Ngena eNile: Inala yomculo nokudla
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sinyathelo esilandelayo ohlelweni lukaSeti kwakuwukumema wonke umuntu, onkulunkulu nabantu, emcimbini. Kwakunomculo, inala yokudla okumnandi newayini laligeleza mahhala. USeti wayimisa inkulumo ngokufuna ukunakwa yiwo wonke umuntu futhi wabiza izinceku zakhe ukuba zithwale esifubeni esibalulekile. Kwaba nokuvungama kokwazisa njengoba isixuku situsa imiklamo eyinkimbinkimbi yalo mdwebo wobuciko futhi sivuma ukuthi igolide lalimangalisa kangakanani. Wonke umuntu wagxila kuSeth njengoba ememezela, “Noma ngubani ongangena ngaphakathi kwalesi sifuba, uzosigcina. Kungumdlalo omncane wephathi!”
Onkulunkulu nabantu ngokufanayo baphuma esixukwini. Bonke babekulangazelela ukuwina umklomelo omuhle noyinkimbinkimbi kangaka. Abantu abaningi bazama futhi behluleka ukungena ngaphakathi, ngakho onkulunkulu bashintsha. Onkulunkulu abangenakubalwa bagibela esifubeni futhi bathola ukuthi sikhulu kakhulu noma sincane kakhulu kubo. USeth wanxusa umfowabo ukuthi amzame.
“Ngokuzijabulisa kancane, Osiris. Ngeke wazi – ibhokisi lingalingana nawe.”
U-Isis waphulula ingalo yomyeni wakhe futhi wahleka, “Kungaba yibhokisi lakho!”
Abantu babuthana futhi bajabula njengoba ufaro enikeza umkakhe isigebengu sakhe esimise okwenyoka, ngaphambi kokuba amoyizele athathe isikhathi sakhe. Njengoba u-Osiris egibela, kwaba sobala ukuthi ngempela yayimfanele futhi izivakashi emcimbini zashaya izandla ngentshiseko.
Kungalesi sikhathi lapho uSeti ethatha isivalo, amehlo akhe athukuthele egqolozele isixuku, wasicindezela esifubeni esenza ibhokisi. Ngaso leso sikhathi, ikamelo lagcwala izinceku zakhe futhi zamsiza ukukhipha isifuba esigodlweni. Isixuku sasimangele, abaningi bebambe ongezansi ngenxa yokwethuka.
U-Isis wavumela isigebengu somyeni wakhe siwela phansi nge-clank. Wajaha ngesibindi leli qembu ebeligijima ngelikhulu ijubane elibangise osebeni lweNayile. Lapho, uSethi wathatha wafaka isifuba emanzini. Nokho, ayizange izike ngaso leso sikhathi.
Umsinga wawunamandla futhi isifuba sanyamalala ngokushesha. U-Isis wayefuna ukuwela phansi ekhala ngamadolo noma ashaye uSeth ngezibhakela ezithukuthele, kodwa wayazi ukuthi into ebaluleke kakhulu kuye kufanele kube ukulandela umsinga futhi athole umyeni wakhe. Wahamba wehla ngomfula, izihlathi zimanzi te izinyembezi, izimonyo zakhe eziwubukhazikhazi bezigcobe ebusweni bakhe. U-Isis wazingelela osebeni lweNayile amasonto namaviki. Abantu baseGibhithe abasebenza emfuleni bahlonishwe ngokuhlangana naye kodwa babengaboni zimpawu zesifuba ayesichaza. Nomaphi lapho ayengakwazi khona, u-Isis wancenga abantu bendawo ukuba bangene emfuleni iNayile ukuze bafune isiqu esilahlekile kodwa bonke abaphumelelanga futhi wayazi ukuthi kwakungenakwenzeka ukuba afune yonke intshi yombhede womfula.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, u-Isis wathola ukusesha kunzima kakhulu. Phezu kwalezi zinsuku ezinde zokufuna, indlovukazi yayikhulelwe ingane yayo yokuqala futhi, ekupheleni kokuzingela kwansuku zonke, yazizwa ikhathele ngokuphelele. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, emuva esigodlweni, uSeti wayesezimise njengoFaro omusha.
Abantu baseGibhithe babemzonda umholi wabo omusha futhi izwi lokubulawa kuka-Osiris lasakazeka. Nokho, abantu abazange balokothe bavukele uSeti. Ngokungafani no-Osiris, wayengumholi ononya futhi engenandaba nenjabulo nenhlalakahle yabantu bakhe. Izijeziso ezaziyalwe uSeth zazinyanye futhi zingenabulungiswa.
URa onamandla wagcwala intukuthelo lapho ezwa ukuthi kwenzekeni futhi wayala ukuba uSethi eze kuye. Wala uSeth.