I-St. Tikhon Zadonsky
26. Isihambi noma isihambi
Noma ubani oshiye ikhaya lakhe nezwe likaBaba wayohlala kwelinye izwe uyisihambi futhi uzulazula khona, njengoba nje umRussia ose-Italy noma kwenye indawo eyisihambi futhi ezulazula khona. Kunjalo nangomKristu, osusiwe eZweni Lobaba lasezulwini futhi ephila kuleli zwe elinezinkathazo, umfokazi nozulane. Umphostoli ongcwele kanye nabathembekile bathi ngalokhu: “Asinawo umuzi omiyo lapha, kodwa sibheke ikusasa.” (Heb. 13: 14). Futhi oNgcwele uDavide uyavuma lokhu: “Ngingumfokazi kuwe nomfokazi, njengabo bonke obaba” (IHu. 39: 13). Futhi uyathandaza: “Ngiyisihambi emhlabeni; ungangifihleli imiyalo yakho.” (IHu. 119: 19). Umhambi, ohlala kwelinye izwe, wenza yonke imizamo yokwenza nokufeza lokho akuzele kwelinye izwe. Ngakho-ke umKristu, obizwe ngezwi likaNkulunkulu futhi wavuselelwa ngoMbhapathizo ongcwele ekuphileni okuphakade, uzama ukungalahlekelwa ukuphila okuphakade, okutholakala lapha kulomhlaba noma kulahleke. Isihambi sihlala ezweni langaphandle ngokwesaba okukhulu, ngokuba siphakathi kwezihambi. Kanjalo nomKrestu ophila kulomhlaba njengokungathi usezweni, uyesaba futhi uqaphe yonke into, okungukuthi, imimoya emibi, yamademoni, nesono, nezintelezi zezwe, nababi nabangenaNkulunkulu. Wonke umuntu uyamgwema umhambi futhi asuke kuye, njengokungathi usuka kothile ngaphandle kwakhe nowesinye isizwe. Ngokufanayo, bonke abathandi bokuthula namadodana alenkathi bayamhlukanisa umKristu weqiniso, basuke futhi bamzonde, njengokungathi akayena owabo futhi uphambene nabo. INkosi ikhuluma ngalokhu: “Uma beningabezwe, izwe belizothanda okwalo; Futhi ngoba anisibo abezwe, kodwa mina nganikhetha ezweni, ngalokho izwe liyanizonda” (Johane 15:19). Ulwandle, njengoba besho, alufaki isidumbu ngaphakathi kwalo, kodwa luyasihlanza. Ngakho izwe eliguquguqukayo, njengolwandle, lixosha umphefumulo oqotho, njengokungathi ufile emhlabeni. Umthandi wokuthula ungumntwana othandekayo emhlabeni, kanti odelela izwe nezinkanuko zalo ezinhle uyisitha. Umhambi akasunguli lutho olungenakunyakaziswa, okungukuthi, azikho izindlu, azikho izingadi, noma yini enye into enjalo, ezweni langaphandle, ngaphandle kwalokho okudingekayo, okungenakwenzeka ukuhlala ngaphandle kwayo. Ngakho kumKristu weqiniso, yonke into kuleli zwe ayinakunyakaziswa; konke okusemhlabeni, kuhlanganise nomzimba ngokwawo, kuyosala ngemuva. Umphostoli ongcwele ukhuluma ngalokhu: “Ngokuba asilethanga-lutho ezweni; Kusobala ukuthi asinakufunda lutho kuyo.” (1 Thim. 6: 7). Ngakho-ke, umKristu weqiniso akafuni lutho kuleli zwe ngaphandle kwalokho okudingekile, ethi kumphostoli: “Uma sinokudla nesembatho, siyokwaneliswa yikho” (1 Thim. 6: 8). Umhambi uthumela noma aphathe izinto ezihambayo, njengemali nezimpahla, aziyise eZweni Loyise. Ngakho kumKristu weqiniso, izinto ezinyakazayo kuleli zwe, angazithatha futhi azifake enkathini elandelayo, ziyizenzo ezinhle. Uzama ukuziqoqa lapha, ephila emhlabeni, njengomthengisi ongokomoya, izimpahla zomoya, futhi azilethe eZweni Loyise wasezulwini, futhi abonakale kanye nazo futhi avele phambi kukaBaba waseZulwini. INkosi iyasiyala ngalokhu, maKristu: “Zibekeleni ingcebo ezulwini, lapho inundu nokugqwala kungoni khona, nalapho amasela engafohli khona ebe” ( Mathewu 6:20 ). Amadodana alesi sikhathi anakekela umzimba ofayo, kodwa imiphefumulo eqotho inakekela umphefumulo ongafi. Amadodana alenkathi afuna ingcebo yawo yesikhashana kanye neyasemhlabeni, kodwa imiphefumulo eqotho ilwela izinto zaphakade nezasezulwini futhi ifisa izibusiso ezinjalo “okungabonwanga liso, nendlebe engakuzwanga, nokungangeninga enhliziyweni yomuntu” (1 Kor. . 