Ingcwele yosuku lukaDisemba 5: ibali leSan Saba
Ingcwele yosuku lwe-5 kuDisemba
(439 - Disemba 5, 532)
Imbali yeSan Saba
Uzalelwe eCappadocia, uSabas ungomnye woosolusapho abahlonitshwayo phakathi kweemonki zasePalestine kwaye uthathwa njengomnye wabaseki be-monasticism yaseMpuma.
Emva kobuntwana obungonwabisiyo apho waxhatshazwa kwaye wabaleka izihlandlo ezininzi, ekugqibeleni uSabas wazimela kwindlu yoonongendi. Ngelixa amalungu osapho azama ukumcenga ukuba abuyele ekhaya, inkwenkwe yaziva itsalelekile kubomi bobuonaki. Nangona wayengoyena monki mncinci endlini, wayegqwesa ekulungeni.
Xa wayeneminyaka eli-18 waya eJerusalem, ezama ukufunda banzi ngokuhlala wedwa. Ngokukhawuleza wacela ukuba amkelwe njengomfundi we-loner eyaziwayo yendawo, nangona ekuqaleni wayejongwa njengomncinci kakhulu ukuba angaphila ngokugqibeleleyo. Ekuqaleni, uSabas wayehlala kumzi woonongendi, apho wayesebenza emini kwaye echitha ixesha elininzi ethandaza. Xa wayeneminyaka engama-30, wanikwa imvume yokuchitha iintsuku ezintlanu ngeveki kumqolomba okude okufutshane, esenza umthandazo kunye nomsebenzi wezandla njengeebhaskithi eziphothiweyo. Emva kokubhubha komcebisi wakhe, uSanta Euthymius, uSabas wafudukela entlango kufutshane neJeriko. Wahlala apho iminyaka eliqela emqolombeni kufutshane nomjelo weCedron. Intambo yayiyindlela yakhe yokufikelela. Imifuno yasendle phakathi kwengxondorha yayikukutya kwakhe. Amaxesha ngamaxesha amadoda ayemzisela ukutya okongezelelekileyo kunye nezinto, ngelixa kwakufuneka aye kude aye kukha amanzi.
Abanye bala madoda beza kuye bezimisele ukumjoyina yedwa. Ekuqaleni wala. Kodwa kungekudala emva kokuba eguqukile, abalandeli bakhe benyuka baya ngaphezulu kwama-150, bonke bahlala ezindlwini ezizodwa ezihlanganisene ecaweni, ebizwa ngokuba yilaura.
Ubhishophu wacenga uSabas owayethandabuza, emva koko wayeneminyaka engamashumi amahlanu, ukuba alungiselele ubufundisi ukuze akwazi ukukhonza ngcono indawo yakhe yeemonki kubunkokheli. Ngelixa wayesebenza njenge-abbot kwindawo enkulu yeemonki, wayehlala eziva ebizelwe ukuhlala ubomi bokuba yindlalifa. Ngexesha lonyaka ngamnye, rhoqo ngexesha leLente, wayezishiya iimonki zakhe ixesha elide, amaxesha amaninzi ebabandezela. Iqela lamadoda angama-60 lashiya i-monastery, lihlala kwisakhiwo esiseduze. Xa uSabas weva ngobunzima abajongana nabo, wabanika ngesisa izibonelelo kwaye wabona ubungqina bokulungiswa kwecawa yabo.
Ukutyhubela iminyaka uSaba wahamba lonke elasePalestine, eshumayela ukholo oluyinyani kwaye ebuyisela ngempumelelo uninzi eCaweni. Kwiminyaka engama-91, ephendula kwisibheno esivela ku-Patriarch wase-Jerusalem, u-Sabas waqalisa uhambo oluya e-Constantinople ngokudibana nemvukelo yama-Samariya kunye nengcinezelo eyayinogonyamelo. Wagula kwaye emva nje kokuba ebuyile wasweleka kwikhaya loonongendi laseMar Saba. Namhlanje, i-monastery isahlala iimonki ze-Eastern Orthodox Church kunye ne-Saint Saba ithathwa njengelinye lawona manani abalulekileyo.
Ukucingisisa
Bambalwa kuthi ababelana ngesifiso sikaSabas somqolomba wentlango, kodwa uninzi lwethu ngamanye amaxesha luyacaphuka kwiimfuno zabanye ngexesha lethu. USabas uyayiqonda le nto. Xa ekugqibeleni wafezekisa ukuba yedwa wayefuna, uluntu lwaqala ngoko nangoko ukumngqonga, kwaye wanyanzelwa ukuba athathe inxaxheba kubunkokheli. Imile njengomzekelo wesisa somonde kuye nakubani na ixesha namandla akhe afunwa ngabanye, oko kukuthi, kuthi sonke.