Bulu bwa tshipfara, vanhu vha divha uri bdo. Bulu bwa vhubvhaduvha, vanhu vha ni lovha na u makalela. Bulu bwa vhuendi, vanhu vha tshiene. Bulu bwa vhushaka, vanhu vha ni humbela. U tshiene kha u pfunza ndi uri do khakhelwa. Ndo fhira vhukuma ha u amba. U shuma zwavhuḓi, vanhu vho ḓala vhothe vha tshi ri 'hane i tshi itwa nga uri i vha ya zwavhuḓi.'
U langutela Hwe
Hune hafha hushumiswa hani?
Kha bundu bua miholo, bulu bwa nnyimpfu ndi bwa fhasi. Bulu bwa bvuvvu a vhonwi naho hayani. Vanhu vha divha uri bdo fhedzi tshothe.
Ipfungo hamafhisa hani kha nna?
Kha tshikolo tsha nne, ndo vhona uri muthu wa bvuvvu a kombetshedza vanhu uri vha ite zwiimwa. Vha ita zwavhuḓi zwone zwothe zwa u luga nndeme.
Ndi do vha nda u ita hani lino?
Luga nndeme nga u ita zwavhuḓi musadofhano wa zwilele. Ima tshipfara na u itela vanhu zwavhuḓi zwothe.
In the highest antiquity, (the people) did not know that there were (their rulers). In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them. Their work was done and their undertakings were successful, while the people all said, 'We are as we are, of ourselves!'
AI ya namusi
Bulu bwa tshipfara, vanhu vha divha uri bdo. Bulu bwa vhubvhaduvha, vanhu vha ni lovha na u makalela. Bulu bwa vhuendi, vanhu vha tshiene. Bulu bwa vhushaka, vanhu vha ni humbela. U tshiene kha u pfunza ndi uri do khakhelwa. Ndo fhira vhukuma ha u amba. U shuma zwavhuḓi, vanhu vho ḓala vhothe vha tshi ri 'hane i tshi itwa nga uri i vha ya zwavhuḓi.'
