Tingi wakali kukkala abaneene bakwe.
Tingi lived with his grandmother.
Tingi aaleikala na banakulu.
Antoomwe abanene bakwe, bakali kuzilanganya ŋombe.
He used to look after the cows with her.
Aaleafwa banakulu ukucema iŋombe.
Bumwi buzuba kwakasika basikalumamba.
One day the soldiers came.
Ubushiku bumo abashilika balishile.
Basikalumamba bakazibinga ŋombe akuzyitola.
They took the cows away.
Baasendele iŋombe no kuya nasho.
Tingi abaneene bakwe bakatija akuya kuyuba.
Tingi and his grandmother ran away and hid.
Tingi na banakulu baalibutwike babelama.
Bakaliyubide musyokwe limwi kwasiya.
They hid in the bush until night.
Baabeleme mu mpanga mpaka bwaila.
Basikalumamba bakajoka alimwi.
Then the soldiers came back.
Abashilika balishile na kabili.
Baneene bakamusisa Tingi kunsi amatuvwu.
Grandmother hid Tingi under the leaves.
Banakulu baafishile Tingi panshi ya mabuula.
Umwi wabasikalumamba wakalyata akali Tingi, pele Tingi wakaumuna wii.
One of the soldiers put his foot right on him, but he kept quiet.
Umushilika umo aanyantile Tingi, lelo Tingi aalifye tondolo.
Nibakaunka basikalumamba, Tingi abaneene bakayubuluka.
When it was safe, Tingi and his grandmother came out.
Lintu abashilika baile, Tingi na banakulu balifisamwike.
Mukaumu-umu bakasobelela kuya kuŋanda yabo.
They crept home very quietly.
Baile ku ŋanda umutalalila.
