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SEPTEMBA 1913

AMADODA NABAHLOBO

Ngaba kukulungele ukuba umntu afune ukunyanzela iminqweno yakhe yesondo, kwaye kufuneka azame ukuphila ubomi bokungabikho?

Oko kuya kuxhomekeka kwisizathu nakwimo yendoda. Akusoloko kufanelekile ukuzama ukutshabalalisa okanye ukubulala umnqweno wesini; kodwa kusoloko kungcono ukuyinqanda kwaye uyilawule. Ukuba umntu akanayo into okanye ulungile ongaphezulu kunokwesini; ukuba umntu ulawulwa yindalo yesilwanyana; kwaye ukuba umntu uphila kwaye ufuna ukonwaba, ukuhlala ixesha elide ecinga ngezinto ezonwabisayo zesondo, akunakwenzeka ukuba azame ukutshabalalisa okanye ukubulala iminqweno yakhe yesini-nangona "enokuphila ubomi bokungatshati."

Ngokwe- "Diction standard," ukungatshati kuthetha, "imeko yomntu ongatshatanga okanye ongatshatanga naye, ngakumbi umntu ongatshatanga; ukungavumi emtshatweni; njengoko, ukungatshati kobubingeleli. ”I-celibate kuthiwa," uhlala engatshatanga; ngakumbi umntu obopha ubomi obutshatileyo ngenxa yezibhambiso zonqulo. ”

Umntu onesidima ngokwasemzimbeni nangokwengqondo ukuba atshatele, kodwa ophila ubomi bokungatshati ukuze abaleke ubudlelwane, uxanduva kunye neziphumo zomtshato, kwaye ongathandiyo okanye umnqweno wokulawula ubunjani bakhe bezesondo, uhlala enesibetho ku ubuntu, nokuba unguye okanye akakhululekanga kwizithembiso, nokuba unazo okanye azithathanga iiodolo kwaye uphantsi kwokhuseleko nokhuselo lwecawe. Ubunyulu nokucoceka kwengcinga kubalulekile kubomi bokungatshati kulowo unokungena kumoya wobomi. Kukho i-celibates ezimbalwa, abangatshatanga, abangaphantsi kwamakhoboka kwiingcamango kunye nezenzo zesondo kunabo bahlala kwindawo yokutshata.

Abantu abaziva besekhaya ehlabathini nabakulungeleyo ngokomzimba, ngokokuziphatha, ngokwengqondo ukuba batshate, ngokufuthi bayayityeshela imisebenzi baze baphephe iimbopheleleko ngokuhlala bengatshatanga. Isizathu sokuba ubani aphile ubomi bokungatshati akufuneki sibe: ukukhululwa kumaqhina, imisebenzi, uxanduva, ngokwasemthethweni okanye ngenye indlela; izibhambathiso, inguquko, imiyalelo yenkolo; ukufumana imfanelo; ukufumana umvuzo; ukufumana ukonyuka kumandla enyama okanye omoya. Isizathu sokuphila ubomi bokungatshati kufuneka sibe: ukuba umntu akanakuzalisekisa imisebenzi azenzele yona kwaye anqwenela ukuyenza, kwaye kwangaxeshanye athembeke kwimisebenzi ejongene nelizwe elitshatileyo; oko kukuthi, ubomi bomtshato abuza kumenza angawufanelekeli umsebenzi wakhe. Oku akuthethi kuthi umsebenzi othile wobuyokoyoko okanye isimbo sodumo sisizathu sokugcina ubani engatshatanga. Akukho msebenzi okanye umsebenzi osisiqinisekiso sokungatshati. Umtshato awusosithintelo kwizinto ezidla ngokubizwa ngokuba “bubomi bonqulo” okanye “bokomoya”. Iiofisi zonqulo ezinesimilo zinokuzaliswa ngokunjalo ngabatshatileyo nabangatshatanga; kwaye ngokufuthi ngokukhuseleka ngakumbi kulowo uvumayo aze axelelwe izono kunaxa umvumayo engatshatanga. Umntu otshatileyo udla ngokukwazi ukunikela icebiso kunomntu ongatshatanga.

Ukungatshati kuyafuneka kumntu ozimisele ukufumana ubomi bokungafi. Kodwa injongo yakhe yokuphila ngolo hlobo ifanele ibe kukuba, ngaloo ndlela uya kulukhonza ngokulunge ngakumbi uluntu. Isivumo sovumo asiyondawo yalowo sele eza kungena kwindlela esa kubomi bokungafi; yaye xa esekude endleleni uya kuba nomsebenzi obaluleke ngakumbi. Lowo ukufanelekeleyo ukuphila ubomi bokungatshati akayi kungaqiniseki ukuba uyintoni na umsebenzi wakhe. Lowo uwufanelekeleyo ukuphila ubomi bokungatshati akakhululekanga kumnqweno wesini; kodwa akazami ukuyityumza okanye ukuyibulala. Ufunda indlela yokuyibamba nokuyilawula. Oku ufunda kwaye akwenze ngobukrelekrele nangentando yakhe. Umntu kufuneka aphile ubomi bokungatshati ngengcinga, ngaphambi kokuba abe nako ngokwenene. Emva koko uphilela bonke, ngaphandle kokwenzakala kuye okanye kwabanye.

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