Mokasa
Divine Apedo and Elizabeth Ocansey (OLE Ghana)
Wiehan de Jager
Dangme
Mokasa
Divine Apedo and Elizabeth Ocansey (OLE Ghana)
Wiehan de Jager
Dangme
Ngɛ Ga magua a mi deka be, e ji tsitaa tsritsri hengmɔ kɛje we he nɛ deka ngɛɛ, lejɛ nɛ mamkpaagbehi nɛ sɛ nga ngɛɛ. A nyaa daa ligbi he ke e na mɛ kɛkɛ. Mɔtu ko, ngumuwi ɔmɛ, te kɛ fiɛ nɛ a hluɛ a sahi ngɛ blɔ jɔjuɛ ɔ nɔ. Kaa fiɛ ɔ nɛ eho se yaa a tsɔ duɔmi ko la. Mokosa ngɛ kuu ɔ mi. E ji wayo kulaa.
Benɛ Mokosa fɔli gbo ɔ e ye jeha enyɔ. E kɛ e tsɛwayo ya hi si. Bi nɛ ɔ sane kɔ we nyumu nɛ ɔ he. E ha we Mokasa ni nɛ e sa. E haa nɛ nyumuyo ɔ tsuɔ nitsumi nɛ he wa wawɛɛ babaooo.
Ke Mokasa bi munyu ko loo etsi nɔ ko ta, e tsɛwayo ɔ gbee lɛ. Ke Mokosa bi kaa e ma nyɛ yaa sukuu lo ɔ e tsɛwayo ɔ gbee lɛ ke, "O biɛ pe nɔ nɛ maa kase nɔ ko." Je ha etɛ se ngɛ e kɛ e tsɛwayo ɔ si himi ɔ se ɔ Mokasa ma fo kɛ je tsɛwayo ɔ ngɔ. E bɔni gbɛjegbɛ tue hwɔmi.
Gbɛjegbɛ nɔ wa nɛ nyumuwi ɔmɛ saiigbo ɔ a daa nyami ngma he dengme. Be komɛ, a nuu mɛ, be komɛ a gbee mɛ nine nya. Nɛ ke be nɛ a wo hiɔ, nɔ ko be nɛ e waa mɛ. Kuu nɛ ɔ hii kaplɛ bɔɔ nɛ enaa ngɛ a nibami mi ɔ nɔ kɛ sika nɛ a naa kɛjee rɔba nitsɔwi nɛ a juaa ha rɔba he nitsuli. A jemi bami ɔ ngɛ yee ha mɛ ejakaa a ngɛ kuu kpaakpahi a mi kɛ a he munyu tsɔwi nɛ a ngɛ hunga jee ngɛ kuuhi nɛ maa ye wetso kpaakpa mɛ a nɔ ngɛ mangua a mi.
Ligbi kake nɛ Mokasa ngɛ duɔmi nɔhi a hiɛ ɔ, e na womi momo gbagbɛ ko. E tsu mu ɔ ngɛ he nɛ e ngɔ wo e kotoku ɔ mi. Lɔɔ se ɔ daa ligbi e ma je womi ɔ kpo nɛ emaa hiɛ ofonihi ngɛ mi. E li bɔ nɛ a kaneɔ munyu ɔmɛ ha.
Ofoni ɔmɛ tu nyumuyo ko nɛ ngɛ wae he munyu nɛ e maa pee kɔɔhiɔ mi lɛ hluilɔ. Mokasa maa kale kaa kɔɔhiɔ mi lɛ hluilɔ ji lɛ. Be komɛ hu e ma kale kaa lɛ ji nyumuyo ɔ ngɛ anyazia mi ɔ nɛ.
Fiɛ ngɛ yee nɛ Mokasa daa si ngɛ blɔhe ngɛ ni bae. Nyumu ko nyiɛ ba na lɛ ke, "Hello, I mi ji Thomas. I tsuɔ ni ngɛ hiɛ ɔ he ko nɛ omaa na ni maa ye." E ngɔ e nine tsɔɔ we kungɔzɔ ko nɛ a bu yi kɛ zigli bluu. E bi ke, "O maa suɔ nɛ o ya ye nɔ ko ngɛ lejɛ ɔ?" Mokasa hiɛ nyumu ɔ kɛ ma si nɛ a hiɛ we ɔ. E ke, "Eko ɔ," nɛ e hia nane kɛje.
Kobɔli ɔmɛ pɔɔ Thomas nami nyɔhiɔ babaoo. E suɔ nɛ e kɛ mɛ maa tu munyu titrii ngɛ nihi nɛ a tlɔ gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a he. Thomas bu a jemi bami munyuhi a tue. E hɛ dɔ nɛ e na tsui, e pee we nɔ buimi nɔ kɛ tsɔɔ we mɛ. Nyumuwiɔ ekomɛ bɔni we kungɔzɔ kɛ e yi zigli bluu ɔ mi yami nɛ a yaa ngɔɔ niyemi piani.
