Imbali emfutshane yosuku: Ukubheja

“Yintoni injongo yokubheja? Inceda ntoni le ndoda ukuba ilahlekelwe yiminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu yobomi bayo kwaye ndimoshe izigidi ezibini? Ungangqina ukuba isigwebo sentambo singcono okanye sibi ngaphezu kokuvalelwa ubomi bonke? "

KWAKUNGOBUSUKU obumnyama ekwindla. Ibhanki endala yehla yenyuka isenza isifundo kwaye yakhumbula ukuba, kwiminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu eyadlulayo, wayenze itheko ngorhatya lwakwindla. Kwakukho amadoda amaninzi akrelekrele kwaye kwabakho iincoko ezinomdla. Phakathi kwezinye izinto, babethethile ngesigwebo sentambo. Uninzi lweendwendwe, kubandakanya uninzi lweentatheli kunye neenkcuba-buchopho, ezingasamkeliyo isigwebo sentambo. Balujonga olu hlobo lwesohlwayo njengoluphelelwe lixesha, lokuziphatha kakubi nolungafanelekanga kumanqanaba obuKristu. Ngokoluvo lwabanye babo, isigwebo sentambo kufuneka sithatyathelwe indawo kukuvalelwa ubomi entolongweni.

“Andivumelani nawe,” watsho umphathi wabo, umnini-bhanki. “Andikhe ndizame nesigwebo sentambo okanye ukuvalelwa ubomi entolongweni, kodwa ukuba umntu angagweba i-priori, isigwebo sentambo siziphethe kakuhle kwaye sinobuntu kunasentolongweni. Isohlwayo senkumba siyambulala umntu kwangoko, kodwa intolongo esisigxina iyambulala kancinci. Ngowuphi oyena mntu ugwetyelwayo, okukubulala kwimizuzu embalwa okanye kukuhlutha ubomi kwiminyaka emininzi? "

“Bobabini baziphethe kakubi ngokulinganayo,” yatsho enye yeendwendwe, “kuba zombini zinenjongo enye: ukuthatha ubomi. Umbuso ayingoThixo, awunalungelo lakuthatha into ongenako ukuyibuyisela xa ufuna. "

Phakathi kweendwendwe bekukho igqwetha eliselula, umfana onamashumi amabini anesihlanu. Xa ebuzwa uluvo lwakhe, wathi:

“Isigwebo sentambo nokuvalelwa entolongweni ubomi bonke abuziphathi kakuhle, kodwa ukuba kuye kwafuneka ndikhethe phakathi kwesigwebo sentambo nokuvalelwa ubomi entolongweni, ngokuqinisekileyo ndingakhetha esokugqibela. Nangona kunjalo, ukuphila kubhetele kunokungabinanto ”.

Ingxoxo edlamkileyo iyavela. Umgcini-bhanki, owayemncinci kwaye esoyika ngakumbi ngezo ntsuku, ngequbuliso wabanjwa yimincili; wabetha itafile ngenqindi wakhwaza umfana wathi:

Ayinyani! Ndibona izigidi ezibini ungavali wedwa iminyaka emihlanu. "

"Ukuba ubunyanisile," watsho umfana, "ndiyakwamkela ukubheja, kodwa andizukuhlala iminyaka emihlanu kodwa elishumi elinesihlanu".

"Shumi elinantlanu? Yenziwe! " Watsho ebhankini. "Madoda, ndibethe izigidi ezimbini!"

Ndiyavuma! Ubheja izigidi zakho kwaye ndibheje inkululeko yam! " watsho umfana.

Kwaye ukubheja okuphambeneyo nokungabinangqondo kwenziwa! Ibhanki echithiweyo kunye nengaphucukanga, enezigidi ezingaphaya kokubala kwakhe, yayonwabile ngokubheja. Ngexesha lesidlo sangokuhlwa wahlekisa ngalo mfana wathi:

“Cinga ngcono, mfana, ngeli xesha lisekhona. Kum ezibini zizigidi ngamampunge, kodwa uphoswa yiminyaka emithathu okanye emine yeyona minyaka intle yobomi bakho. Ndithi zintathu okanye zine, kuba awuyi kuhlala.Ungalibali nokuba, ndoda engonwabanga, ukuba ukuvalelwa ngokuzithandela kunzima kakhulu ukukuthwala kunokuba kunyanzelekile. Ingcinga yokuba nelungelo lokukhululeka nangaliphi na ixesha iya kutyhefa bonke ubomi bakho entolongweni. Ndiyaxolisa ngawe.

