UPapa uFrancis ngeSontoโlapho kuqala iSiphepho uDorian ukuphoqa iBahamas enamandla amakhuluโwanxusa umhlaba wonke ukuthi ulalele izingcingo ezenziwa yintsha ekhulayo kanye nabantu bomdabu ukuthi bathathe izinyathelo ezisheshayo zokubhekana nenkinga yesimo sezulu futhi ngaleyo ndlela baqinisekise โikusasa lethu elifanayo.โ
"Sidale isimo esiphuthumayo sezulu esisongela kakhulu imvelo kanye nempilo uqobo, kubandakanya neyethu," kusho upapa.
Isicelo sikapapa sangena esakhe umlayezo ngoSuku Lomhlaba Lokuthandazela Ukunakekelwa Kwendalo, umgubho waminyaka yonke yena kubizwe e 2015.
Emlayezweni omusha, upapa wakugxeka ukuxhashazwa kwabantu ngendawo ezungezile futhi wabhekisela esimweni sezulu esibi kakhulu nokuntuleka kwamanzi okwandayo kanye โnokungcoliswa njalo, ukusetshenziswa kwezinto ezimbiwa phansi, ukuxhashazwa kwezolimo kakhulu, nokugawulwa kwamahlathi [okubangela izinga lokushisa emhlabeni wonke. ukweqa amazinga aphephile.โ
โKule nhlekelele yemvelo ethinta wonke umuntu,โ kuqhubeka upapa, โkufanele futhi sizizwe sisondelene nawo wonke amanye amadoda nabesifazane abanenhliziyo enhle, ababizelwe ukukhuthaza ukuphathwa kwesimiso sokuphila esiyingxenye yalo.โ
Izicelo zokuthi kuthathwe izinyatheloโokuhlanganisa nokulahla izibaso ezimbiwa phansiโzakhulunywa kubantu ngabanye nabaholi bezombangazwe. Wabhala:
Kuyinkathi futhi yokucabanga ngendlela yethu yokuphila, nokuthi izinqumo zethu zansuku zonke mayelana nokudla, ukusetshenziswa, izinto zokuhamba, ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi, amandla, nezinye izinto eziningi ezibonakalayo zingaba kanjani ngokungacabangi futhi zibe yingozi. Abaningi bethu benza njengomashiqela endalweni. Masenze umzamo wokushintsha futhi samukele izindlela zokuphila ezilula nezinenhlonipho! Manje yisikhathi sokuyeka ukuthembela kwethu emafutheni ezinto ezimbiwa phansi futhi siqhubekele phambili, ngokushesha nangokuzimisela, siye ezinhlotsheni zamandla ahlanzekile kanye nomnotho osimeme futhi oyindilinga. Masifunde nokulalela abantu bomdabu, ukuhlakanipha kwabo kwakudala okungasifundisa ukuthi singaphila kanjani ebuhlotsheni obungcono nendawo ezungezile.
Nakuba upapa engayisho ngegama inhlangano ethi Fridays for Future and School Strike for Climate, waphawula ngentsha โefuna izinqumo zesibindi.โ Uthe bakhumbuza bonke ukuthi uMhlaba โuyifa okumelwe linikezweโ futhi, ngangokunokwenzeka Inkomba kwisishoshovu sentsha uGreta Thunberg, uthe "ithemba lekusasa akuwona umuzwa omuhle, kodwa kuwumsebenzi odinga izinyathelo ezibambekayo lapha namanje."
Ekhuluma nabaholi bezombangazwe uthe, โMasithi โchaโ ekuhahangeni kwabathengi nasekukhohliseni amandla onke, ngoba lezi izindlela zokufa.โ Kunalokho, kusho uPapa uFrancis, abaholi kufanele benze โizinqubo ezibheke kude ezihilela ukuzidela okunesibopho namuhla ngenxa yamathemba aqinisekile okuphila kusasa.โ
Wathi: โMasingavumeli ukucabanga okuphambene kwenzuzo esheshayo, kodwa kunalokho sibheke ikusasa lethu esivamile ngalo!โ
Isenzo se-UN sezulu esizayo ingqungquthela ngasekupheleni kwalenyanga, kwanezela upapa, kuyithuba โlokusabela ekukhaleni kwabampofu nomhlaba wethu.โ
Isimemo sokuba kuthathwe isinyathelo esiwujuqu safika ngesikhathi kudedelwa iSiphepho uDorian nomonakalo emhlabeni oguquguquka isimo sezulu.
"Asikho isiphepho emlandweni we-Atlantic esake sakhula ngokushesha kusukela kuSigaba sesi-4 saya esigabeni esiphezulu se-5," isazi sezulu u-Eric Holthaus sabhala ku-Twitter ngeSonto. "Sisesimweni esiphuthumayo sezulu."
Eselulekweni sasekuseni sangoMsombuluko, iNational Hurricane Center wathi ukuthi uDorian โwayehlezi phezu kwesiQhingi saseGrand Bahama esinemimoya eyingozi kakhulu kanye namagagasi.โ
โEGrand Bahama,โ kusho isazi sezinhlekelele uSamantha Montano, isimo โsicishe sibe sibi ngendlela isiphepho esingaba ngayo.โ
UDorian ukhona kulindelwe kube usongo ezifundazweni ezimbalwa eduze kwase-US East Coast njengoba isonto liqhubeka, kanye nezikhulu ezifundeni eziyisishiyagalolunye zaseFlorida kakade ikhishwe imiyalo yokuphuma. IFlorida, Georgia, North Carolina, kanye neSouth Carolina nazo zimemezele izimo eziphuthumayo njengoba isiphepho sisondela.
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