Ukuwa Komuntu
UNkulunkulu akazange adale umuntu ukuba ahlupheke.
Wenza u-Adamu no-Eva, abazali bethu bokuqala, ukungakwazi ukumelana nobuhlungu nokufa.
Ukuhlupheka kwamenywa emhlabeni lapho befulathela uNkulunkulu. Ngalowo mqondo, ukuhlupheka akuyona indalo kaNkulunkulu kodwa yomuntu, noma, okungenani, umphumela wezenzo zoMuntu.
Ngenxa yokwehlukana noNkulunkulu okwabangelwa ukungalaleli kuka-Adamu no-Eva, sonke isintu kuye kwadingeka sikhuthazelele ukuhlupheka (bona Genesis 3:16 kanye noPawulu Incwadi eya kwabaseRoma 5:19).
Nakuba singase samukele leli qiniso njengesihloko sokholo, ngokuqinisekile akwenzi kube lula ukubhekana nokuhlupheka ezimpilweni zethu. Ebhekene nokuhlupheka, singase sizithole silingeka ukuba singabaza ubuhle bukaNkulunkulu kanye nokuba khona Kwakhe uqobo. Nokho iqiniso lendaba liwukuthi UNkulunkulu akalokothi abange ukuhlupheka, nakuba ngezinye izikhathi Uyakwenza vumela kuzokwenzeka.
UNkulunkulu muhle ngokwemvelo futhi, ngakho-ke, engakwazi ukubangela ububi. Uma Evumela okubi kwenzeke, Wenza njalo ukuze alethe okuhle okukhulu (Bona ekaPawulu Incwadi eya kwabaseRoma 8:28).
Lokhu kunjalo eKuwa Komuntu: UNkulunkulu wasivumela ukuba silahlekelwe injabulo yasemhlabeni yase-Edene ukuze asenze sitholakale, ngomhlatshelo weNdodana Yakhe, ubukhazikhazi obuphakeme beZulu.
Ekhuleka Ensimini yaseGetsemane ngobusuku bokuboshwa Kwakhe, UJesu wasinikeza isibonelo esiphelele sendlela okumelwe sisabele ngayo lapho ukuhlupheka kufika kithi. Okokuqala wacela uBaba ukuthi asuse ubuhlungu Kuye. Wabe esengeza, “Hhayi intando yami, kodwa owakho, makwenziwe” (Luka 22:42).
Isithombe Esikhulu
Ukuthandaza lo mthandazo kudinga ukwethemba okukhulu ebuhleni bukaNkulunkulu: ukuthi ufisa injabulo yethu ngisho nangaphezu kwethu nokuthi uyazi ngempela ukuthi yini engcono kakhulu ngathi. Ukuze sinqume, ngokuphambene, ukuthi uNkulunkulu akanalo uthando ngokuvumela ukuhlupheka ukumehlulela ngokuhlakanipha kwethu okulinganiselwe kobuntu. “Wawukuphi lapho ngibeka isisekelo somhlaba?” Angase asibuze. "Ngitshele, uma unakho ukuqonda” (Umsebenzi 38:4). Ngeke sikwazi ukubona konke lokho uNkulunkulu akubonayo. Asikwazi ukuqonda zonke izindlela ezifihliwe asebenzisa ngazo izimo ezimbi ukuze aqondise izinhliziyo zabantwana Bakhe ekuphendukeni futhi afinyelele kithi ukuphelela ngokomoya.. Nakuba sivame ukwenza iphutha ekuboneni lokhu kuphila njengokuhle kwethu ekugcineni, UNkulunkulu ubona isithombe esibanzi, isithombe saphakade. Ukuqonda kahle okuhle kwethu kokugcina njengenjongo asidalele yona: ukuphila futhi ngijabule Naye kuze kube phakade eZulwini.
Ukungena ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu eZulwini kudinga ukuthi siguqulwe: ukuze isimo sethu sobuntu esinesono sibe ngcwele; ngoba umbhalo uthi, “Akuyikungena lutho olungcolile [Izulu]” (bheka iNcwadi yesAmbulo 21:27). (Ukuze uthole okwengeziwe ngalesi sihloko, sicela ubheke ikhasi lethu ku Isihlanzo, Ukuthethelela & Imiphumela.
Le nqubo yokungcweliswa ihlanganisa ukuhlupheka. “Ngaphandle kokuba uhlamvu lukakolweni luwele emhlabathini futhi lufe,” kusho uJesu, “Ihlala yodwa; kodwa uma ifa, lithela izithelo ezinengi. Lowo othanda ukuphila kwakhe ulahlekelwa yikho, nozonda ukuphila kwakhe kuleli zwe uyakukulondela ukuphila okuphakade” (UJohane 12:24-25).
