Abanye abantu bathi eBhetelehem abanye ngaphandle kwaseNazarete, kodwa ibhayibhile ityhila ngokucacileyo indawo ngqo kunye nendawo yokuzalwa konyana kaThixo noMsindisi wethu. Konke ngokokuprofetwa kukaThixo ngenzaliseko yelizwi lakhe.
Wazalelwa phi uYesu waseNazarete?
Ngesi sihlandlo, kuya kuhlolisiswa kumxholo wokuba wazalelwa phi uYesu waseNazarete, kwaye ukuba ufuna ukuyazi inyani, kungcono uyenze ekukhanyeni kwezibhalo. Kungenxa yokuba ibhayibhile isizobela ngokuthe ngqo kwimbali yokwenyani yeziganeko ngalo lonke ixesha, ezazinesiqalo kwaye ziya kuba nesiphelo.
Eli bali kwasekuqaleni lilandele isicwangciso esifanelekileyo sikaThixo kwaye lisingise esiphelweni apho ungabona khona uloyiso lothando lukaThixo nokulunga kwakhe phezu kobubi. Xa bonke abathembekileyo abathethayo, bakholwa, bazinikela balandela uYesu, baya kuwufumana umvuzo wabo ongcwele.
Ke xa usekukhanyeni kwezibhalo, awujongi kwincwadi yamabali okanye amabali abantu. Endaweni yoko, yinkcazo eyinyani yokuba iziganeko okanye iziganeko zenzeke njani ngaphakathi kwesakhelo sembali yoluntu.
Ngale ndlela iBhayibhile ichaza ngokuchanekileyo ukuzalwa kukaYesu kwisahluko 2 seVangeli kaLuka. Kwaye ayicacisi nje kuphela umbuzo wokuba wazalelwa phi uYesu waseNazarete?, Kodwa ithi le ndawo kwaye inika imiqondiso malunga nenyanga yokuzalwa kwakhe ephikisana namasiko obuhedeni.
Ibhayibhile isixelela apho wazalelwa khona uYesu waseNazarete
IBhayibhile ithi apho uYesu waseNazarete wazalelwa khona kuLuka 2:1-14 kwaye ukongezelela koku inika isakhelo sembali malunga nesi siganeko sibalulekileyo. Lo mvangeli uthi ngelo xesha umlawuli waseRoma, uAgasto Kesare, wapapasha umyalelo wokuba kubalwe abantu.
Emva koko uThixo walungiselela ukuba uNyana wakhe azalwe ngexesha lokubhaliswa okanye ukubalwa kwabantu. Ubhaliso loBukhosi baseRoma lwalusenzeka rhoqo emva kweminyaka elishumi elinesine. Kodwa ukuzalwa kukaYesu Krestu kwakuhambelana nokubalwa kwabantu, xa uKwiriniyo wayelawula eSiriya.
Abantu bemephu yasePalestine ngexesha likaYesu baqala ukubhaliswa bubukhosi baseRoma, kuba elowo kwakufuneka aye kwisixeko sakhe semvelaphi. Ukusuka kwinto esiyibonayo kwivesi yesi-4, kweli nqaku elivela kwiVangeli kaLuka, ukuba uYosefu uyahamba nenkosikazi yakhe uMariya esixekweni ukuya kubhaliswa:
ULuka 2: 4-5 (NIV): 4 Kananjalo Joseph, owayeyinzala kaKumkani uDavideWenyuka evela eNazarete, isixeko saseGalili, waya kwelakwaJuda. Waya eBhetelehem, kwisiXeko sikaDavide, 5 ukubhalisa kunye noMaria umfazi wakhe. Yakhe wayekhulelwe.
Esi sibhalo sebhayibhile sikhokelela ekuzalisekeni kwesiprofeto sikaThixo emlonyeni kaYakobi. Xa uYakobi ngaphambi kokuba afe unika intsikelelo kwisizwe ngasinye okanye kwindlu kaSirayeli ababengoonyana abalishumi elinambini.
IGenesis 49:10 (NIV): Intonga yobukhosi ayisayi kuthatyathwa kuwe, Yuda; Nokuba luphawu lwamandla phakathi kweenyawo zakho, lude lufike Shilo kwaye macala onke izizwe ziyahlanganisana.
