Ukukhonza UYehova Ngaxhatha Linye
“Ngelo xesha ndiya kuziguqulela izizwe intetho enyulu, ukuze zinqule igama likaYehova zonke ziphela, zimkhonze ngaxhatha linye.”—ZEFANIYA 3:9.
1, 2. (a) UYehova uzalisekisa siphi isiprofeto ngoku? (b) Esi siprofeto sibangela kuphakame yiphi imibuzo?
NAMHLANJE uYehova uThixo wenza into ethile engenakuze yenziwe ngabantu bebodwa. Kweli hlabathi liziintlaba zahlukane kuthethwa iilwimi ezinokuba ngama-3 000, kodwa ngoku uThixo uzalisekisa esi siprofeto: “Ndiya kuziguqulela izizwe intetho enyulu, ukuze zinqule igama likaYehova zonke ziphela, zimkhonze ngaxhatha linye.”—Zefaniya 3:9.
2 Yiyiphi le ‘ntetho inyulu’? Isetyenziswa ngoobani? Ibe kuthetha ukuthini ‘ukukhonza uThixo ngaxhatha linye’?
Bathetha “Intetho Enyulu”
3. Iyintoni “intetho enyulu,” ibe kutheni le nto abo bayisebenzisayo bengahlulelananga?
3 Ngomhla wePentekoste yowama-33 C.E., umoya oyingcwele kaThixo wathululelwa phezu kwabafundi bakaYesu Kristu, ubanika amandla okuba bathethe iilwimi ababengazange bazifunde. Oku kwabenza bakwazi ukuxelela abantu abathetha iilwimi ezininzi “izinto ezinkulu zikaThixo.” Ngaloo ndlela uYehova waqalisa ukumanyanisa abantu bazo zonke iintlanga ezineemvelaphi ezahlukeneyo. (IZenzo 2:1-21, 37-42) Xa abo bakholwayo beeNtlanga kamva baba ngabalandeli bakaYesu, eneneni abakhonzi bakaThixo baba ngabantu beelwimi nezizwe ezininzi. Noko ke, abazange nakanye bahlukaniswe yimiqobo yeli hlabathi, kuba bonke bathetha “intetho enyulu.” Le ntetho bayisebenzisayo yintetho yenyaniso yeZibhalo eyaxelwa kwangaphambili kuZefaniya 3:9. (Efese 4:25) Abo bathetha “intetho enyulu” abahlukaniswanga kodwa ‘bathetha ntonye, bengabalungisiweyo, begqibelele ngqiqweninye, nasicamangweni sinye.’—1 Korinte 1:10.
4. UZefaniya 3:9 walatha njani kwintsebenziswano yeelwimi nezizwe ezininzi, yaye ifunyanwa phi namhlanje?
4 “Intetho enyulu” yayiza kwenza ukuba abantu bazo zonke iintlanga nezizwe bakwazi ukukhonza uYehova “ngaxhatha linye,” ngokoqobo, ‘babambisane.’ Babeza kumkhonza uThixo “ngokungqinelanayo” (The New English Bible); “ngaxhatha linye” (The American Bible); okanye “ngokungqinelana kwengqiqo enye nangaxhatha linye okumanyeneyo.” (The Amplified Bible) Enye inguqulelo ifundeka ngolu hlobo: “Ngelo xesha ndiya kuyiguqula icoceke imilebe yabo bonke abantu, khon’ ukuze bonke babize egameni likaYehova baze basebenzisane enkonzweni yakhe.” (Byington) Intsebenziswano enjalo yeelwimi nezizwe ezininzi enkonzweni kaThixo ifunyanwa kuphela phakathi kwamaNgqina kaYehova.
5. AmaNgqina kaYehova akwazi ukulusebenzisa ukusa kuwuphi umkhamo naluphi na ulwimi oluthethwa ngabantu?
5 Ekubeni onke amaNgqina kaYehova ethetha “intetho enyulu” yenyaniso yeZibhalo, ayakwazi ukusebenzisa naluphi na ulwimi oluthethwa ngabantu ukusa kowona mkhamo uphakame ngakumbi—edumisa uThixo yaye evakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo zoBukumkani. (Marko 13:10; Tito 2:7, 8; Hebhere 13:15) Ngaloo ndlela hayi indlela ekukuhle ngayo ukuba le “ntetho inyulu” ibangele abantu bawo onke amaqela eeNtlanga ukuba bakhonze uYehova ngaxhatha linye!
