7—Njengomntwana
[Esi sahluko sisekwe kuLuka 2:39, 40.]
Ubuntwana nobutsha bukaYesu bachithelwa kwilali encinane esentabeni. Ayikho indawo emhlabeni eyayingenako ukuzukiswa bubukho baKhe. Amabhotwe ookumkani ayenokufumana ilungelo ngokumamkela njengondwendwe. Sekunjalo, wawadlula amakhaya ezityebi, imizi yezikumkani, nezihlalo ezihloniphekileyo zemfundo, waya kulenza ikhaya laKhe kwiNazarete esitheleyo nejongelwe phantsi.ULw 68.1
Iyamangalisa ngokubaluleka kwayo ingxelo yobomi bokukhula kwaKhe: “Ke kaloku wakhula umntwana, waya esomelela emoyeni, ezele bubulumko; lwaye nobabalo lukaThixo luphezu kwakhe.” Ekukhanyeni kwembonakalo kaYise, uYesu “wahambela phambili ebulumkweni nasebukhulwini, nasekuthandweni nguThixo nangabantu.” Luka 2:52. Ingqondo yaKhe yayisebenza ingena nzulu, inokucingisisa nobulumko obungaphezu kweminyaka yaKhe. Kunjalo, isimilo saKhe sasisihle ngendlela esimi ngayo. Amandla engqondo nomzimba zikhule ngendlela, ekugcineni imithetho yobuntwana.ULw 68.2
Njengomntwana, uYesu wabonakalalisa inkangeleko eyodwa yokuthandeka. Izandla zaKhe ezazikhuthelezazisolokozilungele ukunceda abanye. Wabonakalalisaumonde ongaphazamisekiyo nokunyaniseka okwakungasayi kuze kubuphoxe ubulungisa. Kumthetho-siseko, wayezinze ngokweliwa, baye ubomi baKhe butyhila isipho sentlonipho engacingi ngesiqu sayo.ULw 68.3
Ngokuzimisela okukhulu, umama kaYesu wakulindela ukutyhileka kwamandla aKhe, wakugqala ukubonakala kokufezeka kwesimilo saKhe. Ngovuyo, wazama ukuyikhuthaza loo ngqondo ikrelekrele elungele ukwamkela. Ngokusebenza kukaMoya Oyingcwele, wazuza ubulumko bokusebenzisana nezenzeleli zezulu ekuphuhlisweni kwalo mntwana, owayekwazi ukubanga kuphela uThixo njengoYise waKhe.ULw 69.1
Kususela kumaxesha angaphambili, abanyanisekileyo kwaIsrayeli babenika ingqwalasela enkulu kwimfundo yolutsha. UYehova wayeyalele ukuba, kwasebusaneni, abantwana kwakufuneka bafundiswe ngokulunga kwaKhe nobukhulu baKhe, ngakumbi njengoko kutyhilwe emthethweni waKhe, okwaboniswa kwimbali kaIsrayeli. Ingoma nomthandazo nezifundo eziphuma eziBhalweni kwakufuneka zisetyenziswe ekuvuleni ingqondo. Ooyise noonina kwakufuneka babafundise abantwana babo ukuba umthetho kaThixo ukukubonakala kwesimilo saKhe, nokuba, njengoko babefaka imithetho-siseko yomthetho entliziyweni, umfanekiso kaThixo wawuzotywa engqondweni nasemphefumlweni. Imfundiso eninzi yayithethwa; kodwa ulutsha lwalukwayifunda imibhalo yamaHebhere; kwaye iincwadi ezisongwayo zeemfele zeTestamente eNdala zazivulwa ukuba bazifunde.ULw 69.2
Ngemihla kaKristu, idolophu okanye isixeko esasingenzi lulungiselelo lokufundisa inkolo kubantu abatsha, yayibonwa ngokwephantsi kwesiqalekiso sikaThixo. Kungoko ukufundiswa kwakulungisiwe. Isithethe sakholisa ukuyithabatha kakhulu indawo yeziBhalo. Imfundiso yenene yayiza kubakhokelela abatsha ekuthini “bayifune iNkosi, ukuba kambe bangaphuthaphutha bayifumane.” Zenzo 17:27. Abafundisayo bakwaYuda bona basuka bayibeka ingqondo yabo kwimicimbi yenkonzo. Ingqondo yayixinaniswe zizinto ezingenaxabiso kumfundi, nto leyo eyayingamkeleki kwimfundo ephakamileyo yeenkundla zasezulwini. Amava afunyanwa ngokuzamkelela ilizwi likaThixo