By ULiz Remmerswaal Hughes, Iphini Likamongameli we World BEYOND War, May 23, 2023
AmaQuaker e-Whanganui anikeze ngomusa izibhengezo zokuthula ezenziwe ngezandla ezingokomlando ezithi ('Ukunakekelwa KwamaQuakers' futhi Yenza Ukuthula Kwenzeke Ngokuthula) kanye nezimpawu zokhuni eziphethwe ngesandla ezibhalwe ukuthi 'PEACE' ezasetshenziswa ku-Springbok Tour ngo-1981 kanye neminye imibukiso yokuthula.
Sirekhode ividiyo yomhlangano owaqala nge-mihi ka-Niwa Short, elandelwa amaQuaker ayi-12 efunda ngokudabukisayo Ubufakazi bethu bokuthula obubuyekeziwe futhi iphetha nge-waiata ethi 'Te Aroha.'
Lo mcimbi osuba khona ubuyisikhumbuzo esikhethekile somsebenzi wokuthula Abangane ababambe iqhaza kuwo emashumini eminyaka kanye nesikhumbuzo esifike ngesikhathi sokubaluleka kokumela kwethu ukuthula, okubaluleke kakhulu njengoba ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezempi yezwe lethu kukhuphuka njalo.
Isitatimende ngo-PEACE esenziwe uMhlangano Waminyaka Yonke ngo-1987
Thina Abangane base-Aotearoa-New Zealand sithumela imikhonzo yothando kubo bonke abantu bakuleli zwe, futhi sikucela ukuthi ucabangele lesi sitatimende esibhekiswe kuwe, esivumelana ngaso sonke njengesinye. Sesifikile isikhathi sokuthi sisukumele umphakathi ngokungananazi mayelana nodlame.
Siphikisana ngokuphelele nazo zonke izimpi, konke ukulungiselela impi, konke ukusetshenziswa kwezikhali nokuphoqelela ngenkani, kanye nakho konke ukusebenzelana kwezempi; asikho isiphetho esingake sathethelela izindlela ezinjalo.
Simelana ngokulinganayo nangenkuthalo nakho konke okuholela odlameni phakathi kwabantu nezizwe, nodlame kwezinye izinhlobo neplanethi yethu. Lokhu kube wubufakazi bethu emhlabeni wonke iminyaka engaphezu kwamakhulu amathathu.
Asibona abangenalwazi noma abangenalwazi ngobunkimbinkimbi bezwe lethu lanamuhla kanye nomthelela wobuchwepheshe obuyinkimbinkimbi - kodwa asisiboni isizathu sokushintsha noma ukwenza buthaka umbono wethu wokuthula okudingwa yiwo wonke umuntu ukuze asinde futhi achume emhlabeni onempilo, ochichimayo. .
Isizathu esiyinhloko salokhu kuma siwukuqiniseka kwethu ukuthi kukhona okukaNkulunkulu kuwo wonke umuntu okwenza umuntu ngamunye abe yigugu kakhulu ukuba angalimaza noma abhubhise.
Ngenkathi umuntu ehlala kuhlale kunethemba lokufinyelela lokho okukaNkulunkulu ngaphakathi kuye: ithemba elinjalo ligqugquzela ukusesha kwethu ukuthola isixazululo esingenalo udlame sokungqubuzana.
Abenzi bokuthula nabo banikezwa amandla kaNkulunkulu okubo. Amakhono ethu ngabanye abantu, isibindi, ukukhuthazela, nokuhlakanipha kwengezelelwa kakhulu ngamandla kaMoya onothando oxhumanisa bonke abantu.
Ukwenqaba ukulwa ngezikhali akukhona ukuzinikela. Asizithuli lapho sisongelwa abahahayo, abanonya, abanonya, nabangenabulungisa.
Sizozabalaza ukususa izimbangela zokungaboni ngaso linye kanye nokungqubuzana ngazo zonke izindlela zokumelana nobudlova ezitholakalayo. Asikho isiqinisekiso sokuthi ukumelana kwethu kuzoba yimpumelelo kakhulu noma kube yingozi kakhulu kunamaqhinga ezempi. Okungenani izindlela zethu zizofanelana nesiphetho sethu.
Uma kubonakala sengathi siyehluleka ekugcineni, singamane sihlupheke futhi sife kunokuba senze okubi ukuze sizisindise thina nalokho esikubheka njengokubalulekile. Uma siphumelela, akekho ohluliwe noma onqobayo, ngoba inkinga eholele ezingxabanweni izobe ixazululwe ngomoya wobulungisa nokubekezelelana.
Isinqumo esinjalo siwukuphela kwesiqinisekiso sokuthi ngeke kuphinde kuqubuke impi lapho uhlangothi ngalunye seluthole amandla. Umongo esithatha kuwo lesi simo kulesi sikhathi izinga lodlame elandayo elisizungezile: ukuhlukunyezwa kwezingane; ukudlwengula; ukushaya umfazi; ukuhlaselwa emgwaqweni; izibhelu; ukudabuka kwevidiyo nethelevishini; buthule udlame lwezomnotho nesikhungo; ukwanda kokuhlushwa; ukulahlekelwa inkululeko; ukucwasa ngobulili; ukucwasa ngokwebala nobukoloni; ubuphekula bakho kokubili abashokobezi namasosha kahulumeni; kanye nokuphambukiswa kwezinsiza ezinkulu zezimali kanye nabasebenzi kusukela ekudleni nasenhlalakahleni kuya ezinjongweni zempi.
Kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke lokhu, ukuqoqwa kwezikhali zenuzi okungamahoreni ambalwa nje kucekele phansi wonke umuntu nakho konke esikwazisayo emhlabeni wethu.
Ukucabanga ngendlela ethusayo enjalo kungasishiya sidangele noma singenandaba, siqinile noma sithukuthele.
Sinxusa bonke abantu baseNew Zealand ukuba babe nesibindi sokubhekana nokungcola okwenziwa abantu emhlabeni wethu futhi babe nokholo nenkuthalo yokuwuhlanza futhi babuyisele ukuhleleka okuhloswe uNkulunkulu. Kufanele siqale ngezinhliziyo nezingqondo zethu. Izimpi zizoyeka kuphela lapho ngamunye wethu eqiniseka ukuthi impi ayikaze ibe indlela.
Izindawo okufanele siqale ngazo ukuthola amakhono nokuvuthwa kanye nokuphana ukuze sigweme noma sixazulule izingxabano kusemakhaya ethu, ebudlelwaneni bethu bomuntu siqu, ezikoleni zethu, ezindaweni zethu zokusebenza, nanoma yikuphi lapho izinqumo zenziwa khona.
Kumelwe siyeke isifiso sokuba nabanye abantu, ukuba namandla phezu kwabo, futhi siphoqelele imibono yethu kubo. Kufanele sibe nohlangothi lwethu olubi futhi singabheki i-scapegoat okufanele siyisole, siyijezise, noma siyikhiphe ngaphandle. Kufanele simelane nesifiso sokumosha nokuqoqwa kwempahla.
Ukungqubuzana akunakugwenywa futhi akumele kucindezelwe noma kushaywe indiva kodwa kusetshenzwe kabuhlungu nangokucophelela. Kufanele sithuthukise amakhono okuzwela ingcindezelo nezikhalazo, ukwabelana ngamandla ekuthathweni kwezinqumo, ukudala ukuvumelana, nokwenza isinxephezelo.
Lapho sikhuluma, sivuma ukuthi nathi ngokwethu silinganiselwe futhi senza amaphutha njenganoma ubani omunye. Lapho sivivinywa, ngamunye wethu angase enze iphutha.
Asinawo uhlaka lokuthula oluchaza zonke izitebhisi eziya emgomweni esabelana ngawo. Kunoma isiphi isimo, izinqumo ezihlukahlukene zomuntu siqu zazingenziwa ngobuqotho.
Singase singavumelani nemibono nezenzo zosopolitiki noma isosha elikhetha isixazululo sezempi, kodwa sisamhlonipha futhi siyamazisa lowo muntu.
Esikucelayo kulesi sitatimende ukuzibophezela ekwenzeni ukwakhiwa kokuthula kube yinto ehamba phambili kanye nokwenza ukuphikiswa kwempi ngokuphelele.
Esikusekelayo akuwona amaQuaker kuphela kodwa okobuntu futhi, sikholelwa, kuyintando kaNkulunkulu. Ukuma kwethu akukona okwaBangani kuphela - kungokwakho ngokuzalwa.
Sibekela abantu baseNew Zealand inselelo yokuthi basukume babalwe kulokho okungengaphansi kwesiqiniseko sempilo nesiphetho sesintu.
Ngokubambisana, ake senqabe ukuhlokoma kokwesaba futhi silalele ukunyenyeza kwethemba.
Hleze Sikhohlwe - Isitatimende esivela kuNhlangano Yezenkolo Yabangane (AmaQuakers), Umhlangano Waminyaka Yonke wase-Aotearoa New Zealand, Te Hāhi Tūhauwiri, May 2014
Ngobusuku bangaphambi kokukhunjulwa kweMpi Yezwe I, amaQuaker e-Aotearoa New Zealand akhathazekile ngokuthi umlando awusungulwa kabusha ukuze udumise impi. Sikhumbula ukulahlekelwa ukuphila, ukucekelwa phansi kwemvelo, isibindi samasosha, abaphikisayo kanye nabenqaba ngenxa kanembeza; sikhumbula bonke labo abasabhekene nosizi oluqhubekayo lwempi. Siphinde siphawule ukwanda kokusetshenziswa kwezinsiza eziyivelakancane ezimpini. E-Aotearoa New Zealand imali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyishumi zamaRandi ngosuku isetshenziswa ukuze kugcinwe amasosha ethu esesimweni 'sokulungela ukulwa' (1). Sisekela ngenkuthalo ezinye izinqubo zokuxazulula izingxabano nodlame phakathi naphakathi kwamazwe. “Simelana ngokuphelele nazo zonke izimpi, konke ukulungiselela impi, konke ukusetshenziswa kwezikhali nokuphoqelela ngendluzula, nayo yonke imifelandawonye yezempi; asikho isiphetho esingake sathethelela izindlela ezinjalo. Siphikisana ngokulinganayo nangenkuthalo nakho konke okuholela odlameni phakathi kwabantu nezizwe, njll….
