“UNkulunkulu uluthando” (1 Johane 4:8)
Njengokufihlwa. Uyabona futhi ulondoloze yonke into? Kanjani, asibonakali. Uyasibona sonke? Kodwa wena, Nkulunkulu wami, awubazi bonke obabonayo, kodwa ngokukuthanda wazi abakuthandayo kuphela, futhi uzibonakalisa kubo kuphela. Ukuba yiLanga kufihlwe kuyo yonke imvelo efayo. Wenyukela ezincekwini zaKho, sibona ukuthi yibo, futhi bavuka kuwe, ababemnyama ngaphambili: izifebe, iziphingi, abakhululekile, izoni, nabathelisi. Ngokuphenduka baba amadodana okukhanya kwaKho okuNgcwele. Phela, ukukhanya kuveza ukukhanya, ngakho-ke nabo baba ukukhanya, abantwana bakaNkulunkulu, njengoba kulotshiwe (IHu. 81, 6), nonkulunkulu ngomusa, labo abalahla izwe eliyize nelikhohlisayo, bazonda abazali babo nabafowabo ngaphandle kwenzondo, bezibheka njengabazulane nezihambi ekuphileni; labo abayoziphuca ingcebo nezinto abanazo, benqabe ngokuphelele ukulutheka kukho; labo, ngenxa yenkazimulo yasezulwini, emiphefumulweni yabo benyanya inkazimulo eyize nokutuswa kwabantu; labo abanqamula intando yabo futhi babe njengokungathi izimvu ezingenangozi kubelusi; labo abafa enyameni kuzo zonke izenzo ezimbi, bekhandleka ukujuluka behlakulelwa izimfanelo ezinhle futhi beqondiswa ekuphileni ngentando yomphathi wekhanda yedwa, befa ngokulalela nokuvuka futhi; labo abathi, ngenxa yokwesaba uNkulunkulu nenkumbulo yokufa, bakhala izinyembezi imini yonke nobusuku, futhi ngokuhlakanipha bawe ezinyaweni zeNkosi, becela isihe nokuthethelelwa kwezono. Abanjalo, ngazo zonke izenzo ezinhle, bafika esimweni esihle, futhi, njengalabo abakhala nsuku zonke futhi bangqongqoze ngentshiseko, baheha umusa kubo. Ngokuthandaza njalo, ukububula okungakhulunywanga kanye nemifudlana yezinyembezi, bahlanza umphefumulo futhi, bebona ukuhlanzwa kwawo, babona umlilo wothando nomlilo wesifiso sokuwubona uhlanjululwe ngokuphelele. Kodwa njengoba kungenakwenzeka ngabo ukuthola ukuphela kwezwe, ukuhlanzwa kwabo akupheli. Ngoba kungakhathaliseki ukuthi mina, olusizi, ngihlanjululwa futhi ngikhanyiselwa kangakanani, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ngibona kangakanani uMoya oNgcwele engihlanza, kuyohlale kubonakala kimi ukuthi lokhu kumane kuyisiqalo sokucwengwa nokubona, ngoba ekujuleni okungenamkhawulo. futhi ekuphakameni okungenakulinganiswa, ubani ongathola okuphakathi noma ukuphela? Ngiyazi ukuthi kuningi ukuKhanya, kodwa angazi ukuthi kungakanani. Ngifisa kakhulu, ngihlale ngibubula ukuthi nginikezwe okuncane (yize kubonakala kimi kakhulu) uma ngiqhathanisa nalokho, njengoba ngicabanga, okukude nami, engikufisayo lapho ngibona futhi ngicabanga ukuthi akukho lutho engikwenzayo. nginayo, ngoba umcebo engiwuphiwe angiwuzwa nhlobo, nakuba ngibona iLanga, angicabangi kanjalo. Ngayiphi indlela? – lalela futhi ukholwe. Engikubonayo iLanga, Elimnandi ngendlela engaqondakali ezinzwa; Idonsela umphefumulo othandweni olungakhulumeki nolungcwele. Umphefumulo, uma