Bewati Yini Ngaloku?
Bekasho kutsini Jesu nakatsi hamba naye emakhilomitha lamabili?
▪ Enshumayelweni yakhe leyatiwa kakhulu yaseNtsabeni, Jesu wakhutsata naku: “Nangabe umuntfu akucindzetela kutsi uhambe naye likhilometha libe linye umetfwalele umtfwalo wakhe, hamba naye abe mabili.” (Matewu 5:41) Kungenteka kutsi tilaleli taJesu betiyicondza inkhulumo yakhe kutsi yayibhekisele emisebentini babusi labebaphocelela bantfu kutsi bayente.
Ngelikhulu lekucala leminyaka, emaRoma bekabusa ema-Israyeli. Bekungumkhuba wawo kucindzetela bantfu kanye netilwane kutsi bente imisebenti lefunwa ngiwo nobe alawule tintfo kute imisebenti yawo yekubusa ifezeke ngekushesha. Nasi sibonelo, emasotja emaRoma aphocelela Simoni waseSirene kutsi etfwale lugodvo lwekuhlushwa lwaJesu aluyise endzaweni labebatawubulalela kuyo Jesu. (Matewu 27:32) Kwentiswa imisebenti lenjalo bekucindzetela, kungakavami, futsi bekuwakhononisa emaJuda.
Akwatiwa kutsi bantfu bebaphocelelwa kutsi betfwale umtfwalo indzawo lendze kangakanani. Bekungakavami kutsi bantfu batimisele kuhamba libanga lelidze kunalelo bekulindzeleke kutsi balihambe. Ngesikhatsi Jesu akhutsata tilaleli takhe kutsi tihambe emakhilometha lamabili, bekasho kutsi tente imisebenti tiphatsimandla letitsi atiyente, tingakhononi.—Makho 12:17.
Bekangubani lo-Anasi lokukhulunywa ngaye emaVangelini?
▪ Ngesikhatsi Jesu atekiswa licala, Anasi (Ananus) kutsiwa ‘bekangumphristi lomkhulu’. (Lukha 3:2; Johane 18:13; Imisebenti 4:6) Yena bekangubabetala wemphristi lophakeme waka-Israyeli Khayafase, futsi bekake wakhonta njengemphristi lophakeme cishe nga-6 nobe nga-7 C.E. kwate kwacishe kwaba ngumnyaka wa-15 C.E., lokungumnyaka layekeliswa ngawo ngumbusi wemaRoma longuValerius Gratus. Nanobe kunjalo, njengobe bekake wakhonta njengemphristi lophakeme, Anasi wachubeka aneligunya ka-Israyeli. Emadvodzana akhe lasihlanu kanye nemkhwenyana wakhe nabo bakhonta njengebaphristi labaphakeme.
Ngesikhatsi ema-Israyeli angabuswa ngulesinye sive, umphristi lophakeme bekenta lowo msebenti imphilo yakhe yonkhe. (Numeri 35:25) Ngesikhatsi ema-Israyeli aba ngephansi kwemaRoma, umphristi lophakeme bekakhonta kuleso sikhundla ngekuvunyelwa babusi bemaRoma kanye nemakhosi labekwe ngiwo futsi ngiwo labekangamyekelisa. Sati semlandvo Flavius Josephus sibika kutsi Quirinius umbusi wemaRoma waseSamariya wayekelisa Joazar umsebenti wekuba ngumphristi lophakeme cishe nga-6 nobe nga-7 C.E., wase usinika Anasi leso sikhundla. Kubonakala shengatsi lababusi labangemacaba ngibo labebabeka umphristi lophakeme bamkhetse ebaphristini.
Umndeni wa-Anasi bewutsandza tintfo futsi unjinge kakhulu. Loko wakwenta ngekutsi kube ngiwo lobewulawula kutsengiswa kwetintfo lebetidzingeka ekwenteni iminikelo ethempelini letinjengematuba, timvu, oyela kanye neliwayini. Josephus utsi Ananus (Ananias), indvodzana ya-Anasi “bekanetisebenti letimadlabha ekukhulumeni, futsi betiphocelela bantfu kutsi bakhokhe kwelishumi kwebapristi; tiphindze tinemkhuba wekushaya bantfu labebangatiniki kwelishumi.”