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Owokuqala kufanele abe owokugcina!
Lapho sifunda iBhayibheli, kuba nzima ukuqonda konke uJesu akusho. Isitatimende esivela ngokuphindaphindiwe singafundwa eVangelini likaMathewu: "Kodwa abaningi abokuqala bayoba ngabokugcina, futhi abokugcina bayoba ngabokuqala" (Mathewu 1)9,30).
Kubonakala sengathi uJesu uzama ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuphazamisa ukuhleleka komphakathi, ukuqeda isimo esikhona futhi enze izinkulumo eziyimpikiswano. AmaJuda ekhulu lokuqala ePalestine ayejwayelene kakhulu neBhayibheli. Laba ababezoba abafundi babuya bedidekile futhi becasukile ngenxa yokuhlangana noJesu. Ngandlela-thile amazwi kaJesu ayengahlangani kubo. Orabi bangaleso sikhathi babehlonishwa kakhulu ngenxa yengcebo yabo, eyayibhekwa njengesibusiso esivela kuNkulunkulu. Laba babephakathi “kokuqala” ezingeni lezenhlalo nezenkolo.
Kwesinye isenzakalo, uJesu watshela ababemlalele: “Kuyakuba-khona ukukhala nokugedla amazinyo, lapho nibona u-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe, nabo bonke abaprofethi embusweni kaNkulunkulu, kodwa nina nikhishelwe ngaphandle! Bayakuza bevela empumalanga nasentshonalanga, nasenyakatho naseningizimu, bahlale ekudleni embusweni kaNkulunkulu. Bhekani, bakhona abokugcina abayakuba ngabokuqala; futhi abokuqala bayakuba ngabokugcina” (Luka 13:28-30)
Ephefumulelwe uMoya oNgcwele, uMariya, unina kaJesu, wathi kumzala wakhe u-Elisabethe: “Ngengalo enamandla wabonisa amandla akhe; ubahlakazele emimoyeni yomine labo abamoya wabo ozidlayo nozidlayo. Wehlisa abanamandla esihlalweni sobukhosi futhi waphakamisa abathobekileyo.” (Luka 1,51-52 NGÜ). Mhlawumbe kukhona inkomba lapha yokuthi ukuzidla kusohlwini lwezono kanye nesinengiso kuNkulunkulu (Izaga 6,16-enye).
Ekhulwini lokuqala leBandla, umphostoli uPawulu uyaqinisekisa lokhu kuhlelwa okuphambene. Ngokwenhlalo, ngokwezombangazwe, nangokwenkolo, uPawulu wayephakathi kwabo “bokuqala”. Wayeyisakhamuzi saseRoma esinelungelo lozalo oluhlaba umxhwele. “Ngasokwa ngosuku lwesishiyagalombili, ngingowabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ngingowesizwe sakwaBenjamini, umHeberu wamaHeberu, umFarisi ngokomthetho.” ( KwabaseFilipi 3,5).
UPawulu wabizelwa enkonzweni kaKristu ngesikhathi abanye abaphostoli sebeyizikhonzi ezinokuhlangenwe nakho kakade. Ubhalela abaseKorinte, ecaphuna umprofethi u-Isaya: “Ngiyakuchitha ukuhlakanipha kwabahlakaniphileyo, ngilahle ukuqonda kokuqonda... Kodwa uNkulunkulu wakhetha okuyiziwula ezweni ukuze ajabhise abahlakaniphileyo ; nalokho okubuthakathaka emhlabeni uNkulunkulu wakukhetha ukuba ajabhise okunamandla;1. AbaseKorinte 1,19 futhi 27).
UPawulu utshela abantu abafanayo ukuthi uKristu ovusiwe wabonakala kuye “njengokuzalwa kungakafiki” ekugcineni, ngemva kokubonakala kuPetru, abazalwane abangu-500 ngesinye isenzakalo, kamuva kuJakobe nakubo bonke abaphostoli. Esinye iseluleko? Obuthakathaka neziwula bayojabhisa ohlakaniphileyo nonamandla na?
UNkulunkulu wayevame ukungenela ngokuqondile phakathi nomlando wama-Israyeli futhi ahlehlise uhlelo olwalulindelwe. U-Esawu wayeyizibulo, kodwa uJakobe wazuza ifa lobuzibulo. U-Ishmayeli wayeyizibulo lika-Abrahama, kodwa ubuzibulo banikezwa u-Isaka. Lapho uJakobe ebusisa amadodana amabili kaJosefa, wabeka izandla zakhe phezu kwendodana encane u-Efrayimi hhayi kuManase. Ngakho inkosi yokuqala yakwa-Israyeli uSawule ayizange imlalele uNkulunkulu lapho ebusa abantu. UNkulunkulu wakhetha uDavide, omunye wamadodana kaJese. UDavide wayesalusa izimvu endle futhi kwadingeka abizwe ukuze ahlanganyele ekugcotshweni kwakhe. Njengomncane kunabo bonke, akazange athathwe njengomuntu ofanelekayo kulesi sikhundla. Futhi, “umuntu ongokwenhliziyo kaNkulunkulu” wakhethwa ngaphezu kwabo bonke abazalwane ababaluleke kakhulu.
