Oko Kuthethwa NgamaKristu Xa Babiza UThixo 'Adonai'

Kuyo yonke imbali, uThixo wazama ukwakha ubudlelwane obuqinileyo nabantu bakhe. Kudala phambi kokuba athumele uNyana wakhe emhlabeni, uThixo waqala ukuzibonakalisa ebantwini ngezinye iindlela. Eyokuqala yeyokwabelana ngegama lakhe.

YHWH yayiyeyona ntlandlolo yegama likaThixo.Kwakukhunjulwa kwaye kuhlonitshwe kwinqanaba lokuba kungade kuthethwe. Ngexesha lamaGrike (malunga ne-323 BC ukuya kwi-31 AD), amaJuda ayigcina isithethe sokungabhengezi i-YHWH, ebizwa ngokuba yiTetragrammaton, kuba yayigqalwa njengengcwele njengegama.

Oku kwabakhokelela ekubeni baqale ukufaka amanye amagama kwiZibhalo ezibhaliweyo nasemthandazweni othethiweyo. UAdonai, ngamanye amaxesha abizwa ngokuba ngu “adhonay,” wayengomnye waloo magama, njengoYehova. Eli nqaku liza kuphonononga ukubaluleka, ukusetyenziswa kunye nokubaluleka kweAdonai eBhayibhileni, kwimbali kwanamhlanje.

Ithetha ntoni "Adonai"?
Inkcazo yeAdonai ngu "Lord, Lord or master".

Igama yinto ebizwa ngokuba sisininzi esigxininisayo okanye isininzi sobukhulu. Mnye kuphela uThixo, kodwa isininzi sisetyenziswa njengesixhobo soncwadi lwesiHebhere ukugxininisa, kule meko, ukubonisa ubungangamsha bukaThixo. Okanye "Thixo wam, Thixo wam."

I-Adonai ikwalatha kwingcinga yobunini nokuba ligosa lezinto ezizezakho. Oku kungqinwa kwiindinyana ezininzi zebhayibhile ezibonisa uThixo kungekuphela njengoTitshala wethu, kodwa nomkhuseli kunye nomboneleli.

Kodwa ke uNdikhoyo nize nimthobele nimkhonze ninyanisekile ngomxhelo uphela. Cingisisa ngezinto ezinkulu akwenzele zona ”. (1 Samuweli 12:24)

Liphi igama lesiHebhere likaThixo elikhankanywe eBhayibhileni?
Igama elithi Adonai kunye nezahlulo zalo zifumaneka kwiindinyana ezingaphezu kwama-400 kulo lonke iLizwi likaThixo.

Njengoko inkcazo isitsho, ukusetyenziswa kunokuba nomgangatho wokufumana. Kule ndawo evela kwiEksodus, umzekelo, uThixo wabiza uMoses ukuba avakalise igama lakhe xa wayemi phambi koFaro. Bonke baya kwazi ukuba uThixo ubanga amaYuda njengabantu bakhe.

Wabuya wathi uThixo kuMoses, Yithi koonyana bakaSirayeli, INkosi, uThixo wooyihlo, uThixo ka-Abraham, uThixo kaIsake, uThixo kaYakobi, undithumile kuni. Eli ligama lam ngonaphakade, igama oya kundibiza ngalo kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana. "(IEksodus 3:15)

Ngamanye amaxesha, u-Adonai uchaza uThixo ofuna ubulungisa ngenxa yakhe. Umprofeti uIsaya wanikwa lo mbono wesohlwayo esiza kufikela ukumkani waseAsiriya ngenxa yezenzo zakhe nxamnye noSirayeli.

Ngako oko iNkosi, iNkosi enguSomandla, iya kuyithumela ngomkhosi owomeleleyo, Ngaphantsi kwempompo yawo umlilo uya kuvutha njengedangatye elivuthayo. (Isaya 10:16)

Ngamanye amaxesha uAdonai unxiba indandatho yokudumisa. UKumkani uDavide, kunye nabanye abadumisi, bakuvuyela ukwamkela igunya likaThixo kwaye baliqhayisa.

