Inkululeko EngokweNkolo Iyahlaselwa EGreece
INGABE uyayazisa inkululeko? Abantu abaningi bayayazisa. Bafuna inkululeko yokuba nemibono ehlukene ezintweni ezinjengezombangazwe, ezomnotho, nenkolo, nokho, kube phakathi kwemingcele yomthetho nokuhleleka. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukushushiswa komuntu ngenxa yemibono yakhe kukhumbuza ngeNqubo yamaKatolika yokujezisa izihlubuki yeNkathi ePhakathi.
Lokhu kuhlangana kanjani neGreece, izwe elihle eliseMeditera esempumalanga? Kulesosizwe kukhona isimo esingavamile esingavumelani nenkululeko yokubusa ngentando yeningi.
Ukululaza Inkululeko Nedumela
Sekuyisikhathi eside iGreece ibizwa ngokuthi “indawo yendabuko yokubusa ngentando yeningi.” Yebo, ngo-1975 iGreece yamukela uMthetho-sisekelo wokubusa ngentando yeningi ukuze iqinisekise inkululeko eyaziswa abantu. Futhi uhulumeni waseGreece usebenzela ukugcina lezoziqinisekiso.
Nokho, eGreece kunalabo abazama ukululaza inkululeko yayo nabonakalisa idumela layo ngokungathi sína emhlabeni wonke. Labantu ababanga iziphithiphithi baye bashoshozela futhi bahola izixuku ezibhikishayo ukuba zihlasele izakhamuzi ezinokuthula zaseGreece, baye bacindezela iziphathimandla ukuba zibophe futhi zigqume ejele lezizakhamuzi, futhi baye basebenzela ukwamuka labantu baseGreece abagcina umthetho inkululeko yabo. Lokhu sekuye kwaqhubeka iminyaka eminingi manje, naphezu kweziqinisekiso zomthetho-sisekelo.
Kungani kuye kwenzeka konke lokhu? Obani abayizisulu? Obani abangabagqugquzeli? Vumela abacosheli bezindaba baseGreece bakutshele okuthile ngesimo.
Ukuhlaselwa Nokuboshwa
UMthetho-sisekelo waseGreece uthi “abantu baseGreece bayoba nelungelo lokuhlangana ngokuthula futhi bengahlomile.” Uthi futhi “inkululeko kanembeza ongokwenkolo ayinakuphazanyiswa,” futhi uyanezela: “Zonke izinkolo ezaziwayo ziyokhululeka futhi izinkonzo zazo zokukhulekela ziyokwenziwa ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa nangaphansi kokuvikelwa umthetho.”
Nokho, ngeSonto, ngoJune 15, walonyaka, amakhulu oFakazi BakaJehova ahlangana ngokuthula ehholo lemidlalo yaseshashalazini eLarisa, eGreece. Babehlangene lapho ukuze bafunde iBhayibheli futhi baxoxe ngezindlela zokuthuthukisa ukusebenzisa izimiso zalo zobuKristu ekuphileni kwansuku zonke.
Nokho, phawula ukuthi kwenzekani. Iphephandaba lendawo i-I Larisa labika: “Amakhulu abantu, ikakhulukazi amalungu [eSonto lamaGreki lobuOrthodox] ezinhlangano zedolobha lakithi, eholwa abapristi abambalwa, aqala ukuhlangana nokubonisa ukungahambisani kwawo nalabo abasehholo—oFakazi BakaJehova abangaphezu kwama-700, isixuku sasibonakala sengathi sasifuna ukungena ehholo futhi siwumise umhlangano.”
Lokho kwaqhubeka cishe amahora amathathu. Ekugcineni isixuku sahlakazwa isibalo esikhulu samaphoyisa. Isimo sabefundisi abashoshozela isixuku saphawulwa iphephandaba laseLarisa iEleftheria lapho licaphuna lamazwi ompristi wamaGreki wobuOrthodox: “Uma umphathi-dolobha engaphinda anike [oFakazi] ihholo, siyothatha amahalavu ethu siphihlize yonke into.” Futhi umbhishobhi wezwakalisa obala ukungahambisani kwakhe nezenzo zesixuku.
