Kule minyaka idlulileyo, ikati kuye kwafuneka yoyise iingxaki ezininzi ukuze iphile kwaye ifikelele kwiintsuku zethu, ngakumbi ngexesha lexesha eliphakathi, xa bekukholelwa ukuba lingumphathi wesibetho se-bubonic. Ngaloo minyaka, wazingelwa waza watshiswa esibondeni, into eyayinokuwothusa amaYiputa amandulo.
Basinqula ngokoqobo esi silwanyana. Ukulimaza kwakuthathwa njengolwaphulo-mthetho. Babemthanda kakhulu kangangokuba bafika bakholelwa ukuba wayenguthixo, okanye ke, enguthixokazi. A uthixokazi ngokuba Bastet.
UBastet wayenguthixokazi owayemelwe ngohlobo lwekati yasekhaya, okanye njengomfazi onentloko yekati ehamba nesixhobo somculo esaziwa njenge sistrum, njengoko ethanda ukonwabisa abantu ngomculo wakhe. Ke, ibonakalise uvuyo lokuphila. Ayisiyiyo loo nto kuphela, kodwa yayikholelwa ekubeni ikhusela abasetyhini abakhulelweyo kunye neentsana kwizifo.
Nangona wayenguthixokazi onoxolo, wathi xa enomsindo waguquka wangumfazi onentloko yengonyamakazi, waba nobundlobongela. Yiyo ke loo nto, njengesilwanyana esimele sisonke, ayinakulinganiswa, ukubanakho ukubonisa ithenda okanye ukuba ndlongondlongo nangaliphi na ixesha.
Inkolo yayo ibuyela kumaxesha okuqala empucuko yakudala, Oko kukuthi, kwiminyaka engama-4000 eyadlulayo. Isixeko samandulo saseBubastis (namhlanje esiyiZagazig, esikunxweme lomNayile) sasizinikele kunqulo lwaso. Iitempile zakhiwa ukumnika imbeko kuye, kwaye iikati zakhuliswa ukuba, ekufeni, zazingcwatywa ngononophelo zaze zangcwatyelwa kumangcwaba athile..
AmaYiputa amandulo ayezithanda iikati, kangangokuba, ngokwentsomi, babezinikezela kumaPersi xa bephethe iikati kumakhaka abo, njengoko amaPersi ayesazi ukuba ama-Egypt akhetha ukunikezela kunokuba enzakalise ezi zilwanyana.
Akwaba izinto zazingatshintshanga kangako ukusukela ngoko.
Unyana wam omdala wekati ubizwa ngokuba yiBastet… .xa bebendinika besicinga ukuba yintombazana kwaye sayibiza loo nto ngembeko uthixokazi wase-Yiphutha… .sathi sakufumanisa ukuba yinkwenkwe heheheej mhlawumbi wayehlala Igama… .sicinga ukuba livakala kamnandi yena yena hehehehe….
Molo Martha.
Ligama loqobo lekati 🙂