6. UYehova ubajonga njani abantu, kodwa yintoni eya kuba luncedo ukuba umlinganiselo othile wokukhetha ubuso uluzungu entliziyweni yomKristu othile?
6 Xa uPetros wayenikela ubungqina kuKorneli nakwabanye beeNtlanga, wathi: “Ndiyaqiqa okwenyaniso ukuba uThixo akamkhethi wabuso bamntu; kwiintlanga zonke, lowo umoyikayo, asebenze ubulungisa, wamkelekile kuye.” (IZenzo 10:34, 35) Ngokutsho kwezinye iinguqulelo, uYehova “akaMkhethi wabantu,” “akabacaluli abantu,” yaye “akanamkhethe.” (The Emphatic Diaglott; Phillips; New International Version) Njengabakhonzi bakaYehova, sifanele sibajonge abantu bawo onke amaqela eeNtlanga ngendlela yena abajonga ngayo. Kodwa kuthekani ukuba umlinganiselo othile wokukhetha ubuso uluzungu entliziyweni yomKristu othile? Ngoko bekuya kuba luncedo ukuphawula indlela uThixo wethu ongakhethi buso aqhubana ngayo nabakhonzi bakhe bazo zonke iintlanga, izizwe, abantu neelwimi.—Bona kwanoVukani! kaMeyi 8, 1985, iphepha 3-11.
Bayanqweneleka
7. Mayela nolwalamano noThixo, umKristu akahlukanga njani komnye wolunye uhlanga okanye isizwe?
7 Ukuba uliNgqina likaYehova elibhaptiziweyo, kunokwenzeka ukuba ngaxa lithile ‘wawugcuma uncwina ngenxa yamasikizi’ enzekayo kule nkqubo ingendawo. (Hezekile 9:4) ‘Wawufile zizono zakho,’ kodwa ngenceba uThixo wakutsalela kuye ngoYesu Kristu. (Efese 2:1-5; Yohane 6:44) Kwezi nkalo, wawungahlukanga kwabanye abo ngoku bangamakholwa akunye nawe. Nabo babecinezelekile bubungendawo, ‘babefile zizono zabo,’ baza bafumana inceba kaThixo ngoYesu Kristu. Ibe kungakhathaliseki isizwe okanye uhlanga esilulo, kungokholo lwethu kuphela anokuthi nabani kuthi ngoku abe ngakuYehova uThixo njengengqina lakhe.—Roma 11:20.
8. UHagayi 2:7 uzaliseka njani ngoku?
8 Amazwi esiprofeto akuHagayi 2:7 ayasinceda ukuba sibone indlela esifanele siwajonge ngayo amakholwa angoowethu eeNtlanga ezahlukeneyo. Apho uYehova wavakalisa oku: “Ndizinyikimise zonke iintlanga, zifike izinto ezinqwenelekayo zeeNtlanga zonke, ndiyizalise le ndlu ngobuqaqawuli.” Oku kuphakanyiswa konqulo olunyulu okwaxelwa kwangaphambili kwenzeka kwitempile yokwenyaniso kaThixo, umm and la wonqulo lwakhe. (Yohane 4:23, 24) Kodwa ziyintoni “izinto ezinqwenelekayo zeeNtlanga zonke”? Ngamawakawaka abathandi bobulungisa asabela kakuhle kumsebenzi wokushunyayelwa koBukumkani. Bephuma kuzo zonke iintlanga nezizwe, bangumsinga ukuya ‘entabeni yendlu kaYehova,’ besiba ngamangqina akhe abhaptiziweyo nenxalenye ‘yesihlwele esikhulu’ sezizwe ngezizwe. (Isaya 2:2-4; ISityhilelo 7:9) Abo badumisa uYehova njengenxalenye yentlangano yakhe yasemhlabeni bangabantu abacocekileyo, abaziphethe kakuhle nabahlonela uThixo—eneneni bangabantu abanqweneleka ngakumbi. Ngoko, ngokuqinisekileyo wonke umKristu wokwenyaniso ufanele afune ukubonisa uthando lobuzalwana kubo bonke aba bantu banqwenelekayo abamkelekileyo kuBawo wethu sonke wasezulwini.
