9—Imihla Yembambano

Ukususela kwiminyaka yobutsha, umntwana womYuda wayejikelezwe ziimfuneko zoorabhi. Imithetho engqongqo yayibekelwe isenzo ngasinye, kuhle kuye kweyona mininingwane mincinane yobomi. Phantsi kweetitshala zendlu yesikhungu, ulutsha lwalufundiswa ngemiqathango ebuninzi bungenakubaleka, ekwakusithi, njengamaIsrayeli esiko, kulindeleke ukuba luyigcine. Sekunjalo, uYesu yena akazange azihluphe ngezo zinto. Kwasebuntwaneni, wayezenzela ngokwaKhe imithetho yoorabhi. IziBhalo zeTestamente eNdala wayezifunda rhoqo, aza amazwi athi, “Utsho uYehova,” asoloko ekho emilebeni yaKhe. ULw 84.1

Yathi xa imeko yabantu ityhileka engqondweni yaKhe, wabona ukuba okufunwa ekuhlaleni nokufunwa nguThixo kuhleli kungqubana rhoqo. Abantu babesimka elizwini likaThixo, bephakamisa iingcamango zokuzenzela kwabo. Babegcina iinkonzo zezithethe ezazingenanto intlekuzo. Inkonzo yabo yayiyinkonzo nje yesiqhelo; iinyaniso ezingcwele eyayilungiselelwe ukuba izifundise zafihlwa kwabanqulayo. Wabona (uYesu) ukuba kwiinkonzo zabo ezingenalo ukholo babengalufumani uxolo. Babengayazi inkululeko yomoya eyayiya kuza kubo ngokukhonza uThixo ngenyaniso. UYesu wayeze ukuze afundise intsingiselo yokunqulwa kukaThixo, kwaye engenakukuvumela ukuxutywa kokufunwa ngumntu nemithethoyezulu. Akazange ayihlasele imithetho okanye izenzo zeetitshala ezifundileyo; kodwa xa ethethiswa ngemikhwa yaKhe elula, walandlala ilizwi likaThixo ukuthethelela ukuziphatha kwaKhe.ULw 84.2

Ngayo yonke indlela enobubele nethobelayo, uYesu wazama ukubakholisa abo wayehlangana nabo. Kuba wayenobubele engatyhudisi, ababhali namadoda amakhulu bacinga ukuba uya kuphenjelelwa lula yimfundiso yabo. Bamkhuthazela ukuba azisebenzise izaci nezithethe ezadluliselwa kubo ngoomawokhulu oorabhi bakudala, kodwa wabuza ngegunya labo kokuBhaliweyo okuNgcwele. Wayeliva lonke igama eliphuma emlonyeni kaThixo; kodwa wayengasayi kuthobela konke okuqanjwe ngabantu. UYesu wayebonakala ngokungathi uzazi iziBhalo ukusuka ekuqaleni kuse ekugqibeleni, kwaye wayezibeka phambi kwabo ngokubaluleka kwazo okukuko. Oorabhi babenentloni kukufundiswa ngumntwana. Baya bathi ngumsebenzi wabo ukuchaza iziBhalo, nokuba eyaKhe indawo yayikukwamkela ukuzichaza kwabo. Yayibacaphukisa into yokuba asuke eme achase ilizwi labo.ULw 85.1

Babesazi ukuba alikho igunya lezithethe zabo abanokulifumana esiBhalweni. Baphawula ukuba ukuqonda ngokwasemoyeni kukaYesu kwakuphambili kakhulu kokwabo.Sekunjalo,baba nomsindo kuba engakuthobeli ukuyalela kwabo. Bathi bakoyiswa kukumoyisela [ngakubo], bafuna uYosefu noMariya, bakubeka phambi kwabo ukungathobeli (kwaKhe). Ngoko ke, wahlalela ukungxoliswa nokugxekwa.ULw 85.2

