The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Numbers 33English
Mbalo 33African Kalanga
- English1
Here are the stages in the journey of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt by divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
African KalangaEyi i ndongoloso ye mazina ne magalo akati Baiziraela bakakotokela muili pakudwa kwabo ku Egipiti bakatungamigwa ndi Mushe na Aroni.
- English2
At the Lord’s command Moses recorded the stages in their journey. This is their journey by stages:
African KalangaMushe wakakwala pasi kutanga nge pa bakamilikapo, eyenda elakidza pabakabe beyenda bekotokela. Mushe wakakwala pasi zina le bugalo gumwe ne gumwe pabakabe bakotokela.
- English3
The Israelites set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. They marched out boldly in full view of all the Egyptians,
African KalangaBathu be Iziraela bakabhuda mu shango ye Ramesesi mu zhuba le bugumi lina bushanu mu mwedzi we kutanga mu gole, tjimuka kwalala kuli Nzano we Kupinda pezhugwi wa Yahwe. Bakamilika mu nzi nkulu Ramesesi betshamba bakasima mu mesho e Baegipiti, Baegipiti bose bakabalinga.
- English4
who were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had struck down among them; for the Lord had brought judgment on their gods.
African KalangaBaegipiti ibo bakabe batjabiganya mbano dzabo dzakabe dzabulawa ndi Yahwe. Midzimu yabo naiyo Yahwe bakayisumikilisa.
- African Kalanga
Bathu be Iziraela bakamilika mu Ramesesi, bakanokotokela ku Sukoti.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Sukoti, bakanokotokela ku Etamu, pa phelelo dze tjilambanyika.
- English7
They left Etham, turned back to Pi Hahiroth, to the east of Baal Zephon, and camped near Migdol.
African KalangaBakamilika mu Etamu, bakashandukila ku Pihahiroti, bhezhuba kwe Bhalizefoni, bakakotokela pejo ne Migidolo.
- English8
They left Pi Hahiroth and passed through the sea into the desert, and when they had traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they camped at Marah.
African KalangaBakamilika mbeli kwe Pihahiroti, bakapalama gungwa benothuka bali mu tjilambanyika, ngono bakatola gwendo gwe mazhuba matatu mu tjilambanyika tje Etamu, bakanokotokela ku Mara.
- English9
They left Marah and went to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
African KalangaBakamilika mu Mara, bakanokotokela ku Elimu pakabe kuna misenya ye vula ili gumi lina bubili ne miti ye milala ili makumi ali kutendeka.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Elimu, bakanokotokela pawunde ye Gungwa Shaba.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika pa Gungwa Shaba, bakanokotokela mu tjilambanyika tje Sini.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu tjilambanyika tje Sini, bakanotokela ku Dofuka.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Dofuka, bakanokotokela ku Alushi.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Alushi, bakanokotokela ku Refidimu, pakabe kusina vula inong'wiwa nge bathu.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Refidimu, bakanokotokela mu tjilambanyika tje Sinai.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu tjilambanyika tje Sinai, bakanokotokela ku Kiberotihathava.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Kiberotihathava, bakanotokela ku Hazeroti.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Hazeroti, bakanotokela ku Ritema.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Ritema, bakanokotokela ku Rimonipherezi.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Rimonipherezi, bakanokotokela ku Libina.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Libina bakanokotokela ku Risa.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Risa, bakanokotokela ku Kehelata.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Kehelata, bakanokotokela ku Dombo le Sheferi.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Dombo le Sheferi, bakanokotokela ku Harada.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Harada, bakanokotokela ku Makeloti.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Makeloti, bakanokotokela ku Tahati.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Tahati, bakanokotokela ku Tera.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Tera, bakanokotokela ku Mitikha.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Mitikha, bakanokotokela ku Heshimoni.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Heshimoni, bakanokotokela ku Museroti.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Museroti, bakanokotokela ku Bhenejaakani.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Bhenejaakani, bakanokotokela ku Horihagigadi.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Horihagigadi, bakanokotokela ku Jotibhatha.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Jotibhatha bakanokotokela ku Aberona.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Aberona, bakanokotokela ku Eziyonigeberi.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Eziyonigeberi, bakanokotokela mu tjilambanyika tje Zini (tjinoyi, Kadeshi).
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Kadeshi, bakanokotokela ku Dombo le Hori, pa phelelo dze shango ye Edomu.
- English38
At the Lord’s command Aaron the priest went up Mount Hor, where he died on the first day of the fifth month of the fortieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt.
African KalangaNge ndaulo ya Yahwe Mpirisiti Aroni katathila pezhugwi kwe Dombo le Hori, kanofilako. Wakafa nge zhuba le kutanga mu mwedzi we bushanu we gole le bugumi lina bunna shule kwe kubhuda kwe Baiziraela mu Egipiti.
- African Kalanga
Aroni wakafila pezhugwi kwe Dombo le Hori, ana makole ali zana lina makumi mabili ne butatu (123).
- English40
The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.
African KalangaNgono mambo we Aradi we Nkanana, wakabe egala mu Negebu mu shango ye Kanana, kawha ngozha kwe bathu be Iziraela.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Dombo le Hori, bakanokotokela ku Zalimona.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Zalimona, bakanokotokela ku Punoni.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Punoni bakanokotokela ku Oboti.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Oboti, bakanokotokela ku Iyeabarimu, mu ntuthu we Moabu.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Iimu, bakanokotokela ku Dibonigadi.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Dibonigadi, bakanokotokela ku Alimonidibilataimu.
- African Kalanga
Bakamilika mu Alimonidibilataimu, bakanokotokela mu matombo e Abarimu, pejo ne Nebo.
- English48
They left the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
African KalangaBakamilika mu matombo e Abarimu, bakanokotokela mu lubala gwe Moabu pa gwizi gwe Jorodani kulingisana ne Jerikho.
- English49
There on the plains of Moab they camped along the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim.
African KalangaBakakotokela pa Jorodani kudwa mu Bhetijeshimoti bukule kunoti mu lubala gwe Moabu.
- African Kalanga
Yahwe bakalebeleka na Mushe mu mabala e Moabu pa Jorodani kulingisana ne Jerikho beti,
- African Kalanga
“Lebeleka ne bathu be Iziraela ubadwe uti, ‘Ha batjuluka Jorodani bangina mu shango ye Kanana,
- English52
drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
African Kalangabatate bagali be shango iyeyo bose badwe mu muli, kakale bakolomodze mabgwe abo wose abakanakisa nawo, mukolomodze zwifano zose zwakabumbiwa, mube muligila pasi magalo abo wose apezhugwi.
- African Kalanga
Mube mutola shango kuti ibe yenyu, ngobe ndakamupa iyo kube thaka yenyu.
- English54
Distribute the land by lot, according to your clans. To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one. Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.
African KalangaMowokoba shango ngokandila kuyenda nge misha yenyu, banjinji bapiwe kukulu, bashomanana bapiwe kutukunu.
- English55
“ ‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live.
African KalangaKoga amusatata bagali be shango iyeyo bakadwa pamuli, banowobe zwitoyi mu mesho enyu, ngono banomudziyidza pamwe ne pamwe pamugele.
- African Kalanga
Ngono ndowomuthama sekwa ndakazwimisila kubathama.’ ”
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.