There's this woman uMaKhoza Kwa Dukuza in the rural depth
of KwaZulu-Natal. She was illiterate.One day the priest visited u MaKhoza, as he usually
does at the village going around preaching the word of God.
U MaKhoza was three months pregnant by then. U ba'bu Khoza was at work in
Gauteng.
"Sawubona we MaKhoza,
"Sawubona ba'bu mfundisi", with immense and sincere respect you can imagine.
"Hawu bo MaKhoza, injani impilo"? Mfundisi asked.
"Cha baba, siya ncenga, ke pha ngino kuzwa amahlaba la esiswuni,"
U mfundisi asked that they pray for the pains to disappear.
Before he could conclude his prayer, mfundisi exclaimed:
Haaawu!! Hawu! Hawu! Hawu!,
Yini indaba mfundisi? Asked u MaKhoza
U baba wala e khaya, u cishe wenza iphutha elikhulu kabi.
Ungi tshelani ba'bu mfundisi?
Cha! Mama kuzo mele kube yi mina osizayo. Said the umfundisi.
U baba wala kwakho u hambe enga lenzanga in khanda.
You can imagine how Mfundisi indulged himself.
Several weeks went by, u ba'bu Khoza came back from Gauteng for a week off.
Whiles they were eating supper, u Ma'mu Khoza related to him what happened.
"Baba, "
"Yini?"
"Haawu! U cishe wenza I phutha e li khulu,"
"I phutha, I phutha lani"?
"U ba'bu Mfundisi u seke wa dlula la e khaya ungekho wena, ezo beka umthandazo, wathi u shiye u ngenzanga I khanda lomntwana, wabe seka lenza"
The husband said nothing.
On a Monday midday, he went to the church. At his arrival he found the priest, in his garden sweating.
"Sawubona ba'bu mfundisi"
"Sawubona ndodana"
"Mfundisi bengicela ushintshi" he had with him a two hundred rand note.
"Hawu! Ndodana, angi cabangi u kuthuthi ngi nawo waloyo mali."
Ku ngezeka ukuthi ukhona ba'bu mfundisi, u bokhumbula phela, be ku yisonto I zolo".
"U qinisile ndodana, ngena e ndlini u cele umam'fundisi abheke kuyo le yomnthelelo"
Ndodana went in and asked ma'mfundisi.
"Mam'fundis, umfundisi uthi u u ngiphe.
"Cha! Ndodana, u qinisile"?
"Nge mpela unga mbuza"
"A nga yisho kanjani indaba enje, ha wuthi ngimbuze".
Mam'fundisi, "Baba uthi ngimnike"?
"Yebo mama, hawu msize."
The young men had fun with mam'fundisi.
On his way out he said " ngi ya bonga mfundisi"
"I Nkosi I ku busise ndodana", mfundisi replied.
During lunch time mam'fundisi called him for lunch.
During their lunch: "Haaawu! Baba, u nga yenza kanjani into enje."?
"Yini mama"?
"Wangi lalisa phezu kwe tafula lase khishi, wathatha unyawo lolu, walubeka entanyeni ku yena, ngathi ngisa bhekile, wangi phakamisa lona ugolo luse nga phakathi ki mina wangi beka e sofeni, wathatha iinyawo zombini wazi vula kakhulu wayi faka, ngezwa nami ukuthu angi kaze nga bhejwa kamnandi ka njena.
Wa ngiphethula ngahlala nje ngenja,ngadunusa! hawu! Wayi faka, kuthi benginga memeza. Wa yi khipha baba wayi faka endunu, ngamemeza, ngaze ngakhohlwa ukuthi ngingu mamfundisi. Yathi lapho ezo chama khona wangi phethula, wayifaka emlonyeni, ngayi cela, ngizwe ngo kushisa la e mphinjeni, naye ekhala nje nge nkomo e hlinzwayo, ngayi khipha zangithela e busweni ngayi ncela futhi. Baba waze wa ngi bhebhisa nga leya ngani".
Mfundisi said nothing knowing what he did.
The following day, whilst umfundisi was watering his flowers, uba'bu Khazo rode pass with his bicycle, "Sawubona mfundisi"
"Ya! mahamba e cela ushintyi" said mfundisi.
"Nawe, mahamba ekhanda ama-khanda"
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