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1 Abo babeyingcikiva le nto, yokuba phambi kokufuduka kwabo ngokomlomo kaThixo, abantu bathabatha kumaYiputa iimpahla, zonke iintlobo zeempahla neempahla, bemka nazo, benjenjalo ukwenziwa umnquba entlango; bandule ke bazibeke ityala, bengawazi amalungisa nemiyalelo yakhe, njengokuba esitsho nomphathi. Kuba, ukuba uThixo ebengazimiselanga ukwenza oku ngemfuduko engummeli, bekungayi kubakho bani ngoku unokusindiswa kwimfuduko yethu yokwenene, oko kukuthi, elukholweni esimi kulo, esahlulwe ngalo phakathi kweentlanga. Kuba sonke sikwindawo encinane okanye enkulu, esiye sayifumana “kubutyebi bokungalungisi.” Kuba sozifumana phi na izindlu esihlala kuzo, neempahla esizigubungelayo, neempahla esizisebenzisayo, kwanento yonke efunekayo kubomi bethu bemihla ngemihla; ukubawa okanye esamkelwa ngabazali bethu abangabahedeni? , izalamane okanye abahlobo, ekubeni baluzuze ngobuxoki? Anditsho ukuba siyayizuza ngoku ekubeni sibe ngamakholwa. Kuba ngubani na othengisayo kwaye akafuni ukwenza inzuzo kumthengi? Kwaye ngubani othengayo kwaye akafuni. ukuthenga into ngenzuzo kumthengisi? Ngowuphi usomashishini osebenza kurhwebo lwakhe ukuze angatyi kulo? Kananjalo amakholwa akwibhotwe lakomkhulu, akadli na ngokwempahla kaKesare; AmaYiputa ayenetyala ebantwini (amaYuda), ngokokulunga kwangaphambili kukaSolusapho uYosefu, kungekuphela nje ngempahla yabo, kodwa nangobomi babo; Basityala ntoni na ke abahedeni, esamkela kubo ingeniso noncedo? Oko bakufumana ngobunzima, thina makholwa siyisebenzisa ngaphandle kobunzima.
2 De kube ngelo xesha, abantu baseYiputa babengobona bukho bunzima bubuhlungu, njengoko iZibhalo zisitsho: “Abagonyamela ke oonyana bakaSirayeli oonyana bakaSirayeli, abathiyelela umphefumlo wabo ngomsebenzi onzima, nangodongwe nangodaka. , nawo wonke umsebenzi wasentsimini, nazo zonke iintlobo zomsebenzi ababewuxinzelela phantsi kakhulu”; Babakhela izixeko ezinqatyisiweyo, basebenza nzima baza bandisa ubutyebi babo kangangeminyaka emininzi nalo lonke uhlobo lobukhoboka, nangona bengenambulelo nje kuphela kubo, kodwa babefuna ukubatshabalalisa bonke. Kwenziwa ntoni okungekho sikweni ukuba bathathe kancinci kwizinto ezininzi? besinokuthini na ukuba sibe nobutyebi obuninzi, ukuba besingenabo ubukhoboka, saphuma sisityebi, samkela umvuzo omncinane kakhulu wobukhoboka bethu obukhulu, saphuma singamahlwempu? Ngokungathi umntu okhululekileyo, othatyathwe ngenkani ngomnye, wamkhonza iminyaka emininzi, wandisa ubutyebi bakhe, wandula ke wafumana umxhesho, ebonakala ukuba unento kubutyebi bakhe, kodwa eneneni, ekubulalekeni kwakhe okuninzi, nasekuzuzeni kwakhe okuninzi, wathabatha kancinane wemka, yaye umntu wayenokumgxeka ngaloo nto, ngokungathi wenze ngokungekho sikweni; uya kwandula ke umgwebi abonakale njengongenabulungisa kulowo uthatyathwe ngenkani ebukhobokeni. Bakwanjalo ke abo batyhola abantu abathabath’ okuncinci kokuninzi, kwaye abagxeki abo bangazange babonise mbulelo ngenxa yeemfanelo zabazali babo, baze babangenise ebukhobokeni bamangcwaba, baza bafumana eyona nzuzo inkulu kubo. bona. Aba (abamangaleli) bathi (amaSirayeli) enze ngokungekho sikweni, ethabatha ngenxa yemisebenzi yawo, njengoko ndanditshilo, igolide engaxutywanga nesilivere kwizitya ezimbalwa, kwaye ngabo ngokwabo bathi - kufuneka sithethe inyaniso, nangona oku kungabonakala kuhlekisayo. Kwabanye – benza ngokusesikweni xa, ngenxa yemigudu yabanye, bephethe iingxowa zabo zegolide, isilivere, nobhedu, ezinombhalo nomfanekiso kaKesare.
