Akwaba Bendingamfumana

UYobhi ufuna inkundla, ingekuko ukulwa. Ukuba ebenokufumana apho uThixo ahlala khona, ebeya kusibeka isimangalo sakhe aze akhululwe. Kodwa uThixo akakho empumalanga nasentshonalanga, yaye wenza konke akunqwenelayo. UYobhi uthi uya kuphuma njengegolide, kodwa uhlala enkwantya.

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Waphendula ke uYobhi wathi: “Nanamhla isikhalo sam sikrakra; isandla sakhe sinzima nangona ndincwina. Akwaba bendisazi apho ndingamfumana khona, ukuze ndifike endaweni yakhe yokuhlala! Bendiya kusibeka isimangalo sam phambi kwakhe, ndiwuzalise umlomo wam ngeempikiswano. Bendiya kuwafunda amazwi aya kundiphendula ngawo, ndikuqonde oko aya kukuthetha kum. Angabambana nam na ngobukhulu bamandla akhe? Hayi—inene ebeya kundiphulaphula. Apho umntu othe tye angaxoxa naye, ndize ndikhululwe ngonaphakade ngumgwebi wam. Kodwa ukuba ndiya empumalanga, akakho khona; nasentshonalanga andimfumani. Xa esebenza entla, andimboni; akujika aye ezantsi, andimfumani. Kodwa uyayazi indlela endiyihambayo; akuba endicikidile, ndiya kuphuma njengegolide. Unyawo lwam lunamathele emanyathelweni akhe; ndiyigcinile indlela yakhe, andityekanga. Andimkanga emthethweni wemilebe yakhe; ndiwabekile amazwi omlomo wakhe ngaphezu kwesonka sam semihla ngemihla. Kodwa akaguquki—ngubani onokumbuyisa? Konke akunqwenelayo, uyakwenza. Kuba uya kufeza oko akumisele kum, nezinto ezininzi ezinjalo zisengqondweni yakhe. Kungenxa yoko ndithi qhiphu umbilini phambi kwakhe; xa ndicinga ngako, ndiyamnkwantyela. UThixo uyityhafisile intliziyo yam; uSomandla undenze ndankwantya. Kodwa andizoliswanga bubumnyama, sisithokothoko esigubungela ubuso bam.”