Umkhuba wokuthandaza

Iningi lenu liyazi ukuthi lapho ngihamba, ngifuna ukubingelela ngolimi lwendawo. Ngiyajabula ukudlula "sawubona" ​​olula. Kodwa-ke, kwesinye isikhathi ukungafani kolimi noma ubuqili bolimi kuyangidida. Yize ngifunde amagama ambalwa ngezilimi ezahlukahlukene nangesiGreki nesiHeberu ezifundweni zami eminyakeni edlule, isiNgisi sihlala silulimi lwenhliziyo yami. Ngakho-ke futhi ulimi engithandaza ngalo.

Lapho ngicabanga ngomthandazo, ngikhumbula indaba ethile. Kwakukhona indoda eyayifisa sengathi ingathandaza ngendlela engakwazi ngayo. NjengomJuda, wayazi ukuthi inkolo yobuJuda igcizelela umthandazo ngesiHeberu. Njengomuntu ongafundile, wayengalwazi ulimi lwesiHebheru. Ngakho wenza into kuphela ayekwazi ukuyenza. Wayelokhu ephindaphinda izinhlamvu zesiHebheru emithandazweni yakhe. Urabi wezwa indoda le ikhuleka wayibuza ukuthi yayikwenzelani lokhu. Indoda yaphendula: "ONgcwele, makabusiswe, uyakwazi okusenhlizweni yami. Ngimnika izincwadi futhi ahlanganise amagama."

Ngikholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayizwa imithandazo yale ndoda ngoba into yokuqala uNkulunkulu ayikhathalelayo yinhliziyo yalabo abathandazayo. Amagama nawo abalulekile ngoba adlulisela incazelo yalokho okushiwoyo. UNkulunkulu ongu-El Shama (uNkulunkulu ozwayo, iHubo 17,6), uzwa umkhuleko ngazo zonke izilimi futhi uqonda ubunkimbinkimbi nama-nuances omthandazo ngamunye.

Lapho sifunda iBhayibheli ngesiNgisi kungase kube lula ukuphuthelwa ezinye izinto ezicashile kanye nencanyana yezincazelo izilimi zokuqala zeBhayibheli esizidlulisela kithi ngesiHebheru, isi-Aramu nesiGreki. Isibonelo, igama lesiHeberu elithi mitzvah livame ukuhunyushwa egameni lesiNgisi elithi umyalo. Kodwa uma kubhekwa ngalo mbono, umuntu uthambekele ekuboneni uNkulunkulu njengonesiyalo esiqinile esinikeza imithetho ewumthwalo. Kodwa i-mitzvah ifakaza ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyababusisa futhi abanikeze amalungelo abantu bakhe, hhayi umthwalo wabo. Lapho uNkulunkulu enikeza abantu bakhe abakhethiwe mitzvah yakhe, waqala wamisa izibusiso eziyoveza ukulalela ngokuphambene neziqalekiso eziyobangelwa ukungalaleli. UNkulunkulu wathi kubantu bakhe: “Ngifuna ukuba niphile ngale ndlela, ukuze nibe nokuphila futhi nibe yisibusiso kwabanye. Abantu abakhethiweko bahlonitjhwa nelungelo lokuba netjhebiswano noZimu begodu bazimisele ukumkhonza. UNkulunkulu wabayala ngomusa ukuba bahlale kulobu buhlobo noNkulunkulu. Kulo mbono wobudlelwane, nathi kufanele sikhulume nendaba yomthandazo.

UbuJuda bahumusha iBhayibheli lesiHebheru ukuthi lisho ukuthi umthandazo osemthethweni wawudingeka kathathu ngosuku, kanye nezikhathi ezengeziwe ngeSabatha nangezinsuku zemikhosi. Kwakunemithandazo ekhethekile ngaphambi kokudla nangemva kokushintsha izingubo, ukugeza izandla, nokukhanyisa amakhandlela. Kwakukhona nemithandazo ekhethekile lapho kubonakala okuthile okungavamile, uthingo olukhulu noma ezinye izenzakalo ezinhle ngendlela engavamile. Lapho izindlela ziwela nenkosi noma ezinye izinkokhelo noma lapho kwenzeka izinhlekelele ezinkulu, njenge B. ukulwa noma ukuzamazama komhlaba. Kwakunemithandazo ekhethekile lapho kwenzeka okuthile okuhle noma okubi ngendlela engavamile. Imithandazo ngaphambi kokulala kusihlwa nangemva kokuvuka ekuseni. Nakuba le ndlela yokuthandaza ingase ibe isiko noma inkathazo, inhloso yayiwukwenza kube lula ukuxhumana njalo naLowo oqaphayo futhi obusisa abantu bakhe. Umphostoli uPawulu wamukela le njongo lapho ekhuluma 1. Thesalonika 5,17 Umlandeli kaKristu wayala: “Ningayeki ukukhuleka”. Ukwenza lokhu kuwukuphila impilo enenjongo eqotho phambi kukaNkulunkulu, ukuba kuKristu nokuhlangana Naye enkonzweni.