Ephephandabeni laseLarisa i-I Alithia, umlobi uSarantos Vounatsos wezwakalisa ukunengwa kwakhe yisenzo sabapristi. Waphawula ukuthi isimo sengqondo sesixuku sasifana nesesixuku esananela ukufa kukaJesu, simemeza: “Makabethelwe!” Ngesixuku saseLarisa, wabhala: “‘Umholi’ waso kwakungumpristi . . . oklabalasayo! Wasongela, wahlambalaza washumayela ngokuzigabisa, futhi ngesinye isikhathi . . . wakhiphela bonke ababengaphakathi isixwayiso sokuba baphume ehholo ingakapheli imizuzu emihlanu . . . ‘uma kungenjalo sizongena sibaphihlize amakhanda.’”
Isihloko sephephandaba sibhekisela kubapristi sathi: “Ingabe ninesifiso sokuzithwesa izenzo zabafarisi? Khona-ke, qaphelani, ngoba uma niqhubeka ngeke nisaba nomusa [kaNkulunkulu], noma ngisho nowethu.”
Ushushiso olunjalo alusona nje isenzakalo esingavamile. Eminyakeni emibalwa edlule, kuye kwaba namakhulu okuboshwa kwamakholwa angewona awobuOrthodox, “kuhlanganise noFakazi BakaJehova abangama-890 ngo-1983 kuphela,” kusho iThe Wall Street Journal. Futhi kulonyaka, kubika iphephandaba laseAthens iEleftherotipia, umpristi wahlasela uFakazi oneminyaka engama-76, uVasili Kapeleri, ekugcineni okwaphumela ekufeni kukaKapeleri.
Umqondo WeNkathi Yobumnyama
Umsuka wenkinga ukubefundisi beSonto lamaGreki lobuOrthodox. Njengoba liyinkolo evelele eGreece, abefundisi banomuzwa wokuthi oFakazi BakaJehova abanalungelo lokuba khona. Ngakho bazama ukwamuka oFakazi inkululeko yabo ngesenzo sababhikishi, ukuhlasela, ukubopha, nangokucindezela ezinkantolo. Ekuqaleni kwalonyaka, ukuphikisa kwabefundisi kwaphumela ekutheni inkantolo yaseCrete yamuke oFakazi ukuma okungokomthetho.
Encwadini yasenkantolo, iSonto lobuOrthodox lathi oFakazi BakaJehova “abayona inkolo eyaziwayo neqashelwayo” futhi “abanakubizwa ngokufanelekile ngokuthi bangamaKristu.” Ngakho iSonto ligomela ngokuthi oFakazi akumelwe babe nelungelo lokukhonza ezakhiweni okungezabo, nanoma iliphi ilungelo lokukhuluma nabanye ngenkolo. Kodwa umqondo onjalo uyisidala. Uveza umoya weNqubo yamaKatolika yokujezisa izihlubuki, hhayi ‘owombuso obusa ngentando yeningi.’
OFakazi BakaJehova abazami ukwamuka iSonto lobuOrthodox ilungelo lokuba namasonto alo nokushumayela elikufunayo. Kodwa kulenkathi yanamuhla, ingabe leloSonto kumelwe lifake imibono yalo engokwenkolo kunoma ubani omunye? Futhi ikakhulukazi emphakathini obuswa ngentando yeningi lapho kunemibono ehlukahlukene? Lokhu akwenziwa nakwelilodwa elinye izwe emazweni aseNtshonalanga abusa ngentando yeningi.
Kuwo wonke umhlaba, oFakazi BakaJehova baziwa ngokusemthethweni njengenkolo yobuKristu. Ohulumeni abanemibono ehlukene kwezombangazwe baye babanikeza ilungelo elingokomthetho lokwakha izindawo zokukhulekela nokubambelela ezinkolelweni zabo. Ukuthi bayinkolo yobuKristu yezizwe zonke eyaziwayo kungabonakala eqinisweni lokuthi banezikhonzi ezishisekayo ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezintathu, nabanye abayizigidi eziyisihlanu, ababa khona emihlanganweni yabo. Futhi bahlelwe baba amabandla ayizi-50 000 emazweni angaphezu kwama-200.
Ngakho kungokungenangqondo ngabefundisi ukuzisholo ukuthi oFakazi BakaJehova abayona ‘inkolo yobuKristu eyaziwayo.’ Isimo sabefundisi silulaza idumela likahulumeni waseGreece obusa ngentando yeningi. Futhi siyisihlamba koFakazi abayizigidi abangamaKristu azinikele emhlabeni wonke nabaziyo ukuthi abaningi babakholwa nabo baye babulawelwa ukholo lwabo.
