Yintoni le ingcaciso yabangendawo abaseBhayibhileni?
Igama elithi "ongendawo" okanye "ubungendawo" liyavela kuyo yonke iBhayibhile, kodwa lithetha ntoni? Kwaye kutheni, abantu abaninzi bebuza, ngaba uThixo uyabavumela ububi?
I-International Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) ibonelela ngale nkcazo yabangendawo ngokwebhayibhile:
“Imeko yobubi; ukudelela ingqondo ngobulungisa, nokusesikweni, nenyaniso, nembeko, nesidima; ububi ekucingeni nasebomini; ukuthobeka; isono; ulwaphulo mthetho.
Nangona igama elithi ububi livela izihlandlo ezingama-119 kwiKing James Bible ye-1611, eli gama alifane liviwe namhlanje kwaye livela izihlandlo ezingama-61 kuphela kwinguqulelo yesiNgesi esemgangathweni, epapashwe ngo-2001.
Ukusetyenziswa ko "ungendawo" ukuchaza intsomi kuyathothisa ukubaluleka kwakhe, kodwa e-Bhayibhileni isityholo eso. Ngapha koko, ukuba ngongendawo ngamanye amaxesha kuye kuzise isiqalekiso sikaThixo ebantwini.
Xa ububi bukhokelela ekufeni
Emva kokuwa komntu kumyezo wase-Edeni, akuzange kuthathe thuba lide ukuba isono kunye nobubi bandise emhlabeni. Kwiinkulungwane ngaphambi kweMiyalelo Elishumi, umntu waqamba iindlela zokona kuThixo:
Kwaye uThixo wabona ukuba ububi bomntu bukhulu emhlabeni kwaye zonke iingcinga zengqondo yentliziyo yakhe zazimbi ngokuqhubekayo. (Genesis 6: 5, KJV)
Ayikuko ukuba abantu babe babi kuphela, kodwa indalo yabo yayihlala imbi. UThixo waba lusizi yile meko kangangokuba wagqiba kwelokuba azicime zonke izinto eziphilayo emhlabeni - ngaphandle kwasibhozo - uNowa nosapho lwakhe. Isibhalo sibiza uNowa ukuba angenakuchaphazeleka kwaye uthi wahamba noThixo.
Inye kuphela inkcazo enikelwa yiGenesis ngobubi boluntu kukuba umhlaba "wawugcwele lugonyamelo". Umhlaba wawonakele. UMkhukula watshabalalisa wonke umntu ngaphandle kukaNowa, umfazi wakhe, abantwana babo abathathu kunye nabafazi babo. Bashiywe ukuba bawuphinde umhlaba.
Kwiinkulungwane emva koko, ubungendawo baphinda babutsala ingqumbo kaThixo .. Nangona iGenesis ingasebenzisi "ubungendawo" ukuchaza isixeko saseSodom, u-Abraham ucela uThixo ukuba angabatshabalalisi abalungileyo nabangendawo. Abaphengululi bathi kudala izono zeso sixeko zazithetha ngokuziphatha okubi ngokwesini kuba izihlwele zazizama ukudlwengula izingelosi ezimbini ezazilungiswa nguLote ekhayeni lakhe.
UNdikhoyo ke wanisa isalfure nomlilo ezulwini phezu kweSodom neGomora. Wayibhukuqa loo dolophu, yonke ithafa kunye nabo bonke abahlali kwezi zixeko kunye nezinto ezikhule emhlabeni. (Genesis 19: 24-25, KJV)
UThixo wachaphazela nabantu abaliqela ababhubha kwiTestamente Endala: Umfazi kaLote; U-Eri, u-Onan, u-Abhihu noNadabi, u-Uza, uNabhali noJerobhowam. KwiTestamente eNtsha, uAnaniyas noSafira noHerode Agrippa basweleke ngokukhawuleza ngesandla sikaThixo.Bonke babekhohlakele, ngokwenkcazo ye-ISBE ngasentla.
Baqala njani ubungendawo
Izibhalo zifundisa ukuba isono saqala ngokungathobeli komntu kumyezo wase-Eden. Ngokukhetha, u-Eva, emva koko u-Adam, wathabatha indlela yakhe endaweni kaThixo. Esi sono santlandlolo, esasizuza njengelifa ukusuka kwesinye isizukulwane kuye kwesinye.