UJesu wayenokuningi ayekusho ngabafundisi bomthetho nabaFarisi. Cishe sonke isahluko 23 sikaMathewu sinikezelwe kubo. Babethanda izihlalo eziphambili esinagogeni, bejabulela ukubingelelwa ezigcawini, amadoda ababiza ngokuthi Rabi. Benza konke ukuze kugunyazwe umphakathi. Ushintsho olukhulu lwaluzofika maduze. “Jerusalema, Jerusalema... Kukangaki ngifuna ukubuthela ndawonye abantwana bakho njengesikhukhukazi sibuthela amatshwele aso ngaphansi kwamaphiko aso; futhi ubungafuni! Indlu yenu iyoshiyelwa kini iyincithakalo” (Mathewu 2).3,37-enye).
Kusho ukuthini ukuthi, “Uwehlisile abanamandla esihlalweni sobukhosi futhi uphakamise abathobekileyo?” Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yiziphi izibusiso nezipho esizithole kuNkulunkulu, asikho isizathu sokuziqhayisa! Ukuziqhenya kwaphawula ukuqala kokuwa kukaSathane futhi kuyabulala kithina bantu. Lapho esesitholile, kushintsha wonke umbono wethu nesimo sengqondo.
AbaFarisi ababemlalele bamangalela uJesu ngokukhipha amademoni ngegama likaBhelizebhubhe, isikhulu samademoni. UJesu ukhuluma amazwi athakazelisayo: “Futhi yilowo nalowo okhuluma utho olumelene neNdodana yomuntu uyakuthethelelwa; Kepha lowo okhuluma kabi ngoMoya oNgcwele akayikuthethelelwa kuleli zwe noma kwezayo” (Mathewu 1)2,32).
Lokhu kubukeka njengesahlulelo sokugcina kubaFarisi. Babone izimangaliso eziningi. Bamfulathela uJesu nakuba eqinisile futhi emangalisa. Njengendlela yokugcina, bamcela isibonakaliso. Ngabe leso kwakuyisono kuMoya oNgcwele? Ingabe ukuthethelelwa kusengenzeka kubo? Naphezu kokuqhosha nobulukhuni benhliziyo yakhe, uyamthanda uJesu futhi ufuna baphenduke.
Njengenhlalayenza, kwakukhona okuhlukile. UNikodemu weza kuJesu ebusuku, efuna ukuqonda okwengeziwe, kodwa wesaba iSanhedrin, iSanhedrin (Johane 3,1). Kamuva wahamba noJosefa wase-Arimiteya lapho ebeka isidumbu sikaJesu ethuneni. UGamaliyeli waxwayisa abaFarisi ukuthi bangaphikisani nokushumayela kwabaphostoli (IzE 5,34).
Uxoshwe embusweni?
KusAmbulo 20,11 sifunda ngokwahlulela kwesihlalo sobukhosi esiMhlophe esikhulu, noJesu ahlulela “insali yabafileyo.” Kungenzeka yini ukuthi laba bafundisi abavelele bakwa-Israyeli, “abokuqala” bomphakathi wabo ngaleso sikhathi, bangagcina bembona uJesu abambethela esiphambanweni ngenxa yokuthi wayengubani ngempela? Lona "uphawu" olungcono kakhulu!
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, bona ngokwabo bakhishwe embusweni. Babona labo bantu baseMpumalanga nabaseNtshonalanga abababukela phansi. Abantu abangazange babe nenzuzo yokwazi imiBhalo manje sebehlezi edilini elikhulu lombuso kaNkulunkulu (Luka 1 Kor.3,29). Yini engase ilulaze?
Kukhona “iNsimu Yamathambo” edumile kuHezekeli 37. UNkulunkulu unikeza umprofethi umbono owesabekayo. Amathambo omile abuthana “ngomsindo okhencezayo” abe abantu. UNkulunkulu utshela umprofethi ukuthi lamathambo ayindlu ka-Israyeli yonke (kuhlanganise nabaFarisi).
Bathi: “Ndodana yomuntu, la mathambo ayindlu yonke yakwa-Israyeli. Bheka manje bathi, Amathambo ethu omile, nethemba lethu liphelile, nokuphela kwethu kuphelile” (Hezekeli 3)7,11). Kodwa uNkulunkulu uthi: “Bhekani, ngiyakuvula amathuna enu, nginikhuphule emathuneni enu, bantu bami, nginiyise ezweni lakwa-Israyeli. Niyakwazi ukuthi nginguJehova, lapho ngivula amathuna enu, nginikhuphule emathuneni enu, nina bantu bami. Ngiyakufaka umoya wami kini, nibuye niphile, nginibeke ezweni lakini, nazi ukuthi nginguJehova.” ( Hezekeli 37,12-enye).
Kungani uNkulunkulu enza abaningi abokuqala bengabokugcina, futhi kungani abokugcina beba ngabokuqala? Siyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu uthanda wonke umuntu - owokuqala, owokugcina, nawo wonke umuntu ophakathi. Ufisa ubuhlobo nathi sonke. Isipho esiyigugu sokuphenduka singanikezwa kuphela labo abemukela ngokuzithoba umusa kaNkulunkulu omangalisayo nentando ephelele.
nguHilary Jacobs
