20—UYosefu EYiputa
[Esi sahluko sisekwe kwiGenesis 39 ukuya ku-41.]
Ngelo xesha, uYosefu nabathimbi bakhe babesendleleni esinga eYiputa. Wathi xa umkrozo weenkamela usihla usiya ngakwimida yeKanan, le ntwana yazikhangela kude iinduli apho zazikho iintente zikayise. Yatsho ngesikrakra isikhalo yakucinga ngoyise oyithandayo ohleli yedwa enentlungu. Wabuya kwakhona umbono waseDothan. Wababona abantakwabo abanomsindo wakuva emzimbeni ukumgxelesha kwabo okoyikekayo. Amazwi ahlabayo okumgculela awahlangana nezicengo zakhe ezibuhlungu ayenkenteza ezindlebeni zakhe. Wathi, ngentliziyo enoloyiko, wakhangela phambili kwixesha elizayo. Athi ukutshintsha kwemeko-ukusuka kunyana othandwayo kakhulu ukuya ekubeni likhoboka elidelekileyo elingenako ukuzinceda! Eyedwa engenamhlobo, kwakuza kuba yintoni kuye ezweni lasemzini awayesiya kulo? Kwamthabatha ixesha uYosefu enentlungu noloyiko olungalawulekiyo.ANa 213.1
Noko kunjalo, ngokwazelelela kukaThixo, nala amava ayeza kuba yintsikelelo kuye. Wayefunde ngeeyure ezimbalwa oko iminyaka yayingenakho ukumfundisa. Uyise, omelele enothando, njengoko lwalunjalo uthando lwakhe, akazange enze okulungileyo kuye ngokumkhetha nokumyekela. Oku kukhetha kungalumkileyo kwabenza umsindo abantakwabo kwabaqhubela kwisenzo senkohlakalo esamahlula nekhaya lakhe. Iziphumo zaso zabonakala nakwisimilo sakhe. Kwakhuthazwa iziphoso ekwakufuneka ngoku zilungisiwe. Wayefikelela apho wayengadingi luncedo, sele enyanzelisa. Eqhelene nothando lokukhathalelwa nguyise, waziva engakulungelanga ukumelana nobunzima obabuphambi kwakhe, kubomi obukrakra nobungakhathalelwayo bomntu wasemzini nekhoboka.ANa 213.2
Ngelo xesha iingcinga zakhe zabuyela kuThixo kayise. Ebuntwaneni bakhe wayefundiswe ukumthanda nokumoyika. Rhoqo kwintente kayise, wayekholisa ukuphulaphula ibali lombono owabonwa nguYakobi xa wayebaleka kwikhaya lakhe esiya elubhacweni nokuba sisibhadubhadu. Wayexelelwa ngezithembiso zikaYehova kuYakobi, nangendlela ezazaliseka ngayo, indlela, ekwathingexesha lentswelo, iingelosi zikaThixo zafika ukuza kumfundisa, ukumthuthuzela, nokumkhusela. Wayekwafunde ngothando lukaThixo ekubekeleni abantu uMhlanguli. Ngoku, zonke ezi zifundo zixabisekileyo zathi thaa phambi kwakhe. UYosefu wakholwa ukuba uThixo wooyise uya kuba nguThixo wakhe. Wazinikela kwangoko ngokupheleleyo kuYehova, wathandaza ukuba uMgcini kaIsrayeli abe naye ezweni lokugxothelwa kwakhe.ANa 213.3
Umphefumlo wakhe waba novuyo sisigqibo esikhulu sokuba azibonakalise enyanisekile kuThixo, phantsi kwazo zonke iimeko aziphathe njengophantsi koKumkani wezulu. Wayeza kumkhonza uYehova ngentliziyo epheleleyo; wayeza kuqubisana nezilingo ezifanele abakule meko yakhe, ngesibindi, enze wonke umsebenzi wakhe ngokunyaniseka. Amava emini anela ukubujika ubomi bukaYosefu. Isihelegu esibi samguqula ekubeni ngumntwana ofekethiswayo waba yindoda, ecingayo, enesibindi, nezolileyo.ANa 214.1
