UDismas oNgcwele, isela labethelelwa emnqamlezweni kunye noYesu owaya eZulwini (Umthandazo)

I-Saint Dismas, ekwabizwa ngokuba yi- Lisela Elilungileyo ungumlinganiswa okhethekileyo ovela kuphela kwimigca embalwa yeVangeli kaLuka. Ukhankanywa njengomnye wezaphuli-mthetho ezibini ezabethelelwa kunye noYesu.” Ngoxa esinye sezihange satshabhisa uYesu, uDimas wamthethelela waza wazincomela kuye, ecela ukuba akhunjulwe xa uYesu wangena ebukumkanini bakhe.

Yintoni eyenza uDismas akhetheke kakhulu kukuba wayenjalo ongcwele yedwa ukuba kwenziwe njalo ngqo kuYesu efanayo. Ephendula isicelo sakhe, uYesu wathi: “Inene ndithi kuwe, Namhlanje uya kuba nam eParadisi“. La mazwi abonisa ukuba uYesu wasamkela isicelo sikaDimas waza wamamkela ebukumkanini bakhe.

Akukho nto ingako siyaziyo ngezihange ezibini ezibethelelwe kunye noYesu. izihange ezibini abathi bahlasele UMariya noYosefu ngexesha Flight ungene eYiputa ukubaphanga.

Imithombo ebhaliweyo inika iinkcukacha malunga Imisebenzi yolwaphulo-mthetho kaDisma kunye neqabane lakhe emnqamlezweni, eyaziwa ngokuba Izimbo zomzimba. UDismas wayevela eGalili yaye enehotele. Weba kwizityebi; ukanti wayenikela izipho ezininzi, enceda abasweleyo. Kwelinye icala, Izimbo zomzimba wayengumphangi nombulali owayeyoliswa bububi abenzayo.

Igama elithi Dismas linokunxulunyaniswa negama lesiGrike elithetha ukutshona kwelanga okanye ukufa. Bambi abaphengululi bathi eli gama lisenokuvela kwigama lesiGrike elithi “impuma,” libhekisela kwindawo ekukuyo emnqamlezweni xa kuthelekiswa noYesu.

I-Saint Dismas ithathwa njenge umkhuseli wamabanjwa nabafayo kunye nengcwele engumxhasi wabo bancedisa amanxila, abangcakazi namasela. Ibali lakhe lisifundisa oko ayikashiywa lixesha ukuguquka kwaye baqalise indlela yosindiso. Ngowona mzuzu uphantsi kunye nowoyikekayo wobomi bakhe, uDismas waqaphela ubukhulu bukaYesu ndaguqukela kuye ukuba asindise. Esi senzo se fede kumenza afaneleke ukukhunjulwa nokuhlonelwa nanamhlanje.

Umthandazo kuSaint Dismas

Owu uDismas oNgcwele, oothixo abangcwele aboni nabalahlekileyo, ndibhekisa kuwe lo mthandazo uthobekileyo ngentobeko nethemba. Wena wabethelelwa emnqamlezweni ecaleni kukaYesu, Yiqonde intlungu nentlungu yam. I-Saint Dismas, nceda ndithandazeleni, Ukundinceda ndifumane amandla okumelana neziphoso zam. Izono zam zindisinda njengomthwalo, ndiziva ndilahlekile kwaye ndingenathemba.

Nceda, uDismas oNgcwele, utsho Ndikhokele endleleni eya enkululekweni, Ukundinceda ndifumane uxolelo noxolo lwangaphakathi. Ndiphe ubabalo lokukhulula umphefumlo wam, Ndikhulule ebugwenxeni ndifumane usindiso. I-Saint Dismas, wena ofumene i- isithembiso seParadesi, Yazi ukuba ndifuna isikhungo sakho. Ndincede ndibone iimpazamo zam kwaye ndicele ukuxolelwa, Mandifunyanwe ndifanele ukungena eBukumkanini beZulu.

UDismas oNgcwele, umgcini ongcwele waboni, thandazele, Ukuze ndifumane ubabalo lwenceba kaThixo. Ndincede ndiphile ubomi bobulungisa nokulunga, Nokulandela umzekelo kaYesu Kristu. Ndiyabulela kuwe ngokuwuva umthandazo wam, Kwaye ndithembele kwizibongozo zakho ezinamandla. Ndiyathemba ukufumana usindiso lwanaphakade kwaye ndidibanise nawe, Ebukumkanini bamaZulu, ngenye imini. Amen.