Ophempethwane ESri Lanka Bezwa Umsindo
“Banjengophempethwane oyisithulu ovimba indlebe yakhe, ongalilaleli izwi lezinyanga.”—IHubo 58:4, 5, NW.
Kuyi-New York Times, ka-January 10, 1954, ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi “Ingabe Umculo ‘Uyazijabulisa’ Izinyoka?” kutholakala lombiko olandelayo ngokuphathelene neHubo 58:4, 5: “UDkt. David I. Macht, oyisazi sokucwaninga ngesayensi yemilaliso saseMount Sinai Hospital eBaltimore [U.S.A.], ungomunye wezikhulu eziphambili kweziphathelene nesihlungu senyoka okuthiwa uphempethwane. (Isihlungu sophempethwane siwumuthi wokwelapha osemthethweni, ngokwesibonelo, ezifweni zegazi.) UDkt. Macht wabika ukuthi ekusebenzeni ngophempethwane kanye nesihlungu sabo wajwayelana nodokotela abaningi abangamaHindu, abafundile, nabavela ezingxenyeni ezihlukahlukene zaseNdiya. Bonke bavuma ukuthi ophempethwane bayasabela emsinjwaneni owumculo, obangelwa imitshingo yomculo noma ama-fife. Odokotela babika ukuthi ezinye izinhlobo zomculo zijabulisa izilwane ngaphezu kwezinye. Wathi izingane zaseNdiya ezidlala sekuhlwile ezindaweni zasemaphandleni, zize ngisho zixwayiswe ngokuthi zingahlabeleli ngoba kungenzeka umsindo wazo udonse ophempethwane. UDkt. Macht waphawula ukuthi uShakespeare, owayebhekisela ngokuphindaphindiwe ezinyokeni ngokuthi ziyizithulu . . . wayemane nje ephindaphinda ukungaqondi okuvamile. Ngakolunye uhlangothi uDkt. Macht wathi, umhubi wayeqinisile ngokusikisela ngokuphambene, kumaHubo 58, iVesi 5, ukuthi izinyoka ziyakwazi ukuzwa.”
Ngokufanayo, esihlokweni esakhishwa kumagazini wesayensi yezilwane waseJalimane i-Grzimeks Tier, Sielmanns Tierwelt (Grzimek’s Animal, Sielmann’s Animal World), ka-July 1981, amakhasi 34 no-35, umlobi ukhuluma ngophempethwane owawuhlala esidulini somuhlwa endaweni yakhe eseSri Lanka. Wacela inyanga esebenza ngezinyoka ukuba ibambe inyoka yasendle futhi iyenze idanse. Umlobi uyabika: “Ngemva kokuba ngiqinisekise isivakashi sami ukuthi ngempela kwakunenyoka eyayihlala lapho, sahlala phansi eduze nesiduli somuhlwa futhi saqala ukushaya umtshingo waso. Ngemva kwesikhathi eside—ngangingasakholelwa ukuthi kukhona okwakuzokwenzeka—uphempethwane waphakamisa ikhanda lakhe walikhipha emgodini ngamasentimitha amaningana. Ngaphambi kokuba lenyoka ivule umlomo wayo lenyanga yagijima yafike yabamba ikhanda layo ngesithupha neminwe emibili.” Ngemva kwalokho lomuntu waseNdiya wenza inyoka yadansa.
Khona-ke, kunobufakazi bokuthi uphempethwane “uyalilalela izwi lezinyanga.”—New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References, Appendix 7A, ikhasi 1583.