Ityala LESIHLALO. UVAVANYO LOKUGQIBELA OLUFANELEKILEYO EMVA KOKUZALWA

UJames L. Chaffin waseMocksville, kwiNorth Carolina, wayengumlimi. Utshatile kwaye ungutata wabantwana abane. Wazenza ukuba abenoxanduva lokukhetha ukuthanda izinto ngexesha lokuqulunqwa komyolelo wakhe, ngo-1905: wazuza ifama kwindodana yakhe yesithathu uMarshall, wammisela ukuba ngumphathi womyolelo. Ngokwahlukileyo, wahlakaza abanye abantwana bakhe uJohn, James no-Abhinere, eshiya umfazi wakhe engenalo nelifa.

UJim Chaffin usweleke ngoSeptemba 7, 1921 emva kokuwa kwehashe. UMarshall Chaffin, emva kokufumana ifama njengelifa, wasweleka kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, eshiya yonke into kumfazi wakhe kunye nonyana.
Umama kunye nabazakwabo abaseleyo khange baphikise iminqweno kaChaffin ngexesha lokulandelelana, kwaye ke lo mbandela wahlala uthuthumele kangangesithuba seminyaka emine, de kube sekupheleni kuka-1925.
Unyana wesibini kaJim Chaffin, uJames Pinkney Chaffin, wayekhathazwa zizigameko ezingaqhelekanga: utata wakhe wabonakala kuye ephupheni, ezinyaweni zebhedi, emjonga njengoko wayenzile ebomini, kodwa ngendlela engeyiyo eyendalo kunye ethuleyo.

Oku kuqhubeka okwethutyana kude kube, ngoJuni, uChaffin owayemdala wabonakala kunyana wakhe enxibe idyasi yakhe emnyama. Ukugcina umphambili wengubo ivulekile kwaye ibonakala ngokucacileyo, wathetha nonyana wakhe okokuqala: "Uya kuyifumana intando yam epokothweni yengubo yakho engaphezulu".

U-Jim Chaffin wanyamalala kunye no-James bavuka benenkolelo yokuba utata wakhe wayezama ukumxelela ukuba kwindawo ethile kukho iTestamente yesibini ebhukuqa eyangaphambili.

U-James wayevuka ekuseni ukuba aye kunina aye kukhangela ingubo emnyama kayise. Ngelishwa, uNkosikazi Chaffin wayenike le ngubo kunyana wakhe omkhulu, uJohn, owayefudukele kwenye idolophu.

Ngaphandle kwamdla, uJames waqhuba iikhilomitha ezingamashumi amabini ukuya kudibana noJohn. Emva kokuxela inqaku elingaqhelekanga kumntakwabo, wafumana ingubo kayise ukuba ayomhlola. Bafumanisa ukuba ngaphakathi, kukho ipokotho eyimfihlo eyayinqunywe ngaphambili kwaye itywinwe ngononophelo. Bayivula ngokungabeki ilinki ngononophelo kwaye, ngaphakathi, bafumana iphepha ebelisongelwe laza lakhonkxwa ngentambo.

Iphepha lafunda inqaku, elinombhalo ongachazwanga kaJim Chaffin, emmema ukuba afunde isahluko 27 seGenesis kwibhayibhile yakhe yakudala.

UJohn wayexakeke ngumsebenzi kwaye engakwazi ukuhamba nomntakwabo. Ke uJames wabuyela endlwini kanina ngaphandle kwakhe. Endleleni wamema umhlobo wakhe osele enexesha elide, uThomas Blackwelder, ukuba amlandele ukujonga ukulandelelana kweziganeko.

Umnumzana Chaffin, ekuqaleni, akazange akhumbule ukuba wayeyibekele phi umyeni wakhe iBhayibhile. Ekugqibeleni, emva kokukhangela ngocwangco, le ncwadi yafunyanwa esifubeni ibekwe kwigumbi eliphezulu.

Ibhayibhile yayikwimeko engalunganga, kodwa uThomas Blackwelder wakwazi ukufumana indawo eyayikuyo iGenesis waza wayivula kwisahluko sama-27. Wafumanisa ukuba amaphepha amabini ayebhalwe ukuba enze ipokotho, kwaye kuloo ngxowa yayineqhekeza iphepha lifihlwe ngononophelo. Kwisicatshulwa, uJim Chaffin ubhale oku kulandelayo:

Emva kokufunda iGenesis isahluko 27, mna, uJames L. Chaffin, ndizimisele ukuveza iminqweno yam yokugqibela. Emva kokuwungcwaba umzimba wam ofanelekileyo, ndifuna ukuba impahla yam ibe nokwahlulwa ngokulinganayo phakathi kwabantwana bam abane ukuba bayaphila ekufeni kwam; ukuba abaphili, iinxalenye zabo ziya kubantwana babo. Esi sisivumelwano sam. Ndibone isandla sam esitywina,

UJames L. Chaffin
Ngomhla we-16 kuJanuwari, ngo-1919.

Ngokomthetho welo xesha, itestamente kwakufuneka ithathwe njengefanelekileyo ukuba yabhalwa ngumvavanyi, ngaphandle kwamangqina.

IGenesis 27 ibalisa ibali lendlela uYakobi, unyana omncinci kasolusapho wasebhotweni, u-Isaka, awasifumana ngayo iintsikelelo zikatata wakhe nokukhupha intsholongwane kumkhuluwa wakhe uEsawu. Kwintando ka-1905, uChaffin wayeshiye yonke into kunyana wakhe wesithathu uMarshall. Nangona kunjalo, ngo-1919 u-Chaffin wayeyifundile kwaye wayithabathela entliziyweni le bhayibhile.

UMarshall wasweleka kwiminyaka emithathu kamva kwaye iminqweno yokugqibela kaChaffin yafunyanwa kamva. Abantakwabo abathathu kunye noNkosikazi Chaffin, ke, bafaka isikhalazo kumhlolokazi kaMarshall ukuba ayibuyise ifama kwaye basasaze iimpahla ngokulinganayo njengoko yayaliwe nguyise. Unkosikazi uMarshall Chaffin, ewe, walelwa.

Umhla wokuvavanywa kwamiselwa ukuqala kukaDisemba wowe-1925. Malunga neveki ngaphambi kokuba kuvulwe ityala, uJames Chaffin waphinda watyelelwa nguyise ephupheni. Ngeli xesha ixhego lalibonakala linoburharha kwaye lambuza linomsindo "liphi itestamente yam yakudala"?

UJames uxele eli phupha kubagwebi bakhe, esithi uyakholelwa ukuba luphawu oluqinisekileyo lokuba isiphumo setyala siza kujongwa.

Ngomhla wokumanyelwa kwetyala, umhlolokazi uMarshall Chaffin wakwazi ukujonga umyolelo ngo-1919, eqonda ubizo lomkhwe wakhe. Ngenxa yoko, wayalela abameli bakhe ukuba balirhoxise eli tyala. Okokugqibela, la macala mabini axele ukuba afikelele kwisisombululo esinobungane, kwisiseko seemeko ezisekwe kwitestamente yesibini.

Indoda endala uJim Chaffin zange iphinde ivele kunyana wakhe ephupheni kwakhona. Kuyabonakala ukuba wayeyifumene le nto ebeyifuna: ukulungisa ukungalunganga emva kokufunda ibali lesibhalo esingcwele.

Umdibaniso kaJim Chaffin waziwa kakuhle eMantla Carolina kwaye ubhalwe ngokubanzi. Imela enye yezona zinto zibonisa ukuba ubukho basemva kobomi basemva kobomi basemva kokunxibelelana nomntu oswelekileyo.