Yayiyintoni inkwenkwezi yeKrisimesi yaseBhetelehem?
Kwincwadi yeVangeli kaMateyu, iBhayibhile ichaza inkwenkwezi engaqondakaliyo ebonakala kwindawo awayefika kuyo uYesu Krestu eMhlabeni eBhetelehem ngeKrisimesi yokuqala kwaye yabangela ukuba izilumko (ezaziwa ngokuba ziiMagui) zifuna uYesu ukuze zimtyelele. Abantu bebexoxa ngokuba yeyiphi na kanye iNkwenkwezi yaseBhetelehem kule minyaka ingako ibhaliweyo. Abanye bathi yintsomi; abanye bathi yayingummangaliso. Ukanti abanye bayayidida kunye nembalasane yepholar. Nali ibali loko iBhayibhile ikuthethayo kunye noko uninzi lwezazi ngeenkwenkwezi ngoku lukholelwayo kwesi siganeko saziwayo sasezulwini:
Ingxelo yeBhayibhile
Ibhayibhile irekhoda imbali kuMateyu 2: 1-11. Indinyana 1 neyesi-2 zithi: “Emva kokuzalwa kukaYesu eBhetelehem kwelakwaYuda, ngexesha likaKumkani uHerode, iingcali zempuma zeza eYerusalem zabuza: 'Uphi lowo wazalwa engukumkani wamaYuda? Sayibona inkanyezi yayo xa ivela kwaye ndiza kuyinqula. '
Ibali liyaqhubeka ngokuchaza indlela uKumkani uHerode "ababize ngayo bonke ababingeleli abaziintloko nabafundisi bomthetho wabantu" kwaye "wababuza ukuba uzalelwe phi uMesiya" (ivesi 4). Babesithi, "EBhetelehem kwelakwaYuda" (iivesi 5) kwaye bacaphule isiprofetho malunga nendawo awayeza kuzalelwa kuyo uMesiya (umsindisi wehlabathi). Uninzi lwabaphengululi ababezazi kakuhle iziprofeto zakudala babelindele ukuba uMesiya azalelwe eBhetelehem.
Indinyana yesi-7 neyesi-8 zithi: “Kwandula ke uHerode wabiza izazi ngasese kwaye wafumana kanye kanye ngexesha lokubonakala kwenkwenkwezi. Wazithumela eBhetelehem, wathi, Hambani niye kukhangela inkwenkwe. Nje ukuba uyifumane, ndixelele ukuze nam ndihambe ndiyithanda. "" UHerode wayexoka kwizazi malunga neenjongo zakhe; enyanisweni, uHerode wayefuna ukuqinisekisa isikhundla sikaYesu ukuze akwazi ukuyalela amajoni ukuba ambulale uYesu, kuba uHerode wambona uYesu njengoyikisayo kumandla akhe.
Ibali liyaqhubeka kwivesi 9 ne-10: “Emva kokumamela ukumkani, bahamba indlela yabo kunye nenkwenkwezi leyo babeyibonile xa evuka phambi kwabo bada bayeka apho akhoyo umntwana. Zathi ke zakuyibona inkwenkwezi, zaba nemihlali.
Ibe ke iBhayibhile ichaza iiMilayi ezifika ekhayeni likaYesu, zimtyelele nonina uMariya, zimncome kwaye zimzukisa izipho zabo ezidumileyo zegolide, intlaka yokuqhumisa nemore. Okokugqibela, indinyana ye-12 ithi nge Magi: "... belumkisiwe ephupheni ukuba bangabuyeli kuHerode, babuyela kwilizwe labo ngenye indlela."
Intsomi
Kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, njengoko abantu babephikisana ukuba ngaba inkwenkwezi yokwenene ivela kwindlu kaYesu kwaye ikhokelela kwiiMagi apho, abanye abantu bathi le nkanyezi ayikho into eyenye ngaphandle kwesixhobo esibhaliweyo - luphawu olwaluza kusetyenziswa ngumpostile uMateyu. Kwibali lakhe ukuhambisa ukukhanya kwethemba lokuba abo babelindele ukufika kukaMesiya baziva njani xa kuzalwa uYesu.
