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Moshilando sho malipyakidilo mo Nairobi shoo oshina onghalo ya yooloka no ka muna efiloshisho ngaashi keumbo, omwa kala ongudu yovamati vehana momaumbo omo ha vadi. Oha vatambulako efiku keshe lili ngaashi lili. Ongula yefiku limwe, konima eshi ovamati ava va penduka ova yalulula oishiinda yavo polupanda olo la li la talala. Opo va nee ve likufe outalala ova tema omundilo noimbodi. Mokati kongudu yovamati omwa li muna umwe haifanwa Magozwe. Yee oye ali mushona kuvakwao.
In the busy city of Nairobi, far away from a caring life at home, lived a group of homeless boys. They welcomed each day just as it came.
On one morning, the boys were packing their mats after sleeping on cold pavements. To chase away the cold they lit a fire with rubbish.
Among the group of boys was Magozwe. He was the youngest.
Eshi ovakulunhu va Magozwe va xulako okwali ashike ena eedula dili nanho. Okwaya a ka kale naxekulu . Xekulu ka kwali ena efiloshisho naye. Yee ka kwali hemupe oikulya yawana. Navali okwali he mulongifa oilonga ihapu idjuu.
When Magozwe’s parents died, he was only five years old. He went to live with his uncle. This man did not care about the child. He did not give Magozwe enough food. He made the boy do a lot of hard work.
Ngeenge Magozwe ta ngongota ile ena omapulo xekulu okwali hemu denge yee tatii ” ove elai neenghono ito dulu oku lihongosha. Konima yeedula nhatu do kuhepekwa Magozwe okwa fadukapo xekulu . Okwa ka kala hadi momapandaanda.
If Magozwe complained or questioned, his uncle beat him. When Magozwe asked if he could go to school, his uncle beat him and said, “You’re too stupid to learn anything.”
After three years of this treatment Magozwe ran away from his uncle. He started living on the street.
Onghalo yomomapandaanda okwali idjuu, novamati vahapu ovo velimo oha va nyengwa oku mona oikulya keshe efiku. Omafimbo amwe oha vakwatwa po , nefimbo limwe oha va dengwa. Ngeenge tava vele kapena nande omunhu he va twala koshipangelo. Ongudu ei oya li hai xupu moimaliwa ishona oyo vakufa moku ehela , mokulandifa oinailona nomoyeekelwashi oyo haidulu oku alulwa. Onghalamwenyo okwali idjuu unene shaashi omwalli muna eengudu ha di ndjifafana doo ta di lu tadi kondjo di kale dina eenghono moshilando.
Street life was difficult and most of the boys struggled daily just to get food. Sometimes they were arrested, sometimes they were beaten. When they were sick, there was no one to help.
The group depended on the little money they got from begging, and from selling plastics and other recycling.
Life was even more difficult because of fights with rival groups who wanted control of parts of the city.
Efiku limwe manga Magowe ta hadaula mendoloma loimbodi, okwe litwa mo okambo kouhokololo ka kaka koo oka kulupa. Okwe ka wapaleka omakako ndele te ka tula moshako. Okudja opo okwa kala nee he kakufamo moshako keshe efiku yee ta tale omafano. Yee ka kwali eshii oku lesha oitya.
One day while Magozwe was looking through the dustbins, he found an old tattered storybook. He cleaned the dirt from it and put it in his sack.
Every day after that he would take out the book and look at the pictures. He did not know how to read the words.
Omafano okwali ta a ulike ehokolololo lomumati aka ninga omushingidila eshi a kula. Magowe okwa kala ha tu ondjodi yomutenya eshi naye ta kala omushingidila. Omafimbo amwe oha kala ta dilaadila ewete afa oye omumati ou eli mehokololo.
The pictures told the story of a boy who grew up to be a pilot.
Magozwe would daydream of being a pilot. Sometimes, he imagined that he was the boy in the story.
Okwali kwa talala na Magozwe okwali a fikama pomadidiliko opeendjila ta ehela. Omulumenhu umwe okwa enda a yuka kuye ndele tati ” Halo edina lange aame Thomas . Oha ndi longo popepi, ponhele ili apa to dulu oku pewaposha shokulya, omulumenhu osho emulombwela. Okwa ulika ketungo loluvala lishunga lina oipeleki itwima eulu ndele tatii “onde lineekela oto dulu okuyako uka pewe oikulya”. Magozwe okwa tala komulumenhu ndele ta tale keumbo, , okwa nyamukula tati ” eeheno shiimba” Magozwe ta nyamukula ndele yee ta pilameneko.
It was cold and Magozwe was standing on the road begging. A man walked up to him. “Hello, I’m Thomas. I work near here, at a place where you can get something to eat,” said the man.
He pointed to a yellow house with a blue roof. “I hope you will go there to get some food?” he asked.
Magozwe looked at the man, and then at the house. “Maybe,” he said, and walked away.
Konima yeemwedi da landulako ongudu younona ovo vehena omaumbo omo ha vadi ova ka ikilila oku mona Thomas momundingonoko. Okwali e hole okupopya novanhu unene tuu ovo havadi momapandaanda. Okwali omunandjungu nomulididimiki, ka kwali ha ngwenyauna ovanhu yee okuna efimaneko novanhu. Ovamati vamwe ova tameka okuya keumbo loluvala lishunga loipeleki i twima eulu vakapewa oikulya pefimbo lomutenya.
Over the months that followed, the homeless boys got used to seeing Thomas around. He liked to talk to people, especially people living on the streets.