ayengenandawo kuhlelo lwemfundo. Bexinaniswe kukwenza izinto ezibonwa ngaphandle, abafundi babengalifumani ixesha elizolileyo lokuba noThixo. Abazange balive ilizwi laKhe lithetha entliziyweni. Ekufuneni kwabo ulwazi, babalekela kude kwiThende lobulumko. Izinto ezinkulu ezifunekayo ekukhonzeni uThixo zazityeshelwe. Imithetho-siseko yomthetho yayisithele. Eyona nto yayithatyathwa njengeyona iphezulu emfundweni yaba sesona sikhubekiso ekuphuhlisweni okukuko. Phantsi kwengqeqesho yoorabhi, amandla abantu abatsha ayecinezelekile. Iingqondo zabo zagogeka zacutheka.ULw 69.3
Umntwana uYesu akazange ayifumane imfundo kwizikolo zezindlu zesikhungu. Umama waKhe waba yititshala yaKhe yokuqala engumntu. Emilebeni yakhe nakwiincwadi ezisongiweyo zabaprofeti, wafunda ngezinto zasezulwini. Kwa-amazwi awayethethwe nguYe ngokwaKhe kuMoses esiya kuIsrayeli kwakufuneka ngoku uYesu ewafunde ephezu kukanina. Ekuqhubekeni kwaKhe ukusuka ebuntwaneni esiba ngumntu omtsha, akazange azifune izikolo zoorabhi. Wayengayidingi imfundo efunyanwa kumajelo angalawo; kuba uThixo wayengumfundisi waKhe.ULw 70.1
Umbuzo owawubuzwa ngexesha lokusebenza koMsindisi, othi, “Lo uyazi ngani na imfundo, engafundanga nje?” awubonisi ukuba uYesu wayengakwazi ukufunda, nto nje wayengayifumananga imfundo yoorabhi. Yohane 7:15. Njengokuba waluzuza ulwazi ngendlela nathi esinokwenza ngayo, ukuqhelana okusondeleyo kwaKhe neziBhalo kubonisa indlela awayekukhuthalele ngayo uYesu kwiminyaka yobutsha baKhe ukuchitha ixesha ekufundeni ilizwi likaThixo. Phambi kwaKhe kwaye kondlelwe ithala elikhulu lwemisebenzi edalwe nguThixo. Lowo wazenzayo zonke izinto wafunda izifundo ezabhalwa zizandla zaKhe emhlabeni naselwandle nasesibhakabhakeni. Ekunxwemile ukusebenzisa iindlela ezingahlambulukanga zehlabathi, waqokelela imfumba yolwazi lobunkcuba-buchopho endalweni. Wafunda ubomi bezityalo nezilwanyana, kunye nobomi bomntu. Kwakwiminyaka yobuncinane baKhe, wayenenjongo enye; wayephilela ukusikelela abanye. Ukuze oku kwenzeke, wafumana izixhobo endalweni; iimbono ezintsha zendlela nezinto zafika engqondweni yaKhe ngexesha wayefunda ubomi bezityalo nobezilwanyana. Waqhubeka njalo nokufuna ukuzuza kwizinto ezibonwayo imizekeliso awayenokuthi ngayo atyhile iintsonkotha eziphilileyo zikaThixo. Imizekelizo awathi ngayo, ngexesha lokusebenza kwaKhe, wathanda ukufundisa izifundo zaKhe zenyaniso, ibonisa indlela umoya waKhe wawuvuleke ngayo kwiimpembelelo zendalo, nendlela awaqokelela ngayo imfundiso yasemoyeni kokwakumngqongile ebomini baKhe bemihla ngemihla.ULw 70.2
Ngoko ke, kuYesu, ukubaluleka kwelizwi nemisebenzi kaThixo kwatyhilwa, njengoko wayezama ukuqonda isizathu sezinto. Wayejongwe zizidalwa zasezulwini, kwaye inkqubo yeengcinga nokusebenzisana okungcwele kwakuyinto yaKhe. Kususela kwasekuqaleni kokuthi qwenge kokuhlakanipha, wathi chu ekukhuleni elubabalweni nasekuyazini inyaniso.ULw 70.3
