Imitshato emi-5 eseBhayibhileni esinokufunda kuyo

"Umtshato yinto enokusimanyanisa namhlanje": Isicatshulwa esaziwayo esiphuma kwiklasi yothando INkosazana enguMfazi, njengo-protagonist, uButtercup, ngokuzithemba emiselwe ukutshata nendoda ayidelayo. Nangona kunjalo, kwesi sizukulwana sanamhlanje, umtshato uqhele ukuba umsitho owonwabisayo apho abantu babini behlangana kunye ngezifungo kunye nesithembiso sokuthandana kude kubaswele ukufa.

Umtshato ubaluleke kakhulu nakuThixo, kuba inguye owaseka "umtshato" wokuqala xa wadala uAdam ukuba abe ngu-Adam. Kukho imitshato emininzi ekhankanywe kumaphepha ebhayibhile kwaye ngelixa amanye ehlangabezana kakuhle neembono zethu zomtshato (u-Bhowazi wabona uRute emasimini kwaye wathembisa ukumkhathalela ngomtshato), kukho ezinye ezibonisa ubunyani bomtshato ngakumbi.

Umanyano lomtshato aluhlali lula okanye lonwabile, kodwa oko kuboniswa yimitshato emihlanu esebhayibhileni kuyinyaniso ebalulekileyo ngomtshato nendlela eyimizamo yokubambisana yendoda, umfazi kunye noThixo ukudala umanyano olusikelelekileyo lobomi nangaphaya.

Ithini iBhayibhile ngomtshato?
Njengoko bekutshiwo ngaphambili, nguThixo owaseka umnqophiso owaziwa ngokuba ngumtshato, eqinisekisa ukuba kumyezo wase-Edeni akukho nto ilungileyo ukuba "umntu makabe yedwa" kwaye uThixo "uza kwenza uncedo ukuthelekiswa naye" (Gen (2: 18). INkosi yaya yatsho kwakhona ukuba emtshatweni, indoda nomfazi mabashiye ootata noomama bamanyane kunye.

Incwadi yabase-Efese ikwabonelela ngesicatshulwa esikhethekileyo ekufuneka abayilandele abayeni namakhosikazi ngokunxulumene ukuhloniphana kunye nokuthandana njengoko uKrestu ebathandayo. Imizekeliso 31 ibhiyozela ubuncwane 'bomfazi onesidima' (IMi 31:10), ngelixa eyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte 13 igxile kulolo thando ekufuneka lubonakale, hayi phakathi kwendoda nomfazi kuphela, kodwa naphakathi kwethu sonke njengomzimba kaKristu .

Umtshato, emehlweni kaThixo, yinto engcwele nethiweyo ngaye, njengoko ilungisa ubomi babantu ukuqhuba intlanganiso, ukuthandana kunye nomtshato wokugqibela phakathi kwendoda nomfazi. Asiyonto yokulahlwa xa iimvakalelo ziphelile, kodwa kufuneka nilwe yonke imihla kwaye niqole kunye ngelixa bobabini bethandana.

Imitshato emihlanu yokufunda kuyo
Le mizekelo mihlanu isemtshatweni esebhayibhileni yile ayiqalanga ngokwabelana nomntu okokuqala kwezothando, kwaye khange abe neentsuku ezigcwele ulonwabo olungapheliyo kunye nobunzima obungaphelelanga. Umtshato ngamnye unokubeka imiceli mngeni, okanye esi sibini kwafuneka siyoyise imiqobo kunye eguqula imitshato yabo isuke kwesiqhelo siye kwesiqhelekileyo.

Umtshato 1: U-Abraham noSara
Owona mtshato waziwayo kwiTestamente eNdala ngoka-Abraham noSara, awayethenjiswe nguThixo ukuba uya kuba nonyana oya kuba negalelo kumnqophiso wakhe neNkosi (Gen. 15: 5). Phambi kwale ngxoxo phakathi ko-Abraham no-Abraham, u-Abraham noSara babenomzuzwana wobuthathaka xa u-Abraham waxoka ukuba uSara ngumfazi wakhe, endaweni yoko wambiza ngokuba ngudade wabo, ke uFaro wayengayi kumbulala kwaye ngewayemthathile. umfazi wakhe (Gen. 12: 10-20). Masithi ikhampasi yabo yokuziphatha ayinakuhlala ikhombe emantla.

Ukubuyela kwingxoxo yomntwana, u-Abraham wamcacisela u-Thixo ukuba yena noSara babebadala kakhulu ukuba babe nomntwana, ngoko ke indlalifa ngekhe ifumaneke kubo. USara waphinda wahlekisa ngoThixo esithi uyakuba nomntwana ebudaleni bakhe, awumbizwa nguThixo (Gen. 18: 12-14). Bathathe izinto ezandleni zabo, bephuma kuThixo, bazisa indlalifa ku-Abraham ngokusondelelana nomkhonzazana kaSara, uHagare.

