By St. Nicholas Kavasila, Ukususela “Iintshumayelo ezintathu on iNtombi Enyulu”
Umbhali omangalisayo we-Hesychast wenkulungwane ye-14 uSt. Nicholas Kavasila (1332-1371) unikezela oku. intshumayelo kwi-Annunciation of the Holy Mother of God, etyhila phambi kwethu imbono yendoda yaseByzantine ngoMama kaThixo. Intshumayelo ayigcwali nje kuphela ngemvakalelo yenkolo enenzondelelo, kodwa neengqikelelo ezinzulu.
KwiSibhengezo seNenekazi lethu elisikelelekileyo kunye neNtombi Enyulu esikelelekileyo (iiTheotokos ezintathu)
Ukuba umntu unokuze avuye aze angcangcazele, acule ngombulelo, ukuba kukho ixesha elifuna ukuba umntu anqwenele okona kubalaseleyo nokona kulungileyo, lize limenze azabalazele olona nxibelelwano lubanzi lunokwenzeka, awona mazwi amnandi nanamandla okucula ubungangamsha bakhe. , andiboni ukuba inokuba ngubani omnye ngaphandle komthendeleko wanamhlanje. Kuba ngathi namhlanje kufike iNgelosi evela ezulwini yaza yavakalisa ukuqala kwazo zonke izinto ezilungileyo. Namhlanje isibhakabhaka senziwa likhulu. Namhlanje umhlaba uyavuya. Namhlanje yonke indalo iyavuya. Nangaphandle kwalo mthendeleko akahlali lowo ubambe izulu ngesandla sakhe. Kuba oko kwenzekayo namhlanje ngumbhiyozo wokwenene. Bonke bahlangana kuyo, ngovuyo olulinganayo. Zonke ziphila kwaye zisinika uvuyo olufanayo: uMdali, yonke indalo, unina woMdali, owalungiselela indalo yethu waza ngaloo ndlela wamenza ukuba abe nenxaxheba kwiindibano nemibhiyozo yethu yovuyo. Ngaphezu kwako konke, uMdali uyavuya. Ngokuba yena waba ngumalusi kwasekuqalekeni, nasekuqalekeni kwendalo, umsebenzi wakhe kukwenza okulungileyo. Akadingi nto kwaye akazi nto ngaphandle kokupha kunye nobubele. Namhlanje, nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kokuwumisa umsebenzi Wakhe wokusindisa, Udlula kwindawo yesibini kwaye uza phakathi kwabo bababalweyo. Yaye akavuyiswa kakhulu ngenxa yezipho ezikhulu azinika indalo nezityhila isisa Sakhe, kodwa ngenxa yezinto ezincinane awazifumanayo kwabababalweyo, kuba ngaloo ndlela kucacile ukuba ungumthandi woluntu. Úcinga ukuba uzukiswa kungekuphela nje ngezinto awaziphayo amahlwempu, uzukiswa nazizo amahlwempu amnika zona. Kuba, nokuba uthe wanyula ukucukucezwa kozuko lobuthixo, wavuma ukwamkela isipho esiphuma kuthi, ukuswela kwethu ubuntu, ubutyebi bakhe abuguqukanga, wasijikesa isipho sethu saba yivasa nobukumkani.
Kwindalo nakwindalo—kunye nendalo andithethi nje kuphela into ebonakalayo, kodwa kwanaleyo ingaphaya kwamehlo omntu—into enokuba sisihlandlo esikhulu ngakumbi sokubulela kunokubona uMdali wayo esiza kuyo neNkosi yazo zonke ukuba ithabathe indawo phakathi kwamakhoboka? Kwaye oku ngaphandle kokulihlutha igunya lakhe, kodwa ukuba ngumkhonzi, engabugatyayo ubutyebi (baKhe), kodwa wabunika amahlwempu, kwaye ngaphandle kokuwa ekuphakameni kwakhe, uphakamisa abathobekileyo.
Kwakhona iNtombi iyavuya, ngenxa yokuba zonke ezi zipho zanikwa amadoda. Kwaye wonwabile ngenxa yezizathu ezihlanu. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, njengomntu othatha inxaxheba, njengaye wonke umntu, kwiimpahla eziqhelekileyo. Noko ke, uyavuya kwakhona ngenxa yokuba izinto azinikwe ngaphambili, zigqibelele ngakumbi kunabanye; Isizathu sesihlanu nesona sikhulu sokuvuya kweNtombi Enyulu sesokuba, kungekuphela nje ngaye, uThixo, kodwa yena ngokwakhe, ngenxa yezipho eyayizazi neyayizibona kuqala, zazisa uvuko lwabantu.
