AMASU AMQOKA EMBONGI EZISACATHULA LESEZIZENZELE
IGAMA
Dr Eventhough Ndlovu
Ngivumeleni ngivule
inkundla ngokwethula amasu amqoka akuqala okumele sizidle ngawo lapho sijulisa
umcabango wethu simisa ukuthi sizinikele ukuthi silobe inkondlo.
1. Okokuqala njalo okumqoka yikuthi njengembongi, kumele uzibuze imibuzo ebalisa ethi:
a) Ngibhalela bani?
b) Ngijongeni?
c) Kuyini okungivuse usinga logqozi lokuloba?
d) Zibuze njalo ukuthi zizakuthini ingcitshi ezizahluza njalo zicubungule inkondlo zakho.
2. Kumele wazi njalo okukhangelelwe zingcitshi ezizacubungula inkondlo zakho, ukuze zibe ngezifaneleyo. Ngizagxila kabanzi kudaba lokuthi kuyiniokukhangelelwe
ngabacubunguli lapho becubungula inkondlo.
Ngisenza lokhu, kumqoka ukuthi ngiqinise udaba
lokuthi njengembongi, kumele ulimukeukuthi:
a) Awubhaleli ukulibazisa lokukholisisa nje kuphela, kodwa.
b) Kunengi okwetheswa njengomthwalo emahlombe akho ngumphakathi owubhalelayo. Uyafana xathu lembongi yezolo ebithatha ingxenye enkulusibili, ikakhulu sikhangelane lokubusa lokuhlalisana, ukulibazisa lokuthokozisa kanye lokufundisa indlela yokusebenzisa ulimi lokugabaza ngalo.
c) Ungumlobi owethula umbiko owakhayo njalo ugoqa uzulu lababusi.
Izingcitshi ezicubungula izinkondlo ziqinisa ukuthi umsebenzi lo ube lendima enkulu empilweni zabantu njengoba zibukeza impilo njalo zijongeukuqondisa lokufunzelela impilo. Ingcwethi lezi ngezibalisa: uBekithemba Sodindwa Ncube kugwalo, Ukuhlaziya Lokucubungula Izinkondlo;
uTrevor Cope kugwalo oluthi Izibongi Zulu
Praise Poetry; loSibusiso Nyembesi kugwalo lwakhe Izibongi Zamakhosi.
Izingcitshi lezi zikubeka sobala ukuthi umqondo
wokubhala ngenjongo yokuzibhalela nje awulandawo kwele-Africa. Ingcwethi lezi
zithi imbongi ikhangelelwe ukuthi ithathe indima enkulu emphakathini
njengalokhu obekusenziwa zimbongi zezolo kusadliwa ngoludala, abamhlophe
bengakangeni kuleli. Izingcitshi lezi zikubeka sobala ukuthi imbongi kumele ibe
ngumlomo, lilihlo lendlebe zikazulu. Ziqinisa ukuthi imbongi iyafundisa,
yaluleke, ixwayise, ilimukise, ikhuze, ilaye, ikhalimele, income, ikhuthaze,
iduduze, igoqe njalo ifundise. Ngalokho-ke, nginxusa ukuthi
kesiziphe isikhathi kule iviki sifunde lezi zingwalo sizwe ukuthi mlandu bani
esilayo njengembongi.
Kusigaba esilandelayo, ngizakwehlukanisa
umgogodla lamathambo, ngihlube indlubu ekhasini ngalolu udaba. Asehlukane
udobha lezi ingwalo nxa kuvuma uzibalela, lokhu elokuzwa lingasuthisi.
Umlobi nguDr
Eventhough Ndlovu ongumbalisi lomkhulu weDepartment of African Languages and
Literature e-University yeZimbabwe
GIYA MBONGI KAMTHWAKAZI!
Mthwakaz’ omuhle, nansi isigcawu sokugiya
ngobuciko bakho. Vukubula ugqozi obelulele lununkule, lutshakale, lutshitshimbe
yeka! Asiphutshe isitshikitsha sezwi lakho, zitshaywe izikeyi zokubabaza,
idutshulwe ingquzu yokugabaza ngolimi, sibukele sincinde.
Giya ngemibono, lemizwa lemicabango yakho.