Ke ngoku umnini-bhanki, ehambahamba ngapha nangapha, uyikhumbula yonke le nto kwaye wazibuza, “Ibiyintoni injongo yokubheja? Inceda ntoni le ndoda ukuba ilahlekelwe yiminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu yobomi bayo kwaye ndimoshe izigidi ezibini? ukuba isigwebo sentambo singcono okanye sibi ngaphezu kokuvalelwa ubomi entolongweni? Hayi hayi. Yonke loo nto yayingamampunge kwaye ingamampunge. Kwelam icala yayingumnqa womntu owonakeleyo, kwaye kwelakhe icala kukubawela imali… “.

Emva koko wakhumbula into eyalandela ngobo busuku. Kwagqitywa kwelokuba lo mfana uza kuchitha iminyaka yokuthinjwa kwakhe phantsi kweliso elibukhali kwenye yeendawo zokulala kwigadi yebhanki. Kwavunyelwana ukuba ishumi elinesihlanu leminyaka akazukukhululeka ukuba anqumle umngcele wale lodge, abone abantu, eve ilizwi lomntu, okanye afumane iileta kunye namaphephandaba. Wavunyelwa ukuba nesixhobo somculo kunye neencwadi, kwaye wavunyelwa ukuba abhale iileta, asele iwayini kunye nomsi. Ngaphantsi kwemvumelwano yesivumelwano, ekuphela kobudlelwane anokuba nabo kunye nehlabathi langaphandle kwakungowefestile eyenzelwe ngokukodwa loo nto. Unokuba nayo nantoni na ayifunayo-iincwadi, umculo, iwayini njalo njalo-nakweyiphi na into ayifunayo ngokubhala i-odolo, kodwa wayenokuyifumana ngefestile.

Kunyaka wokuqala entolongweni, kangangoko wayenokugwetywa ngamanqaku akhe amafutshane, eli banjwa lalisokola kakhulu ngenxa yokuba lilolo noxinzelelo. Izandi zepiyano zinokuviwa ngokuqhubekayo imini nobusuku kwi-loggia yayo. Wala iwayini kunye necuba. Iwayini, wabhala, ivuselela iminqweno, kunye neminqweno zezona ntshaba zimbi zamabanjwa; Ngaphandle koko, akukho nto inokuba lusizi njengokusela iwayini elungileyo kwaye ungaboni mntu. Kwaye icuba lonakala egumbini lakhe. Kunyaka wokuqala iincwadi awayezithumela zazinokukhanya okulula; Iinoveli ezinesakhiwo esintsonkothileyo sothando, amabali amnandi kunye nathandekayo njalo njalo

Kunyaka wesibini ipiyano yayithule kwi-loggia kwaye ibanjwa lacela kuphela ezakudala. Kunyaka wesihlanu umculo weva kwakhona kwaye ibanjwa lacela iwayini. Abo babembukele ngefestile bathi unyaka wonke akenzanga nto ngaphandle kokutya nokusela kwaye walala ebhedini, uhlala ezamla kwaye ethetha ngomsindo. Akazange afunde iincwadi. Ngamanye amaxesha ebusuku wayehlala phantsi abhale; Uchithe iiyure ebhala kwaye kusasa ekrazula yonke into ayibhalileyo. Ngapha koko uye waziva ekhala.