Ubuntu Babo Butsha
9. Nokuba besingabacingeli kakuhle abantu esingaqhelananga nabo kwixesha elidluleyo, kutheni izinto zifanele zahluke ngoku kuba singamaKristu?
9 Abazalwana noodade bethu bokomoya ehlabathini jikelele bakwangabantu ab anqwenelekayo kuba baye basithobela isiluleko sokuba ‘babuhlube ubuntu obudala kunye nezenzo zabo, bambathe ubuntu obutsha.’ “Buhlaziyelwa ekwazini okuhle, ngokomfanekiselo walowo wabudalayo; apho kungekho mGrike nam Yuda, kwaluka nokungaluki, mbharbhari namSkitiya, khoboka namkhululeki; usuke uKristu waba zizinto zonke, waba kubo bonke.” (Kolose 3:9-11, NW) Ulmba umntu ngaphambili ebengamcingeli kakuhle umYuda, umGrike, okanye abanye angaqhelananga nabo, izinto zifanele zahluke ngoku kuba ungumKristu. Singakhathaliseki isizwe, uhlanga, okanye impucuko, abo ‘banobuntu obutsha’ bahlakulela baze babonise isiqhamo somoya oyingcwele kaThixo—uthando, uvuyo, uxolo, ukuzeka kade umsindo, ububele, ukulunga, intembeko, ubulali nokuzeyisa. (Galati 5:22, 23) Oku kubenza babe nelunda ngabanquli bakaYehova abangoowabo.
10. Ukuba sihendelwa ukuba sithethe amazwi amabi nahlabayo ngamakholwa angoowethu aso nasiphi na isizwe okanye uhlanga, uTito 1:5-12 unokusinceda njani?
10 Ngokungafaniyo nabakhonzi bakaYehova, bambi abantu behlabathi bathetha amazwi angakhiyo ngabantu bolunye uhlanga olungelulo olwabo. Ewe, ethetha ngabantu bakowabo, omnye umprofeti waseKrete wakhe wathi: “AmaKrete ahlala engamaxoki, amarhamncwa amabi, amadlakudla angasebenziyo”! Umpostile uPawulos wakhunjuzwa ngaloo mazwi xa kwaba yimfuneko ukuba aval’ umlomo abefundisi ababuxoki ababekho phakathi kwamaKristu ayekwisiqithi saseKrete. Kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo uPawulos wayengathi: ‘Onke amaKristu angamaKrete ayaxoka yaye mabi, ngamavila yaye ngamadlakudla.’ (Tito 1:5-12) Hayi, kuba amaKristu awathethi mazwi angakhiyo ngamanye. Ngaphezu koko, uninzi lwaloo maKristu aseKrete ayambethe “ubuntu obutsha,” ibe amanye ayeneemfaneleko zokomoya zokuba amiselwe njengabadala. Ukuba sikhe sihendelwe ekuthetheni amazwi amabi nahlabayo ngabazalwana noodade bethu bokomoya besizwe okanye uhlanga oluthile oku simele sikucinge nzulu.
Bajonge Njengabongamileyo Abanye
11. Ukuba kukho naluphi na uhlobo lokukhetha ubuso entliziyweni yomKristu, unokwenza ntoni?
11 Kwelinye icala, ukuba umKristu wayebonakalisa ukukhetha ubuso kwesinye isizwe okanye uhlanga, mhlawumbi ebengakubonisa oku ngamazwi okanye ngezenzo. Nako oku, kunokubangela iimvakalelo ezibuhlungu, ngokukodwa kwibandla elakhiwe ngabantu beeNtlanga ezahlukeneyo. Ngokuqinisekileyo, akukho mKristu uya kufuna ukubangela intlungu enjalo kumanyano lwabantu bakaThixo. (INdumiso 133:1-3) Ngoko ukuba kukho nakuphi na ukukhetha ubuso entliziyweni yomKristu, uya kuba wenza kakuhle ukuthandaza athi: “Ndigocagoce, Thixo, uyazi intliziyo yam; ndicikide, uzazi iingcingangcinga zam; ubone ukuba kukho ndlela yobubi na kum, undikhaphele kwindlela engunaphakade.”—INdumiso 139:23, 24.
