The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Leviticus 27English
Zwipo 27African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati,
- English2
“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate persons to the Lord by giving equivalent values,
African Kalanga“Lebeleka ne bathu be Iziraela uti, ‘Ha nthu etuna kuti unowodusa bathu ebapa Yahwe nge kudusa mari kuyendidzana ne themba ye nthu,
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set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel;
African Kalangathemba ye we tjilume kudwa mu makole ali makumi mabili kunoti ku makole ali makumi ali matathatu, shekele dze siliva dzili makumi mashanu, kuyendidzana ne shekele dze bugalo gwakayengemala.
- African Kalanga
Ha nthu ali we tjikadzi, themba inowobe maloso e siliva ali makumi matatu.
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If it is a person between the ages of five and twenty, set the value of a male at twenty shekels and of a female at ten shekels.
African KalangaHa we tjilume we makole ali mashanu kuyenda ku makole ali makumi mabili, themba inowobe shekele dze siliva dzili makumi mabili, ngono ha ali we tjikadzi shekele dze siliva dzili gumi.
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If it is a person between one month and five years, set the value of a male at five shekels of silver and that of a female at three shekels of silver.
African KalangaHa ali we tjilume ana mwedzi kunoti kuna we makole mashanu, themba inowobe shekele dze siliva dzili mashanu, ha ali we tjikadzi themba inowobe shekele dze siliva dzili thatu.
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If it is a person sixty years old or more, set the value of a male at fifteen shekels and of a female at ten shekels.
African KalangaNgono ha nthu ali makole ali makumi ali matathatu kene kupinda, themba muna we tjilume inowobe shekele dze siliva dzili gumi lina mashanu, ha ali we tjikadzi themba inowobe shekele dze siliva dzili gumi.
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If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay the specified amount, he is to present the person to the priest, who will set the value for him according to what the man making the vow can afford.
African Kalanga“ ‘Ngono ha nthu ali nshayi usingatubule lipa themba inoshakika, unozhisa nthu unopiwa Yahwe ku mpirisiti, ngono mpirisiti unowombigila themba, kuyendidzana ngotubula kwe watuna, mpirisiti unowombigila themba yaangalipa.
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“ ‘If what he vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord, such an animal given to the Lord becomes holy.
African Kalanga“ ‘Tjinopiwa Yahwe ha tjili ithuwo, tjili tjipo tjinoamutjilika tjowoyengemala, phuka imwe ne imwe yapiwa Yahwe yakayengemala.
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He must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one; if he should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute become holy.
African KalangaTjisitongo tenganyiwa kene kuli ku misiwa nge tjipoga, etenganya tjibuya ne tjakabipa, kene tjakabipa ne tjibuya, ngono ha emisa ithuwo nge ithuwo, bubili gwazo zwakayengemala.
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If what he vowed is a ceremonially unclean animal– one that is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord - the animal must be presented to the priest,
African KalangaNgono ha tjili tjimwe tje zwithuwo zwakatemapala, tjili tjisingatongodusiwa tjili tjipo tjinopiwa Yahwe, ithuwo itjetjo tjizhisiwe pa mpirisiti.
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who will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, that is what it will be.
African KalangaNgono mpirisiti unotjibigila themba, kene tjili tjibuya kene tjakabipa, themba yabigwa nge mpirisiti ndiyo themba.
- African Kalanga
Koga ha mweni we ithuwo eshaka kutjidzutunula, apaphidze themba nge ikwamu tjing'ompela muna zwili zwishanu zwe themba.
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“ ‘If a man dedicates his house as something holy to the Lord, the priest will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, so it will remain.
African Kalanga“ ‘Ha nthu epa Yahwe ng'umba iye kube yakayengemala, mpirisiti unowoibigila themba, kene ili mbuya kene yakabipa, themba inowobe iyeyo.
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If the man who dedicates his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to its value, and the house will again become his.
African KalangaNgono ha nthu wabe apa Yahwe ng'umba eshaka dzutunula ng'umba iye, apaphidze themba yayo nge ikwamu tjing'ompela mu zwikamu zwili zwishanu zwe themba yayo, ngono ng'umba inowobe iye.
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“ ‘If a man dedicates to the Lord part of his family land, its value is to be set according to the amount of seed required for it–fifty shekels of silver to a homer of barley seed.
African Kalanga“ ‘Ha nthu edusa gwamu le nnda uwe we thaka epa Yahwe, themba inowobigwa kuyendidzana ne tjilizanyo tje mbewu ingadzwagwa mulili, kube makumi mashanu e shekele dze siliva mu tjilizanyo tjimwe ne tjimwe tje seme dzili makumi mabili e mathunde e bhali.
- African Kalanga
Ha angadusa nnda epa Yahwe mu gole le kushatha, themba ye tjinga yakabigwa ndiyo zwayo.