umbona, uyavutha futhi uvutha ngothando, ufisa ukuba nakho ngokuphelele ngaphakathi kwawo lokho okuyikho, kodwa awukwazi, ngakho-ke uyadabukisa futhi awusakubheki njengokuhle ukumbona nokumuzwa. Lapho Lowo engimbonayo futhi engenakunqotshwa muntu, njengongenakunqotshwa ngempela, ethanda ukuba nomusa emphefumulweni wami odabukile nothobekile, khona-ke njengoba Ebonakala kimi, ekhanya phambi kobuso bami, Uba nguyena okhanyayo kimi, engigcwalisa ngokuphelele, ngithobekile, ngayo yonke intokozo, zonke izifiso kanye nobumnandi baphezulu. Lokhu uguquko oluzumayo kanye noshintsho olumangalisayo, futhi okwenzeka kimi akushiwo ngamagama. Phela uma umuntu ebona ukuthi leli langa, elibonakala kubo bonke, lehlela enhliziyweni yakhe futhi konke kuhlezi kuye, futhi kuzokhanya, wayengeke yini afe ngenxa yesimangaliso futhi abe yisimungulu, futhi ngeke yini bonke abakubonayo lokhu? Kodwa uma umuntu ebona uMdali welanga, njengokukhanya, ekhanya ngaphakathi kwakhe, enza futhi ekhuluma, ngeke kanjani amangale futhi aqhaqhazele ngombono onjalo? Angangamthandi kanjani uMniki-kuphila wakhe? Abantu bathanda abantu abafana nabo uma kubo bebonakala bengcono kunabanye; UMdali wakho konke, okuwukuphela kwakhe ongafi nonamandla onke, lowo, esembonile, angeke amthande? Uma abaningi, abakholwayo ngokuzwa, bamthanda, nabangcwele baze bamfela, nokho besaphila, khona-ke labo abahlanganyela emibonweni yaKhe nokukhanya, abaziwa Nguye futhi bemazi, ngeke bamthande kanjani. ? Ngitshele kanjani, ngenxa yakhe, ngeke yini bakhale njalo? Ngeke bawudelele kanjani umhlaba nalokho okusemhlabeni? Kanjani labo abangayikulahla lonke udumo nenkazimulo okwathi, esevukile phezu kwayo yonke inkazimulo nodumo lwasemhlabeni, futhi ethanda uJehova, wamthola Lowo ongaphesheya komhlaba nezinto zonke ezibonakalayo, Lowo owadala zonke izinto ezibonakalayo nezingabonakali, futhi wamukele inkazimulo engabhubhiyo, ngokuba konke okuhle akusweleki na? Futhi, konke ukuthethelelwa kwezono kanye nazo zonke izifiso zezibusiso zaphakade nezinto zaphezulu, njengohlobo oluthile lomcebo, bakhipha emthonjeni ofanayo ophilayo waphakade, osinika thina, Nkosi, nabo bonke abakufunayo nabakuthanda ngentshiseko Wena, ukuze thina futhi nabangcwele Izibusiso zakho zaphakade zijatshulelwe phakade naphakade.
Ubani ongasho Ngawe, Nkosi?
Abangakwaziyo badukile, abazi lutho;
Labo abazi ngokukholwa ubuNkulunkulu bakho
Bangenwa wukwesaba okukhulu, bethuka nokuthuthumela;
Angazi ukuthi ngithini kubo Ngawe, ngoba ungaphezu kwengqondo,
Futhi konke okunawe akupheli ngomcabango futhi akuqondakali:
Imisebenzi nenkazimulo Yakho, nolwazi Lwakho.
Siyazi ukuthi unguNkulunkulu, futhi sibona ukukhanya kwakho,
Kodwa ukuthi uyini nokuthi uluhlobo luni, akekho owaziyo ngokuqinisekile.
Nokho, sinethemba, sinokholo
Futhi siyalwazi uthando osinikeze lona,
Akunamkhawulo, okungaqondakali, okungaqondakali,
okungukuKhanya,
Ukukhanya akungeneki futhi kwenza konke.
