Leviticus 24 | Old Testament

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Leviticus 24English

Zwipo 24African Kalanga

English1
The Lord said to Moses,
African Kalanga
Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati,
English2
“Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning continually.
African Kalanga
“Idwa bana be Iziraela bakuzhisile mafuta e mitjelo ye nti we ntoba akakuniwa zubuyanana e mavone, kuti kugale kuli tjedza kuthuta.
English3
Outside the curtain of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps before the Lord from evening till morning, continually. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.
African Kalanga
Kuzhe kwe tjisitilo tje butendeki, mu nshasha we bushanganilo, Aroni unodwilila eagadza nge magalo kudwa zhuba lingina kunoti mangwanana mbeli kwa Yahwe, kowobe nlayo nge kusingapele kunoti ku zwizekugwana zwenyu.
English4
The lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord must be tended continually.
African Kalanga
Unowogala egadza mavone nge magalo mu tjigadziko tjakatjena mbeli kwa Yahwe.
English5
“Take fine flour and bake twelve loaves of bread, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf.
African Kalanga
Utole bgwisa gwakanathiwa seme dzili makumi mabili uthame zwiwunga zwili gumi lina mbili.
English6
Set them in two rows, six in each row, on the table of pure gold before the Lord.
African Kalanga
Ngono uzwibige nge milongolongo mibili, zwili zwitathatu mu nlongolongo, uzwibige pezhugwi kwe tafuli yakatjena mbeli kwa Yahwe.
English7
Along each row put some pure incense as a memorial portion to represent the bread and to be an offering made to the Lord by fire.
African Kalanga
Ngono ubige motsha mbuyanana mu nlongolongo mmwe ne mmwe, kuti tjibe tjiwunga tje ikumbuludzo, tjili tjipo tjinopisiwa mu moto tjipisigwa Yahwe.
English8
This bread is to be set out before the Lord regularly, Sabbath after Sabbath, on behalf of the Israelites, as a lasting covenant.
African Kalanga
Mu zhuba limwe ne limwe le Sabata Aroni agale ebiga tjiwunga nge ndongoloso mbeli kwa Yahwe, mu bumo gwe bana be Iziraela se kuli tjidumano nge kusingapele.
English9
It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place, because it is a most holy part of their regular share of the offerings made to the Lord by fire.” A Blasphemer Stoned
African Kalanga
Tjiwunga tja Aroni ne bakololo babe, ngono batjijile mu bugalo gwakayengemala, se lili gobe lile lakayengemala kwazo ladwa mu zwipo zwinopisiwa mu moto zwipisigwa Yahwe, kuthamwe kuyiyago nge kusingapele.”
English10
Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.
African Kalanga
Kube kuna nkololo we nkadzi we N'iziraela tate babe bali N'egipiti, kabhudila ku bana be Iziraela, ngono nkololo we nkadzi we N'iziraela ne nlume we N'iziraela bakagwa bali mu kampa,
English11
The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse; so they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri the Danite.)
African Kalanga
ngono nkololo we nkadzi we N'iziraela katuka kakale kalonga bhiso zina le Ndzimu. Ngono bathu bakan'yisa kuna Mushe. Zina la mmeyabe lakabe liyi Shelomiti, ali nkololokadzi wa Dibiri, we ludzi gwe Dani.
English12
They put him in custody until the will of the Lord should be made clear to them.
African Kalanga
Ngono kanlonga mu maboko e batjengeti, kudzina Yahwe beleba kuti aying'wi.
English13
Then the Lord said to Moses:
African Kalanga
Ngono Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati,
English14
“Take the blasphemer outside the camp. All those who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the entire assembly is to stone him.
African Kalanga
“Uwoyu wandilonga bhiso mun'dusile kuzhe kwe bukotokelo, ngono bose ban’wha babige maboko abo pezhugwi kwe nsholo uwe, ngono gubungano lose limphobole nge mabgwe.
English15
Say to the Israelites: ‘If anyone curses his God, he will be held responsible;
African Kalanga
Ngono ubudze bathu be Iziraela uti, ‘Ani kene ani unolonga Ndzimu uwe bhiso, asenge tjibi tjitje.
English16
anyone who blasphemes the name of the Lord must be put to death. The entire assembly must stone him. Whether an alien or native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.
African Kalanga
Iye unotuka zina la Yahwe abulawe, gubungano lose limphobole nge mabgwe, ntaya kene ntebe, ha atuka zina le Ndzimu, abulawe.’
English17
“ ‘If anyone takes the life of a human being, he must be put to death.
African Kalanga
“Nthu wabulaya nthu wakafanila bulawa.
English18
Anyone who takes the life of someone’s animal must make restitution–life for life.
African Kalanga
Wabulaya ithuwo tje mmwe atjilipe nge tjipenyu tjinonga itjo. Butjilo gomisigwa nge butjilo.
English19
If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:
African Kalanga
“Ha nthu alemadza ikamu tjitje, ngaathamwebo itjetji tjaanthama.
English20
fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has injured the other, so he is to be injured.
African Kalanga
Ha an'vuna fupa na iyebo ngaavung'we fupa, zhisho nge zhisho, zhino nge zhino, sekwa alemadza nthu, ngaalemadziwebo sa ikoko.
English21
Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.
African Kalanga
Wabulaya ithuwo atjimise tjitjila, ngono wabulaya nthu abulawe.
English22
You are to have the same law for the alien and the native-born. I am the Lord your God.’”
African Kalanga
Nlayo uwoyu unomusunga mose, ntaya ne ntebe, ngobe ndimi Yahwe Ndzimu wenyu.”
English23
Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. The Israelites did as the Lord commanded Moses.
African Kalanga
Ndizo Mushe kalebeleka ne bana be Iziraela, ngono bakadusila uwoyu wakatuka Ndzimu kuzhe kwe bukotokelo, bebe bemphobola nge mabgwe. Ndizo bana be Iziraela bakathama sekwa Yahwe bakadwa Mushe.

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.