Yihla, Ntombi yaseBhabhilon

IBhabhilon ixelelwa ukuba ehle etroneni yayo, ithathe amatye okusila omkhonzwa, ihlale eluthulini. UBawo wethu wayisebenzisa ukohlwaya uSirayeli, kodwa yona ayibenzelanga nceba nkqu nabalupheleyo, yaza yazixelela ukuba akukho bani ubonayo. Izazi zayo zeenkwenkwezi zitsha njengendiza; akukho bani uyihlangulayo.

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“Yihla, uhlale eluthulini, ntombi engaganiweyo yaseBhabhilon; hlala phantsi emhlabeni, kungabikho trone, ntombi yamaKaledi. Abasayi kuphinda bakubize ngokuba ungothambileyo nolonwabileyo.

“Thabatha amatye okusila, usile umgubo; ususe isigqubuthelo sakho, uhlube ingubo yakho, utyhile imilenze yakho, uwele imilambo. Buya kutyhilwa ubuze bakho, kubonwe nehlazo lakho. Ndiya kuwisa isigwebo, andiyi kuconga namnye.”

UMkhululi wethu—igama lakhe nguBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini— oyiNgcwele wakwaSirayeli, uBawo wethu.

Hlala uthe cwaka, ungene ebumnyameni, ntombi yamaBhabhilon; kuba awusayi kuphinda ubizwe ngokuba ungukumkanikazi wezikumkani. Ndaba nomsindo kubantwana bam; ndalingcolisa ilifa lam, ndabanikela esandleni sakho. Awubenzelanga nceba; wabeka idyokhwe enzima kunene nakwabalupheleyo. Wathi: “Ndiya kuba ngukumkanikazi ngonaphakade”—ngoko akuzithabathelanga ezi zinto entliziyweni, awukhumbulanga ukuba iya kuphela njani.

Ngoku ke, yiva le nto, wena othanda uyolo ohleli ukholosile, othi entliziyweni yakho: “Ndim, akukho wumbi ngaphandle kwam; andisayi kuze ndihlale ndingumhlolokazi okanye ndazi ukufelwa ngabantwana.” Kodwa zombini ezi zinto ziya kukufikela ngephanyazo, ngemini enye: ukufelwa ngabantwana nokuba ngumhlolokazi. Ziya kukufikela ngokupheleleyo, nangona bubuninzi ubugqwirha bakho namandla amakhulu emilingo yakho.

Wakholosa ngobubi bakho; wathi: “Akukho namnye ondibonayo.” Ubulumko bakho nokwazi kwakho zikulahlekisile, ngoko wacinga: “Ndim ndedwa, akukho wumbi ngaphandle kwam.” Ngoko intlekele iya kukufikela wena, ongayi kukwazi ukuyisusa ngemilingo; ishwangusha liya kuwa phezu kwakho, ongenakulinqanda; intshabalalo iya kukufikela ngesiquphe, ungekayazi.

Qhubeka ke ngemilingo yakho nangobugqwirha bakho obuninzi obusebenze ngabo kwasebuncinaneni bakho. Mhlawumbi uya kuphumelela; mhlawumbi uya koyikisa. Udinwe ngamacebo akho amaninzi. Mabeme bakusindise wena—abo bahlula amazulu, abaqwalasela iinkwenkwezi, abaxela kuthwasa kwenyanga nganye oko kuya kukufikela. Uyabona, banjengeendiza; umlilo uyabatshisa. Abanako ukuzihlangula emandleni elangatye. La ayingomalahle okotha, akukho mlilo wokuhlala ngakuwo. Banjalo ke kuwe—abo usebenze wathengisa nabo kwasebuncinaneni bakho. Ngamnye uyaphambuka esinga ngakwelakhe icala; akukho namnye okusindisayo.