Eselula kakhulu, uYesu waqala ukuzenzela ngokwaKhe ukwakha isimilo saKhe, kanti nokuhlonipha nokubathanda abazali baKhe kwakungenako ukumjika ekuthobeleni ilizwi likaThixo. “Kubhaliwe,” eso yayisisizathu saso sonke isenzo esingumahluko kumasiko asekhayeni. Yona impembelelo yoorabhi yabenza baba krakra ubomi baKhe. Nasebutsheni baKhe, kwafuneka efunde isifundo sokuthula anyamezele ngomonde.ULw 86.1

Abantakwabo, njengoko babebizwa njalo oonyana bakaYosefu, baba ngakwicala loorabhi. Bema kwelithi izithethe kufuneka zithotyelwe, ngokungathi zaziziimfuno zikaThixo. Bada bayihlonipha imithetho yabantu kakhulu kunelizwi likaThixo, baza bakhathazeka kakhulu kukungena ngokucacileyo kukaYesu ekwahluleni phakathi kobuxoki nenyaniso, kwathi ukuthobela ngqongqo kwaKhe umthetho kaThixo bakugxeka njengokuziinkani. Bamangaliswa lulwazi nobulumko awabubonisayo ekuphenduleni oorabhi. Babesazi ukuba wayengayifumenanga imfundo kumadoda azizilumko, kodwa ababi nakunceda, kuba babona ukuba nguYe owayefundisa bona. Baqonda ukuba imfundo yaKhe yayiludidi oluphezulu kuneyabo. Abazange baqonde kodwa ukuba wayenethuba lokufikelela emthini wobomi, ithende lolwazi ababengazi nto ngalo.ULw 86.2

UKristu wayengemkhethi wabantu, kwaye wabacaphukisa ngendlela eyodwa abaFarisi ngokuthi ngolu hlobo ahluke kubo kwimigaqo engqongqo. Wawufumana umhlaba wenkolo ubiyelwe ngeendonga eziphakamileyo zokubagcina bebodwa, njengomsebenzi ongcwele kakhulu wemihla ngemihla. Ezi ndonga zokwahlula wazidiliza. Ekuhlanganeni kwaKhe nabantu, akazange athi, Iyintoni inkolo yakho? Ungowaliphi ibandla? Wasebenzisa amandla okunceda kubo bonke ababedinga uncedo. Endaweni yokuba azikhethele bucala kwindawo yokuba angangcoliswa koko ahlale engcwele, khon’ ukuze abonise ngesimilo saKhe sasezulwini, wasebenzela uluntu ngenzondelelo. Wangenisa umthetho-siseko wokuba inkolo yeBhayibhile asikuko ukwenza buhlungu umzimba. Wafundisa ukuba inkolo enyulu nengadyobhekanga ayiphelelanga kumaxesha amisiweyo neziganeko ezikhethekileyo. Ngamaxesha onke, kuzo zonke iindawo, wabonakalalisa umdla onothando ebantwini, wasasaza apho akhoyo ukukhanya kobungcwele obunolonwabo. Konke oku kwakubakhalimela abaFarisi. Kwakubonisa ukuba inkolo asinto yomona, nokuba ukuzinikela okubi kwizinto zokuzithandela kwakukude kakhulu ekoyikeni uThixo wenene. Oku kwavusa ubutshaba ngakuYesu, kangangokuba bazama ukumnyanzela ukuba avumelane nemimiselo yabo. ULw 86.3

UYesu wasebenzela ukukhulula yonke imeko yentlungu awayeyibona. Yayincinane imali awayenayo ukuba aphe ngayo, kodwa wayekholisa ukuzivimba into etyiwayo ukuze ancede abo babonakala beswele kunaYe. Abantakwabo babona ngokungathi impembelelo yaKhe ilwe kakhulu kuneyabo. Wayenobuchule ekungekho namnye owayenabo kubo, okanye onqwenela ukuba nabo. Xa bethetha qatha nabahluphekileyo, abaphantsi, uYesu wabakhangela bona kanye aba, athethe nabo amazwi enkuthazo. Abo babeswele, wayebapha indebe yamanzi abandayo, ngokuzola abeke okwaKhe ukutya ezandleni zabo. Ngexesha ekhulula intlungu yabo, iinyaniso awayezifundisa zazihlanganiswa nezenzo zaKhe zenceba, zize zibetheleleke engqondweni.ULw 87.1

