Tingi o agile le mmemogolo wa gagwe.
Tingi lived with his grandmother.
Tingi vivait avec sa grand-mère.
O ne a disa dikgomo le mmemogolo.
He used to look after the cows with her.
Il gardait les vaches avec elle.
Letsatsi lengwe masolo a tla.
One day the soldiers came.
Un jour, des soldats arrivèrent.
Ba tsaya dikgomo.
They took the cows away.
Ils emmenèrent les vaches.
Tingi le mmemogolo wa gagwe ba sia ba ya go itshuba.
Tingi and his grandmother ran away and hid.
Tingi et sa grand-mère se sauvèrent et se cachèrent.
Ba ya go itshuba mo sekgweng go fitlhela bosigo.
They hid in the bush until night.
Ils restèrent cachés dans des buissons jusqu’au soir.
Masole ba boa ba tla.
Then the soldiers came back.
Puis les soldats revinrent.
Mmemogolo a shuba Tingi ka fa tlase ga makakaba.
Grandmother hid Tingi under the leaves.
La grand-mère de Tingi recouvrit alors leurs corps de feuilles.
Mongwe wa masole a gata fa o ishubileng teng, mme a itidimalela.
One of the soldiers put his foot right on him, but he kept quiet.
Un des soldats marcha sur Tingi, mais celui-ci ne réagit pas.
E rile go sirelegile, Tingi le mmemogolo wa gagwe ba tswa mo sekgweng.
When it was safe, Tingi and his grandmother came out.
Quand il n’y eut plus de danger, Tingi et sa grand-mère se relevèrent.
Ba nanabela ka tidimalo kwa gae.
They crept home very quietly.
Ils revinrent chez eux sans faire le moindre bruit.