Kubuhlungu ukunqamula ukunamathela kwethu ngokungafanele ezintweni zaleli zwe, kodwa umvuzo osilindele emhlabeni ozayo ulingana nezindleko. Umntwana ongakazalwa ngokuqinisekile angakhetha ukuhlala ekujwayeleni okumnyama kwesibeletho sikanina. Uhlale lapho izinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye; yilo kuphela iqiniso alaziyo. Ukususwa kule ndawo enethezekile ulethwe ekukhanyeni kwezwe kubuhlungu. Nokho ubani kithi ozisolayo, noma khumbula, ubuhlungu bokuzalwa kwakhe, ukungena kwakhe kulo mhlaba?
Kakhulu-ke ubuhlungu bethu basemhlabeni ngeke bubaluleke kithi uma sesingene eqinisweni laseZulwini. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ikuphi ukuhlupheka okungenzeka sikukhuthazelela manje, noma ibekezele esikhathini esizayo, siyaduduzwa ukwazi ukuthi izinhlungu zalokhu kuphila zingezesikhashana—ukuthi bona, futhi, usuku luzodlula—nokuthi injabulo yaseZulwini iphelele futhi ingunaphakade.
Incwadi yesAmbulo (21:4) uthi, “[UNkulunkulu] azesule izinyembezi zonke emehlweni abo, nokufa ngeke kusaba khona, futhi akuyikuba khona ukulila noma ukukhala ngobuhlungu, ngokuba okokuqala kudlulile. Futhi ngale ndlela uNkulunkulu uyakwazi ukumelana nokusibona, Abantwana bakhe abathandayo, hlupheka lapha emhlabeni isikhathi. Ngokombono Wakhe, izinhlupheko zethu zasemhlabeni zidlula ngokuphazima kweso, ngenkathi siphila Naye eZulwini, injabulo yethu, ngeke kuphele.
Ukholo LobuKristu lwehlukaniswa kuzo zonke ezinye izinkolo ngoba lulodwa olufundisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu waba umuntu–omunye wethu–ukuhlupheka nokufela wethu izono. “[H]yalinyazwa ngenxa yeziphambeko zethu,” kusho umprofethi u-Isaya (53:5), “Wachotshozwa ngenxa yobubi bethu; phezu kwakhe isijeziso esasiphilisa, nangemivimbo yakhe siphilisiwe thina.”
Khumbula, ukuthi uJesu, enguNkulunkulu, kwaba (futhi kunjalo) abangenasono, kodwa eyakhe ukuhlupheka kwakunzima esikhundleni sethu, futhi thina, uhlanga lwesintu, bahlengwa ngokuPhatha kukaJesu Kristu.
Kuyiqiniso ukuthi ukuhlupheka Kwakhe ngenxa yethu abususanga bonke ubuhlungu ezimpilweni zethu. Ngokuphambene, njengoba umphostoli uPawulu abhala kweyakhe Incwadi eya kwabaseFiliphi (1:29), “Nina niphiwe ukuba ningakholwa kuye kuphela ngenxa kaKristu, kodwa futhi nihlupheke ngenxa yakhe.”
Ngakho, ngezilingo zethu sisondezwa kakhulu kuKristu futhi size ngisho nokuzohlanganyela enkazimulweni Yakhe (bona ekaPawuli Incwadi Yesibili KwabaseKorinte, 1:5). UJesu ufana kakhulu nalowo ohluphekayo kangangokuthi ogulayo uba umfanekiso ophilayo Wakhe. Umama uTeresa wayekhuluma njalo ngokubona ebusweni baleyo miphefumulo elusizi, owamkhipha emiseleni yaseCalcutta, ubuso bukaJesu uqobo.
Ngakho, Ukuhlupheka kukaKristu akuzange kususe ukuhlupheka kwethu siqu, kodwa wayiguqula. Njengoba uPapa John Paul the Great abhala,“Esiphambanweni sikaKristu akukhona nje ukuthi ukuHlengwa kufezwa ngokuhlupheka, kodwa nokuhlupheka kwabantu nakho kukhululiwe” (Ukunciphisa ubuhlungu 19).
Izinhlupheko uNkulunkulu azivumelayo ukuba zingene ezimpilweni zethu, lapho enikelwa ebunyeni nezinhlupheko zikaKristu esiphambanweni, bathathe ikhwalithi yokuhlenga futhi inganikelwa kuNkulunkulu ukuze kusindiswe imiphefumulo. Okwethu, bese, ukuhlupheka akunayo injongo; ngokuphawulekayo, kuyindlela yokuthola umusa kaNkulunkulu. Ubuhlungu buyithuluzi uNkulunkulu angenza ngalo ukungcweliswa kwethu, indlela yokuthena ngokomoya umuntu angase athi.
