Hwiza
Mataridziko
(runangakatsva kubva kuNdongwe)
Hwiza kana gwata (Grasshopper).
- Dambaza, chikwatakwata (Hopper of migratory locust).
Kurerutsa Mutauro
[chinjirudza | chinjirudza mabviro]- Icho chakasiiwa ngemakonye, ndongwe dzakadya. Chakasiiwa ngendongwe, gwata rakadya; neicho chakasiiwa ngegwata, mbunga dzakadya. What the cutter-worms left, the locusts ate; what the locusts left, the grasshoppers ate; what the grasshoppers left, the shearer-worms ate. Joel 1:4, (kubva muBhaibheri reChiNdau.
- Ndinozohwirinzira kwomuri makore edzakadya ndongwe, gwata, makonye nembunga: I will restore to you the years that the locusts ate, the grasshoppers, shearer-worms and cutter-worms. Joel 2:25, (kubva muBhaibheri reChiNdau.
Zvirevo
[chinjirudza | chinjirudza mabviro]- Ndongwe inyama hazvienzani nenhikiti. Locust meat is better than pumpkin relish.
- Pashoma-pashoma/ kudya kwendongwe. Little-by-little is the way locusts eat (everything).