12. Kutheni singafanele siqhayise okanye siqhayisele abanye ngemvelaphi yohlanga lwethu?
12 Kulungile ukuba siyiqonde kakuhle into yokuba sonke singabantu abangafezekanga ababengenakuma konke konke phambi koThixo ukuba kwakungengenxa yedini likaYesu Kristu. (1 Yohane 1:8–2:2) Ngoko, yintoni esenza sahluke kwabanye? Ekubeni singenanto singayamkeliswanga, kutheni siqhayisa okanye siqhayisela abanye ngemvelaphi yohlanga lwethu?—Thelekisa eyoku-1 yabaseKorinte 4:6, 7.
13. Sinokufak’ isandla njani kumanyano lwebandla, ibe sinokufunda ntoni kumaFilipi 2:1-11?
13 Sinokufak’ isandla kumanyano lwebandla ukuba sigqala size sibonise uxabiso ngeempawu ezintle zabanye. Umpostile uPawulos ongum Yuda wasinika into entle esimele sonke sicinge ngayo xa waxelela abeeNtlanga baseFilipi oku: “Luzaliseni uvuyo lwam, ukuze nicinge nto-nye, ninaluthando lunye, ninamphefumlo mnye, nicinga nto-nye; ningenzi nanye into ngokweyelenqe, nangokozuko olulambathayo. Yithini ngokuthobeka kwentliziyo omnye ambalele omnye ekuthini nguyena wongamileyo kunaye.” UYesu Kristu wamisela umzekelo kwisimo sengqondo esifanelekileyo esimele sisibonakalise kubantu abangoowethu baso nasiphi na isizwe okanye uhlanga. Nangona wayesisidalwa sokomoya esinamandla, ‘wenziwa wafana nabantu’ waza wazithoba ukusa kwinqanaba lokuba afele abantu abanesono bazo zonke izizwe neeNtlanga kumthi wentuthumbo. (Filipi 2:1-11) Ngoko njengabalandeli bakaYesu, ngaba asifanele sibe nothando, sithobeke size sibe nemfesane, sibagqala abanye njengabongamileyo kunathi?
Phulaphula Uze Uphawule
14. Sisenokuncedwa njani ukuba sibajonge abanye njengabongamileyo kuthi?
14 Sinokuncedakala ekubeni sibajonge abanye njengabongamileyo kunathi ukuba sibaphulaphula ngenene xa bethetha size siyiphawule ngenyameko ihambo yabo. Ngokomzekelo, kusenokufuneka sikuvume ngokunyanisekileyo ngaphakathi kuthi ukuba umdala onguwethu—mhlawumbi owesinye isizwe—uyasigqwesa ngobuchule bokunikela isiluleko esiphumelelayo kwiSikolo Sobulungiseleli Sobuthixo. Sisenokuqonda ukuba kukukhula kwakhe ngokomoya, ngokungeyomfuneko ingebubo ubuchule bokukhetha amazwi anokuwasebenzisa okanye indlela yokuthetha, okumbangela ukuba aphumelele ekuncedeni abo akhonza nabo ekubeni ngabavakalisi boBukumkani abafanelekileyo. Kucacile nokuba uYehova uyayisikelela imigudu ayenzayo.
