Play time: 29:29 minutes. Recorded in Shiru, Kenya, April 7, 2014.

Vivuri Vahera 2

Linet Mmbone

Wa mukere uyu yasiomanga vatende vamuseka vamuvolela ndi "ukikiri, via walitsa ku vikutula kalunu kijira wali watonya makono. Lelo ulamanya igasi yosi ligali." Na kijira mukere uyu yali musiro, yamanya natanga kwononyia vindu via musakulu yamulekela viosi. Yagulitsa mitugu jiosi pee, kandi nagadilitsa umwana wewe muyayi uyu vagulitsa mulimi. Mukere lwa yanyola tsisendi yatanga kogendagenda vudamanu ole aveye na mabesa ligali muno. Na uduki kumanya mwana wa enzoka ni enzoka, mukere uyu yatanga kulwala vudinyu ligali muno. Yamanya naduka inyinga vulwalye vwamutsida ligali muno. Yamanya naduka ku inyinga yamanya nakutsa. Uduki kumanya mukere uyu lwa yakutsa galoleka avula imbili avula inyuma, ku vandu vatevanga muyayi wewe ndi leta ku amang'ondo ga mwagulitsa mulimi. Muyayi uyu yajibanga vutswa, "tevi umukutsu uyu." Vamutevanga wa vashira amang'ondo. Ku vandu vamanya vava ni ligenya muno. Ku vandu vahongera koteva musakulu yamolomanga vuli kase navutsa si yahulila mba. Galoleka mukere akutsi kimanani, vujira kindu chosi dave na musakulu yamuleka ni miandu minyinge ligali muno. Ku vatende vamanya ni viga kindu ku mukere uyu ligali muno ni kivune mukere uyu alava yalonda amang'ana gu musakulu yamuvolela kase kase ngani si yakutsa vwangu mba navutsa yali mukere musiru ligali muno. Na kalunu gamanya gekoleka ndi muyayi yatigala uyu yatigala muvisandu; avula mama kandi avula baba. Mwana uyu yavugula vuvereri vunyinge ni kivune yagotitsa vivuli veve vosi. Ku muyayi uyu mundu yatsa kumuvugula ni kivune yali ni tsimbavasi ligali muno. Lwa vivuli veve vatula ho ma na atigala weng'ine, ku mundu uyu yamanya navugula muyayi uyu ni vatsia komenya nangaye. Amukonyange imiyinzi jia hango hehe nu ku mwaitsila eng'ombe. Na mundu uyu yamenya na mwana muyayi uyu navutsa yamuvititsilanga mu mateso ligali muno. Mundu uyu yali yamanya mima jiali jiu mukere oyo. Ku yatusanga mwana muyayi vuli kase kase ma muyayi atanga kulila ligali muno. Mundu uyu yavolela mwana muyayi uyu chu luswa lwa mama wovo yali musiru nagulitsa mulimi. Tula utsie. Kumbe mwana wa enzoka ni wa enzoka. Ku muyayi uyu yahulilitsanga ndio ma atanga kulila mwene ma atanga kweteva mateva manyinge ligali muno. Na kijira ki mama wange yali mukere musiru, muyayi uyu yavereranga lgali muno ma yilana kolola afadhali mama alakutsa na baba alatigala. Baba wange alatigala vwali vuve vukala ligali muno ni kivune ndeseka kijira mama wange yandeka ku mmbasu. Si yali mukere wu vogeli mba. Lugano yilu lukwigitsanga kove avageli inyinga lwa komenya mu kivala kinu, kandi mukere nutigaye hango hoho winalitse kokola miyinzi jijio hango hoho mwene kandi uduki kumanya amigitsu gakonya ligali muno. Kijira galakwumbaka mu limenya lilio ligali muno.

Nyenya kandi kumuvolela lugano. Mbeye yaha ni lugano lwa isindu anoho tsisindu.

