Nabangcwele bayakoyika ukufa
Ijoni eliqhelekileyo lisweleka ngaphandle koloyiko; UYesu wafa esoyika ”. U-Iris Murdoch ubhale la magama, ndiyakholelwa, anceda ukuveza umbono olula wokuba ukholo luphendula njani xa ujongene nokufa.
Kukho uluvo oludumileyo olukholelwa ukuba ukuba sinokholo olomeleleyo akufuneki sibenalo uloyiko olungafunekiyo ebusweni bokufa, kodwa sijongane nokuzola, uxolo kunye nombulelo kuba asoyiki nto kuThixo okanye emva kokufa. UKristu wakoyisa ukufa. Ukufa kusithumela ezulwini. Kutheni ke usoyika?
Oku kunjalo, enyanisweni kunjalo ngamabhinqa namadoda amaninzi, abanye banokholo kwaye abanye abanawo. Abantu abaninzi bajongana nokufa bengoyiki kakhulu. Iibhayografi zabangcwele zinika ubungqina obaneleyo koku kwaye uninzi lwethu luye lwahlala kumandlalo wokufa wabantu abangasoze bavunyelwe ukuba babe ngabangcwele kodwa abajongane nokusweleka kwabo bezolile bengoyiki.
Kutheni ke uYesu esoyika? Kwaye kubonakala ngathi yayiyiyo. Iincwadi ezintathu zeVangeli zichaza uYesu njengongenako kwaphela ukuzola noxolo, njengokubila kwegazi, ngexesha leeyure ezikhokelela koku kufa. IVangeli likaMarko limchaza njengoko ekhathazekile njengokuba esifa: "Thixo wam, Thixo wam, undishiyeleni na?"
Sithini ngoku?
UMichael Buckley, umJesuit waseKhalifoniya, wakha wanika usapho oludumileyo apho wabeka khona umahluko phakathi kwendlela uSocrates awaphatha ngayo ukufa kwakhe kunye nendlela uYesu awaphatha ngayo neyakhe. Ukuqukumbela kukaBuckley kunokusishiya sididekile. USocrates ubonakala ejongene nokufa ngesibindi kunoYesu.
NjengoYesu, noSocrates wagwetyelwa ukufa ngokungekho sikweni. Kodwa wajongana nokufa kwakhe ezolile, engenaloyiko kwaphela, eqinisekile ukuba indoda elilungisa ayinanto yokoyika isigwebo somntu okanye ukufa. Waxoxa ngokuzolileyo nabafundi bakhe, wabaqinisekisa ukuba akoyiki, wamnika intsikelelo, wasela ityhefu kwaye wasweleka.
Kwaye u Yesu, ngokuchaseneyo? Ngeeyure ezazikhokelela ekufeni kwakhe, waziva ngokunzulu ukungcatshwa kwabafundi bakhe, wabila igazi kukuqaqanjelwa kwaye kwimizuzu embalwa ngaphambi kokuba asweleke wadanduluka enxunguphalo njengoko wayeziva elahliwe. Siyazi, ewe, ukuba isikhalo sakhe sokulahlwa yayingengomzuzu wakhe wokugqibela. Emva kwalaa mzuzu wokubandezeleka kunye noloyiko, wakwazi ukuhambisa umoya wakhe kuYise. Ekugqibeleni, kwabakho inzolo; kodwa, kwimizuzwana engaphambilana, kwabakho umzuzu wentlungu ebuhlungu xa waziva eshiywe nguThixo.
Ukuba umntu akakuqwalaseli ukuntsonkotha kwangaphakathi kokholo, iziphikiso eziqulathiweyo, akukho ngqiqweni ukuba uYesu, ongenasono nothembekileyo, kufuneka abile igazi kwaye adanduluke ngaphakathi kwintlungu ejongene nokufa kwakhe. Kodwa ukholo lwenene alusoloko lubonakala ngaphandle. Abantu abaninzi, kwaye ikakhulu abo bathembekileyo, kufuneka benziwe uvavanyo olubizwa ngokuba ziimfihlakalo ubusuku obumnyama bomphefumlo.
Buyintoni ubusuku obumnyama bomphefumlo? Bubungqina obunikwe nguThixo ebomini apho kuthi, ngokumangaliswa okukhulu kunye nokukhathazeka, singasakwazi ukubucinga ubukho bukaThixo okanye simve uThixo nangayiphi na indlela ebomini bethu.
Ngokwemvakalelo yangaphakathi, oku kuvakalelwa ngokungathandabuzekiyo, ngokungakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo. Zama kangangoko sinako, asinakuphinda sicinge ukuba uThixo ukhona, singasathethi ke ngokuba uyasithanda. Nangona kunjalo, njengoko iimfihlakalo zisitsho kwaye noYesu ngokwakhe engqina, oku asikokuphulukana nokholo kodwa enyanisweni yimeko enzulu yokholo ngokwalo.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kukholo lwethu, sinxulumene noThixo ikakhulu ngemifanekiso kunye neemvakalelo. Kodwa imifanekiso yethu kunye neemvakalelo zethu ngoThixo ayingoThixo, ke, ngaxa lithile, kwabanye abantu (nangona ingengabo bonke), uThixo uyayisusa imifanekiso kunye neemvakalelo kwaye asishiye sineengcinga ezingenanto kwaye simile ngothando, sihluthiwe yonke imifanekiso sidalele uThixo.Nakuba oku kukukhanya okulawulayo, kubonwa njengobumnyama, uxinzelelo, uloyiko kunye nokuthandabuza.
Kwaye ke singalindela ukuba uhambo lwethu oluya ekufeni kunye nokudibana kwethu ubuso ngobuso noThixo kungabandakanya ukwaphula iindlela ezininzi ebesoloko sicinga kwaye sivakalelwa nguThixo, kwaye oku kuyakuzisa intandabuzo, ubumnyama kunye noloyiko ebomini bethu.
UHenri Nouwen unika ubungqina obunamandla boku ngokuthetha ngokusweleka kukanina. Umama wakhe wayengumfazi onokholo olunzulu kwaye yonke imihla wayethandaza kuYesu: "Makhe ndiphile njengawe kwaye nam mandife njengawe".
Ukwazi ukholo lukanina olungqongqo, uNouwen wayelindele ukuba imeko ejikeleze umandlalo wakhe wokufa ibe nokuzola kunye nembonakalo yendlela ukholo oludibana ngayo nokufa ngaphandle koloyiko. Kodwa umama wakhe wahlupheka kakhulu kwaye esoyika phambi kokuba asweleke kwaye oku kwamshiya edidekile uNouwen, de wabona ukuba umthandazo kanina uphendulwe. Wayethandazile ukufa njengoYesu-kwaye wenza njalo.
Ijoni eliqhelekileyo lisweleka ngaphandle koloyiko; UYesu wafa esoyika. Ke, ngokudidayo, ngaba uninzi lwabasetyhini kunye namadoda okholo.