Siyakumema apha ukuba ubuze ngokubaluleka kwe Imephu yePalestine ngexesha likaYesu, ekuqondeni umyalezo oxabisekileyo nobukhulu beNkosi.
NguYesu, uSiloh, uMesiya, lowo uthunyiweyo
Igama elithi Siloh elifumaneka kule vesi yeGenesis ligama lesiHebhere elithi Shîlôh, elithetha uxolo, ukuphumla kwaye likwangamagama afumaneka eBhayibhileni ukuchonga uYesu, umesiya, lowo uthunywe nguThixo.
Ngelo xesha nalapho wazalelwa khona uYesu waseNazarete, izizwe zahlanganisana, intonga yobukhosi yakwaYuda yayishenxisiwe. Abantu ngoku babephantsi kolawulo lwamaRoma kunye noMlawuli uAgasto Kesare ephethe iRoma, kunye noKwirinius njengomphathi weSyria.
I-Yudeya ngelo xesha kumbutho wezopolitiko kurhulumente, yayiyiphondo lase-Syria. Wayephethe nokumkani unyana kaHerode omkhulu, okwabizwa ngokuba nguHerode, owayengowenzala kaEsawu, umntakwabo Yakobi.
Ukukhumbula okubhaliweyo kuMalaki 1: 2-3, apho uThixo amlahlayo uEsawu, ekwabiza ngokuba nguEdom kwaye akazange amkhethe njengoyise wabantu bakhe abanyuliweyo. Endaweni yoko, ukhetha uYakobi, awayemthanda embiza ngokuba nguSirayeli.
Ngenxa yoko ilizwe lesithembiso apho wazalelwa khona uYesu waseNazarete lalingekho ezandleni zomlawuli wakwaSirayeli. Imeko yezembali ibonisa lo mhlaba ulawulwa ngurhulumente wobuhedeni kwaye ababingeleli babengengobalungiseleli bakaThixo, kodwa izicaka ezigcinwa ngabalawuli bezithixo.
Kodwa uShilo, uMesiya, uYesu waseNazarete wayesele eza kuzalwa kwaye kuLuka 2: 1-14, kunokubonakala ukuba umsitho onje ujikelezwe ziziganeko ezininzi ezimangalisayo nezingaqhelekanga ekufuneka zihlolisisiwe.
Ubhaliso xa uYesu wazalwa
Kwivesi ezine zeVangeli kaLuka ezifundwe apha ngasentla kunokubonwa ukuba uYosefu kunye nenkosikazi yakhe uMariya babehlala eNazarete. Ukusuka apho kwafuneka bathabathe uhambo olumalunga neekhilomitha ezili-120 ukuya kwisixeko saseBhetelehem kwiphondo laseJudiya, ukuya kubhalisa okokuqala kubalo olwaluyalelwe yiRoma.
Oku kubonisa ukuba uThixo usebenzisa ubhaliso ukuhambisa uYosefu noMariya kwisixeko saseBhetelehem, kwindawo yokuqala ukuzisa uShilo, umesiya emhlabeni.
UMika 5: 2 (KJV 1960): Kodwa wena, Belen Efrata, encinci ukuba kwiintsapho zakwaYuda, oya kuba yiNkosi kwaSirayeli uya kuphuma kuwe; neziphumo zayo zezi ukusukela ekuqalekeni, kususela kwimihla yanaphakade.
Umprofeti uMika kwiinkulungwane ezintandathu ezinesiqingatha ngaphambi kwesiganeko sele etyhile iinkcukacha zedolophu apho wayeza kuzalelwa khona uYesu waseNazarete, uNyana kaThixo kunye nophuma kusapho lakwaJuda. Ingabonakala kwesi siprofeto ukuba uThixo wammisela kwisicwangciso sakhe esigqibeleleyo ukusukela ekudalweni kwehlabathi.
Ubhaliso lwenzekile ngexesha kwaye ngendlela ngqo, unokubona uThixo esebenza ngasemva kweziganeko zembali. UJoseph noMariya babehlala eNazarete eGalili kwaye indlela uThixo awayisebenzisa ukuzisa uNyana wakhe ngokuzalwa kanye apho kwakuprofetwe khona yayikukubalwa kwabantu.
