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Ithemba ngezimpumputhe
KwiVangeli likaLuka, indoda eyimpumputhe iyakhala ngakuye. Ufuna ukudonsa ukunaka kukaJesu futhi uthola izibusiso ezinkulu. Emgwaqweni osuka eJeriko, isinxibi esiyimpumputhe uBartimewu, indodana kaThimewu, uhlala eceleni komgwaqo. Wayengomunye wabaningi ababelahlekelwe yithemba labo lokuziphilisa. Babethembele ekupheni kwabanye abantu. Ngicabanga ukuthi iningi lethu alikwazi ukuzibeka kulesi simo ukuze siqonde kahle ukuthi kwakunjani ukuba nguBartimewu futhi sicele isinkwa ukuze siphile?
UJesu wadabula eJeriko nabafundi bakhe nesixuku esikhulu. “UBartimewu esezwile wabuza ukuthi kuyini. Bamtshela ukuthi uJesu waseNazaretha uyedlula. Yamemeza yathi: Jesu, Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele! (kusuka kuLuka 18,36-38). Ngokushesha waqonda ukuthi uJesu unguMesiya. Uphawu lwendaba luyamangalisa. Indoda yalinda ukuthi kwenzeke okuthile. Wayengaboni futhi engakwazi ukwenza lutho ngokwakhe ukuze aguqule isimo sakhe. Njengoba uJesu ehamba edolobheni lakubo, le ndoda eyimpumputhe yasheshe yambona njengoMesiya (isithunywa sikaNkulunkulu) esasingamphulukisa ebumpumputheni bakhe. Ngakho wamemeza kakhulu ukuze anake usizi lwakhe, kangangokuthi abantu esixukwini bathi kuye, “Thula - yeka ukumemeza!” Kodwa ukumelana kwamane kwenza le ndoda yaqina ekunxuseni kwayo. “UJesu wema wathi: ‘Mbizeni! Bayibiza impumputhe, bathi kuyo: “Yima isibindi, vuka; Uyakubiza! Ngakho yalahla ingubo yayo, yagxuma, yeza kuJesu. UJesu wasephendula wathi kuye: Ufuna ukuthi ngikwenzeleni? Impumputhe yathi kuye: Rabbuni (nkosi yami), ukuze ngibone. UJesu wathi kuye: Hamba, ukholo lwakho lukusizile. Masinyane yabona, yamlandela endleleni.” (Marku 10,49-enye).
Kungenzeka yini ukuthi usesimweni esifana ncamashi nesikaBartimewu? Uyaqaphela ukuthi awukwazi ngempela ukuzibona uwedwa, udinga usizo? Ungase uzwe umyalezo wabanye abantu othi, “Zola – uJesu umatasa kakhulu ukuba abhekane nawe.” Umyalezo nempendulo evela kubafundi nabalandeli bakaJesu kufanele ibe: “Habakuki yima isibindi, sukuma! Uyakubiza! kuyena!"
Usuyitholile impilo yangempela obuyifuna, “UJesu iNkosi yakho!” UJesu akanikezi nje kuphela uBartimewu oyimpumputhe umusa nesihe, kodwa nawe futhi. Uyakuzwa ukukhala kwakho futhi akunike umbono omusha wokuqonda ukuthi ungubani.
UBartimewu uyisibonelo esinamandla sokulandela. Ngokubona ukungabi namandla kwakhe, wathembela kuJesu njengoyena owayengamnika umusa kaNkulunkulu, futhi lapho nje ebona kahle, wamlandela njengomfundi kaJesu.
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