Kwesinye isikhathi kubizwa ngesandla sakho, kwesinye isikhathi iso,
Manje ngezindebe ezingcwele, bese kuba ngaMandla, bese kuba ngeNkazimulo,
Lokho kwaziwa njengobuso obuhle kakhulu.
Uyilanga elingashoni kwabaphakeme ekwazini koBunkulunkulu,
Uyinkanyezi ekhanya phakade kulabo
ezingaqukethe lutho.
Kuphambene nokudabuka, kuxosha ubutha
Futhi uwuqeda ngokuphelele umona kaSathane.
Ekuqaleni uyathambisa, acwenge, acwengisise,
Ixosha imicabango futhi inciphise ukunyakaza.
Ufundisa ngasese ukuthobeka
Futhi ayikuvumeli ukuhlakazeka nokudiyazela.
Ngokolunye uhlangothi. Ihlukanisa ngokusobala nezwe
Futhi kukwenza ukhohlwe zonke izinto ezibuhlungu empilweni.
Wondla futhi acime ukoma ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene,
Futhi unikeza amandla kulabo abasebenza kahle.
Ubuyisela ukucasuka nosizi lwenhliziyo;
Ukungavumeli neze ukucasuka noma ukucasuka.
Uma ebaleka, abalinyazwa Nguye bayamsukela.
Futhi ngothando olukhulu olusuka enhliziyweni bamfuna.
Lapho ebuya, ebonakala, futhi ekhanya ngothando,
Ikhuthaza labo abaphishekela ukufulathela Yena futhi bazithobe.
Futhi, njengoba ifunwa ngokuphindaphindiwe, ikhuthaza ukusuka ekwesabeni
Yeka ukungafaneleki okuhle okungaka, okudlula zonke izidalwa.
O Sipho ongachazeki futhi ongaqondakali!
Ngoba yini Angayenza futhi yini engenzeki!
Uyinjabulo nenjabulo, ubumnene nokuthula,
Umusa awunamkhawulo, kwalasha wokuphana.
Ubonwa engabonakali, ungena endaweni
Futhi kuqukethwe engqondweni yami ngokungenakuvinjwa futhi ngokungaphatheki.
Ukuba Naye, angicabangi, kodwa ngicabanga aze ahambe,
Ngilwela ukuMbamba ngokushesha, kodwa Uyandiza.
Ngididekile futhi ngithukuthele, ngifunda ukubuza
Futhi Mfune ngokukhala nangokuzithoba okukhulu
Futhi ungacabangi ukuthi amandla angaphezu kwawemvelo angenzeka
Ngamandla ami noma umzamo womuntu,
Kodwa-ngobuhle bukaNkulunkulu nesihawu esingenamkhawulo.
Ebonakala isikhathi esifushane futhi ecashile. Yena
Ngamunye, ukhipha izinkanuko enhliziyweni.
Ngoba umuntu akakwazi ukunqoba inkanuko,
Uma engezi ukuzosindisa;
Futhi futhi, akuyona yonke into exosha ngokushesha,
Ngokuba akunakwenzeka ukuqonda wonke uMoya kanye kanye
Umuntu onomphefumulo futhi ungabi nandaba.
Kodwa lapho esekwenzile konke angakwenza:
Ukungatholwa, ukungakhethi, ukususwa kokwakho,
Ukuqeda intando nokulahla umhlaba,
Ukubekezela kwezilingo, ukukhuleka nokukhala,
Ubumpofu nokuthobeka, kuze kufike lapho enamandla khona,
Khona-ke okwesikhashana, njengokungathi, ukukhanya okucashile nokuncane kunakho konke,
Ngokumangazayo ezungeze ingqondo yakhe, uzomfaka ekhanda,
Kodwa, ukuze angafi, uzomshiya masinyane
Ngejubane elikhulu kangaka, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ucabangani,
Akwenzeki ukuthi obonayo akhumbule ubuhle bokukhanya,
funa eseyingane anambithe ukudla kwabantu abapheleleyo
Futhi ngokushesha akazange ancibilike noma alimale ngokumlahla.
