Ukuba Noxabiso Ngabazalwana Bethu
“Ngothando lobuzalwana olusuka entliziyweni nolungenaluhanahaniso . . . , thandanani ngokungazenzisiyo, ngokwasentliziyweni.”—1 PETROS 1:22, NW.
1. Yintoni eyenze abantu abaninzi beyiseka kukuba amaNgqina kaYehova aqhelisela ubuKristu bokwenyaniso?
UTHANDO luluphawu lobuKristu bokwenyaniso. Ebudeni besidlo sokugqibela sikaYesu nabapostile bakhe, wakugxininisa oku, esithi: “Ndiniwisela umthetho omtsha, wokuba nithandane, njengoko ndinithandileyo nina, ukuze nani nithandane. Ngayo le nto baya kwazi bonke, ukuba ningabafundi bam, ukuba nithe nathandana.” (Yohane 13:34, 35) Abantu abaninzi beyiseka okwesihlandlo sokuqala kukuba amaNgqina kaYehova aqhelisela ubuKristu bokwenyaniso xa bathi baya kwintlanganiso eqhutyelwa kwiHolo yoBukumkani okanye baya kwindibano enkulu. Baphawula indlela alubonakalisa ngayo uthando, yaye ngenxa yoku babesazi ukuba babephakathi kwabafundi bakaKristu bokwenyaniso.
2. Wathini umpostile uPawulos ngokuphathelele uthando, uphawu olwahlulayo lobuKristu?
2 Thina sonke kuyasivuyisa ukuba olu phawu lwahlulayo lobuKristu bokwenyaniso lube luyaphawulwa phakathi kwabantu bakaYehova namhlanje. Sekunjalo, njengamaKristu okuqala, siyaqonda ukuba sifanele sithi gqolo sikhangela iindlela ezingakumbi zokubonakalisa uxabiso ngabazalwana bethu. UPawulos wabhalela ibandla laseTesalonika wenjenje: “Yanga ke iNkosi inganandisa, inityebise eluthandweni, omnye komnye.” (1 Tesalonika 3:12) Sinokulwandisa njani uthando lwethu omnye komnye?
Uthando Nothando Lobuzalwana Olusuka Entliziyweni
3. Ukongezelela ekuphileni ubomi obucocekileyo, umpostile uPetros wathi yintoni eyayifuneka kumaKristu?
3 Kwincwadi eyayisiya kwibandla lamaKristu aseAsia Minor, umpostile uPetros wabhala oku: “Niyenze nyulu nje imiphefumlo [okanye, ubomi] yenu ngokuyilulamela inyaniso ngoMoya ngothando lobuzalwana olusuka entliziyweni [phi·la·del·phiʹa] nolungenaluhanahaniso, thandanani [uhlobo luka-a·ga·paʹo] ngokungazenzisiyo, ngokwasentliziyweni.” (1 Petros 1:22, NW) UPetros ubonisa ukuba ukubenza nyulu ubomi bethu akwanelanga. Ukululamela kwethu inyaniso, kuquka umthetho omtsha, kufanele kuphumele ekubeni sithande abazalwana ngokungenaluhanahaniso nangokusuka entliziyweni size sithandane ngokungazenzisiyo.
4. Sifanele sibuze yiphi imibuzo, yaye wathini uYesu mayela noku?
4 Ngaba sityekele ekubonakaliseni uthando noxabiso ngabazalwana bethu kuphela kwabo sibathandayo? Ngaba sityekele ekubeni nobubele kwaba, siqwabaza iliso kwiziphoso zabo, ngoxa siziphawula ngokukhawuleza iziphoso neentsilelo zabanye esingatsalelekanga kubo ngokwemvelo? UYesu wathi: “Kuba xa nithe nathanda [uhlobo luka-a·ga·paʹo] abo banithandayo, ninamvuzo mni na? Abenzi kwaloo nto yini na nababuthi berhafu?”—Mateyu 5:46.
