Ibali elilusizi likaSan Bartolomeo, umfeli-nkolo wadutyulwa ephila
Namhlanje sifuna ukukuxelela malunga UBhartolomeyu waseSt Umpostile, omnye wabafundi abasondeleyo kuYesu, wakhumbula ngokufel’ ukholo okwabandezelekayo, eyona nkohlakalo kwabo babandezelekayo ngabafeli-nkolo abangcwele.
ISan Bartolomeo yenye ye abapostile bakaYesu abalishumi elinababini kwaye ngokwesithethe sobuKristu wahliswa ephila ngenxa yobungqina bakhe bokholo. Ibali lakhe liyachukumisa kwaye libuhlungu, kodwa likwabubungqina bokuqina kokholo lobuKristu.
UBartolomeo wayevela kwi-dndise Kana, kwelaseGalili nanjengabanye abapostile ababekunye naye, wayengum umlobi Ngaphambi kokuba adibane noYesu, waziswa kuYesu nguFilipu, omnye umpostile waza ngoko nangoko waba ngumlandeli othembekileyo.
Emva ukufa kukaYesu, uBartolomeo wazinikela kuyo ukushumayela yevangeli kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zoMbindi Mpuma, kuquka iIndiya neArmenia. Ngokuchanekileyo kulo mmandla wokugqibela, uBartolomeo wadibana nekamva lakhe elibi.
Isiphelo esoyikekayo saseSan Bartolomeo
Intsomi ithi i ukumkani Astyages, eqinisekile ngobunyaniso bamazwi kabhishophu, wagqiba kwelokuba aguqukele kubuKristu. Nangona kunjalo, unyana wakhe, uPolimio, akazange avume kwaye wagqiba ekubeni aziphindezele kuBartolomeo. Ngaloo ndlela uPolymius walungiselela iyelenqe lokwenyani ngokuchasene nengcwele ngemvume kunye nokuthanda intsapho yasebukhosini kunye nenkolo yaloo ndawo.
Ngenye imini, uBartolomeo waye abophe waza waziswa phambi kokumkani, apho wanyanzelwa ukuba alulahle ukholo lwakhe. Kodwa yena, ethembekile kwilizwi likaYesu, wala ukunikezela waza waqhubeka eshumayela iVangeli kwanaxa wayejamelene nesisongelo sokufa.
Ngaloo ndlela uPolymius wagqiba ekubeni enze esona sohlwayo kwingcwele ukhohlakele kwaye akanabuntu kunokwenzeka. UBartholomew wayenjalo idlwengulwe iphila, ulusu lwakhe lwalukrazukile emzimbeni ngenxa yenkohlakalo nogonyamelo. Injongo yolu thuthuthu yayikukuba intlungu enkulu okunokwenzeka nokumhlazisa umpostile, ngaloo ndlela ebonisa ukongama kokholo lobuhedeni.
Kodwa uBartolomeo waxhathisa kwada kwaba sekupheleni, ukuthandaza bevuma iindumiso kuThixo, ekugqibeleni wafa phakathi kwabo ukubandezeleka okukhulu waza umzimba wakhe waphoswa emlanjeni. Noko ke, ukholo nenkalipho yakhe yashiya uphawu olungacimekiyo kwimbali yamaKristu.