Folk Tale
Impungushe negwababa
Translated From
The fox and the crow
| Language | English |
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Other Translations / Adaptations
| Text title | Language | Author | Publication Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Impungutye nonomyayi | Xhosa | _ | _ |
| Die jakkals en die kraai | Afrikaans | _ | _ |
| De vos en de kraai | Dutch | Maarten Janssen | _ |
| Nhlati na wukuwuku | Tsonga | _ | _ |
| Phokojwe le lekgwaba | Southern Sotho | _ | _ |
| Phokojwe le legakabe | Tswana | _ | _ |
| Phukubje le legokobu | Pedi | _ | _ |
| Imphisi nelihhwabayi | Swati | _ | _ |
| Fokhisi na funguvhu | Venda | _ | _ |
| IPungutjha kanye negwababa | South Ndebele | _ | _ |
| ATU | 57 |
|---|---|
| Language | Zulu |
| Origin | Greece |
UMnu Mpungu, impungushe, ngelinye ilanga wabona igwababa lindiza liphethe ushizi ngomlomo. Laye layohlala esihlahleni.
"Owami lo shizi, ngiyimpungushe phela mina," kusho uMpungu, ngaleso sikhathi esondela ezoma eduze nesihlahla.
“Sawubona, Nkosazana Gwababa,” kumemeza yena. “Waze wabukeka kahle namuhla ntombazane, izimpaphe zakho ziyacwebezela; amehlo akho ayakhanya. Ngiyabona nje ukuthi izwi lakho limnandi kakhulu kunelezinye izinyonyana lezi engingazi ukuthi umsebenzi wazo yini. Ake ungiculele iculo elilodwa nje ngikulalele, ukuze ngikubize ngeNdlovukazi yeziNyoni.”
Igwababa elalazi nalo ukuthi alikwazi vele ukucula, laphakamisa ikhanda lalungiselela ukukhipha ingcwenga yezwi. Lathi uma lisho kanye nje, waqathaka ushizi. UMpungu wayesephezu kwawo wawuphendula owakhe.
Lalisathe, “Ngizokwenza lokho,” kusho igwababa; ngenkathi uMpungu ethi, “yilokhu-ke ebengikufuna.”
Wayesephinda ebheka phezulu esihlahleni uMpungu, washo lawa mazwi: “Umbhanselo engizokunika wona ngenxa yakho nokungipha kwakho ushizi, yisiyalo esizokusiza kusasa: ‘Gcina ngci ukwethemba abakhohlisi.’”
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