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kaFebhuwari 13, 2014

Imibhalo yenkolo lapha

Okusele kwethempeli likaSolomoni, kwabhujiswa ngo-70 AD

THE Indaba enhle yempumelelo kaSolomoni, lapho isebenza ngokuvumelana nomusa kaNkulunkulu, yama.

Kwathi uSolomoni esemdala, omkakhe base bephendukele inhliziyo yakhe konkulunkulu babezizwe, kepha inhliziyo yakhe yayingekho kuJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe ngokuphelele.

USolomoni akabange esalandela uNkulunkulu “Ngokunganqikazi njengokwenza kukayise uDavide.” Waqala ukwehlisa. Ekugcineni, iThempeli alakha, nabo bonke ubuhle balo, benziwa amaRoma kwaba yimfucumfucu.

Lokhu kume njengesixwayiso esijulile kithi “esiyithempeli likaMoya oNgcwele.” UNkulunkulu wethu unguNkulunkulu onomhawu. ^[1]qhathanisa Ukuzamazama Okukhulu Ukukhonza izithixo kuYe kuyilokho okuphinga kithi: ukukhaphela uthando. Kodwa kufanele siqonde ukuthi lomona waphezulu uyini—hhayi ukunaka okungenamsebenzi kwesithandwa esisolisayo. Kunalokho, uthando lukaNkulunkulu olunomona luyisifiso esihlanganisa konke, esishisekayo sokusibona sibuyiselwe ngokuphelele futhi siguqulelwe emfanekisweni wakhe esadalwa ngawo. Ungase uthi uNkulunkulu unomona ngenjabulo yethu.

Sekwanele ukuthi uNkulunkulu wabuka umuntu odaliwe, wamthola emuhle kakhulu waze wamthanda. Enomona ngalesi simangaliso sakhe, uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe waba umgcini nomnikazi womuntu, futhi wathi, “Ngikudalele konke. ngikunika ukubusa phezu kwakho konke. Konke kungokwakho futhi niyoba nonke ngokwami.” —UJesu Encekwini KaNkulunkulu Luisa Piccarreta, Isipho Sokuphila Ngentando Yaphezulu, Umfundisi J. Iannuzz, p. 37; Note: iziqephu zemibhalo kaLuisa eziqukethwe kule dissertation yobudokotela zinikezwe I-Ecclesiastical Approbation ye-The Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome, ngakho-ke, kuvunyelwe ukusatshalaliswa obala; ecashunwe lapha ngemvume yombhali.

Ukuvumelana kubulala injabulo. Inyakaza ezisekelweni zomphefumulo kuze kube yilapho ekugcineni yonke le mfanelo yobuhle iwa—uma umuntu ephikelela esonweni, ikakhulukazi isono esingathi sína.

Ukuyekethisa kuyindlela yokuzikhohlisa. Ukukholelwa amanga okuthi isono esithile sizobusisa ithempeli lomuntu futhi silethe injabulo… kodwa kunalokho, singcolisa, sithunaza, futhi sicekele phansi ukuthula okuyisisekelo somphefumulo.

Ukuyekethisa kuvula umnyango wobubi. EVangelini lanamuhla, othile, ndawana thize emgqeni, wahlehla, washiya uvulekile “umnyango wethempeli” ukuze uSathane angene. Empeleni iVangeli liyisixwayiso kubazali abahileleka ekuyekeleni, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi izithombe zobulili ezingcolile, amafilimu asabekayo, ukusebenzelana nemimoya, noma obunye ububi: ukuyekethisa kuvulela omubi ikhaya lakho futhi kushiye imiphefumulo isengozini yemisebenzi yakhe enonya.

…baxubana nezizwe bafunda imisebenzi yabo. Bakhonza izithombe zabo, okwaba lugibe kubo. Banikela ngamadodana abo namadodakazi abo kumademoni. (Ihubo Lanamuhla)

UJesu waxwayisa ngokuthi lowo olalela amazwi aKhe kodwa angawagcini ufana nowakha indlu yakhe phezu kwesihlabathi. Lapho kufika izivunguvungu zokuphila, isakhiwo siyabhidlika ngokuphelele—njengethempeli likaSolomoni. USathane uhlale eziveza futhi one njengendlela engcono yokuhlobisa ithempeli lakho… kodwa uhlala eshiya ukungcola. UNkulunkulu wethula iZwi laKhe njengokuphila… elishiya iphunga elimnandi lobungcwele.