Konke oku akuzange kubakholise abantakwabo. Kuba bebadala kunoYesu, bacinga ukuba ebemele ukuyalelwa ngabo. Bamtyhola ngokuzicingela ukuba ungaphezu kwabo, bamkhalimela ngokuzibeka ngaphezu kweetitshala nababingeleli nabaphathi babantu. Babethanda ukumlwisa bezama nokumoyikisa; kodwa waqhubeka, esenza nokuzenza isikhokelo saKhe iziBhalo.ULw 87.2

UYesu wayebathanda abantwakwabo, ebaphatha ngobubele obungapheliyo; kodwa bona babe nomona ngaYe, baza babonakalalisa ukungamkholelwa nokumdela okupheleleyo. Abazange bakwazi ukukuqonda ukuziphatha kwaKhe. Kwakukhoiimpikiswano ezinkulu kuYesu. WayenguNyana ongcwele kaThixo, ukanti wayengumntwana ongakwazi kuzinceda. NjengoMdali wamazwe, umhlaba wawungowaKhe, kanti ke ubuhlwempu babonakala ebomini baKhe kwinyathelo ngalinye. Wayenendili nokuma yedwa okwakwahluke ngokupheleleyo kwikratshi nokuba nobuganga; akazange alwele ubukhulu behlabathi, kangangokuba nakweyona ndawo iphantsi, wayesaneliseka. Le nto yabenza umsindo abantakwabo. Babengazi ukuba, ngenxa yethu waba lihlwempu, ukuze thina “[sibe] zizityebi ngobuhlwempu [baKhe].” 2 Kor. 8:9. Babengasakwazi ukuyazi imfihlakalo yomsebenzi awuthunyiweyo kanye njengabahlobo bakaYobhi bengenakuqonda ukuthotywa kwakhe nentlungu yakhe.ULw 87.3

UYesu akazange aqondwe kakuhle ngabantwakwabo kuba wayengafani nabo. Umgangatho waKhe wawungenguwo owabo. Ekukhangeleni kwabo abantu, bemka kuThixo, baye bengenawo amandla aKhe ebomini babo. Iindidi zenkolo ababezigcinile zazingenako ukusiguqula isimilo. Babebuyisa “izishumi zetyeleba nedile nekumin,” kodwa “[be]zishiyile ezona ndawo zinzima zomthetho, umgwebo nenceba nokholo.” Mat. 23:23. Umzekelo kaYesu kubo wawuyinto ecaphukisa njalo. Yayinye kuphela into awayeyicaphukela emhlabeni, leyo yayisisono. Wayengakwazi ukubona isenzo esigwenxa angabi buhlungu, nto leyo ekwakunzima ukuyifihla. Phakathi kwabesiko, abambonakalo yobungcwele yayifihla uthando lwesono, nesimilo ekuthi kuso inzondelelo yobuqaqawuli bukaThixo busoloko buyinto ephambili, umahluko wawungenakuphazamiseka. Ngenxa yokuba ubomi bukaYesu babubugxeka bonke ububi, wachaswa, ekhaya nangaphandle. Ukungabi namona kwaKhe nesidima saKhe kwakuthethwa kunyevulwa ngako. Ukunyamezela kwaKhe nobubele baKhe kwakusithiwa bubugwala.ULw 88.1

