Qala Lapha | Izinyathelo Zokuqala NoJesuIsampula

Marku 1 | Ngilandele

Sawubona futhi wamukelekile kokuthi- Qala. Uma usanda kuqala - noma mhlawumbe uqala kabusha - noJesu, noma uma ufuna ukwazi ngokholo, usendaweni efanele. 

Pho siqala ngaphi? Nokho, kubafundi, konke kwaqala ngamazwi amabili alula avela kuJesu, “Ngilandele.” Futhi uhambo olungaphambili lwaluzoshintsha yonke into. 

Ngakho-ke yilapho sizoqala khona nathi: ukulandela uJesu. Uhlelo lwethu lulula. Sizofunda izincwadi ezimbili zeBhayibheli. Okokuqala sizolandela indaba kaJesu eVangelini likaMarku; ngemva kwalokho sizokhuluma ngendaba yethu encwadini yabaseKolose. KuMarku sizobona ukuthi kwakusho ukuthini ukulandela uJesu ngaleso sikhathi, futhi kweyabaseKolose sizobona ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukumlandela namuhla. 

Ingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu yalolu hlelo ukufundwa kweBhayibheli, kodwa ngizoba lapha ukuze ngihlale nawe futhi ngichaze izinto njengoba siqhubeka. Phela, uhambo lungcono sindawonye. Mema umngani, futhi nizokwazi uJesu ngenkathi nazana! Ungafunda wedwa, bese ungena ukuze ukhulume ngakho usuku nosuku - noma isonto ngalinye. Noma kungaba yimi nawe nje.  

Kulungile, asingene. Namuhla, NgokukaMarku isahluko 1, siqala evesini 1:

“Ukuqala kwezindaba ezinhle ngoJesu Kristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu.”

Lelo yithuba elihle. Okokuqala, yizindaba ezinhle, futhi ngiyazithanda izindaba ezinhle. Kumayelana noJesu, uMesiya. UMesiya lisho ukuthi “ogcotshiweyo” - njenga lowo  okhethiweyo, okhethwe nguNkulunkulu. Futhi uJesu uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.

Ivesi 2 liqala ngesiphrofetho samakhulu eminyaka ngaphambili: 

“Ngizathuma isithunywa sami phambi kwakho esizakulungisa indlela yakho.”

Isithunywa sikaNkulunkulu kwakunguJohane, owayethunywe ukushumayela nokulungisa izinhliziyo ukuba zibe nokuthula. UJesu. Wabalungiselela kanjani? Nokho, ivesi 4 lithi washumayela “umbhapathizo wokuphenduka kukho ukuthethelelwa kwezono.” Ukuphenduka kuyisihluthulelo. Ukuphenduka kuwukushintsha umqondo wakho futhi ushintshe indlela yakho. Qaphela, “Engikwenzile kwakungalungile,” bese uyifulathela ukuze ulandele indlela entsha. Ngakho abantu beza bevela ezindaweni ezikude bezolalela uJohane, baphenduke futhi babhabhadiswe.  

Lokhu kungukhiye. Isinyathelo sokuqala sokulandela uJesu ukushintsha indlela ohamba ngayo. Vuma okubi okwenzile, ukufulathele, uphendukele kuJesu. UJohane wabhabhadisa ngamanzi njengophawu lokuphenduka, kodwa futhi wabatshela ukuthi uJesu uyeza futhi “uyonibhabhadisa ngoMoya oNgcwele.”

Kuthi evesini lesi-9 kwafika uJesu evela eNazaretha, uJohane wambhabhadisa. Kodwa ubhapathizo lukaJesu lwaluhlukile. UMoya wehlela phezu kwakhe njengejuba, futhi evesini 11: 

“Kwavela izwi ezulwini, lithi: ‘Wena uyiNdodana yami ethandekayo; ngawe ngithokozile.’”

Kuningi ongakubona lapha, kodwa ngifuna uzifundele wena. Kusebenza kanjalo lokhu. Ngizogxila esithombeni esikhulu, bese ufunda imininingwane. Ivesi 14: 

Emva kokuboshwa kukaJohane uJesu waya eGalile eshumayela ivangeli likaNkulunkulu. ‘Isikhathi sesifikile,’ esho. ‘Umbuso kaNkulunkulu ususondele. Phendukani futhi nikholwe izindaba ezinhle!’”

UJesu weza nomyalezo: UMbuso kaNkulunkulu - indawo lapho uNkulunkulu ebusa njengeNkosi - useduze. Iseduze, iyatholakala. Futhi wamema abantu ukuba baphenduke - bajike ezonweni zabo - kholwe ivangeli.  

Kodwa ukube uMbuso wawuseduze, babeyofinyelela kanjani? Ivesi 16:

Kuthe uJesu ehamba ngaselwandle lwaseGalile, wabona oSimoni no-Andreya umfowabo, bephonsa inetha elwandle, ngokuba babengabadobi. ‘Wozani, ningilandele,’ kusho uJesu, ‘ngizonithuma ukuba nibe ngabadobi babantu.’”

Qaphela. Isihluthulelo sokufinyelela kuMbuso kaNkulunkulu singamazwi amabili amancane: landela uJesu. 

Ivesi 18:

“Base bewashiya masinyane amanetha abo, bamlandela.”

Qaphela ukuthi kwakudingeka bashiye okuthile ukuze balandele. UJesu waqhubeka wathola uJakobe noJohane (uJohane ohlukile), nabo bashiya lokho ababenakho balandela uJesu. 

Ngiyazibuza kwesinye isikhathi ukuthi abafundi babazi yini ukuthi impilo yabo isizoguquka, noma umhlaba wonke uzoguquka. Angazi ukuthi kungakanani ababekuqonda okwamanje, kodwa bathembela kuJesu ngokwanele ukuthatha izinyathelo zokuqala. 

Ngakho-ke masibajoyine. Funda uMarku 1. Buka igunya likaJesu njengoba ekhipha amademoni. Yizwa ububele bakhe njengoba elapha abagulayo. Yizwa ukuhlakanipha kwakhe lapho efundisa. Futhi njengoba ufunda, qonda ukuthi uJesu akasimemi ukuthi simane sikholwe iqoqo lamaqiniso noma sizindle ngefilosofi ethile. Futhi akasimemi ukuthi sijoyine isikhungo. Usimema ukuba sihambe naye ohambweni. Usimema ukuba silandele. 

Okokuzindla Nezingxoxo:

• Ucabanga ukuthi usho ukuthini uJesu uma ethi, “Ngilandele”? Kuhluke kanjani lokho kokuthi “ngilalele” noma “ngikholwe”?
• Imaphi kulawa magama ocabanga ukuthi achaza kangcono ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba umKristu: inkolo, ukholo, ifilosofi, imithetho, uhambo , ubudlelwano? Kungani? 
• Waze kanjani ngoJesu? Yabelana ngendaba yakho.