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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2022
Maswabi, Monyohe, le Masilo, tsatsing le hlahlamang. Masilo o paqame ka mpa pela nkgwana ya jwala. Monyohe o dutse pela hae. Maswabi o dutse thokonyana o itshetlehile ka lebota. Ba a qoqa.
Masilo: O reng morena wa hao, Maswabi?
Maswabi: Wena ha se wa hao na? Kapa le wena o se o kene hlopheng sela se seng?
Masilo: Tjhe bo, le nna e ntse e le wa ka. Ke re ke wa hao hobane wena le yena le batla le utlwisisana hantle.
Maswabi: Wena ha o mo utlwisise, Masilo?
Masilo: Ha o bua o le ka pele ho nna, o hlalosa boikemiso ba hao, ke ye ke utlwe ke utlwisisa hantle. Empa ha ke se ke le mong, ke leka ho ikgopotsa hore na o ne o ntse o reng, ke ye ke fumane ho se ho re tsho feela. Le ha morena a bua ho jwalo feela. Nna ke ye ke re ka pelo: ‘Ngwana batho, itholele. Tsena ditaba ke tsa batho, e seng bathwana!’
(Monyohe o a tsheha)
Maswabi: Ha o motho, wena Masilo?
Masilo: Pela ntsu le lenong, na motintinyane o ka re ke nonyana?
Maswabi: O a tseba motintinyane o ne o hlole, wa hapa borena?
Masilo: E, empa wa busa mang ha le sephooko se ne be sa behwa hore se o dise? Lona le bolenong, bontsu, le fofa hodimodimo kwana meyeng e batang, moo le bonang dintho di sa le holehole. Rona diphuleng le dithoteng moo, re bonang?
Maswabi: O mpa o inyefola feela. Ke a tseba o rata ho phoqa haholo.
Monyohe: Tjhe, kajeno o buile nnete feela. Tsa lona le morena batho ba bangata ha ba di utlwisise hantle. Ba bangata ba tseba hore le nahana botle le toka feela mme ba a le tshepa. Empa ba bang, ba reng ba a le utlwisisa le ha ba sa dumellane le lona, nna ke ye ke bone hore ba mpa ba qala mashano feela ruri hobane ha le hlalosa, motho ofe le ofe ya le mametseng, o dumellana le lona.
Maswabi: Empa na le a tseba hore ha ke dumellane le morena nthong tsohle?
Masilo: Ke qala le ho utlwa, nna. O ne o ntse o tseba tseo Monyohe?
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