Isinyathelo sokholo

Babengabangane bakaJesu Kristu futhi wayebathanda kakhulu abafowabo uMarta, uMariya noLazaru. Babehlala eBhethaniya, eqhele ngamakhilomitha ambalwa ukusuka eJerusalema. Baqiniswa ngamazwi akhe, izenzo nezimangaliso zakhe ukuze bakholwe kuye nasezindabeni zakhe ezinhle.

Ngaphambi nje komkhosi wePhasika, odadewabo ababili bacela usizo kuJesu ngoba uLazaru wayegula. Babekholelwa ukuthi uma uJesu enabo, angabaphulukisa. Lapho uJesu nabafundi bakhe bezwa lezi zindaba, wathi kubo: “Lokhu kugula akukona okokufa, kodwa kungokuba iNdodana yomuntu ikhazinyuliswe.” Wabachazela ukuthi uLazaru ulele, kodwa lokho kusho nokuthi ufile. UJesu wanezela ukuthi leli ithuba lokuba wonke umuntu athathe isinyathelo esisha okholweni.

UJesu wayesehamba nabafundi bakhe baya eBethaniya, lapho uLazaru ayekade esethuneni izinsuku ezine. Lapho uJesu efika, uMarta wathi kuye: “Umnewethu ufile. Kodwa namanje ngiyazi: lokho ongakucela kuNkulunkulu, uzakukunika.” Ngakho uMarta wafakaza ukuthi uJesu wayenesibusiso sikaYise futhi wezwa impendulo yakhe: “Umfowenu uyakuvuka, ngokuba mina ngingukuvuka nokuphila; Okholwa yimi, noma efa, wophila; ophila ekholwa yimi, kasoze afa naphakade. Ucabanga ukuthi?" Wathi kuye: “Yebo, Nkosi, ngiyakholwa.”

Kamuva, lapho uJesu emi nabalilayo phambi kwethuna likaLazaru futhi eyala ukuba kususwe itshe, uJesu wacela uMarta ukuba athathe esinye isinyathelo sokholo. "Uma ukholwa, uzobona inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu". UJesu wabonga uyise ngokumuzwa njalo wamemeza ngelizwi elikhulu wathi: Lazaru phuma! Umufi walalela ubizo lukaJesu, waphuma ethuneni futhi waphila (kusuka kuJohane 11).

Ngamazwi akhe: “Mina ngingukuvuka nokuphila”, uJesu wamemezela ukuthi uyiNkosi phezu kokufa nokuphila ngokwakho. UMarta noMariya bamkholelwa uJesu futhi babona ubufakazi lapho uLazaru ephuma ethuneni.

Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, uJesu wafa esiphambanweni ukuze ahlawulele izono zethu. Ukuvuka kwakhe kuyisimangaliso esikhulu kunazo zonke. UJesu uyaphila futhi uyisikhuthazo kuwe ukuthi naye uzokubiza ngegama futhi uyovuswa. Ukholo lwakho ovukweni lukaJesu lukunikeza isiqiniseko sokuthi nawe uyohlanganyela ovukweni lwakhe.

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