“Imfihlo”?
Kungokungenangqondo ngokufanayo ukuzisholo kweSonto enkantolo yaseCrete ukuthi oFakazi BakaJehova bayinhlangano ‘eyimfihlo.’ ISonto lathi: “Zona kanye izinkolelo zoFakazi BakaJehova azaziwa ngokugcwele futhi azimbuliwe ngokucacile . . . Abanazo ‘izindlu zomthandazo’ noma ezinye izindawo zasobala zokukhulekela lapho noma ubani engangena ngokukhululeka. Ngisho nezinkonzo zabo zokukhulekela azikaze zembulwe ngokugcwele.”
Noma ubani ngisho noma engajwayelene kakhulu noFakazi BakaJehova uyazi ukuthi ukumangalelwa okunjalo kungamanga aluhlaza. Izimfundiso zabo zinyatheliselwe noma ubani ukuba azihlole, nemihlangano yabo ivulekele bonke abantu abahlelekile, mahhala. Eqinisweni, emhlabeni wonke oFakazi bafundisa abantu abayizigidi iBhayibheli emakhaya abo ukuze babajwayelanise nalezo zinkolelo! Futhi amahhovisi egatsha eWatch Tower amukela izinkulungwane zezivakashi isonto ngalinye.
Kodwa nansi indida. Kungani oFakazi eGreece bengakwazi ukuhlangana “ezindlini zomthandazo”? Kungoba baye bancishwa ilungelo lokuzakha! Njengoba bencishwe lamahholo, kumelwe bahlangane emakhaya abanye. Khona-ke iSonto lithi banemihlangano eyimfihlo! Nokho, emhlabeni wonke oFakazi BakaJehova baye bakha izinkulungwane zezakhiwo ezinkulu zokukhulekela. Kodwa abanakukwenza lokho eGreece.
Ngakho, ungaqonda kahle ukuthi kungani okushiwo yiSonto “kungekhona nakancane okusekela injongo ehloswe yiSonto [lamaGreki lobuOrthodox] noma ubuqili bomhlambi walo,” njengoba uJohn Manoledakis, uProfesa wePenal Law eUniversity of Thessalonica eGreece ekubeka.
Obani AbangamaKristu?
Ekhulwini lokuqala, uJesu nabalandeli bakhe babeyizisulu zokushushiswa, izenzo zababhikisi, ukuboshwa, nokufa. Kwakungobani abashushisi babo abayinhloko? Abefundisi bangaleso sikhathi.
Ngokwesibonelo, phawula okwenzeka lapho uJesu evusa uLazaru kwabafileyo: “Abapristi abakhulu nabaFarisi . . . baceba ukuba bambulale [uJesu].” Bengenelisiwe yilokho, “abapristi abakhulu benza icebo lokuba babulale noLazaru, ngokuba ngenxa yakhe abaningi babaJuda bamuka bakholwa nguJesu.” Futhi ekugcineni, “abapristi abakhulu namalungu [enkolo] bancenga izixuku ukuba zicele uBaraba, zimbulale uJesu.”—Johane 11:47, 53; 12:10, 11; Mathewu 27:20.
Akumangalisi ukuthi uJesu wathi kubo: “Maye kinina-babhali nabaFarisi, bazenzisi, ngokuba nifana namaliba acakiweyo abonakala emahle ngaphandle, kanti ngaphakathi agcwele amathambo abafileyo nokungcola konke! Kanjalo nani ngaphandle nibonakala kubantu nilungile, kanti ngaphakathi nigcwele ukuzenzisa nobubi.” (Mathewu 23:27, 28) Futhi, abefundisi babevame ukushoshozela abanye ngokumelene nabafundi bakaJesu.
Akukho lapho uJesu afundisa khona amaKristu ukuba ashushise, abophe, ahlasele, noma enze isenzo sokubhikisha ngokumelene nalabo ababengavumelani nabo. Ngakho, ekhulwini lokuqala amaKristu eqiniso yiwo ayeshushiswa, ayengebona abashushisi. Abashushisi kwakungabefundisi nalabo ababeshoshozelwa yibo. Kungokufanayo eGreece namuhla.
