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Izimayini zeNkosi uSolomoni (ingxenye 15)
amazwi 18,10 ithi: “Igama likaJehova liyinqaba enamandla; abalungileyo babalekela khona, bavikeleke.” Kusho ukuthini lokho? Igama likaNkulunkulu lingaba kanjani inqaba eqinile? Kungani uSolomoni engabhalanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe uyinqaba eqinile? Singagijimela kanjani egameni likaNkulunkulu futhi sithole isivikelo kuye?
Amagama abalulekile kunoma yimuphi umphakathi. Igama lisho okuningi ngomuntu: ubulili, imvelaphi yohlanga futhi mhlawumbe nesimo sezombusazwe sabazali noma isithixo sabo se-pop ngesikhathi ingane yabo izalwa. Abanye abantu baneziteketiso ezisho okuthile ngalo muntu - okungukuthi ungubani futhi uyini lo muntu. Kubantu ababehlala eMpumalanga Eseduze yasendulo, igama lomuntu lalinencazelo enkulu ngokukhethekile; kanjalo nakumaJuda. Abazali bacabanga kakhulu ngegama lomntanabo futhi balithandazela ngethemba lokuthi ingane yabo izokufeza lokho elikushoyo.” Amagama nawo abalulekile kuNkulunkulu. Siyazi ukuthi ngezinye izikhathi wayeshintsha igama lomuntu lapho ehlangabezana nezimo ezishintsha ukuphila. Amagama esiHebheru ngokuvamile ayeyincazelo emfushane yomuntu, ebonisa ukuthi lowo muntu ungubani noma uyoba yini. Ngokwesibonelo, igama elithi Abrama laba u-Abrahama (uyise wezizwe eziningi) ukuze athi unguyise wabaningi nokuthi uNkulunkulu usebenza ngaye.
Isici sesimilo sikaNkulunkulu
UNkulunkulu usebenzisa namagama esiHebheru ukuze azichaze. Igama lakhe ngalinye liyincazelo yesici esithile sobuntu bakhe nobuyena. Zichaza ukuthi ungubani, wenzeni futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ziyisithembiso kithi. Ngokwesibonelo, elinye lamagama kaNkulunkulu uYahweh Shalom lisho ukuthi “INkosi Ukuthula” (Richter[space]]6,24). UnguNkulunkulu osilethela ukuthula. Ingabe unovalo? Ingabe awuphumuli noma ucindezelekile? Khona-ke ungathola ukuthula ngoba uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe uwukuthula. Uma iNkosi yokuthula ihlala kini (Isaya 9,6; Kwabase-Efesu 2,14), uzokusiza. Ishintsha abantu, iqede ukungezwani, iguqule izimo ezinzima futhi ithobe imizwa nemicabango yakho.
In 1. UMose 22,14 UNkulunkulu uzibiza ngoJehovah Jireh "iNkosi ibona". Ungaza kuNkulunkulu futhi uthembele kuye. Ngezindlela eziningi, uNkulunkulu ufuna wazi ukuthi uyazazi izidingo zakho futhi ufuna ukuhlangabezana nazo. Okufanele ukwenze ukumbuza. Buyela kuZaga 18,10: USolomoni uthi lapho ukuthi konke okushiwo ngoNkulunkulu ngamagama akhe - ukuthula kwakhe, ukwethembeka kwakhe okuphakade, umusa wakhe, uthando lwakhe - kufana nenqaba eqinile kithi. Izinkulungwane zeminyaka kwakhiwa izinqaba ukuze kuvikelwe abantu bendawo ezitheni zabo. Izindonga zaziphakeme kakhulu futhi zingenakunqotshwa. Lapho abahlaseli bengena ezweni, abantu babaleka emaphandleni nasemasimini abo baya enqabeni ngoba babezizwa bephephile futhi bevikelekile lapho. USolomoni ubhala ukuthi abalungile babalekela kuNkulunkulu. Abazange nje bahambe behamba beya lapho, kodwa abachithanga sikhathi bagijimela kuNkulunkulu futhi bavikelekile kuYe. Okuvikelwe kusho okuvikelekile futhi okuphephile ekuhlaselweni.
