IsiXhosa Intellectual Traditions (IsiXIT) Digital Archive

[NGU MNTUYEDWA.] Ndite tshe kwi Mvo, indawana eteta ngentlobo ezimbini zentshumayelo ezabelungu nezabamnyama. Eti eyabelungu icaza ilizwi, eyabamnyama ityikityana nezimilo zabantu. Lenteto indikumbuze ingxoxo endayiva kumadodana amatatu apa e-Kimberley, amabini ayala enye ekukade ilapa e-Diamond Fields ingena- kufumana msebenzi. Indodana le yona yati cu esikolweni esipakamileyo sabamnyama. Ukungafumani kwayo umse- benzi ikakulu kubangelwa nakukuba indodana le ibidangele, itambile nasemzi- mbeni wayo. Bate abazalwana ababini, mzalwana intlalo yako kulomzi kukade siyikangele ngosiz'i olukulu, kade usinda ezintolongweni ngokungabi napasi umse- benzi akuwufumani, ungalamnkelana icebo esite sakulicinga tina sagqiba kwe- lokuti lingakuhlangala kwezintsizi nezi- nxwaleko unazo. Ndite ndakupos' ame- hlo kale ndoda xa la ndadoda atshoyo ndabona inyembezi zingcwenga, ikange- le ngeliso lenzondelelo, netemba. Ivakele ilikupa isiti, ' oko sendikueopele, licebo linina elo bahlobo bam ? ' Ate amadodana la aposana ngamehlo, kwabonakala ukuba into le ebeseyeyigqibile. Nali icebo esinalo, itshilo enye, nesibonayo ukuba umntu onjengawenje lingamfanela. Eliceboke uze ulitabate kuba lisidle imi- gudu imitandazo, nenyembezi ezininzi,— siti balekela kulomqolomba wabantu aba- njengawenje. Nguwupina wona ? Itshilo inkabi. Unebatyi ende emnyamana, no- mnqwazana otambileyo omnyama, nebu- ■ lukvve emnyama, ne kolari emhlope, ne- qina elimnyama? Inxenye yezizinto ndinazo, itshilo inkabi. Ate wona sesiya kukuxuma ngezinye ezi ungenazo. Ubu- lele umnumzana nakuba icebo engekali- va, kuba kubonakele ukuba amadoda la uyawatemba. Ngokufutshane ate uze le- mpahla uyinxibe ubuti shwaca ubuso undatyaze ukuhamba uye kubafundisi ulusizi, uti, ndibiziwe, kunjalonje olubizo asilolwanamhla, ndeyisekile namhla ku- ba kade olubizo ndiludukisa. Wotsho xa ucazela umfundisi. Leke mzalwana ye- yona ndawo yokukukupa kwezinkatazo. Yatakazela indodana leyo, yati ndisaya kucinga. Ndiyekela kubafundi be Mvo ukwalamanisa elibali nezintlobo zimbini zentshumayelo. Umbuzo nangu, kulu- ngilena ukuba lomfana alamnkele eli- cebo? ISIKALO. Lento ililishwa yinto embi kakulu. Lomzi wase Dayimani ngumzi opantse ukuba nento zonke, ubutyebi bulapa, ukuba kulapa yonke into ipantse ukuba- lapa, umntu uqukene apa. Inye into epantse ukusweleka ngokungakumbi kwa bamnyama—bubulungisa, ngelinye igama singati lugqoboko, kuba ubulungisa iyi- nto eyodwa. Lento ilugqoboko isweleki- le apa ngokungakumbi kwabamriyama. Sona isivuno sikulu abasebenzi bona aba- ko. Singati iramente zintatu—yi Rabe Congregational Church, yi Wesile, yi Tshatshi, eyesine yi Ruti, Lutheran Church. Irabe nge 1872 yatumela u-Rev. G. Tyamzashe, ote emveni kwexeshana kwabonakala encediswa ngu Rev. Jas. Poote. Singati ngokufutshane lamadoda mabini asandul' ukuti nyebelele uku- mnka kwawo kuzo ezinyanga eshiya inkumbulo emnyama nerara, yengubo zawo apa e-Dayimani. Singati ngoku iminyaka lishumi elinesitatu iqaliwe Irabe, kodwa ngokufutshane ugapandle kwentloni, singati loramente yoyisiwe mayenze migudu yimbi. Singati nge Wesile xa sikangele nhlobo lokunyula kwayo amadoda ewatumele apa ngati iya kulandela kwa ikondo le Rabe. Sake sati i Wesile iwuqondile lomzi into oyifunayo ngokutumela kwayo u-Rev. J. Dwane, onanamhla osalilelwayo yiyo yonke into nga Besutu, nga Maxosa, nga Masilamsi, ngama Kapumarise. Singati i Tshatshi ne Ruti ziyangcambaza noko besingako- Iwa zipetwe yimidaka. Ngelifutshane imipefumlo iyatshabalala apa, onyana benu bayatshona etywaleni ababondliwe ngelizwi, mbangi abanamalusi. Akuseko madodana e-Koloni anjengo Paulisi, inkomo zeyele apa ngomkono.