Ngakho, kusukela lapho, ukuKhanya kuyaqondisa, kuyaqinisa futhi kuyala;
Lapho siMdinga
Aqhamuke abaleke;
Hhayi lapho sithanda, ngokuba lokhu kungumsebenzi wabaphelele,
Kodwa lapho sisebunzimeni futhi singenamandla ngokuphelele,
Uyasiza, esukuma ekude;
Futhi ungenza ngizizwe enhliziyweni yami
Ngishaywe, ngiphelelwa umoya, ngifuna ukuMbamba.
Kodwa nxazonke kusebusuku. Ngezandla ezingenalutho nezidabukisayo,
Ngikhohlwe yikho konke, ngihlezi ngikhala
Ukungathembi esinye isikhathi sokuMbona ngendlela efanayo.
Lapho, ngemva kokukhala ngokwanele, ngifuna ukuyeka,
Khona-ke, eza, uthinta umqhele wami ngendlela engaqondakali,
Ngahlengezela izinyembezi, ngingazi ukuthi ngubani;
Bese Ukhanyisa ingqondo yami ngokuKhanya okumnandi kakhulu.
Ngiyokwazi nini. Ubani. Ngokushesha uyandiza
Eshiya kimi umlilo wothando lwaphezulu Kuye,
Okungakuvumeli ukuthi uhleke noma ubuke abantu,
Futhi ungamukeli isifiso sanoma yini ebonwayo.
Kancane kancane, ngokubekezela, liyavutha futhi livuvuke,
Ukuba yilangabi elikhulu elifinyelela eZulwini.
Iqedwa ukuphumula nokuzijabulisa ngemisebenzi yasendlini,
Ngokuba ekuqaleni kukhona ukunaka izinto zezwe;
Ibuyisela ukuthula nenzondo kuyo yonke inkazimulo
Uzulazula emhlabeni futhi uzinyathele njengomswani,
Ngoba kulokhu uyathokoza, futhi uyakujabulela ukuba khona,
Ngokufundisa lokhu ukuthobeka okunamandla.
Ngakho uma ngiyithola futhi ngithobekile,
Khona-ke Akahlukaniseki kimi:
Ukhuluma nami, uyangikhanyisela,
Angibuke, futhi ngiMbuke.
Usenhliziyweni yami futhi useZulwini.
Ungichazela imiBhalo futhi andise kimi ulwazi.
Ungifundisa izimfihlakalo engingenakuzisho.
Ukhombisa ukuthi wangikhipha kanjani emhlabeni,
Futhi uyala ukuba ngibe nomusa kubo bonke abasemhlabeni.
Ngakho izindonga ziyangibamba futhi umzimba ungibambe
Kodwa ngempela, angingabazi, ngaphandle kwabo.
Angiyizwa imisindo futhi angiwezwa amazwi.
Angikwesabi ukufa, ngoba nami ngikwedlule.
Angazi ukuthi usizi luyini, nakuba wonke umuntu engiphatha kabi.
Izinjabulo ziyababa kimi, zonke izinkanuko ziyangibalekela
Futhi ngihlala ngibona ukukhanya ubusuku nemini,
Ubusuku bubusuku kimi futhi ubusuku yimini.
Angifuni nokulala, ngoba lokhu kimina kuwukulahlekelwa.
Lapho zonke izinhlobo zezinkinga zingihaqile
Futhi, kubonakala sengathi, bayoketulwa futhi banginqobe;
Khona-ke mina, ngokuzumayo ngizithola nginoKhanya ngaphezu kwakho konke
Okujabulisayo nokudabukisayo, nezinjabulo zomhlaba,
Ngijabulela injabulo engachazeki nephezulu,
Ngijabule ngobuhle bakhe, ngivame ukuMgona,
Ngiqabule ngikhothame ngokubonga okukhulu
Kulabo abanginike ithuba lokubona engangikufisa,
Futhi uhlanganyele ekuKhanyeni okungaqondakali futhi ube ukukhanya,
Nesipho sakhe sokujoyina kusuka lapha,
Futhi uthole uMniki wazo zonke izibusiso,
Futhi ukungaphucwa izipho zomoya.
