Abaphengululi baye bafumanisa umhla awazalwa ngawo uYesu

Rhoqo ngonyaka - kwithuba likaDisemba - sihlala sibuyela kwingxoxo efanayo: wazalwa nini uYesu? Ngeli xesha ngabaphengululi baseItali abafumana impendulo. Kudliwanondlebe olwenziwe ngu Edward Pentin nge-il IRejista yamaKatolika kaZwelonke, ugqirha wembali uLiberato de Caro wabelana ngeziphumo ezifikelelwe liqela lakhe lophando malunga nomhla wokuzalwa kukaYesu.

Ukuzalwa kukaYesu, okwafunyanwa eItali

Kuhlolisiso oluye lwenziwa kutshanje, umbhali-mbali waseItali uchaza ixesha awazalwa ngalo uKristu IBetlemme Ngomhla woku-1 kuDisemba BC Wabekwa njani owona nyaka kunye nenyanga? Nazi izinto eziphambili kwisishwankathelo:

Inyanga yokuzalwa

Into yokuqala ekufuneka iqwalaselwe xa kubalwa umhla wokuzalwa kukaYesu lulwalamano oluphakathi kohambo ngezonqulo oluya eYerusalem nokukhulelwa kukaElizabhete.

Into yokuqala ekufuneka iphawulwe kukuba ngokutsho kwengxelo yobalo-maxesha lweVangeli ngokukaLuka, uElizabhete wayekhulelwe kwinyanga yesithandathu xa kwenzeka uKuchazwa Kwengoma.

Ngaloo mihla, umbhali-mbali uthi, kwakukho iindwendwe ezintathu: enye ukuya Pasqua,omnye a IPentekoste [ngesiHebhere] (kwiintsuku ezingama-50 emva kwepasika) nolwesithathu kwaba Umthendeleko weminquba (kwiinyanga ezintandathu emva kwePasika).

Elona xesha liphezulu lalinokudlula phakathi kohambo lwezonqulo kabini olulandelelanayo yayiziinyanga ezintandathu, ukususela kuMthendeleko weMinquba ukuya kutsho kwiPasika elandelayo.

Incwadi yeVangeli ngokukaLuka ibonisa indlela uYosefu noMariya babengabahambi ngezonqulo ngokutsho koMthetho kaMoses ( Luka 2,41:XNUMX ), owawulungiselela ukuya eYerusalem kwimibhiyozo emithathu ekhankanywe ngasentla.

Ngoku, ekubeni uMariya, ngexesha likaUkubhengeza, wayengazi ukuba uElizabhete ukhulelwe, ngoko ngokuqinisekileyo kwakungekho hambo lwezonqulo ubuncinane kwiinyanga ezintlanu ngaphambi kwelo xesha, ekubeni uElizabhete wayesele ekwinyanga yesithandathu yokukhulelwa. 

Konke oku kuthetha ukuba i-Annunciation bekufanele ukuba yenzekile ubuncinane kwiinyanga ezintlanu emva kwesidlo sohambo. Kulandela, ke ngoko, ukuba ixesha lokubeka i-Annunciation lixesha eliphakathi koMthendeleko weMinquba kunye ne-Ista, kwaye utyelelo lwengelosi kuMariya kufuneka lube lusondele kakhulu kwaye lungaphambi kwePasika.

I-Ista yaqala unyaka we-liturgical kwaye yawela kwinyanga yokuqala epheleleyo yasentwasahlobo, ngokuqhelekileyo ekupheleni kuka-Matshi, ekuqaleni kuka-Epreli. Ukuba sidibanisa iinyanga ezilithoba zokukhulelwa, sifika ekupheleni kukaDisemba, ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari. Ezi yayiza kuba ziinyanga zomhla wokuzalwa kukaYesu.

Usuku lokuzalwa

Incwadi yeVangeli ngokukaMateyu oNgcwele (Mateyu 2,1, XNUMX) isixelela ngesityholo sokubulawa kwabantu Abangenatyala nguHerode Omkhulu, ngelizama ukucinezela uYesu owayesandul’ ukuzalwa.” Ngoko ke, uHerode umele ukuba wayesele esaphila ngaloo nyaka. UYesu wazalwa.Umbhali-mbali uFlavius ​​​​Josephus, uHerode Omkhulu wafa emva kokusithwa kwelanga yinyanga eYerusalem. Ngoko ke, inzululwazi ngeenkwenkwezi iluncedo ekubhaleni umhla wokufa kwakhe yaye, ngenxa yoko, unyaka wokuzalwa kukaYesu.

Ngokutsho kwezifundo zenzululwazi ngeenkwenkwezi zangoku, ukusithwa kwelanga yinyanga okwabonakala ngokwenene kwelakwaYuda kwiminyaka engama-2000 eyadlulayo, okubekwe ngokunxibelelene nezinye iinkalo zobalo-maxesha nembali efunyenwe kwimibhalo kaJosephus nakwimbali yamaRoma, kukhokelela kwisicombululo esinye kuphela esinokubakho.

Umhla wokufa kukaHerode Omkhulu wawuya kwenzeka ngo-2-3 AD, ngokuhambelana nesiqalo esiqhelekileyo sexesha lobuKristu, oko kukuthi, umhla wokuzalwa kukaYesu wawuya kwenzeka ngo-1 BC.