2. Kuba iNtombi Enyulu ayifani nomhlaba, owabumba umntu, kodwa wona ngokwawo akenzanga nto kwindalo yakhe, nowasetyenziswa njengento elula nguMdali yaye ngokulula “waba” ngaphandle “kokwenza” nantoni na. INtombi Enyulu yaziqonda ngokwayo yaza yanikela kuThixo zonke ezo zinto zatsala uMdali womhlaba, ezabangela ukuba isandla Sakhe sokudala. Kwaye zithini na ezi zinto? Ubomi obungenakusoleka, ubomi obunyulu, ukukhanyela konke okubi, ukusetyenziswa kwazo zonke izidima, umphefumlo unyulu kunokukhanya, umzimba ogqibeleleyo wokomoya, uqaqambile kunelanga, unyulu ngaphezu kwezulu, ungcwele ngaphezu kwetrone yeekerubhi. Ukubhabha kwengqondo okungayekiyo phambi kwayo nayiphi na impakamo, okogqitha amaphiko ezithunywa zezulu. I-eros yobuThixo eginye yonke enye iminqweno yomphefumlo. Umhlaba kaThixo, ubunye noThixo obungamkeli ngcinga yomntu.
Ngaloo ndlela, ehombise umzimba wakhe nomphefumlo wakhe ngesidima esinjalo, wakwazi ukutsala amehlo kaThixo. Ngombulelo kubuhle bakhe, watyhila indalo entle eqhelekileyo yomntu. Kwaye wabetha iqhinga. Kwaye waba ngumntu ngenxa yeNtombi Enyulu, eyayithiyiwe phakathi kwabantu ngenxa yesono.
3 Kwaye “udonga lobutshaba” “nomqobo” zazingathethi nto kwiNtombi Enyulu, kodwa konke okwahlula uluntu kuThixo kwabhangiswa. Ngaloo ndlela, kwanangaphambi koxolelwaniso ngokubanzi phakathi koThixo neNtombi Enyulu, kwakulawula uxolo. Ngaphezu koko, kwakungeyomfuneko ukuba ancame izinto ezithile ukuze kubekho uxolo noxolelwaniso, kuba wayengowokuqala phakathi kwabahlobo bakhe. Zonke ezi zinto zenzeka ngenxa yabanye. Yaye wayenguMthetheleli, “wayengumthetheleli wethu phambi koThixo,” esebenzisa amazwi kaPawulos, ephakamisela abantu kuThixo kungekhona izandla zakhe, kodwa ubomi bakhe kanye. Kwaye isidima somphefumlo omnye sanele ukumisa ububi babantu kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana. Njengoko umkhombe wasindisa umntu kumkhukula jikelele wendalo iphela, akazange athathe inxaxheba kwiintlekele waza wasindisa uhlanga loluntu ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuqhubeka, kwenzeka into efanayo kwi Virgin. Wayesoloko egcina ingcamango yakhe ingcwele, ngokungathi akukho sono singazange sichukumise umhlaba, ngokungathi bonke bahlala benyanisekile koko babefanele bakwenze, ngokungathi bonke basahlala eparadesi. Akazange abuve nobubi obabuzalise umhlaba wonke. Nomkhukula wesono, owanwenwela kuyo yonke indawo, wavala izulu, wavula isihogo, warhuqela abantu emfazweni noThixo, wagxothwa oLungileyo emhlabeni, ekhokelela abangendawo endaweni yakhe, akazange ayichukumise kancinane iNtombi Enyulu. Kwaye ngelixa yayilawula yonke indalo yonke kwaye yaphazamisa kwaye yatshabalalisa yonke into, ububi boyiswa yingcinga enye, ngomphefumlo omnye. Kwaye ayizange yoyiswe kuphela yiNtombi Enyulu, kodwa ngenxa yesono sayo yaphuma kulo lonke uluntu.
Eli yayiligalelo leNtombi Enyulu kumsebenzi wosindiso, phambi kokuba ifike imini yokuba uThixo, ngokwecebo lakhe elingunaphakade, aligobe izulu aze ehlele emhlabeni: ukususela ekuzalweni kwakhe, wayemakhela ikhusi Lowo unako. ukuze asindise umntu, wazabalazela ukuwenza mhle umnquba kaThixo, ngokwawo, ukuze ube nokumfanelekela Yena. Ngaloo ndlela akuzange kufunyanwe nto ukungcikiva ibhotwe lokumkani. Ngaphezu koko, iNtombi Enyulu ayizange nje imnike indawo yokuhlala yasebukhosini efanele ubungangamsha Bakhe, kodwa yamlungiselela ingubo yasebukhosini nombhinqo, njengoko uDavide esitsho, “inceba,” “amandla,” “nobukumkani” ngokwabo. Njengobume obumangalisayo, obudlula zonke ezinye ngobukhulu kunye nobuhle, kwindawo ephakamileyo kunye nenani labemi balo, ngobutyebi namandla, akagcini ngokwawo ekufumaneni ukumkani kunye nokumenzela ububele, kodwa uba lilizwe kunye namandla akhe. nembeko, nokomelela, neengalo. Ngokunjalo neNtombi Enyulu, eyamkeleyo uThixo ngaphakathi kwayo, yamnika inyama yayo, yamenza ukuba uThixo abonakale ehlabathini, waba yintshaba, uloyiso olungenakonakala, nosindiso lwabahlobo, nomthombo wezinto zonke ezilungileyo.