Ubani owangikhanga futhi wangiqondisa kulezi zibusiso?
Ngubani owangikhuphula ekujuleni kokuduka kwezwe?
Owangihlukanisa nobaba nabafowethu, bangane
Nezihlobo, izinjabulo nezinjabulo zomhlaba?
Owangibonisa indlela yokuphenduka nokukhala.
Ngathola ngalo usuku olungapheli?
Kwakuyingelosi, hhayi umuntu, * Nokho, indoda enjalo,
Ohleka umhlaba futhi anyathele udrako,
okukhona kwakhe amadimoni ayathuthumela.
Njengoba ngikutshela, mfowethu, lokho engakubona eGibhithe.
Ngezibonakaliso nezimangaliso azenzayo?
Ngizokutshela into eyodwa okwamanje, ngoba angikwazi ukukutshela yonke into.
Wehla wangithola ngiyisigqila nomfokazi eGibhithe.
Woza lapha mntanami, wathi ngizokuyisa kuNkulunkulu.
Futhi ngenxa yokungakholwa okukhulu ngamphendula:
Isiphi isibonakaliso enizongibonisa sona ukuze ngiqinisekise
Ukuthi wena ngokwakho ungangikhulula eGibhithe
Futhi weba ezandleni zikaFaro othophayo,
Ukuze ngokukulandela, ngingabi sengozini eyengeziwe?
Avuthe umlilo omkhulu, ukuze ngingene phakathi.
Futhi uma ngingahlali ngingashi, ungangilandeli.
La mazwi angishaya. Ngenza engangiyaliwe.
Kwavutha ilangabi, naye wema phakathi.
Ngiphephile futhi ngiphilile, wangimema nami.
Ngiyesaba, Nkosi, ngitshilo, ngoba ngiyisoni.
Ephuma emlilweni, weza kimi wangiqabula.
Wesabani, wathi kimi, kungani wesaba futhi ethuthumela?
Sikhulu futhi sibi lesi simangaliso? - uzobona okungaphezu kwalokhu.
Ngithukile mnumzane, ngithe angilokothi ngisondele kuwe.
Angifuni ukuba nesibindi kunomlilo,
Ngoba ngiyabona ukuthi ungumuntu omkhulu kunomuntu,
Futhi angilokothi ngikubheke, obani umlilo unamahloni.
Wangisondeza wangigona
Wangiqabula futhi ngokuqabula okungcwele,
Yena ngokwakhe unuka lonke iphunga elimnandi lokungafi.
Ngemva kwalokho ngakholwa futhi ngamlandela ngothando.
Efisa ukuba yisigqila sakhe yedwa.
uFaro wangibamba emandleni akhe; nabasizi bakhe abesabekayo
Kwangiphoqa ukuthi nginakekele izitini notshani
Mina ngedwa angikwazanga ukuphunyuka, ngoba ngangingenaso isikhali.
UMose* wancenga uNkulunkulu ukuba amsize
UKristu ushaya iGibhithe ngezinhlupho eziphindwe kashumi.
Kodwa uFaro akazithobanga futhi akazange angikhulule.
Ubaba uyakhuleka, uNkulunkulu uyamuzwa, athi encekwini yakhe, thatha isandla sami;
Ezithembisa ukuthi uzohamba nathi;
Ukungikhulula kuFaro nasezinhlekeleleni zaseGibhithe.
Wafaka isibindi enhliziyweni yami
Futhi wanginika isibindi sokungamesabi uFaro.
Nenceku kaNkulunkulu yenza njalo:
Wangibamba ngesandla, wahamba phambi kwami
Ngakho saqala ukwenza uhambo.
