Shiya ingqalelo yethu kwintlekele siye ethembeni
Intlungu ayisiyonto intsha kubantu bakaThixo.Iziganeko ezininzi zebhayibhile zibonisa ubumnyama beli lizwe nokulunga kukaThixo njengoko kuzisa ithemba kunye nokuphilisa kwiimeko ezibuhlungu.
Impendulo kaNehemiya kubunzima yayinomdla kwaye iyasebenza. Njengoko sijonga iindlela awajongana ngayo nentlekele yesizwe kunye neentlungu zakhe, sinokufunda kwaye sikhule ekuphenduleni kwethu kumaxesha anzima.
Kule nyanga, i-United States ikhumbula iziganeko zangoSeptemba 11, 2001. Sithe nqa kwaye sivakalelwa ngathi besingazange sithathe isigqibo sokulwa, siphulukene nobomi bamawaka abahlali ngosuku olunye ukuhlaselwa ziintshaba ezikude. Olu suku ngoku luchaza imbali yethu yamva nje, kwaye u-11/7 ufundiswa ezikolweni njengendawo yokutshintsha kwi "War on Terror," kanye ngoDisemba 1941, XNUMX (uhlaselo lwasePearl Harbour) lufundiswa njengotshintsho Imfazwe Yehlabathi II.
Ngelixa abantu abaninzi baseMelika besanengqondo ngobuhlungu xa sicinga nge-11/XNUMX (sinokukhumbula kanye apho sasikhona kunye nento esasiyenza kunye neengcinga zokuqala ezathi zafika ezingqondweni zethu), abanye kwihlabathi liphela bajongene neentlekele zabo zesizwe. Iintlekele zendalo ezathi zabulala amawaka abantu ngosuku olunye, ukuhlaselwa kwimikhosi yamaSilamsi kunye neecawe, amawaka eembacu ngaphandle kwelizwe ukuba zifumane, kwanokuyalelwa ngurhulumente.
Ngamanye amaxesha iintlekele ezisichaphazelayo ayizizo ezenza iindaba kwihlabathi liphela. Isenokuba kukuzibulala kwalapha ekhaya, ukugula okungalindelekanga, okanye ukulahleka kancinci njengokuvala umzi-mveliso, ushiye abaninzi bengenamsebenzi.
Umhlaba wethu ugcwele ubumnyama kwaye siyazibuza ukuba kungenziwa ntoni ukuzisa ukukhanya kunye nethemba.
Impendulo kaNehemiya kule ntlekele
Ngenye imini kubukhosi basePersi, isicaka sebhotwe sasilinde iindaba ezivela kwikomkhulu lelizwe laso. Umkhuluwa wakhe wayemndwendwele eyokubona ukuba zihamba njani kwaye iindaba zazingentle. “Intsalela kwiphondo eyasindayo ekuthinjweni inobunzima obukhulu kwaye ihlazekile. Udonga lweYerusalem ludilikile, namasango alo atshiswe ngomlilo ”(Nehemiya 1: 3).
UNehemiya wayithatha nzima. Walila, walila, wazila ukutya iintsuku (1: 4). Ukubaluleka kweYerusalem ekubeni sengxakini kunye nehlazo, ukuvezwa ukugculelwa nokuhlaselwa ngabantu bangaphandle kwakunzima kuye ukuba amkele.
Kwelinye icala, oku kunokubonakala ngathi yinto engaphaya yento oyenzayo. Imeko yemicimbi yayingeyonto intsha: kwiminyaka eyi-130 ngaphambili iJerusalem yaphangwa, yatshiswa kwaye abemi basiwa kwelinye ilizwe Malunga neminyaka engama-50 emva kwezi ziganeko, iinzame zokwakha kwakhona isixeko zaqala ngetempile. Kwakusele kudlule iminyaka engama-90 xa uNehemiya wafumanisa ukuba iindonga zeYerusalem zazisengamabhodlo.
Kwelinye icala, impendulo kaNehemiya iyinyaniso kumava omntu. Xa uhlanga luphathwa ngendlela etshabalalisayo neyothusayo, iinkumbulo kunye nentlungu yezi ziganeko iba yinxalenye ye-DNA yesizwe yeemvakalelo. Azihambi kwaye azinyangeki lula. Intetho ithi, "ixesha liyaphilisa onke amanxeba," kodwa ixesha ayililo igqirha lokugqibela. UThixo wezulu ngulowo uphilisayo, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha usebenza ngokumangalisayo nangamandla ukubuyisela, kungekuphela eludongeni lomzimba kodwa nakwisazisi ngokunjalo.