Akuba efikile eYiputa, uYosefu wathengiswa kwaPotifaro, umphathi webutho elaluse ukumkani, apho wasebenza khona ishumi leminyaka. Apha wayesesichengeni sezilingo zohlobo olungaqhelekanga. Wayephakathi konqulo zithixo. Ukukhonzwa koothixo ababuxoki kwakuzele bubuyokoyoko bakwakumkani, buxhaswa bubutyebi nenkcubeko besizwe esasisesona sityebileyo esikhoyo ngelo xesha. Noko kunjalo, uYosefu wakugcina ukuthobeka nokuthembeka kwakhe kuThixo. Imibono neengxolo zobubi zazimrhangqile, kodwa waba ngathi akaziboni, akaziva. Iingcinga zakhe azizange zivunyelwe ukuba zihlale kwizinto ezalelweyo. Ulangazelelo lokuthandwa ngamaYiputa aluzange lumenze ukuba ayifihle imithetho-siseko yakhe. Ukuba wayekhe wakuzama oku, ngewoyiswa sisihendo; kodwa akazange abe neentloni ngenkolo yooyise, akazama kwenza linge lakufihla ukuba ungumkhonzi kaYehova.ANa 214.2
“UYehova waba naye uYosefu, waba yindoda enempumelelo; . . . Yabona inkosi yakhe ukuba uYehova unaye, ukuba zonke izinto abezenza zibe nempumelelo esandleni sakhe.” Ukumthemba kukaPotifaro uYosefu kwaya kukhula imihla ngemihla, waza ekugqibeleni wamnyusela ukuba abe ligosa, alawule ngokupheleleyo zonke izinto abe enazo. “Zonke izinto ebinazo yaziyekela esandleni sikaYosefu, ayakhathalela nanye into ebikuye, ingesiso isonka esidlayo.”ANa 214.3
Impumelelo eyayikho kuyo yonke into ebekwe phantsi kweliso likaYosefu yayingesosiphumo sommangaliso oze ngqo; kodwa, ukukhuthala, ukukhathala, kwanamandla akhe, konke kwawongwa ngentsikelelo yezulu. UYosefu wayibalela ekuthandweni nguThixo impumelelo yakhe, kanti ke, nenkosi yakhe eyayingumkhonzi wezithixoyakwamkelaokunjengemfihlelo yempumeleloyakheengenako ukulinganiswa nenye. Ngaphandle komzamo ozinzileyo nolawulwa ngendlela, impumelelo ngeyayingazange ifumaneke. UThixo wazukiswa kukunyaniseka komkhonzi waKhe. Yayiyinjongo yaKhe ukuba, kubunyulu nokuhamba ngengqibelelo kwalowo ukholwayo kuThixo, kumele kubekho umahluko kwabo banqula izithixo, ukuze ngaloo ndlela, ukukhanya kobabalo lwezulu kukhanye phakathi kobumnyama bobuhedeni.ANa 214.4
Ubulali kunye nothando lukaYosefu kwayizuza intliziyo yomphathi oyintloko, owaya wamthabatha njengonyana endaweni yekhoboka. Eli tyendye lahlangana namadoda asezikhundleni (eziphezulu) nafundileyo, laza lazuza ulwazi lobunzulu-lwazi, iilwimi, nemicimbi, imfundo eyayifuneka kulowo wayeza kuba yinkulumbuso yaseYiputa.ANa 217.1
Inkolo kaYosefu nokunyaniseka kwakhe kwakuza kuvavanywa ngezitshisayo zona izilingo. Inkosikazi yenkosi yakhe yazama ukumwexula umfana ukuba awugqithe umthetho kaThixo. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, wayehleli engadyobhekanga yinkohlakalo eyayigquba kwelo lizwe lobuhedeni; kodwa esi sihendo, sikhawuleze kangako, sinamandla kangako, siwexula kangako, kungamelwana njani naso? UYosefu wayesazi kakuhle ukuba singayintoni isiphumo sokwala. Kwelinye icala, yayikukufihla, ukuthandwa, nezipho; kwelinye, ihlazo, ukuvalelwa entolongweni, mhlawumbi nokufa. Ikamva lakhe lonke lalilele kwisigqibo somzuzu. Ungoyisa na umthetho-siseko (omlawulayo)? Angakwazi uYosefu ukuqhubeka enyanisekile kuThixo? Ngonxunguphalo olungathethekiyo, iingelosi zawubukela lo mboniso.ANa 217.2
