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Shona Definition
Munhu haarangwi pazuva raatadza iroro. Kungapera nguva refu mushure mokutadza asi kurangwa kuchizouya mberi. Kana ukauraya munhu kunombopera nguva huru ngozi isati yakuvinga.
English Translation
Breaking the chisi rest-day does not bring its penalty on the very day the field is worked. Wrongdoing is rarely punished at the moment it is done, but the reckoning arrives later all the same.
Cultural Context
“Said to warn an offender that escaping immediate punishment is no escape at all, since justice will catch up in time.”
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