Izinganekwane ze UJorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (Buenos Aires, Agasti 24, 1899-Geneva, Juni 14, 1986) ayigugu, izimangaliso ezincane okufanele uzithole. Lokho engikwethula namuhla kuvela encwadini yakhe Izinganekwane (1944), ikakhulukazi ingxenye yokuqala, Insimu Yezindlela Zokuphambuka.
UTlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
Esinye sezikole zaseTlön size siphike isikhathi: sinquma ukuthi isikhathi samanje asibekiwe, ukuthi ikusasa alinalo iqiniso ngaphandle kwethemba lamanje, ukuthi okwedlule akunalo iqiniso ngaphandle kwenkumbulo yamanje.* Esinye isikole sithi sesiphasile ngaso sonke isikhathi nokuthi impilo yethu iyisikhumbuzo nje noma ukuhwalala, ngokungangabazeki okukhohlisiwe nokukhubazekile, kwenqubo engalulama. Okunye, ukuthi umlando wendawo yonke - nakubo izimpilo zethu kanye nemininingwane ethusa kakhulu yezimpilo zethu - ukubhala okukhiqizwa unkulunkulu ongaphansi komhlaba ukuqonda idimoni. Okunye, ukuthi indawo yonke iyaqhathaniswa nalawo ama-cryptographies lapho okungezona zonke izimpawu ezivumelekile nokuthi kuphela okwenzekayo njalo ebusuku obungamakhulu amathathu okuyiqiniso. Okunye ukuthi ngenkathi silele lapha, siphapheme kwenye indawo nokuthi indoda ngayinye ngamadoda amabili.
* URussell. (Ukuhlaziywa Kwengqondo, 1921, ikhasi 159) sicabanga ukuthi iplanethi idalwe emizuzwini embalwa edlule, inikezwe ubuntu "obukhumbula" okwedlule okukhohlisayo.
Siqala ngakho UTlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius, indaba ecwaninga ngobukhona bomunye umhlaba obizwa ngeTlön. Ukungabaza okuningana okuphazamisayo kucashe kuwo wonke amakhasi alo. Ngabe lowo omunye umhlaba ukhona ngempela? Ngabe ukusungulwa kwezazi ngeqiniso lethu? Ngabe i-cosmos yethu ihloselwe ukuba yiTlön ngokudlula kwama-eon angajwayelekile?
Into ethakazelisa kakhulu ngale ndaba ukufundwa kwayo okuningi, zombili ku- okubhaliwe, njenge kwefilosofi o ukuguquguquka kwemvelo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, isitayela seBorgian, okuyi inselele imingcele phakathi kweqiniso nenganekwane, ikhona emagameni onke alendaba eyingqayizivele.
Amanxiwa ayindilinga
Umfokazi weluleke ngaphansi kwesisekelo. Wavuswa yilanga liphezulu. Wathola ngaphandle kokumangala ukuthi amanxeba ayesepholile; wavala amehlo akhe aphaphathekile walala, hhayi ngenxa yobuthakathaka benyama kodwa ngenxa yokuzimisela kwentando. Wayazi ukuthi leli thempeli kwakuyindawo injongo yakhe engenakunqotshwa ayidingayo; wayazi ukuthi izihlahla ezingapheli aziphumelelanga ukuklinya, ezansi nomfula, amanxiwa elinye ithempeli elihle, nalo onkulunkulu abashisiwe nabafa; wayazi ukuthi isibopho sakhe ngokushesha kwakuwukulala. […]
Ku-cosmogony yama-Gnostic, ama-demiurges axolela u-Adam obomvu ongakwazi ukuma; wayengenamakhono futhi enokhahlo futhi eyisisekelo njengo-Adamu wothuli, wayengu-Adam wobuthongo obenziwe ubusuku bemilingo.
Uma okuthile kugqama Amanxiwa ayindilinga kungenxa yesiphetho sayo esihlaba umxhwele, engingeke ngisiveze. Kepha indlela ephakathi kwemigqa yayo iyathakazelisa. Le ndaba isisa emanxiweni ethempeli lasendulo eliyindilinga, lapho indoda izinikela khona ekuzindleni. Inhloso yayo icacile: uphuphe ngenye indoda kuze kube seqophelweni lapho kungokoqobo.
ILotto eBabiloni
Lokhu kusebenza buthule, okuqhathaniswa nokwenziwa nguNkulunkulu, kudala zonke izinhlobo zokuqagela. Abanye basikisela kabi ukuthi iNhlangano ibingakaze ibekhona amakhulu eminyaka nokuthi ukuphazamiseka okungcwele kwezimpilo zethu kungokofuzo, ngokwesiko; omunye ukwahlulela njengokwaphakade futhi afundise ukuthi kuzohlala kuze kube sebusuku bokugcina, lapho unkulunkulu wokugcina ebhubhisa umhlaba. Omunye umemezela ukuthi iNkampani ingusomandla, kepha lokho kuthonya kuphela izinto ezincane: lapho kukhala inyoni, emigqonyeni yokugqwala nothuli, phakathi kokusa kokusa. Enye, ephuma emlonyeni wama-heresiarchs afihliwe, ongakaze abekhona futhi ongeke abekhona.
Sigcina ngokuthi ILotto eBabiloni, Indaba echaza ukuthi leso sizwe sasihlelwe kanjani ngamathuba amabi. Ukugqanyiswa kwale ndaba ukuthi ayichazi, iphakamisa; ngendlela yokuthi kuvusa umcabango womfundi futhi kumenza abe yingxenye yendaba.