Umzekeliso wamaJuda wokuhaha Ingabe yisibonelo esihle sokuthi ukuhaha kumphuca kanjani umuntu konke. Ungakhuluma kakhulu ngalokhu kubi, kepha ake wonke umuntu azikhiphele isimilo.
Futhi siqhubekela emzekelisweni.
Ufuna malini
Kwakunendoda edolobheni eyayithanda ukufunda iTorah. Wayenebhizinisi lakhe, umkakhe wamsiza, futhi konke kwahamba njengokusebenza kwewashi. Kepha ngelinye ilanga wahamba waphuka. Ukondla unkosikazi wakhe othandekayo nezingane, waya edolobheni elikude futhi waba nguthisha ku-cheder. Wafundisa izingane isiHeberu.
Ekupheleni konyaka, wathola imali ayitholile - izinhlamvu zemali eziyikhulu zegolide - futhi wayefuna ukuzithumela kumkakhe amthandayo, kodwa ngaleso sikhathi kwakungekho imeyili okwamanje.
Ukuthumela imali usuka komunye umuzi uye komunye, bekufanele uyidlulisele kothile oye khona, akhokhele leyo nkonzo.
Ngale nje kwedolobha lapho isazi seTorah sasifundisa khona izingane, kwakudlula umthengisi wezimpahla ezincane, uthisha wambuza:
- Uyaphi?
Umthengisi uqambe amadolobha ahlukene, phakathi kwawo bekukhona lapho kuhlala khona umndeni kathisha. Uthisha wacela ukunika unkosikazi wakhe izinhlamvu zemali zegolide eziyikhulu. Umthengisi wenqabile, kepha uthisha waqala ukumncenga:
- Nkosi enhle, unkosikazi wami ompofu uswele kakhulu, akakwazi ukondla izingane zakhe. Uma uzikhathaza ngokunikela ngale mali, ungamnika izinhlamvu zemali zegolide eziyikhulu ngendlela othanda ngayo.
Umthengisi ohahayo wavuma, ekholwa ukuthi uzokwazi ukukhohlisa uthisha weTora.
“Kulungile,” kusho yena, “kuphela ngombandela: bhalela unkosikazi wakho ngesandla sakho ukuthi ngingamnika le mali engangiyifuna.
Uthisha ompofu wayengenakho ukukhetha, futhi wabhalela umkakhe le ncwadi:
"Ngithumela izinhlamvu zemali eziyikhulu zegolide ngombandela wokuthi lo mthengisi wezimpahla ezincane uzokunika eziningi zazo ngokuthanda kwakhe."
Efika edolobheni, umthengisi ubize unkosikazi kathisha, wamnika incwadi wathi:
“Nansi incwadi evela kumyeni wakho, nayi imali. Ngokwesivumelwano sethu, kufanele ngikunikeze eziningi zazo njengoba ngifuna. Ngakho ngikunikeza uhlamvu lwemali olulodwa, futhi ngizogcina amashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nesishiyagalolunye.
Owesifazane ompofu wacela ukumzwela, kepha umthengisi wayenenhliziyo yamatshe. Wahlala eyisithulu ekunxuseni kwakhe futhi wagcizelela ukuthi umyeni wakhe uvumile ngesimo esinjalo, ngakho-ke yena, umthengisi, wayenelungelo lokumnika okuningi ngendlela ayefuna ngayo. Ngakho ukhipha uhlamvu lwemali olulodwa ngokuthanda kwakhe.
Unkosikazi kathisha uthathe umthengisi wamyisa kumfundisi omkhulu wasedolobheni, owayedume ngokukhalipha kwakhe nokuba nekhono.
Urabi walalela ngokucophelela ezinhlangothini zombili futhi waqala ukunxenxa umthengisi ukuthi enze ngokuvumelana nemithetho yesihe nobulungiswa, kepha wayengafuni kwazi lutho. Ngokushesha kwafika umcabango kumarabi.
“Ngikhombiseni incwadi,” kusho yena.
Wayifunda isikhathi eside nangokucophelela, wabe esebheka kabi umthengisi futhi wabuza:
- Ufuna ukuthatha malini kule mali?
“Sengishilo,” kusho umthengisi ohahayo, “izinhlamvu zemali ezingamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nesishiyagalolunye.
Wasukuma urabi wathi ngolaka:
- Uma kunjalo, kufanele ubanikeze lona wesifazane, ngokwesivumelwano, uzithathele uhlamvu lwemali olulodwa kuphela.
- Ubulungiswa! Buphi ubulungiswa? Ngifuna ubulungiswa! Kumemeza umthengisi.
"Ukukhuluma iqiniso, kufanele ugcwalise isivumelwano," kusho urabi. - Lapha kubhalwe ngombala omnyama nomhlophe: "Nkosikazi ethandekayo, umthengisi uzokunikeza le mali njengoba efuna." Ufuna malini? Izinhlamvu zemali ezingamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nesishiyagalolunye? Ngakho-ke babuyisele.
UMontesquieu uthe: "Lapho ubuhle bunyamalala, ukuvelela kuthumba wonke umuntu okwazi ukukwenza, nokuhaha kuthumba wonke umuntu ngaphandle kokukhetha."; noMphostoli uPawulu wake wabhala: "Umsuka wabo bonke ububi uthando lwemali".
