Ukukhanya kukaKristu emhlabeni

Umehluko wokukhanya nobumnyama uyisingathekiso esivame ukusetshenziswa eBhayibhelini ukuze kuqhathaniswe okuhle nokubi. UJesu usebenzisa ukukhanya ukuze azimelele yena: “Ukukhanya kweza ezweni futhi abantu bathanda ubumnyama kunokukhanya ngoba lokho abakwenzayo kubi. Ngokuba owenza okubi uzonda ukukhanya; akangeni ekukhanyeni ukuze kungabonakali akwenzayo. Nokho, labo abalandela iqiniso kulokho abakwenzayo bangena ekukhanyeni futhi kuba sobala ukuthi abakwenzayo kusekelwe kuNkulunkulu.” ( Joh. 3,19-21 New Geneva translation). Abantu abahlala ebumnyameni bathonywa kahle ukukhanya kukaKristu.

UPeter Benenson, ummeli waseBrithani, wasungula i-Amnesty International futhi wathi emphakathini okokuqala ngqa ngo-1961: "Kungcono ukukhanyisa ikhandlela kunokuqalekisa ubumnyama". Ikhandlela elizungezwe ngocingo oluhlabayo laba yisibonakaliso somphakathi wakhe.

Umphostoli uPawulu uchaza umfanekiso ofanayo: “Ngokushesha ubusuku buyaphela futhi usuku luzofika. Ngakho-ke masihlukane nezenzo zobumnyama futhi esikhundleni salokho sihlome ngezikhali zokukhanya” (Roma 13,12 Ithemba labo bonke).
Ngicabanga ukuthi kwesinye isikhathi sibukela phansi amandla ethu okuthonya umhlaba ngokuhle. Sijwayele ukukhohlwa ukuthi ukukhanya kukaKristu kungenza kanjani umehluko omkhulu.
“Nina ningukukhanya okukhanyisa izwe. Umuzi ophakeme entabeni awunakufihlakala. Awulayishi isibani bese uyasibekela. Ngokuphambene nalokho: imisiwe ukuze ikhanyisele wonke umuntu osendlini. Ngokunjalo ukukhanya kwenu makukhanye phambi kwabantu bonke. Ngezenzo zenu kufanele bamazi uYihlo osezulwini futhi bamhloniphe futhi.” ( Mathewu 5,14-16 Ithemba Labantu Bonke).

Yize ubumnyama ngezinye izikhathi bungehlula, abusoze bamehlula uNkulunkulu. Akumele sivumele ukwesaba okubi emhlabeni ngoba kusenza singabheki ukuthi uJesu ungubani, wasenzelani wasiyala ukuthi senzeni.

Isici esithakazelisayo mayelana nemvelo yokukhanya ukuthi kungani ubumnyama bungenawo amandla phezu kwakho. Nakuba ukukhanya kuxosha ubumnyama, okuphambene akulona iqiniso. EmBhalweni, lesi simo sidlala indima evelele maqondana nesimo sikaNkulunkulu (ukukhanya) nobubi (ubumnyama).

“Yileli izwi esalizwa kuye, esilishumayeza lona: UNkulunkulu ungukukhanya, abukho ubumnyama kuye. Uma sithi sinenhlanganyelo naye kodwa sibe sihamba ebumnyameni, siqamba amanga futhi asenzi iqiniso. Kepha uma sihamba ekukhanyeni njengalokhu yena esekukhanyeni, sinenhlanganyelo omunye nomunye, negazi likaJesu iNdodana yakhe liyasihlambulula kuso sonke isono.”1. UJohannes 1,5-enye).

Noma uzizwa uyikhandlela elincane kakhulu phakathi kobumnyama obuhlabayo, ikhandlela elincane lisanikeza ukukhanya nemfudumalo enikeza impilo. Ngezindlela ezibukeka zincane, ukhombisa uJesu ongukukhanya kwezwe. Ungukukhanya kwendawo yonke, hhayi umhlaba kanye nesonto kuphela. Ususa isono somhlaba, hhayi kumakholwa kuphela kepha kubo bonke abantu emhlabeni. Ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele uBaba ukukhiphile ngoJesu ebumnyameni wakungenisa ekukhanyeni kobudlelwano obunikeza impilo noNkulunkulu oziqu zintathu othembisa ukuthi akasoze akushiya. Lezo izindaba ezinhle maqondana nawo wonke umuntu okule planethi. UJesu ubathanda bonke abantu futhi wabafela bonke, noma bazi noma bengazi.

Njengoba sikhula ebudlelwaneni bethu obujulile noBaba, iNdodana, noMoya, ngakho-ke sikhanya ngokukhanya okukhazimulayo kukaNkulunkulu. Lokhu kusebenza kithi njengabantu ngabanye kanye nasemiphakathini.

“Ngokuba nonke ningabantwana bokukhanya nabantwana bemini. Asibona abobusuku noma abobumnyama»(1. Thes 5,5). Njengabantwana bokukhanya, sikulungele ukuba abaphathi bokukhanya. Ngokunikela ngothando lukaNkulunkulu ngazo zonke izindlela, ubumnyama buyoqala ukufiphala futhi uyoba ngokukhanya nakakhulu ukukhanya kukaKristu.

UNkulunkulu onguZiqu-zintathu, ukukhanya kwaphakade, ungumthombo wakho konke “ukukhanya” okungokwenyama nokungokomoya. UYise owabiza ukukhanya kwaba khona wathumela iNdodana yakhe ukuba ibe ngukukhanya kwezwe. UYise neNdodana bathumela uMoya ukuze ulethe ukukhanyiselwa kubo bonke abantu. UNkulunkulu uphila ekukhanyeni okungenakufinyeleleka: «Yena yedwa ongafi, uphila ekukhanyeni okungekho omunye ongakubekezelela, akekho oke wambona. Kuye yedwa kukhona udumo namandla aphakade” (1. Isikhathi. 6,16 Ithemba labo bonke).

UNkulunkulu uzembula ngomoya wakhe, ebusweni beNdodana yakhe esesimweni somuntu uJesu Kristu: “Ngokuba uNkulunkulu owathi: Ukukhanya makukhanye ebumnyameni, unike izinhliziyo zethu ukukhanya okukhazimulayo ukuze kuvele ukukhanya kube ukwazi inkazimulo UNkulunkulu ebusweni bukaJesu Kristu »(2. AbaseKorinte 4,6).

Noma kufanele ubheke ngokusolisayo ekuqaleni ukuze ubone lokhu kukhanya okukhulu (uJesu), uma ukubheka isikhathi eside uzobona ukuthi ubumnyama buqhutshwa kanjani kude nakude.

nguJoseph Tkach