Impembi, Kawa, na Ngòmbi eding’a mabwambu amawahi nankashi. Ifuku dimu anyamukili hanzhila na motoka.
Goat, Dog, and Cow
were great friends. One
day they went on a
journey in a taxi.
Chashikiliwu kunsa yanzhila yawu, nyamutekenya wayilezheli kufweta madi. Ing’ombi wafweteli madindi.
When they reached the
end of their journey, the
driver asked them to
pay their fares. Cow
paid her fare.
Kawa wafweteli nakushilahu mulon’ga wedin’ga na madi akushikilamu wanyi.
Dog paid a bit extra,
because he did not
have the correct money.
Nyamutekenya waken’geli kwinka kawa madindi asheliku chatemukiliyu Impembi chakubula kufweta.
The driver was about to
give Dog his change
when Goat ran away
without paying
anything.
Nyamutekenya wadinen’geli nankashi. Wendesheli nakuya chakadi kwinka madi asheliku akawa.
The driver was very
annoyed. He drove
away without giving
Dog his change.
Dich chekala hela kulelu, kawa watemukilan’ga kunyotoka nakunonoka neyi mudi ona nyamutekenya wakan’genyi kwinka madi.
That is why, even
today, Dog runs
towards a car to peep
inside and find the
driver who owes him his
change.
Impembi watemukan’ga chivumina cha motoka. Watemukan’ga nindi amba kamukasa mulon’ga wakubula kufweta madi.
Goat runs away from
the sound of a car. She
is afraid she will be
arrested for not paying
her fare.
Kaha nawa Ing’ombe hatemukang’a wanyi neyi motoka yinankwinza. Ing’ombe wendan’ga nakuditiyilila neyi nakuketula mukwakwa mulon’ga neluki nindi wafweteli madi ezhima.
And Cow is not
bothered when a car is
coming. Cow takes her
time crossing the road
because she knows she
paid her fare in full.
