Nguma na impala - The python and the antelope
Mokolo moko, nguma akendeki bokila na zamba. Amonaki nyama moko ya monene mpe amelaki ye mobimba. Azalaki lokoso mingi ndenge aminaki nyama ya monene boye !
Sikoyo, makasi ya kotambola esilaki ye mpe akomaki kolala mopngi na nse ya nzete moko ya monene.
One day a python went hunting in the forest. He found a game and swallowed it whole.
The python was very hungry by wanting to eat a large animal and now digestion would last long and would tire him a lot. Unable to move, he had therefore installed himself under a large tree and had fallen asleep deeply.
Mbala moko, mopepe ekomi kopepa makasi na zamba. Banzete ebele ebukanaki mpe ekomaki kopumbwa.
Tango mopepe esili, bakoni bitondaki na zingazinga ya nzete oyo nguma azalaki kolala na nse nango, kasi ayebaki eloko te.
Suddenly, a tornado began to blow in the forest so many trees were uprooted and carried away by the wind. Some even found themselves accumulated around the big tree where the python was lying.
Mikolo elekaki tango nguma alamuki. Amoni akangamaki na nse ya banzete ebele. Makasi ya kotombola yango ye moko mpo abima na esika oyo ezalaki mpe te.
Mikolo elekaki lisusu, nguma avandaki ye moko na mawa mpe na nzala ya makasi. Mutu ya kosalisa ye azalaki te.
When he woke up after a week, he realized that he was indeed stuck. He hadn't the strength to lift these tree trunks alone to get free. The days passed and the python still remained a prisoner with no one to help him. He was very sad and began to be very hungry.
Mokolo moko, impala azalaki kotambola tango ayoki mongongo ya nguma. Azalaki kobenga ye mpo aya kosalisa ye :
" Nakangami na nse ya banzete oyo banda kala ! Yokela ngai mawa mpe salisa ngai nabima na esika oyo ! "
Kasi impala aboyaki mpo ayebaki nguma azalaki mutu ya lokoso makasi. Azalaki kobanga mpo na bomoi na ye !
But one day, the antelope passed by and heard someone calling her. It was the python who asked her to come and help him.
" I've been stuck under this tree for many days ! Please, just help me get out of here ! "
The antelope was very wary of this big snake as he was known to have a voracious appetite and she refused to come to his aid.
Nguma azalaki lisusu na elikia te. Ayebaki soki impala asalisi ye te akokufa. Yango abeleli impala andimela ye mpe alakaki akosala ye mabe te.
Basololaki mingi. Impala ayebaki te soki akoki kondimela ye kasi ayokelaki ye mawa.
Impala abandaki kolongola mabaya moko na moko.
The python was desperate. He asked the antelope to trust him and swore he would never to try to eat her. After much debate and hesitation, the antelope finally had pity on the python. She decided to help him get free from the heap of wood and began to remove the tree trunks one by one.
Kasi tango nzela ya kokima emonamaki, nguma amibwaki na impala mpo alia ye.
" Nalie te mikolo mingi. Nzala esali ngai makasi mpe nzoto na ngai ezali ya kolemba.
Nakoki kokende bokila sikoyo te ! Limbisa ngai esengeli nalia yo ! "
Impala akamwaki. Ndnenge nini nguma akosala boye nzoka auti kobikisa ye ? Akomitika te akoma bilei na ye !
But when the python found himself released, he jumped on the antelope to devour her.
" It's been days since I did not eat and I'm hungry, I do not have the strength to go hunting. So I'm sorry but I have to eat you ! "
The antelope was stunned by such a lack of recognition and was not ready to let it go. She had saved him and the python was now only thinking about making a good meal out of her !
Bazalaki kosuana makasi tango mboloko akomaki pembeni na bango.
Atuni bango likambo mpe bango mibale bakomi kobetela ye lisolo. Mboloko azalaki na bwanya mpe na mayele. Alobi :
" Nasosoli malamu te. Bozonga bisika bozalaki liboso mpe bolakisa ngai ndenge likambo esalamaki. Yango nakoyeba nani azali na mbeba ! "
As they fought, the gazelle had approached them in turn. She asked them what was the subject of their dispute and the antelope and the python explained the whole story to her. The gazelle was very mischievous and said:
"I do not understand the situation. Can you return to the places you were and show me exactly what happened between you. So I could tell you which one of you is right ! "
Nguma andimaki te akoki kozala na mabe yango azongi kokangama na nse ya nzete ya monene. Impala ye mpe lokola azongi na esika na ye.
Mboloko atelemaki na kati kati.
The python was certain to be in his right and went back on the woodpile where he was stuck. The antelope, stepped back and stood a few meters from the python. The gazelle was standing in the middle of the two and was thinking.
Mboloko atali impala mpe atuni ye :
" Sikoyo tala nguma akangami na ye. Tokosala nini ? Olingi tobimisa ye ?
- Mpo na ngai, malamu totika ye boye, ayanoli impala. Na si nandimela ye mbala moko, na si nayokela ye mawa ! Nasalisa ye mpe kotonda botondi na ye ezalaki kolia ngai ! "
Finally, the gazelle turned to the antelope and asked her :
" Now that the python is trapped under all these trees, what do we do with him ? Shall we help him out ?
- Certainly not ! I prefer to leave him there, replied the antelope. This python has no word. I trusted him and I felt sorry for him. I helped him and he wanted to eat me as a thanking ! "
Na suka nango, batiki nguma ye moko na nzala mpe na kolela na ye. Mboloko na impala bakendeki mosika.
So, this time, even though the python cried and begged, they left him stuck under the big tree and went away.
Source here (http://laetitiamailho.free.fr/pages/python.htm).