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በድሮ ዘመን አንድ ደስተኛ ቤተሰብ ነበረ።
Once upon a time,
there lived a happy
family.
Hapo zamani za kale, paliishi familia yenye furaha.
አንድም ቀን እርስበርሳቸው ተጣልተው አያውቁም። ልጆቹም ቤተሰባቸውን ቤት ውስጥም ሆነ በመስክ ላይ ያግዙ ነበር።
They never fought with
each other. They helped
their parents at home
and in the fields.
Hawakugombana hata kidogo. Watoto waliwasaidia wazazi nyumbani na shambani.
ነገር ግን እሳት ወዳለበት አካባቢ እንዲጠጉ አልተፈቀደላቸውም።
But they were not
allowed to go near a
fire.
Lakini, walikatazwa kwenda karibu na moto.
ስራቸውን ማከናወን የነበረባቸው በምሽት ነበር። ምክንያቱም የተሰሩት ከሰም ስለነበር!
They had to do all their
work during the night.
Because they were made of wax!
Walifanya kazi zao zote usiku. Hii ni kwa sababu walikuwa wameumbwa kwa nta.
ነገር ግን ከልጆቹ አንደኛው በጠራራ ፀሐይ ለመውጣት ቋመጠ።
But one of the boys
longed to go out in the
sunlight.
Lakini, kijana mmoja alitamani kwenda nje wakati wa mchana.
አንድ ቀን ፍላጎቱ በጣም አየለ፤ ወንድሞቹም በጣም አስጠነቀቁት።
One day the longing
was too strong. His
brothers warned him…
Siku moja tamaa ya kwenda nje ikazidi. Wenzake wakamwonya asiende juani. Lakini, hakusikia.
ምን ያረጋል! ምክርም አልሰማ አለና፣ የፀሐዩ ሙቀትም አቀለጠው።
But it was too late!
He melted in the hot
sun.
Aliyeyuka kwa sababu joto lilikuwa kali.
ከሰም የተሰሩት ልጆችም በወንድማቸው ሁኔታ እጅግ አዘኑ።
The wax children were
so sad to see their
brother melting away.
Watoto wa nta walihuzunika walipoona kaka yao akiyeyuka.
ሆኖም እቅድ ነደፉ፤ የቀለጠውን ሰም አበጃጅተው እርግብ አደረጉት።
But they made a plan.
They shaped the lump
of melted wax into a
bird.
Wakapanga jambo fulani. Walichukua nta iliyoyeyuka wakatengeza ndege.
እርግቡን ወንድማቸውንም ትልቅ ተራራ ጫፍ ላይ አወጡት።
They took their bird
brother up to a high
mountain.
Wakamweka ndege huyo juu ya mlima mrefu.
ፀሐይዋ ስትጠልቅ ርግቡ ጥዑም ዜማ እያዜመ በመብረር የጠዋት ጮራ እስክትወጣ ድረስ ጨረቃዋ ባደመቀችው ሌሊት ተንሸራሸረ።
And as the sun rose, he
flew away singing into
the morning light.
Jua lilipochomoza asubuhi, akapeperuka akiimba kwa furaha.
Written by: Southern African Folktale
Illustrated by: Wiehan de Jager
Translated by: Dawit Girma
Read by: Abenezer Chane
