USanta Julia, intombazane eyayincamela ukufela ukholo ukuze igweme ukukhaphela uNkulunkulu wayo
E-Italy, uGiulia ungomunye wamagama abesifazane athandwa kakhulu. Kodwa yini esiyaziyo USanta Giulia, ngaphandle kokuthi wakhetha ukufela ukholo kunokuba aphike ukholo lwakhe lobuKristu? Izindaba ezincane ngaphandle kwendaba yokufela ukholo lwakhe, ezibikwe ngokuzixuba nezinsumansumane namasiko.
UJulia wayengowesifazane ohlonishwayo waseCarthaginian wekhulu lesi-5 AD. okwathi ngemva kokuwela ebugqilini, wathengwa umthengisi ogama lakhe I-Eusebio wayiswa eSiriya. Nakuba u-Eusebius ayengumqaba, wayezithanda izimfanelo zikaJulia zobuntu nezingokomoya futhi wahamba naye ohambweni lwakhe. Phakathi nolunye lwalolu hambo, ngenxa yokuphahlazeka komkhumbi, bafika I-Corsica. Lapha bonke abalahliwe babenikela okuthile konkulunkulu ukuze basindiswe ekufeni. Wonke umuntu, ngaphandle kukaGiulia njengoba engumKristu. Umbusi wendawo, Felice, indoda enobudlova nonya, yayifuna ukuthenga lesi sigqila esihle, kodwa u-Eusebius wenqaba leso sicelo.
Indaba yokufela ukholo kukaSanta Giulia
Ngobunye ubusuku, lapho u-Eusebius edakiwe, uFeliksi wathi uJulia walethwe kuye futhi wamnikeza inkululeko uma ehlabela onkulunkulu. Kodwa uGiulia wenqaba. Ejabule, ecasukile, wazama ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene ukumkholisa ukuba alahle uNkulunkulu wakhe, kodwa akazange aphumelele. Wabe esenquma ukwenza ubudlova, ukuze ashaywe futhi ahlatshwe umkhosi.
Ekugcineni, wayala eyakhe kwadatshulwa izinwele nokuthi njengoJesu, wayenjalo wabethelwa esiphambanweni phezu kwezingodo ezimbili ezimise okwesiphambano zaphonswa olwandle. Ezinye izindela zasesiqhingini esiseduze saseGorgona, ezixwayiswe ngendlela engaqondakali ephusheni lalokho okwenzekile, zabona wela nomzimba lomfel’ ukholo kanye neshidi elinegama nomlando wokufel’ ukholo kwakhe, elibhalwe ngezandla zezingelosi. Izindela zasibuyisa isidumbu, zasihlanza futhi zasifafaza ngamakha, zabe sezisifaka endaweni ithuna.
Ongcwele uthathwa njengosanta ongumvikeli waseCorsica, yize izinsalela zakhe zitholakala kuyo Brescia. Ngokusho kwezinye izazi nokho, uJulia wemvelaphi yaseCarthage wafa njengomfel’ ukholo kokunye kokushushiswa ngaphansi UDecius. Ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kwe-Afrika ngama-Aryan Vandals of Genseric, amanye amaKristu babaleka bathatha izinsalela zomfel’ ukholo futhi baphephela eCorsica. Lapho, indaba yasekuqaleni yayinothiswe ngemininingwane eyenza indaba yokuhlushwa kwakhe ifane naleyo yokuhlukunyezwa kwakhe Intshisekelo kaKristu.
Nakuba umfel’ ukholo afela eCorsica futhi wafika kwamanye amazwe kamuva, akazange alibaleke esiqhingini saseFrance. Usahlonishwa njengo umbusi waseCorsica. Ukuzinikela kumlingisi oNgcwele Othembekile weNkosi yakhe yaseZulwini kuze kufike emininingwaneni yokuhlukunyezwa kwakhe kuxhumene namanxeba awatholayo. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, kunconywa izifo zezandla nezinyawo.