Ingcwele yosuku lukaFebruwari 6: ibali likaSan Paolo Miki kunye namaqabane akhe
(d. 1597)
INagasaki, eJapan, iyaziwa ngabantu baseMelika njengesixeko apho ibhombu yeathom yesibini yawiswa khona, yabulala kwangoko abantu abangaphezu kwama-37.000. Kwiinkulungwane ezintathu ezinesiqingatha ngaphambili, abafeli-nkolo abangama-26 baseJapan babethelelwa emnqamlezweni kwinduli, ngoku eyaziwa njengeNtaba eNgcwele, ejonge eNagasaki. Phakathi kwabo kwakukho abefundisi, abantakwabo kunye namarhamente, amaFranciscans, amaJesuit kunye namalungu oMyalelo weNkundla waseFranciscan; bekukho iikatekista, oogqirha, amagcisa alula nezicaka, amadoda amadala nabantwana abangenatyala, bonke bemanyene kwinkolo enye kunye nothando ngoYesu neCawe yakhe.
UMzalwan 'uPaolo Miki, umJesuit waseJapan, uye waba ngoyena mntu ubalaseleyo wafela ukholo eJapan. Ngoxa wayexhonywe emnqamlezweni, uPaolo Miki washumayeza abantu ababehlanganisene ukuze abulawe: “Isigwebo sithi la madoda afike eJapan evela kwiiPhilippines, kodwa andivelanga kwelinye ilizwe. NdingumJapan wokwenene. Isizathu sokuba ndibulawe kukuba ndandifundisa imfundiso kaKrestu. Ngokuqinisekileyo ndayifundisa imfundiso kaKristu. Ndiyabulela uThixo yiyo loo nto ndisifa. Ndicinga ukuba ndithetha inyani kuphela phambi kokuba ndife. Ndiyazi ukuba uyandikholelwa kwaye ndifuna ukukuxelela kwakhona: cela uKristu akuncede wonwabe. Ndithobela uKrestu. Emva komzekelo kaKrestu ndibaxolela abo banditshutshisayo. Andibazondi. Ndiyamcela uThixo ukuba abenzele inceba wonke umntu kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba igazi lam liyakuwela kwabanye abantu njengemvula eneziqhamo “.
Xa abathunywa bevangeli babuyela eJapan ngo-1860, baqala bangafumani mkhondo wobuKristu. Kodwa emva kokuzinza, bafumanisa ukuba amawaka amaKristu ahlala ngeenxa zonke eNagasaki kwaye ayelugcine ngokufihlakeleyo ukholo. Basikelelwe ngo-1627, abafel 'ukholo baseJapan bagqitywa ngo-1862.
Ukucingisisa
Namhlanje kufike ixesha elitsha leCawa eJapan. Nangona inani lamaKatolika lingaphakamanga, iCawe iyahlonitshwa kwaye inandipha inkululeko yenkolo epheleleyo. Ukusasazeka kobuKristu kwiMpuma Ekude kuhamba kancinci kwaye kunzima. Ukholo olufana nolo lwabafeli-nkolo abangama-26 luyimfuneko namhlanje njengoko lwalunjalo ngo-1597.