Ingcwele yosuku lukaDisemba 28: ibali labangcwele abamsulwa

Ingcwele yosuku lwe-28 kuDisemba

Ibali labangcwele abamsulwa

UHerode "Omkhulu", ukumkani waseJudiya, wayengathandwa ngabantu bakhe ngenxa yokunxibelelana kwakhe namaRoma kunye nokungakhathali ngokwenkolo. Ke wayengazithembanga kwaye esoyika nasiphi na isoyikiso kwitrone yakhe. Wayengusopolitiki onamava kwaye enguzwilakhe okwaziyo ukukhohlakala. Wabulala inkosikazi yakhe, umntakwabo kunye namadoda amabini kadadewabo, ukubala nje abambalwa.

UMateyu 2: 1-18 uxelela eli bali: UHerode "wakhathazeka kakhulu" xa abavumisi ngeenkwenkwezi abavela empuma beza kubuza ukuba uphi "ukumkani wamaYuda osandul 'ukuzalwa," owayeyibonile inkwenkwezi. Baxelelwa ukuba iZibhalo zesiHebhere zazibiza ngokuba yiBhetelehem indawo uMesiya awayeza kuzalelwa kuyo. UHerode ngobuchule wabaxelela ukuba baxele kuye ukuze naye "amnike imbeko." Bamfumana uYesu, bamnika izipho zabo, kwaye, belumkiswa yingelosi, bamphepha uHerode xa begoduka. UYesu wabalekela eYiputa.

UHerode wayenomsindo kwaye "wayalela ukuba kubulawe onke amakhwenkwe aseBhetelehem nakwimimandla eyingqongileyo iminyaka emibini nangaphantsi". Ukoyikeka kokubulawa kwabantu kunye nokutshatyalaliswa koomama nootata kwakhokelela kuMateyu ukuba acaphule kuJeremia: “Kwavakala ilizwi eRama, isililo nesikhalo esikhulu; URakeli ulilela abantwana bakhe… ”(Mateyu 2:18). URakeli wayengumfazi kaYakobi (uSirayeli). Uboniswa elila kwindawo apho amaSirayeli ayehlanganisene khona ngama-Asiriya oyisayo xa babesiya ekuthinjweni.

Ukucingisisa

Abangcwele abamsulwa bambalwa xa kuthelekiswa nokubulawa kwabantu kunye nokuqhomfa komhla wethu. Kodwa nokuba ibinye kuphela, siyabazi obona butyebi bukhulu obubekwe nguThixo emhlabeni: umntu ongumntu, omiselwe unaphakade kwaye oxolelwe ngokufa nokuvuka kukaYesu.

Abangcwele abamsulwa ngabangcwele abaxhasi be:

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