Ngu-St. John Chrysostom
Kwathi emva kokufa kukaThera, uJehova wathi ku-Abrama: Phuma ezweni lakini, nasemndenini wakho, nasendlini kayihlo, uye ezweni engizokukhombisa lona. Ngiyakukwenza ube ngolimi olukhulu, ngikubusise, ngilikhulise igama lakho, ubusiswe. Ngiyakubusisa okubusisayo, ngiqalekise okufungayo, futhi yonke imindeni yomhlaba iyobusiswa ngawe (Gen. XII, 1, 2, 3). Ake sihlole ngokucophelela ngalinye lala mazwi ukuze sibone umphefumulo wenzalamizi othanda uNkulunkulu.
Singawashayi indiva la mazwi, kodwa ake sibheke ukuthi lo myalo unzima kangakanani. Uthi, Phuma ezweni lakini, nasezihlotsheni zakho, nasendlini kayihlo, uye ezweni engiyakukukhombisa lona. Uthi, shiya okwaziwayo nokwethenjelwa, ukhethe okungaziwa nokungakaze kwenzeke ngaphambili. Bheka ukuthi kwasekuqaleni umuntu olungileyo wafundiswa kanjani ukukhetha okungabonakali kunokubonwayo nekusasa kunalokhu osekusezandleni zakhe. Akazange ayalwe ukuba enze okuthile okungabalulekile; (wayala) ukuba ashiye izwe ayesehlale kulo isikhathi eside kangaka, ashiye zonke izihlobo zakhe nendlu kayise yonke, aye lapho ayengazi noma enganakekeli khona. (UNkulunkulu) akashongo ukuthi ufuna ukumhlalisa kuliphi izwe, kodwa ngokungaqiniseki komyalo waKhe wavivinya ubungcwele bukakhokho: wathi, hamba uye ezweni, futhi ngizokukhombisa. Cabangani, sithandwa, ukuthi kwakudingeka umoya onjani ukuze kugcwaliseke lo myalo, ongaphethwe yinkanuko noma umkhuba. Eqinisweni, uma ngisho namanje, lapho ukholo lwabangcwele selusakazekile kakade, abaningi babambelela ngokuqinile emkhubeni kangangokuthi bangakhetha ukudlulisa yonke into kunokuba bahambe, ngisho noma kudingekile, indawo ababehlala kuyo kuze kube manje, futhi lokhu kwenzeka. , hhayi kuphela nabantu abavamile, kodwa nalabo abaye bathatha umhlalaphansi emsindweni wokuphila kwansuku zonke futhi bakhetha ukuphila kwezindela - khona-ke kwakungokwemvelo ukuthi lo muntu olungileyo acasulwe umyalo onjalo futhi anqikaze ekugcwaliseni. yona. Uthi, hamba, ushiye izihlobo zakho nendlu kayihlo, uye ezweni engiyakukukhombisa lona. Ubani ongeke adidwe amazwi anjalo? Ngaphandle kokumemezela kuye indawo noma izwe, (uNkulunkulu) uvivinya umphefumulo wolungileyo ngokungaqiniseki. Uma umyalo onjalo wawunikezwe omunye umuntu, umuntu ojwayelekile, wayezothi: makube njalo; uyangilaya ukuba ngihambe ezweni engihlala kulo manje, isihlobo sami, nendlu kababa; kodwa kungani ungangitsheli indawo lapho okufanele ngiye khona, ukuze ngazi okungenani ukuthi likhulu kangakanani ibanga? Ngazi kanjani ukuthi lowo mhlaba uzoba ngcono kakhulu futhi uthele kakhulu kunalona engizowushiya? Kodwa umuntu olungileyo akazange asho noma acabange into enjalo, futhi, ebheka ukubaluleka komyalo, wakhetha into engaziwa kunalokho okwakusezandleni zakhe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukube wayengenawo umoya ophakeme nengqondo ehlakaniphile, uma engenalo ikhono lokulalela uNkulunkulu kukho konke, wayeyobhekana nesinye isithiyo esibalulekile - ukufa kukayise. Uyazi ukuthi kaningi kangakanani, ngenxa yamabhokisi ezihlobo zabo, befuna ukufela ezindaweni lapho abazali babo bebulalela khona ukuphila kwabo.
