Ngaba amaNgqina kaYehova asengozini yokufana nabaFarisi?
Ukuthelekisa naliphi na iqela lamaKristu nabaFarisi bexesha likaYesu kuyafana nokuthelekisa iqela lezopolitiko namaNazi. Kukuthuka, okanye ukubeka ngenye indlela, "la mazwi ka-antiin."
Nangona kunjalo, akufuneki sivumele ukusabela kwesisu kusithintele ekuvavanyeni ukufana. Njengoko eli bali lisitsho, "Abo bangafundiyo kwimbali abasayi kuphinda bayiphinde."

Babengoobani abaFarisi?

Ngokwabanye abaphengululi, igama elithi "umFarisi" lithetha "Abazahluleleyo". Babezigqala njengabona bantu bangcwele. Basindiswa ngelixa uninzi ngokubanzi lwaludeliwe; abantu abaqalekisiweyo.[i]  Akucaci ukuba eli hlelo laqala nini ukubakho, kodwa uJosephus uyabakhankanya emva kwesiqingatha senkulungwane yesibini ngaphambi kukaKristu. Ke eli hlelo lalineminyaka eli-150 ubudala ukufika kukaKristu.
La yayingamadoda anenzondelelo. UPaul, ngokwakhe owayengumFarasi, bathi babenenzondelelo kakhulu kuwo onke amahlelo.[ii]  Bazila ukutya kabini ngeveki kwaye babekhupha izishumi ngenyameko. Baphakamisa ubulungisa babo emadodeni, bade basebenzise iisimboli ezibonakalayo ukubhengeza imeko yabo yobulungisa. Babethanda imali, amandla, kunye nezihloko ezikhohlisayo. Bongeze emthethweni ngokutolika kwabo kangangokuba badale umthwalo ongafunekiyo ebantwini. Nangona kunjalo, xa kufikwa kwimicimbi ebandakanya okusesikweni kokwenene, inceba, ukuthembeka, kunye nothando lomnye umntu, basilela. Sekunjalo, benza konke okusemandleni ukuze benze abafundi.[iii]

SiyiNkolo yoNyaniso

Andikwazi ukucinga ngenye inkolo emhlabeni namhlanje enamalungu ayo aqhele ukuzibiza ngokuba "asenyanisweni", njengamaNgqina kaYehova. Xa amaNgqina amabini edibana okokuqala, incoko iyakuphendukela kumbuzo wokuba umntu "waqala nini ukungena enyanisweni". Sithetha ngabaselula abakhulele kusapho lwamaNgqina kwaye bafikelela kubudala apho "banokwenza inyani ibe yeyabo". Sifundisa ukuba zonke ezinye iinkonzo zibubuxoki, kwaye kungekudala ziza kutshatyalaliswa nguThixo kodwa siza kusinda. Sifundisa ukuba bonke abantu abangangeniyo kumbutho ofana nomkhombe wamaNgqina kaYehova bazakufa eArmagedon.
Ndikhe ndathetha nama Katolika kunye namaProtestanti emsebenzini wam wokuba liNgqina likaYehova kwaye kaninzi ndithetha ngeemfundiso zobuxoki ezinje ngenkolelo yazo esemthethweni yesihogo somlilo, ndothuswa kukufumanisa ukuba abo bantu bayamkela into yokuba akukho ndawo yokoqobo. Ayibakhathazi kangako into yokuba icawe yabo ifundise into abangakholelwa ukuba ibisisibhalo. Ukuba nenyaniso akubalulekanga; Ewe, uninzi lwaluvakala njengoPilato xa wayesithi kuYesu, "Yintoni inyani?"
Akunjalo ngamaNgqina kaYehova. Ukuba nenyaniso yeyona nto siyithandayo. Njengam, uninzi lwabantu abahamba rhoqo kule ndawo baye bafunda ukuba ezinye zeenkolelo zethu ezingundoqo — ezo zisahlula kwezinye iicawa zeNgqobhoko — azikho zibhalweni. Oku kulandela oku kuqondwa lixesha lesiphithiphithi, hayi ngokungafaniyo nento eyenziwa yi Imodeli ka-Kübler-Ross Iinkcukacha njengamanqanaba amahlanu osizi. Inqanaba lokuqala ukwala.
Ukukhanyela kwethu kuhlala kubonakala kwiimpendulo ezininzi zokuzikhusela. Ezo ndikhe ndadibana nazo ngokobuqu, okanye endizenzileyo ngokwam xa ndigqitha kweli nqanaba, bendihlala ndiphela ndijolisa kwizinto ezimbini: Ukukhula kwethu kunye nenzondelelo yethu ekushumayeleni. Baqiqa ngelithi kufuneka sibe yinkolo eyinyani kuba sisoloko sikhula kwaye sinenzondelelo ekushumayeleni.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuba singaze sime ngexeshana nje ukuba sithandabuze isibakala sokuba uYesu akazange asebenzise inzondelelo, ukuguqula abantu, okanye ukukhula ngokwamanani njengesixhobo sokulinganisa abafundi bakhe bokwenyani.

