Ulusumo lululo, lulolile bhuhambohambo bho gudima nzoka gukila ugudima ijikolo ja bhangi. Ubhudimi bho nzoka bhugikalaga niyange lya gulung’wa ni  nzoka yiniyo, kunguno inzoka iningi jigikalaga na bhusungu.

Aliyo lulu, ugudima ijikolo ja bhangi gugabhizaga niyange itale kukila ugwidima nzoka, kunguno undimi adulile guding’wa na gutulwa mpaga ucha. Hunagwene abhanhu bhagayombaga giki, “dima nzoka udizudima jikolo ja bhangi.”

Ulusumo lunulo, lugalenaganijiyagwa kuli munhu uyo agamanaga usola jikolo ja bhangi bho nduhu uguzunilijiwa, umukikalile kakwe. Umunhu ng’wunuyo, agitanagwa nsambo kunguno agabhib’ilaga abhiye ijikolo jabho. Uweyi adamanile igiki agiyenhelejaga kupandika makoye ayo galikihayo na guding’wa utulwa mpaga ucha.

Umunhu ng’wunuyo, agikolaga nuyo agogoha gudima nzoka bho gusola jikolo ja bhangi wiyenheleja gutulwa mpaga ucha, kunguno nu weyi agibhaga jikolo ja bhangi abho bhadulile gundina na kumulaga. Hunagwene abhanhu bhagang’wilaga giki, “dima nzoka udizudima jikolo ja bhangi.”

Ulusumo lunulo, lolanga bhanhu higulya ya kuleka nhungwa ja bhusambo, umukikalile kabho, kugiki bhadule gubhulang’hana chiza ubhupanda bhobho, uwikaji bhobho.

Mambo ya Walawi 19:11-13.

1Wathesalonike 4:6.

KISWAHILI: SHIKA NYOKA USISHIKE VITU VYA WENGINE.

Methali hiyo, huangalia urahisi wa kushika nyoka kuliko kushika vitu vya wengine. Ushikaji huo wa nyoka huwa ni wa hatari sana kwa sababu ya uwepo wa nyoka wengi wenye sumu ya kuweza kuua mtu.

Lakini kushika vitu vya wengine huwa ni kitendo cha hatari kubwa zaidi ya kushika nyoka kwa sababu akikamatwa huyo aliyeshika vitu hivyo aweza kupigwa hadi kufa. Ndiyo maana watu husema kwamba, “shika nyoka usishike vitu vya wengine.”

Methali hiyo, hulinganishwa kwa mtu yule ambaye huwa anachukua vitu vya wengine bila ya kuruhusiwa, katika maisha yake. Mtu huyo, huitwa mwizi kwa sababu ya kuwaibia wengine vitu vyao. Yeye huwa haelewi kwamba, kwa kitendo hicho, hujiletea matatizo mbalimbali yakiwemo yale ya kukamatwa na kupigwa hadi kufa.

Mtu huyo, hufanana na yule aliyeokopa kushika nyoka, kwa kudiriki kushika vitu vya wengine, kwa sababu naye huiba vitu vya wengine wanaoweza kumkamata na kumuua. Ndiyo maana watu humwambia kwamba, “shika nyoka usishike vitu vya wengine.”

Methali hiyo, hufundisha watu juu ya kuacha tabia ya wizi katika maisha yao, ili waweze kuulinda vizuri uhai wao, maishani mwao.

Mambo ya Walawi 19:11-13.

1Wathesalonike 4:6.

ENGLISH: CATCH SNAKE DO NOT SNATCH OTHERS’ THINGS.

This proverb focuses at an ease way of catching snakes rather than grabbing things of others. These snake bites are very dangerous because of the presence of many venomous snakes that can kill a person.

But snatching belongings of others is a far more dangerous act than catching snakes because if one is caught doing so can be beaten to death. That is why people say, “catch snake do not snatch others’ things.”

This proverb is compared to a person who tends to take other people’s belongings without permission, in life. This person is called a thief because he robbed others of their belongings. He does not understand that, in doing so, he inflicts various hardships on himself, including arrest and beatings to death.

This person is like the one who is afraid of catching a snake, by daring to grab the things of others, because he also steals the things of others who can catch and kill him. That is why people say to him, “catch snake do not snatch others’ things.”

This proverb imparts in people an idea of stopping a habit of theft in their lives, so that they can better protect their lives, in their societies.

Leviticus 19: 11-13.

1Thessalonians 4: 6.