15 Kikuyu Proverbs on Betrayal (Kikuyu + Swahili + English)

“Mũhũni ndarĩ mũhũni wa kĩrĩa arĩ.”
Swahili: Msaliti hajulikani kwa alivyo nje.
English: A traitor is not known by what he appears to be.

“Mũndũ ũtarĩ mũhĩrĩga ndarĩ na mũhũni.”
Swahili: Mtu asiye na jamii hawezi kutambua usaliti.
English: A person without a community cannot detect betrayal.

“Mũhũni nĩ ũrĩa ũgũcooka nyuma akĩrora mũciĩ.”
Swahili: Msaliti ni yule anayerejea nyuma kuichunguza nyumba yake.
English: A traitor is the one who turns back to spy on his own home.

“Ũrĩa ũgũkũhoya nĩwe ũgũkũrũma.”
Swahili: Yule anayekusihi ndiye atakayekuumiza.
English: The one who pleads with you is the same one who will bite you.

“Mũhũni ndarĩ kĩhĩĩ gĩa kũrĩa.”
Swahili: Msaliti hana mahali pa kudumu.
English: A traitor has no fixed place to belong.

“Ũtukũ ndũrĩ mũhũni, no mũthenya ũgũmũigua.”
Swahili: Usaliti hujificha usiku lakini mchana huonekana.
English: At night betrayal is hidden, but daylight will expose it.

“Mũndũ wa ngoro mbĩ nĩwe mũhũni wa mbere.”
Swahili: Mtu mwenye moyo mbaya ndiye msaliti wa kwanza.
English: A person with a bad heart is the first to betray.

“Ũrĩa ũgũkũrĩra nĩwe ũgũkũheana.”
Swahili: Yule anayekula nawe ndiye atakayekusaliti.
English: The one who eats with you is the one who will sell you out.

“Mũhũni nĩ mũndũ wa kĩrĩa gĩkũũrĩte.”
Swahili: Msaliti ni yule anayekula pasipo kupanda.
English: A traitor is one who feeds where he did not sow.

“Ũhoro wa mũhũni ndũrĩ wa gũtũĩka.”
Swahili: Mambo ya usaliti hayaishi kwa amani.
English: The matter of betrayal never ends peacefully.

“Mũhũni ndarĩ na wendo wa andũ ake.”
Swahili: Msaliti hana upendo kwa watu wake.
English: A traitor has no love for his own people.

“Ũrĩa ũgũkũheaga mũromo nĩwe ũgũkũrũma na hinya.”
Swahili: Yule anayekusemesha vizuri ndiye atakayekuumiza zaidi.
English: The one who speaks sweetly to you will bite you the hardest.

“Mũhũni nĩ mũndũ wa kũigua na gũcookia.”
Swahili: Msaliti husikia kisha huenda kuripoti kwingine.
English: A traitor listens, then goes to report elsewhere.

“Ũrĩa ũrĩa hamwe nawe ndarĩ ũrata wa kũgũcokeria.”
Swahili: Sio kila anayekula nawe ni rafiki wa kweli.
English: The one who shares meals with you is not always your true friend.

“Mũhũni ndarĩ mũndũ wa kũrĩa nawe gĩkaro kimwe.”
Swahili: Msaliti si mtu wa kuketi naye kwa amani.
English: A traitor is not someone you can sit with comfortably.