Kwisiqingatha sesibini sonyaka wesithandathu, ibanjwa laqala ngenzondelelo ukufunda iilwimi, ifilosofi kunye nembali. Wazinikela ngehlombe kwezi zifundo, kangangokuba umgcini-bhanki wayenento eyaneleyo yokumenzela iincwadi awayezi-odole. Kwisithuba seminyaka emine, malunga namakhulu amathandathu emiqulu athengwa ngesicelo sakhe. Kwakungelo xesha ngeli xesha umgcini-bhanki efumana le leta ilandelayo evela kwibanjwa lakhe:

“Mgcini wam entolongweni, ndibhalela le migca ngeelwimi ezintandathu. Zibonise abantu abazaziyo iilwimi. Bayeke bafunde. Ukuba abafumani mpazamo ndiyakucela ukuba udubule ngegadi. Oko kubethwa kuya kundibonisa ukuba iinzame zam azilahlwanga. I-Genius yayo yonke iminyaka namazwe athetha iilwimi ezahlukeneyo, kodwa ilangatye elifanayo liyatsha kuwo wonke umntu. Owu, ukuba bendisazi ukuba loluphi ulonwabo lwasemhlabeni umphefumlo wam uziva ngalo ngoku ekubeni ndikwazi ukuziqonda! “Unikiwe umnqweno webanjwa. Ibhanki yayalela ukuba kudutyulwe izibini ezibini egadini.

Ke, emva konyaka weshumi, ibanjwa lahlala lingashukumi etafileni kwaye alafundanga nto ngaphandle kweVangeli. Kwakubonakala kungaqhelekanga kumgcini-bhanki ukuba indoda ethe kwiminyaka emine yafunda imiqulu engamakhulu amathandathu yokufunda kufuneka ichithe phantse unyaka nencwadi encinci, ekulula ukuyiqonda. Ithiyori kunye neembali zenkolo zilandela iiVangeli.

Kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo entolongweni, ibanjwa lifunde isixa esikhulu seencwadi ngendlela engakhethi cala. Wayekhe wabandakanyeka kwisayensi yendalo, emva koko wabuza malunga noByron okanye uShakespeare. Kwakukho amanqaku apho wayecela khona iincwadi zekhemistri, incwadi yezonyango, inoveli, kunye nonyango oluthile kwifilosofi okanye kwithiology ngaxeshanye. Ukufunda kwakhe kwacebisa ukuba indoda ibidada elwandle phakathi kweenqanawa zomkhumbi kwaye izama ukusindisa ubomi bayo ngokubambelela ngentonga enye emva kwenye.

II

Ibhanki endala yakhumbula konke oku kwaye yacinga:

“Ngomso emini emaqanda uya kubuya akhululeke. Ngokwesivumelwano sethu, kufuneka ndimhlawule izigidi ezibini. Ukuba ndiyamhlawula, kuphelile ngam: ndiya kutshabalala kuphele.

Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu eyadlulayo, izigidi zakhe zazingaphaya kwamandla akhe; ngoku woyika ukuzibuza ukuba ayintoni amatyala akhe amakhulu okanye iiasethi. Ukungcakaza okungafunekiyo kwimarike yemasheya, ukuthelekelela okungalawulekiyo kunye nokuzonwabisa angakwaziyo ukoyisa nakwiminyaka yokuqhubela phambili kuye kwakhokelela ekuweni kwethamsanqa lakhe kwaye usozigidi onekratshi, ongoyikiyo nokuzithemba waba ngumbhanki isikhundla esiphakathi, engcangcazela ngalo lonke ukonyuka kunye nokuhla kutyalo-mali. "Damn ubhejo!" Wakhalaza ixhego, ebambelele entlokweni yakhe lithemba “Kutheni engafanga nje lomntu? Ngoku unamashumi amane kuphela. Uyakuyithathela ipeni yam yokugqibela, uzakutshata, onwabele ubomi bakhe, abheje amjonge njengomona njengomceli kwaye eve isigwebo esifanayo kuye yonke imihla: “Ndikutyala ulonwabo lobomi bam, mandikuncede! ' Hayi, kuninzi kakhulu! Ekuphela kwendlela yokusindiswa kukungabinamali kwaye lilishwa kukufa kwaloo ndoda! "

Intsimbi yesithathu yabetha, umgcini-bhanki wamamela; wonke umntu walala endlini kwaye ngaphandle kwakungekho nto ngaphandle kokurhashaza kwemithi engumkhenkce. Ezama ukungenzi nasiphi na isandi, wathatha isitshixo kwisefu engenakucima umlilo emnyango eyayingavulekanga kangangeminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu, wanxiba idyasi yakhe wemka endlwini.

