‘Imilebe Yenyaniso Iya Kuhlala Ngonaphakade’
NJENGOMLILO omncinane onokutshisa uze utshabalalise ihlathi liphela, linokuba nempembelelo eyingozi kubo bonke ubomi bukabani. Lisenokuzaliswa yityhefu, kodwa kwakhona linokuba “ngumthi wobomi.” (IMizekeliso 15:4) Ukufa nobomi kusemandleni alo. (IMizekeliso 18:21) Linjalo ke ukuba namandla eli lungu lincinane, ulwimi lwethu, linokuwudyobha umzimba uphela. (Yakobi 3:5-9) Siya kuba silumkile ukuba siyalunqanda ulwimi lwethu.
Kwinxalenye yesibini yencwadi yeBhayibhile yeMizekeliso isahluko 12, uKumkani uSolomon kaSirayeli wamandulo unikela isiluleko esibalulekileyo esisinceda sikulumkele oko sikuthethayo. Ngemizekeliso engqalileyo nenentsingiselo, lo kumkani usisilumko ubonisa ukuba amazwi athethiweyo aba nemiphumo yaye kwakhona athetha lukhulu ngomntu owathethayo. Icebiso likaSolomon eliphefumlelweyo liluncedo nakubani na onqwenela ‘ukuwubekela umlindi umnyango wemilebe yakhe.’—INdumiso 141:3.
‘Ukunxaxha Okurhintyelayo’
USolomon uthi: “Ngokunxaxha kwemilebe umntu onobubi uyarhintyelwa, kodwa ilungisa liyaphuma embandezelweni.” (IMizekeliso 12:13) Ukuxoka kukunxaxha kwemilebe okuba sisirhintyelo esibulalayo kulowo uxokayo. (ISityhilelo 21:8) Ukungathembeki kusenokubonakala kuyindlela elula yokuphepha ukohlwaywa okanye yokuzikhupha engxakini. Kodwa ngaba ubuxoki abudli ngokuphumela kobunye ubuxoki? Kanye njengokuba umntu oqalisa ukungcakaza ngemali encinane esenokutsalelwa ukuba abheje ngemali enkudlwana njengoko ezama ukubuyisa imali etyiweyo, kungekudala nexoki lizibhaqa selilibhedengu lokwenene.
Ukunxaxha kwemilebe kunokumrhintyela lowo uxokayo yaye ekugqibeleni unokuzixokisa naye. Ngokomzekelo, ixoki linokucinga ukuba lazi yonk’ into le yaye lilumkile, ngoxa eneneni lingazi nto. Ngaloo ndlela liqala ukuphila ngobuxoki. Enyanisweni, ‘lenze ngokugudileyo kakhulu emehlweni alo ukuze lifumane isiphoso salo ukuze lisithiye.’ (INdumiso 36:2) Hayi indlela ekurhintyela ngayo ukuxoka! Kweliny’ icala, ilungisa alisayi kuzifaka engxakini enjalo. Naphantsi kobunzima, alisayi kubhenela kubuxoki.
‘Isiqhamo Esanelisayo’
Umpostile uPawulos walumkisa: “Ningalahlekiswa: UThixo akanakwenziwa intlekisa. Loo nto ayihlwayelayo umntu, uya kuvuna kwayona.” (Galati 6:7) Ngokuqinisekileyo lo mgaqo uyasebenza kwintetho nakwizenzo zethu. USolomon uthi: “Ngesiqhamo somlomo wayo indoda iyanela kokulungileyo, nesenzo sezandla zomntu siya kubuyela kuye.”—IMizekeliso 12:14.
Umlomo “othetha ubulumko” uvelisa isiqhamo esanelisayo. (INdumiso 37:30) Ubulumko buthetha ulwazi, yaye akukho mntu owazi yonk’ into. Wonk’ ubani ufanele aphulaphule isiluleko esihle aze asithobele. Ukumkani wakwaSirayeli uthi: “Indlela yesidenge ilungile emehlweni aso, kodwa ophulaphula icebiso sisilumko.”—IMizekeliso 12:15.
