Ekuhambeni kwempilo singethulwa ngezimo eziningi ezinzima futhi kulapho okufanele sikhumbule khona Indaba kaJobe isitshela ukuthi umuntu owabhekana nezinhlekelele eziningi, akazange alahlekelwe ukwethemba kwakhe uNkulunkulu, futhi wawuthola kanjani umvuzo wakhe. Ngiyakumema ukuthi ufunde le ndaba enhle kakhulu.
Indaba kaJobe
UJobe ikholwa elithembekile likaNkulunkulu. Wawubonakala ngokwenza intando kaNkulunkulu nokuphila ngokulalela. Lo mlingiswa waseBhayibhelini uthathwa njengomunye wabaprofethi bezinkolo zika-Abrahama: ubuJuda, ubuSulumane nobuKristu.
Indaba enkulu kaJobe esishiyela imfundiso enkulu njengamaKristu ixoxwa eNcwadini ebizwa ngegama lakhe. Ngokufanayo, ibizwa ngendlela efanayo eTestamenteni Elidala njengaseTanakh. Ngokuqondene neKur'an, ikhuluma ngokubekezela kukaJobe.
Uhlaka lwencwadi kaJobe
Sithola le ndaba ethakazelisa kakhulu futhi ecatshangwayo ithwetshulwe ngephrozi esanduleleni esifushane nakuqoqo, ngisho nokuqukethwe kwesigaba sokuqala kusezinkondlo zesiHebheru. Ngezansi uhlaka lwencwadi kaJobe:
- 1:1 kuya ku-2:13: Isandulela: USathane ubekela uNkulunkulu inselele futhi uhlasela uJobe.
- 3:1 kuya ku-31:40: Ingxoxo phakathi kukaJobe nabangane bakhe abathathu (imijikelezo emithathu).
- 32:1 kuya ku-37:24: Izinkulumo zika-Elihu.
- 38:1 kuya ku-42:6: Izinkulumo zikaNkulunkulu nezimpendulo zikaJobe.
- 42:7-17 : Isiphetho: UNkulunkulu usola abangane abathathu futhi ubuyisela uJobe.
Indaba kaJobe
Indaba kaJobe isitshela indlela abantu abavame ukungaziqondi izindlela uBaba Wethu asebenza ngazo ekuphileni kwabathembekile. Kanye nasempilweni yanoma yimuphi umuntu. Futhi empilweni kaJobe umbuzo uphakama ukuthi kungani izinto ezimbi zehlela abantu abalungile? Impela, umbuzo ojwayelekile futhi kunzima kakhulu ukuwuphendula.
Nokho, amakholwa athembekile acace bha ukuthi uNkulunkulu wethu esimthandayo nguye olawula zonke izimo ngoba akukho okwenzeka ngengozi futhi akukho okwenzeka ngenhlanhla. UJobe wayeyikholwa elithembekile; Wayazi futhi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayelawula ngokuphelele, kodwa wayengenayo indlela yokwazi nokuqonda ukuthi kungani kwenzeka amashwa amaningi kangaka ekuphileni kwakhe. Ukuphila kwakhe kwakuqondile kangangokuthi uMoya oNgcwele kaNkulunkulu umchaza njengoqondile futhi olungile.
Jobe 1: 1
1 Kwakukhona ezweni lase-Uzi indoda igama layo linguJobe; futhi wayeyindoda ephelele nelungile, eyesaba uNkulunkulu futhi ebalekela okubi.
Wayenamadodana ayisikhombisa namadodakazi amathathu, wayeyindoda ecebile enezibusiso eziningi. IBhayibheli lisitshela ukuthi uSathane wabonakala phambi kukaNkulunkulu ngolunye usuku, futhi uNkulunkulu wambuza ukuthi wayecabangani ngoJobe. USathane akabange esapholisa maseko wathi uJobe wayemkhazimulisa ngoba embusisile.
Ngakho, uJehova wavumela uSathane ukuba athathe yonke ingcebo kaJobe kanye nabantwana bakhe. Kamuva, uNkulunkulu wavumela futhi uSathane ukuba amhluphe ngokomzimba. UJobe wayedangele kakhulu kodwa akazange amsole uJehova ngobuqaba obunjalo.
