Ndakagara parutivi rwechivanhu, ndichiona chiedza chemoto chichitamba pamadziro. Pasi pangu, ndainzwa sekunge ivhu riri kufema pamwe neni. Moyo wangu wakarova zvakasiyana sekunge mweya wairi kundizivisa chimwe chinhu chikuru chiri kuuya.
Amai vakauya vakabata chipunu chemvura, vakandipa zvinyoronyoro.
“Inwa izvi, mwana wangu. Mvura iyi inodzora mweya unoshushikana.”
Ndakavabata ruoko rwavo, ndichitarisa maziso avo.
“Amai, sei zvese izvi zviri kuitika kwandiri? Sei mweya wose uri kunditarisa sekunge ndiri chinhu chimwe chikuru chandisinganzwisisi?”
Vakachema zvinyoronyoro,
“Mwana wangu, kubva pakuzvarwa kwako, zuva rakapisa moto wakanga usingadzime. Sekuru Vengai vakati moto iwoyo chiratidzo chechiporofita. Uye zvino nguva yasvika kuti chiporofita chizadzike.”
Ndakatadza kutaura. Mhepo yakapinda mukamuri, ikavhiringa machira edu, uye mumwe moto wakabatidza pfuma yaiva pedyo — asi hapana munhu akanga atamba nawo.
Amai vakasvetuka.
“Tarira! Mweya wemoto wadzoka!”
Moto wakatanga kutenderera sekunge uri mupenyu. Ndakaona mukati mawo mufananidzo chiso chemukadzi akapfeka jira jena, akabata pfumo rinopenya semheni.
“Mukunda,” inzwi rakabuda mukati memoto, richivheneka sedenga. “Nguva yasvika. Moto uyu uchava mukurumbira wako nerufu rwako. Kana ukakanganisa nzira, uchapisa humambo hwose; kana ukatsungirira, uchariponesa.”
Ndakagara ndakanyarara, moyo uchirova zvine simba.
“Ndiani imi?” ndakabvunza, inzwi rangu richizununguka.
“Ndiri Mambokadzi Nyamunhu mudziviriri wemoto wekutanga. Ndakambosunga mweya wangu munzvimbo ino kuti rimwe zuva mwana achasimuka ane ropa rinoenderera. Iwe uri iye.”
Moto wakabva wabvunda, chikamu chidiki chawo chikabuda ndichinzwa kupisa kwacho kuchipinda mumwoyo wangu asi hakuna kundipisa; kwakandisimbisa.
“Kana zuva regumi reMweya rasvika,” rakadaro inzwi, “chiedza chako chinofanira kubatana nechemvura, chematombo, nemhepo. Kana zvikashaya kubatana, nyika ichaputsika.”
Pakarepo moto wakadzima, mukamuri wakava nerima rakakora. Ndakanzwa mwoyo wangu wakazara nechido chikuru chido chekuziva, chekudzivirira, uye chokutya zvishoma.
Mangwana acho, baba vakandishevedza mudare. Vakanga vakagara pachigaro chavo chematombo, vakatarisa vatungamiri vemauto, vakuru vechivanhu, nemadzimai emhuri yeumambo.
“Tinofanira kuziva chokwadi,” vakadaro vakasimba. “Chiporofita chaNyamunhu chinoreva chii?”
Sekuru Vengai vakasimuka, vakabata tsvimbo yavo yerukato.
“Mambo Magodo, zvataurwa zvakareruka asi zvakadzika. Mweya wemoto unoti kana mwana uyu Mukunda akasazadzisa kubatana kwemweya mina, moto uchazoparadza humambo hwose.”
Pandakanzwa izvozvo, vanhu vakatanga kukurukura zvinyoronyoro, vamwe vachitarisa kwandiri sekunge ndiri mutadzi.
Taru, uyo akanga akamira pedyo nemusuwo, akasvika achitaura nesimba:
“Kana mweya uyu uri wechokwadi, handitende kuti Mukunda achatadza. Handimbotendi kuti moto wake unoparadza nyika. Moto uyu ndiwo uchapa chiedza chitsva.”
Baba vakamutarisa vakanyarara kwenguva refu.
“Kana zviri izvo zvaunotenda, Taru,” vakadaro, “uchava muchengeti wake. Asi kana chiporofita chikatadza, ropa rako richabayirwa nemweya iwoyo.”
Taru akapfugama achiti,
“Ndiri kuzvipira, Mambo.”
Manheru acho, ndakagara pedyo nedziva ndichitarisa mhepo ichitamba pamvura. Taru akasvika, akagara parutivi rwangu.
“Zvinozivikanwa, ha?” akaseka zvishoma. “Kutanga uri mwana wemambo, zvino uri muporofita wemoto.”
Ndakasimudza musoro, ndichinyemwerera zvishoma.
“Asi Taru, kana chiporofita ichi chiri chechokwadi, hazvirevi kuti ndichapona. Moto unopisa, unotora zvose zvakanaka nezvakaipa.
“Hongu,” akati zvinyoronyoro, “asi dzimwe nguva, kupisa ndiko kunosvitsa chiedza.”
Ndakamutarisa kwenguva refu, ndichinzwa kuda kuziva zvakadzama kuti ndiani chaizvo Taru. Uye sekunge mweya wangu uri kundinyevera kuti musikana uyu akanga ane zvakavanzika zvakafanana nezvangu.
Moto mudiki wakabuda pamvura tichitarisa, wakavhenekera chiso chake. Uye ndakanzwa izwi remweya richidzokorora mumusoro mangu:
“Kubatana kwemoto nemvura ndiko kuchatanga rudo runoponesa nyika.”
Ndakatarisa Taru, moyo wangu uchizara nemanzwiro andaisati ndambonzwisisa.
Chiporofita cheMoto chainge chatanga.
Magumo eChitsauko Chechina