Wayengubani uKumkani uNebhukadenetsare eBhayibhileni?

UKumkani uNebhukadenetsare wasebhayibhile wayengomnye wabalawuli abanamandla awakhe abonakala kwihlabathi, kodwa njengabo bonke ookumkani, amandla akhe ayengekho nto xa ethelekiswa noThixo oyinyaniso kaSirayeli.

UKumkani uNebhukadenetsare
Igama elipheleleyo: UNebhukadenetsare II, ukumkani waseBhabheli
Yaziwa ngokuba: Ngoyena mlawuli unamandla kunye nokhonza ixesha elide kuRhulumente waseBhabheli (605-562 BC) owayedume kakhulu kwiincwadi zebhayibhile zikaYeremiya, uHezekile noDaniel.
Ukuzalwa: c. Ngo-630 B.C.E.
Ikhohlisiwe: c. Ngo-562 B.C.E.
Bazali: UNabopolassar noShuadamqa waseBhabheli
Umlingane: I-Amytis yeMidiya
Abantwana: Ububi-Merodach kunye no-Eanna-szarra-usur
UNebhukadenetsare II
UKumkani uNebhukadenetsare waziwa ngeembali zanamhlanje njengoNebhukadenetsare II. Wayelawula iBhabheli ukusukela ngonyaka wama-605 ukuya kowama-562 BC Njengabanye oorhulumente ababenamandla nabade basebenza ngexesha le-Neo-Bhabheli, uNebhukadenetsare wakhokela isixeko saseBhabheli wasishiya nomhla wasemagunyeni.

Wazalelwa eBhabheli, uNebhukadenetsare wayengunyana kaNebopolassar, umsunguli wobukumkani bamaKhaledi. Kanye njengokuba uNebhukadenetsare wangena esikhundleni sikayise etroneni, kwalandela unyana wakhe u-Evil-Merodach.

UNebhukadenetsare waziwa njengokukumkani waseBhabheli otshabalalisile iYerusalem ngo-526 BC kwaye wathimba amaYuda amaninzi eBhabheli. Ngokwamandulo likaJosephus, uNebhukadenetsare kamva wabuyela ekungqingweni kweYerusalem ngonyaka wama-586 BC. Incwadi kaJeremia ityhila ukuba eli phulo lakhokelela ekuthinjweni kwesixeko, ukutshatyalaliswa kwetempile kaSolomon nokuthinjwa kwamaYuda basiwe ekuthinjweni.

Igama likaNebhukadenetsare lithetha "ngamana uNebo (okanye uNabu) asikhusele isithsaba" kwaye ngamanye amaxesha uguqulelwa njengoNebhukadenetsare. Waba ngumoyisi ophumeleleyo kunye nomakhi. Amawaka ezitena afunyenwe eIraq enegama lakhe eligximfiziweyo. Ngelixa wayeyinkosana yesithsaba, uNebhukadenetsare wafumana isikhundla sokuba yinjengele yomkhosi ngokuwoyisa ama-Egypt phantsi kukaFaro Nechos kwidabi laseKarkemishe (2 Kumkani 24: 7; 2 Kronike 35:20; Yeremiya 46: 2).

Ngexesha lokulawula kwakhe, uNebhukadenetsare wabandisa ubukhosi baseBhabhiloni. Ngoncedo lomfazi wakhe u-Amytis, wenza umsebenzi wokwakha ngokutsha kunye nokuhombisa umzi wakubo kunye nekomkhulu laseBhabheli. Indoda yokomoya, wabuyisela iitempile zobuhedeni zikaMarduk kunye neNabs, kunye nezinye iitempile kunye neetempile. Emva kokuhlala kwibhotwe likayise kangangexesha elithile, wazakhela indlu yobukhosi, ibhotwe lasehlotyeni kunye nebhotwe elisezantsi elisemazantsi. Iigadi ezixhonyiweyo zaseBhabheli, enye yeempumelelo zokwakha zikaNebhukadenetsare, iphakathi kweZimanga ezisixhenxe zeLizwe laMandulo.

Isixeko esimangalisayo saseBhabheli
Isixeko esihle saseBhabheli esineNqaba yaseBhabheli mgama kunye nomnye wemimangaliso esixhenxe yakudala, iiHanging Gardens, imelwe kolu lwakhiwo ngokutsha ngumzobi uMario Larrinaga. Eyakhelwe nguKumkani uNebhukadenetsare ukudibana nomnye wabafazi bakhe. Ifoto nguHulton Archive / Getty Izithombe
UKumkani uNebhukadenetsare wasweleka ngo-Agasti okanye ngoSeptemba 562 BC eneminyaka engama-84 ubudala. Ubungqina obungokwembali kunye nobokwebhayibhile buveza ukuba uKumkani uNebhukadenetsare wayengumlawuli onobukrelekrele kodwa onobuqhophololo ongazange avumele nantoni na ukuba ingene kumhlaba wakhe. Imithombo ebalulekileyo yeli xesha likaKumkani uNebhukadenetsare ziKronike zooKumkani bamaKhaledi kunye neBhabheli yaseBhabheli.