Ungelosi
Ngexesha elikhulu leengxoxo-mpikiswano ngebali laseBhetelehem, abanye abantu bacinga ukuba le "nkwenkwezi" yayiyingelosi eqaqambileyo esibhakabhakeni.
Ngoba? Iingelosi zizithunywa zikaThixo kwaye inkwenkwezi yayidlulisa umyalezo obalulekileyo, kwaye iingelosi zikhokela abantu kwaye inkwenkwezi ikhokele iiMagi kuYesu. Ngapha koko, abaphengululi bebhayibhile bayakholelwa ukuba iBhayibhile ibhekisa kwiingelosi "njengeenkwenkwezi" nezinye iindawo ezininzi, ezinje ngoYobhi 38: 7 ("ngelixa iinkwenkwezi zakusasa zacula kunye zonke iingelosi zakhala ngovuyo") neNdumiso 147: 4 ("Chonga inani leenkwenkwezi uzibize ngegama ngalinye")
Nangona kunjalo, abaphengululi beBhayibhile abakholelwa ukuba isicatshulwa seNkwenkwezi yaseBhetelehem esebhayibhileni sithetha ingelosi.
Ummangaliso
Abanye bathi iNkwenkwezi yaseBhetelehem ngummangaliso - okanye kukukhanya okuyalelwe nguThixo ukuba kubonakale ngokungaphaya kwamandla emvelo, okanye into eyindalo eyenzekileyo eyenziwe nguThixo ngommangaliso. Uninzi lwabafundi bebhayibhile bakholelwa ukuba iNkwenkwezi yaseBhetelehem yayingummangaliso kuba uThixo walungelelanisa indalo yakhe kwindalo ukwenza into engaqhelekanga yenzeke ngeKrisimesi yokuqala. Injongo kaThixo yokuyenza, bayakholelwa, yayikukudala i-aben - i-omen, okanye uphawu, olwaluya kujolisa ingqalelo yabantu kwinto.
Kwincwadi yakhe ethi The Star of Bethlehem: The Legacy of the Magi, Michael R. Molnar ubhala ukuba, “Ngexesha lolawulo lukaHerode ngokwenene kwabakho ikamva ezulwini, i-omen eyayithetha ukuzalwa kokumkani omkhulu kwelakwaYuda kwaye ifezekile uvumelwano ngebali lebhayibhile ".
Ukubonakala ngokungaqhelekanga kunye nokuziphatha kwenkwenkwezi iphefumulele abantu ukuba bayibize ngokungummangaliso, kodwa ukuba ngummangaliso, ngummangaliso onokuchazwa ngendlela yendalo, abanye bayakholelwa. Emva kwexesha uMolnar ubhala athi: “Ukuba imfundiso yokuba iNkwenkwezi yaseBhetelehem ingummangaliso ongenakubekelwa ecaleni, kukho iinkcazo ezithile ezinomdla ezihambelana neenkwenkwezi nesi siganeko esithile sasezulwini. Kwaye rhoqo ezi mbono zinomdla wokuxhasa inkcubeko yeenkwenkwezi; Oko kukuthi, intshukumo ebonakalayo okanye ukuma kwemizimba yasezulwini, njengamadinga ".
KwiInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia, uGeoffrey W. Bromiley ubhala ngeMbali yaseBethlehem: “UThixo webhayibhile nguThixo owadala zonke izinto zasezulwini kunye namangqina azo. Ingenelela ngokuqinisekileyo kwaye iguqule ikhondo labo lendalo ".
Kuba iNdumiso 19: 1 yebhayibhile isithi "amazulu ahlala echaza ubuqaqawuli bukaThixo," kusenokwenzeka ukuba uThixo ubanyule ukuba babone ukuzalwa kwakhe emhlabeni ngendlela ekhethekileyo ngenkwenkwezi.
