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Shisí wùn Jwi dzə̀ ŋkar si

Yamkela Mbhele

Shisí wùn Jwi dzə̀ ŋkar si.

Áwune kì shù ji boŋ ke áwune du e ghàn á Ŋgvəv woo ŋkar yev é kishiíy ké ghvəəví rə́.

Ŋgvəəvi-iì dzə́ e ntè' yesən. A yì-iì dzə̀ Shisi wùn Jwi kù lì vishiíy vibaà bóo meé.

Shisi wùn Jwi-iì kér aliì jeéy jeéy.

Jwi-iì koŋ kfə́ ji a wun yikìr wùn wàa buuné, yii bèy, lo fo bàm, wù nèn yii kinyo ke á méŋnín.

Shisi shi-iì kér mendzən, fó fómo, wùn wìr lo á tàŋ kinyo.

Áwune nèn wìy tàrnín e Jwi la' e sìysì ghán yév.

Jwi nèn sùúy jii, "M lo a wìy e viyíkìr vi veé kishiíy ké mbìy ki."

Shisi shí yòŋ jii, "M lo a wìy e veé kishiíy kee baà kí."

Áwune-eè sàŋ kifá kidzə̀m e nsay bìʼ làysìn.

Jwi wáa tsəəné Shisi a yòŋ jii, "Wòsò sí lò e yen Ŋgvəv e bǎm shishàr. Ló a dzə̀ kinyo ke juujùŋ ki féyì. Sì shintàm a wòsò yo' yèn ŋkar yèsò."

Shisi shí yòŋ e Jwi jii, "Beerì wò mo à tsəənen mo. "

Wáa dzə kibvəə́shí kijàvndzə kijàvndzə áwune tárnín ji á ke' á ghán yév.

Vé-eè du yú vijuŋ, yovì kfə̀n ceŋè.

Shintàm shi lòo dàr, áwune meèmè e sar kici ke faŋèn kímóʼ kí. Shisi shí nèn yòŋ jii, "Jìŋ sí yár mo. Wòsò yíkír."

Jwi nèn gìtì e wày viyíkìr vighín vibaà. Meŋgvə́r me-eè dzə̀ é viyikìr, a ví kfə̀n dzə̀ mendzə́v mendzə́v.

Shisi shí dzə́r jii, "Kin ki dzə̀ viyíkìr ve à wìyìn shó ji vesò à?"

Kilòŋ kí shwiíy Shisi mo ŋkar rə yo' wìy e viyíkìr ve wùn wun-ee sìysìn ví. Á bèy, wù nèn tèn fó yi viyíkìr ve Jwi.

Jwi dzə́r e Shisi shí jii, "A shiy ka lèn?" A wù dzə́r bèy kwa'tì ji Shisi shí lo e màʼtì a dòʼshwìíy, a yikír.

Kinyo kìn ki bír Shisi wù dzə́r jii, "À ghàn é le bóo wìy e viyíkìr vi a dzə̀ ve ví boŋ a dzə̀ wò?"

Jwi lòo gìtì e lòo yikír, kighín kí nèn sòsìn fo wo wo.
Viyíkìr və́ ví nèn cuùrìn fo nsay vidzə̀m.

Shisi shí yóŋ jii, "Lá à yò' a ci ŋkàr yèm."

Shisi shí nèn fə̀ə́r bìrer və a wù ki' bèn e juŋ, e nèn kè' a yi.
Jwi wáa leéy, a kìʼìy.

Shisi shí màysì e yìkír, e ba'tí vifá və́, e nèn yòŋ e Jwi jii, "A dzə̀ wòsò wàa dù lèn a?"

Áwune nèn dù e mèé, a wìr yò' súŋnìn wùn wìr. Aá du bèy, a bvə́me yorkìr Jwí yórkin bì' jíŋ.

Wáa dzə e ŋkuùr, Shisi shí wáy viyíkìr e yì, e nèn neèm a buuné, a wúné boŋ wun mo wù kì liìn viyíkìr vinín.

Jwi-iì shìíy kfə́ e jìŋ.

Wáa dzə̀ kijàvndzə, Shisi shí ŋèʼ viyíkìr shishàr a yi. A Jwi kù kiʼìy viyíkìr ve Shisi kíʼiyin.

Shisi shí nèn ŋèʼ viyíkìr e fò Jwí.

Jwi yóŋ jii, "Kii wò ku làysìn jay wom. Mò-oo dzə kém kam."

Shisi shí bìnèr jii, "Wìy é wòsò wáa yikír."

Áwune nèn dzə̀'ə̀m e yìkír.

Awune nèn lò lèn a dù ghán ye á kì du, moo ŋkar wun ŋkar.

Áwune dù bèy e mèé e Ŋgvəv lav é ghan se juŋ si.

Ŋgvəv dzə́r jii, "Ŋkàr sem, ghán yéné kì dzə̀ é le? "

Shisi wun Jwi leéynín e ŋwè' shé' e yoŋ jii, "Kijuŋ feyì."

Ŋkǎʼ ghvəəví woo shoon-eè bòŋ féyì, e shaàsìn.

Áwune-eè yìkír, e yòv luŋ si, e kfən cèŋ bèn kijuŋ!

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Shisí wùn Jwi dzə̀ ŋkar si

Author - Yamkela Mbhele
Translation - Beatrice Tafon Takeh
Illustration - , Busisiwe Ndlovu
Language - Lámnsoʼ
Level - Longer paragraphs