ISan Lorenzo, iNgcwele yosuku lwe-10 Agasti
(c. 225 - 10 Agasti 258)
Imbali yeSan Lorenzo
Ukuxabiseka kweCawa kuLawrence kubonakala kwinto yokuba ukubhiyozelwa kwanamhlanje yiholide. Sazi okuncinci ngobomi bakhe. Ungomnye wabo ukufela ukholo kushiye umbono onzulu kunye nohlala uhleli kwiCawa yokuqala. Ukubhiyozela iholide yakhe kwasasazeka ngokukhawuleza.
Wayengumdikoni waseRoma phantsi kukaPopu San Sixtus II. Kwiintsuku ezine emva kokusweleka kukapopu, uLawrence kunye nabefundisi abane babulawelwa ukholo, mhlawumbi ngexesha lokutshutshiswa komlawuli uValerian.
Iinkcukacha ezaziwayo zokufa kukaLawrence zazisaziwa ngoDamasus, Prudentius, Ambrose noAugustine. Icawe eyakhelwe phezu kwengcwaba lakhe yaba yenye yeecawa ezisixhenxe eziphambili eRoma kunye nendawo eyithandayo yokuhamba ngezonqulo zaseRoma.
Ibali elidumileyo lisindile kumaxesha okuqala. Njengomdikoni eRoma, uLawrence wagwetywa ngoxanduva lwezinto eziphathekayo zeCawa kunye nokwabiwa kwamalizo kwabampofu. Xa uLawrence wafumanisa ukuba uza kubanjwa njengopopu, wakhangela amahlwempu, abahlolokazi neenkedama zaseRoma, wabanika yonke imali awayenayo, wade wathengisa neempahla ezingcwele zesibingelelo ukonyusa imali. Xa umphathi weroma weva ngale nto, wacinga ukuba amaKristu afanele abe nobutyebi obuninzi. Wathumela ukuba kubizwe uLawrence wathi, “Nina maKrestu nithi sikhohlakele kuni, kodwa ayisiyiyo le nto ndiyicingayo. Ndixelelwe ukuba ababingeleli bakho banikela ngegolide, ukuba igazi elingcwele lifunyenwe kwiikomityi zesilivere, nokuba uneziphatho zezibane zegolide ngexesha lenkonzo yangokuhlwa. Ngoku, imfundiso yakho ithi kufuneka ubuyisele izinto zakhe kuKesare. Zisa obu buncwane-umlawuli ufuna ukuba bagcine amandla akhe. UThixo akenzi ukubala kwemali: akakhange eze nantoni na emhlabeni, ngamazwi kuphela. Ndinike ke imali ube sisityebi ngamagama ”.
U-Lawrence uphendule wathi icawa ityebile ngenene. “Ndiza kukubonisa indawo ebalulekileyo. Kodwa ndinike ixesha lokubeka yonke into ngendlela kwaye ndenze uluhlu lwezinto. “Emva kweentsuku ezintathu wahlanganisa inani elikhulu leemfama, iziqhwala, izilima, abaneqhenqa, iinkedama nabahlolokazi, wababeka emgceni. Ukufika kwesiphathamandla, uLawrence wavele wathi, "Obu bubutyebi beCawa."
Umphathi waba nomsindo kangangokuba waxelela uLawrence ukuba unqwenela ukufa, kodwa iya kuba ziisentimitha. Wayephethe i-grill enkulu elungiselelwe ngamalahle phantsi kwayo, kwaye wabeka umzimba kaLawrence kuyo. Emva kokuba umfeli-nkolo eva iintlungu ixesha elide, eli bali liyaphetha, wenza inqaku lakhe elidumileyo elonwabisayo: “Wenze kakuhle. Ndijike! "
Ukucingisisa
Saphinda kwakhona saba nengcwele malunga naye akukho nto yaziwayo ngaye, kodwa ngubani ofumene imbeko engaqhelekanga eCaweni ukusukela kwinkulungwane yesine. Akukho nto, kodwa eyona nyaniso ibalulekileyo ebomini bakhe iqinisekile: wamfela uKristu. Thina silambele iinkcukacha ngobomi babangcwele siyakhunjuzwa kwakhona ukuba ubungcwele babo emva kwayo yonke impendulo kuKristu, ibonakaliswe ngokufa okunje.