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Mongwalelo wa sefela sa Serote: 'A re thabeng re rete' (Difela t�a kereke, 2010)

2015; AOSIS; Volume: 36; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4102/ve.v36i1.1491

2074-7705

Deborah Mampuru, Jerry Mojalefa,

Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies

Bangwadi ba Bathobaso ba difela t�a kereke ba huedit�we ke bangwadi ba baruti (ba Matoit�hi ba Kereke ya Lutere ya Berlin) ge ba tlo ngwala difela. Ka go realo ke ba mathomo ba go ngwala poleloopelwa ya Sepedi. Ka lebaka la gore baruti ba Matoit�hi ba be ba sa tsebe melao ya go laola metara wa Sepedi, ba thomile go hlama difela t�a bona ka mokgwa wo difela t�a Setoit�hi di hlamilwego ka wona. Bangwadi ba difela ba Bapedi le bona ba ba �ala morago bjalo. Ka go realo go ka thwe mothopomogolo wa khuet�o ya sebjalebjale dingwalong t�a Sepedi ke mediro ya kereke ya mathomothomo. Le ge go le bjalo bohlokwa bjo bja kgolo ya theto ka tsela ya difela dingwalong t�a Sepedi ga se bja �alwa morago le go gatelelwa ke basekaseki. Maikemi�et�o a taodi�wana ye ke go lekola, ka botlalo, mongwalelo wa difela ka go nepi�a sefela sa Serote sa 147 sa go bit�wa �A re thabeng re rete� (Difela t�a kereke 2010:130). Go yo tsitsinkela ka fao mongwalelo o t�wet�ago pele kgegeo. Ka mant�u a mangwe, go yo sekasekwa dipharologant�ho t�a mongwalelo t�e di t�wet�ago pele kgegeo. Go tlo lemogwa gore kgegeo yeo e bonagat�wa ka modiro wa Selalelo se Sekgethwa sa Morena seo se hlalo�wago ka tsela ya khuduego/maikutlo go t�wet�a pele morero wa mongwadi/moopedi wa sefela se ka ge bjale Selalelo e le selo seo Bakriste ba se hlomphago (se lebane le tshwarelo ya dibe t�a bona), go ya ka fao se hlalo�wago ka gona ka tsela yeo ya kgegeo.�AbstractBlack composers of church hymns were influenced by German pastors of the Berlin Lutheran Church to do so. In other words, these pastors were the first composers to write the Sepedi language in the form of music; because they did not know the rules that control the Sepedi meter, the writers started to compose their hymns in the way that the German hymns were patterned. Therefore, one might argue that the main source of modern influence in Sepedi literature lies in the workings of the very first hymns of the said church. Nevertheless, the importance of the development of poetry in the form of hymns in the Sepedi literature has not been followed up and emphasised by reviewers.The aim of this article is to survey thoroughly the style of writing hymns, by discussing Rev Serote�s hymn number 147, entitled �A re thabeng re rete� (Difela t�a kereke 2010:130).The scrutiny will examine the way in which style depicts irony in the very hymn. In other words, the investigation considers especially the characteristics of style that indicate and develop irony in the work. It will be shown that the irony becomes clear during the service of Baptism which is expressed by way of emotions to develop the author�s aim, as this sacrament is something that Christians respect (it goes hand in hand with the forgiveness of their sins).