Ingabe ‘BangabaphikuKristu’?
ISonto lamaGreki lobuOrthodox lathi futhi: “Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi oFakazi BakaJehova abanakubizwa ngokufanelekile ngokuthi bangamaKristu, okungukuthi, abafundi bakaKristu, kodwa ngokuphambene, . . . bangabaphikuKristu.”
Lithini iBhayibheli ‘ngomphikuKristu’? Kweyoku-1 Johane 2:22 lithi: “Ngubani ongumqambimanga, uma kungesiye ophika ukuthi uJesu unguKristu na? Nguye ongumphikuKristu ophika uYise neNdodana.”
Ngakho, iqiniso elisobala leZwi likaNkulunkulu eliphefumlelwe liwukuthi umphikuKristu akamemukeli uJesu. Kodwa oFakazi BakaJehova bayamemukela! Bakholelwa ngentshiseko enamandla kuJesu futhi balandela izimfundiso zakhe! Eqinisweni, akekho ongaba omunye woFakazi BakaJehova ngaphandle kokwamukela uJesu njengeNdodana kaNkulunkulu yaphezulu, eyehla ivela ezulwini, yabethelwa yavuswa, futhi yabuyela ezulwini.
Ngakho noma ubani othi oFakazi BakaJehova ‘bangumphikuKristu’ uthole ukwaziswa okungeyikho, uphuphuthekiswe ubandlululo, noma unezisusa ezimbi.
‘Ukukhuthaza Ukubusa KobuJuda Kwasemhlabeni’?
Okunye iSonto lobuOrthodox eligomela ngakho ukuthi oFakazi BakaJehova bakhuthaza ukubusa kobuJuda emhlabeni. ISonto lithi: “Injongo yabo yangempela efihliwe, efihlwe ngokuphelele kubalandeli babo abaningi, iwukumiswa ‘koMbuso WamaJuda Ongokwasezulwini Emhlabeni Wonke’ onesikhungo sawo esiyinhloko eJerusalema.”
Buza izigidi zoFakazi ukuthi ziyakukholelwa yini lokho! Akukho noyedwa wabo okukholelwayo. Nakuba ngesinye isikhathi abathile babecabanga ukuthi iziprofetho ezithile kungenzeka zazibhekisele ePalestina elingokoqobo kulelikhulu leminyaka, lowombono washiywa eminyakeni engaphezu kwama-50 edlule!
IzAga 4:18 zibonisa ukuthi ‘umkhondo wabalungileyo unjengokukhanya kokusa okuqhubeka ngokukhanya njalo.’ Lokhu kukhanyiselwa okwandayo okuqiniswa ukugcwaliseka kwesiprofetho seBhayibheli, kubonisa ngokucacile ukuthi iRepublic yakwaIsrayeli yanamuhla ayisoze yamemukela uJesu Kristu njengoMesiya. Ngakho, iqiniso lokuthi oFakazi abangamaKristu bakhuthaza umbuso wamaJuda wasemhlabeni onesikhungo eJerusalema kungokunye okungenangqondo. Kunalokho, batusa ukubusa okungokwasezulwini koMbuso kaNkulunkulu, njengoba uJesu afundisa.—Mathewu 4:17; 6:10.
Izimfundiso Ezingezona EzingokweBhayibheli
Phakathi kwezinto ezisetshenziswa abefundisi ukushoshozela abanye ngokumelene noFakazi BakaJehova ukuthi oFakazi abazamukeli izimfundiso ezithile zeSonto. UZiqu-zintathu ungovelele kulezi. Kodwa kungani lokho kumelwe kube nanoma ikuphi ukuhlobana ekubuseni ngentando yeningi eGreece? Kungani wonke umuntu kumelwe akholelwe kuZiqu-zintathu ukuze ajabulele inkululeko yakhona yomphakathi?
OFakazi BakaJehova ababuphiki ubunkulunkulu bukaJesu, noma ukuba kwakhe ngowaphezulu. Bayakuvuma okushiwo uJohane 1:1 ngaye, kokuthi ‘ungunkulunkulu.’ Nokho, iSonto lithi uJesu akasiye nje ‘unkulunkulu’ kodwa unguNkulunkulu umninimandla onke, ingxenye yabantu abathathu baphakade, abanamandla alinganayo.
