Ithini iBhayibhile malunga nemihla yokuzalwa: ngaba yimfesane ukubhiyozela?
Ngaba kusisidenge ukubhiyozela usuku lokuzalwa? Ngaba iBhayibhile ithi ezo zikhumbuzo zimele ziphetshwe? Ngaba uMtyholi wavela ngomhla wokuzalwa?
Obu bungqina bokuqala bomhla wokuzalwa obhiyozelwe ebhayibhileni ngumbhalo wefaro waseYiputa ngelo xesha usolusapho uJoseph. UJoseph, omnye woonyana bakaYakobi, wayehlala phakathi kuka-1709 no-1599 BC kwaye wachitha uninzi lobomi bakhe eJiphutha. Ingxelo yomsitho ikwiGenesis 40.
Umzekelo wethu wokuzalwa uqala ngombhaki kunye nomngcamli owayekhonza uFaro. Bobabini babengamabanjwa okubangela ingqumbo yomlawuli kubo. Njengoko bediniwe entolongweni, badibana noJoseph. Umfazi otshatileyo wamphosa entolongweni xa inkcaso yakhe yesondo yaliwa.
Ngobunye ubusuku, kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambi kosuku lokuzalwa kukaFaro, bobabini umbhaki wabhaki kunye nombhaki banamaphupha angaqhelekanga.
Kwiphupha lomngcamli, ubona umdiliya onamasebe amathathu. Uchaza iphupha likaYosefu kwaye uthi ubambe indebe kaFaro. Ikomityi ngesandla, emva koko "wathatha iidiliya (kumdiliya) wazikhama endebeni wazinika yena (uFaro)" (Genesis 40:11).
Umbhaki wezonka uxelela uYosefu ukuba uphuphe eneebhaskithi ezintathu entlokweni yakhe. Ingobozi ephezulu yayiqulathe izinto ezibhakiweyo zikaFaro, apho iintaka zazizitya khona (iGenesis 40:16 - 17).
Ngawaphi amaphupha awayeza kuthi ekugqibeleni athethe kumngcamli kunye nombhaki, njengoko uJoseph waxela kwangaphambili phantsi kokuphefumlelwa nguThixo, kwakuza kuzaliseka kwiintsuku ezintathu emva komhla wokuzalwa kukaFaro. Umngcamli wabuyiselwa umsebenzi wakhe kwinkonzo yomlawuli, lo gama umbhaki wayexhonyiwe (iGenesis 40:20 - 22).
Abanye abantu baye baqiqa ngelokuba ekubeni usuku lokuzalwa luxhonyiwe akulunganga ukubhiyozela umhla wokuzalwa komntu. Le yingxoxo "yetyala ngokunxulumana" engenzi ngqiqo ingako. Ngelixa omnye umntu aphulukana nobomi babo xa uFaro wayekhumbula ukuzalwa kwakhe, omnye wafumana inkululeko yabo! Ayisiyiyo loo nto kuphela, kodwa ekugqibeleni yayingumbulelo womngcamli ukuba ubomi bukaJoseph ekugqibeleni babugcinwa!
UJoseph, emva kokuba esindisiwe, eqhubeka nokusindisa usapho lwakhe lonke (oosolusapho bezizwe ezilishumi elinazibini zakwa-Israyeli) kwindlala kwilizwe laseKanan (bona iGenesis 45 ne-46)! Konke konke, okwenzekileyo ngenxa yomhla wokuzalwa kuya kuba yingxoxo eqinileyo yokuzigcina, kuba usuku lwenzekile ngaphezulu kokubi!
Ekuphela kwendawo ekuthethwa ngayo eBhayibhileni yomhla wokuzalwa nguHerode Antipas (omnye woonyana bakaHerode Omkhulu). Iakhawunti ikuMateyu 14 nakuMarko 6.
Ngamafutshane, uHerode waphosa uYohane umBhaptizi entolongweni ngenxa yamagqabaza agxeka umtshato wakhe kuHerodiya. Bobabini uHerode nenkosikazi yakhe babefuna ukumbulala. UHerodiya nentombi yakhe uSalome, ngosuku lokubhiyozelwa komhla wokuzalwa kukaHerode, benza iyelenqe lokumkhohlisa kangangokuba wanyanzelwa ukuba ambulale umBhaptizi.
Umdaniso kaSalome wavuya kakhulu nguHerode kangangokuba wamthembisa nantoni na (uMarko 6: 23). Wacela intloko kaJohn kwiplate, isicelo esibi kunye nesibi esafezekiswayo.
Umhla wokuzalwa kukaHerode wawulandela emva komnqweno wokufuna ukubulala uYohane. Sebenzisa ukubhubha kukaJohn ngala mhla uHerode wagqiba kwelokuba enze itheko ukubhiyozela ukuzalwa kwakhe njengesizathu sokuphepha ukuvuya ngokuzalwa kwakhe.
IBhayibhile ayitsho ukuba sisono ukubhiyozela umhla wokuzalwa. Akukho mfundiso malunga nezi ziganeko ngandlela thile. Akukho ndinyana zichaza ukuba akulunganga ukugcina umkhondo kwiminyaka edlulileyo yobomi bakho. Yinto eyamkelekileyo kusapho ukuba luvuyele ukuba utata ongusolusapho afikelele kubudala obukhulu, okanye abambe athande umntwana, amnike isipho kwaye abavuyisane nosuku lwabo olukhethekileyo!