INtlanganiso yoNyaka ye-Abolition 2000 yabanjwa ngoMgqibelo, ngoMeyi 2, ngexesha leNkomfa yeSivumelwano sokuNgande. Kwavulwa ngolwamkelo oluchukumisayo kunye nombuliso owathunyelwa kwiZiko laseLenape kunye nomnxeba umjikelo omtsha wokwazi ukukhusela uMama woMhlaba. I-Lenape yayingabantu bomthonyama bokuQala eManhattan abamkela abahlali baseDatshi kwisiXeko saseNew York, esathi sajongwa ngabantu baseYurophu xa uHenry Hudson wayenyuka umlambo othiywe ngaye ngo-1609.
Ingxelo evela kwiziko laseLenape:
Wamkelekile kwiLizwe laseLenape, eLenapehoking.
UMama woMhlaba usinike yonke into esiyidingayo ukuze sibe namava obomi ukususela ekuqaleni kwexesha.
Esi sisa sisetyenziswe kakubi kukukhotyokiswa yinzuzo, kwaye nomzimba wakhe wabonwa njengorhwebo. Siye sahenyuza uMama wethu osiphilisa ngokunyoluka kwethu; inkanuko yethu ekhohlakeleyo yenzuzo ibangele umonakalo omkhulu kumzimba wakhe, umzimba osixhasayo. Ukutshintsha kwemozulu luphawu, ukufudumala kwehlabathi ngumkhuhlane wakhe kwaye isifo kukubawa.
Ukuba besigcine ubudlelwane bembeko kunye nentlonipho noMhlaba, ngesingekho kule ngxaki yokutshintsha kwemozulu, kwaye ngekhe sibe lapha namhlanje ukuze sithethe ngoxolo kunye nokuthotywa kwezixhobo.
Oyena nobangela wokutshintsha kwemozulu, ugqatso lwezixhobo, ukwanda kwenyukliya, kunye nemizi-mveliso yezomkhosi mnye: Abantu baphulukene nolungelelwaniso lwabo lwendalo kumjikelo onika ubomi kwisijikelezi-langa sethu. Intliziyo, ukwazi, uvelwano, ibhalansi, iyekile ukuphonswa ebomini, nasekuhlaziyweni: Abantu abasaziva bebophelelekile ukuba bahlonele indima yokwenene yoMhlaba njengomniki-bomi kwaye balandele ngentlonelo imijikelo yawo yendalo. Olona xanduva lukhulu ngoku luyinzuzo, kuzo zonke iindleko.
Wamkelekile eLenapehoking kwaye kwifowuni yomjikelo omtsha wokwazi.
E papashwe ngu Pressenza.
