Izilumkiso Ezivela Ekusileleni Kookhokho Bethu

AmaSirayeli ayenelifu, nolwandle, nokudla okunye okungokomoya, kanti awa entlango — oku kwabhalwa njengesilumkiso. Ukukhonza izithixo makubalekwe, kodwa uBawo wabo uthembekile, anike indlela yokuphuma. Yidlani oko kuphakwayo; yenzani yonke into ngenxa yozuko lwakhe.

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Bazalwana, ndithanda ukuba nazi oku: ookhokho bethu babephantsi kwelifu bonke, bonke bawucanda ulwandle. Bonke babhaptizwa kuMoses efini naselwandle. Bonke badla okona kudla kungokomoya, baza bonke basela isiselo sinye esingokomoya, kuba basela eliweni elingokomoya elalibalandela—elo liwa lalinguKrestu. Kodwa uBawo wethu wayenganelanga ngabo baninzi kubo, kuba bawa phantsi entlango.

Zaba yimizekelo kuthi ke ezi zinto, ukuze singazikhanukeli izinto ezimbi njengokuba bazikhanukayo bona. Ningabi ngabakhonzi bezithixo njengabanye kubo; njengoko kubhaliweyo: “abantu bahlala phantsi ukuba badle basele, bandula ukusuka badlale.” Masingoni ngombulo njengabanye kubo abonayo—kwafa amashumi amabini anamathathu amawaka ngamini-nye. Masingamlingi uKrestu, njengoko abanye kubo bamlingayo, batshatyalaliswa ziinyoka. Ningakrokri, njengokuba abanye kubo bakrokrayo, batshatyalaliswa ngumonakalisi. Ezi zinto zabehlela njengemizekelo, zabhalwa njengesilumkiso kuthi, thina esifikelwe ziziphelo zamaphakade. Ngoko ke, lowo ucinga ukuba umile makalumke ukuba angawi. Akukho silingo sinibambileyo ngaphandle koko kuqhelekileyo ebantwini. Kananjalo uBawo wethu uthembekile: akayi kunivumela ukuba nilingwe ngaphezu koko ninako ukukuthwala, kodwa kunye nesilingo wonivulela nendlela yokuphuma, ukuze nibe nako ukusinyamezela.

Ngoko ke, zintanda, balekani ekunquleni izithixo. Ndithetha njengakwabanengqondo; gwebani ngokwenu ngoko ndikuthethayo. Indebe yentsikelelo esiyisikelelayo—ayikokwabelana na ngegazi likaKrestu? Isonka esisiqhekezayo—ayikokwabelana na ngomzimba kaKrestu? Ekubeni sinye isonka, thina esibaninzi simzimba-mnye, kuba sonke sabelana ngaso eso sonka sinye. Khangelani abantu bakwaSirayeli: abo badla imibingelelo ababangamadlelane na esibingelelweni? Ndothini na ke—ukuba ukudla okubingelelwe izithixo kuyinto, nokuba isithixo siyinto? Hayi, kodwa abo bangamaziyo uBawo oko bakubingelelayo, babingelela kwiidemon, kungekuko uBawo wethu; andithandi ukuba nabelane needemon. Aninako ukusela indebe yeNkosi nendebe yeedemon; aninako ukwabelana isithebe seNkosi nesithebe seedemon. Okanye sizama ukuyikhweletisa iNkosi na? Somelele kunaye na?

“Yonke into ivumelekile”—kodwa ayisiyonke into encedayo. “Yonke into ivumelekile”—kodwa ayisiyonke into eyakhayo. Makungabikho bani ufuna okulungele yena, kodwa okulungele ummelwane wakhe. Yidlani yonke into ethengiswa endaweni yenyama ningabuzi mibuzo ngenxa yesazela, kuba “umhlaba ngokaBawo wethu, nezinto zonke ezikuwo.” Ukuba ongakholwayo unimemela esidlweni nize nifune ukuya, yidlani yonke into ebekwe phambi kwenu, ningabuzi mibuzo ngenxa yesazela. Kodwa ukuba kukho umntu othe kuni: “Oku kwabingelelwa,” musani ukudla, ngenxa yalowo unixeleleyo, nangenxa yesazela. Ndithetha isazela, asikuko esakho, kodwa esomnye. Kuba yini na ukuba inkululeko yam igwetywe sisazela somnye? Ukuba ndidle ndibulela, ndibhavunyelelwa ni na ngenxa yento endibulela ngayo?

Ngoko ke, nokuba niyadla, niyasela, nokuba nenza nantoni na, kwenzeleni konke ngenxa yozuko lukaBawo wethu. Ningabalisi khubekiso amaYuda namaGrike nebandla likaBawo wethu, njengokuba nam ndizama ukukholisa bonke ngezinto zonke—ndingafuni okulungele mna, kodwa okulungele abaninzi, ukuze basindiswe.