Ixesha alinamda. Ayinaxesha elidlulileyo, langoku okanye elizayo. Kutheni sincamathela nayiphi na intshukumo, eyenzekayo okanye isiganeko kunye nexesha? Ngaba ixesha likhona ngokwenene okanye kukudalwa kwabantu kunye nokuthatha iingqondo zabo?
Ngaba ixesha linaso isiqalo okanye isiphelo? Ukuba sinesiqalo, sasiyintoni okanye njani kwaye ukuba sinesiphelo njani, kutheni kwaye siya kwenzeka nini? Lithini ixesha langaphambi nangeposi? Oko sikubiza ngokuba lixesha, akukho kushukuma komhlaba nelanga? Oko sikubiza ngokuba yimini nobusuku, ngaba azibangelwa kukujikeleza komhlaba? Siwabiza njani amaxesha onyaka, ayikokuhamba kwelanga? Ngaba iiwotshi zethu kunye neewotshi zibala ukuhamba nokujikeleza komhlaba nelanga? Ngaba asibhidanisi ukuhamba kweenkwenkwezi nexesha? Yaye ngaba ixesha lithuba nje eliphakathi kweziganeko ezibini okanye iziganeko? Ngaba ixesha lisisiseko sendalo iphela okanye nantoni na engaphaya kwemida yayo? Oko sikubiza ngokuba yintsasa, emini emaqanda, ngorhatya okanye ebusuku, okanye nangaliphi na ixesha, ngaba ngokwenene azizonxalenye zemini nobusuku? Ngaba yonke le nto ayililo ibali lokutshona kwelanga nokuphuma kwelanga? Yaye kuloo mazwe apho iinyanga ezintandathu ziyimihla neenyanga ezintandathu bubusuku okanye nawuphi na umlinganiselo wemini nobusuku, yintoni yonke loo nto? Ngaba yonke le nto ayililo ibali lokuhamba kunye nokujikeleza?
Ukubunjwa kweenyanga, iintsuku kunye nonyaka kukubonakaliswa kwabantu ukulungelelanisa imihla, ubusuku, amaxesha onyaka kunye nemozulu. Imini iyeza kwakhona, ngokunjalo nobusuku. Ihlobo liyaphinda njengobusika. Intwasahlobo iyajika njengokwindla. Ngaba uphinda-phindo lwezehlo zendalo lixesha?
Kwiminyaka engaphezu kwama-6000 eyadlulayo, inyanga yayingumthombo wekhalenda. YayinguJulius Caesar owaqala ukusebenzisa ikhalenda yelanga kwiminyaka engama-45 ngaphambi kokuzalwa kukaKristu. Kodwa yayineziphene njengoko yayiqhele ukuqhubela phambili imizuzu eli-11 minyaka le. Yathi ke yalungiswa nguPope Gregory XIII ngo-1582 njengekhalenda kaGregory esasebenza nangoku. Ikhalenda yale mihla yase-Irani kunye neekhalenda zikaGregory zisekwe kulungiso olwenziwa yisazinzulu samaSilamsi esaziwayo kumaxesha aphakathi, u-Omer al Khayyam. Ngaba ukwahlulahlulwa kweenyanga zibe ziintsuku ezinxulumene nokuhamba kwenyanga?
Yonke impucuko yakudala inenkqubo yayo yeenyanga ehambelana nekhalenda kaGregory. AmaIndiya, amaPersi, amaJapani, amaTshayina, amaSilamsi, njl.njl. anezawo iinguqulelo zeenyanga, ukuqala nokuphela konyaka kwanamaxesha onyaka. IMpuma ityebile ngokuhlukahluka kweekhalenda kuneNtshona.
