Numbers 35 | Old Testament

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Numbers 35English

Mbalo 35African Kalanga

English1
On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the Lord said to Moses,
African Kalanga
Yahwe bakalebeleka na Mushe mu lubala gwe Moabu pa gwizi gwe Jorodani kulingisana Jerikho beti,
English2
“Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands around the towns.
African Kalanga
“Idwa bathu be Iziraela ba pebo Balevi shango ye bugalo kube mizi ne ye mafulo e zwithuwo zwabo kupoteleka mizi mikulu.
English3
Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for their cattle, flocks and all their other livestock.
African Kalanga
Mizi mikulu iyeyi inowobe magalo abo. Shango ye mafulo inowobe ye ng'ombe dzabo ne zwithuwo zwabo zose.
English4
“The pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend out fifteen hundred feet from the town wall.
African Kalanga
Shango ye mafulo yamunopa Balevi italabudziwe kudwa pa luswingo gwe nzi nkulu we bupabi gwe mithara dzili mazana manna ana makumi mashanu (450), mbizho dzose.
English5
Outside the town, measure three thousand feet on the east side, three thousand on the south side, three thousand on the west and three thousand on the north, with the town in the center. They will have this area as pastureland for the towns.
African Kalanga
Ku bhezhuba kwe nzi nkulu kube bupabi gwe mithara dzili mazana ali zhanalume (900), ku burwa kube bupabi gwe mithara dzili zhanalume (900), ku golombedzo kube bupabi gwe mithara dzili zhanalume (900), ku bunandzwa kube bupabi gwe mithara dzili zhanalume (900), ndiyo inowobe ili shango yabo ye mafulo, nzi nkulu uli pakati.
English6
“Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone may flee. In addition, give them forty-two other towns.
African Kalanga
Mupe Balevi mizi mikulu ili mitathatu ye matizhilo e nthu unowobe abulaya nthu kusi ne mazwimisilo awe. Mube mubapaphila mimwe ili makumi manna ne mibili (42).
English7
In all you must give the Levites forty-eight towns, together with their pasturelands.
African Kalanga
Mizi mikulu yose ina shango ye mafulo yamunowopa Balevi, ibe makumi manna ana ili zhanakadzi (48).
English8
The towns you give the Levites from the land the Israelites possess are to be given in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: Take many towns from a tribe that has many, but few from one that has few.”
African Kalanga
Ngekwe mizi yamunowoshalula mu shango ye Baiziraela, mutole mu zwitjaba zwikulu mizi minjinji, ngono mu zwitjaba zwitukununu mutole mizi mishomanana, ngobe tjimwe ne tjimwe itjaba tjakafanila pa Balevi mizi sekwa takabudzwa.”
English9
Then the Lord said to Moses:
African Kalanga
Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati,
English10
“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan,
African Kalanga
“Lebeleka ne bathu be Iziraela ubadwe uti, ‘Muti mutjuluka gwizi gwe Jorodani mungina mu shango ye Kanana,
English11
select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone accidentally may flee.
African Kalanga
muzwishalulile mizi mikulu inowobe matizhilo enyu. Ali matizhilo anowotizhigwa nge nthu unowobe abulaya nthu kusi nge mazwimisilo.
English12
They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that a person accused of murder may not die before he stands trial before the assembly.
African Kalanga
Mizi iyeyo inowobe matizhilo enyu muna unowobe eshaka bgwilizila, kuti ndizo wabulaya nthu asibulawe kudzina eyisiwa mbeli kwe gubungano enosumikilisiwa.
English13
These six towns you give will be your cities of refuge.
African Kalanga
Ngono muduse mizi mikulu ili mitathatu kube mizi mikulu ye matizhilo enyu.
English14
Give three on this side of the Jordan and three in Canaan as cities of refuge.
African Kalanga
Muduse mizi mikulu ili mitatu seli kwe Jorodani ne ili mitatu mu shango ye Kanana, kube matizhilo.
English15
These six towns will be a place of refuge for Israelites, aliens and any other people living among them, so that anyone who has killed another accidentally can flee there.
African Kalanga
Mizi mikulu ili mitathatu inowobe ili matizhilo e nthu mmwe ne mmwe unowobe abulaya nthu kusi nge mazwimisilo awe. Matizhilo iyawa anowobe e Baiziraela ne bataya ne balubili banowobe bali gele nabo.
English16
“ ‘If a man strikes someone with an iron object so that he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.
African Kalanga
“ ‘Koga aangawomba nthu nge tjimwe tje tshipi ebe efa, uwoyo nthu mbulayi, unowobulawabo.
English17
Or if anyone has a stone in his hand that could kill, and he strikes someone so that he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.
African Kalanga
Kene anganloba nge bgwe laakabhata lingabulaya nthu ebe efa, mbulayi, mbulayi unowobulawabo.