Lo mbono wobudlelwane awusho ukuyeka izikhathi ezimisiwe zomkhuleko futhi ungasondeli kuye ngendlela ehlelekile ngomthandazo. Umuntu owayephila ngaleso sikhathi wathi kimi, "Ngiyathandaza lapho ngizizwa ngiphefumulelwe." Omunye wathi: "Ngithandaza uma kunengqondo ukwenza lokhu." Ngicabanga ukuthi zombili lezi zinkulumo azinaki iqiniso lokuthi umthandazo oqhubekayo uwukubonakaliswa kobudlelwane bethu obuseduze bansuku zonke noNkulunkulu. Lokhu kungikhumbuza uBirkat HaMazon, omunye wemithandazo ebaluleke kakhulu ebuJudeni, oshiwo ezidlweni ezijwayelekile. Kubhekiselwa ku 5. mose 8,10lapho kuthiwa: "Khona lapho ususutha ukudla, ubonge uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ngezwe elihle akunike lona." Lapho sengijabulele ukudla okumnandi, engingakwenza ukubonga uNkulunkulu ongiphe kona. Ukwandisa ukwazi ngoNkulunkulu wethu kanye nendima kaNkulunkulu ekuphileni kwethu kwansuku zonke kungenye yezinjongo ezinkulu zomthandazo.

Uma sithandaza kuphela, uma sizizwa siphefumulelwe ukwenza kanjalo, uma sesinolwazi ngobukhona bukaNkulunkulu, ngeke sandise ukwazi kwethu uNkulunkulu. Ukuthobeka nokwesaba uNkulunkulu akufiki kithi kanjalo nje. Lesi esinye isizathu sokwenza umthandazo ube ingxenye yansuku zonke yokukhuluma noNkulunkulu. Phawula ukuthi uma sifuna ukwenza noma yini kahle kulokhu kuphila, kumelwe siqhubeke siprakthiza umthandazo ngisho noma singazizwa siwuthanda. Lokhu kuyiqiniso ngomthandazo, kanye nokudlala imidlalo noma ukwenza kahle insimbi yomculo, futhi okokugcina, ukuze ngibe umbhali onekhono (futhi njengoba abaningi benu bazi ukuthi ukubhala akuyona enye yemisebenzi engiyithandayo).

Umfundisi wobuorthodox wake wangitshela ukuthi ngokwesiko lakudala uyaziphambana ngesikhathi sokuthandaza. Into yokuqala ayenzayo lapho evuka ukubonga ngokuphila ngolunye usuku kuKristu. Ewela, uphetha umthandazo ngokuthi, “Egameni likaYise, neleNdodana, nelikaMoya oNgcwele.” Abanye bathi lo mkhuba waqalwa ngaphansi kokunakekela kukaJesu esikhundleni somkhuba wamaJuda wokugqoka amafilakteriyu. . Abanye bathi sadalwa ngemva kokuvuka kukaJesu.Ngophawu lwesiphambano, sifushane ngomsebenzi kaJesu wokuhlawulela.Siyazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi kwakuwumkhuba ovamile ngeminyaka ka-AD 200. UTertullian wabhala ngaleso sikhathi: " Kukho konke esikwenzayo, senza uphawu lwesiphambano emabunzini ethu. Noma nini lapho singena noma siphuma endaweni; ngaphambi kokuba sigqoke; ngaphambi kokuba sigeze; lapho sithatha ukudla kwethu; lapho sikhanyisa izibani kusihlwa; ngaphambi kokuba silale; lapho sihlala phansi ukuze sifunde; ngaphambi komsebenzi ngamunye sidweba uphawu lwesiphambano ebunzini."

Nakuba ngingasho ukuthi kufanele sithathe noma yimiphi imikhuleko ekhethekile, okuhlanganisa nokuwela thina ngokwethu, ngiyanxusa ukuthi sithandaze njalo, ngokungaphezi, futhi ngokungaphezi. Lokhu kusinikeza izindlela eziningi eziwusizo zokubona ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungubani nokuthi singobani ngokuphathelene Naye ukuze sikwazi ukuthandaza njalo. Ungacabanga ukuthi ubuhlobo bethu noNkulunkulu bungajula kanjani uma sicabanga futhi sikhulekela uNkulunkulu lapho sivuka ekuseni, usuku lonke, nangaphambi kokuba silale? Ukwenza ngale ndlela ngokuqinisekile kuyosiza “ukuhamba” ngokuqaphela usuku noJesu ngokwengqondo.

Ungayeki ukukhuleka

UJoseph Tkach

UMongameli GRACE COMMUNION INTERNATIONAL

PS: Ngicela ubumbane nami kanye namanye amalunga amaningi oMzimba kaKristu ekukhulekeleni abathandekayo bezisulu abashona ngesikhathi bedutshulwa ngesikhathi somhlangano womkhuleko esontweni i-Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) edolobheni laseCharleston, eSouth Carolina. . Abafowethu nodadewethu abangamaKristu abayisishiyagalolunye babulawa. Lesi sigameko esihlazisayo, esinenzondo sikhombisa ngokushaqisayo ukuthi siphila ezweni eliwile. Kusikhombisa ngokusobala ukuthi sinegunya lokuthandazela ukufika kokugcina kombuso kaNkulunkulu kanye nokubuya kwesibili kukaJesu Kristu. Sengathi sonke singancenga ngomkhuleko imindeni ekhungethwe yilesi simo esibuhlungu. Asikhulekele nebandla le-AME. Ngiyamangala ngendlela abasabela ngayo, ngokusekelwe kumusa. Uthando nokuthethelela kwembula ukuphana phakathi kosizi olwesabekayo. Lobu bufakazi obumangalisayo bevangeli!

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Umkhuba wokuthandaza