UJesu: isinkwa sokuphila

Uma ubheka igama elithi isinkwa eBhayibhelini, uzolithola emavesini angu-269. Lokhu akumangazi ngoba isinkwa siyisithako esiyinhloko ekudleni kwansuku zonke eMedithera kanye nokudla okuyisisekelo kwabantu abavamile. Izinhlamvu zinikeza iningi lamaprotheni nama-carbohydrates kubantu amakhulu eminyaka ngisho nezinkulungwane zeminyaka. UJesu wasebenzisa isinkwa ngokomfanekiso njengomnikezeli wokuphila futhi wathi: “Mina ngiyisinkwa esiphilayo esivela ezulwini. Odla lesi sinkwa uyakuphila phakade. Futhi isinkwa engizosinika sona siyinyama yami, kube ukuphila kwezwe.” (Joh 6,51).

UJesu wakhuluma nesixuku okwathi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambili saphakwa ngokuyisimangaliso ngezinkwa zebhali ezinhlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili. Laba bantu babemlandele, benethemba lokuthi uzobaphakela futhi. Isinkwa uJesu ayesinike abantu ngokuyisimangaliso ngayizolo sabondla amahora ambalwa, kodwa emuva kwalokho baphinde balamba. UJesu ubakhumbuza ngemana, omunye umthombo wokudla okhethekile owagcina okhokho babo bephila okwesikhashana. Usebenzise ukulamba kwabo ngokomzimba ukubafundisa isifundo esingokomoya:
“Mina ngiyisinkwa sokuphila. Oyihlo badla imana ehlane, bafa. Lesi yisinkwa esivela ezulwini, ukuze kuthi noma ubani osidlayo angafi.” (Joh 6,48-enye).

UJesu uyisinkwa sokuphila, isinkwa esiphilayo futhi uziqhathanisa nokuphakelwa okungavamile kwama-Israyeli kanye nesinkwa esimangalisayo abazidlayo. UJesu wathi, kufanele umfune, ukholwe kuye, futhi uthole ukuphila okuphakade ngaye esikhundleni sokumlandela ngethemba lokuthola isidlo esiyisimangaliso.
UJesu washumayela esinagogeni laseKapernawume. Abanye esixukwini babebazi uJosefa noMariya. Nansi indoda ababeyazi, abazali bayo ababebazi, eyayithi inolwazi lomuntu siqu negunya elivela kuNkulunkulu. Bancika kuJesu bathi: “Lo akuyena yini uJesu, indodana kaJosefa, uyise nonina esibaziyo? Angasho kanjani manje ukuthi: “Ngaphuma ezulwini na?” (Johannes 6,42-enye).
Bakuthathe ngokoqobo lokho uJesu akusho futhi abakuqonda ukufana okungokomoya ayekwenza. Umfuziselo wesinkwa nenyama wawungemusha kubo. Izilwane ezingenakubalwa zazihlatshelwe izono zabantu kule minyaka eyizinkulungwane. Inyama yalezi zilwane yayithosiwe yadliwa.
Isinkwa sasisetshenziswa njengomhlatshelo okhethekile ethempelini. Izinkwa zokubukwa, ezazibekwa endaweni engcwele yethempeli isonto ngalinye bese zidliwa ngabapristi, zazibakhumbuza ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayengumondli nomondli wabo nokuthi babehlala ebukhoneni Bakhe njalo.3. UMose 24,5-enye).

Bezwa ngoJesu ukuthi ukudla inyama yakhe nokuphuza igazi lakhe kwakuyisihluthulelo sokuphila okuphakade: «Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Uma ningayidli inyama yeNdodana yomuntu, niphuze igazi layo, aninakuphila. kuyo wena. Odla inyama yami, aphuze igazi lami, uhlala kimi, nami kuye.” (Joh 6,53 no-56).

Ukuphuza igazi kwakubathukuthelisa ikakhulukazi abantu okwase kuyisikhathi eside befundiswa ukuthi kuyisono. Ukudla inyama kaJesu nokuphuza igazi lakhe kwakunzima ngabafundi bakhe ukukuqonda. Abaningi bafulathela uJesu futhi ngaleso sikhathi abasabe besamlandela.
Lapho uJesu ebuza abafundi abangu-12 ukuthi nabo babezomshiya yini, uPetru wabuza ngesibindi: “Nkosi, kufanele siyephi? Amazwi okuphila okuphakade akuwe; sakholwa, saqonda ukuthi: Wena ungoNgcwele kaNkulunkulu” (Joh 6,68-69). Abafundi bakhe cishe babedidekile njengabanye, nokho bakholwa kuJesu futhi bamethemba ngezimpilo zabo. Mhlawumbe kamuva bakhumbula amazwi kaJesu mayelana nokudla inyama yakhe nokuphuza igazi lakhe lapho bebuthene esidlweni sokugcina ukuze badle iwundlu lePhasika: “Kwathi bedla, uJesu wathatha isinkwa, wabonga, wasihlephula, wabanika. kubafundi, wathi: Thathani, nidle; lokhu kungumzimba wami. Wasethatha inkezo, wabonga, wabanika, esithi: Phuzani kuyo, lonke; lokhu kuyigazi lami lesivumelwano, elithululwa ngenxa yabaningi kukho ukuthethelelwa kwezono.”— Mathewu 26,26-enye).

