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Khetha ukubheka kuNkulunkulu
UMose wayeyindoda emnene. UNkulunkulu wamkhetha ukuba ahole u-Israyeli aphume eGibhithe. Wahlukanisa uLwandle Olubomvu. UNkulunkulu wamnika iMithetho Eyishumi. Abantu basematendeni, ababeke bathi nhla uMose lapho edlula kubo, mhlawumbe babethi, Nguye lo. Lona nguMose. Uyena. Uyinceku kaNkulunkulu. Uyindoda enkulu futhi enamandla.” Kodwa kuthiwani ukube babona uMose kuphela lapho ecasukile futhi eshaya intonga yakhe edwaleni. Bese bezocabanga Yeka indoda enolaka. UNkulunkulu angake amsebenzise kanjani na?” UDavide wayeyindoda evumelana nenhliziyo kaNkulunkulu uqobo. Wayebheke intando kaNkulunkulu yokuphila ngokuvumelana nayo. Eqiniseka ngokwaphezulu, wabulala umdondoshiya uGoliyati. Wabhala amahubo. UNkulunkulu wamkhetha esikhundleni sikaSawule njengenkosi. Ngenkathi uDavide ehamba embusweni futhi abantu bembona, mhlawumbe bathi, Nanguya. Lena iNkosi uDavide. Uyinceku kaNkulunkulu. Uyindoda enkulu futhi enamandla!. Kodwa kuthiwani uma ukuphela kwesikhathi ababona ngaso uDavide kwakungenkathi enomhlangano oyimfihlo noBhati Sheba? Noma lapho ethumela umyeni wakhe u-Uriya phambili empini ukuze abulawe? Bangabe bese bethi Yeka indoda engenabulungisa! Yeka ukuthi mubi futhi akanazwelo kangakanani!” UNkulunkulu angamsebenzisa kanjani?
U-Eliya wayengumprofethi odumile. Wakhuluma noNkulunkulu. Wedlulisela iZwi likaNkulunkulu kubantu. Wabiza umlilo ezulwini uvela emhlabeni. Wathobisa abaprofethi bakaBhali. Uma abantu bebona u-Eliya, babeyothi, Lo ngu-Eliya. Uyindoda enkulu futhi enamandla. Uyinceku kaNkulunkulu yeqiniso. Kodwa kuthiwani uma bebona u-Eliya kuphela lapho ebalekela uJezebeli noma ecashe emhumeni esabela ukuphila kwakhe. Ngabe bazothi: Igwala elinjani! Uyi-wimp. UNkulunkulu angake amsebenzise kanjani na?”
Lezi zinceku zikaNkulunkulu ezinkulu zazingakwazi kanjani ukwehlukanisa uLwandle Olubomvu, zibulale umdondoshiya, noma ziwise umlilo esibhakabhakeni ngolunye usuku futhi zithukuthele, zingabi nabulungisa, noma zesabe ngokulandelayo? Impendulo ilula: babengabantu. Nansi inkinga lapho sizama ukwenza izithixo ngabaholi abangamaKristu, abangane, izihlobo noma ubani. Bonke bangabantu. Banezinyawo zobumba. Uzosidumaza ekugcineni. Mhlawumbe yingakho uNkulunkulu esitshela ukuthi singaziqhathanisi futhi singahluleli abanye (2. AbaseKorinte 10,12; Mathewu 7,1). Kufanele sibheke kuNkulunkulu kuqala. Khona-ke kufanele sibheke okuhle kulabo abamkhonzayo nabamlandelayo. Singake sibone kanjani wonke umuntu kuyilapho sibona ingxenye encane nje yakhe? UNkulunkulu kuphela obona abantu bephelele nangazo zonke izikhathi ekuphileni kwabo. Nanku umfanekiso oveza lokhu.
Isihlahla kuzo zonke izinkathi zaso
Inkosi yasePheresiya endala yake yafuna ukuxwayisa amadodana ayo ukuba angenzi izahlulelo ngokuxhamazela. Ngokuyalwa kwayo, indodana endala yathatha uhambo ebusika iyobona umango. Kwafika intwasahlobo futhi indodana elandelayo yathunyelwa ohambweni olufanayo. Indodana yesithathu yalandela ehlobo. Lapho indodana encane ibuya ohambweni lwayo ekwindla, inkosi yathi amadodana ayo abizwe kuye amchazele ngomuthi. Eyokuqala yathi: Kufana nehlanga elidala elishile. Owesibili waphikisa: ibukeka njenge-filigree futhi inezimbali njenge rose elihle. Eyesithathu yachaza: Cha, yayinamahlamvu amahle kakhulu. Owesine wathi: Nonke ninephutha, unezithelo ezifana namapheya. Konke enikushoyo kulungile, kusho inkosi: ngoba ngamunye wenu wabona isihlahla ngesikhathi esihlukile! Ngakho-ke ngathi, lapho sizwa imicabango yomunye umuntu noma sibona izenzo zakhe, kufanele sigodle ukwahlulela kwethu kuze kube yilapho siqiniseka ukuthi konke sikutholile. Khumbula le nganekwane. Kumelwe sisibone isihlahla kuyo yonke iminyaka yaso.
nguBarbara Dahlgren
