Isibongo sakwaHlongwa sengesinye sezibongo ezinkulu kwelikaMthaniya. Kulesi sibongo kuphuma ezinye izibongo ezifana nesibongo sakwaKhawula , esakwaJeza , esakwaKhuluse , esakwaShozi , esakwaMaluleka esakwaLange nezinye izibongo . Abantu bakwaHlongwa emandulo babakhe eMzumbe , abanye bakhe eMzimkhulu .Abantu bakwaHlongwa bangaMalala Nguni ngokwezigaba zabeNguni .
Abantu bakwaHlongwa bagqama kakhulu emva kwempi yaseNcome okuyimpi eyayiphakathi kukaZulu [ngaphansi kweSilo saseMgungundlovu] namaQadasi. Emva kwempi yaseNcome umngisi uHenry Francis Fynn owabe kade eyingxenye yamaBhunu wabuyela emuva eMzimkhulu. AmaHlongwa akubona ukuthi kuyingozi ukuzihlanganisa nalomuntu weNgwadi , anquma ukuzihlukanisa naye . Kwathi sekubusa iSilo sakwaNodwengu[ISilo uMpande] kwaZulu ,lawo maHlongwa abuyela kwabakubo eMzumbe eseholwa nguJoli indodana kaMjulela.
UJoli kaMjulela wayekhona empini eyaziwa ngokuthi yimpi eyaseManqongqo eyabe iphakathi kweSilo uMpande neSilo uDingane . Yena wayengasohlangothini lweSilo uMpande. Kwathi emveni kwaleyo mpi uJoli wabuyela kwabakubo wathola uyise esekhotheme kwaphoqa ukuba athathe ubukhosi . AmaHlongwa asendlunkulu wona ehlela emfuleni iMaHlongwa ,eNingizimu yaseBhodwe . Wona ayeholwa nguZwebu kaMlanjana . Babengaphansi kwabelungu ngaleso sikhathi ngoba iBhodwe yabe isibuswa ngabeNgwadi [abelungu]. Inkosi uZwede walandelwa yinkosana yakhe uMjulela yena walendela nguJoli . AMaHlongwa ayeseMzimkhuku wona abuswa nguSifana kaLanga owayebuye aziwe ngelika Zukela
Amakhosi akwaHlongwa :
-Indlu kaMlanjana :
-uMlanjana wazala uZwebu
-uZwebu wazala uLanga
-uLanga wazala uZukela [uSifana] , uMjulela , uShozi noNgavu
-uNzukela wazala uMjulela noGabhisa
-uMjulela wazala uJoli noMpunzi
-uJoli wazala uMthamo
-uMthamo wazala uNgqungqushe
-uNgqungqushe wazala uNdlomothi
-uNdlomothi wazala uZiphamandla
-uMpunzi yena wazala uNomagqeba
AmaHlongwa akwaKhawula :
-Gabhisa wazala uHlola
-uHlola wazala uSotubu
-uSotubu wazala uNkumbi
-uNkumbi wazala uMchithwa
-uMchithwa wazala uDingezweni
-uDingezweni wazala uCalalabakubo ozala inkosi uBhekamahlongwa ,uMtomuhle u,Nhlanhla ,nabanye
Indlu yaseMalangeni kaMjulela kaZukela :
-Bona-ke babuye baziwe ngokuthi abakwaLange. Bona bazalwa nguMjulela kaNzukela wasendlini encane yakwaHlongwa . Babakhe laphaya phakathi kwaseMvoti nakwaHlimbithwa . Inkosi yabo kwabe kunguNdaba eyakhothama behlaselwa uGasane lukaNdaba [inkosi uShaka ] . Isizwe sakhe sabe sesibalekela ngaseNingizimu yezwe . Ngaleyo nkathi babeholwa nguBabe indodana kaNdaba . Babaleka baze bayokwakha ngakoMziwezitho [eMzinto] . UBabe yena wabe esezala uMangcengeza kodwa hhayi owakwaMbatha.
Indlu yakwaMaluleka : EkaZwebu kaMlanjana :
Bona-ke abakwaMaluleka baphuma endlini enkulu yakwaHlongwa nokwabe kuyindlu kaZwebu . Sibathola ekuqaleni laphaya eMvoti nokulapho babeholwa khona nguKhondlo . Naye uKhondlo wakhathama njengoNdaba emva kokuhlaselwa yiLembe . .Babaleka baze bayokwakha eMzimkhulu . Nakhona abahlalanga ngoba babuye bedlulela laphaya ngasemfuleni iFaye . Lapho basebeholwa nguSisinde indodana kaKholo .USisinde lona wabuye wadingiswa abaengwadi laphaya ezweni lakhe
AbakwaKhuluse : Indlu kaMpunzi noMjulela :
Baphuma esendeni lika Mjulela wasendlini encane yakhona kwaHlongwa . Bona-ke sibathola bebuswa nguNomagqeba kaMpunzi ka Joli kaMjulela
AbakwaJeza : Indlu yaseKunene :
Laba bantu babuye baziwe ngokuthi abakwaNkabinde kodwa hhayi oNkabinde baseMacuseni. Bona sibathola bakhe laphaya empumalanga nakwaHlimbithwa kuze kuyoshaya kwaMaphumulo . Bona baphuma ozalweni lukaZwebu wakwaHlongwa . Nabo-ke baba neshwa futhi lokuhlaselwa uGasane lukaNdaba ,inkosi uShaka kaSenzakhona .
