Il Divino the Divine

Itshe elilodwa lemabula lasikwa enkwalini eCarrara, eTuscany, e-Italy, cishe amamitha angu-30 ukuphakama futhi linesisindo esingamathani angaba ngu-30. Ibhulokhi enkulukazi yathunyelwa ngesikebhe eFlorence, lapho umqophi wezithombe u-Agostino di Duccio eyalwa ukuba enze umfanekiso weqhawe laseBhayibhelini uDavid. Umqophi waqala ukwenza cishe izinyawo nemilenze, kodwa wawuyeka umsebenzi njengonzima kakhulu ngemva kokuthola amaphutha emabula. I-block yahlala ingasebenzi iminyaka engu-12 ngaphambi kokuba omunye umdwebi, u-Antonio Rossellino, athathe inselele. Kodwa futhi wakuthola kunzima kakhulu ukusebenza futhi wakushiya njengento engenamsebenzi. Ukuhlola okwalandela kwabonisa ukuthi imabula yayingelekhwalithi emaphakathi futhi iqukethe izimbobo ezincane nemithambo okungenzeka yabeka engcupheni ukuqina kwesifanekiso esikhulukazi. Ibhulokhi yemabula eyonakaliswe kancane yashiywa futhi yavezwa ezintweni iminyaka engu-25 ngaphambi kokuba ungqondongqondo uMichelangelo athathe ikhomishana yokuqedela umsebenzi. U-Michelangelo wakwazi ukuvika noma ukukhipha amaphutha ukuze akhe lokho okuqashelwa njengobuciko obuchwepheshile bomfanekiso weRenaissance.

Umbono kaMichelangelo mayelana nomdwebo wawuwukuthi wayelwela ukukhulula isibalo esazalelwa engqondweni yakhe emikhawulweni ye-marble block. Kodwa kungase kube nokuningi kulo mfanekiso kunalokho okubonayo. Umfanekiso oqoshiwe kaDavide uwumsebenzi wobuciko ekubukekeni kwawo kwangaphandle, kodwa unamaphutha nokungapheleli ekubunjweni kwawo, njengoba noDavide waseBhayibhelini naye wayenamaphutha esimilweni sakhe. UDavide akayedwa kule ndaba. Sonke sinezimfanelo ezinhle, izici ezimbi, amandla, ubuthakathaka nokungapheleli kithi.
Phakathi nokuphila kwakhe, uMichelangelo wayevame ukubizwa ngokuthi "Il Divino", "The Divine", ngenxa yamakhono namakhono akhe. Isikhathi sePhasika sinomyalezo ovela komunye waphezulu, umyalezo wethemba kithi sonke manje nasesikhathini esizayo: “Kepha uNkulunkulu ubonakalisa ukusithanda kwakhe ngalokhu ukuthi, siseyizoni, uKristu wasifela” ( KwabaseRoma. 5,8).

Ungeza kuNkulunkulu njengoba unjalo, njengesoni, hhayi ngendlela okufanele ube ngayo. Ngeke ulahlwe, futhi ngeke waliwe. Ngeke uphushelwe eceleni njengento enzima kakhulu noma ubonakale njengento engenamsebenzi ngenxa yokungapheleli kwakho komuntu ngamunye. UNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi siyini ngempela, ubonise uthando olungenamibandela komunye nomunye wethu nakubo bonke abantu emhlabeni. Uthando luhlanganisa nokuthethelela, angeke sikwazi ukuhlehlisa esikwenzile esikhathini esidlule kodwa amacala angathethelelwa. UNkulunkulu ubona ngale kwamaphutha ethu lokho esingaba yikho ngosizo lwaKhe.

“Ngokuba wamenza isono ngenxa yethu esingasazi isono, ukuze kuye sibe-ngukulunga kukaNkulunkulu” (2. AbaseKorinte 5,21).

Mhlawumbe kuleli Phasika elizayo ungakwazi ukuthatha ikhefu empilweni yakho ematasa futhi uzinike isikhathi sokuzindla ngencazelo yangempela yePhasika. UJesu wakhipha konke ukushiyeka kwakho ekuphileni kwakho ngomhlatshelo Wakhe wokuhlawulela ukuze ume phambi kukaNkulunkulu njengomsebenzi Wakhe wobuciko wobuciko ekulungeni Kwakhe futhi uphile Naye phakade.

ngu-Eddie Marsh