NGOKUTSHA kumthetho wabaLevi, umfazi ozele umntwana makazise itempile:
itakane elinonyaka, libe lidini elinyukayo, nehobe, nokuba liyihobe elisindiswa ngenxa yesono… (Lev. 12: 6, 8)
Kwimfihlakalo yesine evuyisayo, uMary noJoseph banikela ngeentaka ezimbini. Kwintlupheko yabo, babenako ukufikelela kuko konke.
UmKrestu oyinyani ukwabizwa ukuba anike, kungekuphela ixesha, kodwa kunye nezixhobo-imali, ukutya, izinto-ide ibabuhlungu", Usikelelwe uMama Teresa angatsho.
Njengesikhokelo, amaSirayeli ayenokunika i isishumi okanye ishumi leepesenti "kwiintlahlela" zengeniso yabo "endlwini yeNkosi." KwiTestamente eNtsha, uPawulos akagwegwelezi malunga nokuxhasa iBandla kunye nabo balungiselela iVangeli. Kwaye u-Kristu ubeka ubungangamsha kumahlwempu.
Andizange ndadibana nomnye umntu owayesenza isishumi sepesenti yomvuzo wakhe owayeswele nto. Ngamanye amaxesha "oovimba" babo bayaphuphuma kokukhona benikezela.
Nika kwaye nezipho uya kunikwa, umlinganiso olungileyo, upakishwe ndawonye, ushukunyiswe, uphuphume, uya kugalelwa emathangeni akho " ( Luka 6:38 )
Intlupheko yokuzincama yenye apho sijonga ukugqitha kwethu, kancinci njengemali yokudlala, nangaphezulu "njengesidlo somntakwethu" esilandelayo. Abanye babizwa ukuba bathengise yonke into bayinike amahlwempu ( Mateyu 19:21 ). Kodwa yethu sonke sibizelwe ukuba "sizilahle zonke izinto esinazo" -uthando lwethu lwemali nokuthanda izinto elinokuzithenga-kunye nokunikela, nkqu, kwizinto esingenazo.
Sele siva ukuba ukuswela kwethu ukholo kulungiselelo lukaThixo.
Okokugqibela, intlupheko yokuzincama sisikhundla somoya endihlala ndikulungele ukuzinikela. Ndixelela abantwana bam, "Phatha imali kwisipaji sakho, hleze udibane noYesu, efihlwe kwabahlwempuzekileyo. Yiba nemali, hayi eyokuchitha, njengokupha."
Olu hlobo lwentlupheko lunobuso: kunjalo isisa.
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and try me in this, says the Lord: Shall I not open for you the floodgates of heaven, to pour down blessing upon you without measure?( Mal 3:10 )
...this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood.(Mar 12: 43-44)
