Ixesha Elizayo Lolahleko

Unyana Wolahleko, NguJohn Macallen Swan, ngo-1888 (Ukuqokelelwa kweTate, eLondon)

NINI UYesu wenza umzekeliso wonyana wolahleko, ^[1]cf. ULuka 15: 11-32 Ndiyakholelwa ukuba Wayekwanika nombono wesiprofetho amaxesha okuphela. Oko kukuthi, umfanekiso wendlela eliza kwamkelwa ngayo ihlabathi kwindlu kaBawo ngeDini likaKristu… kodwa ekugqibeleni limale kwakhona. Ukuze sithathe ilifa lethu, oko kukuthi, inkululeko yethu yokuzikhethela, kwaye ukutyhubela iinkulungwane silivuthulule kuhlobo lobuhedeni olungalawulekiyo esinalo namhlanje. Itekhnoloji lithole elitsha legolide.

Ubumnyama obusisisongelo sokwenene eluntwini, emva kwayo yonke loo nto, yinto yokuba angabona kwaye aphande ngezinto ezibonakalayo, kodwa akaboni apho liya khona ilizwe okanye apho lisuka khona, apho ubomi bethu buhamba khona, kulungile kwaye yintoni embi. Ubumnyama obugubungele uThixo kunye namaxabiso afihlakeleyo yeyona nto isisongelo kuthi ubukho nakwihlabathi ngokubanzi. Ukuba uThixo kunye neenqobo zokuziphatha, umahluko phakathi kokulungileyo nokubi, uhleli ebumnyameni, ke zonke ezinye “izibane”, ezibeka ezo zinto zingakholelekiyo kwezobuchwephesha kuthi, ayisiyiyo inkqubela phambili kuphela kodwa ikwayingozi ebeka thina nehlabathi emngciphekweni. -POPE BENEDICT XVI, Easter Vigil Homily, Epreli 7th, 2012

Into esiyibona ityhilwa kulo mzekeliso ayingobawo unyana wolahleko owohlwaya unyana wakhe, kodwa ngunyana ozihlisela kuye iziphumo zemvukelo yakhe. Kuba unyana uthabatha ububi ngokulungileyo, njengokulungileyo, njengobubi. Ukuqhubela phambili uyehla indlela yakhe gu qulelo, okukhona esiba nzulu ngakumbi kukungaboni kwakhe, kokukhona esiba lusizi ngakumbi kwimeko yakhe yokwenene.

Ngenxa yemeko enje, kufuneka ngoku kunakuqala ukuba nesibindi sokujonga inyaniso emehlweni kwaye sibize izinto ngegama labo, ngaphandle kokunikezela kwisilumko esilungileyo okanye kwisilingo sokuzikhohlisa. Kule meko, ungcikivo loMprofeti luthe ngqo: “Yeha ke abo bathi okubi kulungile okulungileyo nokubi, abathi ubumnyama bube kukukhanya nokukhanya endaweni yobumnyama” (Ngaba 5:20). —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, IVangelium Vitae, "IVangeli yoBomi", n. I-58

Kukho konke oku, sifunda ukuba utata ebengalindelanga ukubetha unyana wakhe… koko walinda kwaye walangazelela owakhe buya. Njengoko isitsho kufundo lokuqala lwanamhlanje:

Ngaba ndiyayoliswa kukufa kongendawo? itsho iNkosi uYehova. Andonwabi na, xa athe wabuya endleleni yakhe embi, ukuze aphile?

Kanye njengoko unyana kufuneka uzidinisa ngokwenza ububi, kuya kuba njalo nakwesi sizukulwana. Kodwa kungalo mzuzu wentshabalalo apho ndikholelwa ukuba uThixo uza kunika umhlaba "ithuba lokugqibela" lokuba libuyele kuye. Uninzi lwabangcwele kunye neentsomi balubize ngokuba "sisilumkiso" okanye "ukhanyiso" ^[2]cf. Ukukhanya kwesityhilelo apho wonke umntu emhlabeni aya kuyibona imiphefumlo yakhe ekukhanyeni kwenyaniso, njengakwi-Rev 6: 12-17 ^[3]cf. AmaTywina aSixhenxe oVukelo—Njengokuba unyana wolahleko wakhanyiselwa sisazela sakhe. ^[4]cf. ULuka 15: 17-19 Ngalo mzuzu, siza kujongana nomculo:

Uthi, Indlela yeNkosi ayilungelelene. Khanive, ndlu kaSirayeli; indlela yam ayilungelelene, yini na? (Ufundo lokuqala)

Ngenceba kaThixo, ndiyakholelwa ukuba uyakusinika ithuba lokukhetha yakhe indlela… indlela eya Ekhaya. ^[5]cf. Emva kokuKhanya Ngenxa yolu lubabalo lwehlabathi, masiqhubeke nokunikela ngombingelelo weLenten.

Ukuba uthe wabunqala ubugwenxa, Yehova, Ngubani na ongaba nokuma, Nkosi? Kodwa ukuxolela kukuwe, ukuze uzukiswe. (INdumiso yanamhlanje)

Andifuni ukohlwaya uluntu olubuhlungu, kodwa ndinqwenela ukuliphilisa, ndilicinezele kwintliziyo yam enenceba. Ndisebenzisa isohlwayo xa bona bandinyanzela; Isandla sam siyanqena ukubamba ikrele lobulungisa. Phambi koMhla wezoBulungisa ndithumela uSuku lweNceba…. Uluntu aluyi kuba noxolo lude lubuyele kuMthombo Wenceba Yam. —UYesu ukuya eSt Faustina, Inceba kaThixo kumphefumlo wam, Idayari, 1588, 699

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