4. Ngakho-ke kulomuntu olungileyo, ukuba wayengamthandi kakhulu uNkulunkulu, bekuyoba ngokwemvelo ukucabanga ngalokhu futhi, ukuthi ubaba, ngenxa yokungithanda, washiya izwe lakubo, wayishiya imikhuba yakhe yakudala, futhi, esenqobile. bonke (izithiyo), baze bafika lapha, futhi umuntu angacishe athi, ngenxa yami wafela kwelinye izwe; futhi ngisho nangemva kokufa kwakhe, angizami ukumbuyisela ngendlela efanayo, kodwa ngiyayeka, ngishiya, kanye nomndeni kababa, ibhokisi lakhe? Nokho, akukho okwakungavimba ukuzimisela kwakhe; uthando ngoNkulunkulu lwenza konke kwabonakala kulula futhi kukhululekile kuye.
Ngakho, bathandekayo, umusa kaNkulunkulu kukhokho mkhulu kakhulu! Uthi, Ngiyakubabusisa abakubusisayo; Ngiyakuqalekisa abakuqalekisayo, futhi ngenxa yakho imindeni yonke yomhlaba iyakubusiswa. Nasi esinye isipho! Uthi, zonke izizwe zomhlaba ziyozama ukubusiswa ngegama lakho, futhi ziyobeka inkazimulo yazo engcono kakhulu ekuphatheni igama lakho.
Uyabona ukuthi iminyaka nanoma yini enye eyayingambopha ekuphileni kwasekhaya ayizange ibe isithiyo kuye; kunalokho, uthando ngoNkulunkulu lwanqoba yonke into. Ngakho-ke, lapho umphefumulo ujabule futhi unake, unqoba zonke izithiyo, yonke into igijimela entweni eyithandayo, futhi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ibuphi ubunzima obukhona kuyo, ayibambezeli, kodwa yonke into idlula futhi ime ngaphambi kokufinyelela kulokho okukuyo. ufuna. Kungakho le ndoda elungile, nakuba yayingase ivinjwe ukuguga nezinye izithiyo eziningi, nokho yagqashula zonke izibopho zayo, futhi, njengensizwa, eyayinamandla futhi ingavinjwa lutho, yashesha futhi yashesha ukugcwalisa umyalo weNkosi. Nkosi. Futhi akunakwenzeka nganoma ubani onquma ukwenza into ekhazimulayo nesibindi ukuba ayenze ngaphandle kokuhlomisa kusengaphambili kukho konke okungase kuvimbe ibhizinisi elinjalo. Umuntu olungileyo wayekwazi kahle lokhu, futhi washiya konke ngaphandle kokunaka, ngaphandle kokucabanga ngemikhuba, noma isihlobo, noma indlu kayise, noma ibhokisi lakhe (likayise), noma ngisho nokuguga kwakhe, yonke imicabango yakhe wayiqondisa kulokho kuphela, njengokungathi. ukuze agcwalise umyalo weNkosi. Khona-ke kwavela umbono omangalisayo: indoda eyayigugile kakhulu, nomkayo, nabo asebekhulile, futhi inezigqila eziningi, yayinyakaza, ingazi nokuthi ukuzulazula kwayo kuyophelelaphi. Futhi uma futhi ucabanga ukuthi imigwaqo yayinzima kangakanani ngaleso sikhathi (ngaleso sikhathi kwakungenakwenzeka, njengamanje, ukuhlukumeza ngokukhululekile noma ubani, futhi ngaleyo ndlela wenze uhambo lube lula, ngoba kuzo zonke izindawo kwakukhona iziphathimandla ezahlukene, futhi abahambi kufanele bathunyelwe. ukusuka komunye umnikazi kuya komunye futhi cishe zonke izinsuku zisuka embusweni ziye embusweni), khona-ke lesi simo sasiyoba isithiyo esanele kwabalungile ukuba wayengenalo uthando olukhulu (ngoNkulunkulu) kanye nokulungela ukugcwalisa umyalo Wakhe. Kodwa wazidabula zonke lezi zithiyo njengentambo yolwembu, futhi... eseyiqinise ingqondo yakhe ngokukholwa futhi wazithoba ebukhulu baLowo othembisayo, waqala uhambo lwakhe.