4 Waluzuzisa ngale ndlela ke uluntu kwanangaphambi kokuba kufike ixesha losindiso oluqhelekileyo: Kodwa ke lakuba lifikile ixesha, saza sabonakala isithunywa sasezulwini, wabuya wathabatha inxaxheba elusindisweni, ewakholwa amazwi akhe, evuma ukwamkela ulungiselelo, UThixo wabuza kuye. Kungenxa yokuba nako oku kwakuyimfuneko yaye kwakuyimfuneko ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukuze sisindiswe. Ukuba iNtombi Enyulu yayingaziphathanga ngolu hlobo, ngekungekho themba liseleyo ebantwini. Njengoko besenditshilo ngaphambili, ngekwakungenakwenzeka ukuba uThixo alujonge ngenkoliseko uhlanga loluntu aze anqwenele ukuhla eze emhlabeni, ukuba iNtombi Enyulu yayingazilungiselelanga, ukuba yayingekho apho wayeya kumamkela yaye ngubani owayenokumamkela. sebenzela usindiso. Yaye kwakhona, kwakungenakwenzeka ukuba ukuthanda kukaThixo kuzaliseke ukuze sisindiswe ukuba iNtombi Enyulu yayingakholelwa kuko yaye ukuba yayingavumanga ukumkhonza. Oku kubonakala "kuvuyo" awathi uGabriel kwiNtombi enyulu kwaye kwinto yokuba wambiza ngokuba "ubabalo", apho wawugqiba umsebenzi wakhe, watyhila yonke imfihlelo. Noko ke, ngoxa iNtombi Enyulu yayifuna ukuqonda indlela eyayiza kukhawulwa ngayo, uThixo akazange ehle. Ngelixa umzuzwana waqiniseka waza wamkela isimemo, wonke umsebenzi wafezwa ngokukhawuleza: UThixo wathabatha njengendoda yengubo kwaye iNtombi Enyulu yaba ngumama woMdali.
Eyona nto imangalisa nangakumbi yile: UThixo akazange amlumkise uAdam okanye amcenge ukuba anikele ubambo lwakhe awayeza kudalwa ngalo uEva. Wamlalisa, waza ngokunjalo, wasisusa ingqiqo yakhe, wasisusa isabelo sakhe. Nangona, ukuze adale uAdam oMtsha, Wafundisa iNtombi Enyulu kwangaphambili kwaye ilindele ukholo lwayo kunye nokwamkelwa. Ekudalweni kuka-Adam, Uphinda adibane noNyana Wakhe okuphela kwamzeleyo, esithi, “Senze umntu.” Kodwa xa owamazibulo wayeza ‘kungena,’ loo “Mcebisi umangalisayo” “kwindalo iphela,” njengoko uPawulos esitsho, aze adale uAdam wesibini, wathabatha iNtombi Enyulu njengomsebenzi kunye naye kwisigqibo sakhe. Ngaloo ndlela eso “sigqibo” sikhulu sikaThixo, athetha ngaso uIsaya, savakaliswa nguThixo saza saqinisekiswa yiNtombi Enyulu. Ngaloo ndlela ukuzalwa kweLizwi kwakungekuphela nje kukaYise, “owababalayo,” kunye nowaMandla aKhe, “owasibekelayo,” noMoya oyiNgcwele, “owahlala khona,” kodwa nowomnqweno nokholo lweNkosi. Enyulu. Kungenxa yokuba ngaphandle kwazo kwakungenakwenzeka ukuba kubekho kuze kucetywe ebantwini isicombululo sokwenziwa komntu iLizwi, ngokufanayo ngaphandle komnqweno nokholo lwaLowo Unyulu kwakungenakwenzeka ukuba isicombululo sikaThixo sizaliseke.
5 Uthe ke uThixo, emalathise njalo, wamenza unina. Ngaloo ndlela inyama yayinikwa yindoda eyayifuna ukuyipha ibe yayisazi isizathu sokuba iyenzele. Kaloku kwakuseza kwenzeka nakuye iNtombi. Njengoko wayethandile waza “wehla”, ngoko wayeza kumitha aze abe ngumama, kungekhona ngokunyanzelwa, kodwa ngako konke ukuzikhethela kwakhe. Kuba waye—kwaye oku kubaluleke ngakumbi—kungekuphela nje ukuba athabathe inxaxheba ekwakhiweni kosindiso lwethu njengento eshukumayo ngaphandle, esetyenziswa nje, kodwa ukuba azinikele aze abe ngumsebenzi kaThixo osebenza ndawonye ekunyamekeleni uluntu ngoko. , ukuze abe nesabelo kunye naYe kwaye abe nenxaxheba kuzuko olwavela kolu thando loluntu. Ngoko, ekubeni uMsindisi wayengengomntu osenyameni nonyana womntu kuphela, kodwa wayenomphefumlo, nengqondo, nentando, nayo yonke into yomntu, kwakuyimfuneko ukuba nomama ofezekileyo owayeza kukhonza ukuzalwa Kwakhe kungekuphela nje. kunye nemvelo yomzimba, kodwa nangengqondo nentando, kunye nomzimba wakhe uphela: ukuba ngumama enyameni nasemphefumloni, ukuzisa wonke umntu ekuzalweni okungathethwanga.
