Kalabushe Mukanazi
Gaspah Juma
Jesse Breytenbach

Kale kwasimuluho nekupila musizani yana bizwa Kalabushe. Kalabushe neli lyambombola. Bomaye Kalabushe bamweleza kuli asike kwikambolelanga ahulu.

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Lizazi leleling'wi, banyani babomaye Kalabushe bakula. Neba pila mwamunzi onoli fabuse yanuka.

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Bomaye Kalabushe nebapatehile ahulu lizazi leo. Neli manzibwana maswe nako yanabaluma kuli alwale lico zabakuli bona banyani babomaye.

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Mwanzila Kalabushe akopana ni Sinson, sitongwani senesi ipetuzi kuba mutu.

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Sinson abuza Kalabushe mutiyo wanashimbile. Kalabushe ahalaba, "Nama, mayi ni mabisi." Bomaye Kalabushe bamweleza kuli asike kubulelela mutu kaza nalwezi.

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Kalabushe abulelela Sinson nizamakulano abanyani abomaye nikuli hape lico zana shimbile naiseza bona bakuli. Sinson akala kumiza mati nikushukela nama yanalwezi Kalabushe.

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Sinson amatela kwapata Kalabushe kuya kwandu yamukuli.

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Sitongwani se singa Sinson samiza banyani babamaye Kalabushe nikuikapesa mwa kubo yabona.

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Kalabushe atopunya, mwandu nekukuzize ahulu. Akena mwandu nikubiza, "Ima, mukayi?"

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Kalabushe asaboni kuli akuna ya alaba, akena mwamusiyo wabanyani wa bomaye monabalobalanga. Akomoka abona kuli kuna nimutu usili yana ikapesize kubo yetuna.

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"Ima, King'i mazebe amina ali amatuna kaceku?" abuza Kalabushe. Sinson ahala mwa kubo yetuna, "Kono nikakuhutwa hande."

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Kalabushe abuza hape, "Ima, king'i meto amina ali amatuna kaceku?" Sinson ahalaba, "Kuli nikubone hande."

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Kalabushe abuza lwamafelelezo, "Ima, king'i mulomo wamina ahuli omutuna?" Sinson ahalaba, "Kuli nikumize kappa kukuca." Sinson atula kuzwa fa mumbeta nikumuca Kalabushe.

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Bakeng'isa kuli Kalabushe neli lyambombola, aikeza kwaambola ni mwamba ya sitongwani singa Sinson. Kalabushe abuza lipuzo zeng'ata.

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Kwamafelelezo Sitongwani akataliswa kili puzo za Kalabushe mane ahupula feela kumukwa.

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Nimaye yomuinyanyani bapiliswa kibatu ba mwahae. Kuzwa lizazi leo, Kalabushe nasabuleli ahulu kwabatu basazibi.

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Kalabushe Mukanazi
Author - Gaspah Juma
Translation - Limbali Muyendekwa
Illustration - Jesse Breytenbach
Language - SiLozi
Level - First paragraphs