IBhayibheli, iZwi likaNkulunkulu eliphefumlelwe, alikufundisi lokho. Kunalokho, lithi ngokucacile: “Ngokuba uNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangaka, waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa.” (Johane 3:16) Asikho isikhathi lapho uJesu ake wazisholo ukuthi unguNkulunkulu umninimandla onke. Wathi ‘wayeyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu ezelwe yodwa.’ Noma ikuphi ukufundwa kweBhayibheli kokungakhethi kuyokuqinisekisa lokho.—Johane 3:18; 10:34-36.
Ngokuphindaphindiwe uJesu wathi: “INdodana ingenze-lutho ngokwayo, kuphela lokho ebona uYise ekwenza.” “Ngokuba ngehlé ezulwini kungengukuba ngenze intando yami, kodwa ukuba ngenze intando yongithumileyo.” “Imfundiso yami akusiyo eyami kodwa ngeyongithumileyo.” “UBaba mkhulu kunami.” Futhi iZwi likaNkulunkulu liyanezela: “INdodana iyakuzithoba [kuNkulunkulu].”—Johane 5:19; 6:38; 7:16; 14:28; 1 Korinte 15:28.
Ngakho uZiqu-zintathu akekho ngokombhalo. Khona-ke, wavelaphi? Wamukelwa eMkhandlwini waseNicea ngo-325 C.E. lapho izihlubuki zingenisa umqondo wobuqaba owawuvela eGibithe naseBabiloni lasendulo. Kunjengoba isazi-mlando uWill Durant aphawula kuyiThe Story of Civilization: Part III: “UbuKristu abuzange bubuqede ubuqaba; babamukela. . . . Kwafika imiqondo kaZiqu-zintathu waphezulu ivela eGibithe.” Futhi iThe New Encyclopedia Britannica iyaphawula: “Igama elithi Ziqu-zintathu noma imfundiso ecacile ayiveli eTestamenteni Elisha . . . Lemfundiso yakhula kancane kancane emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka yadlula nasezimpikiswaneni eziningi.”
Nokho, uma iSonto lobuOrthodox lifuna ukukholelwa kuZiqu-zintathu, lokho kuyilungelo lalo. Kodwa ezweni elibuswa yintando yeningi alinalo ilungelo lokushushisa, ukushoshozela ukubhikisha nokubopha, nokwamuka oFakazi Bakajehova inkululeko yabo ngoba bengakholelwa kuZiqu-zintathu.
Sekelani Ukubusa Ngentando Yeningi EGreece
UMthetho-sisekelo waseGreece ucacile: “Inkululeko kanembeza engokwenkolo ayinakuphazanyiswa. . . . Zonke izinkolo ezaziwayo ziyokhululeka futhi izinkonzo zazo zokukhulekela ziyokwenziwa ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa nangaphansi kokuvikelwa umthetho.”
Njengoba oFakazi BakaJehova baziwa kahle futhi benikwe ukuqashelwa okungokomthetho ezizweni zonke, basekela lezozimiso zokubusa ngentando yeningi. Bafuna ukuba neGreece izisekele, futhi ingavumeli ukuba noma iliphi isonto lifake kwabanye umqondo weNqubo yamaKatolika yokujezisa izihlubuki ngokushushisa labo abangavumelani nemibono yalo.
Abefundisi beSonto lamaGreki lobuOrthodox bayobe benza kahle ngokulandela iseluleko sesazi-mthetho sekhulu lokuqala, uGamaliyeli. Kubefundisi ababeshushisa abalandeli bakaJesu, sathi: “Ngithi kini: Dedani kulaba-bantu, nibayeke, (ngokuba uma lelisu nalomsebenzi kuvela kubantu, kuyakuchitheka); kepha uma kuvela kuNkulunkulu, aniyikuba-namandla okubachitha, funa mhlawumbe nifunyanwe ningabalwayo noNkulunkulu.”—IzEnzo 5:34-39.
Ngaso lesosikhathi, abalandeli bakaJesu Kristu abangamaKristu bathi: “Simelwe ukulalela uNkulunkulu kunabantu.” Kungaleyondlela futhi oFakazi BakaJehova abangamaKristu namuhla ababheka ngayo izinto. Kuyilokho abazoqhubeka bekwenza eGreece kungakhathaliseki ukuthi abefundisi bafunani.—IzEnzo 5:29.
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