Ngobukrakra obabufikela abaninzi kuluntu, ayikho indawo angayingcamlanga uKristu. Kukho abo balingeka ukuba bamdele ngenxa yokuzalwa kwaKhe, nasebuntwaneni baKhe kwafuneka aqubisane nokujongwa ngokumgxeka nokuthetha okubi ngaYe. Ukuba wayenokubaphendula ngelizwi elicaphukayo okanye ukubakhangela okukwanjalo, ukuba wayevumelene nabantakwabo nangesenzo nje esinye, wayeyakuba uwe phantsi kumzekelo ogqibeleleyo. Ukuba nje wayethe wavuma ukuba ikho into enokusithethelela isono, uSathana wayeya kuba woyisile, libe lilahleke lonke ilizwe. Yiyo le nto umlingi wayesebenzela ukubenza ubomi baKhe bube nzima kangangoko, ukuze enziwe ukuba one.ULw 88.2

Kuso sonke isihendo, wayenempendulo enye, “Kubhaliwe.”Kwakunqaphazeka ukukhalimela abantakwabo xa besenza okungalungileyo, kodwa wayenalo ilizwi elaliphuma kuThixo lokuthetha nabo. Wayekholiswa ukutyholwa ngobugwala ngokwala ukuhlangana nabo kwisenzo esalelweyo; kodwa impendulo yaKhe yayisithi, Kubhaliwe, “Ukoyika iNkosi, bubulumko obo, nokutyeka ebubini kuyingqondo.” Yobhi 28:28.ULw 89.1

Babekho ababethanda ukusoloko bekunye naYe, beziva bexolile xa belapho akhoyo; phofu abanye babemphepha, kuba babesohlwaywa bubomi baKhe obungenachaphaza. Amaqabane aselula ayemkhuthaza ukuba enze njengoko nawo ayesenza. Wayekrelekrele, onwabile; babekonwabela ubukho baKhe, bewamkela amacebiso aKhe awaye esoloko ekho; noko kunjalo babengenawo umonde wokunyamezela ubuceducedu baKhe, baza bathi akavulekanga kwaye akakhulanga. UYesu waphendula, Kubhaliwe, “Umfana uya kuwuqaqambisa ngantoni na umendo wakhe? Ngokuzigcina ngokwelizwi lakho.” “Ndiyibeke intetho yakho entliziyweni yam, ukuze ndingoni kuwe.” Ndumiso 119:9, 11.ULw 89.2

Wayemana ebuzwa, kusithiwa, Kutheni le nto uthanda ukuphum’ ecaleni, usoloko wahlukile kuthi sonke? Kubhaliwe, wayesitsho, “Hayi, uyolo lwabandlela igqibeleleyo, bona bahambayo ngomyalelo kaYehova! Hayi, uyolo lwababambe izingqiniso zakhe, abamquqelayo ngentliziyo epheleleyo! Abasebenzi nokusebenza bugqwetha, bayahamba ngeendlela zakhe.” Ndumiso 119:1-3.ULw 89.3

Xa ebuzwa ukuba kutheni engayingeni nje imigcobo yolutsha lwaseNazarete, wayesithi, Kubhaliwe, “Ndinemihlali endleleni yezingqiniso zakho, ngathi kusebuncwaneni bonke. Ndiya kucamngca ngeziyalezo zakho, ndibheke kumendo wakho. Ndiyaziyolisa ngemimiselo yakho; andiyi kulilibala ilizwi lakho.” Ndumiso 119:14-16.ULw 89.4

UYesu akazange awalwele amalungelo aKhe. Umsebenzi waKhe wawusoloko usenziwa ukuba ube qatha ngokungafanelekanga kuba wayenentumekelelo engakhalazi. Sekunjalo, akazange asilele okanye atyhafe. Waphila ngaphaya kwezi nzima, ngokungathi uphambi kobuso bukaThixo. Akazange aphindise xa esetyenziswa rhabaxa, kodwa wakuthwala ngomonde ukugculelwa.ULw 89.5

Wayephindaphindwa ukubuzwa, Kutheni uziyekela ekuphathweni okubi kangaka, nangabantakwenu? Kubhaliwe, wayesitsho, “Nyana wam, musa ukuwulibala umyalelo wam; intliziyo yakho mayiyibambe imithetho yam; kuba iya kukongeza imihla emide, neminyaka yobomi, noxolo. Inceba nenyaniso mayingakushiyi; zinxibe kuwe emqaleni; zibhale elucwecweni lwentliziyo yakho, ubabalwe ube nengqiqo entle emehlweni kaThixo nawabantu.” Mizekeliso 3:1-4.ULw 89.6