UYehova usinika isiluleko esiphilileyo ngeLizwi lakhe nangentlangano yakhe, esebenzisa iimpapasho ezilungiselelwa “likhoboka elithembekileyo neliyingqondi.” (Mateyu 24:45; 2 Timoti 3:16) Hayi indlela ekububudenge ngayo ukuligatya icebiso lobulumko size senze izinto ngendlela yethu! Thina ‘simele sikhawuleze ukuva,’ xa uYehova “Lowo ufundisa abantu ulwazi,” esiluleka ngejelo lakhe lonxibelelwano.—Yakobi 1:19; INdumiso 94:10.
Isilumko nesiyatha senza ntoni xa sithukwa okanye sigxekwa ngokungafanelekanga? USolomon uphendula esithi: “Ngumntu osisidenge owazisa ingqumbo yakhe kwangaloo mini, kodwa onobuqili ugubungela ihlazo.”—IMizekeliso 12:16.
Xa ephethwe ngolunya, umntu osisidenge ukhawuleza acaphuke—“kwangaloo mini.” Kodwa umntu osisilumko uthandazela umoya kaThixo ukuze akwazi ukuzibamba. Uzipha ixesha lokucamngca ngecebiso leLizwi likaThixo aze ngoxabiso acingisise ngamazwi kaYesu athi: “Othe wakumpakaza esidleleni sakho sasekunene, mphethulele nesinye.” (Mateyu 5:39) Enqwenela ‘ukungabuyiseli ububi ngobubi nakubani na,’ umntu onobuqili uyayibamba imilebe yakhe angathethi ngokungakhathali. (Roma 12:17) Xa ngokufanayo sikugubungela ukuhlaziswa, siyakuphepha ukuxambulisana okungakumbi.
‘Ulwimi Oluphilisayo’
Ukunxaxha kwemilebe kunokuba yingozi kakhulu ekugwebeni. Ukumkani wakwaSirayeli uthi: “Ophefumla ukuthembeka uya kuxela ubulungisa, kodwa ingqina elixokayo, lixela inkohliso.” (IMizekeliso 12:17) Ingqina lokwenyaniso lithembekile kuba ubungqina balo buyinene yaye bunokuthenjwa. Amazwi alo afak’ isandla ekubeni izinto zisingathwe ngokusesikweni. Kwelinye icala, ingqina elixokayo, lizele yinkohliso yaye likhuthaza okungekho sikweni.
USolomon uhlabela mgama esithi: “Kukho othetha engacinganga njengokuhlaba kwekrele, kodwa ulwimi lwezilumko luyaphilisa.” (IMizekeliso 12:18) Amazwi anokuhlaba njengekrele, ephelisa ubuhlobo yaye eqhway’ inkathazo. Okanye asenokuba myoli aze abe mahle, elondoloza ubuhlobo. Kodwa kuthekani ngokuthuka, ukungxolisa, ukusoloko ugxeka, izinyeliso ezibangela abanye abantu bakhathazeke ngokunzulu? Hayi indlela ekukuhle ngayo ukulungisa naziphi na iimpazamo kule nkalo ngamazwi aphilisayo okucela uxolo ngokunyanisekileyo!
Ebudeni bamaxesha anzima esiphila kuwo, akumangalisi ukuba abaninzi “baphuke intliziyo” yaye ‘batyumke emoyeni.’ (INdumiso 34:18) Xa ‘sithuthuzela imiphefumlo edandathekileyo’ size ‘sixhase ababuthathaka,’ ngaba asisebenzisi amandla aphilisayo amazwi esiwathethayo? (1 Tesalonika 5:14) Ewe, amazwi ovelwano anokubakhuthaza abo bakwishumi elivisayo abajamelene nengcinezelo yoontanga eyingozi. Ulwimi olunolwazelelelo lunokubaqinisekisa abantu abakhulileyo ukuba bayafunwa yaye bayathandwa. Ngokuqinisekileyo amazwi obubele anokulwenza lube luhle usuku lwabo bagulayo. Ukuba ubani ukhalinyelwa “ngomoya wobulali” unokukwamkela ngokulula oko. (Galati 6:1) Yaye hayi indlela eliphilisa ngayo ulwimi lwalowo ulusebenzisa ekushumayeleni iindaba ezilungileyo zoBukumkani bukaThixo kwabo baphulaphulayo!
