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Pride and Prejudice in Zulu: Jane Austen’s novel of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy, in a Zulu translation.

Original author: Jane Austen. Original title: Pride and Prejudice. Translated into Zulu from the English original.

UNkosikazi Bennet unamadodakazi amahlanu, akanayo indodana, futhi indlu abahlala kuyo iboshelwe ngumthetho kumzala othile mhla umyeni wakhe efa. Ngakho-ke, lapho ezwa ukuthi insizwa ecebile isithathe umuzi omkhulu wakwamakhelwane, kukhona into eyodwa nje engena engqondweni yakhe.

Kodwa indodakazi yakhe yesibili, uElizabeth, inolimi olubukhali namehlo abukhali nakakhulu; futhi indoda ezidla kunazo zonke kulowo mdanso (uMnumzane Darcy, onezinkulungwane eziyishumi zamaphawundi ngonyaka) ithi akamuhle ngokwanele ukuba angadansa naye. Okulandelayo yindaba yothando enhle kunazo zonke eyake yabhalwa, futhi yindaba yabantu ababili okwathi kubo bobabili kwadingeka bavume ukuthi baphambukile.

“Kuyiqiniso elamukelwe emhlabeni wonke, ukuthi indoda engashadile ephethe ingcebo enkulu kumele ibe idinga umfazi.”

Zonke izahluko ezingamashumi ayisithupha nanye zilapha ziphelele, ngesiZulu esibhaliwe.

IsiZulu wulimi olukhulunywa emakhaya ngabantu abaningi kunazo zonke eNingizimu Afrika, futhi lungolunye lwezilimi ezisemthethweni zaleli zwe. Sikhulunywa nangaphesheya kwemingcele yalo: eZimbabwe, eLesotho, eSwatini naseMozambique.

About this edition: translated from the English text of Project Gutenberg #1342. Paperback, 152 x 229 mm, 400 pages, published by Colombo Aspen. Cover: Thomas Gainsborough, Mr and Mrs William Hallett (‘The Morning Walk’), 1785, detail. National Gallery, London. Public domain.