Three native accounts of the visit of the Bishop of Natal in September and October 1859 to Umpande King of the Zulus;

(Pietermaritzburg :  Vause, Slatter. & Co.,  1901.)

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IH. indaba ka'william.
 

Kute kusasa savuka, salungisa izinnqola ngo¬
suku lokuti (12) Iwennyanga September, kwaza
5 kwaba isikati sas'emmini sokudhla. Sadhla ;
sawuqeda umsebenzi wetu, sabopa, sahamba ;
sapelekezelwa umBishopo nenkosikazi yake,
kanye nabafundisi, namakosazana, nabafana.
Sahamba, sawela imBindolo; safika esiBaneni,

IO umuzi wamakolwa. Wasibiza umBishopo; sa¬
hlangana ndawonye, s'ema, wakuleka, ekuleka
ngamazwi okuqinisa ibandhla, liye kahle kwa-
bang'aziyo ; becela enKosini, becela inhlanhla
ku'Nkulunkulu, uDio opezu konke, ukuba uku-

15 hamba kube okwake konke, kwokuya nokwoku-
buya, beti, 'Akupatwe uyena konke,' litsho ne-
bandhla, ukuti, ' Sinamandhla ngokwake ; siyeke
kuye konke : ' lokupela yena umBishopo way'e-
yaupuma ngangomuso alandele.

20 Sapuma-ke ngangomuso ; sazifumana ziku¬
mulile ; sabopa, sahamba, salala endhleleni.
Savuka lapo ; saduka kusasa ; s'ehla ngesibindi
emmangweni omubi. Ngafikelwa uvalo lapo,
ngoba  saduka  ngami.    S'ehla qede, ngahlaba

25 ipika, ngati e !
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