‘Umlebe Ohlala Ngonaphakade’
Esebenzisa igama elithi “umlebe” ngokufanayo nelithi “ulwimi” uSolomon uthi: “Ngumlebe wenyaniso oya kumiselwa ngokuqinileyo ngonaphakade, kodwa ulwimi lobuxoki luya kuba lolwephanyazo.” (IMizekeliso 12:19) Ibinzana elithi “umlebe wenyaniso” likwisinye kwisiHebhere yaye linentsingiselo enzulu kunokuthetha nje inyaniso. Enye incwadi ithi oku “kuthetha ukomelela, ukungabi nakuguqulwa nokuthenjwa. Amazwi anolu phawu aya kuhlala . . . ngonaphakade kuba afumaneka ethembekile, ngokwahlukileyo kulwimi oluxokayo . . . olunokukhohlisa okwethutyana kodwa olungenakumelana novavanyo.”
Lo kumkani usisilumko uthi: “Inkohliso isentliziyweni yabo bayila ububi, kodwa abo baceba uxolo banemihlali.” Wongezelela esithi: “Ilungisa aliyi kuhlelwa yinto eyenzakalisayo, kodwa abangendawo ngokuqinisekileyo baya kuzaliswa yintlekele.”—IMizekeliso 12:20, 21.
Abayili bobubi kuphela banokubangela intlungu kunye nokubandezeleka. Kwelinye icala, abo bayila uxolo bayaneliseka ngokwenza oko kulungileyo. Kwakhona bafumana uyolo lokubona iziqhamo ezihle. Okona kubaluleke ngakumbi kukuba, bamkelwa nguThixo, kuba “imilebe exokayo iyinto ecekisekayo kuYehova, kodwa abo bathembekileyo uyakholiswa ngabo.”—IMizekeliso 12:22.
‘Intetho Egubungela Ukwazi’
Echaza omnye umahluko phakathi komntu owalumkelayo amazwi awathethayo nongenjalo, lo kumkani wakwaSirayeli uthi: “Umntu onobuqili ugubungela ukwazi, kodwa intliziyo yeziyatha imemeza ubudenge.”—IMizekeliso 12:23.
Umntu onobuqili okanye olumkileyo, uyalazi ixesha lokuthetha nelokuthula. Ugubungela ulwazi ngokuzibamba angaqhayisi ngolwazi analo. Oku akuthethi ukuba usoloko elufihla ulwazi analo. Kunoko, ngobulumko uyakuphepha ukuqhayisa ngalo. Ngokwahlukileyo koko, isidenge siyakhawuleza ukuthetha size senze ubudenge baso baziwe. Ngoko ke, masingaloqi yonk’ into le, yaye masiluthintele ulwimi lwethu lungaqhayisi.
Eqhubeka ethelekisa izinto, uSolomon uthetha ingongoma ebalulekileyo ngokukhuthala nobuvila. Uthi: “Isandla sabakhutheleyo siya kulawula, kodwa isandla esidangeleyo siya kusebenza ngokuqhutywa ngebhaxa.” (IMizekeliso 12:24) Ukuzibhokoxa emsebenzini kusenokuphumela kwinkqubela nokuba nemali eninzi, kanti ubuvila bunokumbangela ubani anyanzeleke ukuba asebenze ngebhaxa aze abe likhoboka. Omnye umphengululi uthi: “Ekugqibeleni, ivila liya kuba likhoboka lalowo ukhutheleyo.”
‘Ilizwi Elibangela Imihlali’
UKumkani uSolomon ubuyela kumbandela wentetho ebonisa ukuba uyakuphawula oko kwenzekayo ebantwini. Uthi: ‘Ukuxhalaba okusentliziyweni yendoda kuya kuyibangela ukuba iqubude, kodwa ilizwi elilungileyo liyenza ibe nemihlali.’—IMizekeliso 12:25.
Zininzi izinto ezixhalabisayo nezikhathazayo ezinokubangela ukuba intliziyo kabani ibe selusizini. Into efunekayo ukuthob’ izibilini zikabani ize imenze abe nemihlali lilizwi elihle lokhuthazo elivela kumntu onokuqonda. Kodwa abanye banokuyazi njani indlela esixhalabe ngayo ukuba asikhululeki size sithethe ngaloo nto? Ewe, xa sixhalabile okanye sidandathekile, sifanele siphalaze imbilini yethu kumntu onovelwano onokusinceda. Ukongezelela, ukuyithetha indlela esivakalelwa ngayo kuya kuyinciphisa intlungu esinayo. Ngoko ke, kubalulekile ukuthetha neqabane lethu lomtshato, umzali, okanye umhlobo onovelwano noqolileyo ngokomoya.