Impendulo kaYosefu yawatyhila amandla omthetho-siseko senkolo. Wayengayi kukuphoxa ukuthenjwa yinkosi yakhe yasemhlabeni, kwaye, nokuba zingathini iziphumo, wayeza kunyaniseka kwiNkosi yakhe yasezulwini. Ephantsi kweliso elihlolisisayo likaThixo neengelosi ezingcwele, abaninzi bazinika imihlaba yenkululeko ukwenza oko bebengayi kuba nabutyala ngokukwenza ngokubona kwabanye abantu, kodwa ingcinga ephambili kuYosefu yayingoThixo. “Ndingathini na ke ukwenza obu bubi bukhulu kangaka, ndone kuThixo?” watsho.ANa 217.3
Ukuba besingahlala sinengqondo yokuba uThixo uyabona, esiva konke esikwenzayo nesikuthethayo aze agcine ingxelo ethembekileyo yamazwi nezenzo zethu, nokuba siya kuhlangana nako konke, besiya koyika ukona. Abatsha mabahlale bekhumbula ukuba, nokuba baphi na, nokuba benza ntoni na, baphambi kobukho bukaThixo. Akukho ndawo yesimilo sethu angakwaziyo ukuyiqwalasela. Asinako ukuzifihla iindlela zethu kOsenyangweni. Imithetho yabantu, nangona ngamanye amaxesha inzima, iye yaphulwe kungabikho ukubonwa, kungoko ingagwetywa. Akunjalo ke kodwa kumthetho kaThixo. Inzulu yobusuku,ayisisoisikhuselosalowounetyala.Angacingaukuba uyedwa, kodwa kuso sonke isenzo, likho ingqina elingabonwayo. Nezona njongo zentliziyo yakhe, zandlalekile ukuba zihlolwe lizulu. Sonke isenzo, lonke igama, yonke ingcinga, into nganye iqatshelwe ngokucacileyo ngokungathi mnye kuphela umntu kulo lonke ihlabathi, nokuba umdla wezulu umiliselwe kuye.ANa 217.4
UYosefu waphatheka kakubi ngenxa yokugqibelela kwakhe, kuba umlingi wakhe waziphindezela ngokumtyhola ngokungcola ngokwaphula umthetho, nto leyo eyenza ukuba aphoswe entolongweni. Ukuba uPotifaro wayemkholelwe umfazi wakhe ngesi simangalo ngakuYosefu, umfana womHebhere ngewaya walahlekana nobomi bakhe; kodwa ukulunga nokuthi tye okwakusoloko kubonakala ekuziphatheni kwakhe, kwakububungqina bokuba msulwa kwakhe; kodwa, ukuze kukhuseleke isidima sendlu yenkosi yakhe, wayekelwa (uYosefu) ehlazweni nasekubotshweni.ANa 218.1
Ekuqaleni uYosefu waphathwa kakubi kakhulu ngabagcini bamabanjwa. UMdumisi uthi, “Bazicinezela iinyawo zakhe ngamakhamandela, wafika umphefumlo wakhe esinyithini; kwada kwalixesha lokufika kwelizwi lakhe, intetho kaYehova yamnyibilikisa.” Ndumiso 105:18, 19. Sekunjalo, esona similo sikaYosefu siyakhanya, nakubumnyama basemhadini. Wabambelela elukholweni lwakhe nakumonde wakhe; iminyaka yenkonzo yakhe ethembekileyo yabuyekezwa ngenkohlakalo engathethekiyo, kodwa konke oko akuzange kumenze ukuba athi khunubembe okanye angabi sathemba nto. Wayenoxolo oluphuma ekuzazini ukuba umsulwa, waza wawuyekela kuThixo umcimbi wakhe. Akazange abe esetyisana neziphoso zakhe, waza wayilibala eyakhe intlungu ngokuzama ukuthwalisana nabanye kwiintlungu zabo. Wafumana umsebenzi anokuwenza, nalapho entolongweni. UThixo wayemlungisa kwisikolo sembandezelo ukuze abe lulutho olukhulu, waza naye akalwala uqeqesho oludingekayo. Entolongweni, ebona iziphumo zengcinezelo, zembandezelo, neziqhamo zolwaphulo-mthetho, waba nezifundo azifundayo ngobulungisa, uvelwano, nenceba, ezaya zamlungiselela ukusebenzisa igunya ngobulumko nangovelwano.ANa 218.2
