The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Leviticus 5English
Zwipo 5African Kalanga
- English1
“ ‘If a person sins because he does not speak up when he hears a public charge to testify regarding something he has seen or learned about, he will be held responsible.
African Kalanga“Ha kuna nthu watjinya ngoti ati adanigwa butendeki gwaanoziba ku lubazhe, ebe asingalebe tjaakabona kene tjaakawha, unozwidanila nlandu.
- English2
“ ‘Or if a person touches anything ceremonially unclean–whether the carcasses of unclean wild animals or of unclean livestock or of unclean creatures that move along the ground–even though he is unaware of it, he has become unclean and is guilty.
African Kalanga“Kene akutha tjakatemapala ngosaziba, kungabe ntumbu we phuka yakatemapala kene ili ng'ombe yakatemapala kene zwikonyana zwinonyewula zwakatemapala, watemapala, ngono unlandu.
- English3
“ ‘Or if he touches human uncleanness–anything that would make him unclean–even though he is unaware of it, when he learns of it he will be guilty.
African Kalanga“Kene akutha tjakatemapala tje nthu, kene kuli kwakatini kungatemapadza nthu, ngono kasizibe, paanowoziba ngekwako unowobe abe nlandu.
- English4
“ ‘Or if a person thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether good or evil–in any matter one might carelessly swear about–even though he is unaware of it, in any case when he learns of it he will be guilty.
African Kalanga“Kene ha nthu angapomoka katuna nge nlomo uwe kuti unowothama mbipo kene ndulamo, kene kungabe kuli tuna kwakatini nthu kwaangathama ngosaziba, ngono paanowoziba ngekwako unowobe nlandu.
- African Kalanga
“Ha nthu angabe nlandu mu tjimwe tje zwithu izwezwi, azwilebe tjibi tjaakathama,
- English6
and, as a penalty for the sin he has committed, he must bring to the Lord a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin.
African Kalangangono azhise ndipo ye nlandu uwe kuna Yahwe, ngekwe tjibi tjaakathama, ingabe pkhwizana kene mbudzana hadzi kudwa mu ngubi, kube tjibhayilo tje tjibi, ngono mpirisiti unowonthamila kugadzana na Yahwe ngekwe tjibi tjitje.
- English7
“ ‘If he cannot afford a lamb, he is to bring two doves or two young pigeons to the Lord as a penalty for his sin–one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
African Kalanga“Ha asingatubule pkhwizana kene mbudzana kudusila tjibhayilo tje nlandu kuna Yahwe, azhise njibana mbili kene ngurukukwana mbili, imwe ili ye tjibhayilo tje tjibi, imwe ili ye tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa.
- English8
He is to bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one for the sin offering. He is to wring its head from its neck, not severing it completely,
African KalangaAdzizhise ku mpirisiti, mpirisiti kutanga unoyisa ing'ompela ye tjibhayilo tje tjibi, unowomona njibana ntshibha asingaithubule nsholo.
- English9
and is to sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering against the side of the altar; the rest of the blood must be drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.
African KalangaEbe enyasa mamwe e malopa e njibana mu lubizho gumwe gwe tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo. Malopa asala aabhizhisile pa bhato le tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo. Etji nditjo tjibhayilo tje tjibi.
- English10
The priest shall then offer the other as a burnt offering in the prescribed way and make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.
African KalangaNdizo unowoyisa ye bubili kube tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa kuyendidzana ne ndaulo, ngono mpirisiti unowonthamila kugadzana na Yahwe ngekwe tjibi tjitje tjaakabe athama, unowobe azwiibhatigwa.
- English11
“ ‘If, however, he cannot afford two doves or two young pigeons, he is to bring as an offering for his sin a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering. He must not put oil or incense on it, because it is a sin offering.
African Kalanga“Koga ha asingatubule wana njiba mbili kene ngurukukwana mbili, adusile tjibi tjitje tjaakathama bgwisa gwe tjilizanyo tje seme ing'ompela kube tjipo tje tjibi, asitongodila mafuta mu guli kene kuli longa motsha mu guli, ngobe tjili tjibhayilo tje tjibi.
- English12
He is to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful of it as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar on top of the offerings made to the Lord by fire. It is a sin offering.
African KalangaAguzhise ku mpirisiti, ngono mpirisiti unowonokola bgwisa guli zhele luboko guli gobe le tjikumbudzo, ebe egupisila mu tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo pezhugwi kwe zwipo zwinopisiwa mu moto zwipisigwa Yahwe. Etji nditjo tjibhayilo tje tjibi.
- English13
In this way the priest will make atonement for him for any of these sins he has committed, and he will be forgiven. The rest of the offering will belong to the priest, as in the case of the grain offering.’”
African KalangaSa ikoko, mpirisiti unowothamila nthu iwoyo kugadzana na Yahwe ngekwe tjibi tjaakathama nge tjimwe tje zwithu izwezwi, ngono Yahwe banowonzwiibhatigwa. Bgwisa gwasala gowobe gwe mpirisiti, sekwa kunothamwa nge tjipo tje mathunde.”
- African Kalanga
Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati,
- English15
“When a person commits a violation and sins unintentionally in regard to any of the Lord ‘s holy things, he is to bring to the Lord as a penalty a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel. It is a guilt offering.
African Kalanga“Ha nthu angatjuluka nlayo ngotjinya asaziba mu zwimwe zwithu zwakayengemala zwa Yahwe, azhise tjibhayilo tjitje tje nlandu kuna Yahwe, ili nyundo isina bulema idwa mu ngubi iye. Ili yaungabigila themba ye shekele dze siliva, kuyendidzana ne shekele dze bugalo gwakayengemala. Etji nditjo tjibhayilo tje nlandu.
- English16
He must make restitution for what he has failed to do in regard to the holy things, add a fifth of the value to that and give it all to the priest, who will make atonement for him with the ram as a guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.
African Kalanga“Kakale athame ndipo muna tjaanowobe akombamisa muna tjakayengemala, apaphe nge kung'ompela mukushanu kwe themba yatjo pezhugwi akupe mpirisiti, ngono mpirisiti unowonthamila kugadzana na Yahwe nge nyundo ye tjibhayilo tje nlandu, ngono Yahwe banowonzwiibhatigwa.
- English17
“If a person sins and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord ‘s commands, even though he does not know it, he is guilty and will be held responsible.
African Kalanga“Ha nthu atjinya, ngothama tjimwe tje zwithu Yahwe tjabakalaula kuti tjisithamiwe nenguba angabe asingazibe, koga kabe nlandu, unowosenga nlandu uwe nge mathudzi.
- English18
He is to bring to the priest as a guilt offering a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the wrong he has committed unintentionally, and he will be forgiven.
African KalangaAzhise nyundo ku mpirisiti ili isina bulema idwa mu ngubi iye, ili yaungabigila themba iwe, ingalizana tjibhayilo tje nlandu, ngono mpirisiti unowonthamila kugadzana na Yahwe ngekwe nlandu waakathama asingazibe, ngono Yahwe banowonzwiibhatigwa.
- African Kalanga
Etji nditjo tjibhayilo tje nlandu, ngoti unobe uli nlandu mbeli kwa Yahwe.”
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.