Nei Jesu akaberekerwa muBhetrehema?
Sei Jesu akaberekerwa muBheterehema apo vabereki vake, Maria naJosefa, vaigara muNazareta (Ruka 2:39)?
Chikonzero chikuru chakaita kuti Jesu azvarirwe muBheterehema kwaive kuzadzisa chiporofita chakapihwa nemuporofita mudiki Mika. Akataura achiti, "Uye iwe, Bheterehema Efrata, unenge uri pakati pezviuru zvekwaJuda, kubva kwauri Iye (Jesu) achauya (achazvarwa) kwandiri, Uchava Changamire muIsraeri ..." (Mika 5: 2, HBFV mune ese).
Chimwe chezvinhu zvinonyanya kufadza nezve kuberekwa kwaJesu muBheterehema mashandisiro akaita Mwari humambo hweRoma hune simba asi dzimwe nguva hwaive nehutsinye, pamwe chete nekugadzwa kwechiJuda kumadzitateguru ake, kuzadzisa chiporofita chemakore mazana manomwe!
Asati abva kuNazareta kuenda kuBheterehema, Maria akange anyengwa asi aive asina kupedza hukama hwake naJosefa. Vaviri ava vaifanira kuenda kumba kwababa vaJosefa muBheterehema nekuda kwemitero yeRoma
Humambo hweRoma, nguva nenguva, hwaiita kuverenga kwete kungoverenga vanhu chete, asiwo kuziva zvavaive nazvo. Zvakatemwa mugore rakazvarwa Jesu (5 BC) kuti kuverengwa kwakafanana kwemutero weRoma kwaizotorwa muJudhiya (Ruka 2: 1 - 4) nenzvimbo dzakatenderedza.
Ruzivo urwu, zvisinei, runomutsa mubvunzo. Sei maRoma vasina kutora kuverenga kwavo kwevanhu vanogara muJudhea nenharaunda dzakapoteredza sezvavakaita kune mamwe maMambo? Nei vakakumbira vabereki vaJesu kuti vafambe rwendo rwemakiromita 80 kubva kuNazareta kuenda kuBheterehema?
Kune maJuda, kunyanya avo vaigara panyika mushure mekudzoka kubva kuutapwa hweBabironi, kuzivikanwa kwedzinza uye mutsara wedzinza zvaive zvakakosha.
MuTestamente Itsva tinowana dzinza raJesu rakatanga kwete kuna Abhurahamu chete (muna Mateo 1) asiwo naAdamu (Ruka 3). Mupositora Pauro akatonyora nezve dzinza rake (VaRoma 11: 1). VaFarisei vechiJuda maJuda vaishandisa dzinza ravo rekuzvitutumadza nehukuru hwemweya hwavaifunga kuti vakafananidzwa nevamwe (Johane 8:33 - 39, Mateo 3: 9).
Mutemo weRoma, uchitaura nezvetsika dzechiJuda uye kufungira zvisizvo (pamwe nechishuwo chekutora murunyararo mutero kubva kuvanhu vakadzvinyirirwa), waiti chero kuverenga muPalestine kwaizoitwa pachishandiswa guta remhuri yemadzitateguru emunhu. Panyaya yaJoseph, kubvira paakatsvaga dzinza rake kuna David, uyo akaberekerwa muBheterehema (1Samueri 17:12), aifanira kuenda kuguta kunoverengwa.
Kuverengwa kwevaRoma kwakaitika panguva ipi yegore rakamanikidza mhuri yaJesu kuenda kuBheterehema? Paive pakati pechando sezvaanoratidzwa mumifananidzo yakawanda yeKisimusi?
Iyo yakatendeka vhezheni yeRinoyera Bhaibheri rinopa maonero anonakidza munguva iyo rwendo urwu rwekuenda kuBheterehema. Anoti: “Mutemo waKesari Agasto wemitero uye kuverenga vanhu wakatevedzwa maererano netsika yechiJudha yaida kuti mitero yakadaro iunganidzwe mushure mekukohwa kwematsutso. Naizvozvo, zvinyorwa zvaRuka zvemutero uyu zvinoratidza kuti kuzvarwa kwaJesu kwakaitika mumatsutso ”(Appendikisi E).
MaRoma akaitisa kuverenga muPalestine panguva yekudonha kuitira kuti vakwanise kuwedzera huwandu hwemitero yavakaunganidza kubva kuvanhu.
Barney Kasdan, mubhuku rake "Mwari Akasarudzwa Nguva," akanyora nezveRoma kutora kuverenga panguva yakaringana zvichibva mutsika dzemo. Muchidimbu, zvaive zvirinani kuti maRoma nevaIsrael vatarise mitero mukudonha kwegore, apo zvaive nyore kufamba (semuenzaniso kubva kuNazareta kuenda kuBheterehema) pane pakati pechando.
Mwari akashandisa chishuwo cheRoma kuita mari mutero yakawanda sezvaaigona, pamwe nerunako rwevaJudha rwemadzitateguru avo, kuzadzisa chiporofita chinonakidza nezve kuberekwa kwaJesu muBheterehema!