I-San Girolamo, iNgcwele yosuku lwe-30 kaSeptemba
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Ibali leSan Girolamo
Uninzi lwabangcwele lukhunjulwa ngokuziphatha okuhle okanye ukuzinikela kwabo, kodwa uJerome uhlala ekhunjulwa ngenxa yemeko yakhe embi! Kuyinyani ukuba wayenomsindo kwaye wayenokusebenzisa ipeni ye-vitriolic, kodwa uthando lwakhe ngoThixo nonyana wakhe uYesu Kristu lwalunamandla ngokungaqhelekanga; Nabani na owafundisa impazamo wayelutshaba lukaThixo nenyaniso, kwaye uSt. Jerome wayemlandela ngosiba lwakhe olunamandla kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ehlekisa.
Wayengumphengululi weZibhalo, eguqulela uninzi lweTestamente eNdala ukusuka kwisiHebhere. UJerome uphinde wabhala amagqabantshintshi angumthombo omkhulu wokuphefumlelwa kweZibhalo kuthi namhlanje. Wayengumfundi okhutheleyo, umfundi ogqibeleleyo, umbhali obalaseleyo weeleta, nomcebisi kwiimonki, kubhishophu nakupopu. USt Augustine wathi ngaye: "Into engaziwa nguJerome, akukho mntu wakha wazi".
I-St. Jerome ibaluleke kakhulu ngokwenza inguqulelo yeBhayibhile eyayibizwa ngokuba yiVulgate. Ayilulo olona Bhayibhile lubaluleke kakhulu, kodwa ukwamkelwa kwalo yiCawa kube nethamsanqa. Njengoko omnye umphengululi wale mihla esitsho, "Kwakungekho mntu ngaphambi kukaJerome okanye phakathi kwabantu bexesha lakhe kwaye ayembalwa kakhulu amadoda kwiinkulungwane ezininzi ezalandelayo awayefanelekile ukwenza lo msebenzi." IBhunga laseTrent lacela uhlelo olutsha noluchanekileyo lweVulgate lwaza lwayichaza njengombhalo ofanele ukuba usetyenziswe eCaweni.
Ukwenza lo msebenzi, uJerome wazilungiselela kakuhle. Wayefundisa isiLatin, isiGrike, isiHebhere nesiKaledi. Waqala izifundo zakhe kwidolophu yakowabo iStridon eDalmatia. Emva koqeqesho lokuqala, waya e-Roma, iziko lemfundo ngelo xesha, ukusuka apho waya e-Trier, eJamani, apho umphengululi wayebonakala khona. Uchithe iminyaka eliqela kwindawo nganye, ehlala ezama ukufumana ootitshala abafanelekileyo. Wayekhe wakhonza njengonobhala wangasese kaPopu Damasus.
Emva kwezi zifundo zokulungiselela, wahamba kakhulu ePalestine, ephawula yonke into ebomini bukaKristu ngokuzinikela. Eyimfihlakalo njengoko wayenjalo, wachitha iminyaka emihlanu entlango yaseChalcis ukuba azinikele emthandazweni, ekuguqukeni nasekufundeni. Ekugqibeleni, wazinza eBhetelehem, apho wayehlala khona emqolombeni ekwakukholelwa ukuba yindawo yokuzalwa kukaKristu. UJerome wasweleka eBhetelehem kwaye amathambo omzimba wakhe ngoku angcwatyelwe kwi-Basilica yaseSanta Maria Maggiore eRoma.
Ukucingisisa
UJerome wayeyindoda eyomeleleyo nengqalileyo. Wayeneempawu ezintle kunye neziqhamo ezingathandekiyo zokugxeka ngokungenasibindi kunye nazo zonke iingxaki eziqhelekileyo zokuziphatha komntu. Wayengekho, njengoko abanye besitsho, uyayithanda imodareyitha ngokulungileyo nangokuchasene nobubi. Wayekulungele ukuba nomsindo, kodwa ekwakulungele ukuziva ezisola, nokuba kubi ngakumbi kwiimpazamo zakhe kunakwabanye. Upopu kuthiwa wayeqwalasele, ebona umfanekiso kaJerome ezibetha esifubeni ngelitye, "Unyanisile ukuphatha eli litye, kuba ngaphandle kwalo iCawe ibingasoze ikwenze ubuqaqawuli"