Ngano yaShumba neMbira

The Tale of Lion and Mbira

Ngano

Kare-kare, Shumba yaiva mambo wemusango, ichizivikanwa nesimba guru uye nekutya kwaiitwa nemhuka dzose. Mbira, mhuka diki yaigara ichinyarara, yaiva nehungwaru asi isingafarirwi zvikuru nevamwe nekuti yainzi inonyara uye isingapindire.

Zuva rimwe, Shumba yakaronga mutambo mukuru wemusango. Mhuka dzose dzakakokwa - Nzou, Tsuro, Gudo, Jongwe, Hungwe nedzimwewo - kuti dziuye kuzopembera hukuru hwaShumba.

Asi Mbira haina kuuya.Shumba yakatsamwa zvikuru ndokuti,"Mbira inyadzi! Handingaite mutambo mukuru kudai iye achirasira pasi kukokwa kwangu. Zvakanaka, haachagare musango rino!"Mhuka dzose dzakatya kudyidzana naMbira kubva pazuva iroro. Mbira yakasara yoga, ichigara kure nenzvimbo dzine mhuka zhinji.

Zvakadaro, mazuva akati wandei akapfuura, Shumba yakawira mutambo - yakateywa nevanhu vakanga vasunga chitamiso chehuni chisingaoneki. Shumba yakasungwa makumbo uye yakachema,"Ndiudzei, pane anondibatsira here! Ndini mambo wenyu!"

Mhuka zhinji dzakangotarira kure, dzikatya kana kungoseka, vachiti:"Akasimba kudaro, ngaazvibatsire ega!"Asi Mbira, kunyange yakanga isina kukokwa kumutambo uye yakadzingwa zvinyararire, yakauya yakamhanya. Yakatema tambo dzakasunga Shumba nerurimi rwake rwakapinza munzeve, ndokubvisa musungo.

Shumba yakatarisa Mbira ichishamisika."Sei wandibatsira ini ndakakukanganisa?"yakabvunza.Mbira yakapindura,"Kuita zvakanaka hakutarisire mubairo. Moyo unoziva kutsungirira uye kukanganwira".

Shumba akadzidza chidzidzo chikuru - kubva pazuva iroro, akaremekedza mhuka dzose, zvikuru Mbira.

Chidzidzo

Usavenga vanenge vasina kuuya pazvaunenge uchifara - havangareve kuti havakude. Vamwe vanonyarara asi vane moyo wakachena. Rubatsiro rwechokwadi runobva kune asingatarisirwi. Kukanganwira kunoratidza humwari hwechokwadi.

Vari munganoShumba, Mbira

In English

Lion, king of the forest and feared by all, throws a great feast and invites every animal except quiet, easily-overlooked Mbira, who was in fact never invited at all. When Mbira does not attend, furious Lion banishes him from the forest, and the other animals grow afraid to associate with him. Later, Lion is caught in a hunter's snare and cries out for help, but the animals who feasted with him only watch from a distance, mocking his misfortune. Mbira, though banished and uninvited, rushes in and gnaws through the snare's ropes to free Lion. Astonished, Lion asks why Mbira helped him after being wronged; Mbira answers that doing good does not wait for reward. Lion learns to respect every animal, especially Mbira, from that day on.

The lesson

Do not resent those who do not attend your celebrations; it does not mean they do not care for you. Some are quiet, yet have a pure heart. True help often comes from where it is least expected. Forgiveness reflects a truly noble spirit.

Dzimwe ngano.

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