Tingi waikelenga ne bankambo yanji babakazhi.
Tingi lived with his grandmother.
Tingi aaleikala na banakulu.
Walaminenga bang’ombe pano ne bankambo yanji babakazhi.
He used to look after the cows with her.
Aaleafwa banakulu ukucema iŋombe.
Juba jimo bashilikale baishile.
One day the soldiers came.
Ubushiku bumo abashilika balishile.
Batambwile ba ng’ombe.
They took the cows away.
Baasendele iŋombe no kuya nasho.
Tingi ne bankambo yanji banyemene ne kufyama.
Tingi and his grandmother ran away and hid.
Tingi na banakulu baalibutwike babelama.
Bafyamine mungye kufika ne bufuku.
They hid in the bush until night.
Baabeleme mu mpanga mpaka bwaila.
Bashilikale babwelele.
Then the soldiers came back.
Abashilika balishile na kabili.
Bankambo yanji Tingi bamufile muma bula.
Grandmother hid Tingi under the leaves.
Banakulu baafishile Tingi panshi ya mabuula.
Mushilikale umo wamunyanchile pano waikeletu nzoo.
One of the soldiers put his foot right on him, but he kept quiet.
Umushilika umo aanyantile Tingi, lelo Tingi aalifye tondolo.
Pakumona amba bashilikale baya , Tingi ne bankambo yanji balupukile.
When it was safe, Tingi and his grandmother came out.
Lintu abashilika baile, Tingi na banakulu balifisamwike.
Babombokeletu nzoo nekubwela kunzubo kwabo.
They crept home very quietly.
Baile ku ŋanda umutalalila.
