"Umnqophiso weNkosi" ka-St. Irenaeus, ubishophu
UMoses kwiDuteronomi uthi ebantwini: «INkosi uThixo wethu imisele umnqophiso nathi eHorebhe. U-Yehova akawenzanga lo mnqophiso noobawo bethu, kodwa usenze nathi silapha namhlanje, siphila ”(Dt 5: 2-3).
Yini na ukuba angawenzi umnqophiso nooyise? Ngokuchanekileyo kuba "umthetho awenzelwanga ilungisa" (1 Tm 1: 9). Ngoku ooyise babelungile, abo babebhale isidima seZigqibo ezisezintliziyweni zabo nasemiphefumlweni yabo, kuba babemthanda uThixo owayebadalile kwaye wazinqanda kuko konke okungekho sikweni ngokuchasene nabamelwane babo; ke ngoko kwakungeyomfuneko ukubaluleka ngemithetho yokulungisa, kuba babephethe ngaphakathi kubo ubulungisa bomthetho.
Kodwa xa oku kulunga nothando ngoThixo lwaphela, okanye endaweni yoko wasweleka ngokupheleleyo eYiphutha, uThixo, ngenceba yakhe enkulu ebantwini, wazibonakalisa ngokwenza ilizwi lakhe livakale. Ngamandla akhe wabakhokelela abantu ebakhupha eJiphutha ukuze umntu aphinde abe ngumfundi nomlandeli kaThixo.Wabohlwaya abangathobeliyo ukuze bangamdeli lowo ubadalileyo.
Emva koko wabondla abantu ngemana, ukuze bafumane ukutya kokomoya njengoko watshoyo uMoses kwiDuteronomi: "Wakondla ngemana, obungayazi, ababengayazi nooyihlo. Akaphili ngasonka sodwa, uphila ngokwento ephuma emlonyeni weNkosi "(Dt 8: 3).
Uyalele ukuthanda uThixo kwaye wacebisa ubulungisa obutyala ummelwane kabani ukuze umntu angabi nabulungisa kwaye angamfaneli uThixo.Ngoko ke walungiselela, nge-Decalogue, indoda ngobuhlobo bayo kunye nemvisiswano nommelwane wayo. Konke oku kuye kwanceda umntu ngokwakhe, ngaphandle koThixo efuna nantoni na emntwini. Ezi zinto ke zamenza umntu ukuba abe sisityebi ngenxa yokuba emnika oko akusweleyo, oko kukuthi, ubuhlobo noThixo, kodwa azizisanga nto kuThixo, kuba iNkosi yayingaludingi uthando lomntu.
Umntu, kwelinye icala, wahluthwa uzuko lukaThixo, awayengenakufumana nangayiphi na indlela ngaphandle kwaleyo ntlonipho imfaneleyo. Kuba uMoses uthi ebantwini, Nyula ke ubomi, ukuze niphile, ukuze nimthande uYehova uThixo wenu, niliphulaphule izwi lakhe, nizigcine kuye, ngokuba bubomi benu, nobude bexesha lenu. I-Dt 30, 19-20).
Ukulungiselela umntu obu bomi, INkosi ngokwayo yathetha amazwi e-DECALogue kuwo wonke umntu ngaphandle kokwahlulahlula. Ke ngoko bahlala nathi, befumene ukukhula kunye nokuzityebisa, ngokuqinisekileyo hayi utshintsho kunye nokusikwa xa weza esenyameni.
Ngokubhekisele kwimithetho ebekelwe umda kwimeko yakudala yobukhoboka, yabekwa yodwa yiNkosi ebantwini ngoMoses ngendlela efanelekileyo yemfundo noqeqesho lwabo. UMoses ngokwakhe uthi: INkosi yandiyala ukuba ndinifundise imithetho nemimiselo (Dut. 4: 5).
Ngesi sizathu into abayinikiweyo ngelo xesha lobukhoboka kunye nomzobo, yapheliswa ngesivumelwano esitsha senkululeko. Ezo zimiso, kwelinye icala, zendalo kwaye zilungele amadoda akhululekileyo zixhaphakile kubo bonke kwaye zaphuhliswa ngesipho esibanzi nesisa solwazi lukaThixo uBawo, nelungelo lokumkhulisa njengabantwana, ngokunikwa uthando olugqibeleleyo. nokuthembeka ukulandela iLizwi lakhe.