Ngu-St. John Chrysostom
Kwathi, emva kokufa kukaTera, uYehova wathi kuAbram, Phuma ezweni lakowenu, nasemzalwaneni wakowenu, nasendlwini kayihlo, uye ezweni endokubonisa lona. Ndiya kukwenza ube ngolwimi olukhulu, ndikusikelele, ndilikhulise igama lakho, usikelelwe; Yaye ndiya kumsikelela lowo ukusikelelayo, yaye lowo ukufungeleyo ndiya kumqalekisa, kwaye zonke izizwe zehlabathi ziya kusikelelwa ngenxa yakho ( Gen. XII, 1, 2, 3 ). Makhe sihlolisise ngenyameko ngalinye kula mazwi ukuze sibone umphefumlo kasolusapho othanda uThixo.
Masingaze singawahoyi la mazwi, kodwa makhe siqwalasele indlela onzima ngayo lo myalelo. Uthi, Phuma ezweni lakowenu, nakwimizalwane yakho, nasendlwini kayihlo, uye ezweni endiya kukubonisa lona. Shiya, utsho, into eyaziwayo nethembekileyo, kwaye ukhetha into engaziwayo nengazange ibonwe ngaphambili. Khangela ukuba kwasekuqaleni umntu olilungisa wafundiswa ukunyula into engabonakaliyo kuneyona ibonakalayo nekamva kuneleyo sele isezandleni zakhe. Akazange ayalelwe ukuba enze into engabalulekanga; (wayalela) ukuba alishiye ilizwe awayehleli kulo ixesha elide, ashiye bonke ubuzalwana bakhe nendlu kayise yonke, aye apho wayengazi okanye angakhathali. (UThixo) akatshongo ukuba ufuna ukumhlalisa kweliphi na ilizwe, kodwa, ngokungaqinisekanga komyalelo wakhe, wakucikida ukuhlonela kukasolusapho, wathi, Hamba uye ezweni, ndokubonisa. Cinga, zintanda, ukuba wawunjani umoya ophakamileyo, ongenawo nawuphi na umkhwa okanye umkhwa, owawufuneka ukuzalisekisa lo myalelo. Enyanisweni, ukuba kwanangoku, xa ukholo lobuthixo sele lusasazekile, abaninzi babambelela ngokuqinileyo kulo mkhwa kangangokuba banokukhetha ukuhambisa yonke into kunokuba bahambe, nokuba bekuyimfuneko, indawo ababehlala kuyo kude kube ngoku, kwaye oku kwenzeka. , kungekhona nje ngabantu abaqhelekileyo, kodwa kunye nabo baye bayeka kwingxolo yobomi bemihla ngemihla kwaye bakhetha ubomi be-monastic - ngoko kwakungokwemvelo ukuba lo mntu ulilungisa akhathazeke ngumyalelo onjalo aze anqikaze ekuzalisekiseni. yona. Uthi, Hamba, ushiye abazalwana bakho, nendlu kayihlo, uye ezweni endiya kukubonisa lona. Ngubani ongayi kubhideka ngamazwi anjalo? Ngaphandle kokuvakalisa kuye nokuba yindawo okanye ilizwe, (uThixo) uvavanya umphefumlo welungisa ngokungaqiniseki okunjalo. Ukuba loo myalelo ubunikwe omnye umntu, umntu nje oqhelekileyo, ngewathi: Makube njalo; uyandiwisela umthetho wokuba ndilishiye ilizwe endihlala kulo, umzi kabawo; kodwa kutheni ungandixeleli indawo ekufuneka ndiye kuyo, ukuze ndazi nokokuba mkhulu kangakanani umgama? Ndazi njani ukuba loo mhlaba uya kuba ngcono kwaye uchume ngakumbi kunalo ndiya kuwushiya? Kodwa ilungisa alizange lithethe okanye licinge nantoni na elolo hlobo, yaye, eqwalasela ukubaluleka komyalelo, wakhetha into engaziwayo kunaleyo isesandleni sakhe. Ngaphezu koko, ukuba wayengenawo umoya ophakamileyo kunye nengqondo elumkileyo, ukuba wayengenalo ubuchule bokuthobela uThixo kuyo yonke into, wayeya kudibana nomnye umqobo obalulekileyo - ukufa kukayise. Uyazi ukuba kaninzi kangakanani na, ngenxa yeebhokisi zezalamane zabo, befuna ukufela kwiindawo apho abazali babo babugqibela khona ubomi babo.
