- Idilesi: iZugting, Lesotho;
- Kwasekwa ngowe-1833.
Icawa yeVangeli kwiLesotho yenye yezona zikhangayo eziphezulu zaseAfrika, njengokuba yiyona indala yeCawa yamaProtestanti kwilizwe. Yafakwa ngowe-1833. Ngenxa yokumiswa kwayo, abaphathi bezona zinto zihlangene, kunye ne-Paris Evangelical Missionary Society yaba ngumqalisi wokwakha. Ngenkxaso yookumkani, ibandla laqala ukukhawuleza lakhiwa kwaye laphuhliswa.
Ixabiso lenkolo liyinqobo yesizwe
Namhlanje iSonto leVangeli lidlala indima ebalulekileyo kwimpilo yonqulo yaseAfrika, kodwa ngakumbi iLesotho. Ngowe-1964, icawa yafumana ukuzimela, ngenxa yokuba imisebenzi yayo ihamba ngaphesheya kwemida yelizwe layo elincinci, ngoko ke inani labo abathathi-nxaxheba lincinci kakhulu - abantu abangama-340,500, iinduna ezili-112, apho kukho amakhulu amakhulu ezindlu.
Kodwa itempile ingayinomdla njani kubakhenkethi? Icawa yeVangeli isesigodini esihle kakhulu seMaphutseng, phakathi kweedolophu ezincinci zeZugting kunye neMafeteng . Kwimizila engama-40 ekhilomitha ayikho idolophu okanye idolophana. Idolophu e kufuphi nayo isenyakatho-ntshona, kufuphi neTsguting. Kukho apho isikolo sokuqala seCawa yeVangeli lifumaneka. Kodwa ingqalelo kubahambi bayakhangwa yithempeli ngokwalo, ejikelezwe yintombi. Ukuthintela isakhiwo sokwakha, esineenkalo zemizila yejometri eqhelekileyo, ngokumangalisa ngokuhambelanayo kwiintaba ezijikelezileyo.
Apha amaninzi akakho nje abavakhenkethi kuphela, kodwa kunye namalungu ecawa yevangeli, ngelixa bobabini bebangeke bakwazi ukuphula ubuninzi beendawo ezi. I-Maphutseng Valley yindawo enkulu yokuphumla nokubuyisela ukulinganisela kokomoya.
Ndingafika njani?
Icawa isentlambo yeMaphutseng, ehlala kumzantsi-ntshona weLesotho . Unokufikelela kuyo ngokuya kwiNdlela R393, kwaye kwimizi yelali yasePalmierfontein iya ngasentla. Imiqondiso eholela eMaseru iya kukunceda ufumane intlambo.
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