5. Umphengululi weBhayibhile wahlukanisa njani phakathi kwegama lesiGrike elithetha “uthando” nelithetha “uthando olusuka entliziyweni”?
5 Kwincwadi yakhe iNew Testament Words, uNjingalwazi William Barclay unikela la magqabaza alandelayo ngegama lesiGrike eliguqulelwe ngokuthi “uthando olusuka entliziyweni” nangokuthi “uthando”: “Kukho ubushushu obuthandekayo kula magama [uphi·liʹa, othetha “uthando olusuka entliziyweni,” nesenzi esihlobeneyo uphi·leʹo]. Athetha ukumjonga ubani ngendlela yokubonakalisa inkathalo yothando olusuka entliziyweni. . . . Awona magama aqheleke ngakumbi asetyenziswe kwiT[estamente] E[ntsha] ukumela uthando sisibizo esinguagapē nesenzi esinguagapan. . . . Uphilia wayeligama elithandekayo, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo wayeligama elibonisa ubushushu nokusondelelana nothando olusuka entliziyweni. . . . Uagapē unokuthanani nengqondo: asiyomvakalelo nje ebakho ngokuzenzekelayo ezintliziyweni zethu; ngumgaqo esiphila nje ngawo. Ikakhulu uagapē unokuthanani nomnqweno. Luloyiso nempumelelo. Ngokwemvelo akukho bani wakhe wazithanda iintshaba zakhe. Ukuthanda iintshaba zikabani kuthetha ukoyisa lonke utyekelo neemvakalelo zethu zokwemvelo. Lo agapē . . . enyanisweni ungamandla aphembelelayo okuthanda abangathandekiyo, ukuthanda abantu esingakholiswayo ngabo.”
6. (a) Yiyiphi imibuzo yokuzihlolisisa esifanele sizibuze yona? (b) Ngokutsho kukaPetros, kutheni le nto uthando lwethu lobuzalwana olusuka entliziyweni singenakuluphelelisela kwabo sitsaleleke kubo ngokwemvelo?
6 Ngenxa yesizinzi sokuba iZibhalo zisivumela ukuba sibe neemvakalelo ezifudumele ngakumbi kubazalwana abathile kunokuba sisenjenjalo kwabanye, ngaba sityekele ekuzithetheleleni ngenxa yeemvakalelo zethu? (Yohane 19:26; 20:2) Ngaba sicinga ukuba sinokubonisa “uthando” olubandayo nolungasuki ntliziyweni kwabanye ngenxa nje yokuba simele senjenjalo, ngoxa uthando olufudumeleyo lobuzalwana nolusuka entliziyweni silugcinela abo sitsaleleke kubo? Ukuba kunjalo, siya kuba siyiphosile ingongoma yesibongozo sikaPetros. Siya kuba asikayenzi nyulu ngokwaneleyo imiphefumlo yethu ngendlela esiyilulamela ngayo inyaniso, kuba uPetros uthi: “Ngoku njengokuba nithe nayilulamela inyaniso naza nayenza nyulu imiphefumlo yenu de nibathande ngokunyanisekileyo abazalwana benu abangamaKristu, thandanani ngentliziyo epheleleyo ngokungazenzisiyo.”—1 Petros 1:22, The New English Bible.
‘Uthando Lobuzalwana Olusuka Entliziyweni Nolungenaluhanahaniso’
7, 8. Livela phi igama eliguqulelwe ngokuthi ‘ngokungenaluhanahaniso,’ ngoko kwakutheni ukuze uPetros asebenzise eli gama?
7 Umpostile uPetros akapheleli apho. Uthi uthando lwethu lobuzalwana olusuka entliziyweni lumele lube lolungenaluhanahaniso. Igama eliguqulelwe ngokuthi ‘ngokungenaluhanahaniso’ lisuka kwigama lesiGrike elikwimo elandulayo elalisetyenziswa ukubhekisela kubadlali baseqongeni ababethetha begqubuthele ubuso babo ngamagxulusha. Oku kwakubenza bakwazi ukudlala iindawo zabantu abaliqela ebudeni bomdlalo. Ngoko eli gama laba nentsingiselo engokomfuziselo yokuhanahanisa, ukunyhwalaza okanye ukuzenzisa.