2:9). Babuka le ngcebo, engabonakali futhi engaqondakali ngokukholwa, futhi badebeselela konke okusemhlabeni. Amadodana alesi sikhathi azama ukuduma emhlabeni. Kodwa amaKristu eqiniso afuna inkazimulo ezulwini, lapho kukhona iZwe Lawo. Amadodana alesi sikhathi ahlobisa imizimba yawo ngezingubo ezihlukahlukene. Futhi amadodana ombuso kaNkulunkulu ahlobisa umphefumulo ongafi futhi embatha, ngokwesiyalo somphostoli, “isihe, umusa, ukuthobeka, ubumnene, nokubekezela” (Kol. 3: 12). Ngakho-ke amadodana alesi sikhathi awanangqondo futhi ayahlanya, ngoba afuna into engelutho ngokwako. Amadodana ombuso kaNkulunkulu anengqondo futhi ahlakaniphile, ngoba anendaba nokuthi injabulo yaphakade iquketheni ngaphakathi kwawo. Kuyisicefe ukuthi isihambi sihlala kwelinye izwe. Ngakho kuyisicefe futhi kuyadabukisa ngomKristu weqiniso ukuphila kuleli zwe. Kulo mhlaba ukuyo yonke indawo ekudingisweni, etilongweni nasendaweni yokudingiswa, njengokungathi ususiwe eZweni Lobaba lasezulwini. “Maye kimi,” kusho uSanta David, “ngoba ukuphila kwami kunde” (IHu. 119: 5). Ngakho abanye abangcwele bayakhononda futhi bayabubula ngalokhu. Umzuli, nakuba kuyisicefe ukuhlala kwelinye izwe, nokho uphila ngenxa yesidingo asishiya eZweni Loyise. Ngokufanayo, nakuba kulusizi ngomKristu weqiniso ukuphila kuleli zwe, inqobo nje uma uNkulunkulu eyala, uphila futhi akubekezelele lokhu kuzulazula. Umzuli uhlala enezwe likababa nekhaya lakhe engqondweni nasenkumbulweni, futhi ufuna ukubuyela eZweni Loyise. AmaJuda, njengoba eseBhabhiloni, ngaso sonke isikhathi eneZwe Lawo, iJerusalema, emicabangweni nasemikhumbulweni yawo, futhi ayefisa ngobuqotho ukubuyela eZweni lawo. Ngakho-ke amaKristu eqiniso kulomhlaba, njengasemifuleni yaseBhabhiloni, ahlezi futhi akhale, ekhumbula iJerusalema lasezulwini - iZwe loBaba waseZulwini, futhi aphakamisele amehlo awo kulo ngokububula nokukhala, futhi afune ukuza khona. “Kungakho siyabubula, sifisa ukwembathiswa indawo yethu yokuhlala yasezulwini,” kububula uPawulu ongcwele kanye nabathembekile (2 Kor. 5: 2). Kumadodana alesi sikhathi, amlutha wezwe, izwe lifana nezwe lobaba nepharadesi, ngakho-ke abafuni ukuhlukaniswa nalo. Kodwa amadodana ombuso kaNkulunkulu, ahlukanise izinhliziyo zawo nezwe futhi akhuthazelela zonke izinhlobo zosizi emhlabeni, afuna ukuza kulelozwe likaBaba. KumKristu weqiniso, ukuphila kulomhlaba akulutho ngaphandle kokuhlupheka okungapheli kanye nesiphambano. Uma umzulane ebuyela kwelakwaBaba, emzini wakhe, umndeni wakhe, omakhelwane nabangane bayamjabulela futhi bamukele ukufika kwakhe ephephile. Ngakho-ke, lapho umKristu, eseqedile ukuzulazula emhlabeni, efika ezweni elinguBaba lasezulwini, zonke iziNgelosi nabo bonke abakhileyo ezulwini bajabula ngaye. Umhambi ofike kobaba nekhaya lakhe uzihlalele ngokuphepha wehlise umoya. Ngakho-ke, umKristu, lapho engenile Ezweni Loyise wasezulwini, uyazola, uhlala ngokulondeka futhi akesabi lutho, uyajabula futhi ujabule ngenjabulo yakhe. Kusukela lapha uyabona, uMkristu: 1) Impilo yethu kulomhlaba ayilutho ngaphandle kokuzulazula nokufuduka, njengoba iNkosi isho: “Ningabafokazi nezihambi phambi Kwami” (Lev. 25: 23). 