Isindu na kanyonyi kakutsutsu ligali muno. Na kanyonyi yaka ni kanyonyi kakekeke vutswa kajolijoli ligali muno, yani akambalambala ligali muno. Kali madiku gali ga kale, tsisindu tsiagwitsanga nivakataga viukulia kuli amavere, ovoro na maduma. Inyinga ye viukulia yivi vieginganga tsisindu tsialoleka ligali. Ku vasakulu vali va kale vateganga tsisindu kandi valomba viyonzo via vavikamu tsisindu stiavo vene. Ku vasakulu yava vatsitsanga kotega tsisindu, valombanga kindu cha kulanganga mulage ma vavugula tsisindu tsiavo vavika ku mulage gwavo igulu ku musala. Chekolekanga tsisindu tsiatanganga kusavasava tsisavasava ndi 'suvi suvi suvi' yani tsilangilitsanga tsinde tsitse vwangu. Na musakulu uyu yivisanga mmaduma ma achiling'ana ligali muno. Kasindu yaka kaburukanga ma kahulilitsa garaha garaha ni katsa wi tsinde tsiveye ma kaluha kaduka na musakulu uyu yalomba uvuginga vwivwe ligali muno. Lwa kasindu katula yila ni kanyenyeka si kamanya ku vakukatega dave. Katsitsanga makagwa mu vuginga tsana vwangu. Ma kakora kagumila isindu na musakulu yahulila ni kabalabala yagenda vwangu ligali muno. Ma atsia atulitsa mu isindu yeye, yavoholola vulahi nagumiyi vudinyu kijira kanyala kuburuka nutagimiyi vudinyu kalatsia kaburuke ma wegose ma katsie ligali muno. Ku vasakulu yava ni vagimilanga tsisindu anoho isindu vavoholanga kagoye mwing'oti vwangu ma kandi vavoha tsimbaha. Na niva venya kusamba vavunanyia torenge inyinga yakaduka isa yu musakulu yavugulanga isindu ama tsisindu ma avika ku kisala vulahi ma atanga kusamba yani kwuminya ambaha gatuli ku vulahi muno. Na uduki kumanya isindu si vasinza dave; vasamba tsa ku mulilu ma ikutsa yene vutsa. Ku musakuru yakatiyala kolomba mwene yalanganga mukere na umanye mukere yakokereka munyu gwigwe vulahi muno. Mukere uyu yikalanga kumashiga ma atanga kulunga tsisindu ama isindu, mukere uyu yasihilitsanga isindu yeye. Uduki kumanya vandu va kale si vadekela isindu amaguta mba. Mukere yadeka isindu nu munyu ma asihilitsa tsa vutsa; yani munyu gwi ligoke mukereka ma ata mu ijumbi ma yuma ma yakamala kodeka mukere yihule tsisindu tsitsie. Ma akunika vulahi ole kase kibusi kinyala kumugenda vudamanu. Tsisindu tsiakashia mukere uyu yalikanga uvuchima kandi isa ni ikikiri ligali muno, apana vwitu vwa kuruga saa tatu dave. Ku mukere uyu yakaruga vuswage vwivwe vwakashia ma alanga musakulu na avana vavo vosi ma vatanga kuragila isindu anoho tsisindu. Ni vakamala uvuchima vwavo mu inzila indahi ligali muno ni vanwa amatsi garaha garaha ni vasangala ligali muno. Na uduki kumanya musakulu yali yavolela avana veve vakamala kulila vatisavila ku isavuni mba kandi yavavolela ndi "nuragiliyi isindi utisavila isavuni dave." Kandi yavavolela ndi nuragiliyi isindu utatsuganyia ni tsingutsa tsinde dave, ku vali ni vamanya ligali. Na tsisindu iveye ni viukulia via tsialitsanga kuli amavere, vuswage kandi amadia. Ku yaduka inyinga musakulu uyu yavugulanga tsisindu tsitsie ma atsitulitse ku mulage igulu, yavikanga hasi ma atanga kovotsitsa tsisindu tsitsie amadia anoho amavere no voro. Kandi musakuru uyu yahenzanga murimi niva anyala konyola amage ga yalombanga vagalanganga kifumbe. Mage gitsulanga ku lwa yatsitsanga kohenza ma anyola amage kitsuyi mu kifumbe musakulu yavugulanga vwangu ma alletela tsisindu tsitsie ma tsitanga kovotsavotsa na tsisavasava, yani tsilangilitsa tsinde ligali muno kuduka lwa tsiguta kandi musakulu uyu amanya avuguli yilanyie ku mulage igulu kijira tsiakiguta ligali muno. Yaduka inyinga ya hamugorova yatsitsanga kutulitsa kandi ku mulage ili tsivotse kandi vulahi. Na milage yalange nangajio minyinge ligali muno. Tsisindu yitsi tsiakonyanga musakulu uyu vuli kase kase ni kivune isindu ni kanyonyi kakutsutsu navutswa ni kanolu ligali muno. Kali kigumba cha isindu musakulu uyu yamenena vutswa ama vasakulu yava vamenena vutswa kigumba tsana ma vamira vutswa ku musakulu uyu yalola tsisindu tsiveye nu vukala ku ye muno kijila yali ni yamanya vulahi vwa tsio kandi tsiamukonya ku tsingutsa. Ku kanyonyi yaka kalahi ligali muno ku vandu vosi kandi kali kanolu ligali muno.

