Lazaru, phuma!

Abaningi bethu bayayazi le ndaba: UJesu wavusa uLazaru kwabafileyo. Kwakuyisimangaliso esikhulu esabonisa ukuthi uJesu wayenamandla okusivusa nathi kwabafileyo. Kodwa kunokwengeziwe endabeni, futhi uJohane uhlanganisa nemininingwane engase ibe nencazelo ejulile kithi namuhla. Ngithandazela ukuthi uma ngingabelana nawe ngeminye yemicabango yami, ngingewenzi umlando.

Phawula indlela uJohane alandisa ngayo le ndaba: ULazaru wayengesona nje isakhamuzi saseJudiya—wayengumfowabo kaMarta noMariya, uMariya owayethanda uJesu kangangokuthi waze wamthela ngamafutha ayigugu okugcoba ezinyaweni zakhe. Odadewabo babiza uJesu bathi: “Nkosi, bheka, lowo omthandayo uyagula.” ( Joh 11,1-3). Lokhu kuzwakala njengokukhalela usizo kimi, kodwa uJesu akazange afike.

Ukubambezeleka ngamabomu

Ingabe ngezinye izikhathi uzwa sengathi iNkosi ibambezela impendulo Yayo? Kwabonakala kunjalo kuMariya noMarta, kodwa ukubambezeleka akusho ukuthi uJesu akasithandi. Kunalokho, kusho ukuthi unecebo elihlukile engqondweni yakhe ngoba uyakwazi ukubona into esingayiboni. Kuyavela ukuthi ngesikhathi izithunywa zifika kuJesu, uLazaru wayesefile, noma kunjalo, uJesu wathi lesi sifo sasingeke siphele ekufeni. Ingabe wayenephutha? Cha, ngoba uJesu wayekwazi ukubona ngalé kokufa futhi kulokhu wayazi ukuthi ukufa kwakungeke kube ukuphela kwendaba. Wayazi ukuthi injongo yayiwukukhazimulisa uNkulunkulu neNdodana yakhe (v. 4). Noma kunjalo, wenza abafundi bakhe bacabange ukuthi uLazaru wayengeke afe. Nathi kukhona isifundo lapha, ngoba asiqondi ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuthi uJesu usho ukuthini ngempela.

Ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbili, uJesu wamangala abafundi bakhe ngokusikisela ukuba babuyele eJudiya. Babengaqondi ukuthi kungani uJesu efuna ukubuyela endaweni eyingozi, ngakho uJesu waphendula ngamazwi ayindida ngokuhamba ekukhanyeni nokuza kobumnyama (amav. 9-10). Wabe esebatshela ukuthi kufanele ayovusa uLazaru.

Ngokusobala abafundi babeyijwayele indlela engaqondakali yamazwi kaJesu, futhi bathola umzila wokuchezuka ukuze bathole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe. Baveze ukuthi incazelo yezwi nezwi ayiwenzi umqondo. Uma elele uzovuka yedwa, pho kungani kumele sibeke impilo yethu engozini ngokuya khona?

UJesu wathi: “ULazaru ufile” (ivesi 14). Kodwa wabuye wathi, "Ngiyajabula ukuthi bengingekho." Kungani? “Ukuze nikholwe” (indima 15). UJesu wayeyokwenza isimangaliso esimangalisa kakhulu ukwedlula ukube wayevimbele ukufa kwendoda egulayo. Kodwa lesi simangaliso sasingekona nje ukubuyisela uLazaru ekuphileni—kwakuwukuthi uJesu wayekwazi okwakwenzeka endaweni eqhele ngamakhilomitha angaba ngu-30 nalokho okwakuzokwenzeka kuye maduze nje.

Wayenokukhanya ababengakwazi ukukubona - futhi lokho kukhanya kwembulela ukufa kwakhe eJudiya - nokuvuka kwakhe siqu. Wayezilawula ngokuphelele izenzakalo. Wayengakuvimbela ukuthunjwa ukube wayefuna; wayengalimisa icala ngezwi elilodwa, kodwa akazange. Wakhetha ukwenza lokho ayekuzele emhlabeni.

Umuntu owanika abafileyo ukuphila wayeyonikela ukuphila kwakhe ngenxa yabantu, ngoba wayenamandla phezu kokufa, ngisho naphezu kokufa kwakhe siqu. Weza emhlabeni njengomuntu ofayo ukuze afe futhi lokho okwakubonakala kuyinhlekelele ebusweni kwakungokwensindiso yethu. Angifuni ukusikisela ukuthi zonke izinhlekelele ezenzekayo empeleni zihlelwa uNkulunkulu noma zinhle, kodwa ngikholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyakwazi ukuveza okuhle kokubi futhi ubona iqiniso esingenakulibona.

Ubona ngale kokufa futhi ulawula izehlakalo namuhla njengangaleso sikhathi - kodwa ngokuvamile abonakali kithi njengoba kwakunjalo kubafundi kuJohane 11. Asikwazi ukubona isithombe esikhulu futhi ngezinye izikhathi siyakhubeka ebumnyameni. Kufanele simethembe uNkulunkulu ukuthi uzokwenza izinto ngendlela abona kufanele. Ngezinye izikhathi ekugcineni sivunyelwa ukubona ukuthi izinto zihamba kahle kanjani, kodwa ngokuvamile kufanele sithathe izwi lakhe ngakho.

