Lihle na Lwandle vha guda nga ha Luṱavu
Sara Mohale
Busisiwe Ndlovu
Tshivenḓa
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Lihle na Lwandle vho dalela bulasi ya makhulu ngei Vhembe.
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Vho dala lwa u tou thoma.
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Vho vuswa nga phosho i songo ḓoweleaho fasiṱereni!
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Vha lumelisa, “Ndi matsheloni Makhulu, ndi phosho ya mini?”
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“Ndi matsheloni! Ndi mukukulume, u ri vusa uri ri ite mishumo ya bulasini,” Makhulu vha sea.
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Makhulu vha ri, “Ḓuvha a ḽi athu ṱavha, fhedzi ḽo tsha. Nga Luṱavula ḓuvha ḽi lenga u ṱavha, ḽa ṱavhanya u kovhela.”
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Makhulu vha bvela phanḓa, “Nga Luṱavula, mutsho wo fhola. Fhedzi hu dudela u fhirisa Vhuriha.”
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Lwandle a tenda, “A ri athu ṱoḓa zwiambaro zwa Vhuriha.”
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Makhulu vha ri, “Nga Luṱavula, ni ḓo vhona vhunzhi ha zwimela zwi tshi shandula muvhala, zwa thoma u oma. Ri tsini na u fhedza u kaṋa.”
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Makhulu vha ṱalutshedza, “Kha heyi bulasi nga Luṱavula ri kaṋa ṋawa, khavhishi, khoḽifuḽawa, na tshipinitshi.”
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Vha engedza, “Nga madekwana ri ḓo ḽa miroho ya bulasini.”
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Lihle a ri, “Nṱhani ha u dzulela u renga miroho, ri ḓo ṱavha miṅwe hayani ngei ḓoroboni.
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Makhulu vha fulufhedzisa, “Khezwo! Ndi ḓo ni gudisa.”
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Lwandle a vhudzisa, “Makhulu, vha a ṱavha mitshelo? Mutshelo une nda u funesa ndi habu!”
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Makhulu vha sea, “Ro kaṋa mahabu manzhimanzhi a ḓifhaho!”
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“Nga Luṱavula, zwifuwo zwo dzwalwaho kana u thothonya nga Tshifhefho zwo no aluwa, zwiṅwe ri a zwi rengisa.
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Zwifuwo zwashu zwi ri ṋea mafhi, makumba, na ṋama,” ndi Makhulu.
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Makhulu vha setshelela, “Nga matsheloni ri ḓo ḽa makumba, ra kona u yo shuma tsimuni ya miroho.”
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Lihle na Lwandle vho takalela u shuma tsimuni na Makhulu!
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——Mbudziso


  1. Nga Luṱavula, hu itea mini kha:
    • zwimela?
    • mutsho?
    • u ṱavha na u kovhela ha ḓuvha?
    • zwifuwo?
  2. Hu itea mini bulasini ya Makhulu nga yeneyi khalaṅwaha?
  3. Luṱavula lwa hune na dzula hone lwo fhambana hani na lwa tshiṱorini? Ṱalutshedzani.
  4. Ni nga ṱavha hani miroho muḓini u re ḓoroboni?
  5. Ni humbula uri Makhulu vha ḽa zwiḽiwa zwi re na pfushi?

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Title: Lihle na Lwandle vha guda nga ha Luṱavu
Author/s: Sara Mohale
Translator/s: Doris Manyamalala
Illustrator/s: Busisiwe Ndlovu
Assurer/s: Tshedza Tlhako
Language: Tshivenḓa

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