Mokasa hi si ngɛ blɔtue ngɛ foni ɔmɛ hiɛe nɛ Thomas ba hi e kasa mi. "Mɛ nɔ he nɛ nyazia a kɔɔ?" Thomas nɛ e bi lɛ. Mokasa ha heto ke, "E kɔɔ nyumuyo ko nɛ pee kɔɔhiɔ mi lɛ hluilɔ he." Thomas bi ke, "Ke a tsɛɛ lɛ kɛɛ?" Mokasa ha heto blɛu ke, "I li, I be ninnyɛe ma kane."
Be nɛ a kpe ɔ Mokasa bɔi lɛ nitsɛ e he ni siɛmi kɛ ngɛ Thomas hae. Munyu ɔ kɔɔ e tsɛwayo ɔ he kɛ nɔ he je nɛ e ma fo kɛje. Thomas tu we munyu fuu nɛ e de we Mokasa nɔ nɛ epee se e bu lɛ tue saminya. Be komɛ ɔ a tuɔ munyu be mi nɛ a ngɛ ni yee ngɛ we ɔ kɛ e yi bumi bluu ɔ mi.
Maa pee Mokasa e jeha nyɔngmaa yemi be mi ɔ Thomas ha lɛ nyazia womi he. E ji nyazia ko nɛ kɔɔ kɔpe nyumu yo ko he nɛ e wa nɛ e ba pee blɔɔlu fialɔ ngua. Thomas kane jama nyaziaa ha Mokasa be sai kɛya si ligbi ko nɛ e de ke, "I susu kaa e su be nɛ sa nɛ o ya sukuu nɛ o kase ni kane mi. Kɛ o susu kɛɛ?" Thomas tsɔɔ nya ke e le ko nɛ jokwɛni ma nyɛ hi nɛ a ya sukuu.
Mokasa susu hihe ehe nɛ ɔ he kɛ sukuu ɔ nɛ e ma ya. Nɛ ke e ba mi kaa e tsɛwayo ɔ munyu da kaa e dami tɛ ha ni ksaemi ɔ nɛɛ? Nɛ ke e ba mi kaa a hi lɛ gbee ngɛ hihe hee nɛ ɔ nɛ? E ngɛ gbeye yee. "Eko ɔ emaa hi pe keji ngɛ nɔ engɛ ma a dɛm," e susu ja.
E kɛ Thomas sɛsɛ e gbeye nihi a he. Nyumu ɔngɛ lɛ, henɔkami hae kpami saa kaa e jemi ehe nɛ ɔ maa hi pe sa sihimi ɔ.
Jeha Mokasa ya hi tsu komi ngɛ we kɛ e yi bumi bamumu mi. E kɛ nyumuwi enyɔ nɛ hi mi. Bimɛ tsuo nɛ hi jama we ɔ mi ji nyɔngma. Akɛ nihi nɛ hi si ji Anti Sisi kɛ e huno kɛ gbe etɛ, ati ko, kɛ apletsi momo ko hu.
Mokasa je sukuu ɔ sisi nɛ e ye lɛ. Nihi nɛ a tsɔɔ kɛ be ɔ esa nɛ ekase mɛ. Be komɛ ɔ e nine mi jee wu. Se e susuɔ kɔɔhiɔ mi lɛ hluilɔ kɛ bɔɔlu fialɔ he ngɛ nyazia womi ɔmɛ a mi, kɛkɛ e lua e he kaa mɛ, e kɔni mi jɔ we.
Mokasa hii si ngɛ we kɛ e yi bumi bamumu ɔ kpo nɔ, e ngɛ nyazia womi nɛ a ha lɛ kɛje sukuu ɔ kanee. Thomas ba hi e kasa nya. Thomas bi ke, "Mɛ nɔ nyazia i?" Mokasa ha heto ke, "E kɔɔ nyumuyo ko nɛ pee titsɛ he." Thomas bi ke, "Kɛ a tsɛɛ nyumuyo ɔ kɛɛ?" Mokasa ha heto kɛ muɔ ke, "E biɛ ji Mokasa."
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Mokasa
Author - Lesley Koyi
Translation - Divine Apedo and Elizabeth Ocansey (OLE Ghana)
Illustration - Wiehan de Jager
Language - Dangme
Level - Longer paragraphs
Translation - Divine Apedo and Elizabeth Ocansey (OLE Ghana)
Illustration - Wiehan de Jager
Language - Dangme
Level - Longer paragraphs
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