Wonke umntwana unako ukulufumana ulwazi njengoko wenzayo uYesu. Xa sizama ukuqhelana noBawo waseZulwini ngelizwi laKhe, iingelosi ziya kusondela kufuphi, iingqondo zethu ziya komelezwa, izimilo zethu ziya kuphakanyiswa zisulungekiswe. Siya kufana kakhulu noMsindisi wethu. Siya kuthi xa sibona ubuhle nokubalasela kwendalo, uthando lwethu luya kuya kuThixo. Lo gama umoya umangalisiwe, umphefumlo uyavuselelwangokuhlangana naLowo Ongenasiphelo ngemisebenzi yaKhe.Ukuthetha noThixongomthandazokukhulisa ingqondo nezakhono zokuziphatha, aze amandla asemoyeni aqine njengoko sikhulisa iingcinga kwizinto zikamoya.ULw 70.4
Ubomi bukaYesu yayibubomi obuhambelana noThixo. Ngexesha wayesengumntwana, wayecinga ethetha njengomntwana; kodwa akuzange kubekho mda wasono owonakalisa umfanekiselo kaThixo ngaphakathi kwaKhe. Kanti sekunjalo, wayengabekelwanga bucala ukuba angahendwa. Abemi baseNazarete babengundaba-mlonyeni ngenxa yenkohlakalo. Indlela ababejongelwe phantsi ngayo ibonakalaliswa ngumbuzo kaNataniyeli, “Inako na into elungileyo ukuphuma eNazarete?” Yohane 1:46. UYesu wabekwa apho isimilo saKhe sasiza kuvavanywa. Kwakufuneka ukuba asoloko eqaphele ukuze abugcine ubunyulu baKhe. Wayejongene nawo onke amadabi ekufuneka nathi sihlangane nawo, ukuze abe ngumzekelo kuthi ebuntwaneni, ebutsheni, nasebuntwini obukhulu.ULw 71.1
USathana wayengadinwa kwimizamo yakhe yokoyisa uMntwana waseNazarete. Kususela kwiminyaka yokuqala, uYesu wayaluswe ziingelosi zasezulwini, ukanti ubomi baKhe baba lidabi elide lokuchasana namagunya obumnyama. Into yokuba kubekho phezu komhlaba ubomi obunye (okanye umntu omnye) obumsulwa ekungcolisweni bububi, oko kwakusisikhubekiso nento edidayo kwinkosi yobumnyama. Ayizange iyeke nalinye icebo elingazanywanga ukubambisa uYesu. Akukho mntwana ebantwini onokuze abizelwe ukuba aphile ubomi obungcwele phakathi kwedabi eloyikeka kangaka eliliwa nesilingo, njengoko kwenziwa kuMsindisi wethu.ULw 71.2
Abazali bakaYesu babengamahlwempu, bexhomekeke ekusebenzeni nzima imihla ngemihla. Wayeqhelene nobuhlwempu, nokuzincama, kunye nentswelo. La mava aba sisikhuselo kuYe. Kubomi baKhe bokusebenza rhoqo ayengekho amathuba okungenzi nto anokumema isilingo. Ayengekho amaxesha okungenzi nto okuvulela ulwalamano olonakalisayo. Kangangoko kunokwenzeka, waluvala ucango ngakumlingi. Inzuzo okanye ulonwabo, ukunconywa okanye ukugxekwa, zazingenako ukumoyisela ukuba avume ukwenza into engalunganga. Wayelumkile ekubuphawuleni ububi, omelele ukuba amelane nabo.ULw 72.1
UKristu wayekuphela komntu ongenasono owaka wahlala emhlabeni; kanti ke, phantse amashumi amathathu eminyaka wayephila phakathi kwabahlali abakhohlakeleyo baseNazarete. Oku kuyabakhalimela abo bacinga ukuba baxhomekeke endaweni, ebutyebini, okanye kwimpumelelo, ukuze baphile ubomi obungenakusoleka. Isihendo, ubuhlwempu, ubutshaba, sisiluleko esidingekayo ukuphuhlisa ubunyulu nokuma ngokuzinzileyo.ULw 72.2
UYesu wayephila kwikhaya eliphantsi, waza ngokuthembeka nangochulumanco, wayidlala indawo yokuthwala imithwalo yekhaya. WayenguMkhokeli womkhosi wasezulwini, kwaye iingelosi zazikonwabela ukulifeza ilizwi laKhe; ngoku wayengumkhonzi onentumekelelo, unyana onothando, othobelayo. Wafunda umsebenzi wezandla, wathi ngezaKhe izandla wasebenza kwishishini lokuchwela likaYosefu. Enxibe impahla nje eqhelekileyo yokusebenza yomsebenzi oqhelekileyo, wayehamba kwizitrato zedolophana, esiya ebuya emsebenzini waKhe othobekileyo. Akazange awasebenzise amandla aKhe ezulu ukucutha imithwalo yaKhe okanye ukwenza khaphukhaphu umsebenzi waKhe onzima.ULw 72.3
