Qhathanisa, uhlole futhi wahlulele

Siphila ezweni eliphila ngokuyinhloko ngokwesiqubulo esithi: “Sibahle kanti abanye babi”. Usuku nosuku sizwa ngamaqembu ethethisa abanye abantu ngezizathu zezepolitiki, ezenkolo, zobuhlanga noma zezenhlalo-mnotho. Inkundla yezokuxhumana ibonakala yenza lokhu kube kubi kakhulu. Imibono yethu ingenziwa itholakale ezinkulungwaneni, ngaphezu kwalokho esingathanda, esikhathini eside ngaphambi kokuba sibe nethuba lokuzindla amagama futhi siwaphendule. Akukaze nangaphambilini ukuthi amaqembu ahlukene akwazi ukuthethisana ngokushesha naphezulu kangaka.

UJesu ulandisa indaba yomFarisi nomthelisi ababethandaza ethempelini: “Abantu ababili benyukela ethempelini beyokhuleka, omunye engumFarisi, omunye engumthelisi” ( Luka 18,10). Umzekeliso wakudala othi "thina nabanye". UmFarisi uyasho ngokuqhosha: “Ngiyakubonga, Nkulunkulu, ngokuba anginjengabanye abantu, abaphangi, abangalungile, iziphingi, nanjengalo mthelisi. Ngizila ukudla kabili ngeviki futhi ngikhipha okweshumi kukho konke engikuthathayo. Kepha umthelisi wema kude, engafuni nokuphakamisela amehlo akhe ezulwini, kodwa washaya isifuba sakhe, wathi: “Nkulunkulu, ngihawukele mina soni!” (Luka 18,11-enye).

Lapha uJesu uchaza isimo esingenakuqhathaniswa “thina ngokumelene nabanye” besikhathi sakhe. UmFarisi ufundile, uhlanzekile, futhi uthembekile, futhi wenza okulungile emehlweni akhe. Ubonakala ewuhlobo "thina" umuntu angathanda ukulumema emicimbini nemikhosi futhi lowo aphuphe eshade nendodakazi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, umthelisi ungomunye “wabanye”; wayeqoqa intela kubantu bakubo ngenxa yokubusa kweRoma futhi wayezondwa. Kodwa uJesu uphetha indaba yakhe ngamazwi athi: “Ngilitshela ukuthi lomthelisi wehlela endlini yakhe elungisisiwe, hatshi lowo. Ngokuba yilowo nalowo oziphakamisayo uyakuthotshiswa; futhi noma ubani ozithobayo uyophakanyiswa.”— Luka 18,14). Umphumela washaqisa izethameli zakhe. Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi lo muntu, isoni esisobala lapha, abe olungisisiwe na? UJesu uyathanda ukwembula okwenzeka ekujuleni. NgoJesu akukho ukuqhathanisa "thina nabanye". UmFarisi uyisoni kanye nomthelisi. Izono zakhe azibonakali kahle futhi njengoba abanye bengaziboni, kulula ukukhomba “omunye” ngomunwe.

Nakuba umFarisi kule ndaba engazimisele ukuvuma ukuthi ulungile, unesono nokuqhosha, umthelisi uyalibona icala lakhe. Kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi sonke sehlulekile futhi sidinga inyanga eyodwa. “Kepha ngikhuluma ngokulunga phambi kukaNkulunkulu okuza ngokukholwa kuJesu Kristu kubo bonke abakholwayo. Ngokuba akukho mehluko lapha: bonke bayizoni futhi bantula inkazimulo okufanele babe nayo phambi kukaNkulunkulu, futhi balungisiswa ngaphandle kwemfanelo ngomusa wakhe ngokuhlengwa okwenziwa ngoKristu Jesu.” 3,22-enye).

Ukuphulukiswa nokungcweliswa kuvela ngokukholwa kuJesu Kristu kubo bonke abakholwayo, okungukuthi, abavumelana noJesu ngale ndaba futhi ngalokho bamvumela ukuba ahlale kuye. Akukona mayelana "thina ngokumelene nabanye", kumayelana nathi sonke. Akuwona umsebenzi wethu ukwahlulela abanye abantu. Kwanele ukuqonda ukuthi sonke siyayidinga insindiso. Sonke singabamukeli bomusa kaNkulunkulu. Sonke sinomsindisi ofanayo. Uma sicela uNkulunkulu ukuba asisize sibone abanye ngendlela ababona ngayo, sisheshe siqonde ukuthi kuJesu asikho thina nabanye, thina kuphela. UMoya oNgcwele usenza sikuqonde lokhu.

nguGreg Williams