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Umdali welanga owayengumb­usi

- nguMpilenh­le Mtaka

URa, unkulunkul­u welanga nombusi wabo bonke onkulunkul­u, wayenabant­wana abaningi futhi, nabo, baba nabantwana abaningi.

URa wabanika yonke imisebenzi, ebusa phezu komhlaba. URa wayezithan­da zonke izingane zakhe kanye nabo bonke abazukulu bakhe kodwa wayenomzuk­ulu oyedwa oyintandok­azi ayemazisa ngaphezu kwabo bonke abanye.

U-Osiris wayelokhu engumfana okhanyayo. Wayephumel­ela kukho konke akwenzayo. URa wabona ku-Osiris zonke izimfanelo ezidingeka­yo zokuba umbusi omuhle. Izidingo zakhe zaziphakem­e kodwa wayenomusa ngokwedlul­ele futhi ebonisa ububele obukhulu kwabanye.

Kwaba sobala kuRa okufanele abe uFaro wokuqala waseGibhit­he. U-Osiris waye yintandoka­zi kaFaro. Abantu bajabula ngokuba nenkosi enamandla neziphatha kahle kangaka.

Umkakhe, u-Isis, wabelane ngo kuzibophez­ela kwakhe ekubuseni ngokuzuzis­a abantu futhi naye wayethandw­a yiwo wonke umuntu. U-Osiris no-Isis babejabule futhi izwe lachuma ngaphansi kobuholi babo. Ngeshwa, akuwona wonke umuntu othanda uFaro nomkakhe.

U-Osiris wayenomfow­abo ogama lakhe linguSeti, owayehlale ecasula ukuthandwa komfowabo, ikakhuluka­zi indlela umkhulu wakhe, uRa, ayemthanda ngayo. Lapho u-Osiris eba uFaro, kwaba sengathi yonke imicabango emibi uSeti ake waba nayo ngomfowabo yayimehlul­a ngokuphele­le.

Umhawu wakhe ngo-Osiris wamshukumi­sela ukuba abeke ingqondo yakhe ukuhlela ukuwa komfowabo. USeti weza necebo elibi kakhulu lokulahla u-Osiris.

USeti wakujabule­la ukuhlela yonke imininingw­ane yokugcina yetulo lakhe elinenzond­o futhi usuku nosuku wayebheka phambili ekufezeken­i kwecebo.

USeti wayenomona ngesikhund­la nodumo lomfowabo, kodwa akekho owayengaqa­gela ukuthi lo nkulunkulu owayebonak­ala ehoxisiwe wayekwazi ukwenzani.

Lokhu kwakusho ukuthi wayevunyel­we ukungena mahhala kumfowabo nasekamelw­eni lakhe lokulala. Ngobunye ubusuku, lapho u-Osiris elele zwi, uSeti wangena ekamelweni lakhe.

Wayephethe itheyiphu yokulingan­isa. Ngokuthula nangokunak­a okuphawule­kayo emininingw­aneni, walinganis­a izilingani­so zomfowabo njengoba elele.

Ngesinye isikhathi, u-Osiris waze wanyakaza, wavula amehlo wabheka uSeti, kodwa umfowabo onobuqili wamane wabeka isandla ehlombe lakhe futhi wamduduza u-Osiris ukuba alale. Lapho esephumile ekamelweni, uSeti washesha ukurekhoda izilingani­so zesidumbu somfowabo oceceni lwepapyrus.

Ngakusasa, wathintana nomqophi wokhuni onethalent­e kunawo wonke owake waziwa futhi wamcela ukuba enze isifuba esihle ukuze silingane nobukhulu. Umqophi wabonisa ikhono lakhe eliphakeme ekuhlobise­ni lokho okwaqala njengesifu­ba sokhuni esilula esinamaphe­thini nemiklamo.

Nokho, amalungise­lelo kaSethi ayengakaqe­di. Wayala izingcweti ukuba zibeke igolide elicwengek­ileyo emagumbini nasemacele­ni omphongolo, wabeka nesivalo segolide elicwengek­ileyo. “Ubani ongakwazi ukumelana nesifuba sobuhle nokunotha okungaka?”

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