UJohn Hume, umshicileli wase-Ireland, umdayisi wokuthula waseNyakatho Ireland, odunyiswe amaKhatholika, amaProthestani nabaholi bomhlaba.
UJohn Hume wayengumKatolika wobuzwe owamela i-Ireland njengezwe elibumbene, kodwa futhi wayengumenzi wokuthula futhi wanqamula ukwahlukana ekamu lama-Protestant Unionist ngesikhathi lapho iNorthern Ireland yayisesimeni sokungqubuzana okukhulu ekhulwini leminyaka eledlule.
Umngcwabo wakhe wawuse-St, Eugene's Cathedral, Londonderry ngo-Aug. 5 ngemva kokushona kwakhe ezinsukwini ezimbili ngaphambili eneminyaka engu-83.
Umongameli wase-Ireland uMichael D Higgins, u-Taoiseach (uNdunankulu) u-Micheál Martin kanye nephini likangqongqoshe wokuqala wase-Northern Ireland u-Arlene Foster no-Michelle O'Neill babephakathi kwabakhalelayo emisa yesicelo.
Ngenxa yenoveli i-coronavirus, i-COVID-19, umndeni kaHume wawucele abalilayo ukuthi bahlale ekhaya futhi bakhanyise “ikhandlela lokuthula” emnyango wabo njengentela ngaphambi komngcwabo owawuklanyelwe lo bhubhane.
U-Hume wazalelwa eLondonderry ngoJanuwari 1937 ngesikhathi sokuphakama kwe-Depression, indodana ye-riveter engasebenzi, kubhala abezindaba zeReuters.
'ANGIKWAZI UKULIDLA iflegi'
Uyise, iqhawe lakhe, wamnxusa ukuthi agweme ubuzwe bobuzwe obuncane “ngoba awukwazi ukudla ifulegi”.
“Lokhu abekusho yilokhu engikushoyo namuhla, ukuthi ipolitiki yangempela ayihambisani nokuphephezeliswa kwefulegi. Bazokunikeza isinkwa etafuleni lakho kanye nophahla phezu kwekhanda lakho,” kusho uHume.
Wathola ukunconywa kubaholi bamaKhatholika, amaSheshi namaProthestani kanye nabaholi bezepolitiki emhlabeni jikelele ngeqhaza lakhe enqubeni yokuthula.
“Ukufa kukaJohn Hume, omunye wabadali bokuthula abakhulu nabalweli bobulungisa bezenhlalo yesikhathi sethu, kuyozwiwa abantu abaningi endaweni nasemhlabeni wonke,” kusho umbhishobhi wamaKatolika waseDerry, uMbhishobhi waseDerry ngemva kokufa kwakhe.
“Unikele impilo yakhe enhlalakahleni yalo mphakathi, ngaphandle kwezindleko ezincane kuyena.
“Ngesikhathi egijima emhlabeni, wahlala egxilile edolobheni langakubo. Kwakuyizimo ezithile ezazikhona lapha edolobheni lakubo ezamsiza ekuthuthukiseni umbono wakhe ngekusasa.”
Ukuhlonipha uHume, omunye wabaqambi ababalulekile benqubo yokuthula yaseNyakatho Ireland, kubonise ikhono lakhe. idumela lamazwe ngamazwe, kubika i-BBC.
OwayenguMengameli waseMelika uBill Clinton ukhumbule ukuphikelela kwakhe nokuzibophezela kwakhe ngokunganyakazi ekungabini nodlame, ngesikhathi owayenguNdunankulu wase-UK uTony Blair, owayesesikhundleni ngesikhathi kusayinwa i-Good Friday Agreement for Peace in Northern Ireland, wamchaza njengomuntu ogqamile kwezombusazwe.
Iqhaza lakhe ekusunguleni uhlelo lokwabelana ngamandla lwango-1998, olwaqeda udlame lwamaqembu esifunda olwalubandakanya amaqembu afana ne-Irish Republican Army (IRA) kanye ne-Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), yambona ewina iNobel Peace Prize.
