The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Leviticus 15English
Zwipo 15African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Yahwe bakadwa Mushe na Aroni bakati,
- English2
“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.
African KalangaIdwani bathu be Iziraela muti, “Ha nlume egwala tjigwele, kudotha kukwe kwakatemapala.
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Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him unclean. This is how his discharge will bring about uncleanness:
African KalangaNgono oyu ndiwo nlayo ngekwe kutemapala kukwe ngekwe kudotha nenguba bulume gugwe guwungisa, kene azhalilika, kobe kuli kutemapala munli.
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“ ‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, and anything he sits on will be unclean.
African KalangaBulawo gumwe ne gumwe gunowagwa nge nthu unodotha gowotemapala ne tjimwe ne tjimwe tjaagala tjowotemapala.
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Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
African KalangaNgono ungakutha bulawo gugwe asuke zwiambalo zwizwe, abe engula mbili, ngono atemapale kuswikila zhuba lingina.
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Whoever sits on anything that the man with a discharge sat on must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
African KalangaNgono iye ungagala mu tjimwe ne tjimwe tjagagwa nge nthu unodotha asuke zwiambalo zwizwe, abe engula mbili, ngono atemapale kuswikila zhuba lingina.
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“ ‘Whoever touches the man who has a discharge must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
African KalangaNgono iye ungakuthana ne nthu unodotha asuke zwiambalo zwizwe, abe engula mbili, ngono atemapale kuswikila zhuba lingina.
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“ ‘If the man with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, that person must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
African KalangaHa nthu unodotha angathwila mate mu nthu mmwe wakatjenapala, iwoyo wathwigwa mate asuke zwiambalo zwizwe, ebe engula mbili, ngono atemapale kuswikila zhuba lingina.
- African Kalanga
Sale yagagwa kene tjimwe ne tjimwe tjagagwa nge nthu unodotha akataswa tjowotemapala.
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and whoever touches any of the things that were under him will be unclean till evening; whoever picks up those things must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
African KalangaNthu ungakutha tjabe tjili gegwe nge nthu unodotha unowotemapala kuswikila zhuba lingina ne unosenga tjithu tjakajalo asuke zwiambalo zwizwe, abe engula mbili, ngono atemapale kuswikila zhuba lingina.
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“ ‘Anyone the man with a discharge touches without rinsing his hands with water must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
African KalangaHa nthu unodotha angabhata mmwe nge maboko asakangugwa, iwoyo wabhakhwa asuke zwiambalo zwizwe, abe engula mbili, ngono atemapale kuswikila zhuba lingina.
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“ ‘A clay pot that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden article is to be rinsed with water.
African KalangaTjija tje ntapkhwi tjabhakhwa nge nthu unodotha tjipkhwanyiwe ne tjimwe ne tjimwe tje lukuni tjisukwe nge vula.
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“ ‘When a man is cleansed from his discharge, he is to count off seven days for his ceremonial cleansing; he must wash his clothes and bathe himself with fresh water, and he will be clean.
African Kalanga“Ngono ha nthu unogwala tjigwele alapiwa apola, azwibaligwe mazhuba ali kutendeka e kutjenapadziwa kukwe, abe esuka zwiambalo zwizwe, kakale angule mbili mu vula ye nsenya inowunga, unowobe atjenapala.
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On the eighth day he must take two doves or two young pigeons and come before the Lord to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and give them to the priest.
African KalangaMu zhuba le buzhanakadzi atole njiba mbili kene ngurukukwana mbili, azhe mbeli kwa Yahwe ku nkoba we nshasha we bushanganilo, abe edzipa mpirisiti.
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The priest is to sacrifice them, the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. In this way he will make atonement before the Lord for the man because of his discharge.
African KalangaMpirisiti abe eyisa imwe ili tjibhayilo tje tjibi imwe ili tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa, mpirisiti abe en'gadzanya na Yahwe.
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“ ‘When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
African Kalanga“Ha nlume azwitjinya ngolasha mbewu ye bulume, angule mbili, abe etemapala kuswikila zhuba lingina.
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Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will be unclean till evening.
African KalangaNgono tjiambalo tjimwe ne tjimwe tjakathamwa nge jila kene nge ganda tjatebukigwa nge mbewu ye bulume, tjisukwe nge vula, ngono tjitemapale kuswikila zhuba lingina.