Nyenya komoloma ku vandu vavili; mundu mugeli ni mundu musilu.

Mundu mugeli lwa yivulwanga na mama weve nyasaye amuvika mu kivala chiche, nyasaye amuhetsa tsinganagani ma amuha tsimoni, amatuyi ni virenge na makono ni vindu viosi vienyekana vive ku mundu. Nyasaye atsitsagililanga kumulinda nu kumuvambalitsa tsinganagani tsitsie ligali muno na mwene namanya cha anyala kokola mu kivala ma amuha kuduka aluha aduka mundu muhindira ligali muno. Na naganaganyia mu tsinganagani tsitsie kuli anyala komenya mu kivala nakola vindu vinyinge mu limenya mwene ma atanga kwumbaka lushia lwilwe mwene na nasala nyasaye amuhe vogeli ma aluha aleta mukaye yani mukere ma vatanga komenya nu kwivula avana va nyasaye avetsa yamubangila na ni vavambalitsa lushia lwilwe ligali muno. Ma kandi atanga kusominya avana va nyasaye avetsa yamuha ma avana vatanga konyola tsigasi nyasaye na vaha vulamu. Na tsinganagani tsiavo ni tsiviruka ligali. Mundu uyu ma atanga kumanya ndi hango hehe nyasaye yakatanga kugingula ho ligali muno kijila yali no vogeli ni limanya ni likola si yachama ku mba. Ma nyasaye atanga koleta vulavu hango hehe ni yigula tsinzila ma atanga konyola miandu mu inzila ya mavere ligali muno kijila nyasaye yamahuha tsinganagani tsindahi ligali muno kandi si yali ku mundu wi kilage dave, yahulila amang'ana ga mama weve anoho avivuli veve ligali muno. Ku nyasaye natanga kumugasitsa mu tsinzila tsinyinge ligali muno. Ku nyasaye yamugasitsa halala na avana yavaha tsigasi ligali muno ma vanyola vindu kandi va igulu vahela ku vo. Na musala nyasaye ligali kijira niye unyala vindu viosi ligali muno. Ni miandu jituluka hango hinyu kuli amatsi na mukere nasala vuli kase kase ku nyasaye na avakolela malahi kijira mundu uyu yasala amuhe vogeli ligali muno. Yamanya namuha vogeli tsana. Ku mundu musiru navita hango hoho anyola hango hatsilila ligali muno midoga jiveye ho, tsinyumba tsindahi ligali muno na vandu va imbodoka vatanga kovola mwene vio na kumbe yive mwene nyasaye yakuha tsingangani tsindahi tsia kokola mu miyinzi jijio halala ni lushia lwolwo lwosi.

