Botho bja Maṱodzi
Tshedza Tlhako
Busisiwe Ndlovu
Go be go na le mosetsana yo a bego a bitšwa Maṱodzi.
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Maṱodzi o be a dula motseng wa gabo le mmagwe le koko wa gagwe.
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Ka letšatši le lengwe mmagwe o ile a mo roma motseng wo mongwe gore a fihliše molaetša go rakgadi wa gagwe.
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“O latele tsela ye re tlwaetšego go e šomiša,” Mmagwe a mo gopotša.
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Maṱodzi o ile a latela tsela ye a e tlwaetšego go ya motseng wa rakgadi wa gagwe gomme a fihliša molaetša.
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Ge a le tseleng ya go boela gae, a kwa lentšu la go fokola le re, “Anke o nthuše hle.”
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Maṱodzi a lebelela ka mathoko gomme a bona mosadi a robetše ka thoko ga tsela.
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O ile a mo dumediša gomme a botšiša a re: “Goreng o robetše mo?”
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“Ke kgole le gae, ke a lwala ebile ga ke na maatla,” mosadi a mo araba.
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Maṱodzi a mo kwela bohloko.
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A re go mosadi yola, “Ke tla go iša ga gešo ka ge e le kgauswi.”
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Maṱodzi a thuša mosadi yola go emelela. Ba ile ba sepela ka go nanya go fihlela ba tsena.
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Maṱodzi, mmagwe le koko wa gagwe ba ile ba thuša go hlokomela mosadi go fihlela a eba kaone.
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Mosadi a ba leboga kudu ge ba mo hlokometše. A tumiša Maṱodzi ka go ba le sebete le tlhokomelo.
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Mosadi o ile a botša Maṱodzi le ba gabo a re: “Nka se tsoge ke lebetše seo le ntiretšego sona.
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Ka morago ga matšatši a mararo, ke nyaka gore le bolele dikganyogo tša lena tše pedi.”
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Ka nnete, ka morago ga matšatši a mararo, Maṱodzi, mmagwe le koko wa gagwe ba bolela dikganyogo tša bona tše pedi.
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Kganyogo ya bona ya mathomo e be e le ya go re ba be le ntlo ye botse.
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Kganyogo ya bobedi e be e le go re ba be le sethokgwa kgauswi le ntlo ya bona gore ba kgone go hwetša dikgong.
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Dikganyogo tša bona di ile tša phethagala, bjale ka ge mosadi a boletše.
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Maṱodzi le ba gabo ba ile ba phela ka lethabo ntlong ya bona kgauswi le sethokgwa.
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Title: Botho bja Maṱodzi
Author/s: Tshedza Tlhako
Translator/s: Connie Makgabo
Illustrator/s: Busisiwe Ndlovu
Assurer/s: Dikeledi Queen Shai
Language: Sepedi

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