15. Sisenokuphawula ntoni xa siphulaphule amagqabaza abantu esinqula kunye nabo?
15 Xa sincokola nabazalwana noodade bethu okanye siphulaphule amagqabaza abawenzayo ezintlanganisweni, sisenokuphawula ukuba abanye babo baziqonda ngakumbi ezinye iinyaniso zeZibhalo kunokuba sisenjenjalo. Sisenokuphawula ukuba uthando lobuzalwana abanalo lubonakala lubalasela, babonakala benochatha kukholo lwabo, okanye bazingqina bekholose ngakumbi ngoYehova. Ngoko enoba bangabohlanga lwethu okanye akunjalo, bayasivuselela eluthandweni nasemisebenzini emihle, bayasinceda ekomelezeni ukholo lwethu, yaye basishukumisela ekubeni sikholose ngakumbi ngoBawo wethu wasezulwini. (IMizekeliso 3:5, 6; Hebhere 10:24, 25, 39) Ngokucacileyo uYehova usondele kubo, ngoko nathi sifanele senjenjalo.—Thelekisa uYakobi 4:8.
Uyabasikelela Aze Abazimase
16, 17. Zekelisa ubonisa isibakala sokuba uYehova akakhethi buso ekusikeleleni abakhonzi bakhe balo naluphi na uhlanga okanye isizwe.
16 UYehova akakhethi buso ekusikeleleni abakhonzi bakhe balo naluphi na uhlanga okanye isizwe. Ngokomzekelo, qwalasela ilizwe laseBrazil. Abantu baseBrazil okwesihlandlo sokuqala isigidimi soBukumkani abazange basive ngokuphuma kubavangeli basemazweni bamanye amazwe kodwa basiva ngokuphuma kwimilebe yoomatiloshe baseBrazil abasibhozo malunga nomnyaka we-1920. Intsikelelo kaThixo iye yabonakala, kuba kumnyaka wenkonzo we-1987, kwabakho incopho yabavakalisi boBukumkani abangama-216 216 kwelo lizwe linabemi abali-141 302 000—isilinganiselo somvakalisi omnye kwabangama-654.
17 Qwalasela omnye umzekelo wentsikelelo kaThixo. NgoAprili 1923 amaNgqina kaYehova amabini antsundu awayevela kwisiqithi saseCaribbean eTrinidad athunyelwa ukuba avakalise isigidimi soBukumkani kwiNtshona Afrika. Ngoko nguloo Mzalwana noDade uW. R. Brown abakhonza apho kangangeminyaka emininzi, umzalwana wathi waziwa ngokuba ngu-“Bible Brown.” ‘Batyala waza uThixo wahlumisa’ njengoko abanye nabo bathi basebenza kuloo mmandla mkhulu. (1 Korinte 3:5-9) Namhlanje, abavakalisi boBukumkani bangaphezu kwama-32 600 eGhana ibe eNigeria kuphela bangaphezu kwama-133 800.
18, 19. Nika imizekelo engendlela uThixo wethu ongakhethi buso abazimasa ngayo abakhonzi bakhe bazo zonke izizwe neentlanga.
18 UYehova akabasikeleli nje kuphela abakhonzi bakhe kodwa kwakhona uyabazimasa. Ngokomzekelo, qwalasela imeko yamaNgqina kaYehova amabini aseJapan. NgoJuni 21, 1939, uKatsuo Miura nomfazi wakhe babanjwa ngokungekho sikweni, bavalelwa entolongweni, baza bahlukaniswa nenkwenkwana yabo eyayineminyaka emihlanu, ekwafuneka ukuba inyanyekelwe nguninakhulu Wayo. UDade Miura wakhululwa emva kweenyanga ezisibhozo, kodwa uMzalwana uMiura wahlaliswa ngaphezu kweminyaka emibini ngaphambi kokuba kuthethwe ityalalakhe. Wanyamezela ukuphathwa kakubi, wafunyaniswa enetyala, waza wafumana isigwebo seminyaka emihlanu. Entolongweni yaseHiroshima, uThixo wamzimasa ngeZibhalo, ezamnika intuthuzelo namandla angasileliyo. Ngendlela ebonakala ingummangaliso, uMzalwana uMiura wasinda ngoAgasti 6, 1945, xa ukuqhushumba kwebhombu yeathom kwavuthulula intolongo awayekuyo. Kwiinyanga ezimbini kamva, wakwazi ukumanyana kwakhona nomfazi nonyana wakhe kumantla eJapan.