8 Sivakalelwa njani ngokunzulu ezintliziyweni zethu ngabanye babazalwana noodade abasebandleni? Ngaba xa sibabulisa ezintlanganisweni sitsala nje umlomo sisenza ngathi sincumile, sibalekise amehlo okanye sidlule ngokukhawuleza? Okubi nangakumbi, ngaba sizama ukuphepha kwaukubabulisa? Ukuba kunjalo, kunokuthiwani ‘ngokululamela kwethu inyaniso’ okufanele ukuba kuyenze nyulu imiphefumlo yethu ukusa kwinqanaba lokuba sizive sinothando olusuka entliziyweni nolunyanisekileyo ngamaKristu angoowethu? Ngokusebenzisa igama elithi ‘ngokungenaluhanahaniso,’ uPetros uthi uthando lwethu olusuka entliziyweni ngabazalwana bethu alumele lubonakaliswe ngenjongo yokufuna ukubonwa ngabanye. Lumele lube lolokwenene, olusuka entliziyweni.
“Ngokungazenzisiyo, Ngokwasentliziyweni”
9, 10. Wayethetha ukuthini uPetros xa wathi sifanele sithandane “ngokungazenzisiyo” okanye “ngokubanzi ngakumbi”?
9 UPetros wongezelela esithi: “Thandanani ngokungazenzisiyo [ngokoqobo “ngokubanzi ngakumbi”], ngokwasentliziyweni.” Ukubonakalisa uthando kwabo sibathandayo ngokwemvelo nakwabo basinika imbuyekezo akude kufune ukuba silwenze banzi uthando lwentliziyo. Kodwa uPetros usixelela ukuba sithandane “ngokubanzi ngakumbi.” Xa lubonakaliswa phakathi kwamaKristu, uthando olungua·gaʹpe asilothando nje olungasuki ntliziyweni, njengolo besiya kulubonisa kwiintshaba zethu. (Mateyu 5:44) Luthando olungazenzisiyo yaye lufuna umgudu. Lubandakanya ukuzenza banzi iintliziyo zethu, ukuzivula ukuze zibe nokwamkela abantu ebesingayi kuthi ngokuqhelekileyo sitsaleleke kubo.
10 Kwincwadi yakhe ethi Linguistic Key to the Greek New Testament, uFritz Rienecker ugqabaza ngegama eliguqulelwe ngokuthi “ngokungazenzisiyo,” okanye “ngokubanzi ngakumbi,” kweyoku-1 kaPetros 1:22. Ubhala enjenje: “Ingcamango esisiseko yileyo yokunyaniseka, ukuba nenzondelelo (ukungenzi into ngokungenangqalelo . . . kodwa ngokungathi kunjalo ngokuzibhokoxa ngokona kona) (Hort).” Phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukuzibhokoxa ngokona kona kuthetha, “ukwenza banzi ukusa kowona mlinganiselo mkhulu.” Ngoko ke ukuthandana ngokungazenzisiyo nangokusuka entliziyweni kuthetha ukuzibhokoxa ngamandla ethu onke kwimigudu yethu yokubonakalisa uthando lobuzalwana olusuka entliziyweni kuwo onke amaqabane ethu angamaKristu. Ngaba uthando lwethu olusuka entliziyweni esilubonakalisa kwabanye abazalwana noodade bethu lulinganiselwe? Ukuba kunjalo, sifanele silwenze banzi.
“Yibani Banzi”
11, 12. (a) Umpostile uPawulos wawaluleka wathini amaKristu aseKorinte? (b) UPawulos wawumisela njani umzekelo omhle kule nkalo?
