Lazaru phuma!

Uyayazi indaba kaJesu owavusa uLazaru kwabafileyo? Kwakuyisimangaliso esikhulu esisikhombisa ukuthi uJesu unamandla okusivusa nakwabafileyo. Kepha kunokunye okuningi endabeni, futhi uJohn utshela imininingwane ethile enencazelo ejulile kithina namuhla.

Phawula indlela uJohane ayilandisa ngayo le ndaba. ULazaru wayengesona isakhamuzi esingaziwa saseJudiya - wayengumfowabo kaMarta noMariya, uMariya owayethanda uJesu kangangokuthi waze wathela amafutha okugcoba ayigugu ezinyaweni zakhe. Odadewabo babiza uJesu bathi: “Nkosi, bheka, lowo omthandayo uyagula” (evela kuJohane 11,1-3). Lokhu kuzwakala njengokukhalela usizo kimi, kodwa uJesu akazange afike.

Ngabe kwesinye isikhathi uke uzizwe sengathi uNkulunkulu ubambezela impendulo Yakhe? Impela bekuzwakala kanjena kuMariya noMartha, kepha ukubambezeleka akusho ukuthi uJesu ubengabathandi, kepha kunalokho ukuthi ubenecebo elihlukile engqondweni ngoba ubengabona into abangayiboni. Ekugcineni, ngesikhathi izithunywa zifika kuJesu, uLazaru wayeseshonile.UJesu wathi lesi sifo ngeke sigcine ngokufa. Ingabe wayenephutha? Cha, ngoba uJesu wabheka ngale kokufa futhi, kulokhu, wayazi ukuthi ukufa ngeke kube ukuphela kwendaba, wayazi ukuthi inhloso kwakuwukukhazimulisa uNkulunkulu neNdodana yakhe (v. 4). Noma kunjalo, wenza abafundi bakhe bacabanga ukuthi uLazaru wayengeke afe. Kunesifundo lapha nakithi, ngoba asiqondi njalo ukuthi uJesu usho ukuthini ngempela.

Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, uJesu wamangaza abafundi bakhe ngokubaphakamisa ukuthi babuyele eJudiya. Abazange baqonde ukuthi kungani uJesu ayefuna ukubuyela endaweni eyingozi, ngakho-ke uJesu waphendula ngenkulumo eyindida ngokuhamba ekukhanyeni nasekuzeni kobumnyama. Wabe esethi kubo: “Umngane wethu uLazaru ulele, kodwa ngizomvusa” ( ivesi 11 ).

Ngokusobala abafundi babejwayele isimo esingaqondakali samanye amazwi kaJesu futhi bathola indlela yokuthola eminye imininingwane. Baveze ukuthi incazelo engokoqobo ayinangqondo. Uma elele uzovuka yedwa, pho kungani kumele sibeke izimpilo zethu engcupheni ngokuya lapho?

UJesu wathi, “ULazaru ufile,” futhi ngaphezu kwalokho, “Ngiyajabula ngokuthi bengingekho.” Kungani? "Ukuze nikholwe". UJesu wayengenza isimangaliso esimangalisa kakhulu ukwedlula ukube wayevimbele ukufa kwendoda egulayo. Lesi simangaliso sasingekona nje ukubuyisela uLazaru ekuphileni—kwakuwukuthi uJesu wayekwazi okwakwenzeka endaweni eqhele ngamakhilomitha angaba ngu-30 ukusuka kubo nalokho okwakuzokwenzeka kuye esikhathini esiseduze esizayo.

Wayenokukhanya ababengeke bakubone - futhi lokho kukhanya kwamembulela ukufa kwakhe nokuvuka kwakhe eJudiya. Wayephethe ngokuphelele imicimbi. Wayengakuvimbela ukuthunjwa ukube wayefuna; wayengamisa ukuqulwa kwecala ngegama elilodwa, kepha akazange. Wakhetha ukwenza lokho azalelwe ukukwenza.

Umuntu owanikela ngokuphila kwabafileyo wayekulungele ukunikela ngokuphila kwakhe ngenxa yabantu ngoba wayenamandla phezu kokufa, ngisho nokufa kwakhe uqobo. Weza kulomhlaba njengomuntu ofayo ukuze afe futhi okwakubukeka kuyinhlekelele ebusweni, kwakwenzekile empeleni ukusindiswa kwethu. Angifuni ukuphakamisa ukuthi zonke izinhlekelele ezenzekayo empeleni zazihlelwe uNkulunkulu noma zilungile, kodwa ngikholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyakwazi ukuletha okuhle kokubi futhi ubona iqiniso esingakuboni.

Ubona ngale kokufa futhi ulawula izehlakalo namuhla kunangesikhathi sakhe - kepha imvamisa ayibonakali kithi njengoba kwakunjalo kubafundi. Asikwazi ukubona isithombe esikhulu futhi kwesinye isikhathi sikhubeka ebumnyameni. Kufanele sethembe uNkulunkulu ukuthi uzokwenza izinto ngendlela abona kufanele ngayo.

UJesu nabafundi bakhe baya eBhethaniya futhi bezwa ukuthi uLazaru wayesenezinsuku ezine esethuneni. Zenziwa izinkulumo zomngcwabo kwadlula isikhathi eside umngcwabo - wagcina esedlula udokotela! UMarta wathi mhlawumbe ngokudangala nokubuhlungu kancane, “Nkosi, ukube ubulapha, umfowethu ngabe akafanga” (ivesi 21). Sikubizile ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, ukube ubufikile, ngabe usaphila uLazaru.

