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Work, effort and its reward

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Kushanda

Work, effort and its reward

Kunzi musikana kana kuti mukomana Ari apa kudya.Everyone should know that eating is what sustains life, so they should work in order to get food.Ateyera mariva murutsva haachatyi mhapa kusviba.Someone who has committed to doing hard work should not fear being criticised or hurt because of it.Chikweya ndechembwa chomunhu chinotevera.Even a lazy or slow person tries to find ways to help themselves.Chinono chine ingwe bere rinodya richifamba.If you are going to do something, do it quickly, because delay can cause many things to prevent you from finishing.Ishavi kurova munda neshamhu.It would be foolish to expect to gain something without working for it, or to be angry about getting nothing from a field you never tended.Zvamangwana zvinozivikanwa nebenzi.A wise person finishes their work on the day it is due, knowing tomorrow may bring obstacles that stop them; only a fool leaves things for tomorrow.Kutumira bete kumukaka haridzoki.Often, when someone is sent to work in a place full of temptation, they fail to succeed at their task.Usaverenga mbeva nemiswe (yadzo).When it is time to work, do not count on people who cannot do the job; they only swell the numbers without adding anything, like tails counted along with the mice.Moto mushoma (ndiwo) unonyautsa muto.Work done gently, without force or excess effort, is usually the one that succeeds.Utsi hwenyama hahutosvori.A person does not worry about being troubled while pursuing something they truly desire; despite obstacles, they will persevere at what they want until it succeeds.Mhavarira inoda vane nharo.Someone who cannot do a thing at first ends up mastering it through sheer determination; a strong will keeps a person trying even at what they cannot yet do.Chomujiri ndechemhanza chomudzimu ndechawadanirwa.When you receive something as a gift or a blessing, you thank your ancestral spirits; but to obtain something you want for yourself, you must earn it through your own effort and labour.Ronda rinosunda ndorine muchichi.Someone who urges others on with real passion is the one whose ideas bring reward; often, the things that bring joy begin by first causing pain to the body and spirit.Ropa uya nderina vatsungi.A person gains things through hard effort; nothing simply comes looking for someone who sits idle. The courageous obtain things, but the cowardly perish in their cowardice.Apunyaira haashayi misodzi.Someone who does something wholeheartedly can also be rewarded for it; nothing is gained by someone who lets their hands hang idle out of laziness. Everything is obtained through diligence.Zuva rimwe hariodzi nyama.If you have something you need to do today, it does not mean you can never do it just because you failed to do it on one particular day; there are many days ahead to do everything you wish to do.Mutoro unorema wasvika.A task usually feels heaviest right when it is about to be finished, so a person is often most exhausted just as they near the end of their journey.Madanha etsvimborume kudya yawarira.A person with no one else to rely on keeps all their tasks prepared in advance while there is still time, knowing that if they do not, things will pile up once time runs out.Ateya mariva murutsva haatyi kusviba magaro.A person will do whatever it takes to accomplish their goals.Chinono chinengwe, bere rakadya richifamba.Do what you do with speed.Chenga ose manhanga hapana risina mhodzi.There's a reward in trying all things.Mandikurumidze akazvara mandinonoke.Rushing through things can make you do them wrong and take even longer than if you had taken your time.Pfavira ngoma, husiku hurefu.Be calm and take your time.Simbi inorohwa ichapisa.Strike while the iron is hot.Wakurumidza kumedza, kutsenga uchada.Someone who rushes on to the next thing before finishing the first will end up having to go back to it.Akanga nyimo awangarara.Stay attentive to the task at hand, since neglect or carelessness while something important is underway can cause it to be ruined, just as roasting groundnuts left unattended will burn.Akuti rima ati ugute.Whoever urges you to farm is really telling you how to have enough to eat; hard work in the fields is the path to a full stomach.Ane marengenya haacharike moto.A person hardened by hard work no longer needs to sit idly warming themselves by the fire like the lazy; toil has made them tough and resilient.Anokutukira badza unokupa upfumi.Someone who scolds you for not working hard enough is not your enemy; they are showing you the path to prosperity.Badza guru ipa murimi, kuripa simbe inovata naro.Give valuable resources to those who will actually work with them; a lazy person will let a good tool go to waste.Basa mangwanani.Work should be started early in the morning; delaying it causes things to go wrong.Bhuru rasarira shure rasarira shamhu.Whoever lags behind or is slow to act ends up facing punishment or blame.Chakatairi pasi ndechevanhu vose asi chiri mumuti ndechowagona kukwira.What is easy to reach belongs to everyone, but what requires effort and skill belongs only to those willing to make that effort.Chidhiidhii kutsvara hundi, moyo uri kumakoto.Going through the motions of a task while one's mind and real interest are elsewhere entirely.Chigare chenda kudya, akaitakura.The one who did the carrying, who put in the labour, is the one entitled to enjoy its reward.Chikuni chinoda mukuchidziri.Even good material needs someone to actively work at it before it produces results; potential alone is not enough.Chinokura choga isango, munda kukura huona tewe.Anything left untended without effort yields nothing worthwhile, just as an uncultivated field produces nothing but weeds.Chinokura usipo imombe, munda unokura nokuvandurirwa.Different kinds of prosperity grow differently; some, like livestock, increase almost on their own, while others, like a field of crops, need constant tending to flourish.Chisi chako, pembera wadya.What is not yours, celebrate only once you have eaten it: do not count on another person's promise or property until it is actually in your hands.Chisi hachieri musi vacharimwa.The punishment for breaking the rest-day taboo does not show on the day the field was ploughed: the consequences of wrongdoing come later.Dzavira mutswanda hadzichanetsi kunhonga.Once something has already been gathered into place, the remaining work of using or collecting it becomes easy.Gapakapa ndere fodya remhudzi rinokura nokusakurirwa.Neglect allows unwanted things to take root and flourish unchecked.Gangaidzwa vavigi kunhuhwa kwaakafa.Those responsible for dealing with an unpleasant problem are the ones who must bear its full unpleasantness.Hari haiviri isina mukuchidziri.Nothing succeeds without someone actively working to keep it going.Jongosi kunyimwa mashanga, iro ndiro rakarima gombo.It is a bitter injustice when the one who did the hard work to make something succeed is the one denied its reward.Kunokanganwa mudyi wenyemba muoreri wamateko haakanganwi.Whoever simply enjoys the result forgets the effort behind it, but whoever did the hard work never does.Kuwanda kwakanaka, kwakaipira mukupedza muto.Many hands are welcome for work, but too many mouths finish a small portion of food all the faster.Kuwanda kwemaoko kunotsonza ndima.When many hands work together, the task gets finished quickly.Murimi anodya amire.A hard worker rarely gets to rest fully, snatching a meal between one task and the next.Mushambadzi haagari pasi.Someone in business must keep working and searching for opportunity, not wait idly for it to arrive.Ndima yabatwa yasundika.Once a task has actually been started, it is already well on its way toward being finished.Ndima yasakurwa haidzoki.Work that has been properly done stays done; genuine effort is never wasted or reversed.Ngoma ndedzemiti kutsemuka tinoveza dzedu.When something we relied on breaks or fails, we are still capable of making our own replacement.Pagara murimi pagara mupopoti.Wherever real effort and hard work happen, a grumbler always seems to turn up alongside it.Rwizi rukuru madirano.Great achievements are usually made up of many smaller contributions coming together.Sango rinopa waneta.Reward tends to come to those who put in real, persistent effort, not to the idle.Zuva rimwe hariradzi munda.Missing one day does not ruin a field: a day's delay does not undo a task, and there is still time to catch up.
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