11 Kuyabonakala ukuba umpostile uPawulos wavakalelwa kukuba kwakukho imfuneko yokuba kwenziwe oku kwibandla laseKorinte. Wabhalela amaKristu alapho oku: “Umlomo wethu uvulekile kuni, baseKorinte; intliziyo yethu yenziwe yabanzi. Anixinene kuthi, nixinene ezimfesaneni zenu. Umbuyekezo ke onjalo (ndithetha njengakubantwana bam), ndithi yibani banzi nani.”—2 Korinte 6:11-13.
12 Sinokuzenza banzi njani iintliziyo zethu ukuze siquke bonke abazalwana noodade bethu? UPawulos wamisela umzekelo omhle kule nkalo. Ngokucacileyo wayefuna okona kulungileyo kubazalwana bakhe, yaye wayebakhumbula kungekhona ngenxa yeentsilelo zabo kodwa ngenxa yeempawu zabo ezintle. Oku kuboniswa kwisahluko sokugqibela sencwadi yakhe eya kumaKristu aseRoma. Makhe sihlolisise amaRoma isahluko 16 size sibone indlela asibonisa ngayo isimo sengqondo esikhuthazayo sikaPawulos kubazalwana nakoodade bakhe.
Uxabiso Olufudumeleyo
13. UPawulos walubonakalisa njani uxabiso lwakhe ngoFibhi, yaye ngoba?
13 UPawulos wayibhala incwadi yakhe eya kwabaseRoma isuka kwelaseKorinte malunga nonyaka wama-56 C.E., ebudeni bohambo lwakhe lwesithathu lobuvangeli basemazweni. Kuyabonakala ukuba lo mbhalo-ngqangi wawuphathisa ibhinqa elingumKristu elinguFibhi, owayelilungu lebandla elikufutshane eliseKenkreya, elalisiya eRoma. (Funda Ro 16 indinyana 1, 2.) Phawula indlela alincoma ngokufudumeleyo ngayo kubazalwana baseRoma. Ngandlel’ ithile, lakhusela amaKristu amaninzi, kuquka uPawulos, mhlawumbi ebudeni bohambo lwawo oludlula kwizibuko elixakekileyo laseKenkreya. Ekubeni wayengumoni ongafezekanga, njengabo bonke abanye abantu, ngokungathandabuzekiyo uFibhi wayenobuthathaka bakhe. Kodwa kunokuba alumkise ibandla laseRoma ngeentsilelo zikaFibhi, uPawulos wayalela ukuba ‘limamkele ngokwaseNkosini, ngokufanele abangcwele.’ Esinjani sona ukuba sihle isimo sengqondo esikhuthazayo!
14. Ziziphi izinto ezintle uPawulos awazithethayo ngoPrisila noAkwila?
14 Ukususela kwindinyana 3 ukusa kwindinyana 15, uPawulos uthumela imibuliso kumaKristu angaphezu kwama-20 ewakhankanya ngamagama nakwamanye amaninzi awakhankanye ngokomntu ngamnye okanye ngokuyintlanganisela. (Funda Ro 16 indinyana 3, 4.) Ngaba unokulubona uthando lobuzalwana olusuka entliziyweni uPawulos awayenalo ngoPrisila noAkwila? La maqabane mabini azichanaba kwiingozi ngenxa kaPawulos. Ngoku wayebulisa aba basebenzi bangoowabo ebonakalisa uxabiso yaye ebathumelela amazwi ombulelo awayewabhekisa kumabandla abeeNtlanga. Hayi indlela ekumele ukuba uAkwila noPrisila bakhuthazwa ngayo yile mibuliso isuka entliziyweni!
15. UPawulos wakubonisa njani ukuba nobubele nokuzithoba kwakhe xa wayebulisa uAndroniko noYuniya?
15 Kuyabonakala ukuba uPawulos waba ngumKristu ozinikeleyo malunga nonyaka okanye iminyaka emibini emva kokufa kukaKristu. Ngethuba awayebhala incwadi yakhe eyayisiya kwabaseRoma, wayesetyenziswe nguKristu njengompostile obalaseleyo kwiintlanga kangangeminyaka emininzi. (IZenzo 9:15; Roma 1:1; 11:13) Kanti, phawula ububele nokuzithoba kwakhe. (Funda Ro 16 indinyana 7.) Wabulisa uAndroniko noYuniya ‘njengamadoda adumileyo phakathi kwabapostile [abathunyelweyo]’ yaye wavuma ukuba babekhonza uKristu ithuba elide ngakumbi kunaye. Akukho nentwana yekhwele apho!
