IsiXhosa Intellectual Traditions (IsiXIT) Digital Archive

OBANJISWE KAKUHLE !! Asinto sihlala sinayo ukuba sivise aba- hlobo betu ibali lomntu osukuba ebanji- siwe ngezibata zomtshato. Kuluvuyo kum ukuba u-Mhleli andipe indawo yo- kufaka lomgca wam—yena lendawo mlila¬imbi kuye yengatandekiyo. Pulapula mfu- ndi:—Ndite ngomhla wo Mvuio (26 Jan.) ndatwalwa yintliziyo yokuba ndihambe, ndidlule apa e-Qonce kunye nomhlobo wam otandekileyo u-Mr. John Tengo- Jabavu, safumana nembeko yokutelelwa ngu Miss C. Somtunzi. Sinduluke nge kari entle kunene, ina- mahashe akwanjalo, sisingisa impumlo zetu elwandle. Kute ngokuhlwa ngo 8 o'clock, sati gaxa kumzi womfundisi u- Rev. J. B. Sakuba isihlobo setu. Hayi silele kona sesihleka kuyinto emnandi singazi ukuba sitiyelwe ngezibata ezinga- posiyo. Sipume saya naye etyalikeni malunga nexesha leshumi kusasa. Ndite kuba ndingumntu ondwebileyo ndabekabeka, ndabona kupitizela abantu ngase tyalike- ni apa. Hayi note singene asazikataza kakulu ngabo. Kute sisati vu pantsi, ndabona kungena intwanazana zimbini. Ndite xa ndisakangale oku, ukuba kuku- tinina, gqi emnyango inene elimhlope nenekazi, abate ukundixelela ngu Rev. E. Gedye, nentombi yake, - kute kusenja- lo gqi u-Rev. P. Mpinda exake inenekazi, elute lakungena emnyango ndeva sendi- suke ndema kunye nomlingane warn, ndeva nosapo Iwesikola ebendingene lu- lapo kulendlu selusenza intsholo emnandi, ebete ndandweba ngakumbi. Kute kuse- njalo ndisabekabeka mna, kanti umfundi- si lowo u-Mpinda elinenekazi ulishiye ecaleni lomhlobo wam u-J. T. J. Kute kanti okuya benditsalwe yilangonyana, sekuhanjiswa umsebenzi, opele ekubeni sekutiwa oku ukubonayo kubandakza- nywe ngu Tixo. Kute kanti mfundi wam oku konke Azukubanjiswa Azomfo ka Jabavu ngu Miss Elida Sakuba ngezibata ezingaposiyo zomtshato ongcwele. Ukutshoke ndazisa ukuba ngo 27 ka January lo Azutshatiswe ngu Rev. Edwin Gedye, waseFort Peddie, e-Tyityaba, Fort Peddie, Azwi Tyalike yakwa Wesile, u-Mr. John Tengo-Jabavu, unyana omkulu ka John B. Jabavu, wase NxuAzwebe, no Miss Elida Sakuba, intombi yesibini ka Rev. James B. SaAzuba, wase Tyitvaba goku. Nditshonela ngeliti kubo'' bo¬babini, ngamana nanqakwa ngo Nga¬pezulu—ndibuye nditi, Inkosi mayibe nani. Ndingowenu,