Owesifazane emthonjeni: indaba kaNkulunkulu onothando
Indaba yowesifazane osemthonjeni ingenye eyaziwa kakhulu eBhayibhelini; amaKristu amaningi angasho kalula ngamafuphi ngayo. Lapho ixoxa nje, le ndaba isitshela ngobandlululo lobuhlanga nowesifazane owenqatshelwe ngumphakathi wakubo. Kepha uma ubheka ngokuningiliziwe uzokwazi ukuthi wembula okuningi ngesimo sikaJesu.Ngaphezu kwakho konke, le ndaba, eveza kuJohane 4: 1-40, iveza ukuthi uJesu unguNkulunkulu onothando futhi wemukela uNkulunkulu futhi kufanele silandele isibonelo sakhe.
Indaba iqala lapho uJesu nabafundi bakhe besuka eJerusalema eningizimu beya eGalile enyakatho. Ukwenza uhambo lwabo lube mfushane, bathatha indlela esheshayo edlula eSamariya. Ekhathele futhi omile, uJesu wayehlala eduze komthombo kaJakobe ngenkathi abafundi bakhe beya edolobhaneni laseSikhari, eliqhele cishe ngasekhilomitha ukuyothenga ukudla. Kwakusemini, ingxenye eshisa kakhulu yosuku, futhi owesifazane ongumSamariya weza emthonjeni ngalesi sikhathi esingesihle ukuzokukha amanzi.
UJesu uhlangana nowesifazane emthonjeni
Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka umhlangano nowesifazane emthonjeni, uJesu wephula amasiko amathathu amaJuda. Okokuqala, wakhuluma naye yize ayengowesifazane. Okwesibili, wayengowesifazane waseSamariya kanti amaJuda ngokwesiko akhaphela amaSamariya. Okwesithathu, wamcela ukuba amlethele isiphu samanzi, noma ukusetshenziswa kwendebe noma iveni lakhe kwakuzomenza angcolile ngokwesiko.
Ukuziphatha kukaJesu kwamethusa lowesifazane emthonjeni. Kepha kwaba ngathi lokho akwanele, watshela lona wesifazane ukuthi angamnika "amanzi aphilayo" ukuze angabe esomile. UJesu wasebenzisa amagama aphilayo ukuthi abhekisele ekuphileni okuphakade, isipho esizokwanelisa isifiso somphefumlo wakhe otholakala ngaye kuphela. Ekuqaleni, owesifazane ongumSamariya wayengakuqondi ngokugcwele okushiwo uJesu.
Yize babengakaze bahlangane ngaphambili, uJesu waveza ukuthi uyazi ukuthi wayenamadoda ayisihlanu nokuthi manje usehlala nendoda eyayingeyena umyeni wakhe. Wayenakho konke ukunaka kwakhe!
UJesu uzembula kowesifazane
Lapho uJesu nowesifazane bexoxa ngemibono yabo mayelana nokukhulekelwa, lona wesifazane waveza ukuthi uyakholelwa ukuthi uMesiya uyeza. UJesu waphendula wathi: "Nguye okhuluma nawe." (Johane 4: 26, ESV)
Lapho lona wesifazane eqala ukuqonda iqiniso lokuhlangana kwakhe noJesu, abafundi babuya. Nabo bashaqeka lapho bemthola ekhuluma nowesifazane. Eshiye imbiza yakhe yamanzi ngemuva, lo wesifazane wabuyela edolobheni, emema abantu ukuthi "Woza uzobona umuntu ongitshele konke engake ngakwenza." (Johane 4: 29, ESV)
Ngaleso sikhathi, uJesu watshela abafundi bakhe ukuthi ukuvuna kwemiphefumulo sekumi ngomumo, okuhlwanyelwe ngabaprofethi, ababhali beTestamente Elidala noJohane uMbhaptizi.
Ehlatshwe umxhwele yilokho owatshelwa kona ngowesifazane, amaSamariya eza eSyari futhi ancenga uJesu ukuba abe nabo.
UJesu wahlala izinsuku ezimbili, efundisa abantu baseSamariya uMbuso kaNkulunkulu. Lapho esehamba, abantu bathi kowesifazane: "... sazilalela thina futhi sazi ukuthi ngempela lo ungumsindisi womhlaba". (Johane 4:42, ESV)
Amaphuzu ezithakazelo emlandweni wowesifazane ukuya emthonjeni
Ukuze uqonde ngokuphelele umlando wowesifazane osemthonjeni, kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuthi ayengobani amaSamariya - abantu bomhlanga abaxubekile ababeshade nabase-Asiriya emakhulwini eminyaka ngaphambili. Bazondwa amaJuda ngenxa yalokhu kuhlanganiswa kwesiko nangenxa yokuthi babenohlobo lwabo lwebhayibheli nethempeli labo eNtabeni iGerizim.
Owesifazane waseSamariya uJesu ahlangana naye wabhekana nobandlululo lomphakathi wakubo. Wafika ezokukha amanzi engxenyeni eshisa kakhulu yosuku, esikhundleni samahora ajwayelekile asekuseni noma kusihlwa, ngoba wayegwetshwa futhi enqatshwa abanye besifazane bendawo ngenxa yokuziphatha kwakhe kabi. UJesu wayeyazi le ndaba yakhe, kodwa wayesayamukela futhi wayinakekela.
Ekhuluma namaSamariya, uJesu wakhombisa ukuthi umsebenzi wakhe wawenzelwe bonke abantu, hhayi amaJuda kuphela. Encwadini yezEnzo, ngemuva kokukhuphuka kukaJesu ezulwini, abaphostoli bakhe baqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe eSamariya nasemhlabeni weZizwe. Kuyamangaza ukuthi ngenkathi uMpristi Ophakeme neSanhedrini benqaba uJesu njengoMesiya, amaSamariya ayehlanjalulwe amemukela futhi amemukela lokho ayeyikho ngempela, eyiNkosi nomsindisi.
Umbuzo wokuboniswa
Ukuthambekela kwethu kobuntu ukwahlulela abanye ngama-stereotypes, amasiko noma ubandlululo. UJesu uphatha abantu njengabantu ngabanye, ebemukela ngothando nobubele. Ingabe wenqaba abantu abathile njengezimbangela ezilahlekile noma ubabheka njengabayigugu kubo, abakufaneleyo ukwazi iVangeli?