Jobe 1: 22
22 Kukho konke lokhu uJobe akonanga, futhi akabanga nobuwula kuNkulunkulu.UJobe 42: 7-8
7 Futhi kwenzeka ukuthi ngemva kokuba uJehova esewakhulumile lawa mazwi kuJobe, uJehova wathi ku-Elifazi umThemani: “Intukuthelo yami ikuvuthele wena nabangane bakho ababili; ngoba anikhulumanga okulungileyo ngami njengenceku yami uJobe.
8 Ngakho-ke thathani amathole ayisikhombisa lezinqama eziyisikhombisa, liye encekwini yami uJobe, lilenzele umnikelo wokutshiswa, njalo inceku yami uJobe izalithandazela; + ngoba ngokuqinisekile ngizomlalela + ukuze nginganijabhisi, + ngoba anizange nikhulume ngami ngokulunga njengenceku yami uJobe.
Ngokwengxenye enkulu, lencwadi ikhuluma ngezingxoxo zikaJobe nabangane bakhe abathathu u-Elifazi, uBhilidadi, noSofari, abeza bezomduduza, kodwa bacabanga ukuthi wonile ukuze athole isijeziso esinzima kangaka. Nokho, uJobe wayehlale elondoloza ubumsulwa bakhe. Yiqiniso, kulesi simo esinzima kunoma yimuphi umuntu, wavuma ukuthi angathanda ukufa wabe esebuza uNkulunkulu imibuzo. Ngemva kwemithandazo yensizwa, u-Elihu, ekugcineni wenza uNkulunkulu ukuba akhulume noJobe esivunguvungwini.
UJobe uphendula inkulumo yeNkosi ngokuzithoba okukhulu nokuphenduka, ebonisa ukuthi wakhuluma ngezinto ayengazazi ( Jobe 40:3-5; 42:1-6 ). UNkulunkulu utshela abangane bakaJobe ukuthi wayebathukuthelele kakhulu, ngokungafani noJobe, owayekhulume iqiniso ( Jobe 42:7-8 ). INkosi yabuye yaveza ukuthi bathembisa imihlatshelo nokuthi uJobe wayeyobathandazela futhi uNkulunkulu uyawemukela umthandazo wakhe. Wenza kanjalo uJobe, ethethelela abangane bakhe ngonya lwabo.
UNkulunkulu wabuyisela ingcebo kaJobe ngokuphindwe kabili (Jobe 42:10) futhi “uJehova wabusisa isimo sikaJobe sokugcina kunokuqala kwakhe” ( Jobe 42:12 ). UJobe waphila iminyaka eyi-140 ngemva kokuhlupheka kwakhe. UJobe akazange nanini alahlekelwe ukholo lwakhe eNkosini Yethu, ngisho nalapho ebhekene nezimo ezinzima ezamvivinya ekujuleni kobuntu bakhe.
Iqiniso lokulahlekelwa yimpahla, izakhiwo ezihlanganisa izingane ngosuku olulodwa kuzomele ukuhlupheka okukhulu, abantu abaningi bangawela ekucindezelekeni baze bafike ezingeni lokuzibulala, ngemva kokulahlekelwa okukhulu kangaka.
Futhi nakuba ayekhungathekile futhi ecasukile kangangokuthi walulaza usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa ( Jobe 3:1-26 ), uJobe akazange neze amqalekise uNkulunkulu ( Jobe 2:9-10 ), kunalokho, wayekholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu nguye olawulayo. UJobe wayeyazi kahle iNkosi kangangokuba yazi ukuthi ayizange isebenze ngaleyo ndlela; wayenobuhlobo obuseduze bomuntu siqu noNkulunkulu.
Waze wakwazi ukuthi, “Bheka, noma Engibulala, ngiyothembela Kuye; nokho ngiyakuzivikela izindlela zami phambi kwakhe” ( Jobe 13:15 ).
UmkaJobe wathi makaqalekise uNkulunkulu wethu futhi ashiye leli zwe, ngakho uJobe waphendula:
Jobe 2: 10
“Njengoba noma yimuphi wabesifazane abadumile bejwayele ukukhuluma, ukhulumile. Ini? Siyakwamukela okuhle kuNkulunkulu, singamukeli nokubi?
