Umlando kaRuth osebhayibhelini
Ngokwencwadi kaRuthe esebhayibhelini, uRuthe wayengowesifazane wakwaMowabi owashada emkhayeni wama-Israyeli futhi ekugcineni waguqukela ebuJudeni. Ungugogo kagogo weNkosi uDavide ngakho-ke ukhokho kaMesiya.
URuthe uguqukela ebuJudeni
Indaba kaRuthe iqala lapho owakwa-Israyeli ogama lakhe nguNawomi nomyeni wakhe u-Elimeleki besuka edolobheni lakubo eBhetlehema. U-Israyeli uhlushwa yindlala futhi banquma ukuthuthela esizweni esiseduze sakwaMowabi. Ekugcineni, umyeni kaNawomi uyafa futhi izingane zikaNawomi zishada nabesifazane bakwaMowabi o-Orpa noRuthe.
Ngemuva kweminyaka eyishumi beshadile, zombili izingane zikaNawomi zibulawa yizizathu ezingaziwa bese zinquma ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokubuyela ezweni lakubo lakwa-Israyeli. Indlala isinciphile futhi ayisenawo umndeni oseduze kwaMowabi. UNawomi utshela amadodakazi akhe ngezinhlelo zakhe futhi bobabili bathi bafuna ukuhamba naye. Kepha bangabesifazane abasebancane abanawo wonke amathuba okuphinda bashade, ngakho-ke uNawomi ubeluleka ukuthi bahlale ezweni lakubo, baphinde bashade futhi baqale izimpilo ezintsha. Ekugcineni u-Orpa wavuma, kodwa uRuthe uphikelela ngokuhlala noNawomi. “Ungangincengi ukuthi ngikushiye noma ngikufulathele,” kusho uRuthe etshela uNawomi. “Lapho uyakhona ngiyakuya khona, nalapho uhlala khona ngiyakuhlala. Abantu bakho bayoba ngabantu bami futhi uNkulunkulu wakho abe nguNkulunkulu wami. " (Ruthe 1:16).
Ukugomela kukaRuthe akugcini ngokumemezela ubuqotho bakhe kuNawomi, kodwa isifiso sakhe sokujoyina abantu bakaNawomi, abantu abangamaJuda. "Eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane edlule njengoba uRuth ekhulume la mazwi," kubhala uRabi uJoseph Telushkin, "akekho ochaze kangcono ukuhlangana kwabantu nenkolo ebonakalisa ubuJuda:" Abantu bakho bazoba ngabantu bakithi "(" ngifisa ukujoyina " esizweni samaJuda ”)," uNkulunkulu wakho uzoba nguNkulunkulu wami "(" ngifisa ukwamukela inkolo yamaJuda ").
URuthe ushada noBhowazi
Kungekudala ngemuva kokuba uRuthe eguqukele ebuJudeni, yena noNawomi bafika kwa-Israyeli ngenkathi ukuvunwa kwebhali kuqhubeka. Bampofu kakhulu kangangokuba uRuthe kufanele aqoqe ukudla okuwile emhlabathini ngenkathi abavuni bavuna isivuno. Ngale ndlela, uRuthe usebenzisa umthetho wamaJuda osuselwa kuLevitikusi 19: 9-10. Umthetho uvimbela abalimi ukuvuna izilimo “emaphethelweni enkambu” nasekuqoqeni ukudla okuwile. Yomibili le mikhuba ivumela abampofu ukuthi bondle imindeni yabo ngokuqoqa okusele ensimini yomlimi.
Ngenhlanhla, insimu uRuthe esebenza kuyo ingeyendoda egama layo linguBowazi, ohlobene nomyeni kaNawomi osephelile. Lapho uBhowazi ezwa ukuthi owesifazane uqoqa ukudla emasimini akhe, uthi kwizisebenzi zakhe: “Mbuthaneni phakathi kwezithungu ungamsoli. Futhi thatha ezinye iziqu zakhe kuye ezinqwabeni uziqoqele futhi ungamhlazisi ”(Ruthe 2: 14). UBhowazi ube esenika uRuthe isipho sikakolweni obhontshisiwe futhi amtshele ukuthi kufanele azizwe ephephile esebenza emasimini akhe.