Thomas listened to the stories of people’s lives. He was serious and patient, never rude or disrespectful. Some of the boys started going to the yellow and blue house to get food at midday.
Magozwe okwali eli omutumba polupanda ta tale omafano eshi Thomas euya okukala omutumba puye vashaama. “Ehokololo ota li popi kombinga yashike”? Thomas ta pula. “Ota li popi kombinga yomumati a ninga omushingidila”, Magozwe ta nyamukula. “Omumati olye edina laye?” Thomas ta pula.” “Ka ndishishi, ka ndishi oku lesha” Magozwe ta nyamukula nengungumano.
Magozwe was sitting on the pavement looking at his picture book when Thomas sat down next to him.
“What is the story about?” asked Thomas.
“It’s about a boy who becomes a pilot,” replied Magozwe.
“What’s the boy’s name?” asked Thomas.
“I don’t know, I can’t read,” said Magozwe quietly.
Eshi va shakena, Magozwe okwa tameka oku hokololela Thomas kombinga yonghalamwenyo yaye mwene. Ehokololo laye okwali ta popi kombinga ya xekulu nemeumbo tomenho olo lemukufamo meumbo laxekulu . Thomas okwali ha pwilikine alushe noukeka, iha nyamukula luhapu , yee ina lombwela nande Magozwe kutya okuna oku ninga po shike.
When they met, Magozwe began to tell his own story to Thomas. It was the story of his uncle and why he ran away.
Thomas didn’t talk a lot, and he didn’t tell Magozwe what to do, but he always listened carefully.
Sometimes they would talk while they ate at the house with the blue roof.
Pefimbo lefiku ledalo la Magozwe eshi a wanifa eedula omulongo, Thomas okwe mupa okambo kouhokololo. Omwali muna okahokololo ta ka popi kombinga yomumati a kulila komukunda ndele ta kaninga omudanitanga a fimana. Thomas okwa leshela Mazogwe okahokololo oikando ihapu fiyo efiku limwe e mulombwela tati “ondi wete efimbo olafika opo uye koskola ove u ke lihonge oku lesha”. “oushi uditeko ngahelipi?” Thomas okwa hokolola kutya okushi onhele imwe opo hapa dulu oku kala ounona voo ta va yi kofikola.
Around Magozwe’s tenth birthday, Thomas gave him a new storybook. It was a story about a village boy who grew up to be a famous soccer player.
Thomas read that story to Magozwe many times, until one day he said, “I think it’s time you went to school and learned to read. What do you think?” Thomas explained that he knew of a place where children could stay, and go to school.
Mazogwe okwali ta dilaadila onhele ei ipe no kuya kofikola. Ota shi ka kala nga helipi pamwe xekulu okwali eli mondjila, yee pamwe omulayi shili unene nokulihonga? Ngeenge ounona vakwao ove mu denge ngeenge ayi monhele ei ipe?Okwali a tila ” Shiimba oshili vali xwepo oku kala momapandaanda.” Osho elipula.
Magozwe thought about this new place, and about going to school. What if his uncle was right and he was too stupid to learn anything?
What if they beat him at this new place? He was afraid. “Maybe it is better to stay living on the street,” he thought.
Okwa holola oumbada waye ku Thomas. Efimbo nefimbo Thomas okwe mu kwashilipaleka kutya onghalamwenyo otai kala iwa konhele ipe.
He shared his fears with Thomas. Over time the man reassured the boy that life could be better at the new place.
Okudja opo Magozwe okwa tembukila monduda ipe meumbo loipeleki i twima omafo. Monduda okwali ha va kalamo novamati vaavali ovo a hanga mo. Meumbo oha mu kala ounona veli omulongo aveshe aveshe kumwe.
And so Magozwe moved into a room in a house with a green roof. He shared the room with two other boys.
Altogether there were ten children living at that house. Along with Auntie Cissy and her husband, three dogs, a cat, and an old goat.
Magozwe osho a ta meke ofikola, ashike okwali shidjuu kuye. Okwali a pitililwao kushihapu. Omafimbo amwe okwali a hala okushuna monima. Ashike okwali ha dilaadila kombinga yomushingidila nomudanitanga venya va hokololwa mokambo kouhokololo. Ngaashi naana voo, yee naye ina shuna monima.
Magozwe started school and it was difficult. He had a lot to catch up. Sometimes he wanted to give up.
But he thought about the pilot and the soccer player in the storybooks. Like them, he did not give up.
Magozwe okwali eli omutumba moluumbo keumbo loluvala lishunga noipeleki i twima omafo, ta lesha okambo kouhokololo a dja nako kofikola. Thomas okwe ya ndele ta kala omutumba va shaama naye. “Okambo ota ka popi kombinga yashike?” Thomas ta pula. “Ota kapopi kombinga yomumati a ninga omulongifikola.” Magozwe ta nyamukula. ” Omumati olye edina laye?” Thomas ta pula. “Edina laye o Magozwe.” Magozwe ta nyamukula nelimemesho.
Magozwe was sitting in the yard at the house with the green roof, reading a storybook from school. Thomas came up and sat next to him.
“What is the story about?” asked Thomas.
“It’s about a boy who becomes a teacher,” replied Magozwe.
“What’s the boy’s name?” asked Thomas.
“His name is Magozwe,” said Magozwe with a smile.
Lesley Koyi
Wiehan de Jager
Bertha Haimbodi
Oshikwanyama
Level 5
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