Ngabe ngiphoxekile nami - noma, ngokufanelekile, ngidumele, ngithukuthele, ngididekile, ngiphelelwe yithemba - akunjalo? Kungani uJesu avumela umfowabo ukuba afe? Yebo ngoba? Sivame ukubuza umbuzo ofanayo namuhla - kungani uNkulunkulu avumela othandekayo wami ukuba afe? Kungani evumele lokhu noma leya nhlekelele? Lapho ingekho impendulo, ngokucasuka siyamfulathela uNkulunkulu. Kodwa uMaria noMarta, nakuba babedumazekile, belimele futhi bethukuthele kancane, abazange bafulathele. UMarta wayenenhlansi yethemba - wabona ukukhanya okuncane: "Kodwa ngisho namanje ngiyazi ukuthi noma yini ongayicela kuNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu uzokunika" (ivesi 22). Mhlawumbe wayecabanga ukuthi kungaba nesibindi sokucela uvuko, kodwa uyasho. “ULazaru uzobuye aphile,” kusho uJesu, futhi uMarta waphendula: “Ngiyazi ukuthi uzovuka kwabafileyo” (kodwa nganginethemba ngokushesha). UJesu wathi: “Kuhle lokho, kodwa bewazi yini ukuthi mina ngingukuvuka nokuphila? Uma ukholwa kimi awusoze wafa. Ucabanga ukuthi?"

UMarta wabe esethi kwenye yezinkulumo ezivelele kakhulu zokholo kulo lonke iBhayibheli, “Yebo, ngiyakukholwa lokho. UyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu” ( ivesi 27 ).

Ukuphila nokuvuka kutholakala kuKristu kuphela - kodwa singakukholelwa yini lokho uJesu akusho namuhla? Ingabe siyakukholelwa ngempela ukuthi “noma ubani ophila futhi akholwe kimi akasoze afa?” Ngifisa sengathi sonke singakuqonda kangcono lokhu, kodwa ngiyazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi ovukweni kuyoba nokuphila okusha okungeke kuphele .

Kulesi sikhathi sonke siyafa, njengoLazaru noJesu, kodwa uJesu uyosivusa. Siyafa, kodwa lokho akugcini lapho kithi, njengoba nje kwakungesona isiphetho sendaba kaLazaru. UMarta wahamba wayolanda uMariya, uMariya weza kuJesu ekhala. UJesu naye wakhala. Wayekhalelani njengoba ayazi ukuthi uLazaru uzophinde aphile? Kungani uJohane abhala lokhu kuyilapho uJohane azi ukuthi injabulo “yayiseseduze”? Angazi - angazi njalo ukuthi ngikhalelani, ngisho nangezikhathi zenjabulo.

Kepha ngikholwa wukuthi isitatimende sithi kulungile ukukhala emngcwabeni noma ngabe siyazi ukuthi lowo muntu uzovuselwa ekuphileni okungenakufa. UJesu wathembisa ukuthi asisoze safa kepha ukufa kusekhona.

Ukufa kuseyisitha. Kuseyinto kulo mhlaba engeyona lokho okuzoba yiyo ingunaphakade. Kwesinye isikhathi siba nezikhathi zosizi olujulile noma uJesu esithanda. Lapho sikhala, uJesu uyakhala nathi. Uyabona ukudabuka kwethu kulesi sikhathi njengoba ebona injabulo yakusasa.

“Susani itshe” kusho uJesu noMariya bamphikisa: “Kuzonuka, ngoba usenezinsuku ezine efile.”

Kukhona yini empilweni yakho okunukayo ongafuni ukuthi uJesu akuveze "ngokugingqa itshe?"

Kukhona into efana naleyo empilweni yawo wonke umuntu, into esincamela ukuyifihla. Kwesinye isikhathi uJesu uba namanye amacebo ngoba wazi izinto thina esingazazi futhi singamane simethembe. Ngakho balisusa itshe, uJesu wakhuleka wamemeza wathi: “Lazaru, phuma!” UJohane uyasitshela: “Abafileyo baphuma, kodwa wayengasafile.” Wayeboshiwe ngezindwangu, njengomuntu ofile. wahamba . “Mthukululeni,” kusho uJesu, “nimyeke ahambe” ( amavesi 43-44 ).

Ubizo lukaJesu luphuma lubafile ngokomoya namuhla abanye babo bayalizwa izwi lakhe baphume emathuneni abo. Uphuma ephungeni, emqondweni wobugovu oholele ekufeni. Udinga ini? Badinga umuntu ozobasiza bakhiphe izindwangu zabo zokungcwaba ukuze balahle izindlela zakudala zokucabanga ezinamathele kalula kithi. Lowo ngomunye wemisebenzi yebandla. Sisiza abantu ukuthi bagingqe itshe, noma ngabe linuka njengalo, futhi sisiza abantu abasabela kubizo lukaJesu.

Uyalulalela ubizo lukaJesu lokuthi uze kuye? Sekuyisikhathi sokuphuma "ethuneni" lakho. Mhlawumbe ukhona omaziyo uJesu ambizayo? Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi amsize asuse itshe. Lokho kuyinto okufanele ucabange ngayo.

nguJoseph Tkach