Icitabo Ca Malyashi Ya Mu Baibolo

Enjoy 116 stories from the Bible. They are accurate, easy to understand, and beautifully illustrated.

Intendekelo

True stories taken from the world’s greatest book, the Bible, provide a history of the world from creation onward.

STORY 1

Lesa Atendeka Ukupanga Ifintu

The Genesis story of creation is understandable and fascinating​—even to young children.

STORY 2

Icifulo Icisuma Sana

According to Genesis, God made the garden of Eden a very special place. God wants the whole earth to be just like that beautiful garden.

STORY 3

Umwaume No Mwanakashi Abo Lesa Abalilepo Ukupanga

God created Adam and Eve and placed them in the garden of Eden. They became the first married couple.

STORY 4

Ico Babatamfishe Umo Baleikala

The Bible book of Genesis tells us how the original paradise was lost.

STORY 5

Ubucushi Bwatendeka

Outside the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve faced many problems. If only they had obeyed God, life would have been happy for them and their children.

STORY 6

Umwana Umusuma, No Wabipa

The story of Cain and Abel, as recorded in Genesis, teaches us about the kind of people we should be​—and what attitudes to change before it’s too late.

STORY 7

Umwaume Uwashipa

The example of Enoch shows that you can do what is right, even if people all around you do what is bad.

STORY 8

Pe Sonde Paba Amapaka

Genesis chapter 6 tells about giants who hurt people. Those giants, called Nephilim, were children of the fallen angels who left heaven and lived as humans.

STORY 9

Noa Apanga Icibwato

Noah and his family survived the Flood because they obeyed God even though others would not listen.

STORY 10

Ilyeshi Ilikalamba

People laughed at Noah’s warning message. But they were not laughing when the flood waters fell from heaven! Learn how Noah’s ark saved Noah, his family, and many animals.

STORY 11

Umukolamfula Wa Kubalilapo

When you see a rainbow, what should it remind you of?

STORY 12

Abantu Bakuula Icilupungu

God was not pleased, and the punishment he gave still affects people today.

STORY 13

Abrahamu Aali Cibusa Wa Kwa Lesa

Why did Abraham leave his comfortable home to spend the rest of his life living in tents?

STORY 14

Lesa Aesha Icitetekelo Ca Kwa Abrahamu

Why did God ask Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac?

STORY 15

Muka Lote Alolesha Ku Numa

What she did can teach us a valuable lesson.

STORY 16

Isaki Akwata Umukashi Umusuma

What made Rebekah such a good wife? Her beauty, or something else?

STORY 17

Bampundu Abali Abapusana

Their father, Isaac, loved Esau more, but their mother, Rebekah, loved Jacob more.

STORY 18

Yakobo Aya Ku Harani

Jacob married Leah first even though he was in love with Rachel.

STORY 19

Yakobo Akwata Ulupwa Ulukalamba

Are the 12 tribes of Israel named after Jacob’s 12 sons?

STORY 20

Dina Ailetela Ubwafya

It all started with the wrong friends.

STORY 21

Yosefe Bamupata Kuli Bamunyina

What could make some of them want to kill their own brother?

STORY 22

Yosefe Bamubika Mu Cifungo

He is sent there, not because he broke the law, but because he did what was right.

STORY 23

Ifiloto Farao Alotele

The seven cows and seven heads of grain have something in common.

STORY 24

Yosefe Aesha Bamunyina

How can he know whether they have really changed from the time that they sold him as a slave?

STORY 25

Ulupwa Lwa Kwa Yakobo Lwakuukila Ku Egupti

Why are the members of Jacob’s family called Israelites instead of Jacobites?

STORY 26

Yobo Alicetekele Sana Lesa

Job lost his wealth, his health, and all his children. Was God punishing him?

STORY 27

Imfumu Iyabipa Yateka Mu Egupti

Why did he tell his people to kill all the Israelite baby boys?

STORY 28

Ifyo Mose Bamupuswishe Ilyo Ali Akanya

His mother finds a way around the law that all Israelite baby boys should be killed.

STORY 29

Why Moses Ran Away

Moses thought he was ready to save the Israelites when he was 40 years old, but he wasn’t.

STORY 30

Icimpusa Icalebilima

Using a series of miracles, God tells Moses that the time has come for Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.

STORY 31

Mose Na Aarone Baya Kuli Farao

Why doesn’t Pharaoh listen to Moses and release the Israelites?

STORY 32

Ifinkunka 10

God brought 10 calamities on Egypt, all because the Egyptian ruler Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let the Israelites go.

STORY 33

Ba-abuka Bemba Wakashika

Moses parts the Red Sea by God’s power and the Israelites cross on dry land.

STORY 34

Ifya Kulya Ifyaibela

This special food from God falls from the sky.

STORY 35

Yehova Apeela Abantu Amafunde

What two laws are greater than the Ten Commandments?

STORY 36

Bapanga Umwana Wa Ng’ombe Uwa Golde

Why would people worship a statue made from melted-down earrings?

