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U-Ananiya noSafira

IzEnzo 5 ziqala ngendaba okunzima ngempela ukuthi siyifunde futhi siyicubungule. Indoda egama layo lingu-Ananiya, kanye nomkayo, uSafira, bathengisa impahla ethile, kodwa bazigcinela yona ngaphambi kokuyibeka enye “ezinyaweni zabaphostoli.” 

Ngandlela thize uPetru wathola ukuthi u-Ananiya wenzani futhi wambuza ngakho. uPetro wathi, Ananiya, kwenzeke kanjani ukuba uSathane agcwalise inhliziyo yakho..." Wamtshela ukuthi imali bekungeyakhe ukuyisebenzisa. uPetru wabonakala engenandaba nemali eyayibanjiwe, ngoba wayethembele ngempela kuNkulunkulu ngokulungiselela, futhi nakakhulu ngokungathembeki okwaboniswa u-Ananiya noSafira. 

Ngemva nje kwengxabano, u-Ananiya wawa washonela khona lapho. Uma lokho kungenamandla ngokwanele, uSafira wafika ngemva kwamahora ambalwa futhi wayengazi ukuthi yini eyayisanda kwenzeka kumyeni wakhe. uPetru naye wabhekana naye, naye washonela khona lapho. Bobabili ukufa kwabo kwavusa ukwesaba okukhulu kubantu.

Isiqephu esishubile! Kuzwakala sengathi “isijeziso asifanelanga ubugebengu babo,” akunjalo? Ukuze sihlukanise lesi siqephu ngokunembile, kubalulekile ukuthi sibuyele esahlukweni esandulele. 

Ekugcineni kweZenzo 4, sibona ubunye obuqinile phakathi kwawo wonke amakholwa. Siyafunda kuzEnzo 4:32 ukuthi “Akekho owathi enye yempahla yakhe ingeyakhe, kepha babelana ngakho konke abanakho.” UMoya kaNkulunkulu wawusebenza ngamandla kulowo nalowo kulaba abakholwayo, kuhlanganise noPetru. noJohane ukuthi akaswele muntu. Ingxenye yesizathu sokuthi izidingo zabo zahlangatshezwa ngenxa yalokho esikufunda evesini 34: 

Ngokuba ababenemihlaba noma izindlu babethengisa ngazo izikhathi ngezikhathi, balethe imali yezinto ezithengisiwe bayibeka ngasezinyaweni zabaphostoli; futhi yabelwa kuwowonke umuntu owayenesidingo. IzEnzo 4:34

Lapho ucabanga ngesiphetho sezEnzo 4 kanye nencazelo yamakholwa alapho, u-Ananiya noSafira kubonakala bengahlangani, akunjalo? Kwakukhona ubumsulwa obunjalo kuleli qembu lamakholwa. “Babenenhliziyo nengqondo eyodwa,” akekho owayezicabangela yena yedwa, futhi izidingo zawo wonke umuntu zahlangatshezwana. Bekuwumphakathi omuhle wabantu abaphila ndawonye. Kodwa u-Ananiya noSafira babonakala bewumgunyathi enhliziyweni yalaba bantu abangenabugovu. Mhlawumbe babefuna ukufana nabo, kodwa lapho kuziwa ekubeni nemali ezandleni zabo, abakwazanga. Ngakho, baqamba amanga ukuze bathole udumo olungabafanele. Futhi kulamanga kwabonakala sengathi babephana kakhulu kunalokho ababeyikho ngempela. 

Kungakhathaleki ukuthi kuyinselelo kangakanani ukufunda lesi siqephu, sengathi singaqhubeka sizama ukuqonda iziqephu okungenzeka zingabi nengqondo ngaso sonke isikhathi. Kodwa, ekugcineni, masithembele kuNkulunkulu wethu ocabanga okuphakeme futhi siphumule ukuthi ulawula ngokuphelele.