4 Ngoko kulo mntu ulilungisa, ukuba ebengamthandi kakhulu uThixo, bekuya kuba yinto yokwemvelo ukucinga ngale nto, yokuba ubawo, endithanda, walishiya ilizwe lakowabo, wayishiya imikhwa yakhe yamandulo, waza, wayoyisa. bonke (imiqobo), bade beza apha, kwaye umntu uphantse athi, ngenxa yam wafa kwilizwe lasemzini; kwaye nasemva kokufa kwakhe, andizami ukumbuyisela ngobubele, kodwa ndiyeke, ndishiye, kunye nosapho lukabawo, ibhokisi yakhe? Noko ke, akukho nto yayinokuthintela uzimiselo lwakhe; ukuthanda uThixo kwenza yonke into yabonakala ilula yaye ikhululekile kuye.
Ke, zintanda, inkoliseko kaThixo ngakusolusapho inkulu kakhulu! Uthi, Abo basikelelayo ndiya kubasikelela; Yaye ndiya kubaqalekisa abo bakuqalekisayo, yaye ngenxa yakho zonke izizwe zehlabathi ziya kuzisikelela. Nasi esinye isipho! Uthi, zonke izizwe zomhlaba ziya kuzama ukusikelelwa ngegama lakho, kwaye ziya kubeka olona zuko lwazo ekuthwaleni igama lakho.
Uyabona ukuba ubudala okanye nayiphi na enye into eyayinokubophelela kubomi basekhaya eyaba ngumqobo kuye; kunoko, uthando ngoThixo loyisa yonk’ into. Ke, xa umphefumlo uchwayitile kwaye unomdla, uyoyisa yonke imiqobo, yonke into ingxamela ukuya kwinto oyithandayo, kwaye nokuba bubuphi ubunzima obukhoyo kuyo, ayilibaziseka kubo, kodwa yonke into idlula kwaye ime ngaphambi kokuba ifike kuloo nto. ufuna. Kungoko lo mntu ulilungisa, nangona wayenokuthintelwa bubudala kunye neminye imiqobo emininzi, nangona kunjalo waqhawula onke amakhamandela akhe, kwaye, njengomfana oselula, onamandla kwaye engaphazanyiswa nantoni na, wakhawuleza waza wangxamela ukuzalisekisa umyalelo weNkosi. Nkosi. Yaye akunakwenzeka ukuba nabani na ogqiba ukwenza into ezukileyo nobukroti ukuba ayenze ngaphandle kokuxhobisa kwangaphambili ngokuchasene nayo yonke into enokuthintela ushishino olunjalo. Ilungisa lalikwazi kakuhle oku, laza lashiya yonke into lingahoywanga, lingacinganga ngomkhwa, okanye ngokuzalana, okanye indlu kayise, okanye ibhokisi (likayise) okanye ibhokisi yakhe, okanye kwanokwaluphala kwakhe, zonke iingcinga zakhe wazibhekisa kuloo nto kuphela, ngokungathi ukuze azalisekise umyalelo kaNdikhoyo. Kwaye kwavela umbono omangalisayo: indoda eyaluphele ngokugqithisileyo, kunye nomfazi wayo, nabo abalupheleyo, kunye namakhoboka amaninzi, yayishukuma, ingazi nokuba kuya kuphelela phi na. Kwaye ukuba ucinga ukuba zazinzima kangakanani na iindlela ngelo xesha (ekubeni kwakungenakwenzeka, njengangoku, ukungcungcuthekisa nabani na ngokukhululekileyo, uze ngaloo ndlela uthabathe uhambo olulula, ngenxa yokuba kuzo zonke iindawo kwakukho amagunya ahlukeneyo, kwaye abahambi kufuneka bathunyelwe. ukusuka komnye umnini ukuya komnye yaye phantse yonke imihla ifuduswa ebukumkanini isiya kobukumkani), ngoko le meko yayiya kuba ngumqobo owaneleyo kumalungisa ukuba wayengenalo uthando olukhulu (ngoThixo) nokukulungela ukuwuzalisekisa umyalelo Wakhe. Kodwa wayikrazula yonke le miqobo njengentambo yendlu, waza...eyomelezile ingqondo yakhe ngokholo waza wazithoba kubukhulu baLowo wathembisayo, waluthabatha uhambo lwakhe.
