‘Ukuchuma Nasebumpungeni’

ABANTU abaningi emazweni aseMediterranean batshala amasundu emagcekeni abo. Le mithi idume ngobuhle bayo nangezithelo zayo ezimnandi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iqhubeka ithela iminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu.

Akubona abesifazane abahle bodwa abafaniswa nomuthi wesundu. Umhubi wahlabelela: “Olungileyo uyoqhakaza njengomuthi wesundu; uyokhula njengomsedari eLebhanoni. Labo abatshalwé endlini kaJehova, emagcekeni kaNkulunkulu wethu, bayoqhakaza. Basayoqhubeka bechuma nasebumpungeni, bayohlala bekhuluphele bencwaba.”—IHubo 92:12-14.

Ngokomfanekiso, labo abakhonza uNkulunkulu ngokwethembeka lapho sebekhulile bafana kakhulu nomuthi wesundu omuhle. “Ubumpunga bungumqhele wobuhle lapho butholakala endleleni yokulunga,” kusho iBhayibheli. (IzAga 16:31) Nakuba amandla abo engase anciphe njengoba iminyaka ihamba, asebekhulile bangabulondoloza ubungqabavu babo obungokomoya ngokuqiniswa ukulitadisha njalo iZwi likaNkulunkulu, iBhayibheli. (IHubo 1:1-3; Jeremiya 17:7, 8) Ngenxa yamazwi abo amnandi nesibonelo sabo esihle, asebekhulile abathembekile bawumthombo omkhulu wesikhuthazo kwabanye futhi bayaqhubeka bethela izithelo unyaka nonyaka. (Thithu 2:2-5; Hebheru 13:15, 16) Njengomuthi wesundu, asebekhulile bangachuma nalapho sebekhulile.