Ingcebiso yanamhlanje nge-2 kaSeptemba 2020 evela kuVenable Madeleine Delbrêl

Ohloniphekileyo uMadeleine Delbrêl (1904-1964)
umthunywa wevangeli kwiidolophana zasezidolophini

Intlango yezihlwele

Ubulolo, Thixo wam,
ayikuko ukuba sisodwa,
Ngaba ukhona,
kuba yonke into iba kukufa phambi kwakho
okanye yonke into iba nguwe. (...)

Singabantwana ngokwaneleyo ukuba sicinge ngabo bonke aba bantu
inkulu ngokwaneleyo,
kubaluleke kakhulu,
uyaphila
ukugubungela umphakamo xa sijonga ngakuwe.

Ukuba ndedwa,
ayibalaselwanga ngabantu, okanye ibashiyileyo;
ukuhlala wedwa, kukwazi ukuba umkhulu, Thixo wam,
ukuba nguwe wedwa omkhulu,
kwaye akukho mahluko mkhulu phakathi kobuninzi besanti kunye nobomi obungapheliyo babantu.

Umahluko awuphazamisi ubulolo,
njengokuba yenza ukuba ubomi babantu bubonakale ngakumbi
ngamehlo omphefumlo, ngakumbi ngoku,
Ngaba unxibelelwano abanalo ngawe,
ukufana kwazo okumangalisayo
kuphela ukuba yiyo.
Ingathi ngumqukumbelo wakho nalo msinga
ayibuhlungu isizungu. (...)

Asilibeki tyala ilizwe,
asibeki tyala ebomini
ukusigquma ubuso bukaThixo kuthi.
Obu buso, masibufumane, buya kugquma, buthabathe yonke into. (...)

Yintoni indawo yethu ehlabathini,
Yintoni ebalulekileyo ukuba inabantu abaninzi okanye abahlali,
naphina apho sikhona "uThixo unathi",
naphina apho sikhona Emmanuel.