Ngu-St. Anastasius waseSinayi, umbhali wesonto, owaziwa nangokuthi u-Anastasius III, iMetropolitan yaseNicaea, waphila ekhulwini lesi-8.
Umbuzo 16: Uma umphostoli ethi amagunya alomhlaba amiswe uNkulunkulu, ingabe lokhu kusho ukuthi wonke umbusi, inkosi nombhishobhi uvuswa uNkulunkulu?
Impendulo: Ngokwalokho uNkulunkulu akusho eMthethweni, “Ngiyoninika abelusi ezinhliziyweni zenu” ( Jer. 3:15 ), kusobala ukuthi lezo zikhulu namakhosi afanelekela lolu dumo amiswe uNkulunkulu; kuyilapho labo abangafaneleki, babekwe phezu kwabantu abangafaneleki ngokungafaneleki kwabo, ngemvume noma ngentando kaNkulunkulu. Izwa ezinye izindaba mayelana nalokhu.
Lapho umashiqela uPhocas eba yinkosi futhi eqala ukukhipha igazi ngombulali uVosonius, indela yaseConstantinople, owayeyindoda engcwele futhi enesibindi esikhulu phambi kukaNkulunkulu, waphendukela kuYe ngobulula, ethi: “Nkosi, kungani wenze lokhu? yena inkosi?" Futhi ngemva kokuphinda lokhu izinsuku eziningi, kwafika impendulo evela kuNkulunkulu, eyayifundeka kanje: “Ngoba angizange ngithole okubi nakakhulu.”
Kwakukhona elinye idolobha elinesono kakhulu ezungeze iThebaid, lapho kwenzeka izinto eziningi ezimbi nezingcolile. Kuleli dolobha, isakhamuzi esibi kakhulu salo savele sawela othandweni lwamanga, sahamba, sagunda izinwele futhi sagqoka umkhuba wezindela, kodwa akazange ayeke ukwenza izenzo zakhe ezimbi. Ngakho-ke kwenzeka ukuthi umbhishobhi walowo muzi wafa. Ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala endodeni engcwele, yathi kuye: "Hamba uyolungisa umuzi ukuze bakhethe umbhishobhi ovela kwabasontayo." Ongcwele wahamba wenza njengokuyaliwe. Kwathi nje esegcotshwa lowo ophuma esigabeni samakholwa, okungukuthi lona kanye lesi sishiwo esikhuluma ngaye, engqondweni ka (umbhishobhi omusha) kwafika amaphupho nokuziphakamisa. Khona-ke ingelosi kaJehova yabonakala kuye, yathi kuye: “Kungani uzicabangela wena olusizi? Awuzange ube umbhishobhi ngoba ubufanele ubupristi, kodwa ngoba leli dolobha limfanele umbhishobhi onjalo.”
Ngakho-ke, uma ubona noma iyiphi inkosi engafanele nekhohlakele, induna, noma umbhishobhi, ungamangali, futhi ungasoli ukuphatha kukaNkulunkulu, kodwa funda futhi ukholwe ukuthi ngenxa yezono zethu sinikelwe kulabo mashiqela. Kodwa noma 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 ξ.