UYosefu waya efumana ukuthenjwa ngumgcini wentolongo, ekugqibeleni wenziwa ukuba ajongane nawo onke amabanjwa. Kwakungenxa yento awayeyenza entolongweni, ukunyaniseka kobomi bakhe bemihla ngemihla novelwano lwakhe kwabo babejongene nenkathazo noxinzelelo, olwamvulela indlela yempumelelo nokuhlonitshwa kwixesha elizayo. Wonke umtha wokukhanya esiwuphosa phezu kwabanye ubuyela kuthi. Lonke ilizwi elinobubele novelwano elithethwe kwabaselusizini, sonke isenzo sokukhulula abacinezelweyo, naso sonke isipho kwabo banentswelo, ukuba ziqhutywangumoyaolungileyo,ziya kubaneziphumo zeentsikelelo kulowo uphayo.ANa 218.3
Intloko yomoji wezonka kunye nentloko engumngcamli bakakumkani babefakwe entolongweni ngenxa yokona okuthile baza baphantsi kolawulo lukaYosefu. Ngenye intsasa, wathi akubona ukuba bakhangeleka lusizi, ngobubele wafuna ukuqonda unobangela waza waxelelwa ukuba ngamnye kubo uye wanephupha elikhangeleka libalulekile, abaya balangazelela ukwazi ngoko kubaluleka. “Izityhilo asizezikaThixo na?, watsho uYosefu, “Khanindixelele iphupha elo.” Kwathi xa elowo kubo elixela iphupha lakhe, uYosefu wakuxela ukubaluleka kwalo: Ngeentsuku ezintathu umngcamli wayeza kubuyiselwa esikhundleni sakhe, amnike uFaro indebe yakhe njengakuqala, kodwa umoji wezonka oyintloko wayeza kubulawa ngokomyalelo kakumkani. Kuzo zozibini ezo ziganeko, kwenzeka njengoko bekuthethiwe kwangaphambili.ANa 219.1
Umngcamli kakumkani waba nombulelo omkhulu kakhulu kuYosefu, ngenkcazo evuyisayo yephupha lakhe kwakunye nezenzo ezininzi zokumjonga ngobubele; ekuphenduleni kwakhe yena [uYosefu], ethetha ngendlela echukumisayo ngokwakhe ukubanjwa okungenabulungisa, wacenga ukuba umcimbi wakhe ubekwe phambi kukakumkani. “Uze undikhumbule ke,” watsho, “wakulungelwa, undenzele inceba, undikhankanye kuFaro, undikhuphe kule ndlu; ngokuba inene ndabiwa ezweni lamaHebhere, nalapha andenzanga nto, ukuba bandifake emhadini.” Umngcamli oyintloko walibona lizaliseka iphupha kwiinkalo zonke; kodwa wathi akubuyiselwa ekuthandweni kwakomkhulu, akabuye acinge ngalowo wamenzela okuhle. Wahlala eminye iminyaka emibini elibanjwa uYosefu. Ithemba elaliphenjwe entliziyweni yakhe laya lisifa ngokufa, kwathi, kuzo zonke izilingo, kongezeka ukubethwa ngolwamvila olukrakra lokungabi nambulelo.ANa 219.2