Yehova, Nkosi yethu, Hayi, ubungangamsha begama lakho ehlabathini lonke! Ubeke ubuqaqawuli bakho emazulwini. (INdumiso 8: 1)

UYehova uyizinzisile emazulwini itrone yakhe, Ubukumkani bakhe bulawula into yonke. (INdumiso 103: 19)

Iiyantlukwano ezininzi zegama Adonai ziyavela kwiZibhalo:

UAdon (Nkosi) yayiligama lesiHebhere. Yayisetyenziselwa amadoda neengelosi, kunye noThixo.

USara wahleka yedwa xa ecinga, “Emva kokuba ndidiniwe kwaye inkosi yam indala, ndiza kuba nalo olu lonwabo? (Gen 18:12)

I-Adonai (INKOSI) iye yasetyenziswa ngokubanzi endaweni yeYHWY.

… Ndimbonile uYehova ephakamileyo, ehleli phezulu, ehleli etroneni yakhe; nesambatho sakhe eside sizalise itempile. (UIsaya 6: 1)

UAdonai ha'adonim (INkosi yeenkosi) yingxelo eyomeleleyo yendalo engunaphakade kaThixo njengomlawuli.

Bulelani kuNkosi kankosi: Ngokuba ingunaphakade inceba yakhe. (INdumiso 136: 3)

Adonai Adonai (INkosi YHWH okanye iNkosi uThixo) nayo iyabungqina ubukumkani bukaThixo.

Ngokuba wabanyula phakathi kwazo zonke iintlanga zehlabathi, ukuba babe lilifa lakho, njengoko wakuthethayo ngomkhonzi wakho uMoses, wena Nkosi enguMongami uYehova, ekubakhupheni kwakho oobawo eYiputa. (1 Kumkani 8:53)

Kungenxa yokuba uAdonai ligama elinentsingiselo likaThixo
Asinakuze simqonde ngokupheleleyo uThixo kobu bomi, kodwa sinokuqhubeka nokufunda okungakumbi ngaYe.Ukufunda amanye amagama akhe kuyindlela exabisekileyo yokubona iinkalo ezahlukeneyo zomlingiswa wakhe. Njengokuba sibabona kwaye sibamkela, siyakungena kubudlelwane obusondeleyo noBawo wethu waseZulwini.

Amagama kaThixo abalaselisa iinkalo kwaye asinika izithembiso zokuba kulunge kuthi. Omnye umzekelo nguYehova, okuthetha ukuthi "Ndingu" kwaye uthetha ngobukho bakhe obungunaphakade. Uthembisa ukuhamba nathi ubomi bonke.

Ukuze abantu bazi ukuba wena, ugama lakho linguNaphakade, ungOsenyangweni phezu kwehlabathi lonke. (INdumiso 83:18 KJV)

Enye, El Shaddai, iguqulelwe "njengoThixo uSomandla", oko kuthetha amandla aKhe okusigcina. Uthembisa ukuqinisekisa ukuba iimfuno zethu zifezekiswa ngokupheleleyo.

Ngamana uThixo uSomandla angakusikelela aze akuqhamise, andise inani lakho ukuze ube luluntu lwabantu. Ngamana angakunika wena kunye nenzala yakho intsikelelo eyanikwa uAbraham ... (iGenesis 28: 3-4)

UAdonai wongeza omnye umsonto kolu luhlu: umbono wokuba uThixo uyinkosi yayo yonke into. Isithembiso kukuba uyakuba ligosa elilungileyo lezinto anazo, enze izinto zisebenze ngokulungileyo.

Wathi kum: 'UnguNyana wam; namhlanje ndikuzele. Cela kum, ndikwenze iintlanga zibe lilifa lakho, iziphelo zehlabathi zibe zezakho. (INdumiso 2: 7-8)

Izizathu ezi-3 zokuba kutheni uThixo enguAdonai namhlanje
Uluvo lokuba umntu unakho ukuvelisa imifanekiso yomntu ophethe omnye umntu, kwaye olo hlobo lobukhoboka alunandawo kwihlabathi lanamhlanje. Kodwa kufuneka sikhumbule ukuba umbono ka-Adonai unento yokwenza nendawo yobunkokeli kaThixo ebomini bethu, hayi ingcinezelo.