Esi sizathu sokuba iNtombikazi, ngaphambi kokuba izinikele kwinkonzo yemfihlelo kaThixo, ikholelwa, ifuna kwaye inqwenela ukuyizalisekisa. Kodwa oku kwenzeka kuba uThixo wayefuna ukwenza kubonakale ukulunga kweNtombi Enyulu. Oko kukuthi, lwalungakanani ukholo lwakhe nendlela awayecinga ngayo, indlela eyayingachaphazelekanga ngayo ingqondo yakhe nomphefumlo wakhe—izinto ezatyhilwa ngendlela eyathi iNtombi Enyulu yafumana kwaye yakholelwa ngayo kwilizwi elimangalisayo leLizwi likaThixo. Angel: ukuba uThixo uya kuza ngokwenene emhlabeni kwaye uya kubona ngokobuqu usindiso lwethu, nokuba uya kuba nako ukukhonza, ukuthatha inxaxheba esebenzayo kulo msebenzi. Inyaniso yokuba waqala wacela ingcaciso kwaye wayeqinisekile bubungqina obuqaqambileyo bokuba wayezazi kakuhle kwaye wabona enye into enkulu, akukho nto ifanelwe ngumnqweno wakhe. Ngaphezu koko, isibakala sokuba uThixo wayenqwenela ukutyhila isidima sakhe singqina ukuba iNtombi Enyulu yayibazi kakuhle ubukhulu bokulunga kukaThixo nobuntu. Kucacile ukuba kanye ngenxa yoko akazange akhanyiselwe ngokuthe ngqo nguThixo, ukuze kufunyanwe ngokupheleleyo ukuba ukholo lwakhe, awayephila ngalo kufutshane noThixo, lwaluyimbonakaliso yokuzithandela yolwakhe, nokuba babengayi kucinga ukuba yonke into yayiyiyo. oko kwenzeka ngenxa yamandla kaThixo oweyiselayo. Kuba kwanabo bangabonanga, bakholwa, banoyolo ngaphezu kwabo bangathanda ukubona, kwangokunjalo nabo bakholwayo zilizwi, elizwile uYehova ngabakhonzi bakhe, banekhwele elingaphezu kwabo ke kwafuneka ukuba abakhohlise ngokwakhe. . Ukwazi ukuba wayengenanto emphefumlweni wakhe engafanelekanga kwi-sakramente, kwaye umsindo wakhe kunye namasiko ayefaneleka ngokugqibeleleyo kuyo, ukuze angathethi nabuphi na ubuthathaka bomntu, okanye angathandabuzi ukuba konke oku kuya kwenzeka njani, okanye axoxe konke. iindlela ezazinokumkhokelela kubunyulu, engazange afune nesikhokelo esifihlakeleyo—zonke ezi zinto andazi nokuba singazigqala njengezendalo edaliweyo.