Lapho uRuthe etshela uNawomi ngokwenzekile, uNawomi umtshela ngokuhlangana kwabo noBowazi. UNawomi ube eseyala umalokazana wakhe ukuthi agqoke alale ezinyaweni zikaBowazi ngenkathi yena nezisebenzi zakhe bekanise emasimini ukuze kuvunwe. UNawomi unethemba lokuthi ngokwenza njalo uBhowazi uzoshada noRuthe futhi abe nomuzi kwa-Israyeli.
URuthe ulandela izeluleko zikaNawomi futhi lapho uBowazi emthola ezinyaweni zakhe phakathi kobusuku uyabuza ukuthi ungubani. URuthe uyaphendula: “Ngiyinceku yakho uRuthe. Yenza ikona lengubo yakho ibe phezu kwami, ngoba ungumqaphi womndeni wethu ”(Ruthe 3: 9). Ukumbiza ngokuthi “umhlengi” uRuth kubhekisele kusiko lakudala, lapho umzalwane ayeshada khona nomfazi womfowabo oshonile uma efa engenamntwana. Ingane yokuqala ezelwe kuleyunyana ngenxa yalokho ibizobhekwa njengendodana yomfowabo oshonile futhi ifumane yonke impahla yakhe. Njengoba uBhowazi engeyena umfowabo womyeni kaRuthe oshonile, ngokwesiko akusebenzi kuye. Kodwa-ke, uthi ngenkathi efisa ukumshada, kukhona esinye isihlobo esiseduze kakhulu no-Elimeleki onesimangalo esinamandla.
Ngosuku olulandelayo uBhowazi ukhuluma nalesi sihlobo nabadala abayishumi njengofakazi. UBhowazi umtshela ukuthi u-Elimeleki nezingane zakhe banendawo yakwaMowabi okumelwe ihlengwe, kodwa ukuze kuthiwe, isihlobo kufanele sishade noRuthe. Isihlobo siyawuthakasela umhlaba, kepha akafuni ukushada noRuth ngoba lokhu kungasho ukuthi ifa lakhe lizohlukaniswa phakathi kwazo zonke izingane ayenazo noRuth. Ucela uBhowazi ukuthi asebenze njengomhlengi, lokho uBowazi akujabulelayo ukukwenza. Ushada noRuthe futhi ngokushesha ubeletha indodana egama lingu-Obede, eba umkhulu weNkosi uDavide. Njengoba uMesiya kuprofethwe ukuthi uzovela eNdlwini KaDavide, zombili inkosi enkulu emlandweni wakwa-Israyeli noMesiya wesikhathi esizayo bayoba ngabazukulwane bakaRuthe, owakwaMowabi owaguqukela ebuJudeni.
Incwadi kaRuth noShavuot
Kuyisiko ukufunda iNcwadi kaRuthe ngesikhathi seholide lamaJuda likaShavuot, neligubha umnikelo weTorah kubantu abangamaJuda. NgokukaRabbi Alfred Kolatach, kunezizathu ezintathu zokuthi kungani kufundwe izindaba zikaRuth ngesikhathi sikaShavuot:
Indaba kaRuthe yenzeka ngesikhathi sokuvuna kwentwasahlobo, lapho uShavuot ewa.
URuth ungukhokho weNkosi uDavid, okwathi ngokwesiko wazalwa futhi washona kuShavuot.
Njengoba uRuthe ekhombise ukuthembeka kwakhe ebuJudeni ngokuguqula, kufanelekile ukumkhumbula eholidini lokukhumbula isipho seTorah kubantu abangamaJuda. Njengoba uRuthe enza inkolo yobuJuda ngokukhululekile, kanjalo nabantu bakwaJuda babandakanyeka ngokukhululekile ekulandeleni iTorah.