Kwenzekani lapho uzinikela ngokungagodli kuNkulunkulu? Uzinikela ngokungagodli kuwe. Bafowethu nodadewethu, siphila ezweni elibhebhezela ukuyekethisa mhlawumbe esingakaze sibe khona esinye isizukulwane. Ah yebo, isono kade sikhona. Kodwa sikwazile ukuguqula ngisho nomthetho wemvelo “emithethweni” yethu! UPawulu oNgcwele waxwayisa ngokuthi kwakuyofika isikhathi lapho kwakuyoba khona ukuhlubuka okukhulu, ukuhlubuka, isikhathi sokungabi namthetho esasiyoletha “ongenamthetho.” Isikhathi se ukuyekethisa.

Ukuhlubuka okukhulu kakhulu selokhu kwazalwa iSonto ngokusobala sekuthuthuke kakhulu kuyo yonke indawo. —UDkt. Ralph Martin, Umeluleki woMkhandlu Wepapa Wokukhuthaza Ukushunyayelwa Kwevangeli okusha; ISonto LamaKatolika Ekupheleni Kweminyaka: Uthini Umoya? k. 292

Mina nawe, njengoSolomoni, namuhla sibhekene nokukhetha okubucayi: ukuhambisana nayo yonke imibono yezwe eyiphutha, ukuhlala “singathathi hlangothi” ezindabeni zokuziphatha—uhlobo “lokubekezelela” okungamanga. Kodwa labo abakwenzayo bakha ukuphila kwabo phezu kwesihlabathi; isisekelo sabo esingokomoya siyowohloka lapho kufika izivunguvungu zoshushiso. Eqinisweni, “ithempeli” lawo wonke umphakathi wabantu manje lisengozini:

Ubumnyama obuyisongo sangempela esintwini, empeleni, ukuthi angabona futhi aphenye izinto ezibonakalayo, kepha angaboni lapho umhlaba uya khona noma uqhamuka kuphi, lapho kuphila kwethu uqobo ukuhamba, okuhle nokubi. Ubumnyama obumboze uNkulunkulu nezindinganiso zokufihla buyingozi yangempela ebukhoneni bethu nasemhlabeni jikelele. Uma uNkulunkulu nezindinganiso zokuziphatha, umahluko phakathi kokuhle nokubi, zihlala ebumnyameni, khona-ke zonke ezinye “izibani”, ezibeka lezi zindlela zobuchwepheshe ezingakholeki, aziyona inqubekela phambili kuphela kepha futhi ziyizingozi ezibeka thina nomhlaba engcupheni. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, u-Easter Vigil Homily, ngomhlaka-7 Ephreli 2012

Singenza kahle uma sicabanga ngamanxiwa okuvumela kukaSolomoni… kodwa nakakhulu ngesithembiso sokubuyiselwa okuza kubo bonke abaphendukayo, balahle leli zwe, futhi bazinikele ngenhliziyo yonke kuNkulunkulu.

…kunakuhlanganyela kuni ukulunga nokungalungi na? Kumbe kunakuhlanganyela kuni ukukhanya nobumnyama na? Unakuvumelana kuni uKristu noBeliyari [uSathane] na? Noma unasabelo sini okholwayo nongakholwayo na? Linakuvumelana kuni ithempeli likaNkulunkulu nezithombe? Ngokuba thina siyithempeli likaNkulunkulu ophilayo; njengoba uNkulunkulu asho: “Ngiyakuhlala nabo, ngihambe phakathi kwabo, ngibe nguNkulunkulu wabo, bona babe ngabantu bami. Ngakho-ke phumani kubo, nihlukane nabo, isho iNkosi, ningathinti lutho olungcolileyo; khona ngiyakunamukela, mina ngibe nguyihlo, nina nibe ngamadodana namadodakazi kimi, isho iNkosi uSomandla. (Funda eyesi-2 Korinte 6:16-17.)

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