IGAMA_LOBUSUTHU
Akukho bungqina busafuneka nganto malunga noku kunxulumana kwamagama athile abeSuthu nawabeNguni. Umntwana oteketayo udla ngokungawatsolisi amagama athile entethweni yakhe. Okokuba ebengathi xaakweli thuba akhe ashenxiselwe bucala abe yedwa, bekungangenkankulu ukuwanqakula amagama angawo ngexa asel'ekhulile engasateketi. Bathe ke abeSuthu bakuba bengabanga salinanza akulizingela eli gama lithi "Suthu," kwayakwavela babhali bathile abaye balizingela shushu. Kambe ke sokha sikhankanye laa mfundisi udume kunene ngeembali azibhalileyo, uFred Ellenberger, owakhe waselusuthu, ngalaa mihla yobutsha bakhe. Makabe naye waakhathazwa yinto yokunga angayazi imvelaphi yeli gama. Uthi ke xa abalisayo, abaPeli babengabamelwane namaSwazi, asuke athi wona kubo ngabaShute, kuba beshunta. Le nto ithetha ukuthi yayingabantu abashubelayo. Amasondo amabini ofele olusukiweyo ayejikeleziswa isinqe aye kuqhinelwa ngasemva, ize elinye lesithathu lidluliswe phakathi kwamathanga litsalwe liyekuqhinelwa kweliya qhina lisesinqeni. Baye ke beqhulwa kunene ngamaSwazi ngenxeni yolu hlobo lwabo lokunxiba. Uthi ke eli gama lokushunta laathiywa esi sizwe; laman'ukuguquguqulwa, lada lazakuphethwa ngelithi "nganeSuthu." Umfundisi lo akasityhileli apho intetho le yabo ifike yahluke khona kweyabeNguni. Sikho isinxibo sabafazi esahlukileyo kwesamadoda ekuthiwa ukubizwa kwaso "yithithana, inkciyo, ichachawe, inchubula." Umfundisi lo, xa akule ndawo ufike ebambelele ngazo zozibini izandla phantsi emhlabeni athi, abeSuthu aba bavela ngendlela yaseYiphutha - sonke siya yingqina leyo, kuba eli gama lethithana ligama lesiHebhere, kuba athi ikhiwane yi"thanah". Laa maqgabi ngawo kanye abazifihla ngawo imizimba yabo, uAdam noEfa okuya uThixo wayebatyelele emYezweni. Lowa umfundisi uA. T. Bryant okwadume ngokubhala amabali, yena uthi, kukho umlambo onguMabudu owelela eDelagube, elinye igama lawo nguSuthu. Makubeolu hlanga kithiwa namhla ngabeSuthu lwalukhe lwangabemi kuyo le ndawo kwaza emva koko loo mlambo waziwa ngokuba nguSuthu, ngenxeni yokuba wakha wamiwa ngabeSuthu. Lo mfundisi intetho yakhe uyiphetha lula, engafuni nokuziduba kangako, kuba uthi igama elithi "Suthu" lixela into entsundu i"sotho - basotho" ngentetho yakowabo. Uthi ke yena kuphela kwento emcaceleyo ngeli gama. Xa achaphazela intetho yabo uthi igudile, ayinawo laa maganyana akholisa ukuviwa ehlokoma kwintetho yoonoQakancu. Wonke umntu angatyekela kwelithi abeSuthu ngabeNguni poqo, unwele nozwane. Akukho bantu bangathi bengaphumi mlebeni mnye, bafane kangaka ngamazwi athile entethweni. Ngawo laa maNgesi avela ngaphesheya kweelwandle, kodwa akukho noko lilinye igama esifike siyelelane nawo ngalo, ngenxeni yokuba aphuma kwenye indlu. amasiko laa akhoyo ngoku nakuba sel'etshintshile, ayefana kubeNguni. Bathe abantu aba bakuba bezahlula-hlule, kwavela iinkosi zabo zabalawula, aqala kaloku akafana amasiko ngethuba lokuba iyileyo naleyo ithande ukuphatha abantu bayo ngamasiko acishwe sisizwe sayo kwaza kwakholeka nakuyo. Akunyali ukuthi abantu bephuma sinqeni sinye suka beeqebu ukwahlulelana ngamasiko, angabi safana kakuhle ekuhambeni kwamaxesha. Apho ungafike uyibone khona le nto kuxa kuzalwa abantwana; wofika kuqhutywa amasiko angafaniyo kanti eli sebe neliya axhuxulwe mthini mnye. Abenguni yayingabantu abalusa amakhwenkwe. Eli siko abazange balibonela zintlangeni, lelemvelo kubo. AmaYuda wona alusa iintsana zawo iintsuku zisibhozo ezelwe, nenkosi yethu yaaqhutywa ngale ndlela, nakuba olwabo ulwaluko lwaluzele bubungcwele, lundilekile okunye. AbeNguni bona bebesalusa amakhwenkwe laa sel'enendevu, kwenziwe umgcobo omkhulu. Abatsha, abadala, amaxhego namaxhegokazi abe eluvuyela usuku lwaloo mgcobo. Bebezilungisa bazigudise bazihlaziye babebatsha, bazinxibe ngezihombo ezingummangaliso behlangabezana nolu suku. Mbangi yokuba kube nje, kungenxeni yokuba laa makhwenkwe aluswayo angeniswa kuzalo olutsha ekuyiloo nto ke bandulelayo ukuzihlaziya, ukuze amakhwenkwe la ahlale enomnqweno wokuba ngosuku lokuphuma kwawo, ayakubuyela ekhaya enje ngokwindla.