Dwem man Bagu
Mulualem Daba
Salim Kasamba

Iyange sev hungwa av tsô, Dwem man Bagu ve lu.

Iyange igenegh yô, Dwem man Bagu ve zôhô zwa. Ve mogh ve za hen jôôji er a za ôr ve ijir.

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Jôôji ongo mkaanem vev been yô, gba cian u kuren ijir la.

A hen ken ishima er, "Aluer m na Dwem ibyo yô, un a ya'm ibyua. Shi aluer m na Bagu ibyo yô, un a ya'm ikyuleke. Nahan me er nena?"

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Jôôji za mase zuan a mhen ken ishima na, a kaa a ve er, "Ijir yene ne taver mo u kuren tswen. Za nen hen ityô i hen tar wase i za ôr ne ijir."

Maa Dwem man Bagu ve yem hen ityô.

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Ve za pase zayol ve hen ityô.

Ityô ongo yô, ve kpa ve yem cian u kuren ijir la.

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Ve gba lamen ivyarvyase kaan er, "Aluer se na Bagu ishô, Dwem un a ya se ibyua. Aluer se na Dwem ishô, Bagu un a ya se ikyuleke." Tsô ityô kaa a Dwem man Bagu er, ijir ve ne taver u kuren.

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Ityô za umbur icankwase ugenegh. Wen lu a kwagh u saan ishe un ga, lu a ibyua ga, lu a ikyuleke ga.

Ve kaa ayolave er, "Icankwase la a fatyô u kuren ijir la a mciem shio." Ve kaa a Dwem man Bagu er ve za kohol un.

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Mba za nyer hen ya u icankwase la yô, ve tôô zayol la ve pase un. A rumun u ôron ve ijir.

Kpa a kaa a ve er, a gba u un a lam a ve môm môm.

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Tsô icankwase la hemen yilan Dwem, a kaa a na er, "We u ngu a icivir kpishi, u kehe shi u taver iyol. Er nena u yem u za zôhôn zwa vea Bagu u a lu cuku laa?"

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Icankwase la za hemen kaa a Dwem er, "Aluer ior ungwa kwagh la yô, ve a kera na'u icivir ga. De kera zehe vea Bagu ga."

Dwem kaa er, "U ôr ka mimi, mo kpa me kera za hemen a iyongo la ga."

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Icankwase la shi yila Bagu, a kaa a na er, "We u ngu tsevtsev kpishi shi u dooashe u hemba Dwem. Er nan u yem u lu za zôhô zwa vea Dwem u a hom iyol shi a ye akaa a hôôn laa? U hen wer ior ve a ungwa yô, ve a kenger we nena?"

Bagu ongo yô, a kaa er, "U ôr ka mimi, me kera ngee kwagh ga, me de zayol la a bee."

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Ka been kera yô, icankwase la yila ve cii, a kaa a ve er, "Ne cii ne rumun er zayol la a bee hegen. Nahan de nen ayolaen a kwaghbo."

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Ve cii ve na zamber hen ayolave, ve kure zayol la, iyongo bee.

Ior mbagenev mba ongo yô, nyiishi kpirigh ve iyol. Ve gba henen gbenda u icankwase la a za kur ijir la man ityô i fetyô u kuren ga la.

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Dwem man Bagu
Author - Mulualem Daba
Translation - Msughter Chekwa
Illustration - Salim Kasamba
Language - Tiv
Level - Longer paragraphs