UTingi wayehlala
nomakhulu wakhe.
Tingi lived with his grandmother.
Wayesoloko enakekela
iinkomo kunye naye.
He used to look after the cows with her.
Ngenye imini amajoni
afika.
One day the soldiers came.
UTungi kunye
nomakhulu babaleka
bazimela.
Tingi and his grandmother ran away and hid.
Bazimela ehlathini
kwade kwasebusuku.
They hid in the bush until night.
Ke ngoku aphinda
abuya amajoni.
Then the soldiers came back.
Umakhulu wafihla
uTingi phantsi
kwamahlahla.
Grandmother hid Tingi under the leaves.
Elinye lamajoni labeka
inyawo lalo phezu
kwakhe, kodwa waye
wathula.
One of the soldiers put his foot right on him, but he kept quiet.
Xa bebona ukuba
bakhuselekile, uTingi
kunye nomakhulu
baphuma.
When it was safe, Tingi and his grandmother came out.
Ke ngoku bachwechwa
babuyela ekhaya
bethule.
They crept home very quietly.
