The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Numbers 17English
Mbalo 17African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati,
- English2
“Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs from them, one from the leader of each of their ancestral tribes. Write the name of each man on his staff.
African Kalanga“Idwa bathu be Iziraela bakupe wombo dzili gumi lina mbili. Utole lukombo gung'ompela mubali, gudwa mu ntungamili we ludzi gumwe ne gumwe, dzibe gumi lina mbili. Ukwale zina le nlume mmwe ne mmwe mu lukombo gugwe.
- English3
On the staff of Levi write Aaron’s name, for there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral tribe.
African KalangaNgono mu ludzi gwa Levi ukwale zina la Aroni. Ngoti kowobe lukombo gung'ompela gwe ntungamili kudwa mu ludzi gumwe ne gumwe.
- African Kalanga
Utole wombo idzedzi unodzibiga mu nshasha we bushanganilo mbeli kwe Bhokisi le Tjidumano tje Ndzimu, pandinoshanganila nawe.
- English5
The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid myself of this constant grumbling against you by the Israelites.”
African KalangaNgono lukombo gwe nlume wandashalula gowothinila. Ndiyo zila yandinowothama kuti bathu ibaba Baiziraela bamise kung'ong'ola, kwabanong'ong'ola nge kwenyu.”
- English6
So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and their leaders gave him twelve staffs, one for the leader of each of their ancestral tribes, and Aaron’s staff was among them.
African KalangaMushe kadwa bathu be Iziraela kuti bampe wombo, ngono batungamili babo bose bakampa wombo, gung'ompela gwe ntungamili nng'ompela. Wombo dzili gumi lina mbili kuyendidza nge ng'umba dzabo tate babo. Ngono lukombo gwa Aroni gwakabe guli pakati kwe wombo dzabo.
- African Kalanga
Mushe kabiga wombo mbeli kwa Yahwe, mu nshasha we bushanganilo.
- English8
The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, which represented the house of Levi, had not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and produced almonds.
African KalangaKukati tjimuka Mushe engina mu nshasha we bushanganilo, ngono bonani, kawana lukombo gwa Aroni gumilile ng'umba ya Levi gwakathinila, kakale guna maluba ne mitjelo yakabidwa ye nti unoyi alimondi.
- English9
Then Moses brought out all the staffs from the Lord’s presence to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his own staff.
African KalangaMushe katola wombo mbeli kwa Yahwe kabhudila nadzo dzose kuzhe ku bathu be Iziraela bose, ngono bakadzilinga, mmwe ne mmwe katola lukombo gugwe.
- English10
The Lord said to Moses, “Put back Aaron’s staff in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign to the rebellious. This will put an end to their grumbling against me, so that they will not die.”
African KalangaYahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati, “Bgwiliza lukombo gwa Aroni mbeli kwe Bhokisi le Tjidumano kuti gugale guli tjilakidzo mu bapanduki, kuti uthame kuti bamise kung'ong'ola nge kwangu, kusajalo, banowofa.”
- African Kalanga
Mushe kathama sekwa adwiwa ndi Yahwe.
- African Kalanga
Baiziraela bakadwa Mushe bakati, “Bonani, tafa tapela, tapela tose.
- African Kalanga
Mmwe ne mmwe unowosedzela, pa bugalo gwa Yahwe unowofa. Apa towoloba tose kene?”
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.