I-Biography kaRute esebhayibhile

Ngokwencwadi yebhayibhile kaRute, uRute wayengumfazi waseMowabhi owayetshate nosapho lakwa-Israyeli kwaye ekugqibeleni waguqukela ebuYudeni. Ungukhokhokazi kaKumkani uDavide kwaye ke ukhokho kaMesiya.

URuth uguqukela ebuYudeni
Ibali likaRute liqala xa umfazi ongumSirayeli ogama linguNahomi kunye nomyeni wakhe uElimeleki beshiya idolophu yabo eBhetelehem. U-Israyeli uphethwe yindlala kwaye bagqiba kwelokuba bafudukele kwilizwe elingummelwane lakwaMowabhi. Ekugqibeleni, umyeni kaNahomi uyafa kwaye abantwana bakaNahomi batshata abafazi bakwaMowabhi ogama linguOrpa noRute.

Emva kweminyaka elishumi sitshatile, bobabini abantwana bakaNahomi basweleka ngezizathu ezingaziwayo kwaye uthatha isigqibo sokuba lixesha lokuba abuyele kwilizwe lakhe lakwa-Israyeli. Indlala idambile kwaye akasenalo usapho olusondeleyo kwaMowabhi. UNahomi uxelela iintombi zakhe ngezicwangciso zakhe kwaye bobabini bathi bafuna ukuhamba naye. Kodwa bangabafazi abancinci abanamathuba onke okutshata kwakhona, ke uNahomi ubacebisa ukuba bahlale kwilizwe labo, baphinde batshate, kwaye baqale ubomi obutsha. U-Orpa ekugqibeleni uyavuma, kodwa uRuth unyanzelisa ukuhlala noNahomi. “Musa ukundicenga ukuba ndikushiye okanye ndijike,” utsho uRute kuNahomi. Apho uya khona ndiya kuya, nalapho uhlala khona. Abantu bakowenu baya kuba ngabantu basekhaya, noThixo wakho abe nguThixo wam. (URute 1:16).

Isiteyitimenti sikaRute asibhengezi nje ukuthembeka kwakhe kuNahomi, kodwa umnqweno wakhe wokujoyina abantu bakaNahomi, abantu abangamaJuda. "Kumawaka eminyaka ukusukela oko uRute wathetha la mazwi," ubhala uRabi uJoseph Telushkin, "akukho mntu uchaze bhetele ukudityaniswa kwabantu kunye nenkolo ephawula ubuJuda:" Abantu bakho baya kuba ngabantu bam "(" ndinqwenela ukujoyina kuhlanga lwamaJuda ")," uThixo wakho uya kuba nguThixo wam "(" ndinqwenela ukwamkela inkolo yamaJuda ").

URute utshata noBhohazi
Kungekudala emva kokuba uRute eguqukele ebuYudeni, yena noNahomi bafika kwaSirayeli ngelixa ukuvunwa kwerhasi kuqhubeka. Bahlwempuzekile kangangokuba uRute kufuneka aqokelele ukutya okuwe emhlabeni ngelixa abavuni beqokelela izityalo. Ngokwenza njalo, uRute usebenzisa umthetho wamaJuda osuka kwiLevitikus 19: 9-10. Umthetho uyabalela abalimi ekuvuneni izityalo "ukuya kuthi xhaxhe ngentsimi" kunye nokuqokelela ukutya okuwele emhlabeni. Zombini ezi zenzo zivumela amahlwempu ukuba ondle iintsapho zawo ngokuvuna okuseleyo kwintsimi yomfama.

Ngombulelo, intsimi asebenza kuyo uRute yeyendoda egama linguBhohazi, osisalamane somyeni kaNahomi ongasekhoyo. Xa uBhohazi efumanisa ukuba kukho umfazi oqokelela ukutya emasimini akhe, uthi kubasebenzi bakhe: “Makhe aqokelele izithungu, ningamkhalimeli. Yithatheleni iziqu zayo ezibayeni, ize ihlanganise, ningamkhalimeli ”(Rute 2:14). UBhohazi unika uRute isipho sengqolowa egcadiweyo kwaye umxelela ukuba kufuneka azive ekhuselekile ekusebenzeni emasimini akhe.