Isandla sezulu kwakukufuphi ukuba sivule amasango entolongo. Ukumkani waseYiputa waba namaphupha amabini ngobusuku obunye, ekhangeleka ejonge kwisiganeko esinye kwaye kubonakala ukuba abonisa intlekele enkulu. Akazange akwazi ukuxela ukuba abaluleke ngantoni, kodwa aqhubeka nokuyikhathaza ingqondo yakhe. Iinkunkqele ezinobugqi namadoda azizilumko ombuso wakhe awazange akwazi ukunika inkcazo. Kwaya kukhula ukudideka nokukhathazeka kukumkani, kwakho uloyiko kubo bonke kwibhotwe lakhe. Unxunguphalo kumntu wonke lwazisa kwinkumbulo yomngcamli oyintloko iimeko zelakhe iphupha; kwathi qatha uYosefu, kwathi xhokro nokuzisola ngokumlibala nokungabi nambulelo kwakhe. Kwangoko waxelela ukumkani indlela elakhe iphupha kunye nelomoji wezonka oyintlokoawachazwangayongumbanjwawomHebhere, nendlela ezazaliseka ngayo ezo zinto zazixeliwe ngenx’ engaphambili.ANa 219.3
Kwakumthoba isidima uFaro ukuyeka oosiyazi nezilumko zobukumkani bakhe ayokufuna icebo kumntu wasemzini olikhoboka, kodwa wayekulungele ukwamkela neyona nkonzo iphantsi ukuba nje ingqondo yakhe ekhathazekileyo ingafumana ukukhululeka. Kwathunyelwa ngokukhawuleza ukuba uYosefu eze; wakhulula impahla yakhe yasentolongweni, wazicheba, kuba iinwele zakhe zazikhule zabande ngexesha lokuhlaziswa nokuvalelwa kwakhe. Wasiwa phambi kukakumkani.ANa 220.1
“Wathi uFaro kuYosefu, Ndiphuphe iphupha akukho bani unokulityhila; mna ndive kusithiwa ngawe, uyaliva iphupha ulityhile. UYosefu wamphendula u“Faro, esithi, Akunam; uThixo uyakuphendula into yokumsindisa uFaro.” Impendulo kaYosefu kukumkani ityhila ukuthobeka nokholo lwakhe kuThixo. Wathi ngentlonipho, wayilandula imbeko yokuba yena unobulumko obukhulu. “Akunam.” NguThixo kuphela onokuzichaza ezi mfihlelo.ANa 220.2
Waqhubeka ke uFaro nokuchaza iphupha lakhe: “Yabona, bendimi elunxwemeni lomlambo; nanko kunyuka, kuphuma emlanjeni, amathokazi asixhenxe etyebile, emahle, esidla engcotyeni; nanko, kunyuka kuphuma amanye amathokazi asixhenxe emva kwawo, ebhityile, emabi kakhulu, engamarhoqorhoqo, endingazanga ndibone anjalo kulo lonke ilizwe laseYiputa, ukuba mabi kwawo; amathokazi angamarhoqorhoqo, amabi awadla awokuqala amathokazi asixhenxe atyebileyo; angena embilinini wawo akwazeka ukuba angenile embilinini wawo, imbonakalo yawo yambi, njengasekuqaleni. Ndaphaphama. Ndabona ephupheni lam, izikhwebu ezisixhenxe ziphuma micingeni mnye, zichumile, zilungile; nanzo, izikhwebu ezisixhenxe zishwabene, zingcakacile, zitshile lulophu lwasempumalanga, zihluma emva kwazo. Zesuka izikhwebu ezingcakacileyo, zaziginya izikhwebu ezisixhenxe ezilungileyo. Ndathetha nezazi; akukho bani kuzo undixelelayo.”ANa 220.3
“Iphupha likaFaro linye,” watsho uYosefu. “UThixo umxelele uFaro oko ayakukwenza.” Kwakuza kubakho iminyaka esixhenxe yendyebo enkulu. Amasimi nezitiya zaziza kuchuma kakhulu kunangaphambili. Eli xesha laye liza kulandelwa yiminyaka esixhenxe yendlala. “Ingaziwa indyebo elizweni, ngenxa yaloo ndlala iya kubakho emva kwayo, kuba iya kuba nzima kunene.” Ukuphindwa kwephupha kwakubonisa kokubini, ukuqiniseka nokusondela kokuzaliseka. “Ngoko,” waqhubeka, “uFaromakakhangeleindodaeyingqondi, esisilumko, ayimise phezu kwelizwelaseYiputa.Makenzele ntouFaro,alimiseleabaveleli ilizwe, athabathe isihlanu selizwe laseYiputa ngeminyaka yosixhenxe yendyebo. Mababuthe konke ukudla kwaloo minyaka ilungileyo izayo, bafumbe ingqolowa phantsi kwesandla sikaFaro, ibe kukudla emizini, bayigcine; oko kudla kube yinto ebekelwe ilizwe iminyaka yosixhenxe yendlala, eya kubakho ezweni laseYiputa, lingatshabalali yindlala.”ANa 220.4
