African Storybook - Mondli Ne Mbali N Kaa Ba Makpeem

Mondli Ne Mbali N Kaa Ba Makpeem

J. K. A. Anankor and E. T. Anoeni (OLE Ghana)

Catherine Groenewald

Mondli ne Mbali daa bee teng poone ne ba ba'. Ba daa gura sukuur bahag saha. La daa ka bahag la ma'a, ka ba da kyeng ne ba kaaga ba ma kpeem. O daa bee pura sie n pɔr ne moar tenta'ar.

Mondli ne Mbali neng n daa kpeng aa saha daa paa ya ne ba le kyeng kaa ba ma kpeem. Wuong kong, ba daa siah ba ta poat ka maah bameng ne ba lorig sour kyeng o teng la ne. Ba daa kong guom me ka ya toara ba bahag la wuong kong za'a.

Lan daa kaheg, beege asusubaa, ba daa duu ba ba' luor ne ba keng tengla ne. Ba luor la daa gaad zoya me, ne bunkɔbel ne pu'at. La daa bo kyen ha ka biih la daa'n tareg ka guom daa zie ba.

Mondli ne Mbali ba' n daa nee ba, ban daa paa tengla poone la. Nobuntu, ba ma kpeem la daa dɔ'ɔ song ne voohit tee gbinne.

Nobuntu da die ba saan o yir la ne, wa'ad tiigit o dug ne ka yeen yeela ne pupielim. O yaah la me daa mar la'at yi teng poone na ne ba te o ne pupielim. Mondli daa yee. "Woogum man teeb la yiiga," ka Mbali me yee. "Aa yi man teeb yiiga."

Nobuntu n daa wuo ba teeb la baeh la o daa ka'a ka somet bah o yaah la. Ka Mondli ne Mbali pana daa yi yeng ne ba diem. Nobuntu ne o dawoo la daa toa ba mabiiret yela halle zang paaget laha ba ya saha.

Wuong n daa zib la, Mondli ne Mbali daa leba yir ne ne ba di. Ba daa nan po bo di baahi ka guom daa zie ba. Lan daa kaheg la, biih la ba' daa leba teng poone ka bah ba ne Nobuntu.

Mondli ne Mbali daa soŋa ba ma kpeem yir ne tuuma. Ba daa kiŋa koleg ne daad ne. Ba daa pi'iha gela nueh vaeh ne ka pi'ih tiya samana ne. Dabeher siel beege, Mondli daa mava o ma kpeem nigi yi ne o keem.

Ba daa tu u kpe'e sɔ pɔg ne. Pɔɔgdaan la daa eŋa sunsuya. Odaa vumeh yee o nan geng nigi la, ban daa ɔp o boan la zug. Dabeher den n daa gaad la, Mondli daa buleke ka nigi la kpe yela nee.

Dabeher siel ya'ah, biih la daa doha Nobuntu keng da'a ne. O daa mara pak koohet zivaat, sikiri ne ki'ib. Mbali daa nɔŋa o pa'an la'at la da'ali ligiri Mondli.

Bahag saha la pana daa ba’aheri wɔ. Biih la pana daa aa ba leb sukuur tengpoone. Nobuntu daa te Mondli zupib'eg ka te Mbali uot kpareb. O daa laeh badia gur ba lebeg.

Ba ba' daa tana ne o zang ba kul, ka ba daa bu boad legba. Biih la daa belemra Nobuntu ne o doh ba leb tengpoone.

Ka o daa la yee, "M ba koregme ne m be tengpoone. Amaa m nan be kpala ka gur ya ya bahag saha yaeh."

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Mondli Ne Mbali N Kaa Ba Makpeem

Author - Violet Otieno
Translation - J. K. A. Anankor and E. T. Anoeni (OLE Ghana)
Illustration - Catherine Groenewald
Language - Talen
Level - First paragraphs