Uhambo lukaJosefa

Ngo Danny Saavedra

“Esazindla ngalokho, bheka, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kuye ngephupho, ithi: Josefa, ndodana kaDavide, ungesabi ukumthatha uMariya umkakho, ngokuba lokho akukhulelweyo kungoMoya oNgcwele. Uzakuzala indodana, uyiqambe igama lokuthi uJesu, ngokuba nguye oyakusindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo’ . . . Lapho uJosefa esevukile ebuthongweni wenza njengalokho imyalile ingelosi yeNkosi, wamthatha umkakhe.”—NgokukaMathewu 1:20–21, 24 (NLT)

Ngabe wake wazibophezela entweni ethile ukuthola ukuthi ibingaphezu kwalokhu okuthengiselwe? Uhlobo lwento ekunikeza ukuzisola komthengi? Ngiqonde ukuthini? Yebo, wake wayithenga yini imoto owawucabanga ukuthi isesimeni esihle kuphela ukuthola ukuthi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva yayidinga irediyetha entsha futhi kungabiza ukuyilungisa? Ngabe wake wathatha umsebenzi onencazelo ethile yomsebenzi ukuze unikezwe imisebenzi nezibopho ezingaphandle kwendawo yakho yesipiliyoni ngaphandle kokuphakanyiswa, isihloko esisha, noma ukuncipha kweminye imisebenzi? Imvamisa kulezi zikhathi, sicabanga ukuthi, angikubhaliselanga lokhu!

Ucabanga ukuthi uJosefa wazizwa kanjani lapho etshelwa ukuthi lowo owayezoba unkosikazi wakhe, owayengakalali naye embhedeni womshado, wayekhulelwe? Ucabanga ukuthi wazizwa kanjani lapho eqala ukwenza okungaqondakali, okungenakwenzeka ukukholelwa, nokusho okuncane okusangana ngengelosi, ukukhulelwa okungenacala, kanye noMesiya? Uthe wakhulelwa ngoMoya oNgcwele, kodwa lokho bekumele kube yiphilisi elinzima lokuthi uJosefa aligwinye. Amathuba ukuthi akazange amkholwe. Ngokwethembeka, ubani ongakwenza? Ngingacabanga ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi wayenakho ukuzisola ngengoduso.

Wawuyokwenzenjani ngalowo mzuzu? Kwabaningi bethu, lapho sihlangabezana nesimo lapho sithola okungaphezu kwalokho esikubekelwe, noma lapho izinto zingahambi ngendlela esifuna ngayo ngesivumelwano ( ubani ongangivumela?), Sizokhalaza ngokuhlinzekwa kwamakhasimende, sifune ukukhuluma nomphathi, futhi senze izinsongo zokukhansela i-akhawunti yethu size sithole esikufunayo. Esimweni esithile sikaJosefa, iningi labantu belizomhlazisa obala uMariya. Abanye kungenzeka ukuthi baze behlisa umthetho ophelele futhi uMariya washaywa ngamatshe waze wafa. Kodwa uJosefa wayengeyena umuntu wabantu abaningi . . .

Ngenkathi uJosefa kungakhulunywa ngaye kakhulu emaVangelini, futhi singenalo inani lemininingwane ngempilo yakhe, nakhu esikwaziyo: Waye- yindoda enhle ( NgokukaMathewu 1:19, PHILLIPS ). Azikho izibalo eziningi eBhayibhelini ezichazwa ngokuthi "indoda enhle." Lokhu kubeka uJosefa enkampanini ethile esezingeni eliphakeme ngokweBhayibheli phakathi kwamadoda afana noNowa, uDaniyeli noJobe. KuMathewu 1:19 (NLT, kugcizelelwe), sitshelwa ukuthi, “uJosefa. . .- wayeyindoda elungile futhi engafuni ukumehlisa isithunzi esidlangalaleni, ngakho-ke wanquma ukuhlukana nesethembiso ngasese. " Akunamahloni, akukho ukufa; wakhetha ukuxazulula okunokuthula, okunesihawu.

Kodwa-ke ingelosi yeza kuJosefa ephusheni yamtshela ukuthi athathe uMariya abe ngumkakhe, ngoba ingane esibelethweni sakhe empeleni yayinguMsindisi. Nakulokhu futhi, uJosefa wayengazitshela ukuthi, Angikubhaliselanga lokhu. Ukukhulisa uMsindisi? Ngingumbazi nje. Angikuhlomele lokhu. Lokhu kungaphezu kwalokho ebengikubekelwe. Ngibale. Kepha akakwenzanga lokho. Esikhundleni salokho, lapho evuka, wenza konke akuyalelwe yingelosi.

UJosefa wayebhekene nesimo esinzima. Wacelwa ukuba ashade nowesifazane owayekhulelwe ngaphambi komshado wabo futhi abekezelele ukugxekwa, inhlebo, nehlazo elalandela ngokuqinisekile. Awufundi ngomshado omkhulu wokubungaza uMariya noJosefa. Kungenzeka ukuthi bashada ngokuphikisana nezifiso zemindeni yomibili. Kepha uJosefa wakubekezelela ngesibindi lokhu futhi wakhombisa ukwethembeka kwakhe eNkosini ngokukhulisa uJesu abe ngowakhe. Wayelalela lapho ebhekene nesimo esesabekayo.

Ezimpilweni zethu, singahlangabezana nezimo ezinzima ezingasitshela ukuthi sithi, Angikubhaliselanga lokhu . Singawela ezilingweni ezahlukahlukene, singabizelwa ukwenza umbono ongenakwenzeka, noma ukuphuma endaweni yethu yokunethezeka. Nansi into: uNkulunkulu uvame ukusinika okungaphezu kwalokho esikubekelwe. Uvame ukusibeka ezimeni esingenakukwazi ukuzisingatha sisodwa. Wenza lokhu ukuze sithembeke, silalele, futhi sithembele ngokuphelele emandleni, ekuhlakanipheni, nasesiqondisweni sakhe sokuletha kithi.

NjengoJosefa, masizinikele ekulaleleni nasekuthembekeni, noma ngabe kubiza malini. Futhi masikhumbule lokho esikubhalisele —ukwamukela umusa kaNkulunkulu ngokunikela izimpilo zethu Kuye nokulandela iNdodana Yakhe. Futhi masibambelele esithembisweni sokuthi umusa Wakhe usenele; ukuthi amandla akhe enziwa aphelele ebuthakathakeni bethu. . . ikakhulukazi ezikhathini lapho sithola khona okuningi kunalokho ebesikubekelwe nokuningi esingakwazi ukukulawula.