Usuku 11

KuMathewu 2, sibona umholi omubi nosabekayo ogama lakhe linguHerode inkosi owayefuna kakhulu ukuqeda noma yikuphi usongo embusweni wakhe. Wezwa izindaba zokuthi uKristu wazalwa ngezazi ezazisuka empumalanga. Izazi zazifuna ukukhulekela le “Nkosi yamaJuda,” ngakho zabuza uHerode ukuthi zingamtholaphi.

Njengoba ufunda kulesi sahluko, uzobona isu elihle lokusebenzisa amadoda ahlakaniphile ukuze athole uJesu eBhetlehema. Kodwa uHerode wayengenawo amasu anjalo okukhulekela loJesu. Wayekhohlisa, futhi ukuzingela kwakhe kwaqala.

Lapho zizwa inkosi, zamuka; bheka, inkanyezi ezayibona empumalanga yahamba phambi kwazo, yaze yafika yema phezu kwalapho umntwana ekhona. Zathi ukuyibona inkanyezi, zathokoza ngentokozo enkulu kakhulu. Sebengenile endlini, babona umntwana enoMariya unina, bawa phansi, bakhuleka kuyemsebevule amagugu abo, banikela kuye ngezipho: igolide, nenhlaka, nemure.”

Ngemva kokuba izazi zihlangane noKristu, zazingase zivumele ukucindezela kweNkosi uHerode ukuba zibuye nokwaziswa kokuthi uJesu ukuphi. Kodwa uMathewu 2 uthi “baxwayiswa ngokwaphezulu ephusheni ukuba bangabuyeli kuHerode,” futhi bakwenza lokho. Bahamba izindlela zabo babuyela ekhaya, okwaqala uhambo lukaJosefa noMariya lokubaleka eBhetlehema ukuze bavikele uJesu kuHerode kanye nokuzama kwakhe ukubulala.

Ngokomlando, asazi lutho mayelana nalaba bantu abahlakaniphile. Kunemibono eminingi mayelana nokuthi babengobani nokuthi bavelaphi, kodwa esingakuqoqa ngokufunda lombhalo ukuthi ngokusobala babesaba “isixwayiso saphezulu” ngaphezu kokuba besaba lendoda, uHerode.

Uma ucabanga ngakho, izinqumo eziningi esizenzayo nsuku zonke zibangelwa ukuthi ekugcineni sesaba uNkulunkulu noma sesaba abantu. Singathanda ukucabanga ukuthi sihlale sesaba uNkulunkulu kakhulu futhi asinandaba nokuthi ubani ucabangani, kodwa siyazi ukuthi lokho akulona iqiniso; ngezinye izikhathi, izingcindezi yomphakathi ithole okungcono kakhulu kithi. Ukugxekwa komuntu kungalimaza, futhi ihlombe lomuntu lingajabulisa. Uma singanakile, singaphila futhi sife ngamazwi neziqinisekiso zabanye.

Isinyathelo Sokwenza: Uma ucabanga ngezingcindezi nezinkinga ozizwayo empilweni yakho yansuku zonke, ingabe zivela kumuntu noma kuNkulunkulu? Ubani ophilela ukujabulisa nokuhlonipha kakhulu? Uma kubonakala sengathi wesaba umuntu ngaphezu kukaNkulunkulu, phenduka kulokho namuhla. Cela uNkulunkulu ukuthi akukhumbuze ngalesi sikhathi sikaKhisimusi ukuthi uyiNkosi nombusi wempilo yakho naphezu kwayo yonke indalo. Zindla ngaleli vesi, “uthando oluphelele luxosha ukwesaba,” (1 KaJohane 4:18) njengoba uthandaza namuhla.