16. (a) UPawulos wasebenzisa waphi amazwi athandekayo xa wayethetha ngamanye amaKristu awayehlala eRoma? (b) Kutheni sinokuqiniseka nje ukuba le mibuliso yayiyimizekelo ‘yothando lobuzalwana olusuka entliziyweni nolungenaluhanahaniso’?
16 Asazi nto ngamaKristu okuqala anjengoPeneto, uAmpliya noStaki. (Funda Ro 16 indinyana 5, 8, 9.) Kodwa ngendlela nje uPawulos awababulisa ngayo bobathathu, sinokuqiniseka ukuba babengabantu abathembekileyo. Babethandeka kakhulu kuPawulos kangangokuba wabiza ngamnye wabo ngokuthi “intanda yam.” Kwakhona uPawulos wathetha amazwi obubele ngoApele noRufo, ebhekisa kubo ngokwahlukeneyo ‘njengabacikidekileyo kuKristu’ ‘nabanyuliweyo baseNkosini.’ (Funda Ro 16 indinyana 10, 13.) Anjani wona amazwi okuncoma abhekiswa kula maKristu mabini! Yaye ekubeni simazi uPawulos ukuba wayethetha ngokuphandle, sinokuqiniseka ukuba akafananga nje wathetha amazwi obubele ngabo. (Thelekisa eyesi-2 yabaseKorinte 10:18.) UPawulos akazange alibale ukubulisa umama kaRufo.
17. UPawulos walubonakalisa njani uxabiso olunzulu ngoodade bakhe?
17 Oku kusizisa kwithuba lokubonakalisa kukaPawulos uxabiso ngoodade bakhe. Ukongezelela kumama kaRufo, uPawulos wakhankanya amanye amabhinqa angamaKristu angekho ngaphantsi kwesithandathu. Sele siyibonile indlela awathetha ngobubele ngayo ngoFibhi noPrisila. Kodwa phawula ukubonakalisa kwakhe uthando olufudumeleyo lobuzalwana nolusuka entliziyweni xa wayebulisa uMariya, uTrifena, uTrifosa noPersi. (Funda Ro 16 indinyana 6, 12.) Ubani unokubona ukuba wayenovelwano ngaba dade babesebenza nzima abathi ‘babulaleka kakhulu’ ngenxa yabazalwana babo. Hayi indlela ekwakha ngayo ukubona uxabiso lukaPawulos olusuka entliziyweni ngabazalwana noodade bakhe, phezu kwazo nje iintsilelo zokungafezeki abanazo!
Masingazikrokreli Iintshukumisa Zabazalwana Bethu
18. Sinokukuzabalazela njani ukuxelisa uPawulos, kodwa yintoni esenokuba yimfuneko?
18 Kutheni ungaxelisi uPawulos uze uzame ukufumana into entle onokuyithetha ngabo bonke abazalwana noodade ebandleni? Kwabathile, akusayi kuba nangxaki konke konke. Kwabanye, kunokufuna uhlolisiso oluncinane. Kutheni ungazami ukuchitha ixesha elithile kunye nabo ukuze ubazi ngakumbi? Ngokuqinisekileyo uya kufumanisa iimpawu ezithandekayo kubo yaye basenokukuqonda ngakumbi kunangaphambili.
19. Kutheni singafanele sizikrokrele iintshukumisa zabazalwana bethu, yaye uYehova usimisela njani umzekelo omhle wothando?
