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Usuku lwecilongo: idili eligcwaliswe kuKristu
Ngo-September (kulo nyaka ihlukile 3. Okthoba [d. Üs]) amaJuda agubha uSuku Lonyaka Omusha, “Rosh Hashanah”, okusho ukuthi “inhloko yonyaka” ngesiHeberu. Kuyingxenye yesiko lamaJuda ukuthi badla ucezu lwekhanda lenhlanzi, olufanekisela inhloko yonyaka, futhi babingelelane ngokuthi “Leschana towa”, okusho ukuthi “Ube nonyaka omuhle!”. Ngokwesiko, kunokuhlobana phakathi kosuku lomkhosi weRosh Hashanah kanye nosuku lwesithupha lwesonto lokudala, uNkulunkulu adala ngalo umuntu.
Embhalweni wesiHebheru we 3. Incwadi kaMose 23,24 usuku lunikezwa ngokuthi "Sikron Terua", okusho ukuthi "Usuku Lokukhumbula Ngokuvuthela Icilongo". Ngakho-ke, lolu suku luvame ukubizwa ngesiNgisi ngokuthi uMkhosi Wamacilongo. Orabi abaningi bafundisa ukuthi eRosh Hashanah kwashaywa i-shofar (icilongo elenziwe ngophondo lwenqama) okungenani izikhathi eziyikhulu, kuhlanganise nochungechunge lwezikhathi ezingu-100 ukuze kuboniswe ithemba lokuza kukaMesiya. Ngine-shofar futhi ngingakutshela ukuthi kunzima kakhulu ukukhipha noma yimuphi umsindo. Ngifunde ukuthi enkonzweni yomkhosi we-Rosh Hashanah kwakuyisiko ukuba nomuntu omele aqeqeshwe uma kwenzeka lowo wokuqala engakwazi ukushaya inombolo edingekayo yokukhala kwamacilongo.
Ngokusho kwemithombo yamaJuda, kunezinhlobo ezintathu ze-beep ezishaywa ngalolu suku:
- I-Tekia – iphimbo elide eliqhubekayo elibonisa ithemba emandleni kaNkulunkulu nokudumisa ukuthi unguNkulunkulu (ka-Israyeli),
- I-Shevarim - amathoni amathathu amafushane aphazamisekile afanekisela ukukhala nokulila ngenxa yezono nesintu esiwile,
- I-Teru'a - amanothi ayisishiyagalolunye asheshayo, afana ne-staccato (afana nethoni yewashi le-alamu) ukuze abonise izinhliziyo eziphukile zalabo abeze phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
Ngokuphathelene noTeru'a, iTalmud ithi, “Lapho kukhona ukwahlulela okuvela ngaphansi (inhliziyo ephukile), umuntu akadingi ukwahlulelwa okuvela phezulu”. URabbi Moshe ben Maimon (owaziwa ngokuthi uMaimonides), mhlawumbe isazi nothisha ongumJuda obaluleke kakhulu weNkathi Ephakathi, wenezela imfanelo elandelayo ebalulekile:
Akwanele ukuthi uNkulunkulu yedwa uyinkosi yami. Uma sonke isintu singamboni uNkulunkulu njengeNkosi, khona-ke kukhona okushodayo ebuhlotsheni bami noNkulunkulu. Kuyingxenye yothando lwami ngoSomandla ukuthi ngisize bonke abantu ukuba bamazi. Yebo, lokhu ngokuyinhloko kuwukubonakaliswa kokukhathalela kwami okujulile abanye. Kodwa kanjalo nowami umuzwa wobukhosi bukaNkulunkulu obuhlanganisa konke.
[Ukuvuthela Amacilongo - khulisa isithombe] U-Israyeli wasendulo ekuqaleni wayesebenzisa izimpondo zezinqama ekwenzeni amacilongo; kodwa ngemva kwesikhathi esithile lezi kwaba sengathi sesizitholile 4. Ukubhekana noMose 10, esikhundleni samacilongo (noma amacilongo) esiliva. Ukusetshenziswa kwamacilongo kubalulwe izikhathi ezingama-72 eTestamenteni Elidala. Zashaywa umoya ngezikhathi ezihlukahlukene: ukuxwayisa ngengozi, ukubizela abantu emhlanganweni onesizotha, ukumemezela izimemezelo, nokubiza ukukhulekela. Ngezikhathi zempi, amacilongo ayesetshenziselwa ukulungiselela amasosha futhi akhiphe uphawu lwempi. Ukufika kwenkosi kumenyezelwe namacilongo.
Ezikhathini zanamuhla, amanye amaKristu agubha uSuku lweCilongo njengosuku lomkhosi ngenkonzo futhi ngokuvamile ahlanganisa lokhu nokubhekisela ezenzakalweni ezizayo - ukubuya kwesibili kukaJesu noma ukuhlwithwa kwebandla. Nakuba lezi zincazelo zalomkhosi zinezinhloso ezinhle, azishayi mkhuba iqiniso lokuthi uJesu usekufezile kakade lokho okwakhonjwa yilomkhosi. Njengoba sazi, isivumelwano esidala, esasihlanganisa nosuku lwamacilongo, sasingokwesikhashana. Wasetshenziswa ukumemezela uMesiya ozayo kubantu. Iziqu zakhe ngumprofethi, umpristi, isazi nenkosi. Ukukhala kwecilongo kuRosh Hashanah akubonisi nje kuphela ukuqala kwekhalenda lomkhosi waminyaka yonke wamaIsrayeli, kodwa kumemezela isigijimi salomkhosi: “Inkosi yethu iyeza!”
Kimina, ingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu yosuku lwamacilongo yindlela elikhomba ngayo kuJesu nendlela uJesu akugcwalisa ngayo lokhu ekufikeni kwakhe kokuqala: ngokuba sesimweni somuntu, umsebenzi wakhe wokubuyisana, ukufa kwakhe, ukuvuka kwakhe, nokwenyukela kwakhe ezulwini. Ngalezi “zenzakalo ekuphileni kukaKristu,” uNkulunkulu akagcinanga nje ngokugcwalisa isivumelwano Sakhe no-Israyeli (iSivumelwano Esidala), kodwa washintsha ngaso sonke isikhathi unomphela. UJesu uyinhloko yonyaka - inhloko noma inkosi yesikhathi sonke, ikakhulukazi ngoba wadala isikhathi. Uyitabernakele lethu futhi sinempilo entsha kuye. UPawulu wabhala: “Uma umuntu ekuKristu, uyisidalwa esisha; okudala kudlulile, bheka, sekufikile okusha” (2. AbaseKorinte 5,17).
UJesu ungu-Adamu wokugcina. Wanqoba lapho u-Adamu wokuqala ehlulekile khona. UJesu uyiPhasika lethu, isinkwa sethu esingenamvubelo nokubuyisana kwethu. Nguye kuphela (futhi kuphela) osusa izono zethu. UJesu uyiSabatha lethu lapho sithola khona ukuphumula ezonweni. Nkosi yezikhathi zonke, uphila kithi manje futhi sonke isikhathi sethu singcwele njengoba siphila impilo entsha esinayo ekuhlanganyeleni naye. UJesu iNkosi yethu neNkosi yethu washaya icilongo kwaba kanye!
Ukuhlala ebudlelwaneni noJesu
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