The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Numbers 36English
Mbalo 36African Kalanga
- English1
The family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, who were from the clans of the descendants of Joseph, came and spoke before Moses and the leaders, the heads of the Israelite families.
African KalangaMisholo ye misha ye ludzi gwa Giliyadi nkololo wa Makiri, Makiri ali nkololo wa Manase ibo bakabe bali be ludzi gwe zwizekugwana zwa Josefa bakazha kuna Mushe ne batungamili ne hadzasha dze bathu be Iziraela.
- English2
They said, “When the Lord commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, he ordered you to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.
African KalangaBakabadwa bakati, “Yahwe bakadwa tetshi wedu kuti bakobele bathu be Iziraela shango kube thaka ngokandila. Bakati kakale mukobele thaka bakololokadzi be gamu lenyu Zelofehadi.
- English3
Now suppose they marry men from other Israelite tribes; then their inheritance will be taken from our ancestral inheritance and added to that of the tribe they marry into. And so part of the inheritance allotted to us will be taken away.
African KalangaNgono ha balobogwa mu ludzi gwe Iziraela gupoga, thaka yedu inowobe yatapudzika, inowopaphidzila ludzi igogo shango kube thaka, ngono towobe talashikigwa nge shango whulu kube thaka yedu.
- English4
When the Year of Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to that of the tribe into which they marry, and their property will be taken from the tribal inheritance of our forefathers.”
African KalangaNgono kowoti nge gole le makumi ali mashanu bathu be Iziraela le bgwilizilo shango lizha, thaka ye bakololokadzi ba Zelofehadi inowolingisana ne ludzi gwabakalobogwako, ngono ludzi gwedu gowobe gwalashikigwa nge thaka yago.”
- English5
Then at the Lord’s command Moses gave this order to the Israelites: “What the tribe of the descendants of Joseph is saying is right.
African KalangaIpapo Mushe kalaula bathu be Iziraela kuyenda nge dama la Yahwe eti, “Ludzi gwe zwizekugwana gwa Josefa golebesa.
- English6
This is what the Lord commands for Zelophehad’s daughters: They may marry anyone they please as long as they marry within the tribal clan of their father.
African KalangaYahwe bakadusa ndaulo ngekwe bakololokadzi ba Zelofehadi kuti, balobogwe nge wabanowobe bada, koga kuli mukati kwe nsha we ludzi gwa tate babo.
- English7
No inheritance in Israel is to pass from tribe to tribe, for every Israelite shall keep the tribal land inherited from his forefathers.
African KalangaThaka ye bathu be Iziraela aitowodwa mu ludzi gwe Iziraela ipiwa ludzi gupoga, ngoti gwe mwana mmwe ne mmwe we Iziraela gwakalingisana nge ludzi gwa tate babe.
- English8
Every daughter who inherits land in any Israelite tribe must marry someone in her father’s tribal clan, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.
African KalangaNkololokadzi mmwe ne mmwe wakapiwa shango ili thaka idwa mu ludzi gwe Iziraela wakafanila lobogwa ne mmwe we ludzi gwa tate babe. Kuti ndizo mmwe ne mmwe mwana we Iziraela awane shango ye thaka ya tate babe.
- English9
No inheritance may pass from tribe to tribe, for each Israelite tribe is to keep the land it inherits.”
African KalangaAkuna shango ye thaka inowodwa mu gumwe ludzi ipiwa gumwe ludzi, ngoti ludzi gumwe ne gumwe gwe bathu be Iziraela gowolingisana nge thaka yago.”
- African Kalanga
Ndizo bakololokadzi ba Zelofehadi bakathama Yahwe sekwa bakadwa Mushe.
- English11
Zelophehad’s daughters–Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah–married their cousins on their father’s side.
African KalangaNgoti Mahila na Tireza na Hogila na Milikha na Nuwa, bakololokadzi ba Zelofehadi bakalobogwa nge bana ba batateninini babo.
- English12
They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in their father’s clan and tribe.
African KalangaBakalobogwa mu nsha we bakololo ba Manase nkololo wa Josefa. Ngono thaka yabo ikagalila tjose mu ludzi gwe nsha wa tate babo.
- English13
These are the commands and regulations the Lord gave through Moses to the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
African KalangaEyi ndiyo milayo ne ndaulo dzakapiwa bathu be Iziraela, Yahwe pa belebeleka na Mushe mu lubala gwe Moabu seli kwe gwizi gwe Jorodani kulingisana ne Jerikho.
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.