Ingxelo yebaFarisi

Ukuba uphawula ukuqala kokholo lwethu ngokupapashwa kwenkupho yokuqala yeMboniselo, besikufutshane phantse ikhulu elinesiqingatha leminyaka. Ngexesha elifanayo, abaFarisi babekhula ngamanani kunye nempembelelo. Babonwa ngabantu bengamalungisa. Ngapha koko, akukho nto ibonisa ukuba ekuqaleni yayilelona hlelo lobulungisa lamaYuda. Nangexesha likaKristu, kwabonakala ngathi kukho abantu abangamalungisa phakathi kwabo.[iv]
Kodwa ngaba babelungile njengeqela?
Bazama ngokwenyani ukuthobela umthetho kaThixo njengoko wawubekiwe nguMoses. Basebenza ngokungaphaya komthetho, besongeza eyabo imithetho bezama ukukholisa uThixo. Ngokwenza njalo, bongeze umthwalo ongeyomfuneko ebantwini. Sekunjalo, babephawuleka ngenzondelelo abanayo ngoThixo. Bashumayela kwaye 'bahamba umhlaba owomileyo nolwandle ukuba benze nokuba ngumfundi omnye'.[v]   Bazithatha njengabasindisiweyo, ngelixa bonke abangakholwayo, nabangengabaFarisi beqalekisiwe. Baziqhelanisa nokholo lwabo ngokuya rhoqo kwimisebenzi yabo njengokuzila ukutya veki nganye kunye nokuhlawula ngokufanelekileyo isishumi sabo kunye nemibingelelo yabo kuThixo.
Ngabo bonke ubungqina obubonakalayo babekhonza uThixo ngendlela eyamkelekileyo.
Kodwa xa uvavanyo lwafika, bambulala uYesu Krestu, unyana kaThixo.
Ukuba ubunokucela omnye wabo ngo-29 CE ukuba bona okanye ihlelo labo bangaphela bebulala uNyana kaThixo, ibiya kuba yintoni impendulo? Yiyo ke loo nto sibubona ubungozi bokuzilinganisa ngenzondelelo yethu kunye nokunamathela ngokungqongqo kwiindlela zokuzincama.
Eyona yethu mva nje IMboniselo Isifundo sasinokuthetha oku:

“Kukho izinto ekunyanzelekileyo ukuba azincame onke amaKristu okwenyaniso yaye ayabalulekile ukuze sihlakulele ulwalamano oluhle noYehova. Ukuzincama oku kuquka ukuchitha ixesha namandla ethu emthandazweni, ufundo lweBhayibhile, unqulo lwentsapho, ukuya kwiintlanganiso nasentsimini. ”[vi]

Into yokuba singalithatha ilungelo elimangalisayo lomthandazo njengedini ithetha lukhulu malunga nengqondo yethu yangoku ngokubhekisele kunqulo olwamkelekileyo. NjengabaFarisi, silinganisela ukuzinikela kwethu ngokusekwe kwimisebenzi enokulinganiswa. Zingaphi iiyure kwinkonzo yasentsimini, zingaphi amabuyelo, zingaphi iimagazini. (Kutshanje siqalisile ukulinganisa inani lamaphecana kwindawo nganye kwindawo yephulo.) Kulindeleke ukuba siye rhoqo kwinkonzo yasentsimini, kube kanye ngeveki ubuncinci. Ukuphosa inyanga epheleleyo kujongwa njengokungamkelekanga. Ukuphoswa kweenyanga ezintandathu zilandelelana kuthetha ukuba igama lethu liyasuswa kwindima ebhaliweyo.
AbaFarisi babekhawuleze kakhulu ekuhlawuleni amadini abo kangangokuba balinganisa isishumi sedrafini kunye neyenkuni.[vii]  Sivakalelwa kukuba kubalulekile ukubala kunye nokunika ingxelo ngomsebenzi wokushumayela wabo bagulayo nakwikota eyongezelelekileyo. Oku sikwenzela ukunceda abanjalo bangaziva benetyala, kuba basalichaza ixesha labo-ngokungathi uYehova ujonge amakhadi eengxelo.
Songeze kwimigaqo elula yobuKrestu ngothotho “lwemikhombandlela” kunye “neengcebiso”, ezinamandla okusebenza omthetho, ngokwenza njalo sibeka imithwalo enzima ngokungeyomfuneko nangamaxesha. (Umzekelo, silawula iinkcukacha zemizuzu ezibandakanya unyango ekufuneka lushiyelwe kwisazela somntu; kwaye silawula nezinto ezilula njengaxa kufanelekile ukuba umntu aqhwabe izandla entlanganisweni.[viii])
AbaFarisi babeyithanda imali. Babethanda ukuzenza iinkosi phezu kwabanye, bebayalela ukuba benze ntoni kwaye besoyikisa bonke abo babeza kucel 'umngeni igunya labo ngokugxothwa kwindlu yesikhungu. Babeluthanda udumo olwalubanikwa sisikhundla sabo. Ngaba siyakubona ukufana kwezona zinto zisanda kwenzeka kuMbutho wethu?
Xa sichonga unqulo lokwenyaniso, sasidla ngokubeka ubungqina size sivumele abafundi bethu ukuba benze isigqibo; kodwa iminyaka ngoku, njengabaFarisi, sivakalise esidlangalaleni ubulungisa bethu, ngelixa sigweba bonke abanye abangabambeleli elukholweni lwethu njengabaphosakeleyo nabalufuna ngamandla usindiso ngelixa lisekhona ixesha.
Sikholelwa ekubeni singamakholwa ayinyani sodwa kwaye sisindisiwe ngenxa yemisebenzi yethu, njengokuhamba rhoqo kweintlanganiso, inkonzo yasentsimini kunye nenkxaso ngokunyaniseka nokuthobela ikhoboka elithembekileyo nelithobileyo, ngoku emelwe liQumrhu Elilawulayo.

