Mũcaara wa mehia, nĩ gĩkuũ.

The wages of sin is death.

The variation between the original proverb and the postproverbial is in the intensity of the punishment. While the punishment in the traditional proverb is symbolic and terminal, in the postproverbial, it is corporeal and direct.

• Postproverbial: Mũcaara wa mehia, nĩ mbaara nene.
  Translation: The wages of sin is thorough beating.
  

Kenya (Gikuyu)

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