The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Numbers 19English
Mbalo 19African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Yahwe bakadwa Mushe na Aroni bakati,
- English2
“This is a requirement of the law that the Lord has commanded: Tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke.
African Kalanga“Eyi ndiyo ndongoloso ye ndaulo Yahwe yabakalaula beti, ‘Idwa Baiziraela bazhise ng'ombe shaba ye pholombe isina bulema, isakatongo tilikwa jokwe.
- English3
Give it to Eleazar the priest; it is to be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.
African KalangaNgono muyise ku mpirisiti Eleazari, ibe idusigwa kuzhe kwe bukotokelo ibe ibhayigwa mbeli kukwe.
- English4
Then Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting.
African KalangaEleazari atole mamwe malopa ayo aanyase nge tjinyala katendeka mbeli kwe nshasha we bushanganilo.
- African Kalanga
Ngono ng'ombe yose, ne ganda layo ne malopa ayo ne nswani, zwipisigwe mbeli kukwe.
- English6
The priest is to take some cedar wood, hyssop and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.
African KalangaMpirisiti atole lukuni gwe nkosho ne nshangule ne nsungo nshaba azwiposele pakati kwe moto unopisa ng'ombe ye pholombe.
- English7
After that, the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water. He may then come into the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean till evening.
African KalangaShule kwa ikoku mpirisiti asuke zwiambalo zwizwe kakale angule mbili uwe. Shule kwa ikoku abe ebgwilila mu bukotokelo, koga mpirisiti unowobe akatemapala kuswikila zhuba lingina.
- English8
The man who burns it must also wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he too will be unclean till evening.
African KalangaIwoyo wapisa ng'ombe ye pholombe asukebo zwiambalo zwizwe abe engula mbili, ngono unoshwa akatemapala kudza zhuba lamila.
- English9
“A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and put them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They shall be kept by the Israelite community for use in the water of cleansing; it is for purification from sin.
African KalangaNgono nlume wakatjenapala unowola nlota we ng'ombe ye pholombe kanoutebulila kuzhe kwe bukotokelo pakatjenapala. Ngono nlota unobigigwa gubungano le bathu be Iziraela kuwulonga mu vula ino ngula nge bathu kubatjenapadza. Kungula ikoku kothamigwa kubatjenapadza kudusa tjibi.
- English10
The man who gathers up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he too will be unclean till evening. This will be a lasting ordinance both for the Israelites and for the aliens living among them.
African KalangaNlume wawola nlota we ng'ombe ye pholombe asuke zwiambalo zwizwe, koga unowobe akatemapala kuswikila zhuba lingina. Ikoku kushingikale mu bathu be Iziraela ne mu nlubili unobe ali pakati kwabo, ube nlayo nge kusingapele.
- African Kalanga
“ ‘Wakutha itumbu tje nthu unowotemapala kwe mazhuba ali kutendeka.
- English12
He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.
African KalangaAngule nge vula azwitjenapadze mu zhuba le butatu, abe engula kakale mu zhuba le butendeka, ngono unowobe atjenapala. Koga ha asangula mu zhuba le butatu ne le butendeka, unowobe asakatjenapala.
- English13
Whoever touches the dead body of anyone and fails to purify himself defiles the Lord’s tabernacle. That person must be cut off from Israel. Because the water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on him, he is unclean; his uncleanness remains on him.
African KalangaWakutha itumbu tje nthu, ebe asingazwitjenapadze, unowogala akatemapala, ngobe asanyasiwa nge vula inotjenapadza. Unowotemapadza bugalo gwa Yahwe, ngono nthu wakajalo athubugwe mu gubungano le Iziraela.
- English14
“This is the law that applies when a person dies in a tent: Anyone who enters the tent and anyone who is in it will be unclean for seven days,
African Kalanga“ ‘Woyu ndiwo nlayo wakafanila shingisiwa ha nthu afila mu nshasha, nthu mmwe ne mmwe wangina mu nshasha wafila nthu wakafanila temapala kwe mazhuba ali kutendeka.
- African Kalanga
Tjija tjimwe ne tjimwe tjinowobe tjili mwadzi tjisakafumikwa tjowotemapala.
- English16
“Anyone out in the open who touches someone who has been killed with a sword or someone who has died a natural death, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
African KalangaNthu ungati ali ku shango kabhata itumbu tje nthu wabulawa nge thumo, kene itumbu tje nthu wafa lufu koga, kene fupa le nthu kene ikumbu, unowobe atemapala.
- English17
“For the unclean person, put some ashes from the burned purification offering into a jar and pour fresh water over them.
African KalangaKutjenapadza wakatemapala kowotogwa nlota we tjibhayilo tje tjibi tjinopisiwa, ube ulongwa mu hali ushanganyiwa ne vula inowunga.
- English18
Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water and sprinkle the tent and all the furnishings and the people who were there. He must also sprinkle anyone who has touched a human bone or a grave or someone who has been killed or someone who has died a natural death.
African KalangaIpapo nthu wakatjenapala atole nshangule audubika mu vula, abe enyasa nshasha ne zwija zose zwimuuli ne bathu bakabe bali mukati kwawo ne wakutha fupa le nthu kene itumbu tje nthu wabulawa kene itumbu tje nthu wafa koga kene ikumbu.
- English19
The man who is clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third and seventh days, and on the seventh day he is to purify him. The person being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and that evening he will be clean.
African KalangaNthu wakatjenapala unowonyasa wakatemapala mu zhuba le butatu ne le butendeka, ndiko kunowoti nge zhuba le butendeka nthu wakatemapala kabe atjenapala. Ngono abe esuka zwiambalo zwizwe ebe e ngula mbili, ngono kowoti zhuba lingina kabe atjenapala.
- English20
But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he must be cut off from the community, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. The water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on him, and he is unclean.
African Kalanga“ ‘Koga nthu ungati akatemapala kasizwitjenapadze, uwoyo nthu athubugwe mu gubungano le Baiziraela. Ngobe wakatemapadza bugalo gwakayengemala gwa Yahwe. Ngoti vula inotjenapadza aizonyasiwa munli, nthu uwoyo wakatemapala.
- English21
This is a lasting ordinance for them. “The man who sprinkles the water of cleansing must also wash his clothes, and anyone who touches the water of cleansing will be unclean till evening.
African KalangaUbe nlayo mubali nge kusingapele. Nthu unonyasa vula etjenapadza, shule kwa ikoku asuke zwiambalo zwizwe. Ngono unowobhata vula inotjanapadza unowotemapala kuswikila zhuba lingina.
- English22
Anything that an unclean person touches becomes unclean, and anyone who touches it becomes unclean till evening.”
African KalangaTjimwe ne tjimwe tjingabhakhwa nge nthu wakatemapala tjowotemapala. Ngono mmwe ne mmwe ungatjibhata unowotemapala kuswikila zhuba lingina.’ ”
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.