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Ingabe umnene?
Isithelo sikaMoya oNgcwele ubumnene (KwabaseGalathiya 5,22). Igama lesiGrikhi elisho lokhu lithi 'praotes', okusho ukuthi mnene noma ukucabangela; iveza lokho okushiwo “umphefumulo womuntu”. Ubumnene nokucabangela kusetshenziswa ngendlela efanayo kwezinye izinguqulo zeBhayibheli njengeNew Geneva Translation (NGC).
IBhayibheli ligcizelela kakhulu ubumnene noma ukucabangela. Lithi, “abathobekileyo bazakudla ifa lomhlaba.” (Mathewu 5,5). Nokho, ubumnene akulona igama elidumile noma elisetshenziswa kabanzi namuhla. Umphakathi wethu ugxile kakhulu ekubeni nolaka. Ukuze uthuthuke kufanele ubhukude noshaka. Siphila emphakathini wendololwane futhi ababuthakathaka basheshe baphushelwe eceleni. Nokho, kuyiphutha elikhulu ukuhlanganisa ubumnene nobuthakathaka. Ubumnene noma ukucabangela akubona ubuthakathaka. UJesu wazichaza njengendoda emnene, futhi wayekude nomuntu obuthakathaka, ongenamgogodla owayegwema zonke izinkinga (Mathewu. 11,29). Wayengenandaba nendawo yakhe noma izidingo zabanye.
Abantu abaningi abayizinganekwane zomlando abanjengoLincoln, uGandhi, u-Einstein kanye noMama Teresa babemnene noma becabangela kodwa bengesabi. Kwakungadingeki babonise ukubaluleka kwabo kwabanye. Babenenhloso kanye nekhono lokubhekana nanoma yisiphi isithiyo abasilahlekele. Lokhu kuzimisela kwangaphakathi kubaluleke kakhulu kuNkulunkulu (1. UPetrus 3,4) Empeleni kudinga amandla amaningi angaphakathi ukuba mnene ngempela. Ubumnene buchazwa njengamandla angaphansi kokulawula.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ngaphambi kwenkathi yobuKristu igama elithi gentle lalingavamile ukuzwakala futhi igama elithi gentleman lalingaziwa. Lelizinga eliphezulu lomlingiswa empeleni liwumkhiqizo oqondile wenkathi yobuKristu. Ukuba mnene noma ukucabangela kubonakala kulokho esizicabangela thina nalokho esikucabanga ngabanye.
Sibaphatha kanjani abanye uma sinamandla phezu kwabo? Ubusisiwe umuntu ongazicabangeli ngaphezu kwalokhu okufanele lapho abanye bemncoma futhi bemkhuthaza uma eqhathaniswa nalapho empilweni ayengelutho.
Kufanele siqaphele amazwi esiwashoyo (Izaga 15,1; I-25,11-15). Kufanele siqaphele endleleni esiphatha ngayo abanye (1 Thes 2,7). Kufanele sibe nomusa ekusebenzelaneni kwethu nabo bonke abantu (Filipi 4,5). Akusibo ubuhle bethu uNkulunkulu abazisa kithi, kodwa imvelo yethu enomusa nokulinganisela (1 Petru 3,4). Umuntu omnene akaphumeleli ukulwa (1. AbaseKorinte 4,21). Umuntu othethelelayo unomusa kulabo abenza amaphutha, futhi uyazi ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi wenze iphutha! (KwabaseGalathiya 6,1). UNkulunkulu usibizela ukuba sibe nomusa nesineke kubo bonke, futhi sithethelelane futhi sithandane omunye nomunye (Efesu 4,2). Lapho ecelwa ukuba aphendule, umuntu onobumnene bukaNkulunkulu ukwenza kanjalo ngokuzethemba, hhayi ngesimo sengqondo esicasulayo, kodwa ngobumnene nangenhlonipho efanele (1 Petru. 3,15).
Khumbula, abantu abanobuntu obumnene ababali izisusa ezingalungile kwabanye kuyilapho bona bezithethelela bona ukuziphatha kwabo, njengoba kuboniswe endabeni elandelayo:
Omunye
- Uma omunye ethatha isikhathi eside, uyaphuza.
Uma kungithatha isikhathi eside, ngicophelela. - Uma omunye engakwenzi, uyavilapha.
Uma ngingakwenzi, ngimatasa. - Uma omunye enza okuthile engatshelwanga, weqa imingcele yakhe.
Lapho ngikwenza, ngithatha isinyathelo kuqala. - Uma omunye umuntu enganaki indlela yokukhuluma, usuke edelela.
Uma ngiziba imithetho, ngingowangempela. - Uma omunye egculisa umphathi, uyisigebengu.
Uma umphathi engithanda, ngizobambisana naye. - Uma omunye enza intuthuko, unenhlanhla.
Uma ngikwazile ukuya phambili, kungenxa yokuthi ngisebenze kanzima.
Umphathi onomoya omnene uzophatha izisebenzi ngendlela ebengathanda ukuphathwa ngayo—hhayi nje ngoba ilungile, kodwa ngoba azi ukuthi ngelinye ilanga angase azisebenzele.
nguBarbara Dahlgren