Ngo-Ephreli 12, 1961, usuku oluyoba yingqophamlando emlandweni wesintu. Kusukela ngalolo suku kuqhubeke, akukho okuzobe kufana, ngoba umhlaba owaziwayo ngeke usafana nakuqala.
Emlandweni weminyaka eyizinkulungwane womuntu kukhona abalingiswa abathi sha ngomlilo, ikunikeze incazelo entsha, uyiqondise endaweni lapho akekho, kuze kube yileso sikhathi, wayecabanga ukuthi angahamba. Kukhona abalingiswa okuthi ngesibindi sabo bavule izindlela lokho tutti, kuze kube yileso sikhathi, babecabanga ukuthi ngeke kudlule. Esikhulwini sokucabanga, ngaphakathi komlando weminyaka eyinkulungwane womuntu, indawo ibekelwe yena kuphela. Igama lakhe ngu UJurij Gagarin.
UJurij Gagarin waqala ukuqokwa kwakhe nomlando ngo-Ephreli 12, 1961, esikebheni sakhe esibizwa ngokuthi I-Vostok 1. Ukusuka eMoscow kwaqala umjaho womuntu wabhekisa emkhathini, maqondana nokunqoba imingcele yasemhlabeni neyabantu. Kwakuyisifiso ukukhombisa ukuthi ubuhlakani boMuntu abunamkhawulo njengoba iSikhala singenamkhawulo. UJurij Gagarin wayengaphakathi kwaleyo mkhathi, okwathi lapho isuka wakhafula umlilo ukufinyelela esibhakabhakeni, kuya ekungapheli nangaphezulu.
Umhlaba uhlukaniswe kabili
Ngo-1961 umhlaba wahlukana kabili. Amabhulokhi amabili aphikisanayo, sihlome sodwa. ISoviet Union ne-United States baphonsana inselelo ngomjaho osangene futhi oqhubekayo, umgomo: ukulawula umhlaba. Ukunqotshwa kwesikhala bekungaba yibhodi elikhulu elizwakalayo, ngokwesithombe, lenkulumo-ze yaseSoviet. UJurij Gagarin wayeyisondo elincane kuphela ngaphakathi kwale ndlela yokuhlanya. Okubalulekile kwaba umphumela wokugcina, uma noma ngubani engaba yisisulu salolo vivinyo, ukubekezela. Ngemuva kwesikhashana omunye umuntu ubengathatha indawo yakhe ngomzamo omusha.
Ingabe wayazi ngakho? Akwaziwa. Okuqinisekile ukuthi uGagarin wayefuna ukuba ngunaphakade. Ukuze abe ngunaphakade kwakufanele angene ePhakade ngomnyango wakhe wangaphambili. Kumphonsela inselelo. Ukuyishaya ngomkhumbi wakhe. Wayazi ukuthi uma izinto zingahambi ngendlela wonke umuntu ayefisa ngayo, wayezoba nendawo emlandweni wesintu. Kepha bekungaba yindawo encane kakhulu, leyo ebekelwe abanqotshiwe, abanesibindi, abanesibindi kepha behlulekile. Wayekwazi kahle nalokhu futhi, njengoba wahamba ngezinyawo elungiselela ukugibela eyakho mkhathi. Wabona ukuthi kungaphenduka kube okwakhe uhambo lokugcina. Lesosibhakabhaka ayekade esibabaza njalo emhlabeni singaba ithuna lakhe. Kepha washiya kunjalo.
Isithonjana esingaphelelwa yisikhathi
Uma ngemuva kweminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha simgubha njengesithonjana, kungenxa yokuthi impilo yakhe ibiyisithonjana. Ngabe kuphela iminyaka engamashumi amabili nesikhombisa ngenkathi esitshela ukuthi uMhlaba, obonwe phezulu lapho, wawuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Umhlaba wakhe walala phansi, mncane kunebhola yegalufu. Simbona ngobuso bakhe encike emgodini ukuze acabange ingunaphakade elingapheli. Kulezo zikhathi, imicabango yengane uJurij nayo izokuza emqondweni, njengoba yayicabanga izinkanyezi egumbini layo lokulala, mhlawumbe izicabange njengamachaphazelo esibhakabhakeni.
Ubenayo kuphela amashumi amathathu nane lapho eshona engozini yendiza. Uhlobo oluthile lokuziphindiselela olubi lwalumthintile. Yena, owesilisa wokuqala ukundiza weqa umkhawulo womhlaba ngomkhumbi-mkhathi wakhe, udlule emhlabeni kulandela u okuncane ukuphahlazeka kwebhanoyi, ngesikhathi kuqeqeshwa indiza. Ngibonga yena, isibindi sakhe, nesifiso sakhe okungenamkhawulo ukuphonsela inselelo i-infinito, inganekwane yesayensi isibe isayensi. Futhi ngalokhu, ngalolo hambo lwakhe ongenakulibaleka, okwathatha isikhathi esingaphansi kwamahora amabili, UJurij Gagarin unjalo ongenakulibaleka.