Nangona uThixo esikelele isibini ngonyana ekudala silindelwe, uIsaac, ukuba umtshato wabo usifundisa ntoni kakhulu kukuba akufanele sithathe imicimbi, singamthembi uThixo ngenxa yeemeko zethu. Kuzo zombini iimeko ezichaziweyo ezibandakanya ezi zimbini, ukuba khange bathathe amanyathelo athatyathwayo, ngekhe bajongane neengxaki noxinzelelo olungafunekiyo, bade bonakalise nobomi bokungabi natyala (uHagare omsulwa nonyana wakhe uIshmayeli).

Esinokuthatha kweli bali kukuba, njengesibini esitshatileyo, kungcono ukuzisa izinto kuThixo ngomthandazo kwaye sikholelwe ukuba angenza okungaphaya (nokuba abe nonyana njengomdala) endaweni yokubangela ingozi enkulu ekusingatheni imeko. Awusoze wazi ukuba uza kungenelela njani uThixo kwimeko yakho.

Umtshato 2: uElizabhete noZakariya
Ukuqhubeka nelinye ibali labantwana abamangalisayo ngokwalupheleyo, sizifumana sikwibali likaElizabhete noZakariya, abazali bakaYohane umbhaptizi. UZakariya, owayengumbingeleli kwelakwaYuda, wayethandazele ukuba umfazi wakhe akhawuleze nomthandazo wakhe waphendulwa ngokufika kwengeli likaGabriyeli.

Nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yokuba uZakariya ethandabuza amazwi engelosi uGabriel, wayesisidenge de uElizabhete akazange akwazi ukuzala unyana wabo (uLuka 1: 18-25). Ukuya phambili ngokukhawuleza emva kokufika konyana wabo omtsha, xa wayeya kuthiywa igama aze aluswe. Isiko ke ithiywa ngegama likayise, kodwa uElizabhete wathi igama lale nkwenkwe yayinguYohane, njengoko yayikhe yatshoyo iNkosi. Emva koqhanqalazo lwabo babemngqongile bekhetha igama, uZakariya wabhala etyabheni ukuba eli izakuba ligama lonyana wakhe kwaye kwangoko ilizwi lakhe labuya (uLuka 1: 59-64).

Into esiyifundayo emtshatweni wabo kukuba ngexesha apho uZakariya wabonwa enegunya namandla njengombingeleli, uElizabhete yayinguye owabonisa amandla negunya kulwalamano lwabo ekuthiya igama kunyana wakhe xa umyeni wakhe wayengakwazi ukuthetha. Mhlawumbi wenziwa cwaka kuba uThixo wayengacingi ukuba uZakariya uza kukhetha igama lonyana wakhe u-John kwaye alandele ukuthanda kukaThixo, ke wakhethwa uElizabethe ukuba asukume avakalise igama. Emtshatweni, kubalulekile ukuba kunye emtshatweni kunye nokuqonda ukuba nguThixo kuphela onokumisela umendo wakho, hayi abanye ngamandla okanye ngesiko.

Umtshato 3: UGomere noHoseya
Lo mtshato yenye ebonakala ngathi kunzima ukuyiqonda ukuba ingasetyenziswa njani ingcebiso yomtshato. Ngamafutshane, uHoseya wathunywa nguThixo ukuba atshatele, phakathi kwabo bonke abantu, umfazi oziphethe kakubi (mhlawumbi owayekrexeza) ogama linguGomeri wamenza ukuba azale abantwana. Nangona kunjalo, uThixo walumkisa uHoseya ukuba wayeya kumshiya rhoqo kwaye wayefanele ukuba amfumane rhoqo ambuyise (Hosana 1: 1-9).

Umzekelo kaThixo wothando olungapheliyo lukaHoseya ngoGomeri, kwanaxa wamkayo wamngcatshayo, yayikukubonisa uthando olungagungqiyo awayenalo ngo-Israyeli (abantu bakaThixo), owayengathembeki rhoqo kuye. U-Thixo uqhubekile nokubonelela uthando kunye nenceba ku-Israyeli kwaye, emva kwexesha, uSirayeli wabuyela kuThixo ngeengalo zothando (Hos. 14).

Ke oku kuthetha ntoni kwimitshato yethu? Ngokujonga ubudlelwane phakathi kukaHoseya noGomere, upeyinta umfanekiso wenyani nomtshato. Ngamanye amaxesha iqabane lenza ukungcola, ukusuka kwizinto ezilula njengokulibala ukutshixa ucango, kwiingxaki ezigqithileyo njengokulukuhla. Kodwa ke ukuba uThixo unibizele kunye, uxolelo nothando kufuneka zinikezelwe ukubonisa ukuba ayisiyiyo indibaniselwano yothando, kodwa uthando luya kuhlala luqhubeka kwaye lukhula ngokuhamba kwexesha. Wonke umntu uphosakele, kodwa kuyaxolelwa kwaye kuhamba phambili ukuba umtshato uya kuhlala.