English18
Or if anyone has a wooden object in his hand that could kill, and he hits someone so that he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.
African Kalanga
Kene angaloba nthu nge lukuni gwaakabhata nge luboko ebe efa, mbulayi, mbulayi unowobulawabo.
English19
The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
African Kalanga
Gamu le wabulawa, ha lishangana ne mbulayi limbulayebo.
English20
If anyone with malice aforethought shoves another or throws something at him intentionally so that he dies
African Kalanga
“ ‘Ngono ha entshindika ngoti embenga, kene amposa akanlalila kafa,
English21
or if in hostility he hits him with his fist so that he dies, that person shall be put to death; he is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.
African Kalanga
kene anloba nge luboko ngoti embenga ebe efa, iwoyo wamilidzila nthu luboko abulawe, mbulayi, gamu le wakabulawa libulaye mbulayi, ha lingashangana naye.
English22
“ ‘But if without hostility someone suddenly shoves another or throws something at him unintentionally
African Kalanga
“ ‘Koga ha etshindika nthu asingambone, kuzhe kwe lubengo kene angati eposa akanloba asaka nlalila,
English23
or, without seeing him, drops a stone on him that could kill him, and he dies, then since he was not his enemy and he did not intend to harm him,
African Kalanga
ebe enloba nge bgwe, asingambone nthu ebe efa, kuli kuti wabe asakazwimisila kun'whisa zogwadza ngobe akambenga,
English24
the assembly must judge between him and the avenger of blood according to these regulations.
African Kalanga
gubungano lowosumikilisa pakati kwe wabulaya nthu ne wabe eshoko bgwilizila ngotebula malopa, kuyenda nge nlayo.
English25
The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send him back to the city of refuge to which he fled. He must stay there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
African Kalanga
Gubungano lowoangulanya mbulayi we nthu mu luboko gwe gamu le wakabulawa, ipapo gubungano lobgwiliza ntizhi ku nzi nkulu we matizhilo kwaakabe atizhilako. Ngono agale muuli kudzina ntungamili we bapirisiti wakazhodziwa efa.
English26
“ ‘But if the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he has fled
African Kalanga
Koga ha mbulayi we nthu angabhudila kuzhe kwe nzi nkulu we dizhilo waakatizhila muuli, kanopinda paakabigigwa kuti asitongopatjuluka,
English27
and the avenger of blood finds him outside the city, the avenger of blood may kill the accused without being guilty of murder.
African Kalanga
ngono ha gamu le wakabulawa lingan'wana kuzhe kwe nzi nkulu atjuluka paakabigigwa kuti asitongo patjuluka libe limbulaya, alitowobong'wa nlandu.
English28
The accused must stay in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest; only after the death of the high priest may he return to his own property.
African Kalanga
Ngoti nthu iwoyu akafanila gala koga mukati kwe nzi nkulu we matizhilo kudzina ntungamili we bapirisiti efa. Koga shule kwe lufu gwe ntungamili we bapirisiti, mbulayi we nthu ungabgwilila zwe kanyi kwabo.
English29
“ ‘These are to be legal requirements for you throughout the generations to come, wherever you live.
African Kalanga
Nlayo uwoyu ne ndaulo iyeyi, muzwilondolodze kuyenda nge zwizekugwana zwenyu mu magalo enyu wose.
English30
“ ‘Anyone who kills a person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
African Kalanga
“ ‘Ha nthu angabulaya nthu, mbulayi wakafanila bulawabo apa kuna butendeki gwe batendeki babili kene kupinda. Kusibe ne nthu unobulawa apa kuna ntendeki nng'ompela.
English31
“ ‘Do not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. He must surely be put to death.
African Kalanga
Nenguba kwakatini, musitongoduma dzutunulo ye nthu wabulaya nthu. Koga nthu wasumikilisiwa kabong'wa nlandu we kubulaya mmwe nthu na iye ngaabulawe.
English32
“ ‘Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge and so allow him to go back and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
African Kalanga
Kakale musitongoduma dzutunulo ye nthu wakatizhila ku nzi nkulu we matizhilo, kuti abgwilile kanyi kwabo ntungamili we bapirisiti esathu kafa.
English33
“ ‘Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land, and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
African Kalanga
Musitongo temapadza shango ya mugele muili, ngo tebula lopa, kotemapadza shango, ngono akuna tjingadzutunula kubulawa kwe nthu, kuzhe kwe kuti iye wabulaya nthu, abulawebo.
English34
Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell, for I, the Lord, dwell among the Israelites.’”
African Kalanga
Usitongo temapadza shango ya ugele muili namibo yandigele muili, ngoti imi Yahwe ndogala pakati kwe bathu be Iziraela.’ ”

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.