Folk Tale

Sulwe mbwakatizha Muzovu

AuthorEdwin W. Smith
Book TitleThe Ila-Speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia
Publication Date1920
LanguageIla
OriginZambia

Usnlwe wa-anibila Muzovu ati: "A-tu-ende tu-ka-zube tu-ka-bone u-kwete mavo a ku-zuba." Inzho Muzovu wa-ambila Sulwe, ati: " Onie ndi-kwete mano ku-bazha uwe, uvue kashonto to-mbadi mano." Inzho ba-ya. Ba-shike budio Sulwe wa-ambila Muzovu, ati: "Tanguna, uwe uka-zube." Muzovu wa-ya. A-shike ku chivuna wa-zuba ; anukuti u-di-shite a-sweya budio. Walo ati: " Nda-zuba." Walo Sulwe a-shike wa-mu-zubulula. Inzho aze Sulwe ati: "Ko-shite, nzube." Pele Sulwe wo-ona ku shihuna, wa-salama wa-tutulula menso akwe. Inzho we-ta Muzovu, ati: Kweza u-nzubulule." Wa-ya Muzovu, a-shike wa-kapaula wa-amb'ati : "ngu-di kwi no?" A-lang'anshi wa-bona menso atulukile wa-zowa, wa-amb'ati: "Ya-ndweza inshi, ya-mena menso." Inzho we-ta beenzhina, ati: "Ka-mwi-za mu-bone ya-mena menso inshi." Be-za, pele Sulwe wa-buka, wa-ambila Muzovu, ati: " Uwe, u-di mudimbushi. Ome nda-ku-bazha mano, ndime mukando." Pele Muzovu wa-usa budio.


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