Umbhalo Waphansi

c Kuyi-History of the Jews, uProfesa Graetz uthi ngezinye izikhathi amaRoma ayephanyeka iziboshwa ezingu-500 ngosuku. Amanye amaJuda ayethunjiwe anqunywa izandla ayesephindiselwa emuva emzini. Zazinjani izimo lapho? “Imali yayisilahlekelwe amandla, ngoba yayingasakwazi ukuthenga isinkwa. Amadoda ayelwela ukufa nokuphila emigwaqweni ebanga ukudla okwenyanyeka nokunengeka kakhulu, izinhlanga ezimbalwa, isicucu sesikhumba, noma inyama yangaphakathi eyayiphonselwa izinja. . . . Ukwanda ngokushesha kwenani lezidumbu ezazingangcwatshwa kwakwenza umoya ofudumele wasehlobo ubangele umshayabhuqe wezifo, futhi abantu baba izisulu zezifo, indlala kanye nenkemba.”