Ngaba uyabona ukuba zombini isidima kunye nobubi akuxhomekanga kwindalo, kodwa kwintando yethu yokuzikhethela?
Ngoko, ukuze sazi ukuba belinjani na eli lizwe, uthi: AmaKanan ayehlala emhlabeni ngoko. UMoses osikelelekileyo wawathetha la mazwi, kungekhona ngaphandle kwenjongo, kodwa ukuze uwazi umphefumlo osisilumko kasolusapho nokuba yena, ekubeni ezi ndawo zazisezimiwe ngamaKanan, kwafuneka aphile njengombhaduli nesibhadubhadu, njengabathile. ihlwempu eligxothiweyo, njengoko kwakufuneka, lingenalo, mhlawumbi, lingenakhusi. Akakrokra nangalo, akatsho ukuthi, Yintoni na le nto? Mna, owayehlala ngembeko nentlonipho eHarran, kufuneka ngoku, njengomntu ongenazingcambu, njengomhambi kunye nomphambukeli, ndihlale apha kwaye apha ngenxa yenceba, ndizifunele uxolo kwindawo yokuzimela ehluphekileyo - kwaye andinakuyifumana le nto, kodwa ndinyanzelekile ukuba ndihlale ezintenteni nasezindlini kwaye ndinyamezele zonke ezinye iintlekele!
7 Ke, ukuze singabi sagqithisa kakhulu imfundiso, masithi apha, siligqibezele ilizwi, sinikhunga, ukuba nixelise isimilo salo mntu ulilungisa. Inene, kuya kuba ngumnqa kakhulu ukuba, ngeli lixa eli lungisa, libizwe (kumhlaba) (lalo) ukuya kumhlaba (womnye), labonisa intobelo elolo hlobo kangangokuba akukho kwaluphala, okanye eminye imiqobo esiyibalayo, okanye iinkxwaleko za (ngoko). ixesha, okanye ezinye iingxaki ezinokuthi zimthintele, azizange zibe nako ukumgcina ekuthobeleni, kodwa, ewaqhawula onke amakhamandela, yena, ixhego, wabaleka waza wakhawuleza, njengolutsha oluchwayitileyo, kunye nomfazi wakhe, umtshana kunye namakhoboka, ukuba azalise. umyalelo kaThixo, thina, ngokuchaseneyo, asibizwanga emhlabeni ukuya emhlabeni, kodwa ukusuka emhlabeni ukuya ezulwini, asiyi kubonisa inzondelelo efanayo ekuthobeleni njengamalungisa, kodwa siya kubonisa izizathu ezingenanto nezingabalulekanga, kwaye singakhukuliswa nokuba bubukhulu bezithembiso (zikaThixo) okanye ukungabalulekanga kwezinto ezibonakalayo, njengezasemhlabeni nezexeshana, okanye isidima soMbizi, - ngokuchaseneyo, siya kufumanisa ukungakhathaleli okunje kangangokuba siya kukhetha okwethutyana ehlala ehleli, umhlaba esibhakabhakeni, kwaye siya kubeka into engenakuphela ephantsi kunelo liphaphazelayo ngaphambi kokuba libonakale.
Umthombo: iSt. John Chrysostom. Iincoko ngeNcwadi yeGenesis.
Incoko XXXI. UTera wabanika amanzi uAbram, noNahore oonyana bakhe, noLote unyana ka-Arran, unyana wakhe, noSarayi umolokazana wakhe, umka-Abram unyana wakhe; ndamkhupha ezweni lamaKaledi; waya ezweni lakwaKanan, wafika kwaHaran, wahlala khona ( Gen. XI, 31 ).
Umfanekiso ongumzekelo: ITestamente Endala yesiHebhere.