Ebhayibhileni, ubungendawo bunxulunyaniswa nokunqulwa kwezithixo zabahedeni, ukuhenyuza, ukucinezelwa kwabahlwempuzekileyo kunye nenkohliso emfazweni. Nangona iZibhalo zifundisa ukuba wonke umntu ungumoni, bambalwa namhlanje abazibiza ngokuba bengendawo. Ububi, okanye ukufana kwayo namhlanje, ubungendawo buye banxulunyaniswe nababulali abaninzi, abadlwenguli abanjongo, izidlwengu zabantwana kunye nabathengisi iziyobisi-ngokuthelekisa, uninzi lukholelwa ukuba ulungile.
Kodwa uYesu Kristu wafundisa ngendlela eyahlukileyo. KwiNtshumayelo yakhe yaseNtabeni, uthelekisa iingcinga ezimbi kunye neenjongo:
Nivile ukuba kwathiwa kubo ngemihla yakudala, musani ukubulala; ke yena obulalayo, uya kuba semngciphekweni wokugwetywa, kodwa ke mna ndiyazi ukuba wonke umntu omqumbele umzalwana wakhe ngaphandle kwesizathu, uya kuba semngciphekweni wokugwetywa; Nabani na osukuba esithi kumzalwana wakhe, uRaca,, uya kuba semngciphekweni weBhunga; ke yena othe usisidenge, uya kuba sengozini yomlilo. (Mateyu 5: 21-22, KJV)
UYesu unyanzelisa ukuba siwugcine wonke umthetho, kuye kwelona likhulu kude kuse komncinci. Imisela imigangatho engenakwenzeka yokuba abantu bahlangane:
Ke yibani ngabagqibeleleyo, njengokuba uYihlo osemazulwini efezekile. (Mateyu 5: 48, KJV)
Impendulo kaThixo kubungendawo
Ukuphikisana nobubi kukusesikweni. Kodwa njengokuba uPawulos esitsho, "Njengoko kubhaliwe, akukho lungelo, hayi, akukho nalinye". (KwabaseRoma 3: 10, KJV)
Abantu balahlekile ngokupheleleyo kwisono sabo, abakwazi ukuzisindisa. Impendulo kuphela ebubini kufuneka ivele kuThixo.
Kodwa ke, uThixo onothando unokuba nenceba nelungisa njani? Ungabaxolela njani aboni ngokuzalisa inceba yakhe egqibeleleyo aze ohlwaye ubungendawo ukuze anelise okusesikweni kwakhe okugqibeleleyo?
Impendulo yayilicebo likaThixo losindiso, idini loNyana wakhe okuphela kwamzeleyo, uYesu Kristu, emnqamlezweni wezono zehlabathi. Kuphela ngumntu ongenasono owayenokufanelekela ukuba lidini elinje; NguYesu kuphela umntu ongenasono. Wathatha isohlwayo ngenxa yobubi boluntu lonke. U-Thixo uBawo ubonakalisile ukuba u-Yesu uyiqondile intlawulo ngokumvusa ekufeni.
Nangona kunjalo, eluthandweni olugqibeleleyo, uThixo akanyanzeli mntu ukuba amlandele. Izibhalo zifundisa ukuba kuphela abo bafumana isipho sakhe sosindiso ngokuthembela kuKristu njengoMsindisi abaya ezulwini. Xa bekholelwa kuYesu, ubulungisa bakhe benziwa kubo kwaye uThixo akaboni njengababi, kodwa abangcwele. AmaKhristu akayeki ukona, kodwa izono zawo zixolelwe, zangoku, zangoku kunye nezizayo, ngenxa kaYesu.
UYesu ulumkise kaninzi ukuba abantu abalugatyayo ubabalo lukaThixo baya esihogweni xa besifa. Ububi babo bohlwaywe. Isono asikhathalelwa; ihlawulelwe iCalvary Cross okanye abo bangaguquki esihogweni.
Iindaba ezilungileyo, ngokwevangeli, kukuba ukuxolelwa nguThixo kuyafumaneka kuye wonke umntu. UThixo ufuna bonke abantu beze kuye. Iziphumo zobubi akunakwenzeka ukuba abantu baziphephe, kodwa kuThixo nantoni na inokwenzeka.