STORY 37

Umwa Kupepela

Its innermost room held the ark of the covenant.

STORY 38

Inengu 12

Ten of the spies say one thing, but two of them say another. Who do the Israelites believe?

STORY 39

Inkonto Ya Kwa Aarone Yabalula

How could a piece of dead wood produce flowers and ripe fruit overnight?

STORY 40

Mose Auma Inkonto Pa Cilibwe

Moses got results, but he also made Jehovah angry.

STORY 41

Insoka Ya Mukuba

Why would God send poisonous snakes to bite the Israelites?

STORY 42

Impunda Yalanda

The donkey sees something that Balaam cannot.

STORY 43

Yoshua Aba Intungulushi

Moses is still strong, so why is he replaced by Joshua?

STORY 44

Rahabu Afisa Inengu

How does Rahab help the two men, and what favor does she ask?

STORY 45

Ba-abuka Umumana Wa Yordani

A miracle happens when the priests step into the water.

STORY 46

Ifibumba Fya Yeriko

How could a cord keep a wall from falling down?

STORY 47

Umupuupu Mu Israele

Can one bad man bring trouble on a whole nation?

STORY 48

Abena Gibeone Baali Aba Mano

They trick Joshua and the Israelites into making a promise, but the Israelites keep their promise.

STORY 49

Akasuba Kaiminina Ukwabula Ukuwa

Jehovah did something for Joshua that he never did before and has not done since.

STORY 50

Abanakashi Babili Abaali Abashipa

Barak leads Israel’s army into battle, so why does Jael get the glory?

STORY 51

Ruti Na Naomi

Ruth leaves her home to stay with Naomi and serve Jehovah.

STORY 52

Gideone Na Baume 300

God picked the members for this small army using an unusual drinking test.

STORY 53

Ubulayo Bwa Kwa Yefta

His promise to Jehovah affected not just him, but his daughter as well.

STORY 54

Umwaume Uwali Na Maka Sana

How did Delilah learn the secret of Samson’s strength?

STORY 55

Umwaice Uwabombeele Lesa

God uses young Samuel to deliver a stinging message to High Priest Eli.

STORY 56

Shauli, Imfumu Ya Bena Israele Iya Kubalilapo

At first chosen by God and later rejected by him, Saul can teach us a valuable lesson.

STORY 57

Lesa Asala Davidi Ukuba Imfumu

What does God see in David that the prophet Samuel does not?

STORY 58

Davidi Na Galyati

David fought Goliath, not merely with his sling, but with a far more powerful weapon.

STORY 59

Ico Davidi Alingile Ukubutuka

Saul was at first pleased with David, but developed murderous jealousy toward him. Why?

STORY 60

Abigaili Na Davidi

Abigail calls her husband a fool, yet this saves his life—temporarily.

STORY 61

Davidi Aba Imfumu

David proves that he is qualified to be king of Israel by both what he does and what he refuses to do.

STORY 62

Amafya Mu Ng’anda Ya Kwa Davidi

With one bad mistake, David brings calamity on himself and his family for years.

STORY 63

Solomone Imfumu Ya Mano

Was he really going to cut the baby in half?

STORY 64

Solomone Akuula Itempele

Despite being very wise, Solomon was persuaded to do something foolish and wrong.

STORY 65

Ubufumu Babwakanya

As soon as Jeroboam began ruling, he led the people into breaking God’s law.

STORY 66

Yesebele, Namfumu Uwabipa

She would stop at nothing to get what she wanted.

STORY 67

Yehoshafati Alicetekele Yehova

Why would an army go to battle with unarmed singers leading the way?

STORY 68

Abaice Babili Ababuukile Ku Bafwa

Can someone who has died be brought back to life? It has happened before!

STORY 69

Umwaice Uwa-afwile Umwaume Wa Maka

She had the courage to speak up, and it resulted in a miracle.

STORY 70

Yona Ne Cisabi

Jonah learned an important lesson about doing what Jehovah says.

STORY 71

Lesa Alaya Ukuleta Paradaise

The first paradise was small; this one will fill the earth.

STORY 72

Lesa Aafwa Imfumu Hisekia

In one night, an angel kills 185,000 Assyrian soldiers.

STORY 73

Imfumu Iisuma Iya Kulekeleshako Mu Israele

As a teenager, Josiah took a brave step.

STORY 74

Umwaume Uushakwete Umwenso

Jeremiah thought he was too young to be a prophet, but God knew that he could do it.

STORY 75

Abalumendo 4 Mu Babiloni

They succeeded despite being separated from their families.

STORY 76

Umusumba Wa Yerusalemu Waonaulwa

Why does God let Israel’s enemies, the Babylonians, destroy Jerusalem?

STORY 77

Balikeene Ukupepa Icimpashanya

Would God save these three obedient young men from the fiery furnace?

STORY 78

Ifilembo Pa Cibumba

The prophet Daniel interprets four mysterious words.

