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Ukucaphula kwincwadi Imibhalo Yamandulo, iphepha 81–83:

Ndiphuphe ukuba uThixo, ngesandla esingabonakaliyo, endithumelele ibhokisi yebhokisi, emalunga neshumi leesentimitha ubude nezikwere ezintandathu, ezenziwe ngomthi, neeperile, zihonjiswe ngokumangalisayo. Ebhokisini kwakukho isitshixo esincanyathiselwe. Kwangoko ndathatha isitshixo ndavula ibhokisi, xa, ngokumangalisayo nokumangaliswa kwam, ndayifumana igcwele zonke iintlobo kunye nobukhulu bamatye anqabileyo, iidayimani, amatye anqabileyo, kunye negolide kunye nesilivere yengqekembe yemilinganiselo kunye nexabiso, zilungiswe kakuhle kwiindawo zabo ezininzi kwibhokisi; yaye ngaloo ndlela alungelelaniswa abonakalisa ukukhanya nozuko olulingana nelanga kuphela.

Ndandicinga ukuba yayingengomsebenzi wam ukunandipha lo mbono umangalisayo ndedwa, nangona intliziyo yam yayivuyiswa bubuhle, ubuhle, nokuxabiseka kwezinto ezikuwo. Ke ngoko ndayibeka phezu kwetafile esembindini egumbini lam kwaye ndakhupha ilizwi lokuba bonke ababenomnqweno babeze baze babone owona mbono uzukileyo noqaqambileyo owakha wabonwa ngumntu kobu bomi.

Abantu baqalisa ukungena, ekuqaleni bembalwa ngenani, kodwa besanda baba sisihlwele. Xa beqala ukukhangela kwibhokisi, babezibuza baze bakhwaze ngovuyo. Kodwa xa ababukeli besanda, wonk’ ubani wayeqalisa ukuwaphazamisa loo matye anqabileyo, ewakhupha ebhokisini aze awasasaze etafileni.

Ndaqalisa ukucinga ukuba umniniyo uya kufuna ibhokisi kunye namatye anqabileyo kwakhona esandleni sam; kwaye ukuba bendizivumela ukuba zichithachitheke, andinakuze ndiphinde ndizibeke kwiindawo zazo ebhokisini kwakhona njengangaphambili; kwaye ndaziva ndingenakuze ndikwazi ukuhlangabezana nokuphendula, kuba kuya kuba kukhulu. Ndaza ndababongoza abantu ukuba bangaziphathi, bangazikhuphi ebhokisini; okukhona ndibalayo, kokukhona bachithachithayo; kwaye ngoku babebonakala bewachithachitha kulo lonke igumbi, emgangathweni nakuyo yonke impahla yendlu.

Ndabona ke ukuba phakathi kwamatye anqabileyo nengqekembe yokwenene babesasaze intaphane yamatye anqabileyo abubuxoki neengqekembe zomgunyathi. Ndacatshukiswa kakhulu yihambo yabo evakalala nokungabi nambulelo kwabo, yaye ndabohlwaya ngenxa yoko; kodwa okukhona ndohlwayayo, kwaba kokukhona bawachithachithayo amatye anqabileyo nemali yobuxoki.

Ndaye ndakhathazeka emphefumlweni wam wenyama ndaza ndaqalisa ukusebenzisa amandla enyama ukubatyhala ngaphandle kwegumbi; kodwa ndithe ndityhalela ngaphandle omnye, abathathu abangakumbi babeza kungena baze bangenise uthuli nezitshevu nentlabathi nalo lonke uhlobo lwenkunkuma, bade bagqume onke amatye anqabileyo okwenyaniso, iidayimane, neengqekembe zemali, ezazingabandakanywanga ekubonweni. Bayikrazula ityesi yam, bayisasaza phezu kwenkunkuma. Ndandicinga ukuba akukho bani uyikhathaleleyo intlungu yam nomsindo wam. Ndaphelelwa ngamandla ndatyhafa ndahlala phantsi ndalila.

Ngoxa ndandilila ngolo hlobo kwaye ndilusizi ngenxa yokulahlekelwa kwam okukhulu nokuziphendulela kwam, ndamkhumbula uThixo, ndaza ndathandaza ngokunyanisekileyo ukuba andithumelele uncedo.

Lwavuleka kwaoko ucango, kwangena indoda egumbini, bemka bonke abantu; kwaye yena, ephethe ibrashi yokungcola esandleni sakhe, wavula iifestile, waqala ukuxubha ukungcola kunye nenkunkuma evela kwigumbi.

Ndakhala kuye, ukuba andiyeke; kuba bekuthiwe saa phakathi emfuleni ilitye elinqabileyo elinqabileyo.

Wandixelela ukuba “ndingoyiki,” kuba “uya kubanyamekela”.

Kwandula ke, ngoxa wayekhukulisa uthuli nenkunkuma, amatye anqabileyo obuxoki nemali yomgunyathi, zonke zaphakama zaza zaphuma ngefestile njengelifu, yaye umoya wazithwala. Kuphithizela ndavala amehlo am okomzuzwana; ndithe xa ndiwavula kwabe kuphele inkunkuma. Amatye anqabileyo, iidayimani, iingqekembe zegolide nezesilivere, zazithe saa ngobuninzi kulo lonke igumbi.

Emva koko wabeka phezu kwetafile ibhokisi, enkulu kakhulu kwaye intle kuneyangaphambili, waqokelela amatye anqabileyo, iidayimani, iimali zemali, ngokuzalisa isandla, waziphosa ebhokisini, de akwasala nanye, nangona ezinye iidayimani zazingekho ngaphezu kwinqanaba le-pin.

Emva koko wandibiza ukuba “ndize ndibone.”

Ndajonga kwibhokisi, kodwa amehlo am ayethe ntsho kumbono. Bakhazimla ngokuphindwe kalishumi kuzuko lwabo lwangaphambili. Ndaba zibhululwe entlabathini ziinyawo zabangendawo, ababethe saa, zabanyathela eluthulini. Bezicwangciswe kakuhle ecasket, enye nenye ikwindawo yayo, kungekho zintlungu zibonakalayo lomntu uzijubileyo.