3 Ukuba sithe sathelekisa thina nabo, ngubani na oya kubamkela ngokusesikweni abantu (amaSirayeli) kumaYiputa, ababenetyala kubo ezintweni zonke, okanye thina kumaRoma nakwamanye amazwe angasityala nto? Kwaye ihlabathi linandipha uxolo ngabo (amaRoma), kwaye sihamba ngeendlela ngaphandle koloyiko kwaye sihamba ngomkhumbi naphi na apho sifuna khona. Ngokuchasene nabantu abanjalo, amazwi eNkosi aya kuba luncedo kakhulu: “Mhanahanisindini, wukhuphe kuqala umqadi kwelakho iliso; Kuba lowo unimangalelayo ngale nto, waqhayisa ngokwazi kwakhe, ukuba uthe wazahlula kuhlanga lweentlanga, engenanto yakwenza nolunye uhlanga, esuke wahamba ze, ehamba ngeenyawo, ehleli ezintabeni, njengenkomo edlayo. herbs , ke ufanelwe yimfesane kuba akazazi iimfuno zoluntu lwethu. Ukuba usebenzisa oko abantu bakubiza ngokuba ngowasemzini, kwaye (ngaxeshanye) uyayigxeka iprototype yoku, ngoko ke uzibonakalisa ukuba akanabulungisa kakhulu aze ajike eso sityholo kuye ngokwakhe. Kuba uya kuzifumana ethwele into engeyoyakhe kwaye enqwenela into engeyakhe; kungoko iNkosi yathi: “Musani ukugweba, hleze nani nigwetywe, kuba ngogwebo enigweba ngalo, niya kugwetywa. Ingekuko ukuba singabohlwayi abo bonayo, okanye bevumelana nezenzo ezibi, kodwa ukuze singabagwebeli ngokungenabulungisa izimiselo zikaThixo, ekubeni ephethe ngokusesikweni (...kuko konke okulungisele okulungileyo.) Kuba, ekubeni Wayesazi ukuba siya kulunga. sizisebenzise kakuhle izinto zethu esimele sizifumane komnye, uthi: “Nabani na oneempahla ezimbini, makaphe amahlwempu, nalowo unokudla, enze kwanjalo.” Yaye: “Ndandilambile, nandipha ukudla; bendihamba ze, nandambesa.” Kwaye: “Xa sukuba usisa, masingakwazi isandla sakho sokhohlo into esiyenzayo isandla sakho sokunene.” Kwaye siye siguquke sibe silungile xa sisenza naluphi na uhlobo lokulungileyo, ngokungathi sisenza okulungileyo, ngokungathi kunjalo. Ukukhulula ezethu esandleni somnye umntu: Ndithi “esandleni somnye” kungekhona ngengqiqo yokuba ihlabathi laliya kuba ngumphambukeli kuThixo, kodwa ngenxa yokuba sifumana izipho ezilolu hlobo kwabanye, njengabo (amaSirayeli) kumaYiputa awayesenza. Asimazi uThixo – yaye ngayo le nto sakha umnquba kaThixo kuthi ngaphakathi kwethu, kuba uThixo uhleli kwabenza okulungileyo, njengoko itshoyo iNkosi, ukuthi, Zenzele izihlobo ngobutyebi obungalungisiyo, ukuze, xa uthe wasaba, bakwenzele okulungileyo. namkeleni eminqubeni engunaphakade.” Kuba oko sakuzuzayo ngentswela-bulungisa sathi sakuba ngabahedeni, sakuba ngamakholwa, saguqukela eNkosini, sigwetyelwa.
4 Ngoko ke, oko bekuyimfuneko kuqala engqondweni ngexesha lenguquko, kwaye kwezo zinto umnquba kaThixo wakhiwa, ngenxa yokuba abo (amaSirayeli) bamkela ngokusesikweni, njengoko ndabonisayo, kwaye safanekiselwa phambi kwabo, esasifanele ukuba ngoko bakhonza uThixo ngezinto zabanye “Kuba wonke umngcelele wabantu abaphuma eJiputa, ngokolawulo lukaThixo, wawungumfuziselo nomfanekiselo wemvelaphi yeBandla, ekwakumelwe ukuba liphuma kumahedeni, ngoko ke yena ngexesha lolawulo lukaThixo. isiphelo (ixesha) siya kumkhupha apha, aye kwilifa lakhe, engenguye uMoses umkhonzi kaThixo, esinikayo uYesu uNyana kaThixo ukuba abe lilifa. Yaye ukuba nabani na uwaqwalasela ngokusondeleyo amazwi abaprofeti besiphelo noko kwabonwa ngumfundi weNkosi uYohane kwisityhilelo, uya kufumanisa ukuba iintlanga ziya kuzamkela izibetho ngokubanzi ezabetha iYiputa kancinane.
Umthombo: iSt. Irenaeus yaseLyon. Iincwadi ezi-5 Ezichasa Uqhekeko. Incwadi 4. Ch. 30.