Mundu musiru nu mundu vutswa kijira inyinga lwa amenya ku kivala si amanyi ku kindu chosi dave. Mundu uyu kali agotwa ni vwaha yanomba na nambika ku lilova linu; aveye ku ho vutswa. Nyasaye yamuha tsinganagani navutswa si yamanya kutsitumikila mba ni kivune mundu uyu si aveye ku na heshima mba. Yakila tsa konyegana vutswa, agotswa vivuli vamulela. Yalembana tsa vuli lwosi vuchia nu vwila. Yava tsa mulala mwele kali agotswa kivala kevola kindiki mba; aveye ku ho tsa kuli avula ho, avula umbili na inyuma, gosi gamufwananila kijira si yahulila amigitsu ga vivuli veve dave ni kivune yahangala ligali muno, kali nyasaye amulola ma adaka cha anyala kumuvolela ligali muno. Kali mundu uyu avula mukere avula mwana yani kijira tsinganagani tsitsie tsiadamana tsikola igasi vulahi mba, ni mundu muchamu ni kivune amanyi kindu chosi dave. Kolondekana ku limenya lilala lia mundu musiru ku lwa yago yive mundu mugeli ni mwagana naye atanga kokosemanyia vudamanu namoloma ndi "si umanyi nive yie mwene vio" Mundu uyu ya yivila nyasaye yali ni yamuyanza navutsa siyahulila dave ni kivune ya yoneka vwongo vwivwe ma atanga kokola vindu vitenyekana mu tsinganagani tsia mundu murungi mba. Kijira kali nohenza mundu musiru namoloma ku mundu yasingila vulungi yive mundu murungi umanya olola kali si nyala kolondekana nangaye dave kijila yayinga. Lugano lwange lufwere yaho.

Parents who perished 2

When this woman was condemning the neighbors they laughed at her saying that she hasn't seen it all and what she was eating is getting out of her because she had fallen her arms. Today she will know all the work and because this woman was foolish she began destroying the things that the husband had left for her. She sold all the cattle and she tricked the boy into selling the land. When she had sold she started walking bad and showing off that she had money. You should know that the child of a snake is a snake. This woman fell sick. It reached a point the sickness defeated her and she got to a point and she died. You should know that this woman doesn't have any means and people were asking the boy to provide some money that they got from selling the land but he says, "ask the one that is dead" they asked him where they too the money and people were wondering. People used to ask themselves that the husband was talking but she wasn't listening. It happened that the woman died poor without anything and the husband left her with a lot of wealth.

Neighbors learned something from this woman because if she could have followed what the husband was telling her she could have not died early but she was a foolish woman. And it happened that the boy who remained was a total orphan he didn't have mother or father and he was so sorrowful because he had lost the parents. Someone came to take this boy because she had mercy. When the parents died he remained alone and this person came to take him and they went to stay together. He assists her with home duties and look after her cow. This person was staying with this boy but she was treating him bad. She knew the behaviors of the mother. She used to abuse this boy and he used to cry. She used to tell him that the mother was foolish she sold the land. She could ask him to leave. The child of a snake is a snake. This boy used to listen to that and he cries and asks himself many questions.

He could wonder why the mother was foolish. He wished that the mother could have died and the father could have survived. If the father could have remained it could have been well but he is suffering because the mother left him on the sun. She was not a woman of wisdom. This story is teaching us that we should be clever during the time that we are staying in this world. And when a woman has remained at home she should learn to do her own things and know that teachings are very helpful they will build you in your life.

I also want to tell you a story. I have a story of a quail or quails.

Quail is a small thing. This bird is a small bird. Long time ago the quails were falling down when they have planted food like millet, wheat and maize. The time when these feed were growing up the quails were seen at most. The old men of the past used to trap the quails by making the places where they keep their quails. Know these men used to go and hunt the quails they used to make something that we call Mulage. They used to take the quails and keep them in their mulage on the tree. What used to happen is that the quails used to start to borrow while on the tree. They used to borrow like this 'throw throw throw' they were calling others to come very fast. And this man used to hide in the maize and keeps quiet. This quail used to fly and listen keenly then it comes to where other quails are and this old man has made his trap. When the quail comes from there slowly it doesn't know that they are trapping it. It goes and falls into the trap very fast. Then the man comes and removes his quail while holding it tightly because it can fly away if you don't hold it tightly. It can escape, fly and you wonder.

