Transcript for "Folktale: The stolen vegetables 1"

Ese mumasina bananga bali.

I am called.

Ese mumasina bananga bali Linet Kiberenge mala ndikho nekhakano.

I am called Linet Kiberenge and I have a story.

Namunayii?

Riddle?

Kwiche!

A riddle will come.

Yabao khale omusakhulu mulala kecha engo kareba papa ali papawoo achile waena?

Long time ago there was one old man who came to my home and asked me where my father went.

Namubolela ndi papa kasamusie chikhafu, kaloma ali onyala wanangilakho?

I told him that dad has taken the cattle for grazing and he asked if I can call him.

Naloma ndi sahi asamusie atayi senyala nacha ta nekakhali khekhuwe endebe wikhale mala omulinde.

I told him "He took the cattle far so I can’t, but let me give you a seat to sit on and wait for him."

Ali esese senikhala ta ali ndenyanga busa papa naba nemaya ndamo kumwenya.

He said, “I can’t sit, I just want your father. I've decide to sing a song."

Papa papa, omukeni ali engo papa namuwa endebe kaloba, namuwa ekindi kaloba, kenya ya papa ye bakuuka.

[Singing] "Father, father, a visitor is at home, father, I gave him a seat that he rejected, I gave him another one and he rejected it too. He wants one of the ancestors' seats."

Papa papa, omukeni ali engo papa namuwa endebe kaloba, namuwa ekindi kaloba, kenya ya papa ye bakuuka.

[Singing] "Father, father, a visitor is at home, father, I gave him a seat that he rejected, I gave him another one and he rejected it too. He wants one of the ancestors' seats."

Naba amaya kekhala ne maayi naye kaba kachile khuenja lanji, nono nga khwekhala khwekhala naba amaya acha papa sekamaya nakola ta.

Then he decided to sit. My mother had gone to look for lunch, so we sat then and he decided to go, but my father never arrived.

Naba maayi kecha, nareba ali nanu wichile ano?

So my mother came and asked who had come home.

Ndi omukeni kechile ano kenyile papa naba aloma ali tawe cholange babasio beche anano ili banyolekho siakhulia, naba nga namaya nenja khulanga babasiange beche banyolekho siakhulia maayi kalikha busuma.

I said a visitor came and wanted father. She told me to go and call my siblings to come so that they get food. I decided to go and call my siblings.

Nga kalikha busuma oli aloma ali Nekesa?

As she prepared ugali, she said to me, “Nekesa?"

Sorerakho eningilo eyo khwalola chinyenyi kama chasikale namwe chawele naba endima ndera eningilo eyo.

"Bring that cooking pot and see if the vegetables remain or are finished." Then I ran and brought that pot.

Nga maayi nga kalola muningilo sekanyolakhomo sindu siosi siosi ta.

My mother looked in the cooking pot and she did not find anything in it.

Naba maayi aloma ali nanu olile chifwa chibele muno?

Then mother asked who ate the vegetables that were in the pot.

Nese ndoma nandi maayi ese senalilekho ta ndabechanga busa ano nomukeni mala aloma ali sa kenya, kenya busa papa muwa endebe aloba ali kenya ya papa ye lukuka aba maayi esuku ekindi kamaya karura kacha khuenja.

I then said, “Mother, I did not eat the. I have just been here with the visitor who said that he just wants my father. I gave him a seat that he refused and said he wanted one of forefathers' seats. Then, another day, my mother decided to go and look for food until she got some.

Kaenja kaenja kanyola, nga kecha katekha, katekha kamala oli kalikha busuma khwalia busa bulayi.

She looked and found some. When she came back, she cooked. We ate ugali after she served it.

Chinyenyi charama muningilo kaloma ali chinyenyi chino omundu akhatilakho.

She warned all of us not to touch the remaining vegetables in the cooking pot.

Ali ulatilakho busa chinyenyi chino, esuku yaluno serabira ta.

"Whoever touches these vegetables, this day will not pass."

Naba bamaya balekha Nekesa engo kekhala maayi nga kayukha naloma ali semwalikha busuma, balikha busuma, nali chinyenyi nicho ndekhile muningilo omwo chilimo?

They decided to leave Nekesa at home. She stayed and when mother came back. She said, "Prepare ugali." They prepared ugali. She said, "The vegetables I left in the cooking pot, are they still there?"