Ukulalela KukaJobe
UJobe wabhekana novivinyo oluningi, kodwa alukho olwamenza wantengantenga ekulahlekelweni yimpahla yakhe, ekufeni okunyantisayo kwezingane zakhe, ukuthethiswa abangane bakhe ngisho nokubulawelwa ukholo okungokwenyama akukhuthazelela. UJobe kwakungeyena yedwa umlingiswa waseBhayibhelini owahlupheka, sinesibonelo Indaba kaJosefa
Izivivinyo eziyisi-7 uJobe adlula kuzo zibalwe ngezansi:
1. Ukulahlekelwa okukhulu kukaJobe ezintweni zasemhlabeni
2. Ukuhlolwa Komzimba KaJobe
3. Umshado KaJobe Uyahlakazeka
4 UJobe, indoda eyalahlekelwa idumela layo elihle
5. Abangane bakaJobe abakhulu nabafowabo eNkosini bamfulathela ngaphakathi.
6. Uvivinyo lukaJobe olungokomoya
7. Ukuthweswa umqhele wovivinyo – Isambulo seNkosi kuJobe.
Wayazi njalo ukuthi ubani umsindisi wakhe, wayazi nokuthi ungumsindisi ophilayo, futhi wayazi ukuthi ngelinye ilanga uNkulunkulu uzobe esemhlabeni ngokwenyama (Jobe 19:25).
Ukujula kukaJobe ngokomoya kubonakala kuyo yonke incwadi, uJakobe ubhekisela kuye njengesibonelo sokubekezela.
Jakobe 5:10-11.
Bheka, abahluphekayo sithi babusisiwe. Nizwile ngokubekezela kukaJobe, nabona isiphetho sikaJehova, ukuthi uJehova unesihawu esikhulu nesihawu.”
Ithonya likaSathane
Indaba kaJobe isenza sibone umgubuzelo ohlukanisa ukuphila kwasezulwini nokuphila kwasemhlabeni. Ekuqaleni kwencwadi, ungabona ukuthi uSathane nezingelosi zakhe eziwile babesavunyelwa kanjani ukuba baye ezulwini, bezwa ngemihlangano emisiwe eyayiqhutshwa lapho.
Okungabonwa kulezi ziqephu ukuthi uSathane umatasatasa uhlela ububi bakhe emhlabeni njengoba kulotshwe kuJobe 1:6-7 , kuyiqiniso futhi ukuthi uSathane wayeyimbangela yovivinyo olunzima uJobe abhekana nalo, nokuthi uNkulunkulu wakuvumela lokho.
Lize lisibonise indlela uSathane ‘angummangaleli wabazalwane’ ngayo, isAmbulo 12:10 , abonisa ukuzidla nokuzidla kwakhe, njengoba kuchazwe ku-Isaya 14:13-14 . Kuyamangaza ukubona indlela uSathane abekela ngayo uNkulunkulu inselelo; akanawo amandla okubhekana noNkulunkulu oPhezukonke. Indaba ekuJobe ikhombisa uSathane njengoba enjalo, ezidla futhi ekhohlakele kuyo yonke ingqikithi yakhe.
Mhlawumbe incazelo enkulu yencwadi kaJobe iwukuthi uNkulunkulu akudingeki alandise kunoma ubani ngalokho akwenzayo noma angakwenzi. Indaba kaJobe isishiya njengesifundo sokuthi asilokothi siqaphele noma yisiphi isizathu sokuhlupheka, kodwa ngendlela efanayo kumele simethembe uBaba wethu othandekayo nolungileyo.Izindlela zakhe ziphelele ngokungangabazeki (Amahubo 18:30).
Ngakho-ke singathemba ukuthi akwenzayo, nalokho Akuvumelayo, nakho kuphelele.
Kunzima kakhulu kithi ukuqonda umqondo weNkosi yethu ngaphandle kokwesaba ukwenza amaphutha, yingakho Ithi kithi:
U-Isaya 55: 8-9
"Ngokuba imicabango yami ayisiyo imicabango yenu, nezindlela zenu azisizo izindlela zami... Njengoba izulu liphakeme kunomhlaba, kanjalo izindlela zami ziphakeme kunezindlela zenu, nemicabango yami iphakeme kunemicabango yenu."
Kungumsebenzi womuntu ngamunye wethu ukumlalela nokumethemba, kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke ukuzithoba entandweni Yakhe, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi siyayiqonda noma cha.
Futhi lapho kwenzeka, siyothola uNkulunkulu phakathi kwezinkinga zethu, mhlawumbe nangenxa yezilingo zethu.
Impela siphila ezweni elikhulu lokudideka, ubuhlungu kanye nentukuthelo, nokho, kufanele futhi sithembele enjongweni enqunyiwe kaNkulunkulu. Ungaphuthelwa okubalulekile okulalelwayo nokubonwayo okuthakaselayo kakhulu.