Ubukhona bukaJesu

Ngo Danny Saavedra

“Emva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa uMariya washesha waya entabeni yaseJudiya, edolobheni lapho kwakuhlala khona uZakariya. Wangena endlini wabingelela u-Elizabeth. Lapho kuzwakala ukubingelela kukaMariya, ingane ka-Elizabeth yagxuma ngaphakathi kuye, futhi u-Elizabeth wagcwala uMoya oNgcwele. U-Elizabeth wakhala ngokumemeza futhi wathi kuMariya, ‘uNkulunkulu ukubusisile ngaphezu kwabo bonke abesifazane, nengane yakho ibusisiwe. Kungani ngidunyiswe kangaka, ukuthi umama weNkosi yami angivakashele? Kuthe lapho ngizwa ukubingelela kwakho, umntwana waxhuma esiswini sami ngokujabula. Ubusisiwe ngoba ukholwe ukuthi iNkosi izokwenza lokho ekushilo.’”—ULuka 1:39–45 (NLT)

Kunengoma emnandi kaBryan noKatie Torwalt enamazwi athi, “Uma Ungena egumbini, konke kuyashintsha; ubumnyama buqala ukuthuthumela ngokukhanya Oza nakho. Futhi uma ungena ekamelweni zonke izinhliziyo ziqala ukuvutha futhi akukho okubaluleke ngaphezu kokuhlala lapha ezinyaweni zaKho sikukhonze.” 

Zimbalwa izindima eBhayibhelini ezingigcwalisa ngemizwa efana nale ndawo yomBhalo kuLuka 1. Cabanga ngesimo nami okwesikhashana. . . Ngokushesha nje lapho ingelosi uGabriyeli imemezela kuMariya izindaba ezimangazayo, eziyisimangaliso, nezishintsha umhlaba zokuthi uMesiya okwase kuyisikhathi eside elindelwe azalwe ngaye, waqala waqoqa imithwalo yakhe ukuze avakashele umzala wakhe u-Elisabethe, ingelosi eyayimazise uMariya ukhulelwe.

Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, wafika wabingelela umzala wakhe, ngokunokwenzeka ngesiko elithi “Ukuthula kube nawe.” Futhi wathi nje engena ekamelweni, kwathi nje lapho izwi likaMariya lifika ezindlebeni zika-Elizabeth, kwenzeka okuthile okuyisimangaliso nokumangazayo: ingane esiswini sayo "yeqa yenjabulo" esibelethweni. Ngokuzwakala kwezwi lakhe kuphela, uJohane ongakazalwa owayezobhapathiza uJesu ongakazalwa ngelinye ilanga, weqa ngaphakathi kuye. Akumangalisi yini lokho?

Ngokuphathelene nalokhu, isazi semfundiso yenkolo uMatthew Poole saphawula, “Ukunyakaza kwengane esibelethweni sikanina. . . akuyona into engavamile. . . kodwa akungabazeki ukuthi lesi siphakamiso besingaphezu kokuvamile. ” Kungenzeka ukuthi u-Elizabeth wayezwe uJohn ekhahlela noma ehamba esibelethweni sakhe phambilini, kepha hhayi kanjena, akakaze athande lokhu. Lokhu kwakungukukhulekelwa kwesisu; kwakufana noDavide ku-2 Samuweli 6:14 (NLT), "owadansa phambi kweNkosi ngamandla akhe onke," kepha kwenzeka esiswini sika-Elizabeth! Ngaleso sikhathi, ngokushesha ngoMoya oNgcwele wabona imbangela yokugxuma. Wayazi ukuthi wayephambi kweNkosi, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, uMesiya noMhlengi. 

Futhi-ke, wababaza ngenjabulo, "Kungani ngihlonipheke kangaka, ukuthi umama weNkosi yami angivakashele?" Ngiyayithanda indlela i-New English Translation (NET, ukugcizelela okungeziwe) kweBhayibheli elihumusha ngayo leli vesi: “Futhi ngingubani ukuthi umama weNkosi yami angangivakashela?”

Njalo lapho ngifunda lokhu kushintshana, ngifikelwa izinyembezi. Ungacabanga nje ukuthi umuzwa u-Elizabeth waba nawo kanjani lapho eqaphela ukuthi wayengobani kabani, lapho uMoya oNgcwele embulela yena NguYe, Ulapha; uMsindisi wakho neNkosi yakho lapha esibelethweni sikamzala wakho!? Ngikhunjuzwa ngoSimeon, owathi lapho ebona uJesu, waba nenhlonipho yokubamba uMesiya osanda kuzalwa ezandleni zakhe, wathi, “Ngokuba amehlo ami ayibonile insindiso yakho, oyilungiselele emehlweni ezizwe zonke” (Luke 2:30–31 NIV).

Kukhona injabulo engaphezu kokuchazwa lapho sibona ukuba khona kukaJesu. Kukhona ukugcwala, ukuthula, isasasa elenza ukuthi siqhume sigubhe futhi sidumise okumsulwa, okungenasisekelo. Kwaphuka amaketanga, kwasuswa izikali, kwenzeka ukwelashwa, ubumnyama babaleka, futhi abakhathele bakuthola ukuphumula. Ayikho enye into efana nayo emhlabeni wonke! Njengamakholwa, sihlala kulokhu empeleni nsuku zonke. 

Ngikhulekela ukuthi ngamunye wethu akhumbule lokhu; ukuze singalahlekelwa isimangaliso, ukwesaba, kanye nenjabulo yokuphila umzuzu nomzuzu phambi kobuso beNkosi ngokuhlala koMoya oNgcwele ongaphakathi kwethu. Ngiyathandaza ukuthi singabuthathi kalula ubukhona Bakhe nokuthi njalo, nsuku zonke sithola ukugcwaliswa okusha koMoya Wakhe. 

Njengoba nje uMariya enza ngesikhathi ekhulelwe, sithwala ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu ngaphakathi kwethu nomaphi lapho siya khona. Siphethe isipho esikhazimulayo sikaNkulunkulu ngaphakathi kithi, isipho sonke esithunywe ukusaba nomhlaba osizungezile! Ngakho-ke, wenzani ngayo? Kunjani uma ungena egumbini? Abantu basabela kanjani lapho behlangana nawe, lapho bezwa izwi lakho? Ngabe ubukhona beNkosi obuphathekayo ngaphakathi kwakho buyabonakala kubo? Ngabe ukukhanya kwezwe kuyakhanya empilweni yakho noma ngabe ukusibekele wakufihla? 

Bangani, njengoba sisondela kuKhisimusi, iholide lapho izibani zemikhosi zigcwaliswa amadolobha ethu, ngithandazela ukuthi thina esithwala ubukhona boMhlengi ngaphakathi kwethu sikhanye ukukhanya kukaKristu ngokukhazimula, ukuze “babone imisebenzi yenu emihle badumise uYihlo ezulwini ”(NgokukaMathewu 5:16 NIV).