Kwakumnyama kwaye kubanda egadini. Imvula yayisina. Umoya omanzi nonzulu ubaleka ungena egadini, uyabhomboloza ungaphumzi emithini. Umgcini-bhanki wanyanzela amehlo akhe, kodwa akazange abone umhlaba okanye imifanekiso emhlophe, okanye i-loggia, okanye imithi. Ukuya kwindawo eyayikuyo indawo yokulala, wabiza umgcini kabini. Akukho mpendulo ilandelayo. Ngokucacileyo umgcini wayefuna ikhusi kwizinto zomoya kwaye ngoku wayelele kwindawo ethile ekhitshini okanye kwigreenhouse.

"Ukuba bendinesibindi sokuphumeza injongo yam," yacinga indoda endala, "urhano luzakuwela kuqala kubalindi."

Wakhangela ebumnyameni amanyathelo kunye nomnyango kwaye wangena ekungeneni kweloggia. Emva koko waphuthaphutha ipaseji encinci waza waqhina umatshisi. Kwakungekho mphefumlo apho. Kwakukho ibhedi engenazo iingubo kunye nesitovu esimnyama sesinyithi kwikona enye. Ukutywina emnyango okukhokelela kumagumbi amabanjwa kwakulungile.

Ukuphuma komdlalo ixhego, lingcangcazela yimvakalelo, laphuma ngefestile. Ikhandlela latshisa kancinci kwigumbi lebanjwa. Ebehleli etafileni. Yonke into owawuyibona yayingumqolo wakhe, iinwele entloko nasezandleni zakhe. Iincwadi ezivuliweyo zazilele phezu kwetafile, kwizitulo ezibini ezingaphezulu nakwikhaphethi ecaleni kwetafile.

Imizuzu emihlanu idlulile kwaye ibanjwa alishukumi nakanye. Iminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu entolongweni yayimfundise ukuhlala ngokuzola. Ibhanki ibambe ngefestile ngomnwe kwaye ibanjwa alizange lenze ntshukumo ekuphenduleni. Emva koko umnini-bhanki ngononophelo wawaphula amatywina emnyango kwaye wafaka isitshixo kumngxuma wesitshixo. Isitshixo esinomhlwa senza isandi sokuguba kwaye ucango luye lwangena. Ibhanki ilindele ukuva iinyawo kunye nesikhalo sokumangaliswa kwangoko, kodwa kudlule imizuzu emithathu kwaye igumbi belizolile kunangaphambili. Ugqibe kwelokuba angene.

Etafileni indoda eyahlukileyo kubantu abaqhelekileyo yayihleli ingashukumi. Wayengamathambo ngesikhumba etsalwe phezu kwamathambo akhe, ene curls ezinde ezifana nezomfazi kunye neendevu ezomeleleyo. Ubuso bakhe bube tyheli ngombala womhlaba, izidlele zakhe zitshonile, umqolo wakhe umde kwaye umxinwa, kwaye isandla intloko yakhe ethe nca apho wayephumle kuso sasibhityile kwaye sibuthathaka kwakoyikeka ukumjonga. Iinwele zakhe zazisele zinemigca yesilivere kwaye, xa embona ebhityile, emdala ebusweni, akukho mntu wayenokukholelwa ukuba wayenamashumi amane kuphela. Wayelele. . . . Phambi kwentloko yakhe eyayiqubudile wabeka iphepha phezu kwetafile kukho into ebhaliweyo ebhalwe ngesandla esihle.

"Sisidenge!" wacinga lo webhanki, “uyalala kwaye kungenzeka ukuba uphupha izigidi. Kwaye kufuneka ndithathe lo mntu uswelekileyo, ndimphose ebhedini, ndimkrwitshe kancinci ngomqamelo, kwaye eyona ngcali inyanisekileyo ayinakufumana phawu lokufa kabuhlungu. Kodwa masiqale sifunde ukuba ubhale ntoni apha… “.

