Yintoni isiqhumiso? Ukusetyenziswa kwayo eBhayibhileni nasenkolweni
IFrankincense yigamu okanye i-resin yomthi weBoswellia, esetyenziselwa ukwenza iziqholo kunye nesiqhumiso.
Igama lesiHebhere lesiqhumiso yi-labonah, elithetha "mhlophe", libhekisele kumbala wegum. Igama lesiNgesi ngesiqhumiso livela kwibinzana lesiFrentshi elithetha "iziqhumiso zasimahla" okanye "Umlilo osimahla" Ikwabizwa ngokuba yirabanum yerabha.
Iziqhumiso eBhayibhileni
Izilumko okanye amadoda azizilumko atyelela uYesu Kristu eBhetelehem xa wayenonyaka okanye emibini. Umsitho ubhalwe kwincwadi yeVangeli kaMateyu, ekwathetha nangezipho zabo:
Zingenile endlwini, zambona umntwana enoMariya unina, zawa, zaqubuda kuye. Bathi ke, bakuluvula ubuncwane babo, bazisa nezipho; igolide, intlaka yokuqhumisa nemore. (Mat. 2:11, KJV)
Yincwadi kaMateyu kuphela ebhala eli nqaku lebali leKrisimesi. KuYesu oselula, esi sipho sasifanekisela ubuThixo bakhe okanye isikhundla sombingeleli omkhulu, kuba isiqhumiso sasiyinxalenye ephambili yemibingelelo eya kuYehova kwiTestamente Endala. Ukusukela ekunyukeni kwakhe ezulwini, uKrestu ebekhonza njengombingeleli omkhulu wabakholwayo, ebathandazela noThixo uYise.
Isipho esinexabiso eliphantsi sokumkani
Isiqhumiso yayiyinto ebiza kakhulu kuba yayiqokelelwa kwiindawo ezikude zeArabia, kuMantla eAfrika naseIndiya. Ukuqokelela i-frankincense resin yayiyinkqubo yokuchitha ixesha. Umvuni uqhekeze isentimitha ezi-5 ubude esinqeni somthi esihlala sihlala sikhula, esakhula kufutshane namatye e-limestone entlango. Kwisithuba seenyanga ezimbini okanye ezintathu, isixa siphuma emthini kwaye siqinise "iinyembezi" ezimhlophe. Umvuni wayeya kubuya azichithe phantsi iisaliti, kwaye aqokelele i-resin engacocekanga ebisuswe ngumququ kwigqabi lomthi wesundu obekwe emhlabeni. Intsimbi eyomeleleyo inokususwa ukuze ikhuphe ioyile yayo enuka iziqholo, okanye ichotshozwe kwaye itshiswe njengesiqhumiso.
Iziqhumiso zazisetyenziswa ngokubanzi ngamaYiputa amandulo kwizithethe zawo zonqulo. Imigca emincinci yayo ifunyenwe kwi-mummies. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba amaYuda afunda ukuyilungiselela ngelixa ayengamakhoboka eYiputa ngaphambi kwemfuduko. Imiyalelo eneenkcukacha ngendlela yokusebenzisa ngokufanelekileyo isiqhumiso kumadini iyafumaneka kwiEksodus, kuLevitikus nakwiNumeri.
Lo mxube uqukwa ziinxalenye ezilinganayo zeziqholo ze-stacte, i-onycha kunye ne-galbanum, ezixutywe nesiqhumiso esicocekileyo kwaye zinongwe ngetyuwa (Eksodus 30: 34). Ngomyalelo kaThixo, ukuba umntu usebenzise le ndawo njengeziqholo zobuqu, ngesele bekhutshelwe abantu bakokwabo.
Iziqhumiso zisasetyenziswa kwezinye izithethe zeCawa yamaRoma Katolika. Umsi wayo ufuzisela imithandazo yabathembekileyo abanyukela ezulwini.
I-Frankincense ebalulekileyo yeoyile
Namhlanje intlaka yokuqhumisa ioyile eyaziwayo (ngamanye amaxesha ibizwa ngokuba yi-olibanum). Kukholelwa ukuba ukunciphisa uxinzelelo, ukuphucula izinga lokubetha kwentliziyo, ukuphefumla kunye noxinzelelo lwegazi, ukunyusa ukusebenza komzimba, ukunciphisa iintlungu, ukupholisa ulusu olomileyo, ukubuyisela umva iimpawu zokwaluphala, ukulwa umhlaza kunye nezinye izibonelelo ezininzi zempilo. .