INgcwele yosuku: Iingcwele uPerpetua kunye noFelicità
INgcwele yosuku: Iingcwele uPerpetua kunye noNwaba: "Xa utata wam ekundithandeni kwakhe wayezama ukundisusa kwinjongo yam ngeengxoxo kwaye ngaloo ndlela esenza ukholo lwam lube buthathaka, ndathi kuye: 'Jonga le ingqayi, ingqayi yamanzi okanye nantoni na. ube? Ngaba inokubizwa ngegama elinye ngaphandle kwaleyo uyiyo? "Hayi," waphendula. "Ke nam andinako ukuzibiza ngegama elingelilo elileli: ndingumKristu".
Ubhala njalo uPerpetua: omncinci, mhle, inkcubeko, umfazi obekekileyo waseCarthage eMantla e-Afrika, umama womntwana osandul 'ukuzalwa kunye nembali yokutshutshiswa kwamaKristu ngu-Emperor Septimius Severus.
Unina kaPerpetua wayengumKristu kwaye utata wakhe wayengumhedeni. Wayeqhubeka embongoza ukuba akhanyele ukholo lwakhe. Wala kwaye wavalelwa e-22.
Kwidayari yakhe, uPerpetua uchaza ixesha awayevalelwe ngalo: “Olunjani lona usuku loloyiko! Ubushushu oboyikekayo, ngenxa yezihlwele! Ukuphathwa gadalala kumajoni! Ngaphezulu kwayo yonke loo nto, ndandithuthunjiswa kwixhala usana lwam…. Ndineengxaki ezinjalo iintsuku ezininzi, kodwa ndafumana imvume yokuba umntwana wam ahlale ejele kunye nam, kwaye ndikhululwe kwiingxaki zam kunye noxinzelelo kuye, ndakhawuleza ndaphila impilo yam kwaye intolongo yam yaba yibhotwe lam kwaye bakhetha ukubakhona kunayo nayiphi na enye indawo “.
Ngaphandle kwezisongelo zentshutshiso kunye nokufa, uPerpetua, uFelicita - ikhoboka nomama okhulelweyo- kunye nabahlobo abathathu, uRevocatus, uSecundulus kunye noSaturninus, bala ukuyeka ukholo lwabo lobuKristu. Ngenxa yokungafuni kwabo, bonke bathunyelwa kwimidlalo yoluntu kwibala lemidlalo. Apho uPerpetua noFelicita banqunyulwa iintloko, abanye babulawa zizilwanyana.
Abangcwele uPerpetua kunye noLonwabo
UFelicita wazala umntwana oyintombazana kwiintsuku ezimbalwa phambi kokuqala kwemidlalo. Imizuzu yokuvavanywa kukaPerpetua kunye nokuvalelwa kwakhe entolongweni iphela ngosuku olungaphambi kwemidlalo. "Kwenziwe ntoni kwimidlalo uqobo, mandibhale ukuba ngubani oza kuyenza." Idayari yagqitywa ngumntu oziboneleyo.
Ukutshutshiswa ngenxa yeenkolelo zonqulo akuphelelanga kumaKristu akudala. Cinga ngo-Anne Frank, intombazana engumJuda eyanyanzelwa ukuba ifihle nosapho lwayo kwaye kamva yafa eBergen-Belsen, enye yeenkampu zokubulala zikaHitler ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi. U-Anne, njengoPerpetua noFelicity, wanyamezela ubunzima nokubandezeleka kwaye ekugqibeleni wasweleka kuba wazinikezela kuThixo Kwidayari yakhe, u-Anne ubhala athi: "Kunzima ngokuphindwe kabini kuthi bantu abatsha ukuba sibambe indawo yethu kwaye sibambe izimvo zethu, ngexesha xa zonke iinjongo zichithakele kwaye zitshatyalalisiwe, xa abantu bebonisa elona cala labo libi kwaye bengalazi. nokuba uyakholelwa kwinyaniso nomthetho nakuThixo ”.