UHenri Nouwen, umbhali ongumKrestu, uprofesa kanye nompristi, uvame ukucabanga ngesinkwa newayini elingcwelisiwe ebelinikelwa eSidlweni Esingcwele futhi wabhala lo mbhalo olandelayo: «Amagama akhulunywa esebenzela umphakathi, athathwa, abusiswa, aphulwa futhi anikezwa ukufingqa impilo yami njengompristi. Ngoba nsuku zonke lapho ngihlangana etafuleni namalungu esigceme sami, ngithatha isinkwa, ngisibusise, ngisihlephule, ngibanikeze. Lawa magama abuye afingqe impilo yami njengomKristu ngoba njengomKristu ngibizelwe ukuba ngibe isinkwa sezwe, isinkwa esithathiwe, sabusiswa, saphulwa futhi sanikwa. Okubaluleke kakhulu, la mazwi afingqa impilo yami njengomuntu, ngoba kuwo wonke umzuzu wempilo yami impilo yothandekayo iyabonakala. "
Ukudla isinkwa nokuphuza iwayini eSidlweni SeNkosi kusenza sibe munye noKristu futhi kusixhumanise thina maKrestu. SikuKristu futhi uKristu ukithi. Ngempela singumzimba kaKristu.

Njengoba ngifunda uJohane, ngiyidla kanjani ‘inyama kaJesu futhi ngiliphuza kanjani igazi likaJesu? Ingabe ukugcwaliseka kokudla ‘inyama kaJesu nokuphuza igazi likaJesu kuyavezwa ekugujweni kwesidlo seNkosi? Angicabangi kanjalo! NgoMoya oNgcwele kuphela lapho singakwazi ukuqonda lokho uJesu asenzela kona. UJesu wathi wayeyonikela ngokuphila kwakhe (inyama yakhe) ngenxa yokuphila kwezwe: “Isinkwa engiyosinikela siyinyama yami, kube ukuphila kwezwe” (Johane. 6,48-enye).

Kumongo siyaqonda ukuthi “dla uphuze (ukulamba nokoma)” incazelo engokomoya ethi “woza ukholwe” ngoba uJesu wathi: “Mina ngiyisinkwa sokuphila. Oza kimi kayikulamba; futhi lowo okholwa kimi akasoze oma »(Johannes 6,35). Bonke abeza kuJesu futhi bakholwe bangena esidlweni esiyingqayizivele naye: “Lowo odla inyama yami, aphuze igazi lami, uhlala kimi, nami kuye.” ( Joh. 6,56).
Lobu buhlobo obuseduze baba khona ngemva kokuvuka kukaJesu Kristu ngoMoya oNgcwele othenjisiwe. “Ngumoya ophilisayo; inyama ayinamsebenzi. Amazwi engiwakhulume kini angumoya futhi angukuphila.” (Joh 6,63).

UJesu uthatha isimo sakhe somuntu siqu njengesibonelo: “Odla inyama yami, aphuze igazi lami, uhlala kimi, nami kuye” (Johane. 6,56). Njengoba uJesu aphila ngoYise, nathi kumelwe siphile ngaye. UJesu waphila kanjani ngoYise? Khona-ke uJesu wathi kubo: “Uma niphakamisa iNdodana yomuntu, niyokwazi ukuthi yimina nokuthi angenzeli lutho ngokwami, kodwa ukuthi ngikhuluma njengoba nje uBaba engifundisile.” ( Joh. 8,28). Sihlangana neNkosi uJesu Kristu lapha njengomuntu ophila ngokuncika okuphelele, okungenamibandela kuNkulunkulu uBaba. NjengamaKristu sibheka kuJesu othi: «Mina ngiyisinkwa esiphilayo esivela ezulwini. Odla lesi sinkwa uyakuphila phakade. Futhi isinkwa engizosinika sona siyinyama yami, kube ukuphila kwezwe.” (Joh 6,51).

Isiphetho ngukuthi njengabafundi abali-12, siza kuJesu sikholwe kuye futhi samukele ukuthethelelwa nothando lwakhe. Ngokubonga sigona futhi sigubha isipho sensindiso yethu. Ekwamukeleni, sithola ukukhululeka esonweni, ekubeni necala, nasehlazweni okungokwethu kuKristu. Kungakho uJesu afa esiphambanweni. Umgomo ukuthi uphile impilo yakhe kulomhlaba ngokuthembela okufanayo kuJesu!

nguSheila Graham