Njengokuba uYesu wayesebenza engumntwana nomntu omtsha, ingqondo nomzimba zakhula. Akazange awasebenzise ngokungakhathali amandla aKhe asemzimbeni, kodwa ngendlela eyayiza kuwagcina esempilweni, ukuze akwazi ukwenza owona msebenzi ulungileyo kuko konke akwenzayo. Wayengazimiselanga ukuba abe nesiphako, nasekuphatheni izixhobo. Wayengumsebenzi ogqibeleleyo, njengoko wayegqibelele nasesimilweni. Ngomzekelo waKhe, wafundisa ukuba luxanduva lwethu ukukhuthala ukuze umsebenzi wethu wenziwe ngocoselelo nangokugqibeleleyo, nokuze umsebenzi onjalo uhlonipheke. Umsebenzi ofundisa izandla ukuba luncedo nobaqeqesha abatsha ukuba bathwale indawo yabo kwimithwalo yobomi inika amandla omzimba, uze uphuhlise sonke isakhono. Bonke abantu kufuneka bayifumane into yokwenza enokubenza babe lulutho kubo noncedo kwabanye. UThixo wawumisa umsebenzi ukuba ube yintsikelelo, kwaye kuphela ngumsebenzi okhutheleyo ofumana uzuko lwenene nolonwabo ebomini. Ukuvuma kukaThixo kulele kwingqiniseko enothando kubantwana nolutsha oluyithabatha indawo yalo ngochulumanco emsebenzini wasekhaya, lusabelana ngemisebenzi katata nomama. Abantwana abanjalo baya kuphuma emakhaya babe ngamalungu alulutho emphakathini. ULw 72.4
Kubo bonke ubomi baKhe emhlabeni, uYesu wayengumsebenzi onyanisekileyo nozingisayo. Wayelindele okuninzi; ngoko ke wazama okuninzi. Emva kokuba eqale umsebenzi waKhe, wathi, “Ndimelwe kukuyisebenza imisebenzi yowandithumayo, kusesemini; kuza ubusuku, xa kungekho namnye unako ukusebenza.” Yohane 9:4. UYesu akazange ayiphephe inkathalo nomthwalo, njengoko besenza abaninzi abazibiza ngokuba bangabalandeli bakhe. Kungokuba bafuna ukuluphepha olu qeqesho abaninzi le nto bebuthakathaka bengenayo impumelelo. Banganazo iimpawu ezinexabiso nezithandekayo, kodwa abanaso isibindi bade baphantse ukungabi namsebenzi xa iinzima kufuneka kuqutyiswene nazo okanye kuqatyelwe izikhubekiso. Ukuqiniseka namandla, ukuqina nokomelela kwesimilo, izinto ezibonakalaliswe kuKristu, kufuneka siphuhliswe kuthi, ngokuzilawula okunye awakunyamezelayo. Ubabalo awaluzuzayo lolwethu.ULw 73.1
Lo gama wayephila phakathi kwabantu, uMsindisi wethu wabelana ngokuninzi nabahluphekileyo. Wayewazi ngamava iinkathalo neenzima zabo, kwaye wayekwazi ukubathuthuzela nokubakhuthaza bonke abasebenzi abathobekileyo. Abo banembono entle ngokufundisa ngobomi baKhe, abasayi kuze beve ngokungathi kufuneka kwenziwe umahluko phakathi kwamanqanaba (abantu), ukuze abazizityebi badunyiswe ngaphezu kwabafanele ukuba ngamahlwempu.ULw 73.2
UYesu wathwalela emsebenzini waKhe uchulumanco nobuchule. Kufuna unyamezelo olukhulu nokuba semoyeni okukhulu ukuzisa inkolo yeBhayibhile ebomini bekhaya nakwindawo yokusebenza, ukuthwala ubunzima boshishino lomhlaba, ngelo xesha linye kugcinwe iliso lithe nzo kuzuko lukaThixo. Kulapho uKristu waba ngumncedi khona. Wayengazange wazaliswa kakhulu yinkathalo yehlabathi kangangokuba angabi nalo ixesha okanye ingcinga ngezinto zasezulwini. Wayekholisa ukubonakalalisa uvuyo entliziyweni yaKhe ngokuvuma iindumiso