ILIZWI NGOKU NGOKUFUNDA KWENKOSI
kaJuni 7, 2016
Imibhalo yeLigugu Apha
UEliya ulele, ngu-Michael D. O'Brien
EZI are ngemihla kaEliyaOko kukuthi, iyure a ubungqina obungokwesiprofeto ukubizwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele. Izakuthatha izinto ezininzi-ukusuka ekuzalisekeni kweembonakalo, ukuya kubungqina besiprofetho sabantu “Phakathi kwesizukulwana esigwenxa nesigqwethekileyo… sikhanya njengezikhanyiso ehlabathini.” [1]UPhil 2: 15 Apha andithethi ngeyure “yabaprofeti, iimboni, nababonisi” —nangona iyinxalenye yayo — kodwa yonke imihla ngabantu abafana nam nawe.
Mhlawumbi uthi, "Ngubani, mna?" Ewe nguwe, nasi isizathu: njengoko ubumnyama buya buba mnyama, ngokunjalo, ubungqina bethu njengamaKristu buza kunyanzelwa ukuba buvuleke. Umntu akasayi kuba nakho ukuhlala ecingweni lokulalanisa. Nokuba uya kukhanya ngokukhanya kukaKristu, okanye ngenxa yokoyika nokuzikhusela, kukufihle oko kukhanya phantsi kwebhaskithi yebhasi. Kodwa khumbula isilumkiso sikaSt. "Ukuba siyamkhanyela, naye wosikhanyela", [2]Eyesi-2 kuTimoti 2: 11-13 kodwa noqinisekiso lukaKristu: Wonke umntu othe wandivuma phambi kwabantu, uNyana woMntu uya kumvuma phambi kwezithunywa zikaThixo. [3]Luke 12: 8
Yiyo loo nto uYesu esithi ngovuyo:
Niyityuwa yomhlaba… Nikukukhanya kwehlabathi. Isixeko esime phezu kwentaba asinakufihlwa. Kananjalo abakhanyisi isibane basibeke phantsi kwesitya; sibekwe esiphathweni saso, sikhanyisela bonke abasendlwini. Ngaloo ndlela, ukukhanya kwakho kufuneka kukhanye phambi kwabanye, ukuze babone imisebenzi yakho emihle kwaye bazukise uYihlo osemazulwini. (IVangeli yanamhlanje)
Ke ngoko, mandiphinde ngoko nangoko amazwi ka-St. John Paul II: “MUSANI UKOYIKA.” Kukho umoya onamandla woloyiko othe wakhululeka ehlabathini [4]cf. Isihogo savulwa esebenza phantsi kokuzenzisa "ukunyamezelana", kodwa enyanisweni, ungumxhaphazi. Nabani na ongavumelani "ne-ajenda entsha" udibana ngakumbi nangakumbi ngamagama okanye izenzo ezinobundlobongela. Kodwa musa ukoyikiswa ngulo moya. Yimani ngomelele! Yiba nokholo kwi amandla yeNyaniso noThando, onguKrestu.
… Izixhobo zethu zemfazwe ayizizo ezehlabathi kodwa zinamandla kaThixo okutshabalalisa iinqaba. (2 Kor. 10: 4)
Yima phantsi, “Kodwa yibani nobulali nentlonelo, nigcina isazela senu sihlambulukile, ukuze xa bathe batyholwa baphoxeke nehambo yenu elungileyo kuKristu.” [5]I-1 Pet 3: 16 Ngaphandle koko, ukukhanya okukuwe kuya kuphela, kwaye ityuwa yakho iya kulahla incasa yayo.
