I-Comma Apha; Ikoma apho

[Le ngongoma yaziswa nguApolo. Ndivile ukuba kufanelekile ukuba imelwe apha, kodwa ityala liya kuye ngokuza nengcinga yokuqala kunye nendlela elandelayo yokuqiqa.]
(ULuka I-23: 43) Yathi kuye: "Inene ndikuxelela namhlanje, uya kuba nam eParadesi."
Kukho ukuphikisana okuninzi malunga nalo mbhalo. I-NWT iyiguqulela nge-comma ebekiweyo ukuze kucace ukuba uYesu akathethi ukuba umenzi wobubi obethelelwe esibondeni ecaleni kwakhe uza kuya eparadesi kwangalo mhla. Siyazi ukuba oku bekungenjalo kuba uYesu akazange avuswe kude kube ngumhla wesithathu.
Abo bakholelwa ukuba uYesu nguThixo basebenzisa esi Sibhalo 'ukungqina' ukuba umenzi wobubi-kunye nabo bonke abantu abakholelwa kuYesu-zange baxolelwe kuphela kodwa baya ezulwini kanye ngalo mhla. Nangona kunjalo, loo ngcaciso iyangqubana nento ethethwa yiBhayibhile ngemeko yabafi, ubume bukaYesu njengendoda, iimfundiso zikaYesu malunga novuko kunye nethemba lobomi basemhlabeni nobasezulwini. Esi sihloko kuxoxwe ngaso kakuhle kupapasho lwethu, kwaye andizukuphinda ndilibuyisele elinye ivili apha.
Injongo yesi sithuba kukucebisa enye intsingiselo kumagama kaYesu. Ukunikezela kwethu, ngelixa kuhambelana nezinye iimfundiso zeBhayibhile malunga nale kunye neminye imiba enxulumene nayo kusaphakamisa imibuzo. IsiGrike asisebenzisi ikoma, ke ngoko kufuneka sive ukuba uYesu wayefuna ukuthini. Njengesiphumo esiqondakalayo sokukhusela kwethu inyani kumashumi eminyaka ngaphambi kohlaselo lwehlabathi leemfundiso zonqulo lobuxoki, sijolise kunikezelo, olunyanisekileyo kuzo zonke iZibhalo, ndisoyika, ukusikhanyela ukuqonda okungokwesiprofeto.
Ngokuguqulela kwethu, ukujika kwebinzana elithi “Inene ndithi kuwe namhlanje,…” apha isetyenziswe nguYesu ukugxininisa ubunyaniso boko aza kukuthetha. Ukuba ngenene yile ndlela ebefuna ngayo, kuyathakazelisa ukuba oku kuphawula isihlandlo kuphela apho asebenzise eli binzana ngaloo ndlela. Usebenzisa ibinzana elithi, "inene ndiyakuxelela" okanye "inene ndithi kuwe" ngokoqobo amatyeli aliqela kodwa apha ulongeze igama elithi "namhlanje". Ngoba? Ingaba ukongeza kwelo gama kongeza njani ekuthembekeni kwento aza kuyithetha? Umenzi wobubi sele ekhalimele iqabane lakhe kulwaphulo-mthetho emva koko ngokuzithoba wacela u Yesu ukuba axolelwe. Akunakulindeleka ukuba athandabuze. Ukuba unawo nawaphi na amathandabuzo, kunokwenzeka ukuba ahambelana nokubona kwakhe njengongafanelekanga. Ufuna ukuqinisekiswa, hayi ukuba uYesu uyayithetha loo nyaniso, kodwa kunoko into ebonakala intle kakhulu ukuba ayinakuba yinyani-ukubanakho ukuhlawulelwa ngomzuzu wobomi bakhe-inokwenzeka. Ngaba igama 'namhlanje' longeza njani kulo msebenzi?
Emva koko, kufuneka sicinge ngeemeko. UYesu wayesentlungwini. Lonke igama, yonke imiphefumlo, kufuneka libize into kuye. Ukugcina loo nto, impendulo yakhe ibonisa uqoqosho lokuthetha. Yonke into imfutshane kwaye igcwele intsingiselo.
Kufuneka sihlale sikhumbula ukuba uYesu wayengutitshala omkhulu. Wayesoloko ejonga iimfuno zabaphulaphuli bakhe kwaye ahlengahlengise ukufundisa kwakhe ngokufanelekileyo. Yonke into ebesiyixoxe ngemeko yomenzi wobubi ibizakucaca kuye nangaphezulu, ebezobona imeko eyiyo yentliziyo yendoda.
Le ndoda ayizange ifune ukuqinisekiswa kuphela; wayefuna ukubamba umphefumlo wokugqibela. Wayengakwazi ukunikezela kwintlungu kwaye, xa sicaphula umfazi kaYobhi, "uthuke uThixo ufe." Kwakufuneka abambelele kwiiyure nje ezimbalwa ngaphezulu.
Ngaba impendulo ka Yesu yayiya kuba yeyokunceda izizukulwana ezizayo okanye wayeqala yena ukukhathalela impilo yegusha esandula ukufunyanwa. Inikwe into awayeyifundisa ngaphambili kuLuka 15: 7, kufanele ukuba yayiyile yokugqibela. Ke impendulo yakhe, ngelixa yayixabisa imali, yayixelela umenzi wobubi oko akufunayo ukukuva ukuze anyamezele kude kube sekupheleni. Hayi indlela ekuya kumkhuthaza ngayo ukwazi ukuba kwangalo mhla uza kuba seParadesi.
Kodwa bambelela! Akazange aye eParadesi ngala mini, andibi kunjalo? Ewe wayenza — ngokwembono yakhe. Kwaye masijongane nayo; xa usifa, inqaku lokujonga kuphela elibalulekileyo lelakho.
Ngaphambi kokuba olo suku luphele, bayophula imilenze ukuze ubunzima bomzimba wakhe buzokutsala ezingalweni zakhe. Oku kubangela ukuba uxinzelelo lubekwe kwidayaphragm engasebenzi kakuhle. Umntu ufa kancinci kwaye kabuhlungu ngenxa yokuphefumla. Kukufa okoyikekayo. Kodwa ukwazi ukuba kamsinya nje emva kokuba efile, uya kuba seParadesi kumele ukuba kwamthuthuzela kakhulu. Ngokombono wakhe, ingcinga yakhe yokugqibela kwisibonda sentuthumbo yahlulwe kwingcinga yakhe yokuqala kwihlabathi elitsha ngokuqhwanyaza kweliso. Wafa ngaloo mini, kwaye kuye, uphuma kwangalo mini ekukhanyeni okuqaqambileyo kwentsasa yeLizwe elitsha.
Ubuhle bale ngcinga kukuba businceda kakuhle. Singaba sisifa sisifo, okanye ukwaluphala, okanye izembe lomphumezi, kufuneka sicinge kuphela ngalomenzi wobubi ukuba siqonde ukuba sineentsuku, iiyure, okanye imizuzu embalwa ukusuka eParadesi.
Ndivakalelwa kukuba ukutolika kwethu okwangoku, ngelixa senzelwe ukusikhusela kwiimfundiso zobuxoki zabakholelwa kuBathathu Emnye, kusenza inkonzo ngokusibambisa umfanekiso osisiprofetho owomeleza ukholo.

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