Shoko rokuti rushambwa kana kuti jambwa (1. calamity, 2. misfortune, ill-luck, 3. disaster, accident) rinoreva nhamo huru kana kuti dambudziko guru yakadai serushigido rwavaJudah. Dzambwa kana madzambwa (Calamity, misfortune). Chidzambwa izita remhuri. Kukwangwaya (Desire vehemently; 2. Suffer intensely from lack of necessaries of life.) kureva kubatwa neshungu. Munhu ari kukwangwaya nenzara anochera midzi nokutsenga rwodzi: a person tormented by hunger digs up roots and chews bark. Kubomerwa kana kuchona (be destitute). Chivi (Calamity; tragic happening) zvichireva ndondo. Baya kana mabaya (Misfortune e.g continual ill-health). Rukono, nhamo, rumhambanda; rupfupfuneko (calamity). Tsekwende, tahwa kana jambwa (problem). Kuorora kana kuworora (to punish; to bring disaster). Nhamo haizivi pakagara imwe. A misfortune does not avoid another one. Nhamo haityi imwe. A misfortune is not afraid of another one. Nhamo urimbo inonamira. Misery is like bird-lime; it sticks (to men). Nhamo ine dzimba dzayo. Misery haunts its (chosen) families. Njodzi hadziiti mbiri. Danger never comes in twos. VaChewa vanoti masoka (misfortune) kureva rushambwa.