Uyabona ukuthi kokubili ubuhle nobubi akuncikile emvelweni, kodwa ekuzikhetheleni kwethu?
Khona-ke, ukuze sazi ukuthi leli zwe lalikusiphi isimo, uthi: Ngaleso sikhathi amaKhanani ahlala emhlabeni. UMose obusisiweyo akashongo lutho ngaphandle kwenhloso, kodwa ukuze wazi umphefumulo ohlakaniphile wokhokho, nokuthi yena, njengoba lezi zindawo zazisezandleni zamaKhanani, kwakufanele aphile njengomhambuma nozulane njengabathile. indoda empofu exoshiwe, njengoba kwakufanele, ingenayo, mhlawumbe, ingenandawo yokukhosela. Nokho akazange akhononde ngalokhu futhi, futhi akashongo ukuthi: kuyini lokhu? Mina, engangihlala ngokuhlonishwa nangenhlonipho eHarran, kufanele manje, njengomuntu ongenazimpande, njengomhambi nomfokazi, ngihlale lapha nalapha ngesihe, ngizifunele ukuthula endaweni yokuphephela empofu - futhi angikwazi ukukuthola lokhu, kodwa ngiphoqelekile ukuba ngihlale ematendeni nasezindlini futhi ngibekezelele zonke ezinye izinhlekelele!
7. Kodwa ukuze singaqhubeki kakhulu nemfundiso, ake sime lapha siqedele izwi, sicele uthando lwenu ukuba nilingise isimo somoya salo muntu olungileyo. Impela kuyobe kuxaka kakhulu uma lo muntu olungileyo ebizwe esuka (ezweni lakhe) eya ezweni (lomunye), ekhombisa ukulalela okungangokuthi akukho ukuguga, noma ezinye izithiyo esizibalile, noma izithiyo zalowo (ngaleso sikhathi). isikhathi, noma obunye ubunzima obungamvimba abukwazanga ukumgcina ekulaleleni, kodwa, egqabula zonke izibopho, yena, ikhehla, wabaleka futhi washesha, njengensizwa ejabule, nomkakhe, umshana nezigqila, ukuze agcwalise. umyalo kaNkulunkulu, thina, ngokuphambene nalokho, asibizwanga emhlabeni siye emhlabeni, kodwa sisuka emhlabeni siye ezulwini, ngeke sibonise intshiseko yokulalela efana neyabalungileyo, kodwa siyoveza izizathu eziyize nezingabalulekile, futhi singathwalwa wubukhulu bezithembiso (zikaNkulunkulu) noma ukungabalulekile kwalokho okubonakalayo, okungokomhlaba nokungokwesikhashana, noma isithunzi soMbizi, - kunalokho, siyothola ukunganaki okungangokuthi siyokhetha okwesikhashana ohlala njalo, umhlaba esibhakabhakeni, futhi sizobeka into engeke iphele ngaphansi kwalokho endizayo ingakabonakali.
Umthombo: St. John Chrysostom. Izingxoxo ngeNcwadi kaGenesise.
Ingxoxo XXXI. UThera wanika u-Abrama noNahori amadodana akhe amanzi, noLoti indodana ka-Arrani indodana yakhe, noSarayi umalokazana wakhe, umka-Abrama indodana yakhe; ngamkhipha ezweni lamaKaledi, waya ezweni laseKhanani, wafika naseHarana, wahlala khona (Gen. XI, 31).
Isithombe esinezithombe: IsiHebheru seTestamente Elidala.
