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Luhambo loluya edolobheni
Michelle Longwe
Brian Wambi
Siswati
Lapho kuma khona emabhasi bekugcwele bantfu.
Umholeli wamemeta watsi, "Siya edolobheni! Siyahamba nyalo!"
Bantfu bafucana bangena ebhasini.
Bomake labaphetse bantfwana bahlala phasi.

Luhambo belutakuba ludze.
Ngahlala edvutane nelifasitelo, eceleni kwalomunye babe.
Ngacabanga kutsi njengoba ngiya edolobheni ngitokhumbula ekhaya.
Bekugcwele bantfu labatsengisa tintfo letehlukene.
Labanye bagibeli batsenga tintfo kepha mine bengite imali yekutsenga.
Umshayeli welibhasi wakhalisa insimbi, bese kusikhatsi sekuhamba.
Batsengisi bafucana bafuna kuphuma ebhasini.
"Ngitobuya nini?" ngatibuta lombuto.
Bekushisa ebhasini ngase ngivala emehlo ami.
Ngacabanga ngamake nemnaketfu labe ngibashiye ekhaya.
Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi ngatumeka ngalala.
Ngemuva kwema-awa lamanyenti ngavuka.

Bantfu labanyenti bese behlile.
Bese kusikhatsi sekutsi ngitfole indlu yamalume.
You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:
Luhambo loluya edolobheni
Author - Lesley Koyi and Ursula Nafula
Translation - Michelle Longwe
Illustration - Brian Wambi
Language - Siswati
Level - First words
© African Storybook Initiative 2015
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
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  • Translations and adaptations
    • يوم تركت المنزل ذاهباً إلى المدينة
      Arabic (Translation)
    • La keny gendit
      Dinka (Translation)
    • Day I left home for the city
      English (Original)
    • Going to the city
      English (Adaptation)
    • Day I left home for the city (Colour-in)
      English (Adaptation)
    • Picture story 8
      English (Adaptation)
    • Le jour où j'ai quitté le foyer pour la ville
      French (Translation)
    • Ndiya esixekweni
      isiXhosa (Translation)
    • Ntũkũ ῖrῖa ndaumῖre njaa mbῖtῖte taũni
      Kῖmῖῖrũ (Translation)
    • Kwenda Muzi mbaha
      Kidawida (Translation)
    • Umunsi navuye murugo nerekeje m'umugi
      Kinyarwanda (Translation)
    • Siku niliyokwenda Jijini
      Kiswahili (Translation)
    • Kwenda Jijini
      Kiswahili (Translation)
    • Du yeé ŋkàlaʼ ye kuʼùn
      Lámnsoʼ (Translation)
    • Okuja mukibuga
      Lusoga (Translation)
    • U ya ḓoroboni khulwane
      Tshivenḓa (Translation)
    • Ku ya edorobenikulu
      Xitsonga (Translation)
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