Ngesinye isikhathi, endaweni ewudedangendlale yase-Afrika, kwabusa ibhubesi okuthiwa uSimba, elaziwa kude nakude njengeNkosi yamaThafa eNgonyama. USimba wayengelona ibhubesi elijwayelekile; wayengumholi owazalwa nesibindi, ukuhlakanipha, nokuqina. Umdlwenga wakhe wegolide wawubonisa ukukhanya kwelanga, futhi amehlo akhe enhlaka ahlabayo ayephethe izindaba zezizukulwane ezedlule. Izilwane zaseSavannah zazingamhloniphi nje kuphela ngenxa yamandla akhe kodwa nangokulunga nomusa wakhe.
Uhambo lukaSimba lokuba yinkosi lwalugcwele izilingo nezinsizi, indlela ephawulwa ukulahlekelwa, ukuzitholela yena, nokuhlengwa. Indaba yakhe yaqala njengewundlu elidlalayo, elizalwa iNkosi uMufasa kanye neNdlovukazi uSarabi. UMufasa, inkosi ehlonishwa kakhulu iSavannah yonke yayamazi, wabusa ngobuhlakani okusekelwe ekulinganiseni nasekuzwaneni. “Konke okuthinta ukukhanya umbuso wethu,” Mufasa wayevame ukutshela uSimba, emi phezu kwePride Rock. Wafundisa uSimba mayelana nesigaba sempilo (“Circle of Life,” ) ibhalansi ethambile lapho zonke izidalwa, ezinkulu nezincane, zabamba iqhaza.
Eseyiwundlu, uSimba wayenelukuluku lokwazi futhi engumuntu othanda izinto. Wayekuthanda ukuhlola amazwe amakhulu, ehlale elangazelela ukufakazela isibindi sakhe. Kodwa uhambo lwakhe lwaba mnyama lapho kufika inhlekelele. Umfowabo omncane kaMufasa, uScar, wayenomona omkhulu enkosini noSimba. U-Scar wayelangazelela isihlalo sobukhosi futhi wabona uSimba njengesithiyo. Ngokukhohlisa nangobuqili, u-Scar wahlela ukunyathelana okubulalayo emhosheni. Phakathi nalezi zinxushunxushu, uMufasa wasindisa uSimba kodwa walahlekelwa yimpilo yakhe. UScar wamkhohlisa uSimba, wamkholisa ukuthi nguyena onecala ngokufa kukayise.
Echotshozwe umuzwa wecala nokwesaba, uSimba wabaleka eZweni Lokuziqhenya, eshiya uScar ethatha isihlalo sobukhosi. Njengoba uSimba egijima, iSavannah yabonakala ilila. Isibhakabhaka saba mnyama, futhi izwe elake lachuma laqala ukubuna ngaphansi kokubusa okunonya kukaScar’. Ukubusa kukaScar’ kwaletha ukuphelelwa ithemba ezilwaneni, ezahlupheka ngaphansi kokuhaha nokunganakwa kwakhe. Isivumelwano senhlalompilo saphulwa.
Kude ne-Pride Lands, uSimba wathola isiphephelo ehlathini elibuhlaza. Kulapho ahlangana khona nabangane ababili ababengenakwenzeka: uTimon, ijakide ongenandaba, noPumbaa, intibane enenhliziyo enhle. Laba ababili bethula uSimba empilweni engenazo izinkathazo, bemfundisa isikompilo kanye nengoma yabo ebaduduzayo, “Hakuna Matata.” Isikhathi esithile, uSimba wamukela le ndlela entsha yokuphila, ethola induduzo ngobulula behlathi. Wakhula esuka ekubeni yiwundlu waba ibhubesi elinamandla, kodwa ingxenye yalo yazizwa ingaphelele. Izithunzi zesikhathi sakhe esidlule zahlala isikhathi eside, futhi izinkumbulo zezimfundiso zikayise’ zahlala zigxilile enhliziyweni yakhe.