Amathuba eenkwenkwezi
Izazi ngeenkwenkwezi ziye zangqengqa kwiminyaka edlulileyo ukuba ngaba iNkwenkwezi yaseBhetelehem ibiyinkwenkwezi, okanye ukuba yayiyinkomnkantsho, iplanethi okanye iiplanethi ezininzi zeza kunye ukukhanya.
Ngoku ukuba ubuchwephesha buqhubele phambili ukuya kwinqanaba apho izazi ngeenkwenkwezi zinokuhlalutya ngokwenzekileyo ngokwenzekileyo kwisithuba esingesosithuba, uninzi lwezazi ngeenkwenkwezi zikholelwa ukuba zichaze into eyenzekileyo kwixesha apho ababhali-mbali babeka ukuzalwa kukaYesu: Ngentwasahlobo yowama-5 BC
Inkwenkwezi entsha
Impendulo, bathi, iNkwenkwezi yaseBhetelehem ibiyinyani- eqaqambileyo, ebizwa ngokuba yi-nova.
Kwincwadi yakhe ebizwa ngokuba yi-Star of Bethlehem: An American's Views, uMark R. Kidger ubhala athi i-Star of Bethlehem yayiphantse yabakho phakathi kuka-Matshi 5 BC "phakathi kwesiqingatha seCapricorn neAkila" .
"Inkwenkwezi yaseBethlehem yinkwenkwezi," ubhala uFrank J. Tipler kwincwadi yakhe ethi The Physics of Christian. “Ayisiyisijikelezi-langa, okanye ithi qheke, okanye udibaniso phakathi kweeplanethi ezimbini okanye ngaphezulu, okanye umlingo weJupita enyangeni. ... Ukuba le ngxelo ikwiVangeli kaMateyu ithathwe ngokoqobo, emva koko inkwenkwezi yaseBethlehem imele ukuba yayinguhlobo lwe-1a supernova okanye uhlobo lwe-1c hypernova, ekwi-Andromeda gala okanye, ukuba uhlobo 1a, kwiqela lehlabathi zalo mthala. "
U-Tipler wongeza ukuba ubudlelwane bukaMateyu kunye nenkwenkwezi bahlala okwethutyana xa uYesu wayefuna ukuthi "inkwenkwezi" iwele iqonga laseBhetelehem "kwindawo engama-31 ngama-43 degrees emantla.
Kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuba esi yayisisiganeko esikhethekileyo seenkwenkwezi ngelo xesha lithile kwimbali kunye nendawo yehlabathi. Ke inkwenkwezi yaseBethlehem ibingeyiyo inkwenkwezi encinci, leyo yinkwenkwezi ekhanyayo edla ngokubonakala ngexesha leKrisimesi. Inkwenkwezi encinci, ebizwa ngokuba yiPolaris, ikhanya kwiPole yaseMantla kwaye ayihambelani nenkwenkwezi ekhanyayo eBhetelehem ngeKrisimesi yokuqala.
Ukukhanya kwehlabathi
Kutheni le nto uThixo ethumela inkanyezi ukuba ikhokelele abantu kuYesu ngeKrisimesi yokuqala? Kungenxa yokuba ukukhanya okuqaqambileyo kwenkanyezi kwakufanekisela oko kamva iBhayibhile ikurekhoda ngoYesu xa wayechaza ngobomi bakhe: “Ndim ukhanyiselo lwehlabathi. Lowo undilandelayo akasayi kuhamba ebumnyameni, kodwa uya kuba nalo ukukhanya kobomi ”. (Yohane 8: 12).
Ekugqibeleni, uBromy ubhala kwi-International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, umbuzo obaluleke kakhulu ayisiyiyo iNto yaseBhetelehem, kodwa yayikhokelela kubani. “Kuya kufuneka uqaphele ukuba ingxelo ayibonisi zinkcukacha zichazayo kuba inkanyezi ngokwayo ibingabalulekanga. Kwakhankanywa kuphela kuba yayisisikhokelo somntwana kaKristu nomqondiso wokuzalwa kwakhe. "