Ukuchazwa [kwamaphupha] kwakuvakala kwaye kuvumelana, nomthetho owawucetyiswa wawunengqondo nobulumko, kangangokuba ukulunga kwawo kwakungathandabuzeki. Phofu ke, ngubani ekwakunokuyekelwa kuye ukuba alenze icebo eli? Kubulumko bokumkhetha lowo, kwakuxhomekeke ukulondolozwa kwesizwe. Ukumkani wayekhathazekile. Kwaba lithuba umcimbi wokunyula uqwalaselwe. Kumngcamli oyintloko, ukumkani weva ngobulumko nobunkunkqele obabonakaliswa nguYosefu ekuphatheni intolongo; kwakucacile ukuba unaso isakhono ngendlela emangalisayo. Umngcamli, ezaliswe kukuzohlwaya, wazama ukulungisa ukungabi nambulelo kwakhe kwangaphambili, ngokuncoma kakhulu lowo wayemncedile; kwaza ukuphanda ngakumbi kukakumkani kwabubonisa ubunyaniso bengxelo yakhe [umngcamli]. Kubo bonke ubukumkani, uYosefu wayekuphela komntu onesipho sobulumko bokwalatha ingozi obabujongene nayo ubukumkani kwakunye nokulungiselela okwakufuneka ukuhlangabezana nayo; waza woyisakala ukumkani ukuba nguye owayefaneleke kakhulu ukuba awenze amacebo awayewandlalile. Kwakucacile ukuba igunya lasezulwini lalinaye, nokuba wayengekho kumagosa kakumkani owayefaneleke kangako ukuba angenza imicimbi yesizwe kule ngxubakaxaka. Into yokuba wayengumHebhere nekhoboka yayingathethi nto xa ithelekiswa nobulumko bakhe obubonakalayo nengqondo ezinzileyo. “Sinokumfumana na umntu onje, onoMoya kaThixo?” watsho ukumkani kumaphakathi akhe.ANa 221.1
Kwathatyathwa isigqibo ngokunyulwa kukaYosefu, kwaza kwaxelwa kuYosefu isaziso esothusayo, “Ekubeni uThixo ekwazisile konke oku, akukho bani uyingqondi, usisilumko, njengawe. Uya kuba phezu kwendlu yam wena, bawuthobele umlomo wakho bonke abantu bam; kusetroneni yodwa endiya kuba mkhulu kuwe.” Ukumkani waqhubeka ukumwonga uYosefu ngomsesane wesikhundla sakhe esiphezulu. “Wawukhulula uFaro umsesane wakhe esandleni sakhe, wawufaka esandleni sikaYosefu, wamambathisa iingubo zelinen ecikizekileyo, wanxiba umxokelelwane wegolide entanyeni yakhe. Wamkhwelisa enqweleni yesibini abenayo, kwamenyezwa phambi kwakhe, kwathiwa, Guqani!”ANa 221.2
“Wamenza inkosi yendlu yakhe, umlawuli wemfuyo yakhe yonke, ukuba abakhonkxe abathetheli bakhe ngokuzithandela kwakhe, amadoda akhe amakhulu awafundise ubulumko.” Ndumiso 105:21, 22. Ukuphuma emhadini, uYosefu waphakanyiswa ukuba abe ngumlawuli phezu kwalo lonke ilizwe laseYiputa. Yayisisikhundla sembeko esiphezulu, kanti ke sasizele bubunzima nobunzithinzithi. Umntu akakwazi ukuma kwindawo ephakamileyo ngaphandle kwengozi. Njengokuba isaqhwithi siyishiya ingenzekanga nto intyatyambo ephantsi entilini, ngoku incothula neengcambu umthi owomeleleyo omkhulu encotsheni yentaba, kunjalo kwabo bathe bakugcina ukuthembeka kwabo kubomi obuthobekileyo, ukutsalelwa phantsi emhadini zizihendo ezihlasela impumelelo nembeko yasemhlabeni. Isimilo