“Neyesine yathululela isitsha sayo elangeni; ilanga lanikwa ukuba lihangule abantu ngomlilo.

IsAmbulo 16:8,

12. Liyini “ilanga” laleli zwe, futhi yini enikezwa leli langa elingokomfanekiso ukuba liyenze?

¹² Namuhla, esiphelweni sesimiso sezinto, abafowabo bakaJesu abangokomoya ‘bakhanya ngokukhazimulayo njengelanga embusweni kaYise.’ (Mathewu 13:40, 43) UJesu ngokwakhe ‘uyilanga lokulunga.’ (Malaki 4:2) Nokho, isintu sinelaso “ilanga,” ababusi baso abazama ukukhanya ngokumelene noMbuso kaNkulunkulu. Ukukhala kwecilongo lesine kwamemezela ukuthi eqinisweni ‘ilanga, inyanga, nezinkanyezi’ emazulwini eLobukholwa kuyimithombo yobumnyama, akuyona eyokukhanya. (IsAmbulo 8:12) Isitsha sesine sentukuthelo kaNkulunkulu manje sibonisa ukuthi “ilanga” lezwe liyoshisa ngokungenakubekezeleleka. Labo okuthenjelwa kubo njengabaholi abanjengelanga ‘bayohangula’ isintu. Lokhu kuyonikezwa ilanga elingokomfanekiso ukuba likwenze. Ngamanye amazwi, uJehova uyokuvumela lokhu njengengxenye yesahlulelo sakhe esinjengomlilo esintwini. Kuye kwenzeka ngayiphi indlela lokhu kuhangula?

13. Ababusi baleli zwe abanjengelanga baye ‘basihangula’ ngayiphi indlela isintu?

¹³ Ngemva kwempi yezwe yokuqala, ababusi balo mhlaba bakha iNhlangano Yezizwe emzamweni wokuxazulula inkinga yokulondeka kwezwe, kodwa lokhu kwahluleka. Ngakho kwazanywa ezinye izinhlobo zobubusi bokuhlola, njengobuFascist, nobuNazi. Ubukhomanisi baqhubeka banda. Kunokuba bathuthukise ukuphila kwesintu, laba babusi abanjengelanga kulezi zimiso baqala ‘ukuhangula isintu ngokushisa okukhulu.’ Izimpi zomphakathi eSpain, eTopiya, naseManchuria zaholela empini yezwe yesibili. Umlando wanamuhla ubonisa ukuthi uMussolini, uHitler, noStalin njengomashiqela babangela ngokuqondile nangenye indlela ukufa kwamashumi ezigidi, kuhlanganise nabaningi bezizwe zabo siqu. Muva nje, izingxabano zezizwe noma zomphakathi ziye ‘zahangula’ abantu basemazweni anjengeVietnam, iKampuchea, i-Iran, iLebanon, ne-Ireland, nasemazweni aseLatin America nase-Afrika. Ngaphezu kwalokhu kunokulwisana okuqhubekayo phakathi kwemibuso emikhulu, ezikhali zayo ezisabekayo zinamandla okuqothula sonke isintu. Kulezi zinsuku zokugcina, ngokuqinisekile isintu siye sachayeka ‘elangeni’ elishisayo, ababusi baso abangalungile. Ukuthululwa kwesitsha sesine sentukuthelo kaNkulunkulu kuye kwawakhomba ngokuqondile la maqiniso angokomlando, futhi abantu bakaNkulunkulu baye bawamemezela emhlabeni wonke.