Ezombusazwe Ezindaweni Zasemaphandleni
Izinketho zenhlangano yezombusazwe zendabuko zikhona ezindaweni zasemaphandleni. Iyunithi encane kunazo zonke yindlu (mudi), umndeni noma iqembu lemindeni yezinhlanga ezifanayo, abahlala ndawonye eqoqweni lama-rondavels. I-mudi ingaphansi komkoma, ubaba womndeni obaluleke kunazo zonke.
Ukuqhubekela phambili kumakoma kuvame ukuzalwa, kodwa ukuvunyelwa okusemthethweni kumele kunikezwe yinkosi (inkosi) yeqembu elingaphansi. I-mukoma inesibopho sokuhleleka kanye nohulumeni ku-mudi. Ubukhosi bakhe buvinjelwe emacaleni amancane phakathi kwamalungu e-mudi, futhi amalungelo akhe anqunyelwe ilungelo lokulindela ukulalela, umsebenzi wamahhala kanye nenkokhelo evela kumalungu e-mudi yakhe.
Emisebenzini yokwahlulela usizwa ngumkhandlu wakhe (khoro). Inqubo ayikho emthethweni, futhi akukho ukuvotela: ngemuva kokuxoxa ngendaba, umama ufinyelela isinqumo futhi udlulisela isinqumo, esivumelana nomzwelo weningi. Uma ephikisana neKhorro, uzamazama ukubakhohlisa umbono wakhe. Uma uhluleka lokhu, lolu daba lubhekiswe kumphathi ophakeme.
Lokhu akuvamile ukuthi kwenzeke, njengoba uhlelo lweVenda luguquguquka futhi lubonakala ngesifiso esinamandla sokugwema ukulwa. Amayunithi amaningana (midi) akha i-kavhelo ngaphansi komuntu oyinhloko, amalungelo akhe, imisebenzi kanye namandla afana nomama ka-mukoma, ngezinga elikhulu. Usizwa ngamabhunga ezinhloko ze-midi, namadoda amadala avela ku-mudi yakhe.
I-lushaka, abantu abavela ezifundeni ezihlukahlukene, ngaphansi kwegunya lekhosi efanayo, yingxenye yesithathu, i-unit enkulu yezopolitiki emphakathini weVenda. Namuhla, amadolobhana angokwesiko anezindonga zamatshe angatholakala atholakale ngaphansi kwemifula. Ngokuvamile inkosi ingxenyeni ephakeme kakhulu yomzana, nabafazi bayo nomndeni wakhe phambi kwakhe.
Abanye bahlala ezindaweni eziphansi futhi ezizungezile, bevikela ikhosi nabafazi bakhe. Ukungena kwesigaba sokuhlala kwenkosi eduze komkhoro (inkantolo yomphakathi); ukufinyelela kumbusi, ikakhulukazi ngabantu abangabazi, kunqunyelwe. Ngemuva kokuthi imvume yanikezwe ukumbona, izihloko zithathwe emaqenjini aqhamukayo futhi zifike ezinyathelweni zendawo enkulu yokuhlangana.
Igunya leNkosi
Ngokwesiko, inkosi yayinamandla amakhulu nomthelela, igunya lakhe lasemhlabeni lalingenamandla angokomoya. Wasondela okhokho ngenxa yesizwe; lokhu kwaphawula umdwebo wepiramidi lapho umama angasondela khona okhokho egameni lomndeni. Kwakujwayele ukucatshangwa ukuthi inkosi yayinguye umpristi ophakeme, kodwa manje sesiyiqonda kahle isimo.
Emphakathini wendabuko, abancane nabadala babehlonishwa kakhulu futhi bahlonishwa kakhulu: abasebancane babeseduze nookhokho, kanti omdala bezophinde bajoyine futhi babe okhokho ngokwabo. Njengokwandiswa kwalokhu, ikhosi yayiyikhokho ophilayo.
Kwakudingeka akhulume ngezandla namadolo; wakhuluma nabantu bonke ngokuzidela komuntu wesibili oyedwa, kodwa kwakudingeka aqondiswe kumuntu wesithathu ohloniphekile ngobuningi. Ukuhlukaniswa kwakwenziwe phakathi kwenkosi nabantu bakhe ekuqamba izinto nezinto ezihambisana nenkosi. Isibonelo, uma inkosi ingadakwa, abantu bathi bangene 'echibini lamanzi'. Abantu babengeke babhekane nokufa kwenkosi ngqo, kodwa bangathi, 'ichibi alinamanzi'.
Ulimi olukhulunywe emasanda akhe (capital capital) lwalufanekisela kakhulu futhi luhluke kulokho okukhulunywe yi-commoners. Ngenxa yokuthi wayebhekwa njengomuntu ongokoqobo, wayehlonishwa nganoma yini akwenzayo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukukhwehlela izidakamizwa, ukuphuza ubhiya, ngisho nokuxosha. Kwakungavamile ngenkosi, njengoba ekhula, ukwenza umdanso ozoyedwa (u pembela), okwamenza waba unkulunkulu (Momoya).
Le khosi, nakuba yayinamandla, yayingesiyena eyisihluku sodlame futhi kwakufanele isebenze ngaphakathi kwemithetho namasiko omphakathi. Ngaphandle kwezimo ezingavamile angahle ahambe, futhi lokhu kwakudingeka ukuba umkhandlu wakhe ujeziswe. AmaMahosi ayengenamandla, ngaphakathi kwesimiso kanye nesiko, ukwenza izinguquko ngaphandle kwemvume yabantu. Eminye imikhosi yayiqondiswa udade oyinhloko kaKhosi (makhadzi), owaqinisekisa ukuthi isiko lalandelwa.
Emadodeni asedlule basizwa ngemisebenzi yawo ngumkhandlu we-magota ne-dzinduna, kanye ne-vhakoma (abafowabo kanye nomzala-abafowabo benkosi) ababehlala eduze nendlu yakhe noma indawo enkulu. AmaKhosi azame ukugwema kakhulu isiko esasungulwa abeka ingozi yokubulawa ngumuthi obukhosini noma ubukhosi bawo 'bavote ngezinyawo' bese beya endaweni yegunya lomunye umbusi.
Translated by Nsika Khoza