U-Hume waphinde wathola umklomelo kanye no-David Trimble ngenkathi engumholi we-Ulster Unionist Party iqembu elimele i-Northern Ireland ibe yingxenye ye-United Kingdom hhayi e-Ireland ebumbene.
Laba bobabili babefake enqubweni yokuthula izinhlangothi ezilwayo ezazibonakala zimelela amaqembu asekelwa idlanzana lamaKhatholika kanye namaProthestani amaningi.
“Emkhankasweni wakhe wokuthula, egqugquzelwa isibonelo sikaMfundisi uDkt. Martin Luther King Jr., wasebenzisa inhlanganisela eyanqobayo yokunxusa umphakathi ngokumelene nodlame lwe-Irish Republican Army kanye nokuxoxisana okuyimfihlo nobuholi bayo bezombusazwe, ehlala phansi ukhuluma endlini yakhe egwedla ikhofi. Ngobuhlakani nangokuphikelela wafaka i-White House ukuthi imsize afinyelele umgomo wakhe, " U-Alan Cowell wabhala ku-New York Times ngo-Agasti 3.
I-PRESBYTERIAN MODERATOR
Umongameli we I-Presbyterian Church e-Ireland, uMfundisi David Bruce, wathi, “Ekuphishekeleni umphakathi onokuthula nobulungisa, inkolelo kaJohn Hume yokuthi ukukhononda nokungabi nabulungisa kwesikhathi esidlule kungase kuthathelwe indawo lokho akubiza ngokuthi ‘ukuphana okusha komoya nezenzo’ akufanele ilibaleke.
“Wabonisa isifiso sangempela sokuhlanganisa abantu ndawonye ukuze kuzuze bonke abantu nokwakha umphakathi onobulungiswa nokuthula. Sibonga abenzi bokuthula, futhi ngalolu suku oludabukisayo, ikakhulukazi uJohn Hume.”
The Umbhishobhi Omkhulu wase-Anglican wase-Armagh, uJohn McDowell, wathi uHume “uyokhunjulwa hhayi nje njengesazi sezombangazwe esiphawulekayo e-Ireland kodwa futhi nangokuzinikela kwakhe okungaguquki ekwenzeni izinguquko zezombangazwe zenzeke ngezindlela ezinokuthula kuphela.”
Imidwebo edwetshiwe kaHume Sekuyisikhathi eside iyingxenye yezindonga zaseLondonderry - eyaziwa nangokuthi iDerry - idolobha elisemngceleni we-Ireland elabona izahluko ezimnyama kakhulu zalokho okuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi "Izinkinga" eNyakatho Ireland.
Kokunye, umdwebo wakhe ubalwa nabanye abahlomuli bendondo kaNobel uNelson Mandela, uMama Teresa noMartin Luther King Jr.
Njengomfana, u-Hume wafunda e-Saint Columb's College e-Derry ngaphambi kokungena esikoleni sokufundela ubufundisi eMaynooth, e-County Kildare eRiphabhulikhi yase-Ireland, lapho anquma khona ukuthi ubupristi abuzange bube obakhe, i-RTE, kubika umsakazi kazwelonke wase-Ireland.
Waba uthisha futhi washada noPatricia ngo-1960.
Isikhumbuzo sikaPapa Francis kuHume sifundwe emisa lomngcwabo nguMbhishobhi McKeown.
“Ekhumbula ukholo lobuKristu olwakhuthaza imizamo kaJohn Hume engakhathali yokukhuthaza ukuxoxisana, ukubuyisana nokuthula phakathi kwabantu baseNyakatho Ireland, ubuNgcwele bakhe butusa umphefumulo wakhe ohloniphekile emseni wothando kaNkulunkulu uSomandla,” kusho uFrancis.
Isihlabani se-pop yase-Ireland nosaziwayo U-Bono wabhala, "Besifuna umdondoshiya sathola indoda impilo yayo eyenza impilo yethu yonke yaba nkulu.".