Now when these men caught the quail they used to tie a rope on the neck and the wings. And if they wanted to roast they used to break the legs when the time comes the old man used to put the quail or quails on a stick then he starts to roast them so as to remove the furs well. You should know that the quail is not slaughtered they burn it on fire and it dies. When the old man has prepared it he used to call the wife, and you know the wife has prepared her soda ash well. The woman used to sit on near the fire and begins to prepare her quail. She used to fry the quail and you should know that people in the past were not using cooking oil. The woman used to fry the quails using soda ash prepared from ash then she add salt and after cooking she removes it from the fire. She used to cover it well and the cat could not play her. She could bake maize flour while it is still time not like the way we do by cooking it at 9PM. After she has prepared her baked maize flour she now calls her husband and the children and they eat the baked maize flour and the quails. After eating their baked maize flour in the right way they drink water as they rejoice. You should know that the husband had warned his children from washing their hands with soap after eating the quail. He used to tell them, "when you eat baked maize flour and quail you should not wash your hands" he had also warned them from mixing the quail with other vegetables and they knew that. The quails have feed that they take like millet.

It reached a time when the old man used to remove his quails from the trap and keeps them down then he starts to feed them with the millet or wheat. This old man used to search hi farm whether he could find the ants that they used to prepare. When the old man could find the ants he used to bring his quails fast and they feed on them as they borrow. They used to call others and when they are satisfied the old man used to take them back to the trap on top of the tree because they were satisfied. In the evening he used to remove them from the trap so that they feed well. He had many traps and these quails were important and helpful to him because a quail is a small animal but very tasty. Even the bone of this quail the old man or men used to eat them and they swallow. This man saw that the quails were very important to him because he knew the importance and they used to assist him as vegetable. This bird is good to all the people and it very tasty.

I want to speak about two people; a clever and a foolish one.

A clever person when born God keeps him in his world, God gives him thoughts, eyes, ears, legs, and everything that is supposed to be on a person. God continues to keep him and expanding his ideas as he thinks of what he can do in this world and he continues and becomes a big person. As he thinks of how he can stay and does many things in his life then he begins to build on his foundation as he prays God to give him wisdom. And then he marries a wife. Then they begin to give birth to the children that God has planned for them and they expand on his lineage. Then they start to educate the children that God has given them and the children get jobs as God gives them good health. As there brains grow. Then this person knows that God has started raising his home because he was wise and action and he is not vague. Then God brings light in his home as he opens the ways and he gets wealth in fast way because God has given him good thoughts because he wasn't a stubborn person. He was listening to the words of the parents.

That is when God began blessing him in many ways. God has blessed him the children have received jobs and they are speaking with the ones on top. And as you pray to God because he is the one who manage everything. And wealth flows in your home like water as the mother prays for him daily to God he do great to them because this person has prayed God to give him wisdom. He gave him the wisdom. When a fool passes near your home he finds that the home is cool with vehicles, good houses and the people who are jealous begins to speak about the owner and it is God who has given you good thoughts for doing great works together with your whole lineage.

A foolish person is useless because the moment he is staying in the world he doesn't know anything. He wonders who made him and kept him on this world. He is just there. God has given him thoughts but he doesn't use them because he doesn't have respect. He is abusive and he argues with the parents who looked after him. He is ever complaining day and night. He is alone he doesn't even know what the world is saying. He is like he is not there. He doesn't have a way where he is heading. Everything is the same to him because he didn't listen to what the parents were saying. He is ever arguing. Even when God looks at him he wonders what he can really tell him. This person doesn't have a wife or children because his senses are bad and they are not working well. He is confused because he doesn't know anything.

According to the same life of a foolish person you clever person you are correct but he begins to speak bad about you as he says this, "you know you are the one owning all" this person has forgotten that God had loved him but he wasn't listening the reason is that his brain was spoiled. Then he begins to do things that a normal person cannot do in his real sense. Because when you look at a foolish person when he speaks to a person who is standing firm you find that you can not move with him because he is a fool. My story has ended there.