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95 - Yacombuluka Inamba Ebisoloke Ifukamele Ukunduluka (Abefundisi) A long lying-in, then the python uncoils and leaves (Ministers)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2019

Jeff Opland
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University of South Africa
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Open the door and let me in, fellow countryman, to speak about two or three things. I'm refering to you, Editor. Compatriots, this strange clinging burden of a baboon won't let me keep quiet, it urges me to speak out. I'm rather tired now of carrying it on my back. If only I had someone to make it go home. Listen! We hear and also read that when Jesus concluded his time with us, he left his twelve apostles behind to spread the gospel throughout all nations, so that when the Lamb returns to complete things with us he will arrive joyfully. Can these twelve apostles that Jesus left behind to teach be found among us? We would be very lucky indeed if they were here. Just twelve. Not many are needed; twelve is enough to cover the whole country. These twelve appointed by the holy spirit were raised to teach and talk about the kingdom of God, not go off only to wait for their father's net. Think about it! Can those twelve apostles be found among us? I hope they can be found, because our ministers stab Shaka and Matiwane. (Many of them) are fogbound and screened from the sun. Can those twelve be found among you? If they are there, let them consult the gospel of Mark 13: 34 and Matthew 25: 14-15.

Read these for yourselves. The bible's here. What's not here is space in the newspaper to print what's in the bible. It's enough that I've told you where to look in the bible. Don't be afraid to be ripped apart by lions, men, for selling the word of God, for it is written that God cannot be mocked, for what a man sows, so shall he reap: Galatians 6: 7. Don't be afraid if you were raised to teach, for a good shepherd will lay down his life for his sheep. Consult John 10: 11.

Just twelve, to feed God and all the people with these loaves—love, joy, peace, slowness to anger, kindness, goodness, trust, humility and self-control. Listen then! What the Word says becomes clear then, that Jesus can turn stones into bread. Think about it!! Bread to feed his Father, when we teachers of his word cannot feed him. Hear then! Are they here?

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Nation's Bounty
The Xhosa Poetry of Nontsizi Mgqwetho
, pp. 412 - 415
Publisher: Wits University Press
Print publication year: 2007

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