Ngu-St. John Chrysostom
“Yini na ukuba ube nelunda ngelizwe lakho,” utsho, xa ndikuyalela ukuba ube sisibhadubhadu kwindalo iphela, ekubeni unokuba ngonjalo ukuze ihlabathi lonke lingakufanelekeli? Indawo ovela kuyo ayibalulekanga kangako kangangokuba izithandi zobulumko zabahedeni aziyibaluleki nakuphi na ukubaluleka kwayo, ziyibiza ngokuba yangaphandle kwaye ziyibeka kwindawo yokugqibela. Noko ke, uPawulos uyakuvumela oku, uya kuthi, xa esithi: “ngokonyulo, zintanda, ngenxa yoobawo” (Rom. 11: 28). Kodwa khawutsho, nini, uthetha ngabani kwaye nabani? Abahedeni abaguqukileyo, ababezidla ngokholo lwabo, bawavukela amaYuda, baza ngaloo ndlela bawahlukanisa nangakumbi. Ke, utsho oku ngenjongo yokwehlisa ukuzigwagwisa kwabanye, nokutsala umdla nokukhuthaza abanye ukuba babe nomona ofanayo. Xa ethetha ngaloo madoda azizihandiba, wandule ukuphulaphule oko akuthethayo: “Kuba abo bathetha ngolo hlobo babonakalalisa ukuba bangxamele ilizwe looyise. Kwaye ukuba babecinga ilizwe ababephuma kulo, babenokuba nexesha lokubuyela; kodwa bafuna okulungileyo, oko kukuthi, okwasezulwini.” ( Heb. 11: 14-16). Yaye kwakhona: “Bonke aba bafa ngokokholo, bengawafumananga amadinga; kodwa bawabona kude, bavuya.” (Heb. 11: 13). Ngendlela efanayo, uYohane wathi kwabo babesiza kuye: “Musani ukucinga ukuba nithi ngaphakathi kwenu, ‘Sinobawo uAbraham’” ( Mateyu 3:9 ); NoPawulos: “Asingabo bonke abo baphuma kuSirayeli abangamaSirayeli, bengengabo abantwana benyama, abangabantwana bakaThixo” (Rom. 9: 6,8). + Ndixeleleni, + iyintoni na ingenelo yoonyana bakaSamuweli kwizidwangube zikayise wabo, ngoxa bona ngokwabo bengabuzuzanga ilifa isidima sakhe? Yintoni eyanceda oonyana bakaMoses ababengenamona ngobomi bakhe obungqongqo? Abazange bawadle ilifa amandla akhe. Zabhalwa ngabantwana bakhe, kodwa urhulumente wabantu wadlulela komnye ongunyana wakhe ngesidima. Ngokwahlukileyo koko, ngaba kwakumkhathaza uTimoti ukuba noyise weeNtlanga? Yiyiphi ingenelo awaphinda wayizuza unyana kaNowa kwisidima sikayise ukuba waba likhoboka kumntu okhululekileyo? Uyayibona indlela abantwana abakhuseleka ngayo kwizihandiba zikayise? Ukonakala kwentando yoyisa imithetho yendalo, kwaza kwahlutha uHam kungekuphela nje ubuhandiba babazali bakhe, kodwa kwanenkululeko ngokwayo. Kwakhona, wayengengoEsawu na unyana kaIsake, owamthethelelayo? Nangona uyise wazama kwaye wayefuna ukuba abe nxaxheba kwintsikelelo, kwaye yena ngokwakhe wazalisekisa yonke imiyalelo yakhe kule njongo, kodwa ekubeni wayebhityile, konke oku akuzange kumncede. Nangona ngokwemvelo wayeyizibulo, kwaye uyise, kunye naye, wazama ngandlela zonke ukulondoloza inzuzo yakhe, nangona kunjalo, walahlekelwa yiyo yonke into, ngenxa yokuba wayengenaye uThixo. Kodwa ndithini ngabantu ngabanye? AmaYuda ayengoonyana bakaThixo, ukanti akazange azuze nto kwesi sidima. Ke, ukuba uthile, nokuba ungunyana kaThixo, wohlwaywa nangakumbi ngenxa yokungabonisi sidima esifanele eso sidima, kuthekani ke ngokubonakalisa ubuhandiba booyisemkhulu nookhokho bakhe? Kwaye kungekhona kwiTestamente eNdala kuphela, kodwa nakwiTestamente eNtsha umntu unokufumana into efanayo. “Kwaye kwabo bamamkeláyo, wabanika amandla okuba babe ngabantwana bakaThixo, abo ke bakholwayo kwigama lakhe” ( Yohane 1:12 ); okwangoku, kuninzi lwaba bantwana, ngokutsho kukaPawulos, akuncedi nganto ukuba babe noBawo onjalo.
Ukuba ke uKristu akancedi lutho nganto kwabo bangafuniyo ukuziva bebodwa, buyintoni na ubulungisa bukaThixo? Ke ngoko masingaqhayisi ngabukhulu okanye ubutyebi; Masingatyhafi ngenxa yentlupheko, koko masifune ubutyebi obusilele kwizenzo ezilungileyo, sibalekele ubuhlwempu obusikhokelela esonweni. Ngesi sizathu sokugqibela, indoda esisityebi edumileyo yayilihlwempu ngokwenene, yiyo loo nto yayingenako, nangona yayiceliwe kakhulu, ifumana nethontsi elinye lamanzi. Okwangoku, ngaba kukho umngqibi onjalo phakathi kwethu ongenawo amanzi okuzipholisa? Akukho namnye; kwaye abo banyibilika kwindlala egqithisileyo banokuba nethontsi lamanzi, kwaye ingabi nje ithontsi lamanzi, kodwa enye, intuthuzelo enkulu kakhulu. Kodwa le ndoda isisityebi yayingenayo loo nto - yayihlwempuzekile, kwaye, eyona nto ibuhlungu kakhulu, wayengenako ukuthuthuzelwa kubuhlwempu bakhe naphi na. Kutheni ke sinqwenela imali xa ingasingenisi ezulwini? Ndixelele, ukuba nawuphi na ukumkani wasemhlabeni ebenokuthi isityebi asinakuqaqamba kwibhotwe laso, okanye sizuze naluphi na uzuko, ngaba wonke umntu ebengayi kulahla izinto zakhe ngokudelela? Ke, ukuba silungele ukudelela impahla xa isihlutha imbeko kukumkani womhlaba, ke ngelizwi loKumkani wezulu, odanduluka mihla le kwaye athi akulunganga ukungena kwezo vestibule zingcwele ngobutyebi, asiyi kudela yonke into, sibucekise ubutyebi? ukungena ngesisa ebukumkanini Bakhe?
Umthombo: St. John Chrysostom, Ukutolikwa kweVangeli kaMateyu. Umqulu. 7. Incwadi 1. Incoko 9.