Kususela mhla abazali bakaYesu bamfumana etempileni, ikhondo lokwenza kwaKhe laba yimfihlelo kubo. Wayengayingeni imbambano, kantike umzekelo waKhe wawusisifundo esizingisileyo. Wayebonakala engobekelwe bucala. Amaxesha aKhe okonwaba ayefumaneka xa eyedwa kunye noThixo. Ngalo lonke ixesha ililungelo laKhe, wayesithi gu bucala kwindawo awayesebenza kuyo, aye emadlelweni, ukuba acamngce kwiintili eziluhlaza, athethe noThixo ngasentabeni okanye phakathi kwemithi yehlathi. Ekuseni kakhulu wayekholisa ukufumaneka kwindawo ekhethekileyo, ecamngca, ephengulula iziBhalo, okanye ethandaza. Ukusuka kwezi yure zizolileyo, wayeye abuyele ekhayeni laKhe ukuya kwenza imisebenzi yaKhe kwakhona, nokunika umzekelo wokusebenza ngomonde.ULw 90.1

Ubomi bukaKristu baphawuleka ngentlonipho nothando kumama waKhe. UMariya wayekholwa entliziyweni yakhe ukuba umntwana ongcwele amzeleyo yayinguMesiya ekwakuthenjiswe ngaYe kwakudala, kodwa ke akazange akwazi ukubonisa ngalo ukholo lwakhe. Kubo bonke ubomi baKhe basemhlabeni, wayebandakanyeka ekuphathekeni nzima kwaKhe. Wazibona ebuhlungu izilingo ezaziswa phezu kwaKhe ebuntwaneni nasebutsheni baKhe. Ngokungqinela kwakhe oko wayesazi ukuba kulungile ekuziphatheni kwaKhe, naye ngokwakhe wafikelela kwiindawo ezimcikidayo. Wayekhangelene nobudlelwane ekhaya, nokwalusa abantwana bakhe ngobubele bukamama, ekubona konke kubaluleke kakhulu ekwakheni isimilo. Abantwana bakaYosefu, oonyana neentombi, bebekwazi oku baza bathi, bembethisa ngovalo, bazama ukukulungisa okwenziwa nguYesu ngokowabo umgangatho.ULw 90.2

UMariya wayekholisa ukumthethisa uYesu, emkhuthaza ukuba avumelane nokwenziwa ngoorabhi. Akazange Yena akwazi ukusijika isiqhelo sakhe sokucamanga ngemisebenzi kaThixo nokuzama ukukhulula bonke abantu ababulalekayo kwanezilwanyana ezi zingakwazi kuthetha. Babesithi ababingeleli neetitshala xa befuna uncedo lukaMariya ekulawuleni uYesu, asuke akhathazeke kakhulu; kodwa ke uxolo belufika entliziyweni yakhe xa ethetha ngeendawo zesiBhalo eziphakamisa izenzo zaKhe.ULw 90.3

Maxa wambi wayethingaza phakathi kukaYesu nabantakwabo, ababengakholwa ukuba wayengoThunyiweyo kaThixo; kodwa izibonakaliso zazizininzi zokuba wayengumntu ongcwele. Wabona ezincama ukuze kulungelwe abanye. Ubukho baKhe babuzisa umoya ohlambuluke kakhulu ekhaya, baye ubomi bakhe bufana negwele elisebenza phakathi kwezinto ezifunekayo eluntwini. Engenangozi engadyobhekanga, wahamba phakathi kwabangenankathalo, abasileyo, abangenambeko; phakathi kwababuthi berhafu abangenabulungisa, abanenkcitho ngokungakhathali, amaSamariya angalunganga, amajoni angabahedeni, abemi abakrwada, nendibandiba emxube. Wayethetha ilizwi lovelwano apha nelizwi phaya, xa ebona abantu abadiniweyo, kodwa benyanzelekile ukuba bathwale imithwalo enzima. Wayesabelana nabo ngemithwalo yabo, abaxelele izifundo azifunde endalweni, ezingothando, ububele nokulunga kukaThixo.ULw 90.4