Nokho, umuntu angaphikisa ngokuthi lokhu kusebenza kuphela kubantu "abalungile". Bese kuba nemicabango enjengokuthi “Angilungile ngokwanele. Angingcwele ngaleyondlela. Ngenza amaphutha amaningi. Imicabango yami ingcolile..." Kodwa elinye igama likaNkulunkulu nguJehovah Tsidekenu, "iNkosi yokulunga kwethu" ( Jeremiya 3 Kor.3,16). UNkulunkulu usinikeza ukulunga kwakhe ngoJesu Kristu, owafela izono zethu, “ukuze ngaye sibe ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu” ( NW )2. AbaseKorinte 5,21). Ngakho-ke, akudingekile ukuba silwele ukuba abalungileyo ngokwethu, ngoba umhlatshelo kaJesu uyasiqinisekisa uma sizisholo ngokwethu. Ngakho-ke, ezikhathini ezingaqinisekile nezesabekayo, ungaya phambili ngesibindi namandla, ngisho nangaleso sikhathi, ikakhulukazi lapho ungazizwa ulungile.
Ukuphepha okungamanga
Senza iphutha elibi kakhulu lapho siya endaweni engafanele sifuna ukuphepha. Ivesi elilandelayo kuzAga liyasixwayisa, “Inotho yesicebi injengomuzi oqinile, ibonakala ilugange kuye. Lokhu akusebenzi kuphela emalini, kodwa kukho konke okubonakala kusisiza ukuba sinciphise ukukhathazeka kwethu, ukwesaba nokucindezeleka kwansuku zonke: utshwala, izidakamizwa, umsebenzi, umuntu othile. USolomoni ubonisa - futhi kokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe wazi kahle kakhulu - ukuthi zonke lezi zinto zinikeza kuphela ukulondeka okungamanga. Noma yini ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu esithemba ukulondeka kuye ayisoze yakwazi ukusinika lokho esikudinga ngempela. Igama lakhe nguBaba futhi uthando lwakhe alunamkhawulo futhi alunamibandela. Naye ungaba nobuhlobo bomuntu siqu nothando. Lapho ubhekene nezikhathi ezinzima, mbize ngesiqinisekiso esijulile sokuthi angakuqondisa “ngenxa yegama lakhe” ( IHubo 2 )3,3). Mcele akufundise ukuthi ungubani.
Eminyakeni eminingi edlule, lapho izingane zami zisencane kakhulu, kwaba nesiphepho esikhulu ebusuku. Umbani ushaye eduze kwendlu yakithi kangangokuba kwaphela ugesi. Zethuka izingane. Ngenkathi babazungezile umbani uhele ebumnyameni nokuduma kwezulu kuduma, basibizile bagijimela kithi ngokushesha okukhulu. Sachitha lobo busuku njengomndeni embhedeni wethu womshado, futhi mina nomkami sasigone izingane zethu ngokuqinile ezingalweni zethu. Balala ngokushesha, benethemba lokuthi konke kuzolunga ngoba umama nobaba bebesembhedeni nabo.
Noma ngabe ubhekene nani, ungaphumula noNkulunkulu, wethemba ukuthi unawe futhi ukubambe wakuqinise ezingalweni Zakhe. UNkulunkulu uzibiza ngoJehova Shammah (Hezekeli 48,35) futhi lokho kusho ukuthi "Nansi iNkosi". Akukho ndawo lapho uNkulunkulu engekho nawe. Wayekhona esikhathini esidlule, usesikhathini sakho futhi uzobe ekhona nasekusasa lakho. Unawe ebuhleni nasebubini. Uhlezi eseduze kwakho. balekelani kuye ngenxa yegama lakhe.
nguGordon Green