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But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, the priest will determine the value according to the number of years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and its set value will be reduced.
African KalangaKoga ha angapa Yahwe nnda uwe shule kwe gole le kushatha, ipapo mpirisiti unowobala themba ye nnda kuyendidzana ne makole asala kunoti ku gole le kushatha linozha, ngono unobiga themba ipasi.
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If the man who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, he must add a fifth to its value, and the field will again become his.
African KalangaNgono ha iwhoyo wakapa Yahwe nnda eshaka kuudzutunula, unowopaphidza themba nge ikwamu tjing'ompela mu zwikwamu zwili zwishanu zwe themba ye nnda, ngono nnda unowombuyila.
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If, however, he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold it to someone else, it can never be redeemed.
African KalangaKoga ha usadzutunugwa, kene watengesegwa mmwe nthu upoga, awungatjadzutunugwe kakale.
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When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the Lord; it will become the property of the priests.
African KalangaKoga gwamu le nnda, ha lingasunungugwa mu gole le kushatha, loyengemala se uli nnda wapiwa Yahwe, lowobe labe lukata gwe bapirisiti.
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“ ‘If a man dedicates to the Lord a field he has bought, which is not part of his family land,
African Kalanga“ ‘Ha nthu epa Yahwe nnda waakatenga usi gobe le lukata gugwe,
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the priest will determine its value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the man must pay its value on that day as something holy to the Lord.
African Kalangampirisiti unowokumbulila themba yawo kuyenda nge makole kudzina kunoti ku gole le kushatha, ngono nlume iwoyo unowolipa sekwa kwabigwa themba mu zhuba ilelo ili yakayengemala eyipa Yahwe.
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In the Year of Jubilee the field will revert to the person from whom he bought it, the one whose land it was.
African KalangaMu gole le kushatha nnda iwoyo unobgwilila kuna wa wakatengwa munli, iye wakabe ali mweni wawo.
- African Kalanga
“ ‘Themba imwe ne imwe inowobigwa kuyendidzana ne shekele dze bugalo gwakayengemala, ingathubukanyiwa zwikwamu zwili makumi mabili.
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“ ‘No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the Lord; whether an ox or a sheep, it is the Lord ‘s.
African Kalanga“ ‘Koga ithuwo tjimwe ne tjimwe tja zwagwa kutanga ndetja Yahwe, kuli ng'ombe kene pkhwizi kene mbudzi ngobe nge zwa Yahwe kale.
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If it is one of the unclean animals, he may buy it back at its set value, adding a fifth of the value to it. If he does not redeem it, it is to be sold at its set value.
African KalangaNgono ha ili mbano ye ithuwo tjakatemapala, inowodzutunugwa nge themba inowobe yabigiwa, ebe epapha nge ikwamu tjing'ompela mu zwikwamu zwili zwishanu zwe themba yatjo, ha tjisadzutunugwa, tjitengesiwe nge themba inowobe yabigiwa.
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“ ‘But nothing that a man owns and devotes to the Lord -whether man or animal or family land–may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the Lord.
African Kalanga“ ‘Akuna tjimwe tjingati tjabe tjili tje nthu, ebe etjipa Yahwe tjatjose tjingadwa tjitengesiwa kene tjidzutunugwa, kungabe nthu, kene ng'ombe kene nnda, tjimwe ne tjimwe tjakapiwa Yahwe, tjakayengemala, ngetja Yahwe.
- African Kalanga
Akuna bathu bangapiwa Yahwe kubulawa, bangadzutunugwa, bakafanila kubulawa.
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“ ‘A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.
African Kalanga“ ‘Zwebugumi zose zwe shango ngezwa Yahwe, kungabe mathunde anodwa mu nnda kene mitjelo inodwa mu nti, zwakayengemala ngezwa Yahwe.
- African Kalanga
Ha nthu eyemula kudzutunula tjebugumi tjitje, atjipaphe nge ikwamu tjing'ompela tje zwikwamu zwili zwishanu zwe tjebugumi tjitje.
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The entire tithe of the herd and flock–every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod–will be holy to the Lord.
African KalangaNgono zose zwebugumi zwe ng'ombe kene ngubi, tjimwe ne tjimwe tjebugumi tjinopinda tjisena swimbo ye nlisi tjakayengemala ngetja Yahwe.
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He must not pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution. If he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute become holy and cannot be redeemed.’”
African KalangaNgono Nthu asitongo lingisisa ng'ombe kene tjadwa mu ngubi kubona kuti yakalulwama kene aizolulwama, asitongo imisa nge imwe, ha anga imisa nge imwe, bubili gwadzo, dzowobe dzakayengemala, adzingadzutunugwe.’ ”
- African Kalanga
Eyi ndiyo milayo Yahwe yabakapa Mushe ali pezhugwi kwe Dombo le Sinai kushingisiwa nge bathu be Iziraela.
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.