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Lomkhulu, Hurley. Ngenhlanhla saphumelela sicelo salendvodza kepha kwabekwa
umbandzela wekutsi leligama kufanele libe nenchazelo lenhle futsi lamukeleke
enkholweni. Ngubane uchubeka avete lokunye lokushwacisa lugogo nangemagama
akhe abeka atsi:
At the time of the above event many priests thought it
obligatory to have one name of a Saint in Baptism. The
baptismal registers of that time provided two spaces for the first
names. The first space was for the "Christian Name", the
second for the "Heathen Name". Note the insult albeit not
intended. We Africans never had "heathen names". We had
African names for we are not "Godless or without religion", we
have and had always our traditional religion. By "Christian
Name" I think it was generally meant the name of a Saint
chosen in baptism.
(Makobane nalabanye, 1995:145).
Akugcini ngaJoku Jesekubekiwe ngenhla, Ngubane uchubeka atsi kwatsi antjintjane
nalomunye umfundisi wavumela bazalwane kutsi kubhatjatiswe bantfwanabo
ngemagama asekhaya kuphela. Loku utsi kwenteka emva kwekukhulumisana
naBhishopi lomkhulu njengobe besekubikiwe ngenhla. Utsi batali labanyenti
bakujabulela kakhulu loku. Kepha tintfo tajika nakubuya lomfundisi lebekantjintjane
nave. Asesimuve Ngubane nabeka ngemagama akhe ngaloluhlobo:
However, when my confrere had returned from vacation he
looked in the baptismal register and cancelled all the African
names I had recorded as "Christian Names". He replaced them
with names of two Saints only. He gave the name "Joseph" to
all boys, and "Mary' to all the girls. This behaviuor was absurd
because these "new" names were not known to the parents and
sponsors of the baptized children. How he dealt with this new
problem he has created I don't know. Perhaps he was
convinced that in spite of the response of Archbishop Hurley and
our discussion I had misled the people.
(Makobane nalabanye, 1995:146).
Emagama esintfu njengobe besekuchaziwe anenchazeJo
levakalako futsi acatjangiswa ngembi kwekutsi atsiwe
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