Isibhalo sichaza ngokucacileyo ukuba uThixo uhlala ekhona kwaye usenelungelo lokulawula yonke into. Kufuneka sizithobe kuye, uBawo wethu olungileyo, hayi komnye umntu okanye isithixo. ILizwi lakhe lisifundisa ukuba kutheni le nto iyinxalenye yesicwangciso esihle sikaThixo kuthi.

1. Sidalwe ukuba simfune njengeNkosi yethu.

Kuthiwa kuthi nganye nganye kukho umngxunya olingana nothixo. Ayenzelwanga ukusenza sizive sibuthathaka kwaye singenathemba, kodwa kukusikhokelela kuLowo unokwanelisa loo mfuno. Ukuzama ukuzizalisa ngenye indlela kuya kusikhokelela engozini: isigqibo esibi, ukungabikho kovakalelo kwisikhokelo sikaThixo, kwaye ekugqibeleni sinikezele esonweni.

2. UThixo ungumfundisi olungileyo.

Inye inyaniso ngobomi kukuba wonke umntu ekugqibeleni ukhonza umntu kwaye sinokukhetha ukuba ngubani oya kuba. Khawufane ucinge xa ​​ukhonza inkosi ephindisela ukuthembeka kwakho ngothando olungenamiqathango, intuthuzelo, kunye nokutya okuninzi. Obu bubukhosi obunothando obunikelwa nguThixo kwaye asifuni kulahlekelwa ngabo.

3. UYesu wafundisa ukuba uThixo wayeyiNkosi yakhe.

Amaxesha amaninzi kubulungiseleli bakhe basemhlabeni, u Yesu waqonda ukuba uThixo ungu Adonai. UNyana weza ngokuzithandela emhlabeni ngokuthobela uYise.

Akukholwa na ukuba mna ndikuye uBawo, abe ke uBawo ekum? La mazwi ndiwathethayo mna andiwathethi ngokuphuma kum. NguBawo ohleli kum, owenza umsebenzi wakhe. (UYohane 14:10)

U-Yesu wabonisa abafundi baKhe ukuba kuthetha ntoni na ukuzithoba ngokupheleleyo kuThixo njengeNkosi yabo. Ufundise ukuba ngokumlandela nokuzinikela kuThixo, siyakufumana iintsikelelo ezinkulu.

Ndinixelele ukuze uvuyo lwam lube kuni, novuyo lwenu luzaliseke. (UYohane 15:11)

Umthandazo kuThixo onjengeNkosi yethu
Bawo waseZulwini othandekayo, siza phambi kwakho ngentliziyo ethobekileyo. Njengoko sasifunda ngakumbi ngegama elithi Adonai, lasikhumbuza ngendawo onqwenela ukuba nayo ebomini bethu, indawo ekufaneleyo. Unqwenela ukuzithoba kwethu, ingabi yinkosi elukhuni kuthi, kodwa ube yiKumkani yethu enothando, Cela intobelo yethu ukuze usizisele iintsikelelo kwaye usizalise ngezinto ezilungileyo. Ukwasinike uNyana wakho ekuphela kwakhe njengomboniso wendlela okhangeleka ngayo umthetho wakho.

Sincede sibone intsingiselo enzulu yeli gama. Impendulo yethu kuyo mayingakhokelwa ziinkolelo eziphosakeleyo, kodwa ngenyaniso yeLizwi lakho noMoya oyiNgcwele. Sinqwenela ukukuhlonipha, Nkosi Thixo, ke sithandazela ubulumko bokuzithoba ngobabalo kwiNkosi yethu emangalisayo.

Sithandaza konke oku egameni likaYesu.Amen.

Igama Adonai sisipho esivela kuThixo ngokwenene kuthi, abantu bakhe. Sisikhumbuzo esiqinisekisayo sokuba uThixo ulawula. Okukhona simqonda njengo-Adonai, kokukhona siya kubona ukulunga kwakhe.

Xa simvumela ukuba asilungise, siya kukhula ebulumkweni. Njengoko sizithoba kulawulo lwaKhe, siyakukuva ukonwaba ngakumbi ekukhonzeni kunye nasekulindeni ngoxolo. Ukuvumela uThixo abe yiNkosi yethu kusisondeza kuBabalo lwaKhe olungaqhelekanga.

Ndithi eNkosini: Wena uyiNkosi yam, ngaphandle kwakho andinanto intle. (INdumiso 16: 2)