Isithombe sonke sikaJesu

Ngisanda kuzwa le ndaba elandelayo: Umfundisi wayesebenza entshumayelweni ngenkathi indodakazi yakhe eneminyaka emihlanu ingena esifundweni sakhe futhi yacela ukumnaka. Ecasulwe ukuphazamiseka, wadabula imephu yomhlaba eyayisegumbini lakhe yaba izicucu ezincane wathi kuye: Ngemuva kokuhlanganisa lesi sithombe, ngizothatha isikhathi ngawe! Wamangala lapho indodakazi yakhe ibuya nalo lonke ikhadi kungakapheli nemizuzu engu-5. Wambuza: sthandwa, ukwenze kanjani? Ubungeke uwazi amagama awo wonke amazwekazi namazwe! Uphendule wathi: Bekunesithombe sikaJesu ngemuva bese ngihlanganisa izingcezu ukwenza isithombe esisodwa. Ubonge indodakazi yakhe ngesithombe, wagcina isithembiso sakhe wabe esehlela intshumayelo yakhe, eveza izingxenye ezithile zempilo kaJesu njengesithombe kulo lonke iBhayibheli.

Uyasibona sonke isithombe sikaJesu? Vele, asikho isithombe esingembula uNkulunkulu ngokuphelele, obuso bakhe bukhanya njengelanga ngamandla alo aphelele. Singathola isithombe esicacile sikaNkulunkulu ngokuhlanganisa izingcezu zayo yonke imibhalo ndawonye.
“Ekuqaleni wayekhona uLizwi, uLizwi wayenoNkulunkulu, uLizwi wayenguNkulunkulu. Yena lowo wayekhona ekuqaleni kuNkulunkulu. Zonke izinto zenziwa ngokufanayo, futhi ngaphandle kwakho akukho lutho olwenziwe.” (Joh 1,1-3). Leyo yincazelo kaJesu eTestamenteni Elisha.

UNkulunkulu uchazwa eTestamenteni Elidala njengoJesu, njengendodana kaNkulunkulu eyayingakazalwa, wayehlala nabantu bakwa-Israyeli. UJesu, iZwi eliphilayo likaNkulunkulu, wahamba no-Adamu no-Eva ensimini yase-Edene futhi kamuva wabonakala ku-Abrahama. Wabambana noJakobe futhi wakhipha abantu bakwa-Israyeli eGibhithe: «Kepha angithandi, bafowethu nodadewethu, ukuthi okhokho bethu bonke babengaphansi kwefu futhi bonke badabula ulwandle; futhi bonke babhapathizelwa kuMose efwini naselwandle, futhi bonke badla ukudla okufanayo okungokomoya, futhi bonke baphuza isiphuzo esifanayo sokomoya; ngoba babenatha edwaleni lomoya elalibalandela; kodwa idwala lalinguKristu” (1. AbaseKorinte 10,1-4; KumaHeberu 7).

UJesu uyembulwa eTestamenteni Elidala naseTestamenteni Elisha: “ULizwi waba yinyama, wakha phakathi kwethu, sabona inkazimulo yakhe, inkazimulo njengeyozelwe yedwa kuYise, egcwele umusa neqiniso” (Joh. 1,14).

Ngamehlo okholo, uyambona uJesu njengoMsindisi wakho, uMhlengi, umpristi ophakeme nomfowenu omdala? UJesu waboshwa amasosha ukuba abethelwe futhi abulawe. UNkulunkulu wamvusa kwabafileyo. Umbono ophelele kaJesu Kristu uhlala kuwe manje uma ukholwa kuye. Kulokhu kuthembela, uJesu uyithemba lakho futhi ukunikeza impilo yakhe. Ngegazi lakhe eliyigugu uzophulukiswa kuze kube phakade.

by Natu Moti