Ingabe uyamemeza, kumbe uyaklabalala, kumbe uyalila, mhlawumbe uyabihla, caca
uzwakale. Kunga uyamomotheka, kumbe uqhakala uhleko, kumbe uyaqumbaqumba,
mhlawumbe uyalaya, loba uyakhalima, loba ukhonona nje, khonya kuzwakale. Loba
unyenyeza, zwakala sizwe!
Yekela banathe kuwe bakholwe. Khuthaza bafukuthe
okuhlabusayo. Yekela bagqule elomnkantsho bakholise. Vuma bakleze, bakhukhuze
bakhoth’ indebe. Sibukula babone, bafunde njalo bathinteke.
Gogosa ugwabe ngolimi lwakho oluligugu
likaMthwakazi!
AMANYE NJALO AMASU EKULOBENI INOVELI
Tshengisa Ungalandisi
Kanenginengi, nxa uloba inoveli, uzwa
izingcitshio ekulobeni zigcizelela lokhu ukuthi, Tshengisa ungalandisi.
Sekungathi ukulandisa yindlela engahlabusiyo, indinabadli, elalisayo. Abalobi
abenza ugwalo ungalubeki phansi ngabatshengisa okwenzakalayo ngokugabaza
ngolimi, besebenzisa amabala adala imifanekiso engqondweni, aphakamise imizwa,
ngoba elezidutshulo zokwenza. Nanzi izibonelo:
1. Tshengisa: Wathi hluthu isikhwama, nyawo ngibeletha, uMama wasala esiqhinqa isililo ethwele imikhono ekhanda.
Landisa: Wahluthuna isikhwama wabaleka uMama wasala
ekhala.
2.Tshengisa: Wagigitheka wathi ga ngesiphundu kwaze kwabonakala lesilakalaka silakazela.
Landisa: Wahleka waze walala phansi.
3. Tshengisa: Kathintwa lo, kuphazima umbane wezulu utshaye utshabalalise.
Landisa: Kaqalwa lo uyingozi.
4. Tshengisa: Uvalo lumdukluza isifuba alumuphi ithuba
lokuphefumula.
Landisa: Uyesaba.
Ake uzame-ke lawe uhlole imitsho yakho ethile,
utshengisa ozabala lokho okutshoyo, ungalandisi nje.
UMUSA WANSUKU ZONKE
UNkulunkulu UMoya ONgcwele
Bakithi, mina ngangike ngesabe njalo
nginyukubale ngisizwa uMzalwane ekhuluma ngoMoya ONgcwele engathi yinto.
Mayeee! UMoya ONgcwele ngumuntu booo! UMoya ONgcwele nguNkulunkulu! Ngomunye
wengxenye kaNkulunkulu: oMunye bathathu; uNkulunkulu uBaba, uNkulunkulu
iNdodana enguJesu, loNkulunkulu uMoya ONgcwele. Wayekhona ekuqaleni, ukhona
lamhla, uzakubakhona kuze kube nininini! Sivamile njalo ukuthi sithi unguMoya
kaNkulunkulu, uMoya kaBaba. Uyabizwa njalo ngokuthi nguMoya weqiniso.
UNkulunkulu edala
umhlaba kuGenesise isahluko sokuqala, ivesi lesibili, sizwa kuthiwa, “Umhlaba
wawungelalutho; kwakukhona umnyama phezu kwamanzi, kodwa uMoya kaNkulunkulu
wayehambahamba phezu kwamanzi.”
Besekusithi ekubhaphathizweni
kweNkosi uJesu eJorodani, sitshelwa lokhu ukuba: “UJesu
esebhaphathiziwe wakhuphuka masinyane emanzini; izulu lavuleka, wabona uMoya
kaNkulunkulu esehla kungathi lijuba, esiza phezu kwakhe” kuMathewu 3:16. UNkulunkulu
uBaba wakhuluma encoma iNdodana yakhe ethandekayo, loMoya ONgcwele siyambona
kungathi lijuba.
INkosi uJesu siyamuzwa
kuJohane 14:16 ethembisa abafundi bakhe ebavalelisa ukuthi kabatshiyi bodwa.
Uthi, “Ngizakucela uBaba aliphe omunye uMsizi ukuba ahlale lani
kokuphela.”