Into esiyibiza ngokuba yi-BC kunye ne-AD, intsingiselo phambi kukaKristu okanye emva kukaKristu (uAnno Domini), ithetha ukuba senze isiganeko isiseko kwaye ngokwenene sibala ukuhamba kweenkwenkwezi. Okubangela umdla kukuba, awukho unyaka onguziro. I-AD1 ngokukhawuleza ilandela i-1 BC. Ukwahlulwa kwemihla kwenziwa ngo AD 525 engazange iqheleke de kwango800 AD. Iminyaka engama-33 awayiphilayo uYesu ayiyonxalenye ka-AD okanye ka-BC kwaye ingeyiyo neyexesha elinguziro. Okuhlekisayo, umgangatho we-ISO 8601 uchaza u-AD 1 njengonyaka woku-1 kodwa uchaza i-1BC njengonyaka we-0 (zero) kwaye hayi unyaka onguziro.
Luluphi unxulumano phakathi kwendawo, ixesha kunye nendalo iphela? Enye into eqinisekileyo kukuba izinto ezincinci zihamba ngeenxa zonke ezinkulu ngenxa yokutsalwa komxhuzulane kwaye hayi ngokuphambeneyo. Izazinzulu zeBig Bang zikholelwa ukuba izinto, amandla, indawo kunye nexesha zenziwe ngenxa yoko. Ngaba ukhona umntu owakha walibona okanye waliva ixesha? Amandla anokuviwa ubuncinane ngumntu ophilayo. Umbandela unokulinganiswa. Inye into engenakubonwa, okanye iviwe, iviwe, incamle okanye ichukunyiswe kwaye idluliselwe lixesha.
Ngaloo ndlela, iBig Bang inokuthathwa njengomama wexesha. Xa izazinzulu ziye zasilela ukufumana naluphi na ufifi lwexesha, zayithiya loo nto isiphumo seBig Bang. Ukuba bathi elo xesha sisiphumo seBig Bang, kutheni le nto bengayibhalanga ukususela kwiBig Bang? Kutheni beyiqala kwisiganeko esifana ne-AD okanye i-BC? Kutheni ngo-2015 ngoku? Kutheni ingekaqalisi kwisiqendu seBig Bang?
Isixhobo sokuqala esaziwayo sokulinganisa ixesha yayiyi-Egypt eyenza i-T-square eyaqala ngo-1500 BC. Ngokwenyani isetyenziselwa ukubala isithunzi sesixhobo esisekelwe ekukhanyeni kwelanga. Ngaloo ndlela, ngokusisiseko yayingumlinganiselo wesithunzi, kungekhona ixesha. Indawo yokujonga iGreenwich ayizange isetyenziswe ukusukela ngo-1954 kodwa sisayisebenzisa. Ukusukela ngo-1928, ihlabathi liqhubela phambili kwiXesha leHlabathi elamkelwa yi-International Astronomical Union esekelwe kwinkqubo esekwe kwiteleskopu yamazwe ngamazwe.
Kuphela ezo zinto zihambayo ezinobunzima. Ixesha alinabunzima. Ngaloo ndlela ayishukumi. Ke yintoni uhambo lwexesha? Into phakathi kobunzima, ixesha kunye nentshukumo yindawo. Ekuphela kwento ebonakalayo bubunzima. Indawo ayiyomzimba kwaye ayiphatheki. Ngokunjalo ixesha. Imeko emayibekwe apha kukuba eyona nto siyibiza ngokuba lixesha asiloxesha. Ukukhululeka kwethu, sibize into engabonakaliyo "ixesha". Sahlule into engekhoyo kunye neqikelelwayo ngokwemizuzwana, imizuzu, iiyure njalo njalo. Angathini umntu ukubiza into engenakuqondwa ngayo nayiphi na ingqiqo, kungengeyesithandathu okanye neyesixhenxe? Into engekho ndawo ibizwa ngokuba lixesha. Ngaloo ndlela, ukuba ubani ukholelwa kwixesha, kutheni engakholelwa kuThixo, oneempawu phantse ezifanayo nezexesha?
