The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
Old Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Numbers 8English
Mbalo 8African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati,
- English2
“Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”
African Kalanga“Idwa Aroni abige mavone, ali kutendeka avoneke mbeli kwe tjigadziko tje mavone.”
- English3
Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
African KalangaNgono Aroni kathama eijalo, kagadza mavone atjo kuvoneka mbeli kwe tjigadziko tje mavone Yahwe sekwa badwa Mushe.
- English4
This is how the lampstand was made: It was made of hammered gold–from its base to its blossoms. The lampstand was made exactly like the pattern the Lord had shown Moses.
African KalangaOku ndiko tjigadziko tje mavone sekwa tjakabe tjithamwa ndiko, golide yakabe ithugwa kudwa mu bhato latjo kunoti ku thabi dzatjo, kuyendidzana nge mbiko Yahwe yabakalakidza Mushe.
- African Kalanga
Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati,
- African Kalanga
“Tola Balevi pakati kwe bathu be Iziraela, ubatjenapadze.
- English7
To purify them, do this: Sprinkle the water of cleansing on them; then have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
African KalangaNgono ubathame sawhoku kubatjenapadza, ubanyase nge vula yakayengamala inotjenapadza, babe bezwitesela mbili wose, babe besuka zwiambalo zwabo. Ngono banowobe batjenapala.
- English8
Have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil; then you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.
African KalangaKudwapo babe betola nkong'wana ne tjipo tje mathunde tje bgwisa gwakanathiwa gwakashanganyiwa ne mafuta, ne mmwe nkong'wana we tjibhayilo tje tjibi.
- English9
Bring the Levites to the front of the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole Israelite community.
African KalangaNgono uzhise Balevi mbeli kwe nshasha we bushanganilo, ube ukubunganya gubungano lose le bathu be Iziraela,
- English10
You are to bring the Levites before the Lord, and the Israelites are to lay their hands on them.
African Kalangakuti wazhisa Balevi mbeli kwa Yahwe, bathu be Iziraela babige maboko abo pezhugwi kwe misholo ye Balevi,
- English11
Aaron is to present the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the Israelites, so that they may be ready to do the work of the Lord.
African KalangaAroni abe ezhisa Balevi mbeli kwa Yahwe, kube tjipo tjinozunguziwa tjidwa mu bathu be Iziraela, kuti babe bathu banoshinga nshingo wa Yahwe.
- English12
“After the Levites lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, use the one for a sin offering to the Lord and the other for a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.
African KalangaNdizo Balevi babe bebiga maboko abo pezhugwi kwe misholo ye mikong'wana mibili. Ngono unowobe udusa mmwe kube tjibhayilo tje tjibi, mmwe kube tjibhayilo tjinopisigwa Yahwe, kuthamila Balevi gadzano na Yahwe.
- English13
Have the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons and then present them as a wave offering to the Lord.
African KalangaUmise Balevi mbeli kwa Aroni ne bakololo babe, ube ubayisa se tjipo tjikazunguziwa kuna Yahwe.
- English14
In this way you are to set the Levites apart from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.
African Kalanga“Nge zila iyeyi dusila Balevi ntome mu bathu be Iziraela, ngono Balevi banowobe bangu.
- English15
“After you have purified the Levites and presented them as a wave offering, they are to come to do their work at the Tent of Meeting.
African KalangaShule kwe basinobe babigwa, banongina bakashinga nshingo we nshasha we bushanganilo, ha wabatjenapadza ubuya ubadusa bali tjipo tjikazunguziwa.
- English16
They are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken them as my own in place of the firstborn, the first male offspring from every Israelite woman.
African KalangaNgobe ndabapiwa nge buzhalo bedwa mu bathu be Iziraela, mu bumo gwe mbano dzose dze bathu be Iziraela, ndazwitolegwa ibo.
- English17
Every firstborn male in Israel, whether man or animal, is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself.
African KalangaNgobe mbano dzose dze bathu be Iziraela nge dzangu, dzose dze bathu nenge zwithuwo. Mu zhuba landakabulaya mbano dzose mu shango ye Egipiti, ndakazwishalulila idzo.
- African Kalanga
Ngono ngwenu, ndatola Balevi mu bumo gwe mbano dzose dze bathu be Iziraela.
- English19
Of all the Israelites, I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons to do the work at the Tent of Meeting on behalf of the Israelites and to make atonement for them so that no plague will strike the Israelites when they go near the sanctuary.”
African KalangaNdatola Balevi mu bathu be Iziraela ndibalonga mu maboko a Aroni ne bakololo babe, kushingila bathu be Iziraela mu nshasha we bushanganilo ne kuthamila bathu be Iziraela gadzano na Yahwe, kuti kusitongobe ne tjiga tjingawila bathu be Iziraela, ha bathu be Iziraela bangasedzela pejo ne bugalo gwakayengemala.”
- English20
Moses, Aaron and the whole Israelite community did with the Levites just as the Lord commanded Moses.
African KalangaMushe, na Aroni ne gubungano lose le bathu be Iziraela, bakashingila Balevi kuyendidzana ne tjakalauligwa Mushe ndi Yahwe.
- English21
The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes. Then Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the Lord and made atonement for them to purify them.
African KalangaNgono Balevi bakazwitjenapadza mu tjibi, bakasuka zwiambalo zwabo, Aroni kabayisa bali tjipo tjikazunguziwa mbeli kwa Yahwe, ngono Aroni kabathamila gadzano na Yahwe kubatjenapadza.
- English22
After that, the Levites came to do their work at the Tent of Meeting under the supervision of Aaron and his sons. They did with the Levites just as the Lord commanded Moses.
African KalangaNdizo Balevi bakangina mu nshingo wabo mu nshasha we bushanganilo bali mu ndaulo ya Aroni ne bakololo babe seleba kwa Yahwe kuna Mushe ngekwe Balevi.
- African Kalanga
Yahwe bakadwa Mushe bakati,
- English24
“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more shall come to take part in the work at the Tent of Meeting,
African Kalanga“Etji nditjo tjakalingisana ne Balevi: Kudwa muna bana makole ali makumi mabili ana ali mashanu (25) ne bawola pabali banowoshinga nshingo mu nshasha we bushanganilo,
- African Kalanga
ngono kudwa muna be makole ali makumi mashanu (50) baletje nshingo basitjashinge.
- English26
They may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves must not do the work. This, then, is how you are to assign the responsibilities of the Levites.”
African KalangaShule kwa ipapo, bangabhatsha Balevi banowobe bali mu nshingo mu nshasha we bushanganilo, ibo basingashinge. Ndiko sekwa unowothama ngekwe Balevi mu kubapa nshingo.”
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.