Umtshato 4: UGiuseppe noMaria
Ngaphandle kolu manyano, ibali likaYesu ngezaqale lahlukile. UMariya, owayeganwe nguYosefu, wafunyanwa enonyana kwaye uYosefu wayethathe isigqibo sokungamhlazisi esidlangalaleni uMariya malunga nokukhulelwa, kodwa bayakuphelisa ukubandakanyeka kwabo kude emehlweni. Nangona kunjalo, yonke into yaguquka xa uYosefu wayetyelelwe yingelosi ephupheni, owamxelela ukuba unyana kaMariya ngokwenene wayengunyana kaThixo (Mateyu 1: 20-25).

Njengoko siza kubona kamva kwincwadi kaMateyu, kunye nezinye iivangeli ezintathu kwiTestamente eNtsha, uMariya wazala uYesu, ngenxa yothando noncedo lomyeni wakhe amthandayo uJoseph.

Nangona imitshato yethu ingenakukhethwa nguThixo ukuba izise unyana wakhe emhlabeni, umtshato kaJosefu noMariya ubonakalisa ukuba kufanele siwubone umtshato wethu njengeyona njongo imiselwe nguThixo.Umtshato ngamnye ulingqina elibonisa ukuba uThixo unamandla okuhlanganisa abantu ababini. kwaye basebenzise imanyano yabo ukuzukisa ukuba bangobani kunye nokholo lwesibini. Nokuba ucinga ukuba umtshato wakho uqhelekileyo kangakanani (ekunokwenzeka ukuba uYosefu noMariya babecinga ngaxeshanye), uThixo uneenjongo zokuba ungaze uphuphe ukwenzeka kubudlelwane bakho ngoba wonke umtshato unentsingiselo kuYe. Ngamanye amaxesha kuya kufuneka ulandele oko ukuba uThixo ucwangcise umtshato wakho, nokuba yinto entle kangakanani.

Umtshato 5: UKumkani uXerxes kunye no-Esitere
Lo mtshato waqala kwiimeko ezingaqhelekanga ukusuka kwimbono yanamhlanje: umtshato ohleliweyo xa uEstere waziswa kwibhotwe likaKumkani uXerxes kwaye wakhethwa ukuba abe ngukumkanikazi olandelayo. Nangona kunjalo, kwanomtshato ongamanyaniswa luthando, ukumkani kunye noEstere bakhula behloniphana nothando, ngakumbi xa uEstere waxelela ukumkani ngeyelenqe awayenalo nxamnye noMordekayi umalume wakhe.

Obona bungqina bobudlelwane babo bavela xa, emva kokufunda ngeyelenqe elibi likaHaman lokubulala amaJuda (abantu bakhe), uEstere waya ngaphandle kokuyalela kukumkani ukuba bamcele yena noHaman ukuba baye kwitheko awayelilungiselela. Kwitheko, watyhila iyelenqe likaHaman nabantu bakhe basindiswa, ngelixa yena uHaman wayexhonywa kunye noMordekayi wenyuswa.

Eyona nto ibalasele kakhulu kulwalamano lwabo kukuba uEstere, ngelixa wayeqonda apho wayekhona njengoKumkanikazi we Kumkani Xerxes, ngesibindi kodwa ngentlonelo waya kukumkani kwaye wenza izicelo zakhe zaziwa xa evakalelwa ukuba uza kumamela kwaye abe mnandi. Umahluko kwindlela uEstere awenza ngayo waqonda uKing Xerxes kunye nendlela owayengumkanikazi, uVashti, ezenza ngayo iimbono zakhe waziwa ngokucacileyo kwindlela uEstere awayeyiqonda ngayo imbeko kakumkani eluntwini kunye nokuba izinto okubalulekileyo yayikukulawulwa kude ngamehlo kunye neendlebe zabanye.

Njengomfazi wendoda, kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuba ukuhlonitshwa kuxabiswa kakhulu ngamadoda kwaye ukuba indoda iyaziva iyathandwa kwaye ihlonitshwe ngumfazi wayo, iya kuyibuyisela imbeko nothando ngendlela efanayo. UEstere walubonisa olu thando nembeko kukumkani, obabuyisele kwindalo.

Umtshato ngumanyano osungulwe nguThixo phakathi kwabantu ababini, indoda nomfazi, abaqondayo ukuba umtshato awenzelwanga udumo, ikratshi kwaye kufuneka uhlonishwe, kodwa kufuneka ubonakalise uthando lukaThixo kwabanye Ukuthandana kunye noThixo. Imitshato echazwe ngentla apha ekuqaleni ibonakala ngathi ayimeli imigaqo eqinileyo yokunceda umtshato wakho. Nangona kunjalo, kuhlolo olusondeleyo, kucacile ukuba imitshato yabo ibonisa indlela uThixo afuna ukuba sikhokele ngayo imitshato yethu ngokusebenzisana naye.

Umtshato awuyonto yokwehla kwentliziyo kwaye ufuna umsebenzi wokwenyani, uthando kunye nomonde ukuseka uthando oluhlala luhleli, kodwa kukwayimfuneko ukulandela nokwazi ukuba uThixo ukuhlanganisile ngenjongo ezimbini ezikhulu kunangaphambili yazi.