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Usuku 5: UNathani

Uyamkhumbula uDavide izolo? Wayeyinsizwa enkulu. Ngaphandle lapho wayengekho. Udavide wenza izinto eziningi ezitusekayo, njengokwamukela isinqumo sikaNkulunkulu sokumbeka inkosi nokuba nesineke elinde ukuba yinkosi. (Walindela ukuphela kokubusa kukaSawule esikhundleni sokuziphoqa esihlalweni sobukhosi ngaphambi kokuba uNkulunkulu afune.) Kodwa noDavide wenza amaphutha amakhulu kakhulu. Okugqama kakhulu kwakhe kwaba lapho eqola umfazi wenye indoda wabe esebulala indoda empini; ngokuyisisekelo wabulala ukuze azame ukufihla isono sakhe. Kodwa uDavide wayeyinkosi ngalesi sikhathi, ngakho ubani owayezomlandisa ngalokho? Ubani owayezokwazi ukusola inkosi ngokubulala futhi angabulawa yena?

Ngena uNathani umprofethi. Njengomprofethi, umsebenzi kaNathani kwakuwukukhuluma nabantu egameni likaNkulunkulu. Kodwa uNathani wayesengumuntu. Uma ufunda kusengaphambili ezincwadini zamaKhosi neziKronike, ukukhuluma ngoNkulunkulu kwakungasho ukuthi amakhosi angeke azame ukukubulala uma engakuthandi lokho uNkulunkulu akushoyo ngawe. Ngakho uNathani wayesesimweni esinzima, kodwa walalela uNkulunkulu ngesibindi futhi wangena ukuze abhekane noDavide noma kunjalo. Ukuthi uNathani wabhekana kanjani noDavide, nokho, kungachazwa njengokhaliphile (futhi mhlawumbe uvela kuNkulunkulu ngokuqondile). Unathani wayazi ukuthi uDavide wayezothukuthela (Phela, ubani ongathukutheli lapho ebizwa?), kodwa uNathani wathola indlela yokuqondisa ulaka lukaDavide esonweni sakhe ngendlela ehlakaniphile ngempela. Unathani waxoxela uDavide indaba, oyifunda emiBhalweni yanamuhla. Udavide wayithukuthelela indoda ecebile endabeni ngendlela eyaphatha ngayo indoda empofu kangangokuthi wayala ukuba isicebi sibulawe. Kwabe sekufika i-mic kaNathan ethi: “Wena uyindoda.”

Cabanga nje indlela uNathani okumelwe ukuba wayezizwa ngayo, ukuthi kumelwe ukuba wayeyiprakthize kangaki indaba yakhe, futhi ucabange ukuthi yayizophela kanjani. Kumelwe ukuba wayethukile, uma wayengathukile ngokuphelele. Futhi lapho umzuzu ufika, ingabe wangabaza? Ingabe kwadingeka aphefumulele phezulu? Esikwaziyo wukuthi uqhubekile wakusho. Wabiza uDavide, kungakhathaliseki isikhundla sikaDavide nokuthi impendulo yakhe yayizoba yini. Ngenhlanhla kaNathani, futhi ngenxa yodumo lukaDavide, uDavide wayenaye.

Ithoni yashintsha ngaleso sikhathi. Ukusabela kukaNathani ekuthobekeni kukaDavide, ubunikazi bakhe, nokuvuma izono kwakuwuzwela. Unathani wayemane ethula izindaba zokusabela kukaNkulunkulu kuDavide, kodwa ngokuqinisekile wayezomkhumbuza uDavide ngemva kokuba esevumile futhi ephenduka, “uNkulunkulu usesisusiwe isono sakho.” Udavide kwakusadingeka aphile nemiphumela yezenzo zakhe, kodwa uNkulunkulu wayemthethelele icala. Ngakho kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yiluphi uhlangothi ozithola ukulo—ubizwa noma ubiza othile—ungama ngesibindi ukuze ubhekane nokwesaba noma ubhekane nemiphumela ngoba “uNkulunkulu usesilahlile isono sakho.”

Imibuzo Yokuzindla/Yengxoxo:

1. Kwake kwadingeka ukuba umemeze umngane wakho mayelana nendlela okungenzeka ukuthi ulimaza omunye umuntu? Uhambe kanjani ngakho? Kwenzeka kanjani? Ingabe ungenza okuthile okuhlukile esikhathini esizayo?

2. Funda izAga 25:15 futhi. Leli vesi lisikisela kanjani ukuqhubeka nezingxoxo ezinzima?

3. Uke waba nempendulo embi kumuntu oveza iphutha kuwe? Ungasibonisa kanjani isibindi sokuthoba ngesikhathi esizayo?