Ngobalo lwabantu, bonke abantu kwafuneka babuyele kwindawo abazalelwe kuyo ukuze babhalise kwaye bahlawule iirhafu. UThixo wayilawula ngendlela engummangaliso imbali ukuze ilizwi lakhe lizaliseke.
UIsaya 14:24 (KJV 1960) NguYehova wemikhosi wafunga esithi: Ngokuqinisekileyo kuyakwenziwa ngendlela endandicinga ngayo, kwaye kuya kubakho iqinisekisiwe njengoko kumisiwe.
EBhetelehem, apho wazalelwa khona uYesu waseNazarete
Yonke into eyaprofetwayo kwilizwi elibhaliweyo, uThixo uthi kufuneka azalisekiswe kwaye ngaphambi kokuzalwa kukaYesu kuyaqala ukukhulisa isiganeko kwimbali. Ukuze uNyana kaThixo azalwe ngokuchanekileyo kwindawo, ngexesha nangeyure awamisela ukuba azalwe ngayo uThixo.
Ibhayibhile ithi uYosefu noMariya benyuka ukusuka eGalili baya kwelakwaYuda baya kwisixeko sikaDavide esibizwa ngokuba yiBhetelehem, igama lesi sixeko livela kwiingcambu ezimbini zamahebhu kunye nelehem oko kuthetha indlu yesonka. Ngokwenxalenye yayo, iNazarete, igama layo livela kwi-Natzrat yesiHebhere, echaza isiqu okanye isebe, okanye isuka kwi-natser yesiHebhere eneentsingiselo ezifanayo zokudubula okanye isebe.
Ke ngokwesiprofeto ngexesha lokuzalwa kukaYesu, abaninzi babesazi ukuba umesiya uza kuzalelwa eBhetelehem. Ababingeleli abaziintloko nababhali babantu baphendula xa babizwa nguKumkani uHerode:
UMateyu 2: 5-6 (KJV 1960): 5 Bathi kuye: EBhetelehem yelakwaYuda; kuba kubhaliwe ngomprofeti kwathiwa, 6 Nawe Bhetelehem, mhlaba wakwaYuda, Akunguye nakanye omncinanana phakathi kwabalawuli bakwaYuda; Kuba kuwe apha kuya kuphuma isikhokelo, sabalusa abantu bam amaSirayeli.
UJohn uthi kwivangeli yakhe ukuba ngexesha likaYesu, kwabakho iyantlukwano phakathi kwabantu ngoKrestu, kodwa ukuba babesazi ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba uvela phi:
UJohn 7: 40-42 (KJV 1960): 40 Ke abathile esihlweleni, bakuva la mazwi, bathi, Inyaniso, lo nguye umprofeti. 41 Abanye babesithi, Lo nguye uKristu. Babesithi abanye, uKristu angavela kwelaseGalili yini na? Isibhalo asitsho na kumnombo kaDavide, kwaye ovela kwilali yaseBhetelehem, apho wayekhona uDavide, uKristu uyeza?
Kwakukho emkhombeni apho uYesu waseNazarete wazalwa khona
Ukufika kwemihla yokuzalwa kukaMariya, yena noJoseph babeseBhetelehem, uLucas uthi abayifumananga indawo yokuhlala. Isizathu kungenxa yenani labantu ababebuyile eBhetelehem ukuya kubhalisa.
ULuka 2: 6-7 (NIV): 6 kwaye, xa babelapho, ixesha laliphelile. 7 kunjalo wazala unyana izibulo. Isongelwe ngaphakathi iidayaphuli ndamlalisa ebhedini emkhumbini, ngoba kwakungekho ndawo yabo Kwindlu yabahambi.
UThixo wayekhokela iziganeko zembali, ekhokela ubomi babo kunye nobomi babo bakhokelwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele. Ke uYesu uzalelwa kwindawo emangazayo, emkhombeni kwaye engangqalanga intuthuzelo njengoko bekuya kukholelwa kuNyana kaThixo.
