Ukukhumbula uCarl Olof Jonsson (1937-2023)

UCarl Olof Jonsson, (1937-2023)

Ndisandula ukufumana i-imeyile evela kuRud Persson, umbhali weCoup kaRutherford, endixelela ukuba umhlobo wakhe wexesha elide kunye neqabane lakhe lophando, uCarl Olof Jonsson, usweleke ngale ntsasa, nge-17 ka-Aprili 2023. UMzalwan’ uJonsson ebeya kuba neminyaka eyi-86. indala ngoDisemba walo nyaka. Ushiya inkosikazi yakhe, uGunilla. URud waqonda ukuba umhlobo wakhe, uCarl, wayengumntwana wokwenene kaThixo. Esakuva ngokufa kwakhe, uJim Penton wandifowunela waza wathi: “UCarl Olof Jonsson wayengumhlobo wam endimthandayo kwaye ndimkhumbula kakhulu. Wayelijoni lokwenene lobuKristu bokwenyaniso nomphengululi obalaseleyo.”

Andizange ndibenalo ithuba lokuthetha noCarl mna. Ngexesha endamazi ngalo ngokulungiselela incwadi yakhe ukuze ipapashwe, ingqondo yakhe yayisiba mbi. Noko ke, lithemba lam eliqinisekileyo lokumazi ngaloo mini sabizelwa ukuba sibe neNkosi yethu sonke.

UMzalwan’ uJonsson waziwa kakhulu ngophando lwakhe kwezona mfundiso zisisiseko zeWatch Tower, uBukho BukaKristu Obungabonakaliyo bowe-1914 iQumrhu Elilawulayo ngoku elibusebenzisayo ukuze lizinike igunya elipheleleyo phezu komhlambi wamaNgqina kaYehova.

Incwadi yakhe inesihloko esithi: Amaxesha EeNtlanga Aqwalaselwa Kwakhona. Ibonelela ngobungqina bezibhalo kunye nobehlabathi bokuba yonke isiseko semfundiso ye-JW 1914 bubuxoki. Loo mfundiso ixhomekeke ngokupheleleyo ekwamkeleni ukuba ngowama-607 B.C.E.

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UMzalwana uJonsson wayengumzekelo womntwana kaThixo. Sonke siya kuba senza kakuhle xa sixelisa ukholo nenkalipho yakhe, kuba uye wabeka yonke into esichengeni ukuze athethe inyaniso. Ngenxa yoku, wanyeliswa waza wanyeliswa ziiNkokeli zamaNgqina ngenxa yokuba akazange alugcine kuye uphando lwakhe, kodwa ngenxa yothando ngabazalwana noodade bakhe, waziva enyanzelekile ukuba abelane ngalo.

Akazange avumele isisongelo sokuphetshwa simthintele yaye ngoko sinokuwasebenzisa kuye amazwi amaHebhere 12:3 . Ndiza kukufunda oku kwiNguqulelo Yehlabathi Elitsha, ngenxa yazo zonke iinguqulelo endinokuthi ukhethe kuzo, le ithontsiza ngokuphoxayo xa kujongwa iimeko:

“Okunene, mqondeni ngokusondeleyo lowo ukunyamezeleyo ukuchasa okungaka kwaboni ngokunxamnye nezilangazelelo zabo, ukuze ningadinwa nize nityhafe emiphefumlweni yenu.” ( Hebhere 12:3 )

Ke ngoko, kuCarl sinokuthi, “Lala, mzalwana usikelelekileyo. Lala ngoxolo. Ngokuba iNkosi yethu ayiyi kuzilibala zonke izinto ezilungileyo ozenzileyo egameni lakhe. Eneneni, uyasiqinisekisa: “Ndaza ndeva ilizwi liphuma ezulwini lisithi: “Bhala uthi, Banoyolo abo bafela eNkosini ukususela ngoku. Ewe, utsho uMoya, eneneni, banoyolo; ngokuba baya kuphumla emigudwini yabo; ngokuba imisebenzi yabo emihle iyabalandela.”— ISityhilelo 14:13 .