neengoma zasezulwini. Abahlali baseNazarete babeye bakholise ukuliva izwi laKhe linyuka lidumisa likwanika umbulelo kuThixo. Wayenonxulumano nezulu ngengoma; bathi xa abahlobo baKhe bekhalaza ngokudinwa ngumsebenzi, bakhuthazwe luncuthu olumyoli oluphuma emilebeni yaKhe. Ukudumisa kwaKhe kwakubonakala kuzigxotha iingelosi zobubi, kuze kuthi, njengesiqhumiso, kuzale yonke indawo livumba elimnandi. Iingqondo zabamameleyo zazisiwa kude nokuphambukela emhlabeni, ziye kwikhaya lasezulwini.ULw 73.3
UYesu wayengumthombo wenceba ephilisayo yehlabathi; kwaye kuyo yonke loo minyaka yabucala eNazarete, ubomi baKhe babumpompoza imisinga yovelwano nobubele. Abadala, abakhalayo, nabanomthwalo wesono, abantwana emdlalweni kuvuyo lwabo olumsulwa, izidalwa ezincinane emagcumeni emithi, izilwanyana ezithwala imithwalo ngomonde,--zonke zazonwabe kakhulu ngobukho baKhe. Lowo ozwi laKhe lamandla lathwala amazwe, wayethoba ukuba ahlangule intaka engxwelerhiweyo. Akukho nto yayingaphantsi kokuba ayiqaphele, kungekho nto awayeyicekisa ukuba angayilungiseleli.ULw 74.1
Ngoko ke, xa wayekhula ebulumkweni nasebukhulwini, uYesu wakhula ekuthandweni nguThixo nangabantu. Waya watsala uvelwano lwazo zonke iintliziyo ngokuzibonakalalisa ukuba Yena uyakwazi ukuvelana nabo bonke. Umoya wethemba nesibindi owawumjikelezile wamenza wayintsikelelo kuwo onke amakhaya. Bekusithi maxa wonke endlwini yesikhungu ngeSabatha, abizwe ukuba afunde isifundo kubaprofeti, zaye iintliziyo zabaphulaphuleyo zivuyile ngexesha ukukhanya okutsha kukhanya kuphuma kumazwi aqhelekileyo kumbhalo ongcwele.ULw 74.2
UYesu wakuphepha ukwenza umboniso. Kuyo yonke iminyaka yokuhlala kwaKhe eNazarete, akazange wenza umboniso wamandla waKhe anokwenza imimangaliso. Akazange wafuna isikhundla esiphezulu nokubizwa ngezihlonipho ezibonisa ubukhulu. Ubomi baKhe obuzolileyo nobulula, kwanokungathethi nto kweziBhalo ngeminyaka yobutsha baKhe, konke kufundisa isifundo esibalulekileyo. Okona buthule, bulula ubomi bomntwana,--ngokukhululeka ekuthabathekeni [ekubeni nehlombe] okungeyondalo, aphile ngendlela ehambelana nendalo,--kokona kwamkelekileyo ekudlamkeni kwengqondo nomzimba nasemandleni asemoyeni.ULw 74.3
UYesu ungumzekelo wethu. Baninzi abahlala ngomdla kwixesha lolungiselelo lwaKhe lwasesidlangalaleni jikelele, lo gama bedlula bengakubonanga ukufundisa kweminyaka yaKhe yokuqala. Phofu kulapha ekhayeni laKhe apho angumzekelo kubo bonke abantwana nolutsha. UMsindisi wahla waya ebuhlwempini, ukuze afundise indlela esingathi ngayo, ekuthobekeni kwethu, sihambe noThixo. Waphilela ukukholisa, ukuhlonipha, nokuzukisa uYise kwizinto eziqhelekileyo zobomi. Umsebenzi waKhe waqala ngokungcwalisa umsebenzi othobekileyo wabangamachule ezandleni, abo basebenzela isonka sabo semihla ngemihla. Wayesenza umsebenzi kaThixo ngokufanayo xa ekwitafile yokuchwela kwanje kwaxa esenzela inginginya imimangaliso. Wonke umntu omtsha olandela umzekelo kaYesu wokuthembeka nokuthobela kwikhaya lakhe elithobekileyo unako ukuwabanga loo mazwi athethwa ngaYe nguYise ngoMoya Oyingcwele, athi, “Mboneni ke umkhonzi wam endimxhasayo; umnyulwa wam, okholwa nguye umphefumlo wam.” Isa. 42:1.ULw 74.4