Treat your guest as a guest for two days; on the third day, give him a hoe.
More Swahili Proverbs:
A low-class man will just talk deeds are the hallmark of a gentleman.Swahili
You are blaming the hawk, the falcon is killing the chickens.
Swahili
Abuses are the result of seeing one another too often.
Swahili
Pemba does not run away fro a small shower.
Swahili
Have you changed into a cuttle-fish, you heap live embers on yourself?.
Swahili
He who trusts in God lacks nothing.
Swahili