Kuba nokuba wayeyikherubhi okanye iserafi, okanye into enyulu ngakumbi kunezi zithunywa zezulu, wayenokuthini ukulithwala elo lizwi? Wayeza kucinga njani ukuba angayenza loo nto ayixelelwayo? Wayeza kuwafumana njani amandla aneleyo ukuze enze ezi zenzo zamandla? Kwaye uYohane, “ekungekho bani mkhulu kunaye” phakathi kwabantu, ngokoqikelelo loMsindisi ngokwakhe, akazange acinge ukuba ufanelekile ukuba achukumise kwanezihlangu zaKhe, nokokuba, xa uMsindisi wabonakala ekwimo yobuntu ehlwempuzekileyo. Wade Lowo uNgangenanga waba nobuganga bokuthabatha esibelekweni sakhe kwa iLizwi likaYise, kwa elo gama likaThixo, ngaphambi kokuba libe linciphe. “Ndingubani mna nendlu kabawo? Wowasindisa ngam na amaSirayeli, Yehova? La mazwi unokuweva kumalungisa, nangona sele ebizelwe amaxesha amaninzi ezenzweni kwaye abaninzi bawenza. Ngoxa ingelosi yabiza iNtombi Enyulu esikelelekileyo ukuba yenze into engaqhelekanga, into eyayingavisisani nendalo yomntu, eyayingaphaya kokuqonda okusengqiqweni. Yaye eneneni, yintoni enye awayicelayo ngaphandle kokunyusela umhlaba esibhakabhakeni, ukuze ushukume kwaye utshintshe, esebenzisa yena njengendlela, indalo iphela? Kodwa ingqondo yakhe ayizange iphazamiseke, yaye akazange acinge ukuba akawufanelanga lo msebenzi. Kodwa njengoko kungekho nto iphazamisa amehlo xa kusondela ukukhanya, kwaye njengoko akumangalisi ukuba umntu athi ngokukhawuleza ilanga liphuma kusemini, ngoko iNtombikazi ayizange ibhideke xa iqonda ukuba iya kukwazi ukufumana kwaye baqonde abangafanelekanga ezindaweni zonke uThixo. Kwaye akazange awavumele amazwi esithunywa sezulu ukuba agqitywe, yaye akazange athabatheke ziindumiso ezininzi. Kodwa wagxininisa emthandazweni wakhe waza wawufundisisa umbuliso ngayo yonke ingqalelo yakhe, enqwenela ukuyiqonda kanye indlela akhawulwa ngayo, nayo yonke into enxulumene noko. Kodwa ngaphaya koko, akanamdla kwaphela wokubuza enoba yena ngokwakhe unamandla yaye ukufanelekele ubulungiseleli obuphakamileyo ngolo hlobo, enoba umzimba nomphefumlo wakhe usulungekisiwe kusini na. Uyamangaliswa yimimangaliso eyodlula indalo aze ayilibale yonke into enxulumene nokulungela kwayo. Ngoko ke, wacela ingcaciso ngeyokuqala kuGabriyeli, ngoxa naye wayemazi eyesibini. Intombi enyulu yafumana isibindi kuThixo ngaphakathi kwayo, kuba, njengoko uYohane esitsho, "intliziyo yakhe ayizange imgwebe", kodwa "ingqina" kuye.
6. “Iza kwenziwa njani le nto?” wabuza. Akunjalo ngenxa yokuba mna ngokwam ndifuna ukucoceka ngakumbi kunye nobungcwele obukhulu, kodwa ngenxa yokuba ngumthetho wendalo ukuba abo, njengam, banyule indlela yobuntombi abanako ukukhawula. "Iya kwenzeka njani le nto, wabuza, xa ndingathandani nendoda?" Mna, ewe, uyaqhubeka, ndikulungele ukwamkela uThixo. Ndilungiselele ngokwaneleyo. Kodwa ndixelele, ngaba indalo iya kuvuma, kwaye ngayiphi indlela? Kwaye ke, kamsinya nje uGabriyeli wamxelela malunga nendlela yokukhulelwa okumangalisayo ngamazwi adumileyo: "UMoya oyiNgcwele uya kuza phezu kwakho, namandla Oyena Uphakamileyo aya kukusibekela", kwaye wamcacisela yonke into, iNtombi Enyulu. uyathandabuza kwakhona isigidimi sesithunywa sezulu sokuba usikelelekile, ngenxa yezo zinto zimangalisayo wakhonza ngazo, nangenxa yabo wayekholwe kuzo, oko kukuthi, uya kufaneleka ukwamkela olu lungiselelo. Yaye oku kwakungesosiqhamo sobuqhophololo. Kwakuyimbonakaliso yobuncwane obumangalisayo kunye nemfihlelo iNtombikazi efihliweyo ngaphakathi kwayo, ubuncwane obuzaliswe bubulumko obuphezulu, ukholo kunye nobunyulu. Oku kwatyhilwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele, ebiza iNtombikazi ngokuthi "ubusisiwe" - ngokuchanekileyo ngenxa yokuba wamkela iindaba kwaye akazange akufumane kunzima ukukholelwa kwimiyalezo yasezulwini.
Unina kaYohane, kamsinya nje akuzaliswa umphefumlo wakhe nguMoya oyiNgcwele, wamthuthuzela, esithi: “Unoyolo lowo ukholwayo kukuba izinto ezithethwe kuye iNkosi ziya kwenzeka. Kwaye iNtombikazi yathi ngokwayo, iphendula iNgelosi: "Nanku umkhonzazana weNkosi." Kuba ngokwenene ungumkhonzi weNkosi owayeyiqonda ngokunzulu imfihlelo yezinto ezizayo. Yena owathi “kamsinya nje yakufika iNkosi” ngoko nangoko walivula ikhaya lomphefumlo nomzimba wakhe waza wanikela Lowo wayengenakhaya ngokwenene phambi kwakhe, indawo yokuhlala yokwenene phakathi kwabantu.
