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Usuku 3: Umfanekiso Wamathalenta

Phakathi nenkonzo Yakhe yasemhlabeni, uJesu walandisa umfanekiso noma indaba yendoda eyayinovalo. Kule ndaba etholakala kuMathewu 25:14-30, uJesu wafanisa umbuso wezulu nomuntu owayezothatha uhambo, wabizela kuye izinceku zakhe, waziphathisa impahla yakhe.

IBhayibheli lisebenzisa igama elithi “amathalenta” ukuchaza amayunithi emali, kodwa ukuze kube lula, asiguqule lokhu kube amadola. Enye inceku wayinika amadolla angu-5 000, enye wayinika ama-dolla angu-2 000, kamuva wayinika enye izinkulungwane eziyinkulungwane, ngayinye ngokwamandla ayo. Ngemva kokuba umninimuzi esehambile, inceku ngayinye yenza okuhlukile ngemali. Labo ababethole u-$5,000 kanye no-$2,000 bobabili batshala ngokuhlakanipha imali yabo ukuze benze imali eyengeziwe. Owayethole inkulungwane yamadola wayifihla phansi. Ngemva kwesikhathi, inkosi yabuya ohambweni lwayo yacela ukuba kubhalwe phansi. Ababili bokuqala babeyifake kabili imali abayitshalile futhi bathola nemivuzo ngokwenza kanjalo. Owokugcina, nokho, wamane wabuyisa u-$1,000 ayewuphathiswe inkosi yakhe ekuqaleni.

Kwathi ibuzwa ukuthi kungani engayibekelanga imali, inceku yathi, “Nkosi, bengikwazi ukuthi ungumuntu olukhuni, uvuna lapho ongahlwanyelanga khona futhi ubutha lapho ongahlakazanga khona. Ngesaba, ngasuka ngalithukusa emhlabathini italenta lakho. Bheka, usunakho okwakho”(25:24-25).

Uyabona yini ukuthi umbono wenceku ngenkosi yayo waba nomthelela ekusebenziseni kwayo izipho? Bheka amazwi inceku ewasebenzisa ukuchaza inkosi yayo. Wathi wayelukhuni futhi engacabangeli. Ingabe kuyiqiniso ukuthi iNkosi yethu yasezulwini ilukhuni futhi ayicabangeli? Uyabona yini ukuthi umbono wale nceku ngoNkulunkulu wayibangela kanjani ukuba yesabe futhi wayenza yafihla “amathalenta” ayo?

Uyabona, isifiso sokulawula abantu noma izimo, kusenhliziyweni, inkinga yokwethembana. Ngethemba, akukhona ukuthi asimethembi uNkulunkulu ngensindiso yethu yokuqala. Kunalokho, kungukuthi asimethembi ukuthi uzosisebenzela izinto ezisizuzisayo. Sicabanga ukuthi kufanele sikwenze lokho. Sikuthola cishe kungenakwenzeka ukudedela lezo zinto ezibaluleke kakhulu kithi: izingane zethu, imisebenzi yethu, kanye nekusasa lethu.

Umthandazo uyasebenza, futhi uNkulunkulu angakwazi futhi asebenze ngamandla ekuwuphenduleni, kodwa uvamise ukusivumela ukuthi silwisane nokwesaba kwethu okujwayelekile isikhathi esithile. Lokho kungenxa yokuthi ufuna sikhule sikuzonde futhi sifise ukukhululeka kukho ngesizathu esifanele: inkazimulo Yakhe. UNkulunkulu uphethe yonke ingxenye yempilo yakho, ngisho nokukhululeka kwakho ekwesabeni. Ungaphumula Kuye futhi uthembele ukuthi ukukhululwa Kwakhe kuzofika ngesikhathi esifanele.

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