Built From What They Had

The chapel on Lamb Holm is two army huts joined together. A caretaker was opening it. "What is your job?" she asked him. He opened the doors in the morning and closed them at night.

Kanisa dogo la Lamb Holm ni vibanda viwili vya jeshi vilivyounganishwa. Mtunzaji alikuwa akilifungua. "Kazi yako ni ipi?" akamuuliza. Hufungua milango asubuhi na kuifunga usiku.

Inside, you forget the huts. Italian prisoners came here in the nineteen forties. They asked for a place to pray. They were given metal huts. They made a painted ceiling and an iron screen.

Ndani, unavisahau vibanda. Wafungwa Waitaliano walikuja hapa katika miaka ya arobaini. Waliomba mahali pa kusali. Wakapewa vibanda vya bati. Wakatengeneza dari lililopakwa rangi na kizuizi cha chuma.

"What do you need to complete the work?" They asked for cement. They got cement. Everything else came from rubbish. The candle holders are old tins.

"Unahitaji nini ili kukamilisha kazi?" Waliomba saruji. Wakapata saruji. Kila kitu kingine kilitoka kwenye takataka. Vishikilia mishumaa ni makopo ya zamani.

A small tool sat on the sill. "Could you show me how to use this tool?" Polly asked. He showed her. "Could you explain that again?" He did.

Kifaa kidogo kilikuwa dirishani. "Waweza kunionyesha jinsi ya kutumia kifaa hiki?" Polly akauliza. Akamwonyesha. "Waweza kunieleza tena?" Akafanya hivyo.