Tsumo
Ishe-ndishe muranda-muranda.
Zvinorehwa
Munhu ari pasi kana kuti ari pachinzvimbo chiri pasi haangaegoni kuzvifanamidza nouyo ari pamusoro pake mukuita zvaanoda. Anoita zvaanoda ndishe, kwete uya ari pasi pashe; haangaiti kuda kwake sezvinoita ishe.
What it means
A person of lower status cannot act as they please towards someone above them; only the one in authority can do as they wish, not the one beneath them.
Word for word
A chief is a chief (and) a subject is a subject.
Mamwe mataurirwo
Ishe-ndishe ngoya ndingoya. (ngoya: kraalhead)
Gunguo nyangwe rogeza sei idema chete.