Lwendo lwa Xikochimani
Hlekane Paulinah Baloyi
Brian Wambi
Xikochimani o buba nga matsheloni a ḽeneḽo ḓuvha.
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Ndi muṅwe wa vhathu vha u thoma u swika vhuimabisi na renngeni ya thekhisi.
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Ndi lwendo lwa u thoma lwa Xikochimani e eṱhe.
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O vha a tshi khou ya u dalela Makhulu wawe Vho Galela ḓoroboni.
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Hu saathu fhela tshifhinga tshilapfu, a pfa munna a tshi khou vhidza madzina a fhethu hune Xikochimani a hu ḓivha.
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“Namelani, bisi i khou takuwa!” munna a tshi amba.
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Bisi yo vha i tshi khou ḓala. Xikochimani o ima o lindela hu tshi vhidzwa nomboro ya thikhithi yawe.
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Ho vha hu na mutukana we a vha o ima muṋangoni wa bisi.
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Xikochimani o vha a tshi khou fhela mbilu.
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Xikochimani o wana tshidulo tsini na fasiṱere, tsini na vhavhingani Rhulani na Madzivandlela.
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Ho vha hu tshi khou fhisa nga maanḓa bisini.
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Vharengisi vho dzhena bisini vha tshi tou tevhekana, vha tshi khou vhanga phosho khulu!
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Vho vha vha tshi khou rengisa zwinwiwa zwi rotholelaho, miomva, maḽegere, ṋama na zwiṅwe zwimuṋemuṋe.
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Madzivandlela a bvisa tshelede kha bodi yawe a renga mutshelo kha munna we a vha a tshi khou setshelela.
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A vhea bugu fhasi, a thoma u shenga a tshi khou ḓiphina ngawo.
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Mureili wa bisi a dzhena. A lumelisa vhaṋameli. A ri, “Kha vha vhofholowe vha ḓiphine nga lwendo.”
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Mzamani a dovholola zwoṱhe zwo ambiwaho nga mureili.
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Lwendo lwa u ya ḓoroboni lwo vha lu lulapfu.
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Xikochimani o takadzwa nga u vhona fhethu ho fhambafhambanaho musi bisi i tshi khou enda.
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Ho vha hu tshi kha ḓi fhisa nga maanḓa musi ḓuvha ḽi tshi vho kovhela. Vhaṋameli vho vha vho shisha mabiko vha tshi khou kumedza.
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Rhulani o nambatela bege yawe musi a tshi khou eḓela.
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Hu si kale Xikochimani, Rhulani, na Madzivandlela vho vha vho eḓela.
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Madzivandlela o vha a tshi khou hona nga maanḓa.
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Vho vha vho eḓela musi bisi i tshi khou enda vhusiku hoṱhe.
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Xikochimani u pfa muthu a tshi khou mu dzinginyisa shaḓa. A mboḓi karuwa.
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Munna o imaho murahu ha Xikochimani a vhudzisa, “Hetshi ndi tshiṱitshi tsha u fhedza, ni khou ya ngafhi?”
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Xikochimani a tsa bisini.
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Ho vha hu si na muthu ane a mu ḓivha.
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A ḓivhudza a ri, “Nṋe ndi Xikochimani wa Rhulani wa Galela wa Xihimu. Ndi ḓo swika muḓini wa makhulu wanga.”
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Title: Lwendo lwa Xikochimani
Author/s: Hlekane Paulinah Baloyi
Translator/s: Doris Manyamalala
Illustrator/s: Brian Wambi
Assurer/s: Tshedza Tlhako
Language: Tshivenḓa

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