2) Izwe lethu leqiniso alikho lapha, kodwa lisezulwini, futhi ngenxa yalo sadalelwa, savuselelwa ngoMbhapathizo futhi sabizwa ngeZwi likaNkulunkulu. 3) Thina, njengababizelwe ezibusisweni zasezulwini, akufanele sifune izinto zasemhlabeni futhi sinamathele kuzo, ngaphandle kwalokho okudingekayo, njengokudla, izingubo zokugqoka, ikhaya nezinye izinto. 4) Indoda engumKristu ephila ezweni ayikho into engayifisa ngaphandle kokuphila okuphakade, “ngokuba lapho kukhona ingcebo yakho, kulapho nenhliziyo yakho iyakuba-khona” ( Mathewu 6:21 ). 5) Ofuna ukusindiswa makahlukane nezwe enhliziyweni yakhe kuze kuphume umphefumulo wakhe emhlabeni.
27. Isakhamuzi
Siyabona ukuthi kuleli zwe umuntu, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uhlala kuphi noma lapho ekhona, ubizwa ngokuthi umhlali noma isakhamuzi sedolobha lapho enendlu yakhe, isibonelo, umhlali waseMoscow unguMuscovite, ohlala eNovgorod Novgorodian, njalonjalo. Ngokufanayo, amaKristu eqiniso, nakuba ekuleli zwe, nokho anomuzi eZweni Lobaba lasezulwini, “oMculi noMenzi wawo kunguNkulunkulu” ( Heb. 11:10 ) . Futhi babizwa ngezakhamuzi zaleli dolobha. Lomuzi uyiJerusalema lasezulwini, umPhostoli ongcwele uJohane awubona ekwambulweni kwakhe: “Umuzi wawuyigolide elicwengekileyo, njengengilazi ehlanzekileyo; isitaladi somuzi siyigolide elicwengekileyo, njengengilazi ekhanyayo; futhi umuzi awudingi ilanga nenyanga ukuwukhanyisa, ngoba inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu iwukhanyisile, futhi iWundlu liyisibani sawo.” ( IsAm. 21:18, 21, 23 ) Ngakho, iWundlu liyisibani sawo. Emigwaqweni yakhona kuhlatshelelwa ingoma emnandi ethi: “Haleluya!” (Bheka isAm. 19:1, 3, 4, 6 ). “Akukho lutho olungcolile oluyongena kulo muzi, nanoma ubani owenza amanyala namanga, kodwa kuphela labo abalotshwe encwadini yokuphila yeWundlu” (IsAm. 21:27). “Ngaphandle kukhona izinja, nabathakathi, nezifebe, nababulali, nabakhonza izithombe, nabo bonke abathanda nabenza okubi” (IsAm. 22:15). AmaKristu eqiniso abizwa ngokuthi izakhamuzi zalomuzi omuhle nokhanyayo, nakuba ezulazula emhlabeni. Lapho banezindawo zabo zokuhlala, ezilungiselelwe bona nguJesu Kristu, uMhlengi wabo. Lapho baphakamisa amehlo abo omoya futhi bayabubula ngenxa yokuzulazula kwabo. Njengoba kungekho lutho olungcolile oluyongena kulomuzi, njengoba sibonile ngenhla, “masizihlanze,” umKristu othandekayo, “kukho konke ukungcola kwenyama nokomoya, siphelelisa ubungcwele ngokwesaba uNkulunkulu,” ngokwesiyalo sabaphostoli (2 Kor. . 7:1). Futhi sengathi singaba izakhamuzi zalomuzi obusisekile, futhi, njengoba sesiwushiyile lomhlaba, sengathi singaba ngabafanelekele ukungena kuwo, ngomusa woMsindisi wethu uJesu Kristu, kuye makube udumo kuBaba noMoya oNgcwele kuze kube phakade. Amen.
Umthombo: St. Tikhon Zadonsky, "Ingcebo Yomoya Eqoqwe Emhlabeni."
