15, 16. (a) Liliphi “ixesha lamva” ekuya kuthi ngalo iimeko zitshintshe “kwizithili zakwaZebhulon nakwaNafetali”? (b) Ilizwe ebeliphethwe ngendelelo liziselwe njani imbeko?

¹⁵ Umpostile uMateyu uyawuphendula lo mbuzo kwingxelo yakhe ephefumlelweyo engobulungiseleli basemhlabeni bukaYesu. Xa echaza ukuqala kobo bulungiseleli, uMateyu uthi: “Akuba eyishiyile iNazarete, [uYesu] waya kuhlala eKapernahum ngaselwandle kwizithili zakwaZebhulon nakwaNafetali, ukuze kuzaliseke oko kwathethwa ngoIsaya umprofeti, esithi: ‘Owu lizwe lakwaZebhulon nawe lizwe lakwaNafetali, nina eningakwindlela yaselwandle, ngaphesheya kweYordan, Galili yeentlanga! bantu ababehleli ebumnyameni, nibone ukukhanya okukhulu, nina bahleli kummandla wethunzi lokufa, nivelelwe kukukhanya.’”—Mateyu 4:13-16.

“Ukukhanya Okukhulu”

17. “Ukukhanya okukhulu” kukhanyisa njani eGalili?

¹⁷ Noko ke, kuthekani ‘ngokukhanya okukhulu’ okuseGalili athetha ngako uMateyu? Nako oku wayekucaphula kwisiprofeto sikaIsaya. UIsaya wabhala: “Abantu ababehamba ebumnyameni babone ukukhanya okukhulu. Ke bona abo bahlala elizweni elinethunzi elimnyama, ukukhanya kuye kwakhanyisa phezu kwabo.” (Isaya 9:2) Ngenkulungwane yokuqala yeXesha Eliqhelekileyo, ukukhanya kwenyaniso kwakusithwe bubuxoki bobuhedeni. Iinkokeli zonqulo zamaYuda zayenza mandundu le ngxaki ngokunamathela kwizithethe zazo zonqulo ‘ezilitshitshisileyo ilizwi likaThixo.’ (Mateyu 15:6) Abathobekileyo babecinezelwa yaye bedidekile, belandela ‘iinkokeli eziziimfama.’ (Mateyu 23:2-4, 16) Ekufikeni kukaYesu onguMesiya, amehlo abantu abaninzi abathobekileyo avulwa ngendlela emangalisayo. (Yohane 1:9, 12) Umsebenzi kaYesu ngoxa wayesemhlabeni neentsikelelo zedini lakhe zichazwe ngokufanelekileyo kwisiprofeto sikaIsaya ngokuthi “ukukhanya okukhulu.”—Yohane 8:12.