STORY 79

Daniele Bamupoosa Mu Cilindi Ca Nkalamo

Daniel received a death sentence, but could he have avoided it?

STORY 80

Abantu Ba Kwa Lesa Bafumamo Mu Babiloni

King Cyrus of Persia fulfilled one prophecy when he captured Babylon, and now he fulfills another.

STORY 81

Balicetekele Ukuti Yehova Alabafwa

The Israelites break man’s laws in order to obey God. Will God bless them?

STORY 82

Mordekai Na Estere

Queen Vashti was beautiful, but King Ahasuerus still replaced her with Esther as his new queen. Why?

STORY 83

Ifibumba Fya Yerusalemu

While rebuilding the wall, the workers must keep their swords and spears ready both day and night.

STORY 84

Lesa Atuma Malaika Kuli Maria

He brings a message from God: Mary is going to have a baby who will be a king forever.

STORY 85

Yesu Afyalwa Mwi Cinka

Why would a future king be born where animals are fed?

STORY 86

Abaume Abatungulwilwe No Lutanda

Who guided the magi to Jesus? The answer might surprise you.

STORY 87

Yesu Mwi Tempele

He has something that amazes even the older men who teach at the temple.

STORY 88

Yohane Abatisha Yesu

John has been baptizing sinners, but Jesus never sinned. Why did John baptize him?

STORY 89

Yesu Atamfya Abaleshitisha Mwi Tempele

Jesus displays a type of love that makes him become angry.

STORY 90

Yesu No Mwanakashi Pa Cishima

How can the water that Jesus offers keep her from ever getting thirsty at all?

STORY 91

Yesu Asambilisha Abantu Pa Lupili

Learn timeless wisdom from his Sermon on the Mount.

STORY 92

Yesu Abuusha Uwafwa

Using God’s power, Jesus said two simple words and resurrected the daughter of Jairus.

STORY 93

Yesu Aliisha Abantu Abengi

By miraculously feeding thousands, Jesus proved what important point?

STORY 94

Yesu Alitemenwe Abana Abanono

Jesus teaches the apostles that they have much to learn not only about little children, but also from the children.

STORY 95

Ifyo Yesu Alesambilisha Abantu

Jesus’ parable of the neighborly Samaritan is an example of the style of teaching he used most often.

STORY 96

Yesu Aposha Abalwele

What does Jesus accomplish by all the miracles he performs?

STORY 97

Yesu Ailanga Ku Bantu Ukuti Ni Mfumu

Large crowds welcome him, but not everyone is happy about it.

STORY 98

Yesu Pa Lupili Lwa Miolife

Jesus tells four of his apostles about things that are happening in our time.

STORY 99

Mu Muputule Wa Pa Muulu

Why does Jesus tell the disciples to have this special meal each year?

STORY 100

Yesu Mu Getsemane

Why did Judas betray Jesus with a kiss?

STORY 101

Yesu Bamwipaya

While being put to death on the stake, he made a promise about paradise.

STORY 102

Yesu Abuuka ku Bafwa

After an angel rolls the stone away from Jesus’ tomb, the soldiers on guard there are shocked at what they see inside.

STORY 103

Mu Muputule Uwali Uwakomwa

Why do Jesus’ disciples not recognize him after he is resurrected?

STORY 104

Yesu Abwelela Ku Muulu

Before Jesus ascends into the sky, he gives his disciples one last command.

STORY 105

Ilyo Balelolela Mu Yerusalemu

Why did Jesus pour out holy spirit on the disciples at Pentecost?

STORY 106

Babafumya Mu Cifungo

The Jewish religious leaders put the apostles in prison to stop their preaching, but God has something else in mind.

STORY 107

Stefani Bamupoola Amabwe

While he is being executed, Stephen offers an extraordinary prayer.

STORY 108

Pa Musebo Wa Ku Damaseke

A blinding light and a voice from heaven change Saul’s life.

STORY 109

Petro Atandalila Korneli

Does God view people of any one race or nation as better than those of any other?

STORY 110

Timothy​—Paul’s New Helper

Timothy left home to join Paul on an exciting preaching trip.

STORY 111

Umulumendo Uwaleele Utulo

Eutychus fell asleep during Paul’s first talk, but not during his second talk. What happened between the two talks was nothing short of miraculous.

STORY 112

Ubwato Bwaonaika Pa Cishi

Just when all seems to be lost, Paul receives a message from God that gives him hope.

STORY 113

Paulo Mu Roma

How can Paul do his work as an apostle while he’s a prisoner?

STORY 114

Ifyabipa Fyonse Fikapwa

Why does God send his army led by Jesus into battle at Armageddon?

STORY 115

Isonde Likaba Paradaise

People lived in paradise on earth once, and it will happen again.

STORY 116

Ifingalenga Tukekale Umuyayaya

Is it enough just to know about Jehovah and Jesus? If not, what else is needed?

Amepusho ya Kwipusha pa Kusambilila Icitabo ca Malyashi ya mu Baibolo

Scriptures and study questions designed to help young ones get the most out of each Bible story.