I Incwadi eya kumaHeberu (5:8) usitshela ngoJesu, Ngokwakhe,
“wafunda ukulalela ngalokho ahlupheka ngakho.” Futhi incwadi iyaqhubeka, “Ngoba iNkosi iyamlaya emthandayo, futhi ulaya yonke indodana eyamukelayo. Kungenxa yesiyalo okufanele ubekezele. UNkulunkulu uniphatha njengamadodana; ngoba iyiphi indodana uyise angayilayayo? … [UBaba] usilaya ukuze sizuze, ukuze sihlanganyele ubungcwele bakhe. Okwamanje konke ukulaya kubonakala kubuhlungu kunokuba kumnandi; kamuva kubathelela isithelo esinokuthula sokulunga labo abaqeqeshwe yikho.” (12:6-7, 10-11)
Ukuqonda umqondo wokuhlupheka okuhlenga, UPawuli oNgcwele wavuma eNcwadini yakhe eya kwabaseKolose 1:24, “Enyameni yami ngiphelelisa lokho okungekho ezinhluphekweni zikaKristu ngenxa yomzimba wakhe, lelo yiBandla.”
Lokhu akusho, kunjalo, ukuthi ukuPhathwa kukaKristu kwakunganele nganoma iyiphi indlela. Umnikelo Wakhe ngenxa yethu wona ngokwawo uphelele futhi uyasebenza. Nokho, ngokubona kothando Lwakhe, UJesu usibiza ukuba sithathe isiphambano sethu futhi simlandele; ukukhulumela omunye komunye, ekulingiseni Yena, ngomthandazo nangokuhlupheka (bona Luka 9:23 kanye noPawulu Incwadi yokuqala kuThimothewu 2:1-3).
Ngokufanayo, encwadini yakhe yokuqala (3:16), UJohane oNgcwele uyabhala, “Ngalokhu siyalwazi uthando, ukuthi wadela ukuphila kwakhe ngenxa yethu; nathi sifanele ukubeka ukuphila ngenxa yabazalwane.”
“Okholwa yimi naye uyakuyenza imisebenzi engiyenzayo,” kusho uJehova; “futhi imisebenzi emikhulu kunale uyoyenza, ngoba ngiya kuBaba” (UJohane 14:12). Ngakho, UJesu ufisa ukuhlanganyela kwethu emsebenzini wokuhlenga hhayi ngenxa yesidingo kodwa ngenxa yothando, kufana nendlela ubaba wasemhlabeni abukeka ngayo ukuze ahlanganise nendodana yakhe emisebenzini yakhe. Ukuncengela kwethu omunye komunye, ngaphezu kwalokho, idonsela ekulamuleni kukaKristu okuyingqayizivele nokuyedwana noNkulunkulu (bheka Incwadi KaPawulu Yokuqala KuThimothewu, futhi, 2:5).
Ukuze uqiniseke, konke esikwenzayo kuncike kulokho Akwenzile futhi bekungeke kwenzeke ngaphandle kwakho. Njengoba uJesu asho kuJohane 15:5, “Mina ngingumvini, nina ningamagatsha. ohlala kimi, nami kuye, nguye othela izithelo ezinengi, ngokuba ngaphandle kwami ningenze lutho. Ngakho, Kungukuzimisela kwethu ukuhlupheka ngenxa Yakhe kanye Naye “ontulayo,” ukusebenzisa igama likaPawulu, ezinhluphekweni zikaKristu.
Isimemo sokuhlanganyela emsebenzini kaKristu wokuhlenga ngokuhlanganisa ukuhlupheka kwethu kuye ukuze sisindiswe kanye nensindiso yabanye ngempela siyinduduzo emangalisayo.. U-Saint Therese waseLisieux wabhala:
“Emhlabeni, ekuvukeni ekuseni ngangiye ngicabange ngalokho okungenzeka kube okujabulisayo noma okucasulayo phakathi nosuku.; futhi uma ngibona kusengaphambili izehlakalo ezivivinyayo kuphela ngavuka ngidangele. Manje kungenye indlela: Ngicabanga ngobunzima nokuhlupheka okungilindile, futhi ngivuka ngijabule kakhulu futhi ngigcwele isibindi lapho ngibona kusengaphambili amathuba okufakazela uthando lwami ngoJesu… . Bese ngiqabula isiphambano sami bese ngilalisa kamnandi emqamelweni ngenkathi ngigqoka, futhi ngithi kuye: ‘Jesu wami, usebenze ngokwanele futhi wakhala ngokwanele phakathi neminyaka engamashumi amathathu nantathu yempilo yakho kulomhlaba ompofu. Phumula manje. … My turn it is to suffer and to fight’” (Izeluleko Nezinkumbulo).
Ngenkathi ukuhlupheka ebunyeni neNkosi uJesu kunethemba–nakuba kusebuhlungu–ukuhlupheka ngaphandle Kwakhe kuyababa futhi kuyize.