Ngelo xesha kwenzeka into efanayo naleyo yehlela uAdam. Ngoxa yonke indalo ebonakalayo yadalwa ngenxa yakhe, yaye zonke ezinye izidalwa zazifumene iqabane lazo elifanelekileyo, nguAdam yedwa ongazange amfumane, phambi koEva, umncedi ofanelekileyo. Ngokunjalo nakuLizwi, yena owazidalayo zonke izinto, waza wamisela yonke indalo indawo yayo, akubangakho ndawo, akwabakho ndawo yakuhlala phambi kwentombi. Noko ke, le ntombi ayizange imnike “buthongo emehlweni ayo, nezinkophe ezidinweyo” de yamnika ikhusi nendawo. Kuba amazwi athethwe ngumlomo kaDavide, simele siwagqale njengelizwi laLowo Unyulu, ngokuba ungunozala womnombo wakhe.
7 Kodwa eyona nto inkulu nemangalisayo kuzo zonke kukuba, engazi nto ngaphambili, ngaphandle kwesilumkiso, wayewulungiselele kakuhle umthendeleko kangangokuba, kamsinya nje akuvela ngequbuliso uThixo, abe nako ukumamkela njengoko ebefanele ukumamkela— ngomphefumlo okulungeleyo, ophaphileyo nongaxengaxengiyo. Bonke abantu babefanele bazi ngobulumko bakhe, eyayihlala iphila ngayo iNtombi Enyulu esikelelekileyo, nokuba yayiphakame kangakanani na kunendalo yomntu, indlela ekhethekileyo ngayo, yayinkulu kangakanani na ngaphezu kwayo yonke into eyayinokuqondwa ngabantu—yena owavusa uthando olungaka emphefumlweni wakhe. UThixo, kungekhona ngenxa yokuba wayelunyukisiwe ngoko kwakuza kwenzeka kuye nangenxa yokuba wayeza kuthabatha inxaxheba kuyo, kodwa ngenxa yezipho ngokubanzi ezazinikelwe okanye ezaziya kunikelwa nguThixo ebantwini. Kuba, njengokuba uYobhi engabalelwanga kangako ngenxa yokuzeka kade umsindo kwakhe ekubandezelekeni kwakhe, ngenxa enokuba engayazi into aya kuyinikwa njengembuyekezo kulo mzabalazo wokuzeka kade umsindo, wenjenjalo ukubonakalisa ukuba ukufanele ukwamkela izipho ezingaphaya kwengqondo yomntu; ngenxa yokuba wayengazi (ngazo ngaphambili). Ibingumandlalo womtshato ndingalindelanga uMyeni. Yayisisibhakabhaka, nangona wayengazi ukuba iLanga liya kuphuma kuso.
Ngubani onokubuqonda obu bukhulu? Yaye ebeya kuba njani ukuba ebesazi yonke into kwangaphambili kwaye enamaphiko ethemba? Kodwa kutheni engazange aziswe kwangaphambili? Mhlawumbi kungenxa yokuba ngaloo ndlela ikwenza kucace ukuba kwakungekho ndawo yimbi awayenokuya kuyo, ekubeni wayezinyusile zonke iincopho zobungcwele, kwanokuba kwakungekho nto wayenokuyiyongeza koko wayesele enayo, engenakukwazi ukuba bhetele ngesidima, ekubeni wayefikelele phezulu? Kuba, ukuba kukho izinto ezinjalo kwaye zinokwenzeka, ukuba kukho enye incopho yesidima, iNtombi iya kuyazi loo nto, kuba yazalelwa eso sizathu, kwaye ngenxa yokuba uThixo wayeyifundisa, ukuze iwathobe. ingqungquthela ngokunjalo. , ukuze alungiselele ngcono ubulungiseleli bomthendeleko. Kukungabi nakwazi kwakhe okwathi kwatyhila incasa yakhe, owathi, nakuba eswele izinto ezimqhubela esidima, wawenza wagqibelela umphefumlo wakhe, wada wanyulwa nguThixo olilungisa, waba yintlahlela ebantwini. Kananjalo akuyomvelo ukuba uThixo angamhombisi unina ngazo zonke izinto ezilungileyo, aze angamdalanga ngeyona ndlela ilungileyo negqibeleleyo.