Ngawaphi amazwi abhetele okhuthazo anokufumaneka ngaphezu kwalawo afumaneka eBhayibhileni? Simele sisondele kuThixo sicamngca ngoxabiso ngeLizwi lakhe eliphefumlelweyo. Ngokuqinisekileyo ukucinga nzulu okunjalo kunokuyivuyisa intliziyo ekhathazekileyo kuze kuzise uchulumanco kumehlo alusizi. Umdumisi uyavumelana noku xa esithi: “Umthetho kaYehova ugqibelele, ubuyisa umphefumlo. Isikhumbuzo sikaYehova sikholosekile, simenza abe nobulumko ongenamava. Imiyalelo evela kuYehova ithe tye, iyibangela ibe nemihlali intliziyo; umyalelo kaYehova uhlambulukile, uwenza akhanye emehlo.”—INdumiso 19:7, 8.
Indlela Enomvuzo
Ethelekisa indlela yabathe tye neyabangendawo, ukumkani wakwaSirayeli uthi: “Ilungisa lihlola idlelo lalo, kodwa indlela yabangendawo ibabangela babhadule.” (IMizekeliso 12:26) Ilungisa liyalihlola idlelo lalo—izinxulumani nabahlobo elibakhethayo. Libakhetha ngobulumko, lizabalazela ukuphepha unxulumano oluyingozi. Akunjalo ngabangendawo, abangasamkeliyo isiluleko nabakhetha ukuhamba ngabayibonayo. Bekhohlisiwe, bayabhadula.
Ngokulandelayo uKumkani uSolomon uthetha ngomahluko phakathi komntu odangeleyo nokhutheleyo kodwa ngokusuka kwenye inkalo. Uthi: “Odangeleyo akayi kuzisukela iinyamakazi, kodwa okhutheleyo yindyebo yomntu exabisekileyo.” (IMizekeliso 12:27) Umntu odangeleyo—“umntu onqenayo”—‘akayisukeli,’ okanye “akayosi,” inyamakazi. (IBhayibhile yesiXhosa yowe-1996) Enyanisweni, akayigqibi into ayiqalileyo. Kweliny’ icala, ukukhuthala kuhambisana nobutyebi.
Ukonqena kuyingozi kangangokuba umpostile uPawulos wakubona kufanelekile ukubhalela amanye amaKristu eTesalonika aze alungise abantu abathile apho ‘ababehamba ngokungalungelelananga’—bengasebenzi konke konke kodwa bezigaxa kwimicimbi engafuni bona. Abantu abanjalo baluxanduva kwabanye. Ngoko ke uPawulos wabaluleka ngokuphandle, ebayala ukuba ‘basebenze ngokuzolileyo ukuze batye ukutya abazizuzele ngokwabo.’ Yaye ukuba babengayi kusithobela esi siluleko sinamandla, uPawulos uyalela abanye ebandleni ukuba ‘bazikhwebule’ kubo—babaphephe, kwimibandela yasekuhlaleni.—2 Tesalonika 3:6-12.
Asimele nje sithobele isiluleko sikaSolomon sokukhuthala kodwa kwanecebiso lakhe lokulusebenzisa kakuhle ulwimi lwethu. Masizabalazele ukulisebenzisa elo lungu lincinane ukuphilisa nokuvuyisa abanye njengoko sikuphepha ukunxaxha kwemilebe size silandele ikhondo elithe tye. USolomon uyasiqinisekisa esithi: “Busemendweni wobulungisa ubomi, nokuhamba emendweni wabo kuthetha ukungafi.”—IMizekeliso 12:28.
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“Ophulaphula icebiso sisilumko”
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“Ulwimi lwezilumko luyaphilisa”
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Ukuzityand’ igila kumhlobo onokumthemba kunokuba yintuthuzelo
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Ukucamngca ngoxabiso ngeLizwi likaThixo kuvuyisa intliziyo