Amai vakanga vakamira pachipindi cheimba, vakanditarisa nekunyemwerera kwakanga kusanganiswa nerudo neruoko rwechokwadi.
“Mukunda, mwoyo wangu unoziva kuti uri kupinda munyika itsva nhasi. Asi ndinovimba nemweya wemadzitateguru. Ivo vachafamba newe.”
Ndakavabata maoko avo zvinyoronyoro, ndikanzwa kudziya kwemoyo wavo kupinda mandiri.
“Amai, handityi. Ndinovimba kuti mweya iwoyo ndicho chiedza chichanditungamirira.”
Vakandipfekedza jira redzinza rine mucherechedzo weimba yedu — shiri yakavhenganiswa nematombo ehumambo.
“Izvi zvichakudzivirira,” vakadaro. “Uye zvichakunyeverawo kana njodzi yava pedyo.”
PaDziva reMambokadzi, kwaiitwa kudzidziswa kwehondo, vatambi vaitogara vakatenderedza nzvimbo yacho. Pakati pavo paiva naTaru — achitakura mapfumo maviri, rimwe rakareba, rimwe rakapfupika.
Akanditarisa, akandinyemwerera,
“Saka Mambokadzi weRamangwana asvika.”
Ndakaseka zvinyoronyoro. “Usandinyepera ruremekedzo rwusingadiwe Taru.”
“Handisi kunyepa, Mukunda. Zuva ranhasi rinotanga nyaya yako. Kana ukatsungirira, uchaziva kuti ropa rehumambo harimbodzikire.”
Pakatanga kudzidziswa, mutungamiri wevadzidzi — Mukoma Tagamuchira, murwi ane mukurumbira muhumambo — akamira akasimba akabata pfumo rake repfupi.
“Nhasi, tinodzidzisa moyo usati wadzidzisa muviri. Munofanira kudzidza kunzwa ivhu pasi pemakumbo enyu, kunzwa mhepo, kunzwa kufema kwevavengi vasati vasvika. Munhu anoziva mweya wenyika ndiye murwi chaiye.”
Mazwi ake akapinda mumoyo mangu. Ndakabva ndavhara maziso, ndichiteerera ruzha rwevavhurwa vemiti, ruzha rwemhuka dziri kure, nemweya uri kufema pedyo neni.
Pakarepo ndakanzwa sekunge pane chinhu chiri kundishevedza — inzwi rakadzika, rakareruka, asi rine simba.
“Runako, iwe une zita rako rechokwadi. Unonzi Mukunda — mwana akasunungurwa neMweya.”
Ndakavhunduka, ndichitarisa kumusoro, asi hapana munhu akanga ataura. Taru akanga akanditarisa aine chiso chekushamisika.
“Chii chakuitika?” akabvunza.
Ndakazunza musoro, “Ndakangonzwa sekunge pane munhu ari kundidana.”
“Mhepo inowanzotaura nevane moyo wakachena,” akapindura zvinyoronyoro. “Usazvidya moyo.”
Asi ndakaziva kuti hazvina kungova mhepo — kwaiva kupindira kweMweya chaiye.
Manheru acho, ndichidzokera kumba, ndakaona baba vachibuda muimba yavo vakaperekedzwa nemakurukota avo. Vakanditarisa nemeso akasimba.
“Ndanzwa kuti wakaita zvakanaka pakudzidziswa kwekutanga,” vakadaro, inzwi ravo rakadzika. “Asi Mukunda, rangarira kuti ropa redu rinorema. Hupenyu hwehumambo hahuna nzvimbo yerunyoro kana kusava nechido.”
“Ndinoziva, Baba,” ndakapindura ndichibata musoro pasi.
“Zvakanaka. Asi ndinoda kuti uzive, usiku hwazvino hune musangano mukuru. Vamwe madzimai vanoda kutsvaga chidzitiro chemweya — mutambo wekuedza kuwana zvinoratidza kuti ndiani anokodzera kuve mudziviriri wehumambo.”
Ndakatadza kuvanzira kushamisika. “Asi sei ikozvino?”
“Nguva yakwana,” vakadaro vachifamba vachibuda. “Zera reMweya rinofanira kubuda pamberi pedare.”
Usiku hwacho hwakasvika zvine runyararo rwekutyisa. Pakati peMuzinda, moto mukuru wakabatidzwa, vanhu vakapfugama vakatenderedza. Madzimai ehumambo akamira padivi, vakabata makenduru.
Ndaivepo zvakare, ndakafukidzwa nejira rehumambo. Mutungamiri wechivanhu — sekuru Vengai — vakasimuka, vakatarisa mudenga.
“Mweya wemadzitateguru, tinokukumbirai kutungamirira vana veimba iyi. Ngazvibude pachena kuti ndiani akatakura zita reMweya.”
Pakarepo mhepo yakasimuka, moto uchikwenya mudenga sekunge une hushingi. Vanhu vakatanga kuvhunduka, vamwe vakafukidza maziso.
Asi moto wakatanga kuchema nemavara — tsvuku, bhuruu, ndokuzopedzisira wava nechiedza chegoridhe chakatungamira kwandiri.
Vanhu vose vakamira vakanyarara. Sekuru Vengai vakabva vataura zvishoma:
“Mweya waratidza. Mukunda ndiye akatakura zita reMweya. Ndiye anosungirwa kuchengetedza ropa rehumambo.”
Baba vakamira vakanyarara, chiso chavo chisina kunyemwerera asi maziso avo akanga akazara nesimba risina kuonekwa kare.
Amai vakachema zvinyoronyoro, vakapfugama pasi vachiti,
“Ndatenda Nyadenga. Zvakanyorwa zviri kuzadzika.”
Ndakamira ndakanyarara, asi mukati mangu ndakanzwa simba richitanga kukura — sekunge mweya wese wedunhu wakanga uchifema neni.
Ndaiva Mukunda — mwana akasunungurwa neMweya.
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