UJesu nabafundi bakhe baya eBhethaniya futhi bezwa ukuthi uLazaru wayesenezinsuku ezine esethuneni. Izibongo zase zilethiwe futhi umngcwabo wawusuphelile - ekugcineni udokotela uyadlula! UMarta wathi mhlawumbe ngokudangala nokubuhlungu kancane, “Nkosi, ukube ubulapha, umfowethu ngabe akafanga” (ivesi 21). Sikubizile ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, ukube ubufikile, ngabe usaphila uLazaru. Kodwa uMarta wayenenhlansi yethemba - ukukhanya okuncane: "Kodwa ngisho namanje ngiyazi ukuthi noma yini oyicela kuNkulunkulu, thina uNkulunkulu siyokunika" ( ivesi 22 ). Mhlawumbe wayecabanga ukuthi kungaba nesibindi sokucela uvuko, kodwa uyasho. “ULazaru uzobuye aphile,” kusho uJesu, futhi uMarta waphendula: “Ngiyazi ukuthi uzovuka” (kodwa benginethemba lokuthi kukhona okuzokwenzeka maduze nje). UJesu wathi: “Kuhle lokho, kodwa bewazi yini ukuthi mina ngingukuvuka nokuphila? Uma ukholwa kimi, abasoze bafa. Uyakukholelwa lokho?” UMarta wabe esethi kwelinye lamazwi okholo avelele kunawo wonke eBhayibhelini, “Yebo, ngiyakukholwa lokho, wena uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu” ( ivesi 27 ).

Ukuphila nokuvuka kutholakala kuKristu kuphela - kodwa singakukholelwa yini lokho uJesu akusho namuhla? Ingabe siyakukholelwa ngempela ukuthi “lowo ophila akholwe kimi akasoze afa?” Ngifisa sengathi sonke singakuqonda kangcono lokhu, kodwa ngiyazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi ovukweni siyothola ukuphila okungeke kuphele.

Kulesi sikhathi sonke siyafa, njengoba kwenza uLazaru, futhi uJesu “kuyomelwe asivuse.” Siyafa, kodwa lokho akukona ukuphela kwendaba ngathi, njengoba nje kwakungesona isiphetho sendaba kaLazaru. UMarta wahamba wayolanda uMariya, uMariya weza kuJesu ekhala. UJesu naye wakhala. Wayekhalelani njengoba ayazi ukuthi uLazaru uzophinde aphile? Kungani uJohane abhala lokhu kuyilapho uJohane azi ukuthi injabulo “yayiseseduze”? Angazi - angazi njalo ukuthi ngikhalelani, ngisho nangezikhathi zenjabulo.

Kodwa ngikholwa wukuthi isisho sithi kulungile ukukhala emngcwabeni nakuba sazi ukuthi lowo muntu uzovuselwa ekuphileni okungafi. UJesu wathembisa ukuthi asisoze safa kodwa ukufa kusesekhona.

Useyisitha, ukufa kuseyinto kulomhlaba okungeyona into ezoba yikho phakade. Nakuba injabulo yaphakade “iseduze kakhulu,” ngezinye izikhathi siba nezikhathi zokudabuka okukhulu, nakuba uJesu esithanda. Lapho sikhala, uJesu uyakhala kanye nathi. Uyakwazi ukubona ukudabuka kwethu kulesi sikhathi njengoba Akwazi ukubona intokozo yesikhathi esizayo.

“Susani itshe,” kusho uJesu, futhi uMariya waphendula, “Lizonuka, ngoba usenezinsuku ezine efile.

Kukhona yini empilweni yakho okunukayo esingafuni ukuthi uJesu akuveze "ngokugingqa itshe?" Cishe kukhona into efana naleyo empilweni yawo wonke umuntu esingathanda ukuyifihla, kodwa kwesinye isikhathi uJesu unezinye izinhlelo ngoba uyazi. izinto esingazazi futhi kufanele nje simethembe. Ngakho bagingqa itshe futhi uJesu wathandaza wabe esememeza: “Lazaru, phuma!” UJohane uyasitshela: “Abafileyo baphuma—kodwa wayengafile ngempela. , kodwa wahamba. “Mthukululeni,” kusho uJesu, “nimyeke ahambe” ( amav. 43-44 ).

Ubizo lukaJesu luphumela kwabafileyo ngokomoya namuhla futhi abanye babo bayalizwa izwi lakhe futhi baphume emathuneni abo - baphuma ephunga elibi, baphuma emcabangweni wobugovu oholela ekufeni. Futhi yini oyidingayo? Badinga umuntu ozobasiza bachithe izindwangu zabo zokungcwaba, balahle izindlela zakudala zokucabanga ezinamathele kalula kithi. Lowo omunye wemisebenzi yebandla. Sisiza abantu ukuba basuse itshe, ngisho noma kungase kunuke, futhi sisiza abantu abasabela obizweni lukaJesu.

Uyaluzwa ubizo lukaJesu lokuthi uze kuye? Sekuyisikhathi sokuphuma "ethuneni" lakho. Ingabe ukhona omaziyo uJesu ambiza ngokuthi? Sekuyisikhathi sokubasiza basuse itshe labo. Lokhu kuyinto okufanele ucabange ngayo.

nguJoseph Tkach

Lazaru, phuma!