ISiko loMtolo ---- #04

Kuyini Umitolo?

UMthwakazi eyiLizwe le Sizwe uleSiko loMtolo. UMtolo luBhalu loba ISihlahla where the whole community of a given place eyenzela khona izinto ezintathu, ukuBika,ukuCela lokuBonga kuNkulunkulu uMdali weZulu lo Mhlaba ngokuphathelane leze Zulu, ezoMkhathi, ezeMvelo lezoKudla.

Lokhu kusenziwa yikuthi lezi zinto, izulu, umkhathi, imvelo kudalwe nguNkulunkulu njalo yikho okuletha ukudla emhlabeni okuphila khona abantu kunye lezinyamazana zikaNkulunkulu.

Okunye futhi kuyikuthi ukudla yikho okuyimpilo njalo konke ukuthuthuka kokuphila komuntu emhlabeni kukhokhelelwa yikutholakala kokudla okwaneleyo. For any development to take place within any family unit there must first be food security for that family unit or else all efforts for development will be delayed and derailed by working long hours to buy perishable foods for hand to mouth survival.

Ngakho koMthwakazi ukuhlanganela ndawonye loNkulunkulu in the communal management of the rains, climate, nature and the environment as a whole community kuqakatheke kakhulukazi okwabangela ukuthi kubeleSiko leMitolo ezweni lase Sizweni sakoMthwakazi.

Uvelangaphi uMtolo?

UMtolo uvela kuNkulunkulu awuphe indawo ethize eSizweni sakoMthwakazi. Lapho okulamaqaqa lezintaba uNkulunkulu uwufaka eBhalwini kuthi lapho okungekho khona lokhu uwufaka eSihlahleni. Ngakho ke UMtolo ngowabantu bakuleyo ndawo, bewuphiwa nguNkulunkulu.

IMitolo ifakwa ilandela ukuhlelwa komhlaba ngumdabuli womhlaba uNkulunkulu ewudabula ngelizwi, kungakho ebizwa ngokuthi unguLizwi. Ngabona sonke siyakwazi ukuthi uLizwi ngu A; E; I; O; U. Yikho nje wonke amabala aphuma emlonyeni ayengena endlebeni esidalwa sikaNkulunkulu esingumuntu aphuma kula amabala abizwa ngokuthi ngoNgoqamazwi.

Ngakho ke uMdali wabumba iLizwe lakhe walihlela njengaye uLizwi. Ngakho ke uA; waba nguLizwe,uE; waba yiSizwe, uI; waba yiSabelo, uO; waba yisiGaba kwathi uU; waba yisiQinti. ESedala iMitolo ke uNkulunkulu wadala iMitolo yezi Qinti, leMitolo yeziGaba, leMitolo yeZabelo,leMitolo yeZizwe, loMtolo weLizwe wayinika amandla lemisebenzi eyehlukeneyo.

UMtolo weLizwe yiShalimane, edume ngokuthi yiNjelele loba eLitsheni. Umhlaba kaNkulunkulu uleLizwe elilodwa kodwa uleZizwe ezinengi ezehlukeneyo. Ngakho kulomehluko amazwe adalwe yiZizwe lelizwe elidalwe nguNkulunkulu.

Ngakho ke UMtolo omkhulu kiyo yonke IMitolo yiShalimane yona eseSizweni sikaMthwakazi. Kungalokho ke iMitolo yonke ekoMthwakazi laseMhlabeni wonke kaNkulunkulu ikhokhelwa eNjelele, ngakho ke yonke IMitolo ngeyeNjelele. Kungalokho ke ukuthi ULizwi ukhuluma eseNjelele abesefika kuMitolo yakhe yonke esemhlabeni wakhe ngokufuna kwakhe, kusiya ngokuthi ukhulumela kuphi.

Uphathwa njani uMtolo?

UNkulunkulu nguye okhetha Amadlozi okuphatha uMtolo, lawo maDlozi awadingele uMdeni lemhuli yokuwabeka khona ukuze ayesebenza lowo Mtolo. This is how Amadlozi get hosted by a particular family. In this host family an individual, a member of that family is then selected to lead wonke Amadlozi that have been selected to be hosted by this family. IDlozi elizakhokhelela imisebenzi yoMtolo ukuBika, ukuCela,lokuBonga kuNkulunkulu lizakhanya ngokuvunula izembhatho ezimnyama kuphela. Laba abavunula ezimnyama lezi babizwa ngokuthi ngamaNgabuzane loba amaWosana.

Members of the Amadlozi hosting family then connect Ingabuzane/Wosana with the community leaders who then connect the Ingabuzane/Wosana and the UMtolo to the rest of the community members, izakhamizi kusigaba salowo Mtolo.

Isetshenzwa nini IMitolo?

IMitolo isetshenzwa kusukela mhlaka 21 July kusiyacina mhlaka 29 September mnyaka yonke. Yiso lesi isikhathi samaSiko akoMthwakazi. Iphinde njalo iyesetshenzwa kusukela mhlaka 15 February kusiya ku 15 March, okuyiso isikhathi seSiko leNxwala koMthwakazi. Yiso njalo isikhathi sokusebenza kwabavunula izembhatho ezimnyama ngokukhethwa kwabo ukuthi bakhulumele zonke izidalwa zikaNkulunkulu kumdali wazo.

Yiwaphi amaphutha asekhona mayelana leMitolo koMthwakazi?

Okokuqala liphutha abensundu beSizwe sakoMthwakazi abemukela ngayo imfundo yabelungu, institutional qualifications and paper money associated with these qualifications, ukholo lwabelungu, Christianity lezinye izinkolo eziza lezinye izizwe, le national political administration based on party politics, associated with liberation politics and movements.

Okwesibili liphutha lemibango yeMitolo within families who are the hosts of Amadlozi. Kuvuka ukulwisana emidenini kubangwa ukuphatha UMtolo lamadlozi that are hosted by the family. Kuphetha kuphoselwana imikhonto kubezima imuli ichithekane kusweleke ozasondela kulowo Mtolo.

Okwesithathu liphutha lokungalondolozi ngemfanelo izembhatho lezimpahla ebezisetshenziswa ngoleDlozi ebelikhokhelela imisebenzi yoMtolo angathi atshone edlule kulo umhlaba. Lokhu kubangela i communication breakdown between UMtolo le Njelele because of improper handover. Lokhu kubangela the neglect of iMitolo eminengi kuphazamise ukuthi izindawo zibike, zicele,zibonge ngokuqondileyo njengo kuhlela kukaNkulunkulu. Ngemva kwesikhathi UMtolo onjalo uyaphehla one of the family members, ahlutshwe ngamaphupho aqatha, ahlatshwe layimkhuhlane impilo yakhe ibezima kuvaleke imizamo yakhe eminengi ekuphileni kwakhe lapha.

Ngakho esiGodlweni saseMhlangeni esitsha esiseLupane esamaSiko le Sintu, amaDale amaphutha la aphethwe ngaphezulu, ayahlalwa kuqondiswe kuxakululwe zonke izibopho eziphazamisa ukuthi iMitolo ingaphatheki kuhle njalo ingasetshenzwa kuhle ezindaweni zonke zakoMthwakazi.

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