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Por Dario Nin
Kukhona abantu abangeyona ingxenye yesikhathi sabo noma umhlaba wabo kuphela.
Bangabantu bezizwe zonke nezikhathi zonke.
UGandhi noMandela bangabantu abanjalo—
imiphefumulo efunda ukuguqula ubuhlungu bube ukuhlakanipha,
ukungabi nobulungisa kube amandla,
futhi impi ibe inkonzo.
UGandhi wazalwa phakathi kwemifula yaseGanga
nezithunzi zombuso waseBrithani.
Ngomzimba wakhe obuthakathaka kodwa intando eqinile,
wafundisa umhlaba ukuthi ukumelana akudingi izikhali,
amandla eqiniso angabhidliza odonga oluqinile kunawo wonke.
Wenza ukungabi nodlame ulimi lomhlaba wonke,
futhi wasikhumbuza ukuthi isitha asikho ngaphandle, kodwa ngaphakathi—
ekuzondeni, ekwesabeni, nasekubandlululeni.
UMandela yena, wabona iziboshwa zomhlaba wesimanje.
Wachitha iminyaka engamashumi amabili nesikhombisa ejele,
waphuma engenankani.
Unqobekile, hhayi kwezombusazwe kuphela, kodwa ngokomoya nangokomzwelo.
Wafundisa ukuthi ukuthethelela akususi inkumbulo,
kodwa kukhulula umphefumulo.
Isizwe singavuselelwa uma ubulungiswa buhamba ngesandla sothando.
UMandela wabonisa ukuthi isithunzi somuntu singaphila nasekuthunjweni
futhi sikhule sikhululekile.
Bobabili baqonda ukuthi uguquko lweqiniso luwolomoya.
Inkululeko ayinqotshwa ngesibhakela, kodwa ngokuqonda.
Ukuthula akusayinwa, kuyatshalwa.
Namuhla, lapho isintu sibonakala sididekile phakathi kwezikrini nezithembiso ezingenalutho,
amazwi abo asazwakala njengesecho elisibizela ngaphakathi.
Basikhumbuza ukuthi ubukhulu abukho ekulawuleni, kodwa ekukhonzeni;
hhayi ekubambeni, kodwa ekwabelaneni.
UGandhi wasifundisa ukunqoba ngaphandle kokulimaza.
UMandela wasifundisa ukuthethelela ngaphandle kokukhohlwa.
Bobabili basifundisa ukuthi uthando yindlela eqinile kakhulu yokulunga.
Indlela eya enkululekweni ayidluli ekuziphindiseleni, kodwa enhliziyweni.
Futhi ngiyakwazi ukukuhlanganisa nezwi likaKristu:
“Ngize ukuzosebenzela, hhayi ukuba ngikhonzwe.
Lowo ofuna ukuba mkhulu, makaqale ngokuba yisigqila sabanye.”
Futhi umyalo wakhe waphakade: Thandanani.
Sizophinde sihlangane endleleni.
Kuze kube isikhathi esilandelayo—
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