Ngu-St. Anastasius waseSinayi, umbhali wecawa, owaziwa ngokuba nguAnastasius III, uMetropolitan waseNicaea, wayephila ngenkulungwane yesi-8.
Umbuzo 16: Xa umpostile esithi amagunya eli hlabathi amiswe nguThixo, ngaba oku kuthetha ukuba wonke umlawuli, ukumkani nobhishophu uvuswa nguThixo?
Impendulo: Ngokusuka koko uThixo wakuthethayo eMthethweni, “Kwaye ndiya kuninika abalusi ezintliziyweni zenu” ( Yer. 3:15 ), kucacile ukuba ezo nkosana nookumkani bafanelwe luzuko bamiselwe nguThixo; ngelixa abo bangafanelekanga, babekwe phezu kwabantu abangafanelekanga ngokokungafaneleki kwabo, ngemvume okanye intando kaThixo. Yiva amabali athile malunga noku.
Xa uzwilakhe uPhocas waba ngukumkani waza waqalisa ukuphalaza igazi ngombulali uVosonius, imonki yaseConstantinople, owayeyindoda engcwele nenenkalipho enkulu phambi koThixo, waphethukela kuYe ngokulula, esithi: “Nkosi, kutheni na ukuba wenze le nto? yena ukumkani?” Yaye emva kokuphindaphinda oku kangangeentsuku ezininzi, kwafika impendulo evela kuThixo, efundeka ngolu hlobo: “Ngenxa yokuba andifumananga eyona imbi ngakumbi.”
Kwakukho esinye isixeko esinesono esingqonge iThebaid, apho kwenzeka izinto ezininzi ezimbi nezingandilisekanga. Kulo mzi, umhlali owonakele kakhulu ngokukhawuleza wawela kuthando lobuxoki, wahamba, wacheba iinwele zakhe waza wabeka umkhwa we-monastic, kodwa akazange ayeke ukwenza izenzo zakhe ezimbi. Kwathi ke ngoko, wafa ubhishophu waloo mzi. Kwabonakala isithunywa seNkosi kumntu ongcwele, saza sathi kuyo: "Hamba uye kuwulungisa umzi, ukuze kunyuswe ubhishophu ophuma kumakholwa." Wahamba ke lowo ungcwele, wenza njengoko abemwisele umthetho ngako. Kwathi kwakuba kumiselwe lowo uphuma kwisikhundla samarhamente, oko kukuthi, kwaloo marhamente sele sikhankanyile, kwathi engqondweni ka (ubhishophu omtsha) kwafika amaphupha nokuziphakamisa. Ke kwabonakala kuye isithunywa sikaYehova, sathi kuye: Awuzange ube ngubhishophu ngenxa yokuba ubufanele ububingeleli, kodwa ngenxa yokuba esi sixeko simfanele ubhishophu onjalo.”
Ke ngoko, ukuba ubona nawuphi na ukumkani ongafanelekanga nokhohlakeleyo, inkosi, okanye ubhishophu, musani ukumangaliswa, okanye nibek’ ityala ulungiselelo lukaThixo, kodwa fundani kwaye nikholwe ukuba ngenxa yezono zethu sinikelwe kwabo bangoozwilakhe. Kodwa nangona kunjalo, asisuki ebubini.
Umthombo: Φιλοκαλία τῶν Νηπτικῶν καί Ἀσκητῶν (Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Σιναΐτης), τόμ. 13Β, Ε.Π.Ε., ἐκδ. “Γρηγοριος ὁ Παλαμᾶς”, Thessaloniki 1998, p. 225 ἑξ.