Ibali likaKumkani uNebhukadenetsare eBhayibhileni
Ibali likaKumkani uNebhukadenetsare liqala ukubakho kweyesi-2 yooKumkani 24, 25; 2 yeziKronike 36; UYeremiya 21-52; kunye noDisemba 1-4. Xa uNebhukadenetsare wayoyisayo iYerusalem ngonyaka wama-586 B.C.E., wabuyisa uninzi lwabemi bakhe ababekrelekrele eBhabheli, kuquka uDaniel oselula kunye nabahlobo bakhe abathathu abangamaYuda, ababizwa ngegama lokuba nguShadraki, uMeshaki no-Abhednego.

Incwadi kaDaniel isibuyisela ngasemva ixesha elibonisa indlela uThixo awamsebenzisa ngayo uNebhukadenetsare ukwenza imbali yehlabathi. Njengabaphathi abaninzi, uNebhukadenetsare waseka amandla akhe nokuvelela, kodwa eneneni yayisisixhobo kwicebo likaThixo.

UThixo wanika uDaniel amandla okuchaza amaphupha kaNebhukadenetsare, kodwa ukumkani zange azithobe ngokupheleleyo kuThixo.UDaniel wachaza iphupha lokuba ukumkani uyakuphambana iminyaka esixhenxe, ehlala emasimini njengesilwanyana, eneenwele ezinde kwaye iinzipho, kunye nokutya ingca. Emva konyaka, xa uNebhukadenetsare wayeqhayisa ngaye, lazaliseka iphupha. UThixo wamhlazisa lo mlawuli unekratshi ngokumguqula abe lirhamncwa lasendle.

Abembi bezinto zakudala bathi kukho ixesha elingaziwayo ngexesha lolawulo lukaNebhukadenetsare lweminyaka engama-43 xa ukumkanikazi wayelawula ilizwe. Ekugqibeleni, ubungqondo bukaNebhukadenetsare babuya kwaye babugqala ubukhosi bukaThixo (Daniyeli 4: 34-37).

Isitayile sikaKumkani uNebhukadenetsare -ukuchazwa kukaDaniyeli ngephupha likaNebhukadenetsare
Imifanekiso eqingqiweyo emele abalawuli behlabathi, emi kwimbonakalo yazo zonke izikumkani zehlabathi; ukukrolwa ngombala wesandla, malunga ne-1750. Inesihloko esithi "Colossus Monarchic Statue Danielis", esekwe kutoliko lukaDaniel ngephupha likaNebhukadenetsare elivela kuDaniel 2: 31-45.
Ukomelela kunye nobuthathaka
Njengomntu onobuchule kunye nomlawuli onobuqili, uNebhukadenetsare walandela imigaqo-nkqubo emibini yobulumko: wavumela izizwe ezoyisiweyo ukuba zilondoloze inkolo yazo kwaye zangenisa ezizezona zilumkileyo kubantu aboyisiweyo ukuba zimncedise kulawulo. Ngamanye amaxesha wamqonda uYehova, kodwa ukuthembeka kwakhe kwakuphela ixesha elincinci.

Ikratshi yaba kukuwa kukaNebhukadenetsare. Wayenokukhohliswa ngokukhohlisa aze azicingele ukuba ulingana noThixo, ufanelekile ukunqula.

Izifundo zobomi ezivela kuNebhukadenetsare
Ubomi bukaNebhukadenetsare bufundisa abafundi beBhayibhile ukuba ukuthobeka nokuthobela uThixo kubaluleke ngaphezu kokuphumelela kwehlabathi.
Nokuba umntu unamandla amakhulu kangakanani, amandla kaThixo makakhulu. UKumkani uNebhukadenetsare woyisa izizwe, kodwa akazange akwazi ukuzikhusela phambi kwesandla sikaThixo somandla, ulawula nezityebi namandla ukuze azalisekise iinjongo zakhe.
UDaniel wayebone ookumkani besiza, kuquka uNebhukadenetsare. UDaniel wayeqonda ukuba nguThixo kuphela omelwe ukunqulwa kuba, ekugqibeleni, nguThixo kuphela onamandla azimeleyo.
Iindinyana eziphambili zeBhayibhile
Wathi uNebhukadenetsare, Makabongwe uThixo kaShadraki, kaMeshaki, ka-Abhede-nego osithumileyo, wasisindisa isicaka sakhe. Bathembele kuye kwaye bawudelela umyalelo wokumkani kwaye bazimisele ukunikela ngobomi babo kunokuba bakhonze okanye banqule nawuphi na uthixo ngaphandle koThixo wabo. "(Daniyeli 3:28, NIV)
Oko kwakusemilebeni yomlomo wakhe, kwavakala ilizwi liphuma ezulwini, lisithi, Nguwo lo ummiselo wakho, Kumkani Nebhukadenetsare: igunya lakho lobukumkani lithathiwe kuwe. Kwangoko kwazaliseka oko kwathethwa ngoNebhukadenetsare. Wagxothwa ngabantu watya ingca okweenkomo. Umzimba wakhe watshiswa ngumbethe wezulu de iinwele zakhe zakhula zafana neentsiba zokhozi neenzipho zakhe zanjengeentelesi zentaka. (Daniyeli 4: 31-33, NIV)

“Ke ngoku, mna Nebhukadenezare, ndiyamncoma, ndimphakamisile, ndimzukisa uKumkani wezulu, kuba yonke into ayenzayo ilungile, kwaye zonke iindlela zakhe zilungile. Kwaye abo bahamba ngekratshi bayakwazi ukuhlazisa. (Daniyeli 4:37, NIV)