Umkhumbi ligama lesiGrike eliguqulelwa njengelizinzileyo, ukuze uYesu, owanikela ngobomi bakhe ngenxa yakhe wonke umntu, wayezalelwa esitalini somzimba. Akukho mntu walalisa uMsindisi wehlabathi, ukuze azalwe kwindawo enukayo nengcolileyo yelindle lezilwanyana; okanye inokuchazwa njengokusulungekileyo ezelwe kwilizwe elizingcayo, elonakeleyo nelonakeleyo.
Kwakukho abalusi apho uYesu waseNazarete wazalelwa khona
Kwezi vesi zilandelayo, ngokukodwa ukusukela kwisi-8 ukuya kwele-11, uLuka ukhankanya ukuba babekhona ngelo xesha nangomzuzu abelusi besenza imilindo yokunyamekela imihlambi yabo. Kwaye ikwabalisa ukuba aba balusi baziswa ngengelosi kaThixo kwaye baziva besoyika.
ULuka 2: 8-11 (KJV 1960): 8 Kwakukho abalusi kuloo mmandla, obukele wagcina imilindo yasebusuku phezu komhlambi wakhe. 9 Kwaye qaphelani, kunjalo Yazisa ingelosi yeNkosiubuqaqawuli beNkosi bababengezelela ngeenxa zonke; kwaye boyika kakhulu. 10 Sathi isithunywa kubo, Musani ukoyika; ngokuba, uyabona, ndikuzisela iindaba zovuyo olukhulu, oluya kuba kubo bonke bantu; Uyazalwa namhlanje, Kwisixeko sikaDavide, uMsindisi, onguKRISTU iNkosi.
Umsebenzi womalusi ngaloo maxesha wawuthathwa njengongabalulekanga kakhulu ngabaFarisi, ababhali nababingeleli. Kodwa ingelosi kaThixo ayibonakali kubo bonke, kodwa ikhetha ukunika isaziso kubelusi abathobekileyo ababejonge imihlambi yabo.
Esi siganeko sibaluleke kakhulu kuba ixesha elide bekucingelwa ukuba wazalwa nini uYesu, izazi ngembali, abafundi bezakwalizwi kunye nabaphengululi bahlalutye, baphanda baphanda esi sihloko. Kodwa kwisahluko sama-23 seLevitikus, kuthethwa ngemithendeleko ethembekileyo apho kwenziwa khona indibano engcwele.
Ukuhlalutya le mithendeleko kunye neziganeko ezingqonge ukuzalwa kukaYesu, kungabuzwa ukuba uYesu Krestu wazalwa phakathi kukaSeptemba no-Okthobha, ngenxa yobukho babelusi kuloo mmandla.
Ixesha elichanekileyo apho wazalelwa khona uYesu waseNazarete
Eli xesha liphakathi kukaSeptemba no-Okthobha lihambelana nenyanga kaTishrei wekhalenda yamaJuda, apho uYesu azalwa khona, malunga nokubhiyozela umthendeleko weminquba. Ukuhamba kweengelosi kunye nabelusi kuLuka isahluko 2 kunika imiqondiso yokuba uYesu unexesha elichanekileyo lokuzalwa.
Kuba noYesu Krestu wayifezekisa iPasika, wazalisekisa iPentekoste, wagcwalisa isonka esingenagwele, kodwa ngoku umthendeleko wamaxilongo ulahlekile. Malunga noku ibhayibhile ithi:
1 kwabaseKorinte 15:52 (KJV 1960): Ngomzuzwana, ngokuqhwanyaza kweliso, ngexilongo lokugqibela; kuba ixilongo liya kuvuthelwakwaye abafileyo baya kuvuswa bengenakonakala, Siza kwenziwa kumila kumbi.
Oku kubonisa ukuba ixilongo liza kuvuthelwa, abafileyo kuKristu baya kuvuka kuqala kwaye emva koko kuya kubhiyozelwa umthendeleko weminquba kwaye kuya kubakho ukucanyagushelwa kwesizwe sakwa-Israyeli.