Xa uRute exelela uNahomi okwenzekileyo, uNahomi umxelela ngonxibelelwano lwabo noBhohazi. Emva koko uNahomi ucebisa umolokazana wakhe ukuba anxibe kwaye alale ezinyaweni zikaBhohazi ngelixa yena nabasebenzi bakhe besenkampini emasimini befuna isivuno. UNahomi unethemba lokuba ngokwenza njalo, uBhohazi uza kutshata noRute kwaye baya kuba nendlu kwaSirayeli.

URute ulandela ingcebiso kaNahomi kwaye xa uBhohazi emfumanisa ezinyaweni ezinzulwini zobusuku uyabuza ukuba ungubani. URute uphendula athi: “Ndingumkhonzi wakho uRute. Yandisa ikona yengubo yakho phezu kwam, ngokuba ungumkhululi wosapho lwethu ”(Rute 3: 9). Ukumbiza ngokuba "mkhululi" uRute kubhekisa kwisithethe sakudala, apho umzalwana wayetshata umfazi womntakwabo ongasekhoyo ukuba wasweleka engenabantwana. Umntwana wokuqala ozelwe kuloo manyano uya kuthathwa njengonyana womntakwabo ongasekhoyo kwaye uya kuzidla ilifa zonke iipropathi zakhe. Kuba uBhohazi wayengenguye umntakwabo umyeni kaRuth ongasekhoyo, isiko lobuchwephesha alisebenzi kuye. Nangona kunjalo uthi, ngelixa enomdla wokutshata naye, kukho esinye isihlobo esisondele kakhulu ku-Elimeleki onebango elinamandla.

Ngosuku olulandelayo uBhohazi uthetha nesi sizalwana kunye nabadala abalishumi njengamangqina. UBhohazi umxelela ukuba uElimeleki nabantwana bakhe banomhlaba kwaMowabhi ekufuneka uhlawulelwe, kodwa ukuze bawuthathe, isihlobo kufuneka sitshate noRute. Isizalwane sinomdla kulo mhlaba, kodwa asifuni ukutshata noRuth kuba oko kuya kuthetha ukuba ilifa lakhe liza kwabelwa bonke abantwana awayenabo noRuth. Ucela uBhohazi ukuba abe ngumkhululi, nto leyo evuyisa kakhulu uBhohazi. Utshata uRute aze kungekudala azale unyana ogama linguObhedi, oba nguyisemkhulu kaKumkani uDavide. Kuba uMesiya waprofetwa ukuba uza kuvela kwiNdlu kaDavide, oyena kumkani mkhulu kwimbali yakwa-Israyeli kunye noMesiya ozayo bobabini bayinzala kaRute, umfazi ongumMowabhikazi owaguqukela ebuYudeni.

Incwadi kaRuth noShavuot
Kuyisiko ukufunda iNcwadi kaRute ngexesha leholide yamaJuda kaShavuot, ebhiyozela ukunikezelwa kweTorah kubantu bamaJuda. Ngokuka-Rabbi u-Alfred Kolatach, zintathu izizathu zokuba ibali likaRuth lifundwe ku-Shavuot:

Ibali likaRuth lenzeka ngexesha lokuvunwa kwentwasahlobo, xa uShavuot ewa.
URute ngukhokho kaKumkani uDavide, owathi ngokwesiko wazalwa wasweleka eShavuot.
Kuba uRute wazingqina ethembekile kubuYuda ngokuguqula, kufanelekile ukuba umkhumbule ngeholide ukukhumbula isipho seTorah kubantu bamaJuda. Njengokuba uRute wayezibandakanya ngokukhululekileyo ebuYudeni, nabantu bamaJuda bazibophelela ekulandeleni iTora.