The Voyage to Lilliput / Uhambo Oluya eLilliput (Gulliver's Travels / Uhambo lukaGulliver): Tranzlaty English IsiZulu

When I woke daylight had just broken.

Lapho ngivuka ilanga lalisanda kuqhuma.

I attempted to rise, but I could not get up.

Ngazama ukusukuma, kodwa ngehluleka ukusukuma.

I had happened to fall asleep on my back.

Ngike ngalala ngomhlane.

And now my arms and legs were fastened to the ground.

Futhi manje izingalo nemilenze yami kwakuboshelwe phansi.

My hair, which was long and thick, was tied down too.

Izinwele zami, ezazizinde futhi ziwugqinsi, nazo zaziboshiwe.

I could only look upward, unable to move in any way.

Ngangikwazi ukubheka phezulu kuphela, ngingakwazi ukunyakaza nganoma iyiphi indlela.

The sun began to grow hot, and the light hurt my eyes.

Ilanga laqala ukushisa, nokukhanya kwalimaza amehlo ami.

I heard a confused noise all around me.

Ngezwa umsindo odidekile nxazonke zami.

But I could see nothing except the sky above me.

Kodwa ngangingaboni lutho ngaphandle kwesibhakabhaka ngaphezu kwami.

After a little time I felt something alive.

Ngemva kwesikhashana ngezwa okuthile okuphilayo.