28For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? 29Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him, 30saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'
28"Xana i mani exikarhi ka n'wina, la nga rhangiki hi ku tshama hansi loko a lava ku aka xihondzo, a hlaya leswi a nga ta humesa swona, ku vona loko mali ya yena yi ta ringana ku heta ntirho xana? 29Loko a nga endlanga sweswo, ú ta aka masungulo ntsena, kutani swi ya n'wi tsandza ku heta; hinkwavo lava nga ta swi vona va ta sungula ku n'wi hleka, va ku: 30'Munhu loyi ú sungurile ku aka, kambe ú tsandzekile ku heta.'