Ndeme ya Vhathu vhahulwane Mutani wa vhaVenda.

Vhahulwane vha na vhuimo ho khetheaho kha muṱa wa vhaVenda.

Ndi vhalindi vha vhuṱali, mvelele, na ḓivhazwakale ya muṱa.

Mushumo wavho ndi u livhisa vhaswa, u ṋea nyeletshedzo na u tandulula dzikhakhathi.

Miṱani minzhi, vhomakhulu vha dzula na vhana vhavho na vhaḓuhulu vhavho.

Makhulu na makhulu vha ṋea ngudo dza vhuḓifari na ndaela.

Vha anetshela ngano dza ḓivhazwakale ya vhaVenda, vha funza vhana nga ha vho makhulukuku wavho na mvelele yavho.

Musi zwi tshi ḓa kha zwiitea dza ndeme, hu vhudziswa vhahulwane.

Hu sa londwi uri ndi mbingano, dzikhakhathi dza muṱani, kana mvelele, ipfi ḽavho ḽi hwala vhuleme vhuhulwane.

Vha dovha vha ranga phanḓa vhuṱambo ha makhulukuku, vha tshi khou vhona uri muṱa u dzula wo ṱumana na midzi yavho ya muya.

Vhahulwane na vhone vha na vhuḓifhinduleli ha u alusa vhana.

Musi vhabebi vhe mushumoni, makhulu vha thusa u ṱhogomela vhana, vha tshi vha funza zwithu zwa mutheo zwi ngaho u bika na u kunakisa.

U dovha hafhu a vha na mushumo kha u lugisela mishonga ya sialala kha malwadze.

U thonifha vhahulwane ndi tshipida tsha ndeme kha mvelele ya vha Venda.

Vhaswa vha fanela u vha lumelisa zwavhuḓi na u thetshelesa zwine vha amba.

Kha ḽiṅwe sia, vhahulwane vha kovhelana nḓivho yavho, vha ita uri mvelele dzi dzule dzi tshi khou tshila.

• VHALANI HAFHU:Ndeme ya Donngi kha vhutshilo ha vhupo ha mahayani

Kha muṱa wa vha Venda, vhahulwane a si miraḓo ya muṱa fhedzi; ndi wone mutheo une wa ṱanganya zwithu zwoṱhe.

Translated by Nthaduleni Rolivhuwa