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5.7. INKHOLO YEBUKRISTU EmaSwati Iamanyenti agucukele enkholweni yebuKhristu neyebu Islam. Umshado wesintfu uncike kakhulu esitsenjini. UMnumzane· -lonebafati labanyenti , kuye kntsiwe yindvodza sibili, nenmdeni wayo wandza kakhulu, Futsi kuba ngumndeni lohlangene. Inkholo-ke ayivumelani nesitsembu. Likholwa liba nemfati munye. Indvodza yeliSwati-ke ayikwati kuphiIa ngaphandle kwelusendvo kanye nabomakhelwane. Inkholo yebuKhristu ibumbene kakhulu nemphilo yesilumbi. Lamanye emakholwa kuba matima kakhulu kuphila imphilo yesikholwa Lomunye umuntfu ukwenta kokubili, ahIanganise sikholwa nesintfu. Kasenene (1993:135) usekela loku utsi: Not all the Swazis who became Christians were willing to abandon their traditional values indiscriminately. Many of those who became Christians continued to cherish their culture and wanted to preserve it. < Tingoma temakholwa tehIuke kakhuIu etingomeni tesintfu. Tikhombisa kakhulu sigci sebelumbi kunesemaSwati. EmaSwati lasaphendvukele enkholweni yebuKhristu, kudzingeke kutsi ashiye inkholo yesintfu nemasiko, kute etsembeke kuIenkholo Iensha, Inkholo yebuKhristu ayikholelwa emadIotini kumbe ekwenteni imisebenti yalabaphansi. Lamanye emakholwa ayiwenetisi lenkholo ngobe ayitsintsi tonkhe tincenye temphilo. Ngaleso sizatfu Iabanye batsi bakholwa babe baphahla emadloti benta nemasiko. J,amanye emabandla kulawa enkholo yebuKhritsu njenge (Saint Paul) Iawo ayakholelwa enkholweni yesintfu. Nakwentekile umuntfu lonelidloti akhonta khona, batsi bayaligucula lidloti hOO sitfunywa saMoya •. 140

semuntfu, abe ngumpholofetbi. Nakwentekile umuntfu alahlekelwa, agula kumbe agulelwa ngumntfwana uya kubapholofetbi ayekuva kutsi kwentekani. Kasenene (1993) ufakaza utsi: Divination in Swazi Traditional Religion has been reborn as prophecy in Christianity.There are many aspects of Swazi Religion such as magic, healing and taboo which are dying to the new convert and are being reborn in their new faiths in different forms. Inkholo yebuKhristu yakhelwe etisekelweni letimbili, Jesu Khristu uyindvodzana yaNkulunkulu, nekutsi Nkulunkulu watfumela Khritsu eveni kutsi atewuphila aphindze ahIupheke njengemuntfu, afe khona umuntfu atewukhululwa etonweni takhe atfole kuphila Iokuphakadze.Elion (2001:53) yena uchaza utsi: Most protestant church groups-hold that Christ is inseparable from trinity ofGod the Father,God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.Those churches also hold that God in his Unity and God in His trinity is and always has been present and active in the world. Bantfu labemukele inkholo yebuKhristu banelilanga linye lekukhonta evikini. Lokusho kutsi kufanele bahambe bayewubutsana emaThempelini bathandaze. Elion (2001:53) uchubeka achaze atsi: The Christian Sabbath is: Observed on a Sunday in memory of Christ's Resurrection on Easter Sunday.Different Chritian denominations hold Church services at varying times on the Sunday Subbath. It is common practice for young children to receive Sunday school instruction. " 141 ..

5.7. INKHOLO YEBUKRISTU<br />

EmaSwati Iamanyenti agucukele enkholweni yebuKhristu neyebu Islam.<br />

Umshado wesintfu uncike kakhulu esitsenjini. UMnumzane· -lonebafati<br />

labanyenti , kuye kntsiwe yindvodza sibili, nenmdeni wayo wandza<br />

kakhulu, Futsi kuba ngumndeni lohlangene. Inkholo-ke ayivumelani<br />

nesitsembu. Likholwa liba nemfati munye. Indvodza yeliSwati-ke ayikwati<br />

kuphiIa ngaphandle kwelusendvo kanye nabomakhelwane. Inkholo<br />

yebuKhristu ibumbene kakhulu nemphilo yesilumbi. Lamanye emakholwa<br />

kuba matima kakhulu kuphila imphilo yesikholwa Lomunye umuntfu<br />

ukwenta kokubili, ahIanganise sikholwa nesintfu. Kasenene (1993:135)<br />

usekela loku utsi:<br />

Not all the Swazis who became Christians were willing to abandon<br />

their traditional values indiscriminately. Many <strong>of</strong> those who became<br />

Christians continued to cherish their culture and wanted to preserve it.<br />

<<br />

Tingoma temakholwa tehIuke kakhuIu etingomeni tesintfu. Tikhombisa<br />

kakhulu sigci sebelumbi kunesemaSwati. EmaSwati lasaphendvukele<br />

enkholweni yebuKhristu, kudzingeke kutsi ashiye inkholo yesintfu<br />

nemasiko, kute etsembeke kuIenkholo Iensha, Inkholo yebuKhristu<br />

ayikholelwa emadIotini kumbe ekwenteni imisebenti yalabaphansi. Lamanye<br />

emakholwa ayiwenetisi lenkholo ngobe ayitsintsi tonkhe tincenye<br />

temphilo. Ngaleso sizatfu Iabanye batsi bakholwa babe baphahla emadloti<br />

benta nemasiko. J,amanye emabandla kulawa enkholo yebuKhritsu njenge<br />

(Saint Paul) Iawo ayakholelwa enkholweni yesintfu. Nakwentekile umuntfu<br />

lonelidloti akhonta khona, batsi bayaligucula lidloti hOO sitfunywa saMoya<br />

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