19 Ebudeni beMfazwe Yehlabathi II, amaNgqina kaYehova afumana intshutshiso ekrakra kumazwe amaninzi. Ngokomzekelo, uRobert A. Winkler wayengomnye wabazalwana baseJamani abatsala nzima kwiikampu zoxinaniso zamaNazi eJamani naseNetherlands. Ngesizathu sokuba wayengayi kungcatsha amaNgqina akhonza nawo, wabethwa walala ngendlu kangangokuba wayengenakufaniswa. Kodwa wabhala oku: “Ukucinga ngamadinga kaYehova okundinceda kuzo zonke ezo nkathazo kwandinika intuthuzelo namandla okunyamezela konke oku. . . . NgoMgqibelo ndandibethiwe ngamaGestapo, ibe ngoMvulo olandelayo kwakusafuneka andincine kwakhona. Kwakuza kwenzeka ntoni ngoku ibe mna ndandiza kwenza ntoni? Ndaphethukela kuYehova ngomthandazo, ndikholose ngamadinga akhe. Ndandisazi ukuba oku kwakufuna ukuba ndisebenzise ubuchule bokulwa kule mfazwe yolawulo lobuthixo ngenxa yomsebenzi woBukumkani nokukhuselwa kwabazalwana barn abangamaKristu. Kwakusisilingo esikhulu kum ukusinyamezela ibe ngomhla weshumi elinesixhenxe ndandiphelelwe ngamandla ngokupheleleyo, kodwa ndambulela uYehova kuba ngamandla akhe ndathi ndakwazi ukunyamezela esi silingo nokugcina ingqibelelo yam.”—INdumiso 18:35; 55:22; 94:18.
Umbulelo Ngobuzalwana Bethu
20. Intlonelo esinayo ngamakholwa angoowethu azo zonke izizwe neentlanga inokuthabath’ unyawo njani?
20 Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, uYehova uyawasikelela aze awazimase amangqina akhe azo zonke iintlanga nezizwe. Akakhethi buso, ibe thina njengabakhonzi bakhe abazahluleleyo, asinasingxengxezo okanye sizathu sokubonakalisa ukukhetha ubuso. Ngaphezu koko, intlonelo esinayo ngabazalwana noodade bethu bazo zonke izizwe neentlanga iya kuthabath’ unyawo ukuba siqwalasela iindlela abongame ngazo kuthi. Nabo basebenzisa ubulumko basezulwini, obungenamkhethe kodwa obuvelisa iziqhamo ezihle. (Yakobi 3:13-18) Ewe, ububele, uthando nezinye iimpawu zobuthixo abanazo zimisela umzekelo omhle kuthi.
21. Sifanele sizimisele ukwenza ntoni?
21 Ngoko, hayi indlela esifanele sibe nombulelo ngayo ngobuzalwana bethu bezizwe neentlanga ezininzi! Ngoncedo nentsikelelo yoBawo wethu wasezulwini, ‘masimkhonze ngaxhatha linye’ ngothando lobuzalwana yaye sibonakalisa intlonelo phakathi kwethu. Eneneni, kufanele kube ngumnqweno wethu onyanisekileyo nozimiselo olungenakushukunyiswa ukuba sikhonze uYehova ngaxhatha linye.
Unokugqabaza Uthini?
◻ “Intetho enyulu” ibangela abakhonzi bakaYehova abaneemvelaphi zobuhlanga ezahlukeneyo bakwazi ukwenza ntoni?
◻ UHagayi 2:7 uzalisekiswa njani namhlanje, ibe oku kufanele kuyichaphazele njani indlela esibajonga ngayo abanye abakhonzi bakaThixo?
◻ AmaFilipi 2:3 anokuluchaphazela njani ulwalamano lwethu nabantu bazo zonke izizwe neentlanga?
◻ Ukuba siyaphulaphula size siphawule, yintoni esiya kuyiqonda ngamakholwa angoowethu ezinye iimvelaphi zobuhlanga?
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Abantu bazo zonke izizwe neentlanga badumisa uYehova ngaxhatha linye
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Phulaphula ngenyameko uze uphawule. Uya kushukunyiswa luthando nalukholo olubonakala kumazwi nakwizenzo zamanye amaNgqina kaYehova