Kwakutheni ukuze uYesu azalwe eBhetelehem?
Kwakutheni ukuze uYesu azalwe eBhetelehem xa abazali bakhe, uMariya noJosefu babehlala eNazarete (uLuka 2:39)?
Esona sizathu sokuzalwa kukaYesu kwenzeka eBhetelehem yayikukuzalisekisa isiprofeto esachazwa ngumprofeti omncinci uMika. Wathi, "Nawe, Bhetelehem Efratha, ubuncinci phakathi kwamawaka akwaYuda, ivela kuwe (uYesu) uza kuza (uzalelwa kum), oya kuba nguMlawuli kwaSirayeli ..." (uMika 5: 2, HBFV xa iyonke).
Enye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo malunga nokuzalwa kukaYesu eBhetelehem yindlela kaThixo awayesebenzisa ngayo amandla kodwa maxa wambi ubukhosi obunoburhulumente bamaRoma, kunye nokudityaniswa kwesimo esingumYuda kookhokho bakhe, ukuzalisekisa isiprofetho seminyaka engama-700!
Phambi kokuba bemke eNazarete baye eBhetelehem, uMariya wayetshatile kodwa wayengabuphelisi ubudlelane bakhe noYosefu. Esi sibini kwafuneka siye ekhayeni likaYosefu kookhokho bakhe eBhetelehem ngenxa yemigaqo yerhafu yaseRoma.
Ubukhosi baseRoma, amaxesha ngamaxesha, babebala abantu kungekuphela ukubala abantu, kodwa nokufumanisa ukuba banantoni na. Kwagqitywa ngonyaka wokuzalwa kukaYesu (5 BC) ukuba ubalo lwerhafu olufanayo lwamaRoma lwaluza kuthathwa kwelakwaYuda (Luka 2: 1 - 4) nakwimimandla eyingqongileyo.
Olu lwazi, nangona kunjalo, liphakamisa umbuzo. Kutheni le nto amaRoma engakhange athathe ubalo lwabantu abahlala eJudiya nakwimimandla eyingqongileyo njengoko besenza kubo bonke uBukhosi? Kwakutheni ukuze bacele abazali bakaYesu ukuba bathabathe uhambo lweekhilomitha ezingama-80 (malunga neekhilomitha ezili-129) ukusuka eNazarete ukuya eBhetelehem?
KumaJuda, ngakumbi abo babehlala emhlabeni emva kokubuya ekuthinjweni kwaseBhabheli, ukubonwa kwesizwe kunye nomnombo wokuzalwa kwakubaluleke kakhulu.
KwiTestamente eNtsha sifumana umnombo wokuzalwa kukaYesu kungekuphela ku-Abraham (kuMateyu 1) kodwa nakuAdam (uLuka 3). Umpostile uPawulos wade wabhala nangomnombo wakhe (KwabaseRoma 11: 1). AbaFarisi abangamaHebhere abangamaYuda basebenzise umnombo wabo ukuze baqhayise ngendlela ababecinga ngayo ngokwasemoyeni ukuba babethelekiswa nabanye (Yohane 8:33 - 39, Mateyu 3: 9).
Umthetho waseRoma, ngokubhekisele kumasiko amaJuda kunye nokucalucalulwa (ukongeza kumnqweno wokuqokelela ngoxolo kubantu abathobileyo), wamisela ukuba naluphi na ubalo e-Palestina luya kuqhutywa ngokwesiseko sesixeko ekwakulilungu losapho lomntu. Kwimeko kaJosefu, oko kwakulandelwa umnombo wakhe kuDavid, owazalelwa eBhetelehem (1Samuweli 17: 12), kuye kwafuneka aye esixekweni ukuya kubalwa.
Ngaliphi ixesha lonyaka olwenzeka ngalo ubalo lwamaRoma olwalunyanzela usapho lukaYesu ukuba luye eBhetelehem? Ngaba kwakuphakathi ebusika njengoko eboniswa kwimiboniso emininzi yeKrisimesi?
Inguqulelo ethembekileyo yebhayibhile eNgcwele inikezela ngemibono enomdla ngexesha lokuhamba kwalo eBhetelehem. Uthi: “Ummiselo kaKesare Awugusto malunga nerhafu kunye nobalo lwenziwa ngokwesiko lamaYuda elalifuna ukuba ezo rhafu ziqokelelwe emva kwesivuno sekwindla. Ngenxa yoko, amaxwebhu kaLuka ngale rhafu abonisa ukuba ukuzalwa kukaYesu kwenzeka ngexesha lekwindla ”(Isihlomelo E).
AmaRoma aqhuba ubalo lwabantu ePalestine ngexesha lokuwa ukuze bakwazi ukwandisa inani lerhafu ababeyiqokelela ebantwini.
UBarney Kasdan, kwincwadi yakhe ethi "Amaxesha Atyunjiweyo kaThixo," wabhala ngeRoma ethatha ubalo lwabantu ngexesha elifanelekileyo ngokusekelwe kumasiko asekuhlaleni. Ngamafutshane, kwakubhetele kumaRoma nakwa-Israyeli ukuphatha iirhafu ekwindla, xa kwakulula ukuhamba (umzekelo ukusuka eNazarete ukuya eBhetelehem) kunasebusika.
UThixo wasebenzisa umnqweno waseRoma wokuqokelela lonke uhlobo lwerhafu awayenokulufumana, kunye nomtsalane wamaYuda wookhokho babo, ukuzalisekisa isiprofetho esimnandi ngokuzalwa kukaYesu eBhetelehem!