Ke ngoko, sifumana uNehemiya ejonge phantsi, elila engazibambi, ebiza uThixo wakhe ukuba azise utshintsho kule meko ingamkelekanga. Kumthandazo wokuqala obhaliweyo kaNehemiya, wadumisa uThixo, wamkhumbuza ngomnqophiso wakhe, wavuma isono sakhe nabantu bakhe, wathandazela inkokheli (ngumthandazo omde). Qaphela into engekhoyo: ukugculela abo batshabalalisa iYerusalem, ukhalaza ngabo baphose ibhola malunga nokwakha kwakhona isixeko, okanye ukuthethelela isenzo somnye umntu. Isikhalo sakhe kuThixo sasithobekile kwaye sinyanisekile.
Engakhange ajonge kwicala laseYerusalem, wanikina intloko kwaye waqhubekeka nobomi bakhe. Nangona uninzi lwalusazi imeko yesixeko, le meko imbi kangaka yamchaphazela ngendlela ekhethekileyo uNehemiya. Bekuya kwenzeka ntoni ukuba lo mkhonzi oxakekileyo, okwinqanaba eliphezulu ebengathi, “Hayi indlela ekulusizi ngayo ukuba kungabikho mntu usikhathaleleyo isixeko sikaThixo. Akwaba bendingekho kwimeko ebaluleke ngolu hlobo kweli lizwe langaphandle, bendizakwenza okuthile ngalo ”?
UNehemiya wabonisa ukulila okunempilo
Kwinkulungwane yama-21 yaseMelika, asinangqokelela yosizi olunzulu. Umngcwabo uqhubeka emva kwemini, inkampani elungileyo inokunika iintsuku ezintathu zekhefu lokufelwa, kwaye sicinga ukuba amandla kunye nokuvuthwa kubonakala ngathi kuya phambili ngokukhawuleza.
Nangona ukuzila kukaNehemiya, ukuzila, kunye nokulila kwaqalwa yimvakalelo, kusengqiqweni ukucinga ukuba baxhaswa ngoqeqesho kunye nokukhetha. Akazange ayigubungele intlungu yakhe ngomsindo. Khange aphazanyiswe kukuzonwabisa. Khange azithuthuzele nokutya. Intlungu yentlekele iye yavakala kwimeko yenyaniso kaThixo nemfesane.
Ngamanye amaxesha siyoyika ukuba iintlungu zisitshabalalise. Kodwa iintlungu ziyilelwe ukuzisa utshintsho. Intlungu yomzimba iqhuba ukuba sikhathalele imizimba yethu. Intlungu yeemvakalelo inokusinceda sinyamekele ubudlelwane bethu okanye iimfuno zangaphakathi. Intlungu yesizwe inokusinceda sakha kwakhona ngobunye kunye nenzondelelo. Mhlawumbi ukulungela kukaNehemiya "ukwenza into," ngaphandle kwemiqobo emininzi, kwavela kwixesha alichithe ekuzileni.
Isicwangciso sezenzo zokunyanga
Emva kokuba iintsuku zokuzila zidlulile, nangona ebuyele emsebenzini, uqhubeke nokuzila nokuthandaza. Ngenxa yokuba intlungu yakhe yayifakwe ebusweni bukaThixo, yavelisa icebo kuye. Kuba wayenecebo, xa ukumkani embuza ukuba ukhathazeke kangakanani, wayeyazi kakuhle into amakayithethe. Mhlawumbi bekunje ngathi siphinda-phinda iincoko ezithile ezintlokweni zethu amaxesha ngamaxesha ngaphambi kokuba zenzeke!
Ukuthandwa nguThixo ngoNehemiya kwabonakala ukusukela mhla wavula umlomo wakhe kwigumbi lokumkani. Wafumana inqanaba lokuqala lokubonelelwa kunye nokukhuselwa kwaye wafumana ixesha elibalulekileyo emsebenzini. Intlungu ebimenza ukuba akhale naye zamenza wasebenza.
UNehemiya wabhiyozela abo babancedayo endaweni yokuwisa abo babenzakalisayo
UNehemiya wakhumbula umsebenzi wabantu ngokudwelisa ukuba ngubani owenze into yokwakha udonga kwakhona (isahluko 3). Ukubhiyozela umsebenzi olungileyo owenziwa ngabantu ukwakha kwakhona, ukujolisa kwethu kusuka kwintlekele siye ethembeni.
