Iintsapho zeZizwe

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INcwadi kaMormoni yesiShona

Ngo 1996, uDorothy no-Abisha Peter Tembo bafudusela usapho lwabo eMzantsi Afrika, belungiselela ukuhlala iminyaka emithathu ngelixa uPeter wayefunda ubuchwepheshe obutsha belaphu. “Senza abahlobo eBandleni, kwaye kwakumnandi kakhulu; naluphi na uncedo esasiludinga, sasinalo iBandla,” uDorothy wakhumbula. “Yasinceda ukuba sizinze lula kakhulu.” Xa inkampani kaPeter ekugqibeleni yafudukela eBotswana, usapho lwagqiba ekubeni luhlale eMzantsi Afrika. Ekugqibeleni ezimbini zeentombi zeeTembos zafundiswa e-BYU-Provo nase-BYU-Hawaii kwaye ngoku zihlala eJamani nase-Ireland.

Ekuqaleni, uDorothy, owayesebenza njengomfundisi-ntsapho, akazange akwazi ukufumana isikhundla esitsha esifanelekileyo. Wachithe ixesha lakhe elininzi eqhuba amalungu osapho ukuya emsebenzini nasesikolweni. Kamva waqalisa ukusebenza njengomguquleli weBandla, owaba ngumsebenzi wakhe wexesha elizeleyo.

Ukuqeshwa kosapho kwizizwe kubavumele ukuba baxhase usapho eZimbabwe. “Sibe yintsikelelo, ukuba ngaphandle kwelizwe, kuba sithumela imali ekhaya,” watsho uDorothy. “Nantso into eyenziwa ngabantu abaninzi baseZimbabwe phesheya.”

Njengomguquleli weBandla, uDorothy wasebenza kwiqela elavelisa uhlelo lwesiShona lweNcwadi kaMormoni, iMfundiso neMinqophiso, nePerile yeXabiso eliKhulu ngo 2007. Ngo 2020, yena noNolleen Chidzawo, omnye udade waseZimbabwe waseMzantsi Afrika, bazama ukuhlola le nguqulelo, besebenzisa isichazi-magama sezibhalo. “Ukuba asinawo amagama [ngesiShona] ahambelana nesiNgesi, kufuneka sifumane awona akufutshane,” wacacisa. “Ngoku ngenxa yezixhobo esinazo siyakwazi ngokwenene ukusilungisa kwaye sisenze sibengcono.”