Ibhanki yathatha iphepha kwitafile kwaye yafunda oku kulandelayo:

“Ngomso ezinzulwini zobusuku ndiphinda ndifumana inkululeko yam kunye nelungelo lokudibana namanye amadoda, kodwa ngaphambi kokuba ndiphume kweli gumbi ndibone ilanga, ndicinga ukuba ndifuna ukuthetha amagama ambalwa kuwe. Ngesazela esicocekileyo ukukuxelela, njengaphambi koThixo, ojonge kum, ukuba ndiyayidela inkululeko, ubomi kunye nempilo, kwaye konke okusencwadini zakho kuthiwa zizinto ezilungileyo zehlabathi.

kunye nemitya yemibhobho yabalusi; Ndachukumisa amaphiko eedemon ezintle ezazindiza zize kuncokola nam ngoThixo. . . Ezincwadini zakho ndaziphosa enzonzobileni, ndenza imimangaliso, ndabulala, ndatshisa izixeko, ndashumayela iinkolo ezintsha, ndoyisa izikumkani zonke. . . .

“Iincwadi zakho zindinike ubulumko. Yonke into edalwe kukucinga okungazinzanga komntu ukutyhubela iinkulungwane icinezelwe kwikhampasi encinci engqondweni yam. Ndiyazi ukuba ndilumke kunani nonke.

“Kwaye ndiyazicekisa iincwadi zakho, ndiyabudela ubulumko neentsikelelo zeli hlabathi. Yonke ililize, iyadlula, iyakhohlisa kwaye iyakhohlisa, njengesanga. Unokuba neqhayiya, ulumke kwaye ulunge, kodwa ukufa kuyakutshayela ebusweni bomhlaba ngokungathi awuyonto ngaphandle kweempuku ezimba phantsi komgangatho, kwaye inzala yakho, imbali yakho, imfuza yakho engafiyo iyakutshisa okanye iqine kunye. kwihlabathi.

“Ulahlekelwe yingqondo, wathabatha ikhondo elingalunganga. Wathengisa ngenkohliso ngenyaniso, nangokoyikeka kwakho ngobuhle. Uya kumangaliswa ukuba, ngenxa yeziganeko ezingaqhelekanga zohlobo oluthile, amasele kunye namacikilishe akhula ngesiquphe kwimithi yeapile kunye neorenji endaweni yeziqhamo. , okanye ukuba iiroses zaqala ukunuka njengehashe elibilayo, ndiyamangaliswa nguwe xa uthengisa izulu ngomhlaba.

“Ukukubonisa ngezenzo indlela endiyicekisa ngayo yonke into ophila ngayo, ndincama iparadesi ezizigidi ezibini ebendikade ndiphupha ngazo ngoku ndizicekisayo. Ukuzihlutha ilungelo lam lemali, ndiza kushiya apha kwiiyure ezintlanu phambi kwexesha elimiselweyo, kwaye ngenxa yoko wophula isivumelwano ... "

Xa umnini-bhanki wayefunde le nto, wabeka iphepha phantsi kwetafile, wamanga lo mntu angamaziyo entloko, washiya i-loggia ikhala. Ngelinye ixesha, naxa wayelahlekelwe kakhulu kwimarike yemasheya, ngaba waziva edelelekile kangaka kuye. Ukufika kwakhe walala ebhedini, kodwa iinyembezi kunye neemvakalelo zamthintela ukuba angalali kangangeeyure.

Ngentsasa elandelayo abathunywa beza begijima ngobuso obumhlophe kwaye bamxelela ukuba babone indoda ehlala kwiloggia iphuma ngefestile isiya egadini, yaya esangweni yanyamalala. Umgcini-bhanki kwangoko waya kunye nabasebenzi kwigumbi lokuhlala waza waqinisekisa ukubaleka kwebanjwa lakhe. Ukuthintela ukuvusa intetho engeyomfuneko, uthathe uphawu olunika izigidi etafileni kwaye xa efika ekhaya walutshixa kwindawo ekhuselekileyo.