8. Isibakala sokuba wathi cwaka waza wamxelela kwanto ngoko kwakuza kwenzeka, singqina ukuba wayengazi nto ilungileyo okanye inkulu kuneyayibonileyo iNtombi Enyulu. Kwaye apha kwakhona siyabona ukuba Wakhetha unina hayi nje oyena ubalaseleyo phakathi kwabanye abafazi, kodwa lowo ugqibeleleyo. Wayengafanelekelanga nje ukodlula lonke uhlanga loluntu, kodwa wayengulowo wayekufanelekele ngokupheleleyo ukuba ngumama Wakhe. Kuba ngokungathandabuzekiyo kwakuyimfuneko ngaxa lithile ukuba indalo yomntu ifanelekele umsebenzi eyayiyidalelwe. Ngamanye amazwi, kuzala umntu oya kukwazi ukukhonza injongo yoMdali ngokufanelekileyo. Thina, ngokuqinisekileyo, asifumani kunzima ukuphula injongo apho izixhobo ezahlukeneyo zidalwe ngokuzisebenzisa kumsebenzi othile okanye omnye. Noko ke, ekuqaleni uMdali akazange abeke usukelo ngendalo yomntu, awathi walutshintsha. Ukususela kumzuzu wokuqala wamdala ukuze xa ezalwa, amthathe njengomama kuye. Yaye ekubeni ewunike ekuqaleni lo msebenzi kwindalo yomntu, emva koko wadala umntu esebenzisa le njongo icacileyo njengomgaqo. Ngoko ke, kwakuyimfuneko ukuba ngenye imini kuvele indoda eya kuyizalisekisa le njongo. Akuvumelekanga ngathi ukuba singayigqali njengeyona njongo yokudalwa komntu eyona ibalaseleyo, lowo uya kunika uMdali imbeko nendumiso ebalaseleyo, yaye asinakucinga ukuba uThixo unokusilela nangayiphi na indlela kwizinto azidalileyo. . Ngokuqinisekileyo oku kungaphandle kombuzo, kuba kwanabo bamashi kunye nabathungi kunye nabathungi bezicathulo bayakwazi ukudala indalo yabo rhoqo ngokwesiphelo abayifunayo, nangona bengenalo ulawulo olupheleleyo kwimiba. Yaye nangona umbandela abawusebenzisayo ungasoloko ubathobela, nangona maxa wambi ubachasa, bayakwazi ukuwoyisa ngobugcisa babo baze bawutyhale kusukelo lwabo. Ukuba bayaphumelela, kobeka phi ukuba kungokwemvelo ukuba uThixo aphumelele, Ongenguye nje umlawuli wezinto, kodwa uMdali wazo, Owathi, ekudaleni kwakhe, wayesazi indlela awayeya kuyisebenzisa ngayo. Yintoni enokuthintela indalo yomntu ukuba ivisisanise zonke izinto nenjongo uThixo awayidalela yona? NguThixo olawula umzi. Kwaye lo ngowona msebenzi Wakhe mkhulu kanye, umsebenzi obalaseleyo wezandla Zakhe. Ke ukuzaliseka kwako akakuphathisa mntu nangelosi, kodwa wayigcina kuye. Ngaba akukho ngqiqweni ukuba uThixo unenyameko engakumbi kunayo nayiphi na enye ingcibi yokuthobela imithetho efunekayo kwindalo? Kwaye xa kufikwa kuyo nayiphi na into, kodwa eyona ilungileyo yendalo yaKhe? Ngubani omnye uThixo ebeya kubonelela ngaye ukuba ebengathanga Yena? Yaye eneneni uPawulos ucela ubhishophu (ongumfanekiso kaThixo, njengoko esaziwa njalo) ngaphambi kokuba anyamekele ukulunga komntu wonke, alungiselele yonke into enonxibelelwano naye nendlu yakhe.
9. Xa zonke ezi zinto zenzeka ndaweni-nye: oyena Mlawuli usesikweni wendalo iphela, oyena mlungiseleli ufanelekileyo wecebo likaThixo, oyena ubalaseleyo kuyo yonke imisebenzi yoMdali ukutyhubela izizukulwana—inokuthini ukuswela nantoni na eyimfuneko? Ngenxa yokuba kuyimfuneko ukugcina imvisiswano kunye ne-symphony epheleleyo kuyo yonke into, kwaye akukho nto ifanele ibe yinto engafanelekanga kulo msebenzi omkhulu kunye nomangalisayo. Kuba uThixo unobulungisa ngendlela ebalaseleyo. Lowo wadala zonke izinto njengoko bezifanele, kwaye “uzilinganisela zonke izinto esikalini sobulungisa Bakhe.” Njengempendulo yako konke okwakufunwa kokusesikweni kukaThixo, iNtombi Enyulu, ekuphela kwayo eyayikufanelekela, yanikela ngoNyana wayo. Kwaye waba ngunina waLowo kwakufanelekile ukuba abe ngunina. Kwaye kwanokuba kwakungekho nzuzo yimbi kwisibakala sokuba uThixo waba ngunyana womntu, sinokuphikisa ngelithi, isibakala sokuba yayikuko konke ukulunga kokuba iNtombi Enyulu ibe ngumama kaThixo yayanele ukubangela ukuba uLizwi abe ngumntu. Nokuba uThixo akanako ukusilela ukunika isidalwa sakhe ngasinye into emfaneleyo, oko kukuthi, esoloko esenza ngokobulungisa bakhe, le nyaniso iyodwa yayisisizathu esaneleyo sokuzisa le ndlela intsha yokuphila kwezi meko zimbini.