Ngolunye usuku, njengoba uSimba wayehlala ezulazula ehlathini, wahlangana noNala, umngane wakhe wobuntwana. UNala wayeshiye iPride Lands efuna usizo, efisa ukusindisa ikhaya labo ekubuseni okucindezelayo kukaScar’. Ebona uSimba ephila, wayejabule kakhulu kodwa futhi ekhungathekile. Wamncenga ukuba abuye, emkhumbuza ngomsebenzi wakhe nokuhlupheka kokuziqhenya kwabo.
Ekuqaleni, uSimba wenqaba. Icala lendima yakhe ekufeni kukaMufasa lalimkhathaza kakhulu. Kodwa ngalobo busuku, ngaphansi kwesibhakabhaka esigcwele izinkanyezi, uSimba waba nombono kayise. Izwi likaMufasa linanela emoyeni, “Khumbula ukuthi ungubani, Simba. Uyindodana yami futhi uyinkosi eyodwa yeqiniso.” Lawo mazwi ashukumisa okuthile ekujuleni kweSimba, evusa umuzwa wenjongo ayesenesikhathi eside eyicindezela.
Ngokuzimisela okusha, uSimba wahamba noNala, uTimon, noPumbaa eceleni kwakhe. Uhambo olubuyela e-Pride Lands lwalungelula. USimba wabambana nokungabaza nokwesaba, kodwa abangane bakhe bamkhumbuza amandla nesibindi esasikuye. Lapho ekugcineni befika, lo mbono wawudabukisa. Amazwe ake achuma manje ayeseyinyumba, izilwane zibuthakathaka futhi zingenathemba.
USimba wabhekana noScar ePride Rock. U-Scar, emangele ukubona uSimba ephila, wazama ukumkhohlisa futhi. Kodwa kulokhu, uSimba wema waqina. Kwaqubuka impi enzima, izilwane zaseSavannah zibuthana ngemuva kukaSimba. Njengoba isiphepho sihlasela phezulu, amandla eqiniso kaSimba’ nobuholi bakhanya. Amanga kaScar adalulwa, futhi wanqotshwa.
Njengoba uScar engasekho, uSimba wenyuka e-Pride Rock. Njengoba ebhonga esibhakabhakeni esinesiphepho, imvula yaqala ukuna, yasusa ubumnyama futhi yabuyisela ukuphila eSavannah. Ngaphansi kokubusa kukaSimba, iPride Lands yaphinde yachuma. Izilwane zajabula, futhi uMbuthano wokuphila wabuyiselwa.
Uhambo lukaSimba’ lwaluwubufakazi bamandla esibindi, ukuqina, nokuzikholelwa. Wafunda ukuthi ubuholi beqiniso abuphathelene namandla kodwa babumayelana nomthwalo wemfanelo nothando. Njengoba emi phezu kwePride Rock, noNala newundlu labo eceleni kwakhe, uSimba wayazi ukuthi ifa likayise lalihlala kuye. Wayengeyona nje iNkosi yeziNgonyama; wayewuphawu lwethemba, ubunye, nomoya ohlala njalo we-savannah.
Kwadlula iminyaka, futhi uSimba waqhubeka ebusa ngokuhlakanipha nangozwelo. Waqinisekisa ukuthi izifundo zoMbuthano Wokuphila zidluliselwa esizukulwaneni esilandelayo. I-Pride Lands yachuma ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwakhe, ubufakazi obunamandla bokuvumelana kwemvelo nokuqina kwezidalwa zayo. Ngakho-ke, indaba kaSimba, iNkosi Yengonyama, yaba indaba exoxwa kulo lonke elase-savannah, inganekwane eyaphefumulela bonke abayizwile.
Umbuthano Wokuphila Uyakhuthazela
Ngisho nangemva kokubusa kukaSimba, ifa alakha laqhubeka. Iwundlu lakhe lakhula laqonda ukulingana kwemvelo, ukubaluleka komphakathi, namandla avela ekubhekaneni nokwesaba komuntu. I-Pride Lands yahlala iyindawo engcwele lapho zonke izidalwa, ezinkulu nezincane, zazihlala ngokuzwana. Umbuthano Wokuphila, amandla angaphelelwa yisikhathi, waqhubeka nokuqondisa i-savannah, isikhumbuzo somoya ohlala njalo kaSimba, iNkosi yeziNgonyama.