Wabafundisa bonke ukuba bazibone njengabanikwe iitalente ezixabisekileyo, ezinokuthi, xa zisetyenziswe ngendlela elungileyo, zibazuzele ubutyebi obungunaphakade. Walinyothula lonke ikratshi lobomi, wathi ngomzekelo waKhe wafundisa ukuba wonke umzuzu wexesha uzele ziziphumo ezingunaphakade; nokuba kufuneka uthatyathwe njengendyebo, usetyenziselwe iinjongo ezingcwele. Akazange wadlula nabani ngokungathi akanaxabiso, kodwa wayezama ukusebenzisa umathunga osindisayo kumphefumlo ngamnye. Nakulo naliphi iqela awayezifumana ekulo, wayenika isifundo esasifanele ixesha neemeko. Wazama ukubakhuthaza ngethemba abona barhabaxa nabangathembisiyo, ebeka phambi kwabo isiqinisekiso sokuba banako ukungabi nabala nabungozi, bafikelele kwisimilo esiya kubenza babonakale bengabantwana bakaThixo. Wayekholisa ukuhlangana nabo baya bandwendwa bengaphantsi kolawulo lukaSathana, nababengenawo amandla okuqhawula kwisabatha sakhe. Konjalo, odakumbileyo, ogulayo, ohendiweyo,nowileyo, uYesuwayethetha amazwi ovelwano anobubele obukhulu, amazwi awayedingeka nanokuqondwa. ULw 91.1

Abanye awayehlangana nabo babesilwa nezandla nomchasi wemiphefumlo. Aba wayebakhuthaza ukuba bazingise, ebaqinisekisa ukuba baya kuphumelela; kuba iingelosi zikaThixo zingecala labo, zaye iya kubanika uloyiso. Abo wabanceda ngolo hlobo baqiniseka ukuba lo nguLowo babenokumthemba ngethemba eligqibeleleyo. Wayengasayi kuzisasaza iimfihlo abazithululela kwindlebe yaKhe enovelwano.ULw 92.1

UYesu wayengumphilisi womzimba kunye nomphefumlo. Wayenomdla kuwo wonke amabakala okubulaleka awayekubona, kuze kuthi, kuye wonke obulalekayo azise ukukhululeka, aye amazwi waKhe enomathunga ophilisayo. Wayengekho onokuthi wenze ummangaliso; kodwa okuhle-amandla aphilisayo othando-kwakuphuma kuYe kuze kuye kwabagulayo nabaxinzelelekileyo. Ngoko ke, engatyhudisi, wabasebenzela abantu kwasebuntwaneni baKhe. Yayisisizathu ke esi sokuba, emva kokuba kuqalile ukusebenza kwaKhe ekuhleni, babe baninzi ababemva ngovuyo. ULw 92.2

Kanti ke, kubo bonke ubuntwana baKhe, ebutsheni nasebuntwini obukhulu, uYesu wayehamba yedwa. Ebunyulwini nasekuthembekeni, wayeyedwa esixovulelweni, kwaye kungekho unaYe ebantwini. Wabuthwala ubunzima oboyikekayo boxanduva lokusindiswa kwabantu. Wazi ukuba, ngaphandle kokuba kubekho inguqukoecacileyo kwimithetho-siseko neenjongo zohlanga loluntu, bonke baya kulahleka. Yinto le eyayingumthwalo womphefumlo waKhe, kwaye kungekho ubuqondayo ubunzima obabuphezu kwaKhe. Ezaliswe yinjongo enamandla, wakwenza okubekelwe umphefumlo waKhe ukuze Yena ngokwaKhe abe kukukhanya ebantwini. ULw 92.3