizo kube kunotogwa mabgwe apoga kunomisa akadusiwa, kuko kopharegwa guma butshwa.
- English43
“If the mildew reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house scraped and plastered,
African Kalanga“Ha bugwele gungabgwililila ng'umba kakale, shule kwe mabgwe ne mpharelo zwadusiwa, kubuya kupharegwa,
- English44
the priest is to go and examine it and, if the mildew has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew; the house is unclean.
African Kalangampirisiti unowonolinga kakale, ngono ha bugwele gwabdzwila mu ng'umba, gowobe guli mapele anobulaya, ndizo ng'umba inowobe yakatemapala.
- English45
It must be torn down–its stones, timbers and all the plaster–and taken out of the town to an unclean place.
African KalangaNg'umba iligiwe, mabgwe ayo ne mapango ne mpharelo wose zwinolashigwa kuzhe kwe nzi ku bugalo gwakatemapala.
- African Kalanga
Ha kuna ungangina mu ng'umba iyeyi itjakazhaligwa, unowotemapala kuswikila zhuba lingina.
- African Kalanga
Ha kuna ungayizela kene kajila mu ng'umba yakazhaliligwa bugwele asuke zwiambalo zwizwe.
- English48
“But if the priest comes to examine it and the mildew has not spread after the house has been plastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the mildew is gone.
African Kalanga“Koga ha mpirisiti angazha kuwolinga ng'umba, kawana bugwele gusakabdzwila mu ng'umba, shule kwe kupharegwa kwe ng'umba, mpirisiti unowoleba kuti ng'umba yakatjenapala, ngobe bugwele gwakadusiwa.
- African Kalanga
Kutjenapadza ng'umba iyeyi, ngaatole nyuni mbili ne lukuni gwe nsida ne nsungo nshaba ne denjana le hisopi.
- African Kalanga
Ngono abulayile nyuni ing'ompela mu ndilo ye ntapkhwi ina vula yakatjegwa mu nsenya iwunga.
- English51
Then he is to take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn and the live bird, dip them into the blood of the dead bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
African KalangaAbe etola lukuni gwe nsida ne denjana le hisopi ne nsungo nshaba ne nyuni inotjila azwidubike mu malopa e nyuni yabulawa ne mu vula yakatjegwa mu nsenya iwunga, abe enyasa ng'umba katendeka.
- English52
He shall purify the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop and the scarlet yarn.
African KalangaNdizo atjenapadze ng'umba nge malopa e nyuni ne vula yakatjegwa iwunga mu nsenya ne nyuni inotjila ne lukuni gwe nsida ne denjana le hisopi ne nsungo nshaba.
- English53
Then he is to release the live bird in the open fields outside the town. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.”
African KalangaAbe eletja nyuni inotjila iwuluka ibhuda mu nzi iyenda ku shango, ndizo abe ethama ng'umba kuti iamutjilike, ngono inowobe yatjenapala.”
- African Kalanga
Oyu ndiwo nlayo we bugwele gumwe ne gumwe gwe mapele, we ikulu,
- African Kalanga
dziba le bugwele gwe mapele mu tjiambalo kene mu ng'umba
- African Kalanga
ne londa kene kudzuka kene tjibadzi
- English57
to determine when something is clean or unclean. These are the regulations for infectious skin diseases and mildew.
African Kalangakulakidza ha kwakatemapala ne kwakatjenapala. Oyu ndiwo nlayo we bugwele gwe mapele.
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.