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When a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening.
African KalangaHa nlume ne nkadzi bawalilana thobo, bose bangule mibili, ngono batemapale kuswikila zhuba lingina.
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“ ‘When a woman has her regular flow of blood, the impurity of her monthly period will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening.
African Kalanga“Ha nkadzi ali mu mazhuba awe e kungula, agale akatemapala mazhuba ali kutendeka, ngono wankutha atemapale kuswikila zhuba lingina.
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“ ‘Anything she lies on during her period will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean.
African KalangaNgono tjimwe ne tjimwe tjaayizela mutjili kene tjaagala ali mu mazhuba awe tjowotemapala.
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Whoever touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
African KalangaNgono wakutha bulawo gugwe asuke zwiambalo zwizwe abe engula mbili, ngono atemapale kuswikila zhuba lingina.
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Whoever touches anything she sits on must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
African KalangaNgono wakutha tjimwe ne tjimwe tjaagala asuke zwiambalo zwizwe, abe engula mbili, ngono atemapale kuswikila zhuba lingina.
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Whether it is the bed or anything she was sitting on, when anyone touches it, he will be unclean till evening.
African KalangaKungabe bulawo kene tjimwe tjagagwa nge nkadzi ali mu kungula kukwe, watjikutha unowotemapala kuswikila zhuba lingina.
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“ ‘If a man lies with her and her monthly flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days; any bed he lies on will be unclean.
African KalangaHa nlume awalilana thobo ne nkadzi ali mu kungula kukwe, unowotemapala kuswikila mazhuba ali kutendeka, ngono bulawo gumwe ne gumwe gwaanolala muguli gowotemapala.
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“ ‘When a woman has a discharge of blood for many days at a time other than her monthly period or has a discharge that continues beyond her period, she will be unclean as long as she has the discharge, just as in the days of her period.
African Kalanga“Ha nkadzi angangina mu kungula mazhuba manjinji, atangila mazhuba awe, kene angapitsha mazhuba e kungula kukwe, mazhuba wose iyawo unowodwilila ali mu kutemapala, koga se angabe ali mu mazhuba awe e kungula.
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Any bed she lies on while her discharge continues will be unclean, as is her bed during her monthly period, and anything she sits on will be unclean, as during her period.
African KalangaBulawo gwaayizela ne tjimwe ne tjimwe tjaagala mu mazhuba e kungula kukwe tjowotemapala.
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Whoever touches them will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
African KalangaNgono wakutha zwithu izwezwi unowotemapala, ngono asuke zwiambalo zwizwe, abe engula mbili, ngono unowotemapala kuswikila zhuba lingina.
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“ ‘When she is cleansed from her discharge, she must count off seven days, and after that she will be ceremonially clean.
African KalangaKoga ha apedza kungula kukwe, azwibaligwe mazhuba ali kutendeka, ngono shule kwa ipapo unowobe atjenapala.
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On the eighth day she must take two doves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
African KalangaNgono mu zhuba le buzhanakadzi atole njiba mbili kene ngurukukwana mbili, adziyise ku mpirisiti, ku nkoba we nshasha we bushanganilo.
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The priest is to sacrifice one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. In this way he will make atonement for her before the Lord for the uncleanness of her discharge.
African KalangaMpirisiti ayise imwe ili tjibhayilo tje tjibi imwe ili tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa, ngono mpirisiti an'gadzanye na Yahwe ngekwe kutemapala kukwe.
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“ ‘You must keep the Israelites separate from things that make them unclean, so they will not die in their uncleanness for defiling my dwelling place, which is among them.’”
African Kalanga“Ndizo mugale makathubukanya bathu be Iziraela mu zwithu zwinobatemapadza, kuti basifile mu kutemapala kwabo ngotemapadza bugalo gwangu gumu bali.”
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These are the regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an emission of semen,
African KalangaOyu ndiwo nlayo we nlume wakatemapadziwa ngogwala tjigwele nenge kuzwitjinya ngolasha mbewu ye bulume,
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for a woman in her monthly period, for a man or a woman with a discharge, and for a man who lies with a woman who is ceremonially unclean.
African Kalanganenge nkadzi umu mazhuba, kene kuli dotha kwe nlume kene nkadzi nenge nlume wawalilana thobo ne nkadzi wakatemapala.
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.