Kulezo zimo, akukho ukubaluleka ekuhluphekeni, futhi umhlaba uyabaleka kuwo–efuna ukukugwema ngazo zonke izindlela–noma asole umuntu ngeshwa lakhe. Ngokwesibonelo, abanye babona ubuhlungu nokuswela njengezijeziso ezikhishwa uNkulunkulu kwabangenalukholo, noma ukuhlupheka nokufa ekugcineni kusuka, isho, umdlavuza wamaphaphu njengoba ulethwa ukuntula ukholo komuntu siqu. Empeleni, kukhona abantu abakholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uhlose ukuthi wonke amakholwa aphile ngaphandle kokugula nezifo; kumuntu ukuthi azinqumele noma ukuthi ukuba mpofu kuyisono lapho uNkulunkulu ethembisa ukuchuma.
IBhayibheli, kunjalo, iwuphikisa ngokuphelele lo mbono nganoma yisiphi isikhathi, kuhlanganise neNtshumayelo yaseNtabeni Mathewu 5, “Babusisiwe abalambele futhi bomele ubulungisa, ngoba bazasutha,” futhi Luka 6:20, isib., “Nibusisiwe nina mpofu…,” nokuthi “Maye kinina abacebile” (Luka 6:24; cf. Mathewu 6:19-21; i Incwadi kaJakobe 2:5).
Umsebenzi, iBhayibheli elimchaza ‘njengomuntu ongenasici nolungileyo’ (Umsebenzi 2:3), wagula, ukufa kwabathandekayo, nokulahlekelwa yimpahla yakhe.
Intombi uMariya, owayengenasono (Luka 1:28), ukwenqatshwa, ukungabi namakhaya, ukushushiswa, nokulahlekelwa yiNdodana Yakhe—“inkemba iyogwaza umphefumulo wakho nawe,” USimeyoni wayemembulele (Luka 2:35).
uJohane uMbhapathizi, uManduleli kaJesu, “bembethe ingubo yoboya bekamela” futhi badla “isikhonyane noju lwezinyosi zasendle” (Mathewu 3:4). UTimothy wayehlushwa ukugula okungapheli kwesisu (bona ekaPawuli Incwadi yokuqala kuThimothewu 5:23); futhi uPawulu kwadingeka ashiye isisebenzi ayekanye naye, Trofimus, ngemuva ngenxa yokugula (bona incwadi kaPaul Second Incwadi kuThimothewu 4:20).
Ngaphezu kwalokho, lapho uPetru oNgcwele elinga uJesu ukuba ayeke ukuhlupheka, UJesu wasabela, “Suka emva kwami, USathane! Uyisithiyo kimi; ngoba awukho ohlangothini lukaNkulunkulu, kodwa ngabantu” (Mathewu 16:23).
Eqinisweni, noma yimuphi umzamo wokuthola inkazimulo ngenkathi weqa iSiphambano ungowobudemoni ngokwemvelo (cf. Tim Staples, ecaphuna uFulton J. Sheen, Uhlelo lomsakazo oluthi “Catholic Answers Live” [February 24, 2004]; itholakala ku-catholic.com).
Ngasekupheleni kokuphila kwakhe, uPetru ofanayo, owake wakhuzwa nguJesu ngokufuna ukuba agweme ukuhlupheka, kumenyezelwe kwabathembekileyo:
"Kulokhu [ifa lasezulwini] uyathokoza, nakuba manje kungase kudingeke nihlupheke izilingo ezihlukahlukene isikhashana, ukuze ubuqotho bokukholwa kwenu, eliyigugu kunegolide elivivinywa ngomlilo noma libhubha, kwande indumiso nenkazimulo nodumo ekwambulweni kukaJesu Kristu.” (Peter’s Incwadi Yokuqala 1:6-7)
Ngakho, Ingabe Kuyafaneleka?
Ukuphendula lowo mbuzo, singaphendukela kuSaint uPawulu encwadini yakhe eya kwabaseRoma 8:18: “Ngicabanga ukuthi izinhlupheko zalesi sikhathi azisilutho uma ziqhathaniswa nenkazimulo ezokwambulwa kithi.”
Mayelana nalokho, akumelwe nanini silahlekelwe umbono womklomelo: ukuthi ngelinye ilanga, ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, ngamunye wethu lapha uzobona iNkosi uJesu Kristu eMbusweni Wayo; bheka ubuso bakhe obukhanyayo; yizwa izwi lengelosi Yakhe; futhi anga izandla nezinyawo zaKhe ezingcwele, elimele ngenxa yethu. Kuze kube yilolo suku, singamemezela njengoSanta Francis wase-Assisi e Indlela Yesiphambano, “Sithanda Wena, O Kristu, futhi siyaKubusisa, ngoba ngesiphambano sakho esingcwele uhlengile umhlaba. Amen.”