Okokugqibela, gcinani engqondweni ukuba…
UKristu… uzalisekisa esi sikhundla sokuprofeta, kungengabaphathi kuphela… kodwa nangamarhamente… [Abo] baba ngamadlelane ngendlela yabo ekhethekileyo kububingeleli, kwisiprofeto, nakwiofisi yobukumkani bukaKristu. -Katekisiki yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-904, 897
Yazi ukuba uBawo uyakukukhangela njengoko enabo bonke “abaprofeti” Bakhe. UEliya wazinikela ngokupheleleyo kwiingalo zikaThixo. Aniboni na, bazalwana noodade bam abathandekayo, ukuba mna nawe masenze okufanayo? Kungekudala iingalo zakhe ziyakuba yiyo yonke into esiza kuba nayo njengoko amaKristu enyanzelwa ukuba aphume kwindawo yoluntu? Bayibenjalo. Kodwa u-Abba uyakwazi ukukhathalela abakhe.
Umfula owawufihlwe apho uEliya wayoma, kuba kwakungekho mvula kwelo lizwe. Ke uNdikhoyo wathi kuEliya: “Dlulela eTsarfati yaseTsidon, uhlale khona; Ndinyulele umfazi apho ongumhlolokazi. (Ufundo lwanamhlanje lokuqala)
Yintoni ebaluleke kakhulu kukuba uThixo wathumela uEliya kumhlolokazi owayengenanto! Wayephantsi kwesidlo sakhe sokugqibela. Kutheni le nto iNkosi isenza oku? Ngokuchanekileyo ukubonisa amandla aKhe phakathi kwentlekele, Uthando lwakhe phakathi kwimbalelaUkubonelela phakathi kwendlala. UThixo wakwandisa ukutya kwakhe kangangokuba:
Wakwazi ukutya unyaka, noEliya nonyana wakhe ngokunjalo.
Ngale ndlela, isibindi sikaEliya somelezwa lukholo lomhlolokazi. Jonga ukutya kulula kuThixo. Nantso amaxhala akho. Ukuba uthembekile yinkxalabo yakho:
Yazini ukuba uYehova uyenzela imisebenzi ebalulekileyo abathembekileyo, uya kundiphendula uYehova, ndimbize. (INdumiso yanamhlanje)
Ngethu UkuHamba kweLenten kulo nyaka, sanikwa izixhobo zokuba yindoda okanye ibhinqa umthandazo. Zinikele kuyo; yenza umthandazo ube sisiseko sobomi bakho, kuba kuyo, uyakumfumana uYesu; uya kufumana "umgubo" kunye "neoyile" eya kuthi ibonelele ngesondlo, ukomelela, kunye nobabalo kumphefumlo wakho. Ndiyaphinda, Sukoyika. Kodwa hlalani niphaphile kwaye niphaphile, kuba siyangena ngemihla kaEliya Xa kufuneka sixhomekeke kulungiselelo lukaThixo…. kwaye Uya kwenza imisebenzi ebalulekileyo phakathi kwethu.
Ngenxa yokuba uwugcinile umyalezo wam wonyamezelo, ndiyakukugcina ukhuselekile ngexesha lesilingo eliza kuza kwihlabathi liphela ukuvavanya abemi bomhlaba. Ndiyeza ngokukhawuleza. Bambelela kwinto onayo, ukuze kungabikho namnye usithabathayo isithsaba sakho. (ISityhi. 3: 10-11)
Ixesha lobumnyama liza emhlabeni, kodwa ixesha lozuko liza kwiCawe yam, ixesha lozuko liza kubantu bam. Ndiya kuthulula phezu kwakho zonke izipho zoMoya wam. Ndizokulungiselela umlo wasemoyeni; Ndizokulungiselela ixesha lokushumayela elingazange labonwa lihlabathi…. Kwaye xa ungenanto ngaphandle kwam, uya kuba nayo yonke into: umhlaba, amasimi, amakhaya, nabazalwana kunye noodade kunye nothando novuyo noxolo kunanini na ngaphambili. Hlalani nilungile, bantu bam, ndifuna ukunilungiselela… -Isiprofetho esinikwe nguRalph Martin eSt.Peter's Square phambi kukaPopu Paul VI; NgePentekoste ngoMvulo kaMeyi, 1975
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