Ngoxa uCarl engasenathi, umsebenzi wakhe unyamezele, yaye ngoko ndibongoza onke amaNgqina kaYehova ukuba ahlolisise ubungqina bemfundiso yawo esisiseko yoBukho bukaKristu bowe-1914. Ukuba unyaka awulunganga, ke yonke into ayilunganga. Ukuba uKrestu akazange abuye ngo-1914, ngoko ke akazange anyule iQumrhu Elilawulayo njengekhoboka elithembekileyo neliyingqondi ngo-1919. Oko kuthetha ukuba ubunkokeli boMbutho bubuvuvu. Baye benza ubhukuqo-mbuso, ukuthabatha.

Ukuba unokuthatha into enye kubomi kunye nomsebenzi kaCarl Olof Jonsson, makube ukuzimisela ukuhlola ubungqina kwaye wenze ingqondo yakho. Akulula oko. Kunzima ukoyisa amandla okucinga kwemveli. Ndiza kumyeka uCarl athethe ngoku. Ukufunda kwintshayelelo yakhe phantsi komxholo othi “Indlela olu phando olwaqala ngayo”:

Ukuba omnye wamaNgqina kaYehova athandabuze ubunyaniso besi siprofeto sisisiseko sokubala akuyondlwan’ iyanetha. Kumakholwa amaninzi, ngokukodwa akwinkqubo yonqulo evaliweyo njengentlangano yeWatch Tower, le nkqubo yeemfundiso isebenza njengohlobo “lwenqaba” anokuthi afune ikhusi ngaphakathi kulo, ngendlela yonqabiseko lokomoya nolweemvakalelo. Ukuba inxalenye ethile yaloo mfundiso iyathandatyuzwa, loo makholwa atyekele ekuphenduleni ngokweemvakalelo; baba nesimo sengqondo sokuzikhusela, beqonda ukuba “inqaba” yabo iyahlaselwa yaye ukhuseleko lwabo lusengozini. Le ndlela yokuzikhusela yenza ukuba kube nzima kakhulu kubo ukumamela kunye nokuphonononga iingxoxo kulo mba ngokungakhethi cala. Bengazi, ukufuna kwabo ukunqabiseka ngokweemvakalelo kuye kwaba yeyona nto ibalulekileyo kubo kunentlonelo ngenyaniso.

Ukufikelela emva kwesi simo sengqondo sokuzikhusela sixhaphake kangaka phakathi kwamaNgqina kaYehova ukuze afumane iingqondo ezivulekileyo, eziphulaphulayo kunzima gqitha—ingakumbi xa ingcamango esisiseko njengokuthi ubalo-maxesha ‘lweeNtlanga’ kuthandatyuzwa. Ngenxa yokuba imibuzo enjalo ibethelela iziseko zemfundiso yamaNgqina yaye ke ngoko ngokufuthi ibangela amaNgqina kuwo onke amanqanaba ukuba azikhusele ngenkohlakalo. Ndiye ndajamelana ngokuphindaphindiweyo nentsabelo enjalo ukususela ngowe-1977 xa ndandiqala ukunikela umbandela okulo mqulu kwiQumrhu Elilawulayo lamaNgqina kaYehova.

Kwakungowe-1968 apho isifundo esikhoyo saqala. Ngelo xesha, “ndandinguvulindlela” okanye umshumayeli wexesha elizeleyo wamaNgqina kaYehova. Ebudeni bobulungiseleli bam, indoda endandiyiqhubela isifundo seBhayibhile yandicel’ umngeni ukuba ndingqine umhla iWatch Tower Society eyayiwunyule ukuphanziswa kweYerusalem ngamaBhabhiloni, oko kukuthi ngowama-607 B.C.E. Isiganeko senzeka malunga namashumi amabini eminyaka kamva, nokuba ngowama-587 okanye ngowama-586 BCE Ndandiyazi kakuhle le nto, kodwa le ndoda yayifuna ukwazi izizathu zokuba kutheni ababhali-mbali bakhetha umhla wokugqibela. Ndabonisa ukuba ukuthandana kwabo ngokuqinisekileyo yayingeyonto ngaphandle koqikelelo, olusekwe kwimithombo yamandulo enesiphene kunye neerekhodi. Njengamanye amaNgqina, ndacinga ukuba umhla woMbutho wokuphanziswa kweYerusalem ngowama-607 B.C.E. wawusekelwe eBhayibhileni yaye ngoko wawungenako ukucatshukiswa yiloo mithombo yehlabathi. Noko ke, ndayithembisa loo ndoda ukuba ndiza kuwuqwalasela lo mbandela.

