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Vhathusi vha makhulu Mapula vho thanyaho
Lerato Tsotetsi
Magriet Brink
Makhulu Mapula vho sedza khavhishi dzavho nnzhinnzhi dzi re muṋangoni. Vho shuma vhukuma u ṱhogomela ngade yavho.
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Zwino ndi tshifhinga tsha uri vha rengise zwiliṅwa zwavho makete.
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“Ndi fanela u wana thuso ya u vhala na u paka hedzi khavhishi,” ndi makhulu a tshi humbula.
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Jabu, Dineo na Dimpho vha fhira tsini na muḓi wa makhulu vha tshee vho ima muṋangoni. Vha takala vhukuma musi vha tshi vha vhona.
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Vha vha humbela vha ri, “Ndi khou humbela uri ni ḓe ni nthuse u paka zwiliṅwa zwanga kha haya mabogisi.”
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Vhana vha ambedzana nga nḓila ine vha ḓo paka ngayo khavhishi.
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Dineo a ri, “Kha ri vhale na u paka khavhishi nga mbili.” Jabu a ri, “Kha ri vhale na u paka khavhishi nga nṋa.”
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Dimpho a ri, “Kha ri vhale na u paka khavhishi nga tharu.”
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Vhana vha dzhia phetho ya uri u vhala na u paka khavhishi nga nṋa ndi yone nḓila ya u ṱavhanya ya u paka mabogisi.
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Dineo a ri, “Hu ḓo dzhena khavhishi dza fumimbili kha bogisi.”
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Makhulu vha setshelela vha ri, “No shuma nga u ṱavhanya! Vho Jonas vha ḓo dzhia khavhishi vha ṱuwa nadzo makete.”
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Dineo a vhudzisa, “Khavhisi nthihi ndi vhugai?”
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Makhulu vha ri, “Ndi a zwi ḓivha uri ni ḓo wana mutengo. Bogisi ḽithihi ndi R60.
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Dineo a ri, “Arali bogisi ḽithihi ḽi R60 ḽi na khavhisi dza fumimbili, ri tea u kovhekanya furathi nga fumimbili.”
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Jabu a ri, “Ndi ḓivha phindulo! Khavhishi nthihi ndi R5.”
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Dimpho a fhindula, “Ndi yone?”
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Vhathusi vha makhulu vha paka khavhishi dzoṱhe.
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Vho Jonas vha takala ngauri vho fhungudzelwa mushumo. Vhari, “Ndi ḓo ita vhungoho ha uri dzi a rengiwa dzoṱhe hedzi khavhishi makete.”
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Vhana vha dzula fhasi ha muri uri vha awele. Vha vhona makhulu vha tshi khou dzumba tshiṅwe tshithu kha aphuroni yavho.
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Dineo a vhudzisa, “Ndi mini zwenenzwi?”
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Makhulu vha ri, “Ndi malamba a mushumo wa vhoiwe wavhuḓi. Fhedzi ni fanela u kovhelana.”
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Vhana vha huwelela nga dakalo. Makhulu Mapula vho vha fha maapuḽa a ḓifhaho.
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“A vhonala a a tshi ḓifhelela,” ndi Dineo a tshi muṋelela meme dza mulomo wawe.
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“Ndi ashu oṱhe?” Dimpho u vhudzisa o mangala.
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Makhulu vha ri, “Ee, fhedzi kha ri kovhelane.”
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Dimpho a ri, “Kha ri vhale maapuḽa.”
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Vha vhala maapuḽa nga mavhili.
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Dimpho a ri, “Hu na zwigwada zwa malo zwa maapuḽa mavhili, ha sala ḽithihi. O ṱangana ndi a fumisumbe.”
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Jabu a ri, “Vhuraru hashu ri fanela u kovhelana maapuḽa a fumisumbe.”
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Vhana vha vhala uri muthihi u ḓo wana maapuḽa maṱanu, nahone ha sala maapuḽa mavhili.
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Vho vha vha sa ḓivhi uri vha ḓo kovhelana hani eneo maapuḽa mavhili.
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Dimpho a ri, “Ri fanela u tshea maapuḽa mavhili vhukati.”
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Jabu a ri, “Ri fanela u tshea maapuḽa mavhili u ri a bve zwipiḓa zwiṋa.”
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Dineo a gungula a ri, “Vhuraru hashu ri nga si kone u kovhelana zwipiḓa zwivhili kana zwiṋa.”
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“Kha ri fhe Makhulu na Vho Jonas maapuḽa o salaho!” a tshi khou zwi humbula.
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“Ee, ngauri makhulu vho zwala khavhishi,” Jabu a tshi tenda.
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Dimpho a engedza “Vho Jonas na vhone vho ya vha rengisa khavhishi makete.”
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Vho Jonas vho vhuya vho rengisa khavhishi dzoṱhe makete.
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Dimpho a fha makhulu Mapula na Vho Jonas maapuḽa mavhili o salaho.
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Vhathusi vho thanyaho vho ḓirwa khana.
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Vho shumisa zwe vha zwi guda tshikoloni u thusa Makhulu na u kovhelana.
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Title
: Vhathusi vha makhulu Mapula vho thanyaho
Author/s
: Lerato Tsotetsi
Translator/s
: Doris Manyamalala
Illustrator/s
: Magriet Brink
Assurer/s:
Tshedza Tlhako
Language:
Tshivenḓa
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