Buli mundu kasila, oli bali balola muningilo kang’ali chinyenyi sechilimo ta.

Everyone kept quiet. When they looked in the pot, the vegetables were not there.

Aba nisio maayi kamaya kakhola ali bana base barano, Nekesa, Nakhumicha, Nasipwoni, Nasimiyu bira khuche.

The mother then addressed her five children. "Nekesa, Nakhumicha, Nasipwoni and Nasimuyu, let's go."

Bacha niyo enyanja eli emboofu aya bema maayi kaboa kumukoye eyi kaboa neneyi akarikari we nyanja kaloma busa ali omanya ali niye olichanga chinyenyi chase anyoe kebule nokhukhanja khutuma oluchi luno ta.

They went to a very big ocean. They stood there as the mother tied the rope from both ends of the ocean (river). She said that whoever usually eats her vegetables should confess before they start crossing the river.

Buli mundu kekana naba abolela babana bewe ali nendaramo kumwenya kuno buli mundu alemba kumwenya kuno natuma luluchi olakama enje niye ndamanya ndi khane niye olichanga chi-chinyenyi change.

Everyone denied. She then told her children, "When I sing this song, everyone will also sing. We will cross the river and whoever stays outside will be the one who has been eating my vegetables."

Naba aramo ali.

She started singing.

Nendi niiise olile chiisi, mukoye katukha engwe munyanja oyo wakwanza kabira.

[Singing] "If it was me who ate the vegetables, the rope should split for me to fall into the river." The first one crossed.

Wekhabili, nendi niiise olile chiisi, mukoye katukha engwe munyanja wekhabili kabira wekhataru kabira.

[Singing] "If it was me who ate the vegetables, let the rope split for me to fall into the river." The second one crossed.

Nendi niiise olile chiisi, mukoye katukha engwe munyanja wekhaturu kabira, wekhane.

[Singing] "If it was me who ate the vegetables, the rope should split for me to fall into the river." The third one followed.

Nendi niiise olile chiisi, mukoye katukha engwe munyanja wekhane kalondakho.

[Singing] "If it was me who ate the vegetables, the rope should split for me to fall into the river." The fourth one followed.

Nendi niiise olile chiisi, mukoye katukha engwe munyanja, omumalilisi nendi nise nono omumalilisi yuno kesia asi esauti, nendi niiise olile chiisi, mukoye katukha engwe munyanja sakamaya nabira ta kamaya nakwa munyanja.

[Singing] "If it was me who ate the vegetables, the rope should split for me to fall into the river," the last one sang in a low voice. Singing with a low voice, "If it was me who ate the vegetables, the rope should split," She didn't manage to cross the river, she fell in the river.

Mala aba maayi kamanya ali omwana wase Nasimiyu yuno khane niye olichanga chinyenyi ese nirana neniba kimika kie babandu nembenja omwana sabonakho akako ta kekhala busa alia chunyenyi nese khembenja.

The mother then knew it was her child, Nasimiyu, who used to eat the vegetables. "I struggle to put food on the table, but the child doesn't see it, she comfortably eats the vegetables while I struggle."

Nono kimienieko sekili kimima kimilayi ta.

"That is not good behavior."

Naba abolela babana bewe ali samwabone olichanga chinyenyi.

She told her children that they had seen whoever eats the vegetables.

Nono khekhusomwa ndi nokholile sindu yiyama oli nise okholile mala khumanye kamakosa kalio ili khung’one khukhila wakholile sindu wakosile nokhowikana oli sendi ese ta alafu mwishowe.

"Now I want to teach you that you should confess when you do something wrong so you know the mistake and can find a solution instead of denying and being found out at the end."

Na alafu lumalilisi nowingila mwiloo wabone nono, nekhasimile nendoma ndi neli ano okholangakho kamakosa yibula namwe nobona oli oumiangakho abundu fulani eleseliakho babasio khukhila osile busa oli chinyinga chimalilisi oli wicha onyolekha mumakhako kano nobona oli khoangamia nono mbele busa nenako.

"And in the end, you will enter into a hole, you see." I will appreciate to say if you normally make mistakes or when you see others making mistakes, you should confess. If you suffer from some illness, you should share that information with your friends. If you keep quiet and the last day you are found out, in these temptations, you realize you are dying. I only had that.

Wele amulinde.

God protect you.