Ngaleyo nkathi yokuhlaselwa kwabo babaleka bayongena ehlathini beholwa nguNyamuza kaSidwaba ,yena okwathi lapho behlaselwa wavele watha isihlenga sakhe wayongena ehamba nendodana yakhe okwabe kunguLuhlaba .
Babaleka ngesihlenga leso balibhekisa eNingizimu nezwe . Kwathi abasala lapho bona bagcina sebefudukele eMsunduze maphakathi nomfula uMlazi nako Edendale . USidwaba wazala uNyamuza owazala uLuhlaba noMacweba. UMacweba wazala uNgolela .
AbakwaShozi : Indlu kaShozi
Bona -ke baphuma kuShozi kaLanga kaZwebu kaMlanjana wakhona kwaHlongwa . behlukana kabili , abanye bazithakazela ngoMthiya kaNdawombi ,abadla imofi bethi badla inyamazane . Besekuba ngabazithakazela ngoGidela .Hlongwa . Umuntu esiqala ukzwa ngaye nguShenge kaNdaba kodwa hhayi owakwaButhelezi . UShenge lona wakha ihlalankosi lakhe wathi kuseMangangeni . Lo Ndaba obuye wazala uKhondlo abaphuma esendeni likaZwebu . UShenge lona wazala amadodana amabili okunguShozi 11 noMdunge. Kungathi njengoba babezinze koMahlabathini basuka khona balibangisa ngakoMaphumulo , bebalekela izimpi . Bathe sebefikile khona kwaMaphumulo izwe labo bathi kuseMangangeni , babelokhu bengalishiyi igama lehlalankosi yabo . Bafike kwaMaphumulo sebeholwa ngamadodana kaMagalela kaMdingi kaMajolo . Lawo madodana kaMagalela kwakungoManzini [inkosana[] nomnawakhe uNdengezi . . Leliya zwe balifica linngenamuntu kodwa ekhona umnumzane uMatingwana wakwaHlophe .Inkosi uManzini yaganwa yindodakazi yakhe uMatingwane . Ngaleyo ndlela abantu bakwaHlongwa bazithjolela nonkosikazi kubantu bakwaHlophe. Namanje leliya zwe laseMangangeni kwaMaphumalo lingaphonsi lingaphansi kombuso wakwaShozi nakuba inkosi yesizwe skhona nengxenye yabantu bakhona babuye basuka khona bailibhekisa eNingizimu nezwe . Bahamaba baze bayokwakha laphaya eBhiyafu ngaseThekwini . Babuye basuka bayozitholela izwe laphaya ngasePhayindane[Pinetown ]
Leya ndawo bathola kukhona uMnu: Linda owabe eyibonda futhi ehlonishwa kuyona . Namanje bukhona ubukhosi bakwaShozi kuleyo ndawo bese kuthi ingxenye yaseMangangeni kwaMaphumulo yona ibe ngaphansi kwenduna ebabhekele leliya zwe .
Amakhosi akwaShozi :
-uNdaba uzale uShenge
-uShenge wazala Somangele
-uSomangele uzale uZwide hhayi owakwaNdwandwe
-uZwide uzale uMagojolo
-uMagojolo uzale uMdingi
-uMdingi uzale uSogodi noMagalela
-uMagalela uzale uManzini noNdengezi [ilokishi elethwe ngaye]
-uManzini uzale uLokothwayo
-uManzini uzale uManzolwandle [uTimothy]
-uManzolwandle uzale uNkosenye [uThomas]
-uNkosenye uzale uBhekamanganga[Emmanuel] obusayo
Zonke lezi zindlu ekade zishiwo kugcine izibongo kuzona . Isibonelo , Mlangeni [Lange] Maluleka , Khuluse , Nkabinde [Jeza] Shozi nezinye
Izithakazelo zakwa-Hlongwa
Khuluse,
Gence, Shozi,
Gabhisa, Mtumasela,
Langa, Mbasha,
Wena owehla ngomzungulu wasala wabola,
Khawula!
Izithakazelo zakwa-Khuluse
Hlongwa,
Gabhise,
Mtumaseni, Khawula,
Mdindela !
Nina enehla ngomzungulu wasala wabola
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