The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Numbers 34English
Mbalo 34African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati,
- English2
“Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance will have these boundaries:
African Kalanga“Idwa bathu be Iziraela uti, ‘Ha mungina mu shango ye Kanana, shango yandinowomupa, migathu ye mituthu yenyu ibe sa woku:
- English3
“ ‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern boundary will start from the end of the Salt Sea,
African KalangaShango yenyu ku burwa inowobamba kudwa pa tjilambanyika tje Zini, yakasupha ne n'gathu we Edomu. Ngono n'gathu wenyu ku burwa unowobe utangisa ku bhezhuba ku phelelo dze Gungwa le Mwenyu.
- English4
cross south of Scorpion Pass, continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon,
African KalangaUbe unoshanduka wakalinga zhiambuko le Akirabhimi, ube utjulukila ku Zini. Ngono phelelo dze n'gathu wenyu dzowobe ku burwa gwe Kadeshibhareneya. Ube udwilila unoti ku Hazarada, ube upinda wakalinga ku Azimoni.
- African Kalanga
Kakale unowoshanduka kudwa mu Azimoni unoti ku Nkuku we Egipiti, ube unopelela ku gungwa.
- English6
“ ‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Great Sea. This will be your boundary on the west.
African Kalanga“ ‘N'gathu wenyu ku golombedzo unowobe Gungwa Bukulu.
- African Kalanga
“ ‘N'gathu wenyu ku bunandzwa unowobe woyu: Kudwa pa Gungwa Bukulu kunoti ku Dombo le Hori.
- African Kalanga
Unowobamba udwa pa Dombo le Hori unoti ku nkoba we Hamati. Ngono phelelo dze n'gathu dzowobe ku Zedadi.
- African Kalanga
N'gathu wenyu ku bunandzwa unowotalabukila ku Zifuroni, phelelo dzawo dzowobe ku Hazarenani.
- African Kalanga
“ ‘N'gathu wenyu ku bhezhuba unowobamba udwa pa Hazarenani unoti ku Shefamu.
- English11
The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Kinnereth.
African KalangaN'gathu unowodeluka udwa ku Shefamu unoti ku Ribila uli ku bhezhuba kwe Ayini ukadelukila ku ndzibo we Gungwa gwe Khinereti ku bhezhuba.
- English12
Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. “ ‘This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.’”
African KalangaN'gathu unowodelukila ku gwizi gwe Jorodani, phelelo dzawo dzowobe ku Gungwa le Mwenyu. “ ‘Iyeyi ndiyo inowobe shango yenyu ne migathu yayo mbizho dzose.’ ”
- English13
Moses commanded the Israelites: “Assign this land by lot as an inheritance. The Lord has ordered that it be given to the nine and a half tribes,
African KalangaMushe kadwa Baiziraela kati, “Shango yenyu ndiyo iyeyi, moikobana ngokandila. Ndiyo Yahwe yabakati ipiwe njudzi dzili zhanalume dzina gwamu.
- English14
because the families of the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.
African KalangaNgobe ludzi gwa Rubheni nge misha yabo, ne ludzi gwa Gadi nge misha yabo, ne gwamu le ludzi gwa Manase, bakawana gwabo.
- English15
These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan of Jericho, toward the sunrise.”
African KalangaNjudzi mbili dzina gwamu le ludzi dzakawana gwadzo seli kwe Jorodani ku Jerikho ku bhezhuba.”
- African Kalanga
Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati,
- English17
“These are the names of the men who are to assign the land for you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.
African Kalanga“Mpirisiti Eleazari na Joshuwa nkololo wa Nuni ndibo banowokoba thaka ye bathu be Iziraela.
- African Kalanga
Mutole ntungamili mu ludzi gumwe ne gumwe akobe shango kube thaka.”
- African Kalanga
Mazina abo ndiawa: We ludzi gwa Juda ndi Khalebu nkololo wa Jefune.
- African Kalanga
We ludzi gwa Simiyoni ndi Shemueli nkololo wa Ammihudi.
- African Kalanga
We ludzi gwa Bhenjamini ndi Elidadi nkololo wa Khisiloni.
- African Kalanga
We ludzi gwa Dani ndi Bhuki we ntungamili ali nkololo wa Jogili.
- African Kalanga
We bakololo ba Josefa; kuli be ludzi gwa Manase ndi Hannieli we ntungamili ali nkololo wa Efodi.
- African Kalanga
We ludzi gwa Ifureimi ndi Kemueli we ntungamili ali nkololo wa Shifutani.
- African Kalanga
We ludzi gwa Zebuluni ndi Elizafani we ntungamili ali nkololo wa Phanaki.
- African Kalanga
We ludzi gwa Isakari ndi Paletieli we ntungamili ali nkololo wa Azani.
- African Kalanga
We ludzi gwa Asheri ndi Ahihudi we ntungamili ali nkololo wa Shelomi.
- African Kalanga
We ludzi gwa Nafutali ndi Phedaheli we ntungamili ali nkololo wa Ammihudi.
- English29
These are the men the Lord commanded to assign the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
African KalangaBalume ibaba ndibo bakapiwa ndaulo ndi Yahwe kuti bathubukanye shango baikobele bathu be Iziraela kube thaka, mu shango ye Kanana.
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.