Ngiphe. Nkosi, ngemikhuleko kababa, ukuqonda
Nezwi lokulandisa ngezimangaliso zesandla sakho,
owangenzela khona, abalahlekileyo nabalahlekileyo,
Ngesandla senceku yakho wangikhipha eGibhithe.
Lapho izwa ngokumuka kwami, inkosi yaseGibhithe
Akazange anginake njengomuntu oyedwa, futhi akazange aphume yena.
Kodwa wathuma izinceku phansi kwakhe.
Bagijima bangifica phakathi kwemingcele yeGibhithe.
Kodwa bonke babuya bengenalutho futhi bephukile.
Bagqashula izinkemba zabo, banyakazisa imicibisholo yabo;
Izandla zabo zibuthakathaka, benza ngokumelene nathi;
Futhi sasingenamyocu ngokuphelele.
Insika yomlilo yavutha phambi kwethu, nefu laliphezu kwethu;
Futhi thina sodwa sadlula kwelinye izwe
Phakathi kwabaphangi, phakathi kwabantu abakhulu namakhosi.
Lapho inkosi nayo izwa ngokunqotshwa kwabantu bayo,
Khona-ke wathukuthela, ebheka njengehlazo elikhulu
Ukuhlukunyezwa nokuhlulwa umuntu oyedwa.
Wabopha izinqola zakhe, waphakamisa abantu
Futhi wazijaha ngokuzidla okukhulu.
Wathi efika wangifica ngedwa ngilele ngenxa yokukhathala;
UMose wayephapheme futhi ekhuluma noNkulunkulu.
Wathi angiboshwe izandla nezinyawo;
Futhi, ngokungigcina engqondweni, bazama ukuluka;
Mina, ngicambalala, ngihleka, futhi ngihlome ngomkhuleko
Futhi ngesibonakaliso sesiphambano, wabonakalisa zonke.
Angilokothi ungithinte noma usondele kimi,
Bona, bema kwenye indawo, bacabanga ukungethusa.
Bephethe umlilo ngezandla zabo, besabisa ngokungishisa
Bamemeza kakhulu babanga umsindo.
funa baziqhenye ngokuthi benze into enkulu;
Babona ukuthi nami ngaba ukukhanya, ngemikhuleko kababa,
Futhi benamahloni, bavele bahamba bonke kanyekanye.
UMose waphuma kuNkulunkulu, wangifumana nginesibindi.
Ukuchichima kwenjabulo nokuthuthumela ngalo msebenzi omangalisayo,
Ebuzwa ukuthi kwenzekeni? Ngamtshela konke lokhu:
Ukuthi kwakukhona uFaro, inkosi yaseGibhithe;
Iza manje nabantu abaningi,
Akakwazanga ukungibopha; wayefuna ukungishisa
Futhi bonke ababeza naye baphenduka ilangabi.
okhipha umlilo emlonyeni wakhe ngokumelene nami;
Kodwa njengoba bebona ukuthi ngaba ukukhanya, ngemikhuleko yakho,
Khona-ke yonke into yaphenduka ubumnyama; futhi manje ngingedwa.
Bheka, uMose wangiphendula, ungagabangi;
Ungabheki okusobala, ikakhulukazi yesaba imfihlo.
Shesha! masisebenzise ithuba lokubaleka, njengokuyala kukaNkulunkulu;
Futhi uKristu uyonqoba abaseGibhithe esikhundleni sethu.
Woza, mnumzane, ngithe, ngeke ngihlukaniswe nawe.
Angiyikweqa imiyalo yakho, kepha ngiyakugcina konke. Amen.
* Lapha uSt. Simeyoni ukhuluma ngoyise ongokomoya, uSimeyoni, iSifundo, noma Ohloniphekile.— Phawula.
** Okusho ukuthi, ubaba ongokomoya kaSt. Simeon, okukhulunywe ngaye ngenhla.— Phawula.
Umthombo: USimeyoni Omusha weTheology (59, 157-164). - Ihubo 37. Ukufundisa ngemfundiso yenkolo ngezenzo zoThando oluNgcwele, okungukuthi, ukukhanya kukaMoya oNgcwele.
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