Besesimbona kakhulukazi
uMoya ONgcwele kuMisebenzi YabaPhostoli kusukela efika ngosuku lwePhentekhosti
lapho abafundi bakaJesu ababelinde khona. Ngalolosuku siyatshelwa ukuthi
kwezwakala umdumo ovela ezulwini onjengokuvunguza komoya olamandla; wagcwalisa
indlu yonke ababehlezi kuyo abafundi. Kwasekubonakala inlimi zingathi
ngezomlilo zehla zahlala phezu kwalowo lalowo wabo. Kuthiwa, “Basebegcwala
uMoya ONgcwele, baqala ukukhuluma ngezinye indimi njengalokhu uMoya wabanika
ukuphumisela” kuMisebenzi 2:1-4.
Kusukela lapho, abalandeli
bakaNkulunkulu babengabantu abagcwele ukukholwa loMoya ONgcwele. USawuli eqeda
kuhlangana loJesu esephendukile waba ngumuntu osegcwaliswe ngoMoya ONgcwele,
kuMisebenzi 9:17. Siyezwake kanenginengi ukuthi abantu babetshunyayezwa,
baphenduke, babhaphathizwe ngoMoya ONgcwele. UMphostoli Omkhulu uPhawuli
kanengi wayebeka izandla zakhe phezu kwabaphendukileyo babhaphathizwa, uMoya
ONgcwele abasesehlela kubo, njengakuMisebenzi 19:6.
Lalamhla uMoya ONgcwele
ukhona. Uyasebenza ebantwini bakhe. Ubapha Amandla amangalisayo okwenza
okungajwayelekanga. UMoya ONgcwele ukhona kithi sonke esamukela uJesu
njengeNkosi loMsindisi wethu. Samthenjiswa phela yiyo iNkosi uJesu. Ulathi
ngezikhathi zonke. Uyasilaya, asifundise okuthandwa nguNkulunkulu. Uyasixwayisa
lapho silahleka. Nguye osipha ukuqedisisa ngokwakomoya. Uba nguMduduzi omkhulu
ngezikhathi sidangele, silahlekelwe. Uyasihola asiqondise njalonje.
Mcele lawe, akuphe
amandla lamasu owaswelayo.
Asithandaze: Moya ONgcwele, woza usihlanzisise, usilungise,
sikuthande, senze okufiswa nguNkulunkulu. Amen
Barbara Nkala
STORIES OF FAITH
Siphathisiwe Mavengere
Thy Will Be Done
I got married in 2000 and my husband’s biggest
desire was to start a family of his own immediately after we got married. He
was the only child born from his father and mother who separated when he was
young. He later had step-siblings but never got to spend most of his life with them
as he was raised by his maternal grandparents. His mother passed away when he
was 16 years old, and his maternal grandparents who raised him passed on just
after we got married. As a result of what he had gone through in life, he
deeply longed to start a family of his own.
On the other hand, when I
grew up as a teenager, I developed a medical condition that I was advised would
threaten my ability to conceive later in life. Young ladies who suffered from
that condition usually would struggle to conceive. My parents had taken me to
several medical practitioners, but nothing had helped. I suffered a lot and
remember a time in boarding school at Matopo High School when I was taken home
in a critical condition, with bad abdominal pains. As I grew up, I had so much
fear that I was not going to be able to have my own children as I would always
hear this being echoed by the elders. However, I was also told that if I
managed to conceive and give birth, that condition was going to disappear. I
used to pray at a young age so that when I got married I would be able to
conceive. My favourite Scripture was, “Trust
in the Lord, with all your heart.”
My husband was made
aware of the fact that my conceiving would most likely be a struggle and he was
willing to do anything to help. There was a time when we visited our home town,
Bulawayo, and we were advised by friends that there was a well-known specialist
in town who had helped a friend who had a similar condition. We had so much
hope that he would help us, so we visited his rooms with eager excitement.
“The doctor is away and
will be back after two months,” said the Sister. The hot air balloon deflated
in mid-air. We went back to Harare sad, but told ourselves that we would come
back as soon as the doctor was back in town. Unbeknown to us, I had already
conceived at that time and we were expecting a baby girl! What a surprise! What
joy! God had done it! We didn’t need the doctor’s help. We were most likely
going to give glory to the practitioner in Bulawayo. He is a God who defends
his glory in mysterious ways. We were so excited and learnt to always put our
trust in God and not in man. Our first daughter was born in 2002 through a
caesarian section.
