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“UBawo wasinika ngenceba enkulu. Wayinika wonke umntu. Wayinika ngonaphakade. Unyana wazalwa, njengokukhanya okuncinci, phakathi kokubandayo nobumnyama bobusuku. "
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"Abantu abahamba ebumnyameni babone ukukhanya okukhulu" (Is 9: 1)

Bazalwane noodade abathandekayo, Merry Christmas!

Ukusuka kwisibeleko seCawe kaMama, uNyana kaThixo ongengowamvelo wazalwa kwakhona ngokuhlwanje. Igama lakhe nguYesu, okuthetha ukuthi: "UThixo uyasisindisa". U-Yise, unothando olungapheliyo nolungapheliyo, wamthumela ehlabathini ukuba angaligwebi isohlwayo sehlabathi kodwa ukuze alisindise (c. Jn 3: 17). UBawo wasinika ngenceba enkulu. Wayinika wonke umntu. Wayinika ngonaphakade. Unyana wazalwa, njengokukhanya okuncinci, phakathi kokubandayo nobumnyama bobusuku.

Lowo mntwana, ozelwe yiNtombi Enyulu uMariya, uliLizwi likaThixo lenziwe inyama. ILizwi elalikhokela intliziyo ka-Abraham kwaye liye kwilizwe lesithembiso nelisaqhubeka ukutsala bonke abo bathembela kwizithembiso zikaThixo.ilizwi elakhokela amaJuda kuhambo olusuka kubukhoboka besiya kwinkululeko kwaye eqhubeka nokubiza amakhoboka kuyo yonke iminyaka, kuquka neyethu, ukuba ashiye iintolongo zawo. Lelona Lizwi liqaqambileyo lilanga, elibekwe kwindodana encinci yomntu: UYesu kukukhanya kwehlabathi.

Yiyo loo nto umprofeti ekhala esithi: "Abantu abahamba ebumnyameni babone ukukhanya okukhulu" (Ngaba 9: 1). Kukho ubumnyama entliziyweni yabantu, ukanti ukukhanya kukaKristu kukhulu ngakumbi. Kukho ubumnyama kulwalamano lobuqu, usapho kunye noluntu, kodwa ukukhanya kukaKristu kukhulu. Kukho ubumnyama kuqoqosho, i-geopolotiki kunye nokungqubana kwendalo, kodwa ukukhanya kukaKristu kukhulu ngakumbi.

Ngamana uKrestu angazisa ukukhanya kwakhe kuninzi lwabantwana abahlupheka ngenxa yeemfazwe kunye neengxabano kuMbindi Mpuma nakumazwe ahlukeneyo ehlabathi. Kwanga kungazisela intuthuzelo kubantu abathandekayo baseSyria abangakhange babone ukuphela kwembambano eye yaqeshisa ilizwe labo kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo. Ngamana angaxuba izazela zamadoda nabafazi zokuthanda okuhle. Wanga angakhuthaza oorhulumente kunye noluntu lwamazwe jikelele ukuba bafumane izisombululo zokuvumela abantu bommandla ukuba bahlale kunye ngoxolo nonqabiseko kwaye bayiphelise imbandezelo yabo. Kwanga bangaxhasa abantu baseLebhanon kwaye babavumele ukuba boyise ingxaki yangoku kwaye baphinde bafumane umyalezo wabo njengomyalezo wenkululeko kunye nolungelelaniso oluhambelana nabo bonke.

INkosi uYesu mayizise ukukhanya kwiLizwe eliNgcwele, apho azalelwe khona njengoMsindisi woluntu, kwaye apho baninzi khona abantu - abasokolayo kodwa bengatyhafanga- basalinde umzuzu woxolo, ukhuseleko kunye nokuchuma. Kwangathi ingazisela intuthuzelo eIraq ngokuxinana kwezopolitiko kunye ne-Yemen, ethe yathwaxwa yintlekele enkulu yoluntu.

Ngamana i-Babe encinci yaseBethlehem ingazisa ithemba kwilizwekazi laseMelika liphela, apho izizwe ezininzi ziba nexesha lezopolitiko kunye noluntu. Ngamana angabakhuthaza abantu abathandekayo baseVenezuela, bezama ixesha labo ngezopolitiko nakwezoluntu, baqiniseke ukuba bayalufumana uncedo abaludingayo. Ngamana angasikelela iinzame zabo bangenzi nzame zokukhuthaza ubulungisa noxolelwaniso kwaye boyise iingxaki ezahlukeneyo kunye neendlela ezininzi zentlupheko ekhubekisa isidima somntu ngamnye.

Ngamana uMkhululi wehlabathi angazisa ukukhanya kwintanda yakhe yase-Ukraine, efuna izisombululo zekhonkrithi zoxolo oluhlala luhleli.

Kwanga iNkosi esandul 'ukuzalwa ingazisa ukukhanya kubantu base-Afrika, apho iimeko eziqhubekayo zentlalo nezopolitiko zihlala zinyanzela abantu ukuba bafuduke, bebahlutha ikhaya kunye nosapho. Wanga angabuyisela uxolo kwabo bahlala kwimpuma ye-Democratic Republic of the Congo, edlakazwe yimfazwe engapheliyo. Kwangathi kungazisa intuthuzelo kubo bonke abo banengxaki yobundlobongela, iintlekele zemvelo okanye ukuqhambuka kwezifo. Kwaye kunokubazisela intuthuzelo abo batshutshiswa ngenxa yokholo lwabo lwenkolo, ngakumbi abathunywa bevangeli kunye namalungu athembekileyo abanjiweyo, kunye namaxhoba okuhlaselwa ngamaqela abagxeki, ngakumbi eBurkina Faso, eMali, eNiger naseNigeria.

Wanga uNyana kaThixo angehla emhlabeni evela ezulwini, abakhusele kwaye babaxhase bonke abo, ngenxa yoku nezinye izinto ezingekho sesikweni, banyanzelwa ukuba bafudukele kwithemba lobomi obunqabisekileyo. Kukungabikho kokusesikweni okubenza ukuba bawele intlango kunye neelwandle eziba ngamangcwaba. Kukungabikho kokusesikweni okunyanzela ukuba baqinisekise ngeendlela zokuphathwa gadalala, ubukhoboka bazo zonke iintlobo kunye nokuthuthunjiswa kwiinkampu zokuvalelwa ngokungenabuntu. Kukungabikho kokusesikweni oku kubasusa kwiindawo abanokuthemba ngobomi obuhloniphekileyo, kodwa endaweni yoko bazifumanise phambi kweendonga zokungakhathaleli.

Ngamana u-Emmanuel angazisa ukukhanya kuwo onke amalungu osapho lwethu. Ngamana angathambisa iintliziyo zethu ezihlala zihleli kwaye sizicingela iziqu zethu kwaye sizenze iziteshi zothando lwakhe. Ngamana amzise uncumo, ngobuso bethu obuhlwempuzekileyo, kubo bonke abantwana behlabathi: kwabo bashiyiweyo, nabo baphathwa gadalala. Ngezandla zethu ezibuthathaka, wanga anga kunxiba abanganxibiyo, abanike abalambileyo isonka, abaphilise. Ngobuhlobo bethu, njengoko bunjalo, bunokusondela kubantu abalupheleyo kunye nabangatshatanga, abafudukayo kunye nabo bangatshatanga. Ngalo mhla weKrisimesi onwabisayo, wanga angazisa isisa sakhe kubo bonke kwaye akhanyisele ubumnyama beli lizwe.