Eminye imicimbi yokuqaqambisa
Kwinqaku elihlaziywa ngokuzalwa kukaYesu kuLuka 2: 1-14 ezinye iziganeko ezibalulekileyo okanye iimpawu zikaThixo kwesi siganeko zinokukhutshwa, ezinje:
Basongelwe eziqhiyeni, oku kuya kuba ngumqondiso kubo, izithunywa zezulu zithi kubalusi, indinyana 12: igama elithi ukusongelwa ngesiHebhere santlandlolo lithetha ilinen, ke ngoko, lo mqondiso ubonisa ukuba uYesu wazalwa enxibe ubulungisa bukaThixo. Ukususela ekuzalweni kwakhe, uNyana kaThixo ubonisa ihlabathi ukuba wazalwa engenasono, ezelwe enobulungisa bukaThixo.
Ivesi 13 ithi izulu liyavuleka kwaye umkhosi weengelosi zikaThixo uyavela. Ngalo mzuzu kuloo ndawo apho wazalelwa khona uYesu waseNazarete, ibutho elivela kwihlabathi lokomoya lahlanganisana ukukhapha ukuzalwa kwalo mntwana, kuba yayiyimbewu eNgcwele eyayizelwe.
Kwivesi ye-14 ikwayara yeengelosi zidumisa uNyana kaThixo kwaye zivakalise izinto ezintathu ezibalulekileyo: Ukuze uNyana amzukise uYise kwiindawo eziphakamileyo, okwesibini ukuba uNyana adibanise izinto ezimbini ezahluliweyo, uKrestu usimanya noBawo kuba kukho akusayi kubakho butshaba okanye ukungaxolelwa. Okwesithathu, bavakalisa ukulunga, kwaye loo nto ayinakubakho uxolo ezintliziyweni zethu de senze uxolo noThixo.
Ubomi, umsebenzi, ukufa nokuvuka kukaYesu waseNazarete
Emva kokuzalwa kwakhe ubomi bukaYesu buchazwe kwiTestamente eNtsha yeBhayibhile kwingxelo ebanzi kwiincwadi ezine zevangeli. Ezi Vangeli zine zingumthombo ophambili wolwazi ngobomi bukaYesu kwaye zisisiseko somyalezo wosindiso, wobabalo kunye nokholo lobuKristu.
Iincwadi zevangeli zineengxelo zeziganeko zembali zobomi bukaYesu waseNazarete ephelekwa ngabafundi bakhe; Kubomi bakhe basesidlangalaleni, uYesu wazinikela ekufikeni nasekuhambeni ashumayele iindaba ezilungileyo ukusuka eGalili ukuya kwelakwaYuda, ngelixa esenza imimangaliso nemimangaliso emininzi. Ubalo-maxesha lweziganeko luyahluka ngokweengxelo ezahlukeneyo zabavangeli.
Esona siseko sesigidimi sikaYesu luthando ngoThixo nommelwane, ukongeza ekubonakaliseni ulwalamano olusondeleyo nolusondeleyo noThixo, awambiza ngokuba ngu-Abba Bawo. Imimangaliso kunye nemimangaliso eyenziwa nguYesu yayininzi, eminye yayo inokufundwa kwezi ngcaphuno zeBhayibhile zilandelayo kwiincwadi zeVangeli:
- UMarko: 1:29 - 31, 3: 1 - 6, 7:31 - 37, 8:22 - 26
- UMateyu: 8: 1 - 4, 9:18 - 26, 14:22 - 33, 20:29 - 34
- ULuka 5:17 - 26, 8:40 - 56, 13:10 - 17, 14: 1 - 6, 17:11 - 19, 22:51
- UJohn: 4: 43-54, 5: 1-9, 9: 1-12, 11: 1-44.
Ukufa novuko
Ngobusuku be-Ista uYesu wadla eYerusalem nabafundi bakhe kwaye emva kwesidlo wabanjwa. Emva koko uYesu uxoxwa phambi kweSanhedrin ngamangqina obuxoki, ubungqina bawo abuzange bamkelwe. Emva koko uziswa phambi koPontiyo Pilato, irhuluneli yaseRoma, agwetyelwe ukufa emnqamlezweni ngokwesicelo sesihlwele, ecengwa ngabefundisi.
Ukuze ufunde ngakumbi ngokufa nokuvuka kukaYesu siyakumema ukuba ungene apha Ukufa nokuvuka kukaYesu. Kanye nakwi Uvuko lukaYesu ngokweBhayibhile kunye neenkcukacha zayo.
