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Inkosi ethobekile
Isifundo seBhayibheli kufanele sinambithwe futhi sijatshulelwe njengokudla okumnandi. Ungacabanga ukuthi ukuphila bekungaba yisicefe kanjani ukube sidla ukuze siphile futhi sigoqe ukudla kwethu kuphela ngoba sidinga ukwengeza okuthile okunomsoco emizimbeni yethu? Kungaba uhlanya uma singanciphisi kancane ukuze sijabulele ubumnandi bokupheka. Vumela ukunambitheka kokuluma ngakunye kuvuleke futhi uvumele amakha akhuphukele emakhaleni akho. Ngike ngakhuluma ngamagugu ayigugu olwazi nokuhlakanipha atholakala kuwo wonke umbhalo weBhayibheli. Ekugcineni, baveza ingqikithi nothando lukaNkulunkulu. Ukuze sithole la matshe ayigugu, kumelwe sifunde ukwehlisa ijubane nokugaya imibhalo ngokukhululeka njengokudla okumnandi. Igama ngalinye kufanele lifakwe ngaphakathi bese lihlafunwa futhi ukuze lisiholele kulokho elikushoyo. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule ngifunde imigqa kaPawulu lapho ekhuluma khona ngoNkulunkulu ezithobisa futhi ethatha isimo somuntu (KwabaseFilipi 2,6-8). Ungafunda ngokushesha kangakanani udlule le migqa ngaphandle kokuyiqonda ngokugcwele noma ngaphandle kokuqonda imithelela.
Eqhutshwa uthando
Yima kancane ucabange ngakho. UMdali wendawo yonke, owadala ilanga, inyanga, izinkanyezi, indawo yonke, wakhumula amandla akhe nobuhle bakhe waba umuntu wenyama negazi. Nokho akabanga ngumuntu osekhulile kodwa waba yingane engakwazi ukuzisiza ethembele ngokuphelele kubazali bakhe. Wakwenza ngenxa yokuthanda mina nawe. UKristu iNkosi yethu, omkhulu kunabo bonke abafundisi bezenkolo, wabeka phansi ubuhle bezulu ukuze afakaze ngezindaba ezinhle kithi emhlabeni, ephelelisa icebo lensindiso nokuphenduka ngesenzo sakhe sokugcina sothando. Indodana, ethandwa nguyise, yabheka ingcebo yezulu njengento engasho lutho futhi yazithoba lapho izalwa usana edolobheni elincane laseBetlehema. Ubungacabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubengakhetha isigodlo noma isikhungo sempucuko azozalelwa kuso, akunjalo? Ngaleso sikhathi iBhetlehema yayingahlotshisiwe ngezigodlo noma isikhungo sezwe eliphucuzekile. Kwakungasho lutho ngokwezombangazwe nangokwenhlalo.
Kodwa isiprofetho esivela kuMika 5,1 “Nawe, Betlehema Efrata, omncinyane phakathi kwemizi yakwaJuda, uyakuvela kuwe, oyiNkosi ka-Israyeli, okuqala kwakhe bekulokhu kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube phakade.
Umntwana kaNkulunkulu akazalelwanga emzini, kodwa wazalelwa esibayeni. Izazi eziningi zikholelwa ukuthi lesi sibaya cishe kwakuyigumbi elincane elingemuva, elaligcwele iphunga nemisindo yesibaya sezinkomo. Ngakho uNkulunkulu akazange abonakale egabadela ngokukhethekile lapho eqala ukuvela emhlabeni. Amacilongo ayememezela inkosi athathelwa indawo ukukhala kwezimvu nokukhala kwezimbongolo.
Le nkosi ezithobile yakhula ingelutho futhi ayizange izithathele udumo nodumo, kodwa yayihlale ikhuluma ngoBaba. Esahlukweni seshumi nambili seVangeli likaJohane kuphela lapho ethi khona isikhathi sokuba ahlonishwe sesifikile, ngakho wangena eJerusalema egibele imbongolo. UJesu uqashelwa ukuthi ungubani: iNkosi yamakhosi. Amagatsha esundu endlalwe phambi kwendlela yakhe futhi isiprofetho siyagcwaliseka. Kuyoba hosanna! ihlatshelelwa futhi akagibeli ihhashi elimhlophe elinomhlwenga ogelezayo, kodwa imbongolo engakakhule ngokugcwele. Ugibele ithole lembongolo eya edolobheni izinyawo zalo lisebhuqwini.
KwabaseFilipi 2,8 ukhuluma ngesenzo sakhe sokugcina sokuthotshiswa:
“Wazithoba futhi walalela kwaze kwaba sekufeni, yebo kwaze kwaba sekufeni esiphambanweni”. Wanqoba isono, hhayi uMbuso WamaRoma. UJesu akazange afinyelele lokho okwakulindelwe ama-Israyeli ngoMesiya. Akazange eze ukuzonqoba uMbuso WamaRoma, njengoba abaningi babenethemba, futhi akafikanga ukuzomisa umbuso wasemhlabeni futhi aphakamise abantu bawo. Wazalwa esewusana edolobheni elingaziwa futhi ehlala nabagulayo nezoni. Wayekugwema ukuba semkhandlwini. Wangena eJerusalema egibele imbongolo. Nakuba izulu laliyisihlalo sakhe sobukhosi nomhlaba yisenabelo sakhe, akazange asukume ngoba okuwukuphela kwento eyayimkhuthaza kwakuwuthando lwakhe ngami nawe.
Wamisa umbuso ayewulangazelela kusukela ekudalweni komhlaba. Akazange anqobe ukubusa kwamaRoma nanoma yimiphi eminye imibuso yezwe, kodwa isono esagcina isintu siboshiwe isikhathi eside. Ubusa phezu kwezinhliziyo zamakholwa. UNkulunkulu wakwenza konke lokhu futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo wasifundisa sonke isifundo esibalulekile sothando olungenabugovu ngokusambulela isimo sakhe sangempela. Ngemva kokuba uJesu ethobekile, uNkulunkulu “wamphakamisa futhi wamnika igama elingaphezu kwawo wonke amagama” (Filipi 2,9).
Sesikubheke ngabomvu ukubuya kwakhe, okungeke kwenzeke esigodini esincane esingabonakali, kodwa kuzobonakala ngodumo, amandla nenkazimulo kuso sonke isintu. Kulokhu uzogibela ihhashi elimhlophe futhi athathe ukubusa kwakhe okufanele phezu kwabantu nayo yonke indalo.
nguTim Maguire