Kuba ukuba Lowo ungongenakugwetyelwa uzigcinile zonke izinto abemelwe kukuzigcina, ukuba uthe wazityhila njengendoda enombulelo ongaphoswanga nento yento awayeyityala, angathini na ke ukuba nobulungisa ngolo hlobo uThixo? Ukuba iNtombi Enyulu ayishiyanga nanye kwezo zinto zinokutyhila unina kaThixo, yaze yamthanda ngothando olungagungqiyo, kangangokuba ngokuqinisekileyo bekuya kuba yinto engakholelekiyo ngokupheleleyo ukuba uThixo angakugqali njengomsebenzi wakhe ukumnika imbuyekezo elinganayo, ukuba abe ngowakhe. Unyana. Masiphinde sithi, Ukuba uThixo uthe wabapha abangendawo ngokweminqweno yabo, angathini na ukuthabatheka kunina, lowo uhleliyo evumelana nentando yakhe ezintweni zonke? Esi sipho sasinobubele yaye simfanele lowo usikelelweyo. Ngoko ke, xa uGabriyeli wamxelela ngokucacileyo ukuba uya kuzala uThixo ngokwakhe—kuba oku kwacaciswa ngamazwi akhe, ukuba Lowo wayeza kuzalwa “uya kulawula phezu kwendlu kaYakobi kude kube ngunaphakade, nobukumkani bakhe bungabi nasiphelo.” yaza iNtombi Enyulu yazamkela iindaba ngovuyo, ngokungathi iva into eqhelekileyo, into engaqhelekanga, okanye engavisisaniyo nento eqhelekileyo. Waza ke, ngolwimi olusikelelekileyo, enomphefumlo ongenaxhala, neengcinga ezizele luxolo, wathi: “Nanku umkhonzazana weNkosi, makwenziwe kum ngokwelizwi lakho.”
10 Akutsho, zabakho zonke izinto kwaoko. “Kwaye uLizwi waba yinyama waza wahlala phakathi kwethu.” Ngaloo ndlela, kamsinya nje ukuba iNtombi Enyulu imphendule uThixo, ngoko nangoko yafumana kuye uMoya Oyila loo nyama efana nothixo. Ilizwi lakhe ‘yayelilizwi lamandla,’ njengoko uDavide esitsho. Kwaye ke, ngelizwi likamama iLizwi likaBawo lavela. Kwaye ngelizwi lendalo, uMdali uyakha. Kwaye njengokuba, xa uThixo wathi “makubekho ukukhanya,” ngoko nangoko kwabakho ukukhanya, ngoko nangoko ngelizwi leNtombi Enyulu uKhanya lokwenyaniso lwavela lwamanyaniswa nenyama yomntu, yaye Lowo ukhanyisela “wonke umntu oza ehlabathini” wakhawula. Owu lizwi elingcwele! Hayi, amazwi ukuba wenze ubukhulu obungaka! Owu, ulwimi olusikelelekileyo, olwathi ngephanyazo nje lwabiza indalo iphela ekuthinjweni! Owu, ubuncwane bomphefumlo ococekileyo, othe ngamazwi akhe ambalwa wasasaza phezu kwethu iimpahla ezingenakonakala! Kuba la mazwi aguqule umhlaba ukuba abe lizulu kwaye akhuphe isihogo, ekhulula ababoshiweyo. Zenza izulu lahlala abantu zaza zasondeza izithunywa zezulu ebantwini kangangokuba zagubungela izulu nohlanga loluntu ngomngqungqo okhethekileyo ojikeleze Lowo ukhoyo kokubini ngaxeshanye, ujikeleze Lowo, enguThixo, waba ngumntu.
Ngala mazwi akho, nguwuphi umbulelo oya kuwufanele ukukunika? Singanibiza ngokuthini na, ekubeni kungekho nto ilingana nani ebantwini? Kuba amazwi ethu ngawehlabathi, ude udlule zonke iziphelo zehlabathi. Ngoko ke, ukuba amazwi endumiso kufuneka abhengezwe kuwe, kufuneka ibe ngumsebenzi weengelosi, ingqondo yeekerubhi, ngolwimi lomlilo. Ke ngoko, nathi, sikhumbule kangangoko sinako, impumelelo yakho kwaye sacula kangangoko sinako kuwe, usindiso lwethu, ngoku sifuna ukufumana ilizwi lengelosi. Kwaye sifika kumbuliso kaGabriyeli, ngaloo ndlela sizukisa yonke intshumayelo yethu: “Vuya, wena usikelelweyo, uYehova unawe!”.
Kodwa siphe, Ntombi yam, ukuba singaneli kuthetha izinto ezizukisa yena, nozuko nozuko kuye, nakuwe owamzalayo, makube nokuba uzenza; Silungisele ukuba sibe likhaya lakhe, ngokuba bobakhe uzuko, kuse emaphakadeni asemaphakadeni. Amen.