Ngenxa yoko, ndenza uphando olwathi lwaphumela ekubeni lubanzi nocokisekileyo kunokuba ndandilindele. Kwaqhubeka ngamaxesha athile kangangeminyaka eliqela, ukususela ngowe-1968 de kwaba sekupheleni kowe-1975. Ngelo xesha ukwanda kobungqina obuninzi nxamnye nomhla wama-607 B.C.E. kwandinyanzelela mathidala ukugqiba kwelokuba iWatch Tower Society yayiphosakele.

Emva koko, kangangethuba elithile emva kowe-1975, ubungqina baxutyushwa kunye nabahlobo abambalwa abasondeleyo, abanomdla kuphando. Ekubeni kungekho namnye kubo owayenokubuphikisa ubungqina obubonakaliswa yinkcazelo endandiyiqokelele, ndagqiba ekubeni ndiqulunqe ingxelo elungelelanisiweyo yawo wonke umbuzo endagqiba kwelokuba ndiwuthumele kwikomkhulu leWatch Tower Society eBrooklyn, eNew York.

Loo ngxelo yalungiselelwa yaza yathunyelwa kwiQumrhu Elilawulayo lamaNgqina kaYehova ngowe-1977. Umsebenzi okhoyo ngoku, osekelwe kolo xwebhu, wahlaziywa waza wandiswa ebudeni bowe-1981 waza wapapashwa kuhlelo lokuqala ngowe-1983. Ngo-1983, izinto ezininzi ezifunyenweyo kunye nemigqaliselo echaphazelekayo kwisifundo zenziwe, kwaye eyona nto ibalulekileyo kwezi zifakwe kwiintlelo ezimbini zokugqibela. Ubungqina obusixhenxe obuchasene nomhla wama-607 BCE obunikelwe kuhlelo lokuqala, ngokomzekelo, ngoku buphindwe kabini.

Le ncwadi ihlabela mgama ibonisa indlela iQumrhu Elilawulayo elisabela ngayo kwingxelo kaCarl, eyakhula ngakumbi ekufuneni ukuba ayigcine kuye loo nkcazelo yaye “alindele kuYehova,” ukusa kwizisongelo namaqhinga okugrogrisa, de ekugqibeleni lenze ilungiselelo lokuba asuswe kubudlelane. Wayecekiswa ukuthetha inyani. Imeko eyandayo iqhelekile, akunjalo?

Into esiyifundayo thina, mna nawe, kukuba ukummela ngokuqinileyo uKristu nokushumayela inyaniso kuya kuphumela kwintshutshiso. Kodwa ngubani okhathalayo. Masingayeki. Oko kuyamkholisa uSathana kuphela. Ekuvaleni, hlala kula mazwi avela kuMpostile uYohane:

Wonke umntu okholwayo ukuba uYesu unguye uKristu, ungumntwana kaThixo. Ke wonke umntu omthandayo uYise uyabathanda abantwana bakhe. Siyazi ukuba siyabathanda abantwana bakaThixo, ukuba siyamthanda uThixo, siyigcina imithetho yakhe. Ukuthanda uThixo kuthetha ukugcina imiyalelo yakhe, yaye ayiloxanduva. Kuba wonke umntwana kaThixo uyaloyisa eli hlabathi lingendawo, yaye sizuza olu loyiso ngokholo lwethu. Yaye ngubani onokuphumelela kweli dabi nxamnye nehlabathi? Kuphela ngabo bakholwayo ukuba uYesu unguNyana kaThixo. (Funda eyoku-1 kaYohane 5:1-5.)

Enkosi.