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አንድ ቀን እናቴ በጣም ብዙ ፍራፍሬዎች አመጣች።
One day, mama got a lot of fruit.
Siku moja, mama alileta matunda mengi.
መቼ ነው ታዲያ ከፍራፍሬው የምትሰጭን? ብለን ጠየቅን። ‹‹ፍራፍሬውን ማታ እንበላዋለን።›› አለች እማ።
“When can we have some fruit?” we ask.
“We will have the fruit tonight,” says mama.
“Tutakula matunda lini?” tunauliza. “Tutakula matunda leo jioni,” mama anasema.
ወንድሜ ራሂም ስግብግብ ነው። ከሁሉም ፍራፍሬ ቀመሰ። አብዛኛውንም እሱ በላው።
My brother Rahim is greedy. He tastes all the fruit. He eats a lot of it.
Kaka yangu Rahim ni mlafi. Anaonja onja matunda yote. Anakula matunda mengi.
‹‹እዩ እዩ ራሂም ምን እንዳደረገ!›› ታናሹ ወንድሜ ጮኸ። ‹‹ራሂም ክፉ እና ራስ ወዳድ ነው›› አልኩ እኔ።
“Look at what Rahim did!” shouts my little brother.
“Rahim is naughty and selfish,” I say.
“Angalia Rahim alichokifanya!” mdogo wangu analalamika kwa sauti. “Rahim ni mtundu na mchoyo,” ninasema.
እናታችን በራሂም ድርጊት ተናደደች።
Mother is angry with Rahim.
Mama amekasirishwa na Rahim.
እኛም በራሂም ተናደንበታል። ነገር ግን ራሂም ምንም አልመሰለውም።
We are also angry with Rahim. But Rahim is not sorry.
Sisi pia tumekasirishwa na Rahim. Lakini Rahim haombi msamaha.
‹‹ራሂምን አትቀጭውም?›› ሲል ትንሹ ወንድሜ ጠየቀ።
“Aren’t you going to punish Rahim?” asks little brother.
“Hutamwadhibu Rahim?” mdogo wangu anauliza.
‹‹ራሂም፣ ቶሎ ብለህ ይቅርታ ጠይቅ›› እናታችን አስጠነቀቀችው።
“Rahim, soon you will be sorry,” warns mama.
“Rahim, muda si mrefu utajuta,” mama anaonya.
ራሂምም ወዲያው ይታመም ጀመር።
Rahim starts to feel sick.
Rahim anaanza kuhisi kuumwa.
‹‹ሆዴን በጣም አመመኝ›› በማለት ራሂም አልጎመጎመ።
“My tummy is so sore,” whispers Rahim.
“Tumbo langu linauma sana,” Rahim ananong’ona.
እናታችን ይህ ሊከሰት እንደሚችል ታውቅ ነበር። ፍራፍሬው ራሂምን እየቀጣው ነው።
Mama knew this would happen. The fruit is punishing Rahim!
Mama alijua hili litatokea. Matunda yanamwadhibu Rahim!
በኋላም ራሂም ይቅርታ ጠየቀን። ‹‹ከእንግዲህ ዳግመኛ ስግብግብ አልሆንም›› በማለት ቃል ገባ። ሁላችንም አመንነው።
Later, Rahim says sorry to us. “I will never be so greedy again,” he promises.
And we all believe him.
Baadaye, Rahim anatuomba msamaha. “Kamwe sitakuwa mlafi tena,” anaahidi. Na sote tunamwamini.
Written by: Adelheid Marie Bwire
Illustrated by: Melany Pietersen
Translated by: Dawit Girma
Read by: Abenezer Chane
