Nabangcwele bayakwesaba ukufa
Isosha elijwayelekile lifa ngaphandle kokwesaba; UJesu wafa ethukile ”. U-Iris Murdoch wabhala lawo mazwi, engikholwa ukuthi, asiza ukuveza umbono olula ngokweqile wokuthi ukholo luphendula kanjani lapho ubhekene nokufa.
Kunombono odumile okholelwa ukuthi uma sinokholo oluqinile akufanele sihlushwe ukwesaba okungafanele lapho sibhekene nokufa, kepha kunalokho sibhekane nakho ngokuzola, ukuthula ngisho nokubonga ngoba asinakwesaba uNkulunkulu noma impilo yangemva kokufa. UKristu wakunqoba ukufa. Ukufa kusithumela ezulwini. Pho kungani wesaba?
Lokhu, empeleni, kunjalo ngabesifazane nabesilisa abaningi, abanye banokholo kanti abanye abekho. Abantu abaningi babhekana nokufa benokwesaba okuncane kakhulu. Imilando yabantu abangcwele inikeza ubufakazi obanele kulokhu futhi abaningi bethu bahlala embhedeni wokufa wabantu abangasoze bagcotshwa kodwa ababhekana nokufa kwabo ngomoya ophansi futhi bengesabi.
Pho kungani uJesu ayesaba? Futhi kubonakala sengathi kwakunjalo. AmaVangeli amathathu achaza uJesu njengokuthula nokuzola, njengegazi elijulukayo, phakathi namahora aholela kulokhu kufa. IVangeli likaMark limchaza njengomuntu okhathazeke kakhulu njengoba efa: "Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni!"
Uthini ngalokhu?
UMichael Buckley, umJesuit waseCalifornia, wake wanikeza umkhaya odumile lapho ebeka khona umehluko phakathi kwendlela uSocrates abhekana ngayo nokufa kwakhe nendlela uJesu asebenzelana ngayo nokwakhe. Isiphetho sikaBuckley singasishiya simangele. USocrates ubukeka ebhekene nokufa ngesibindi ukwedlula uJesu.
NjengoJesu, uSocrates naye wagwetshwa intambo ngokungafanele. Kepha wabhekana nokufa kwakhe ngomoya ophansi, ngaphandle kokwesaba, eqiniseka ukuthi umuntu olungile akanakwesaba ukwahlulela komuntu noma ukufa. Waphikisana ngokuthula kakhulu nabafundi bakhe, wabaqinisekisa ukuthi wayengesabi, wamnika isibusiso, waphuza ubuthi futhi wafa.
Futhi uJesu, kanjani ngokuphambene nalokho? Emahoreni aholela ekufeni kwakhe, wezwa ngokujulile ukukhashelwa kwabafundi bakhe, wajuluka igazi ngosizi futhi emizuzwini embalwa ngaphambi kokuba afe wakhala ngezinhlungu lapho ezizwa elahliwe. Siyazi, vele, ukuthi ukukhala kwakhe ngokushiywa akusona isikhathi sakhe sokugcina. Ngemuva kwalowo mzuzu wokukhathazeka nokwesaba, wakwazi ukunikela umoya wakhe kuYise. Ekugcineni, kwaba nokuthula; kodwa, ezikhathini zakuqala, kwaba khona umzuzu wokucindezeleka okukhulu lapho ezizwa elahliwe uNkulunkulu.
Uma umuntu engacabangi ngobunzima bangaphakathi bokholo, ukuphikisana okukuqukethe, akunangqondo ukuthi uJesu, ongenasono futhi othembekile, kufanele ajuluke igazi futhi akhale ngezinhlungu zangaphakathi njengoba ebhekene nokufa kwakhe. Kepha ukukholwa kweqiniso akuhlali njalo njengoba kubonakala ngaphandle. Abantu abaningi, futhi ikakhulukazi labo abathembeke kakhulu, kufanele bavivinywe yizimanga ababiza ngobusuku obumnyama bomphefumulo.
Buyini ubusuku obumnyama bomphefumulo? Kungubufakazi obunikezwe nguNkulunkulu empilweni lapho thina, ngokumangala nokucindezeleka kwethu, singabe sisakwazi ukucabanga ngobukhona bukaNkulunkulu noma ukuzwa uNkulunkulu nganoma iyiphi indlela engokomzwelo ezimpilweni zethu.
Ngokuya ngomuzwa wangaphakathi, lokhu kuzwakala njengokungabaza, njengokungakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu. Zama ngangokunokwenzeka, asisakwazi ukucabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukhona, ingasaphathwa eyokuthi uNkulunkulu uyasithanda. Kodwa-ke, njengoba izinkolelo-ze ziveza futhi njengoba noJesu uqobo efakaza, lokhu akukhona ukulahleka kokholo kepha empeleni kuyindlela ejule kakhulu yokholo uqobo.
Kuze kube kuleli qophelo ekukholweni kwethu, siye sahlobana noNkulunkulu ikakhulu ngemifanekiso nangemizwa. Kepha izithombe zethu nemizwa yethu ngoNkulunkulu akuyona uNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke, kwesinye isikhathi, kwabanye abantu (noma kungebona bonke), uNkulunkulu ususa izithombe nemizwa asishiye ngokomqondo singenalutho futhi somile ngothando, sikhumule zonke izithombe sidalele uNkulunkulu.Nakuba lokhu empeleni kungukukhanya okubusayo, kubonwa njengobumnyama, usizi, ukwesaba nokungabaza.
Futhi ngakho-ke singalindela ukuthi uhambo lwethu lokuya ekufeni kanye nokuhlangana kwethu ubuso nobuso noNkulunkulu kungabandakanya nokudiliza izindlela eziningi ebesilokhu sicabanga futhi sizwa uNkulunkulu ngazo Futhi lokhu kuzoletha ukungabaza, ubumnyama nokwesaba ezimpilweni zethu.
UHenri Nouwen unikeza ubufakazi obunamandla balokhu ngokukhuluma ngokushona kukanina. Unina wayekade engowesifazane onokholo olujulile futhi nsuku zonke wayethandaza kuJesu: "Ake ngiphile njengawe futhi mangife njengawe".
Ngokwazi ukholo lukanina olunamandla, uNouwen wayelindele ukuthi indawo ezungeze umbhede wakhe wokufa ibe nokuthula nomqondo wokuthi ukholo luhlangana kanjani nokufa ngaphandle kokwesaba. Kepha umama wakhe wahlukumezeka kakhulu nokwesaba ngaphambi kokuba ashone futhi lokhu kwashiya uNouwen edidekile, waze wabona ukuthi umthandazo kanina ophendulwe ngempela uphenduliwe. Wayekhulekele ukufa njengoJesu - futhi wakwenza.
Isosha elijwayelekile lifa ngaphandle kokwesaba; UJesu wafa ngokwesaba. Futhi-ke, ngokudidayo, benza abesifazane nabesilisa abaningi bokholo.