shayela ekhaya

Lapho sekuyisikhathi sokubuyela ekhaya, ngangisakwazi ukuzwa ubaba eshaya ikhwela noma umama ebiza kuvulandi ngemva kokuba siphumile usuku lonke. Ngisemncane sasidlala ngaphandle kuze kushone ilanga futhi ngakusasa ekuseni siphinde siphume sibuke ilanga liphuma. Ukumemeza okukhulu njalo kwakusho ukuthi kwase kuyisikhathi sokufika ekhaya. Salubona ucingo ngoba besazi ukuthi ubani owayememeza.

Encwadini ka-Isaya singabona indlela uNkulunkulu ababiza ngayo abantwana Bakhe futhi abakhumbuze nje kuphela lapho bevela khona, kodwa okubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi bangobani. Ugcizelela ukuthi ziyingxenye yomlando kaNkulunkulu. Phawula amazwi ka-Isaya: “Ungesabi, ngokuba ngikuhlengile; ngikubizé ngegama; Ungowami! Lapho uhamba emanzini ngiyathanda ukuba nawe, nalapho uhamba emifuleni ayiyikukuminza. Uma ungena emlilweni, awuyikusha, nelangabi alikukushisa. Ngokuba nginguJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, oNgcwele ka-Israyeli, uMsindisi wakho. Ngiyakunikela iGibithe libe yisihlengo sakho, iKushe neSeba esikhundleni sakho.” ( Isaya 4 Kor3,1-enye).

U-Israyeli akazange asigcine isivumelwano sikaNkulunkulu futhi waxoshwa ezindlini zawo: “Ngenxa yokuthi uyigugu futhi ukhazimula emehlweni ami nangenxa yokuthi ngikuthanda, ngizonikela abantu esikhundleni sakho nezizwe esikhundleni sokuphila kwakho” ( Isaya 4 )3,4).

Phawula amavesi alandelayo: “Ungesabi, ngokuba nginawe; ngiyakuletha inzalo yakho ivela empumalanga, ngiyibuthe ngasentshonalanga. Ngiyakuthi kuyo inyakatho: Khupha, naseningizimu: Ungagodli; lethani amadodana ami evela kude, namadodakazi ami emikhawulweni yomhlaba, bonke ababizwa ngegama lami, engibadalile nengabalungisa, ngabenzela inkazimulo yami.” ( Isaya 4 )3,5-enye).

Abantu bakwa-Israyeli bathunjwa eBhabhiloni. Bahlala lapho futhi bazenza bakhululeke ngokunengqondo ekudingisweni. Kodwa ngokuvumelana nezwi lakhe, uNkulunkulu wababiza ukuba bakhumbule ukuthi wayengubani, ababekuye, ukuze baphume eBhabhiloni babuyele ekhaya.

Njengezwi labazali elisikhumbuza ukuthi singobani nokuthi sivelaphi, kanjalo uNkulunkulu ukhumbuza abantu bakwa-Israyeli nabo bonke abantu ngomlando wabo. Ubabiza ukuba beze ekhaya - kuNkulunkulu. Uyayizwa enanela kule ndaba? “Uma uhamba emanzini, mina nginawe; uma uhamba emifuleni, ayiyikukuminza” (ivesi 2). Lena indaba ka-Eksodusi. UNkulunkulu ubakhumbuza ukuthi bangobani futhi ubabiza babuyele ekhaya bevela emagumbini omane omhlaba.
Ingabe lena indlela uNkulunkulu akubiza ngayo? Ingabe uNkulunkulu ukubizile ukuba uze ekhaya? Uyakubiza ukuthi uphume kulo mhlaba odidayo, ophazamisekile futhi ubuyele endabeni yakho. Emuva endabeni uNkulunkulu ayibhala kanye nawe. Ukubizela ukuthi ube yilokho oyikho ngempela—umntwana kaNkulunkulu othandekayo, wasebukhosini. Isikhathi sokusabela esicelweni sikaNkulunkulu futhi sibuyele ekhaya Lakhe!

nguGreg Williams