sikaYosefu saluthwala ngokufanayo uvavanyo lwenkcaso nolwempumelelo. Ukunyaniseka okufanayo kuThixo kwabonakala xa esima kwibhotwe likaFaro naxa esesiseleni sentolongo. Wayese ngowasemzini kwilizwe lobuhedeni, ehlukene nabakubo, ababenqula uThixo; kodwa wakholelwa ngokupheleleyo ukuba isandla esingcwele sawakhokela amanyathelo akhe, kwathi ngokuthi rhoqo exhomekeke kuThixo, wayenza ngokunyaniseka imisebenzi yesikhundla sakhe. Ngaye uYosefu, umdla kakumkani namadoda amakhulu wakhokelelwa kuThixo wenene; kwathi nangona babesabambelele kunqulo lwabo lwezithixo, bafunda ukuyihlonipha imithetho-siseko eyavezwa kubomi kunye nesimilo somkhonzi kaYehova.ANa 222.1
Wenziwa njani uYosefu ukuba enze ingxelo enjalo yokuzinza kwesimilo, ukuhamba ngokuthe tye, nobulumko?--kwiminyaka yakhe yobutsha, wayekhangela kuqala umsebenzi endaweni yokuba uziva efuna ntoni; ukuthembeka, ukuthemba ngokulula, indalo ezinzileyo, nobutsha, konke kwathwala iziqhamo zobudoda. Ubomi obunyulu nobungaxandanga bakulungela ukuphuhla ngeendlela ezimbini, ngamandla omzimba nangengqondo. Ukuxhumana noThixo ngomsebenzi waKhe nokucamngca ngeenyaniso eziphakamileyo zemo yakhe yasemoyeni, kwayivula kwayomeleza ingqondo ngaphezu kokuba besinokwenza esinye isifundo. Ukunyamekela ngokuthembeka umsebenzi walo naluphi na ubizo, kususela kowona uphantsi kuse kowona uphezulu, kuwaqeqeshela owona msebenzi wawo uphezulu onke amandla. Lowo uphila ngokuhambelana nentando yoMdali, uzizuzela okona kwakheka kwesimilo okuyinene nokunesidima. “Ukoyika iNkosi, bubulumko obo, nokutyeka ebubini kuyingqondo.” Yobhi 28:28.ANa 222.2
Bambalwa abayiqondayo impembelelo yezinto ezincinane ebomini ekukhulisweni kwesimilo. Ayikho into enokwenza naso, esichukumisayo,ekungathiwa incinane ngokwenene.Iimeko ezahlukeneyo esihlangana nazo yonke imihla ngemihla zilungiselelwe ukuvavanywa kokunyaniseka kwethu nokusilungiselela ukuthenjwa okungaphezulu. Ngokubambelela kumthetho-siseko ekwenzeni izinto nje ezilula zobomi, eziqhelekileyo, ingqondo iqhela ukuwabanga amabango omsebenzi ngaphezu kwalawo olonwabo nokukekelela ekuwenzeni. Ingqondo eziqeqeshwe ngolo hlobo azikholisi ngokufumaneka zithandabuza phakathi kokulungileyo nokungalunganga; njengengcongolo ebhudlwa ngumoya, ziya nyaniseka emsebenzini kuba ziziqeqeshe kwimikhwa yokunyaniseka nenyaniso. Ngokuthembeka koko kuncinane zifumana amandla okuthembeka kwimicimbi emikhulu.ANa 223.1
Isimilo esithe tye, sinexabiso elikhulu kunegolide yakwaOfire. Ngaphandle kwaso akakho onokunyukela kwinqanaba lokuhlonitshwa okubalaseleyo. Ke, isimilo asizuzwa njengelifa. Asithengwa. Ukuziphatha kakuhle ngokugqithisileyo kunye neempawu ezichubekileyo zengqondo, asizizinto ezibakho ngengozi. Ezona zipho zixabiseke kakhulu azinaxabiso zide zibe ziphuhlisiwe. Ukwenzeka kwesimilo esinesidima ngumsebenzi wobomi bonke kwaye kufuneka kube sisiphumo selinge lenkuthalo nokuzingisa. UThixo unika amathuba; impumelelo ixhomekeka kwindlela asetyenziswa ngayo.ANa 223.2