Fioretti di San Francesco: sifuna ukholo njengeNgcwele yaseAssisi
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Kwalawula ukuba uFrancis oNgcwele kunye namaqabane akhe babizwe kwaye banyulwa nguThixo ukuba bathwale ngentliziyo kunye nokusebenza, kwaye bashumayele ngolwimi umnqamlezo kaKristu, wayebonakala kwaye ebethelelwe emnqamlezweni, njengesiqhelo kwaye ubomi obungqongqo, kunye nezenzo zabo kunye nokusebenza; kwaye ke ngoko babenqwenela ngakumbi ukuthwala ihlazo nehlazo ngenxa yothando lukaKrestu, kunembeko yehlabathi, okanye imbeko okanye indumiso ephuthileyo, eneneni babevuya ngenxa yokwenzakala, kwaye babe buhlungu ngenxa yembeko.
Baza ngokunjalo balijikeleza ihlabathi njengabaphambukeli nabasemzini, bengaphathanga nto ingenguKristu ebethelelwe emnqamlezweni; yaye ngenxa yokuba wayengowomdiliya wenyaniso, oko kukuthi, uKristu, bavelisa iziqhamo ezinkulu nezilungileyo zemiphefumlo, ababezizuzela uThixo.
Kwathi, ekuqalekeni konqulo, uFrancis oNgcwele wathumela uMzalwana uBernard eBologna, ukuze apho, ngokobabalo uThixo amnike lona, avelisele isiqhamo kuThixo, noMzalwan’ uBernard, esenza umqondiso obalaseleyo. umnqamlezo ongcwele wentobelo engcwele, washiya waza wafika eBologna.
Bathe ke bakumbona engumntwana, evethe iingubo ezinganyangekiyo nezobugwala, bamenza intlekisa, izinyeliso, njengoko bekuya kwenziwa kophambeneyo; noMzalwan’ uBernard ngomonde nangovuyo baxhasa yonk’ into ngenxa kaKristu.
Ngokwahlukileyo koko, ukuze afunde ngakumbi, wazifundela kwindawo yedolophu; ngoko ehleli apho abantwana abaninzi namadoda abuthelana kuye, kwaye abo barhola iminqwazi yabo ngasemva nabo ngaphambili, abo begalela uthuli naloo matye, abo bancwinayo apha naphaya: kwaye umzalwana Bernard, rhoqo ngandlela-nye kwaye enye. umonde, ngobuso obonwabileyo, akazange azisole kwaye akazange atshintshe. Kwaye iintsuku ezininzi wabuyela kwakuloo ndawo inye, kananjalo ukuze axhase izinto ezifanayo.
Kwaye ke ngoko umonde ngumsebenzi wemfezeko kunye nobungqina bokulunga, ugqirha olumkileyo womthetho, ebona kwaye eqwalasela ukungaguquguquki kunye nokulunga kukaMzalwan' uBernard engakwazi ukuxhalaba kwiintsuku ezininzi ngenxa yokuxhatshazwa okanye ukuthukwa, wathi ngokwakhe: "Akunakwenzeka ukuba akayena umntu ongcwele."
Wasondela kuye wambuza: "Ungubani na, yaye kutheni uze apha?". Waze uMzalwana uBernard ekuphenduleni wabeka isandla sakhe esifubeni sakhe wakhupha uMthetho kaFrancis oNgcwele, wamxelela ukuba awufunde. Yaye akuba efundile ukuba wayenayo, ecinga ngemfezeko yayo ephakame kakhulu, ekhwankqisiwe yaye ethabathekile waphethukela kumaqabane akhe waza wathi: “Inene, le yeyona meko iphakamileyo yonqulo endakha ndayiva; yaye ke ngoko lo mntu namaqabane akhe bangabona bangcwele beli hlabathi, yaye kusisono esikhulu nabani na omngcikivayo, angathanda ukumbeka ngembeko egqithiseleyo, ecinga ukuba yinto engumhlobo kaThixo”.
Yaye wathi kuMzalwan’ uBernard: “Ukuba ufuna ukuthabatha indawo onokuthi ukhonze kuyo uThixo ngokufanelekileyo, ndingakunika ngovuyo ngenxa yempilo yomphefumlo wam.” UMzalwan’ uBernard waphendula wathi: “Nkosi, ndikholelwa ukuba oku kukuphefumlele ngeNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, ngoko ke ndisamkela ngovuyo isicelo sakho sokuzukisa uKristu.”
Yandula ke ijaji exeliweyo ngovuyo olukhulu nothando yamkhokelela uMzalwana uBernard endlwini yakhe; Waza ke wamnika indawo yedinga, wavuma, waziphumeza zonke izinto ngeendleko zakhe; yaye ukususela ngoko ukuya phambili waba nguyise nomkhuseli weziqholo zikaMzalwan’ uBernard namaqabane akhe.
Kwaye uMzalwan’ uBernard, ngencoko yakhe engcwele, waqala ukuwongwa kakhulu ngabantu, kangangokuba basikelelwa abo babenokumchukumisa okanye bambone. Kodwa njengomfundi wenene kaKristu kunye noFrancis othobekileyo, esoyika ukuba uzuko lwehlabathi aluyi kuphazamisa uxolo kunye nempilo yomphefumlo wakhe, wemka ngenye imini wabuyela kuSanta Francis waza wathi kuye: "Bawo, indawo ithathwa kwisixeko saseBologna; wathumela amakholwa ukuba agcine i-mantegnino kwaye ahlale khona, kodwa ekubeni ndandingasenakunizuza, okunene ngenxa yembeko egqithileyo endayinikwayo, ndoyika ukuba ndingasayi kuphinda ndiphulukene nawe, ukuze ndinganizuzi.
Emva koko uFrancis oNgcwele weva yonke into ngomyalelo, ekubeni uThixo wayesebenzise uMzalwana uBernard, wambulela uThixo, owathi ngaloo ndlela waqala ukwandisa abafundi abahluphekayo bomnqamlezo; waza ke wathumela amaqabane akhe eBologna naseLombardy, awabathabatha kwiindawo ezininzi kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo.
Kwindumiso kaYesu Krestu kunye nehlwempu uFrancis. Amen.