Umzekelo, ngomhla we-11/XNUMX, abaphenduli bokuqala abazibeka emngciphekweni (abaninzi ngokulahlekelwa bubomi babo) babonisa ukungakhathali kunye nesibindi esili lizwe esifuna ukukuhlonipha. Ukubhiyozela ubomi bala madoda nabafazi kunemveliso ngakumbi kunokukhuthaza intiyo yamadoda awathimba iinqwelomoya ngaloo mini. Ibali liba lincinci ngokutshatyalaliswa kunye nentlungu; Endaweni yoko sinokubona ukugcinwa, ukuphiliswa nokwakhiwa kwakhona okuxhaphakileyo.
Ngokucacileyo ukhona umsebenzi ekufuneka wenziwe ukuzikhusela kuhlaselo lwexesha elizayo. UNehemiya weva ngeentshaba ezithile ezaziceba ukuhlasela isixeko xa abasebenzi bengahoyanga (isahluko 4). Ngoko ke bawayeka umsebenzi wabo okwexeshana baza bahlala belindile de kudlule ingozi ngoko nangoko. Emva koko baqala ukusebenza bephethe izixhobo. Umntu unokucinga ukuba oku kungabacothisa, kodwa mhlawumbi isoyikiso sokuhlaselwa lutshaba kwabangela ukuba bagqibezele udonga olukhuselayo.
Kwakhona siqaphela into angayenziyo uNehemiya. Amagqabantshintshi akhe ngesisongelo sotshaba akatyholwa ngokuchaza ubugwala baba bantu. Akampompi ngokukrakra abantu kubo. Ichaza izinto ngendlela elula nesebenzisekayo, enje ngala: "Wonke umntu kunye nesicaka sakhe mabachithe ubusuku eJerusalem, basigcine ebusuku, basebenze nasemini" (4:22). Ngamanye amagama, "sonke siyakwenza umsebenzi ophindwe kabini okwexeshana." Kwaye uNehemiya akazange akhulule (4:23).
Nokuba sisincoko seenkokheli zethu okanye iincoko zemihla ngemihla esizifumana sikuzo, siza kwenza kakuhle ngakumbi ngokususa ukugxila kwethu kude ekugxekeni abo basivileyo. Ukuvuselela inzondo kunye noloyiko kusebenza ekudleni ithemba kunye namandla okuqhubela phambili. Endaweni yoko, ngelixa ngobulumko sinemilinganiselo yethu yokukhusela, sinokugcina incoko kunye namandla emvakalelo egxile ekwakheni kwakhona.
Ukwakhiwa kwakhona kweYerusalem kwakhokelela ekwakhiweni kwakhona kweempawu zokomoya zikaSirayeli
Ngaphandle kwayo yonke inkcaso ababejamelene nayo kunye nenani elincinci labantu ababebancedile, uNehemiya wakwazi ukukhokela amaSirayeli ekwakhiweni kwakhona kodonga ngeentsuku nje ezingama-52. Le nto yayitshatyalalisiwe kangangeminyaka eli-140. Ngokucacileyo ixesha alinakusiphilisa eso sixeko. Ukuphiliswa kweza kumaSirayeli njengoko ayethatha isibindi, ephucula isixeko, kwaye esebenza emanyene.
Emva kokuba udonga lugqityiwe, uNehemiya wacela iinkokeli zonqulo ukuba zifunde umthetho ngokuvakalayo kubo bonke abantu ababehlanganisene. Babenombhiyozo omkhulu njengoko behlaziya ukuzibophelela kwabo kuThixo (8: 1-12). Ubume babo besizwe buqala ukubonakala kwakhona: babebizwe ngokukodwa nguThixo ukuba bamzukise ngeendlela zabo kwaye basikelele izizwe ezibangqongileyo.
Xa sijamelene nentlekele neentlungu, nathi sinokuphendula ngendlela efanayo. Kuyinyani ukuba asinakho ukuthatha amanyathelo angqingqwa njengoko wenzayo uNehemiya ekuphenduleni kuyo yonke into embi eyenzekayo. Kwaye ayinguye wonke umntu ekufuneka enguNehemiya. Abanye abantu kufuneka nje babe ngabo banesando kunye nezikhonkwane. Kodwa nantsi eminye imigaqo-siseko esinokuyithatha nathi ukusuka kuNehemiya ukufumana unyango njengoko siphendula kwintlekele:
Zinike ixesha nendawo yokulila ngokunzulu
Faka iintlungu zakho ngokuthandaza kuThixo ufuna uncedo kunye nokuphilisa
Lindela uThixo ukuba ngamanye amaxesha avule umnyango wezenzo
Gxila ekubhiyozeleni abantu abalungileyo abenzayo endaweni yobubi beentshaba zethu
Thandazela ukwakha kwakhona ukukhokelela ekuphiliseni kubudlelwane bethu noThixo