Isilumkiso

UPawulos wakuphungula ukuzondelela kwabanjalo kuba akwenziwanga ngokolwazi oluchanileyo.

(KwabaseRoma 10: 2-4)  “… Banenzondelelo ngoThixo; kodwa kungabi ngokolwazi oluchanekileyo; 3 kuba, ngenxa yokuba bengabazi bulungisa bukaThixo, kodwa bafuna ukumisela obabo, abazithobanga kulunga lukaThixo.

Siye salahlekisa abantu ngokufuthi ngokuzaliseka kwesiprofetho seBhayibhile sibenza baguqula ikhondo labo lobomi njengesiphumo. Sifihle inyani yeendaba ezilungileyo ezingoKristu ngokuxelela abafundi bethu ukuba abanathemba lokuba kunye naye ezulwini nokuba ayingoonyana bakaThixo kwaye noYesu akangomlamli wabo.[ix]  Sabaxelele ukuba bangawuthobeli umthetho kaKristu wokukhumbula kwaye bavakalise ukufa kwakhe ngokuthabatha kwimifuziselo njengoko wayebonisile.
NjengabaFarisi, kuninzi esikholelwa ukuba kuyinyani kwaye kuyahambelana nesiBhalo. Nangona kunjalo, njengabo, ayizizo zonke izinto esikholelwa ukuba ziyinyani. Kwakhona, njengabo, siqhelisela inzondelelo yethu kodwa hayi ngokokuhambelana Echanileyo ulwazi. Ke ngoko, singatsho njani ukuba "simnqula uBawo ngoMoya nangenyaniso"?[X]
Xa abanyanisekileyo bezamile ukubonisa iinkokeli zethu isiphoso kwezinye zezi mfundiso ziphambili kodwa ezingezizo, sisebenzisa iZibhalo kuphela, asikhange simamele okanye siqiqe kodwa siye sajongana nabo njengabaFarasi bamandulo.[xi]
Kukho isono kule.

(UMateyu 12: 7) . . Nangona kunjalo, ukuba benikuqondile okuthethwa kukuthi, 'Ndifuna inceba, andithandi mbingelelo,' ngeningakhange nibagwebe abangenatyala.

Ngaba siba, okanye ngaba siye saba njengabaFarisi? Baninzi, amalungisa amaninzi azama ngokunyanisekileyo ukwenza ukuthanda kukaThixo phakathi kwamaNgqina kaYehova. NjengoPawulos, liza kufika ixesha apho kuya kufuneka ngamnye enze ukhetho.
Ingoma yethu i-62 isinika ukutya okunzulu kokucinga:

1. Ungokabani?

Nguwuphi ke ngoku uthixo?

Inkosi yakho ngulowo uyakuqubuda kuye.

UnguThixo wakho; umkhonza ngoku.

Awunakukhonza uthixo amabini;

Zombini iinkosi azinakuze zabelane

Uthando lwentliziyo yakho kwinxalenye yalo evry.

Awungekhe ulunge.

 


[i] John 7: 49
[ii] IZenzo 22: 3
[iii] Mt 9:14; Mar 2:18; Luk 5:33; 11:42; 18:11, 12; Luk 18:11, 12; UYohane 7: 47-49; Mat 23: 5; Luk 16:14; Mat 23: 6, 7; Luk 11:43; Mat 23: 4, 23; ULu 11: 41-44; Mat 23:15
[iv] UJohn 19: 38; Izenzo 6: 7
[v] Mt 23: 15
[vi] w13 12 / 15 p. I-11 par.2
[vii] Mt 23: 23
[viii] w82 6 / 15 p. I-31; km Feb. 2000 "Ibhokisi yemibuzo"
[ix] Gal. I-1: 8, 9
[X] John 4: 23
[xi] John 9: 22

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