IsiXhosa Intellectual Traditions (IsiXIT) Digital Archive

[GEORGE NQANA.) July 1885. Ndifuna ukwazisa wena nabafundi belipepa lidume kunene kutiwa zi Mvo Zabantsundu, usana oluvele selu- lumnkile njengabantu abadala. Njengoko' ndazisayo ngo March ngoxu- bekwa kwelitye legumbi letyalike yaba- ntsundu e Metele. Ive mzi. zwana ngokwakiwa kwayo letyalike nina nisi- buzayo. Yakiwe ngumzi, ukutshoke site- ta amadoda Osutu ngokwawo. Kuqala emba ngokwawo amatye, einba umsele nesiseko. Waqalela ukunduluka apo umsebenzi; into emasiyincome kulama- doda yile yokuba ate kauti ezinikele ka- ngakanje,'kanti awafumani nento naku- bani, an came imisebenzi yawo, azinikele ekwakeleni Inkosi itempile. Umzi uwa- sekele ngento ezisiwa pantsi kwempu- mlo, eziniengo buhope. namanzi ashushu. Siyakuncoma noko kwenziwe ngumzi. Mhleli, ebendincamisa mhla ngati iziko- tile zibikelene, okangela akangele, ati esakubabomvu amehlo kujonga endlele- ni, usuke ubone ukuncama kwawo, sele- siwa kulamacetshana kutiwa zi tr off els ebiza udaka namatye, esebenza ngezisu ezize, udeke umsebenzi wasingisa eku- peleni. Mandingalibali ukukankanya u Revd. O. Carey umfundisi okutele ku¬nene, ofuduswe umsebenzi ungekapeli, osilelelwe kuiikelela besimcelile ukuba eze ekuvulweni kwayo. Mhleli andisayikukoliseka ndingawa- balanga amagama amadoda ake lendlu yokubedeshela, emi ngoluhlobo: Daniel Mareka, Philis Onverwacht, Water Ma- ntsiwe, April Minaar, namanye awodaka namatye. Ke umsebenzi upele ngo July lo—kwa- vunyelwana ukuba ivulwe ngo 12 July nge Cawa. Okwenene kubenjalo. Uga- lelekile u Revd. B. S. Dlepu ngo Mgqibe- lo, ukuvela e Cradock. Kusile okunga- liyo, inkonzo iqalwe ngentsimbi yeshumi linanye ngu Revd. B. S. Dlepu; umfo wakona uqube waquba weza kunqika ku Joshuwa, isahluko xxiv., amazwi akeabe kwinxalenye ye 15 verse, kumazwi ati: Minanendlu yam siyakumkonza u Ye- hova; sayenzake into isicaka se Nkosi kulomazwi, kuzele mawetu nabelungu. Ndabona ukuba amazwi ayakwenza akwenzayo kwesisizukulwana samara- mba. Ipumile, kute kwasala amalungu azeleyo aseramenteni, u Maneli lowo wa- nikela isilalelo, batsho Abesutu, ngu- mtendeleko ke lowo. Kweyokumnka komhla kushumayele u Revd. J. W. Thompson, ocingelwa ukuba uzakuzalisa indawo ka Mr. Carey afuduke nonyakanje, ushumayele umfo lowo kunene naye, kuko nabelungu. Kweyangokublwa kushumayele kwa u Revd. Dlepu; kwati ngentsimbi yesibozo wagaleleka kwakona u Revd. J. W. Thompson; kute emva kwexeshana wa- posa naye amazwana ; ndeva selejika ku- fupi selebizela esiguqweni. Nina nisa- ziyo esakwa Tela; ngakumbi wena Mhle¬li. Sizuze ngobobusuku basixenxe aba- ntu abatsha endlwini entsha. Kute ngo Mvulo yayintlanganiso ya- manzi ashushu, iteke ibeta intsimbi kwa- sekuzele, sebenyatelana ingumlungu, Lawn, Mxosa Msutu, kuko nania Indiya, njalo-njalo. Uvulwe ngentsimbi yesi- xenxe umsebenzi nge 21 Kafir Hymn, ngu Revd. B. Dlepu. Bazitshisileke nga- manzi behlanganisa ngamapetelo azi ku- kisi. Emva ko 12 o'clock kuvulwe intla- nganiso yeziteto : i Chairman ibengu Mr. D. Mackinnon, igqwatulele ngamazwi amnandi; wazake wabiza lamanene uku¬ba atete: Revd. B. Dlepu, D. Mareka, Feland, T. Bennie, no S. Madelia, aciko- zileke nawo. Baye abantwana besenza eyabo into ngasemva ngengculo. Lentla- nganiso ibe yeyole kunene, engazanga ibeko enialo. Bendihlala ndingazi uku¬ba abelungu bangaka kulomzi. Ke mna mawetu andazi ukuba lamadoda ndinga- wafs^^a nantonina ngomonde wawo. Ndinenkolo ukuba enjenje enkolweni yapo: ofumanisa indawo ebanzi. Mzi n|mgo umzekelo omhle, wamadoda ase Lusutu, nangoke, ukwakiwa kwendlu ngapandle kwemali. Sinixelele lendlu ibingati cost £600, kodwa ite cost £43. Uxolo Mhleli ngenteto ende. Nazo inda- ba Klintshi Jobela, nawe Ntshiyane, no¬ko ndisancoma.