Shona
Zinatsawafa, kugadzira hama nemombe.
It is merely an act of pleasing the dead to kill an ox at the magadziro (bringing-the spirit-back ceremony) of a relative.
Tsanagudzo
Kazhinji kuda kufadza munhu mushure mokumutadzira zvine utsinye hazvina zvazvinobatsira.
What the Words Say
It is merely an act of pleasing the dead to kill an ox at the magadziro (bringing-the spirit-back ceremony) of a relative.
What It Means
It is of no use to try to clear your conscience by trying to make peace with someone after harming them.