19 Asifanele sizikrokrele iintshukumisa zabazalwana bethu. Bonke bayamthanda uYehova; kungenjalo ngebengazange babahlulele kuye ubomi babo. Yintoni ebakhuselayo ukuba bangabuyeli ehlabathini, baze bahambe kwiindlela zalo ezilula? Akukho nto yimbi, ngaphandle kokuthanda kwabo uYehova, ubulungisa bakhe noBukumkani bakhe obuphantsi kukaKristu. (Mateyu 6:33) Kodwa bonke, ngeendlela ezahlukahlukeneyo, bafanele balwe nzima ukuze bahlale bethembekile. UYehova uyabathanda ngenxa yoku. (IMizekeliso 27:11) Uyabamkela njengabakhonzi bakhe phezu kwazo nje iziphoso neentsilelo zabo. Ekubeni kunjalo oku, besingoobani ke thina ukuba singavumi ukubonakalisa kubo uthando lwethu olusuka entliziyweni?—Roma 12:9, 10; 14:4.
20. (a) Ngokutsho kwencwadi kaPawulos eya kwabaseRoma, ngoobani kuphela esifanele sibakrokrele, yaye lukhokelo loobani esinokululandela ngokukhuselekileyo kule nkalo? (b) Ngapha koko, sifanele sibajonge njani bonke abazalwana bethu?
20 Ekuphela kwabantu uPawulos asilumkisa ukuba sibakrokrele ‘ngabo benza iimbambaniso nezikhubekiso,’ nabo benza ‘okunxamnye nemfundiso enayifundayo.’ UPawulos usixelela ukuba sibalumkele abanjalo size sibaphephe. (Roma 16:17) Abadala bebandla baya kuba bezamile ukubanceda aba bantu. (Yuda 22, 23) Ngoko sinokukholosa ngabadala ukuba basazise xa abathile abanjalo kufuneka bephetshiwe. Ngapha koko, bonke abazalwana bethu sifanele sibajonge njengabafanelwe luthando lobuzalwana olusuka entliziyweni nolungahanahanisiyo, yaye sifanele sifunde ukubathanda ngokungazenzisiyo, ngokwasentliziyweni.
21, 22. (a) Yintoni engaphambi kwethu? (b) Kusenokuvela ziphi iimeko, ngoko ngoku lelona xesha libalulekileyo lokuba senze ntoni? (c) Yintoni eza kuqwalaselwa kwinqaku elilandelayo?
21 USathana, iidemon zakhe nayo yonke inkqubo yakhe yezinto yehlabathi banxamnye nathi. IArmagedon ingaphambi kwethu. Iya kuphenjelelwa kukuhlasela kukaGogi wakwakaMagogi. (Hezekile, isahluko 38, 39) Ngelo xesha, siya kubafuna ngakumbi abazalwana bethu kunanini na ngaphambili. Sisenokufuna ukuncedwa kwangabo singabaxabisanga kangako. Okanye kwabona aba basenokulufuna ngokona kona uncedo lwethu. Ngoku kulixesha lokulwenza banzi nokulwandisa uxabiso lwethu ngabazalwana bethu bonke.
22 Kambe ke, ukuba noxabiso ngabazalwana bethu kuquka ukubahlonela ngokufanelekileyo abadala bebandla. Kule nkalo, abadala ngokwabo bafanele babe yimizekelo emihle ngokubonakalisa uxabiso olufanelekileyo kungekuphela nje ngabo bonke abazalwana kodwa kwanangabadala abakhonza kunye nabo. Le nkalo yalo mbandela iza kuqwalaselwa kwinqaku elilandelayo.
Iingongoma Zempinda
□ Luyintoni uphawu olwahlulayo lobuKristu bokwenyaniso?
□ Kutheni le nto kufuneka sibe nothando nothando lobuzalwana olusuka entliziyweni?
□ Sinokuthandana njani “ngokungazenzisiyo” okanye “ngokubanzi ngakumbi”?
□ KwabaseRoma isahluko 16, uPawulos walubonisa njani uxabiso ngabazalwana noodade bakhe?
□ Kutheni singafanele sizikrokrele iintshukumisa zabazalwana bethu?
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