Umphefumlo Onxaniweyo

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Enqunyulwe kwitempile waze wangcikivwa ngelithi “Uphi na uThixo wakho?”, umvumi ukhumbula indlela awayesikhokela ngayo isihlwele somgidi angasenako ukujoyina kuso. Kabini ubuza umphefumlo wakhe odandathekileyo, aze awuphendule ngendlela enye: themba kuBawo wethu, ndiya kumdumisa kwakhona.

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Njengexhama lilangazelela imisinga yamanzi, ngokunjalo umphefumlo wam uyakulangazelela wena, Bawo wam.

Umphefumlo wam unxanelwe uBawo wam, uBawo ophilayo. Ndiya kuza nini ndize ndibonakale phambi kwakhe? Iinyembezi zam zibe kukutya kwam imini nobusuku, lo gama besithi kum imini yonke: “Uphi na uThixo wakho?”

Ezi zinto ndizikhumbula, ndakuphalaza umphefumlo wam: indlela endandisiya ngayo nesihlwele ndisikhokela ngomngcelele ukuya endlwini kaBawo wethu, ngezikhalo zovuyo neengoma zokudumisa, isihlwele esikhulu sisenza umgidi.

Kutheni udandathekile, mphefumlo wam, kwaye kutheni ukhathazekile ngaphakathi kum? Themba kuBawo wethu; kuba ndiya kumdumisa kwakhona, usindiso lwam noBawo wam.

Bawo wam, umphefumlo wam udandathekile ngaphakathi kum; ngenxa yoko ndikukhumbula wena kwilizwe laseYordan neleHermon, entabeni yaseMizare.

Inzulu ikhwaza inzulu ekugqumeni kweempophoma zakho; onke amagagasi akho namaza akho adlule phezu kwam. Emini uBawo wethu uyalela inceba yakhe yomnqophiso, ebusuku ingoma yakhe ikunye nam, umthandazo kuBawo wobomi bam.

Ndithi kuBawo wam, iliwa lam: “Kutheni undilibele na? Kutheni ndihamba ndizila ngenxa yengcinezelo yotshaba?” Njengenxeba elibulalayo emathanjeni am, iintshaba zam ziyandingcikiva, lo gama besithi kum imini yonke: “Uphi na uThixo wakho?”

Kutheni udandathekile, mphefumlo wam, kwaye kutheni ukhathazekile ngaphakathi kum? Themba kuBawo wethu; kuba ndiya kumdumisa kwakhona, usindiso lwam noBawo wam.