As years passed, we
started praying and believing God for our second child. I struggled to conceive
the second time, but we prayed and believed the God who had surprised us before
would do it again. We anticipated the good news month after month, but nothing
was forthcoming. I remember crying out to God to please remember us. It was in
January 2008 when we attended a church conference in the city. We were late for
the Saturday morning session. When we got to the Conference, the guest preacher
was talking about ‘Barrenness’. I remember after the sermon, there was an altar
call to pray for women who were either told that they were unable to conceive
or were struggling to conceive. I remember feeling the manifest presence of God
as the woman of God prayed for me. At that point, I knew something divine had
happened in me.
I told my husband after
the meeting that I knew without doubt that our prayer for a child had been
answered. He wanted me to further explain what I felt and how I was so
convinced, but I just strongly reaffirmed that God had done it. It was such a
strong conviction in my spirit; I could not explain it in words. That was
confirmed the very following month, in February, and we were so delighted and
grateful to God for another miracle child. Our son was born that same year in
October 2008 through another caesarian section, and we glorified God for the
special gift.
One night while I was
still in hospital, I had a peculiar dream. Two nurses came to me holding a baby
girl wrapped in a towel and handed her over to me. I refused the baby and told
them that she wasn’t mine, I already had mine. They went back with the baby
girl but came back the second time with the baby. They said they were given an
instruction to give the baby to me and I was supposed to take her. I then took
the baby, confused. When I woke up, I was confused as to what the dream meant
as I knew that God spoke a lot to me through dreams. I knew it had a
meaning.
Later in 2011, I
conceived our third child, another baby boy. I was surprised because I thought
that it was going to be that girl that God had showed me in the dream earlier
in 2008. Our third son was born in October 2011, through another caesarian
section. We were grateful to God that he had blessed us with 3 beautiful
children. And we were done!
I had great plans to
start focusing on the new manufacturing project that we had just started. I
needed to be there as my husband was mostly working outside the country. I
remember my prayer partner telling me one day that she dreamt I was pregnant again,
and we laughed and declared that I was done with having children. I now wanted
God to help me raise them and also manage my business.
When our third son was
eleven months old, I started feeling sick. As the sickness persisted, I decided
to visit our family doctor who diagnosed me with an infection and gave me
antibiotics because my stomach was a bit swollen. I instantly reacted to the
antibiotics and stopped using them. I then decided to visit another doctor who
immediately asked to take a pregnancy test. Pregnancy was far from my mind.
“Congratulations Mrs.
Mavengere! You have a baby coming!” said the Doctor. I almost passed out!
Questions ran through my mind. I had had three caesarian sections, the last one
eleven months ago. Was it possible to have a fourth Caesar and survive? That
was death! My son was still breastfeeding.
“God, how can you do
this to me! So soon? I didn’t ask for it! What will people say?” This was a
nightmare! When the doctor saw tears in my eyes, she said, “My dear, children
are a blessing from God! Some people are praying and believing God for
children.” And, here l was crying. It was then that I remembered the dream that
I had in 2008. The baby girl! She was another gift from God that I had to
embrace. Although it was difficult coming into terms with the news, I asked God
to help me through that pregnancy. My husband was very supportive until I gave
birth to the baby girl, Natalie, in January 2013 through a successful fourth
caesarian section. What a bundle of joy! What a blessing she is! I learnt to
say, “God, let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven!”
Siphathisiwe Mavengere is married to David, and
they have four beautiful children. She is a businesswoman who is currently
pursuing a degree course in Business Law.
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Ngithemba ubusisekile lamhlanje wena
othandekayo. Mina ngihlezi ngibhukutsha phakathi kwayo imikhizi yezibusiso.
Siyabonga balobi abahle. Ungalubeki phansi usiba mlobi oyinqaba. Ucanda ikusasa
elihle. Khumbula njalo, esalela muvu ithiwa xhaka yizinja.
Asihlanganeni njalo kuviki elizayo.
Ngiyalithanda, njalo ngiyabonga.
Gogo Nkala
