Kusaziva mumvuri worufu.

Zvinorehwa

Munhu asingazivi akafanana nomunhu akafa. Vakuru vanotaura tsumo iyi pavanhu vanoratidza kusaziva pane zvinhu zvinozivikanwa nokugonekwa navamwe.

What it means

Someone who does not know something is like someone who is dead; elders say this of people who show ignorance of things known and understood by others.

Word for word

Ignorance is like the shadow of death.