Yayingubani inkosi uNebukadinesari ebhayibhelini?
Inkosi yasebhayibhelini uNebukadinesari wayengomunye wababusi abanamandla kakhulu owake wabakhona emhlabeni, kepha njengawo wonke amakhosi, amandla akhe ayengasho lutho phambi kukaNkulunkulu oyedwa weqiniso wakwa-Israyeli.
INkosi uNebukadinesari
Igama eliphelele: UNebukhadinezari II, inkosi yaseBabiloni
Eyaziwa: ngumbusi onamandla kunabo bonke futhi abemude kunabo bonke eMbusweni WaseBabiloni (kusukela ngo-605-562 BC) owavela obala ezincwadini zebhayibheli zikaJeremiya, uHezekeli noDaniel.
Ukuzalwa: c. Ngo-630 BC
Kwehlisiwe: c. Ngo-562 BC
Bazali: UNabopolassar noShuadamqa waseBabele
Umlingani: Amytis Wezindaba
Izingane: U-Evil-Merodach no-Eanna-szarra-usur
UNebukhadinezari II
INkosi uNebukadinesari yaziwa izazi-mlando zesimanje ngokuthi uNebukadinesari II. Wabusa iBabiloni kusukela ngonyaka ka-605 kuya ku-562 BC Njengamakhosi athonya kakhulu futhi akhonza isikhathi eside kakhulu enkathini eNe-Bhabhulona, uNebukadinesari wahola idolobha laseBabiloni laya emandleni alo nasekuphumeni kwalo.
Wazalelwa eBhabheli, uNebukadinesari wayeyindodana kaNebopolassar, umsunguli wobukhosi bamaKhaladiya. Njengombana uNebukadinezari alandela uyise esikhundleni sobukhosi, kanjalo nendodana yakhe u-Evil-Merodach yamlandela.
UNebukadinesari waziwa kakhulu njengenkosi yaseBabiloni eyabhubhisa iJerusalema ngo-526 BC futhi yathumbela amaJuda amaningi ayisa eBhabhiloni. Ngokwezikhathi zakudala zikaJosephus, uNebukadinesari kamuva wabuyela ukuyovimbezela iJerusalema ngonyaka ka-586 B.C.E.. Incwadi kaJeremiya iveza ukuthi lo mkhankaso uholele ekuthinjweni komuzi, ukubhujiswa kwethempeli likaSolomoni nokudingiswa kwamaJuda ekudingisweni.
Igama likaNebukadinesari lisho ukuthi "kungenzeka uNebo (noma uNabu) avikele umqhele" futhi kwesinye isikhathi uhunyushwa ngokuthi uNebukadinesari. Uye waba ngumnqobi nomakhi ophumelele ngendlela emangalisayo. Kutholakale izinkulungwane zezitini e-Iraq igama lakhe ligxivizwe phezu kwazo. Ngenkathi eyisikhulu somqhele, uNebukadinesari waba yisikhundla sokuba ngumkhuzi wamasosha ngokunqoba abaseGibhithe ngaphansi kukapharaoh Neko empini yaseKarkemishi (2 AmaKhosi 24: 7; 2 IziKronike 35:20; Jeremiya 46: 2).
Ngesikhathi sokubusa kwakhe, uNebukadinesari wawandisa kakhulu umbuso waseBabele. Ngosizo lomkakhe u-Amytis, waqala ukwakha kabusha futhi wahlobisa idolobha lakubo nenhloko-dolobha yaseBabiloni. Umuntu ongokomoya, wabuyisela amathempeli amaqaba eMarduk namaNabs, kanye namanye amathempeli amaningi nezindawo eziphakeme. Ngemuva kokuhlala esigodlweni sikayise isikhashana esithile, wazakhela indawo yokuhlala, isigodlo sasehlobo nesigodlo eseningizimu nesihle kakhulu. Izingadi ezilengisiwe zaseBabiloni, enye yezimpumelelo zokwakhiwa kukaNebukadinesari, ziphakathi kwezimangaliso eziyisikhombisa zomhlaba wasendulo.
Umuzi omuhle waseBabiloni
Idolobha elihle laseBabiloni elineMbhoshongo waseBhabhele ekude futhi esinye sezimangaliso eziyisikhombisa zakudala, izingadi ezilengisiwe, zimelwe kulokwakhiwa kabusha komdwebi uMario Larrinaga. Wakhiwa yiNkosi uNebukadinesari ukwanelisa omunye wabafazi bayo. IHulton Archive / Getty Izithombe
Inkosi uNebukadinesari yafa ngo-Agasti noma Septhemba 562 BC ineminyaka engama-84. Ubufakazi obungokomlando nobusebhayibhelini buveza ukuthi iNkosi uNebukhadinezari wayengumbusi onekhono kodwa ononya futhi ongavumeli lutho ukuba lungene ezindleleni zakhe futhi wanqoba amazwe. Imithombo ebalulekile yesikhathi seNkosi uNebukhadinezari yiziKronike zamakhosi angamaKhaladi kanye neBabele laseMelika.
Indaba yeNkosi uNebukadinesari esebhayibhelini
Indaba yeNkosi uNebukhadinezari iyaqala ku-2 AmaKhosi 24, 25; 2 IziKronike 36; Jeremiya 21-52; noDaniel 1-4. Ngenkathi uNebukadinesari enqoba iJerusalema ngonyaka ka-586 BC, waletha izakhamizi zakhe eziningi eziqhakazile eBabiloni, kubandakanya uDaniel osemncane nabangane bakhe abathathu abangamaJuda, okwabizwa bona uShadraki, uMeshaki no-Abednego.
Incwadi kaDaniel isibuyisela emuva ikhethini lesikhathi ukukhombisa indlela uNkulunkulu asebenzisa ngayo uNebukadinesari ukwakha umlando wezwe. Njengababusi abaningi, uNebukadinesari wasekela amandla akhe nokuvelela, kepha empeleni wayeyithuluzi ezinhlelweni zikaNkulunkulu.
Unkulunkulu wanika uDaniel amandla okuhumusha amaphupho kaNebukadinesari, kepha inkosi ayizange izithobe ngokuphelele kuNkulunkulu .. UDaniel wachaza iphupho elalibikezela ukuthi inkosi izoduka iminyaka eyisikhombisa, ihlale emasimini njengesilwane, inezinwele ezinde futhi iminwe, nokudla utshani. Ngemuva konyaka, ngenkathi uNebukadinesari eziqhayisa ngaye, iphupho lagcwaliseka. UZimu walulaza umbusi oziqhenyayo ngokumguqula abe yisilo sasendle.
Izazi zemivubukulo zithi kunenkathi engaqondakali ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaNebukadinesari weminyaka engama-43 lapho indlovukazi ilawula izwe. Ekugcineni, ubuhlakani bukaNebukadinesari babuya futhi babona ubukhosi bukaNkulunkulu (Daniyeli 4: 34-37).
Ithala leNkosi uNebukhadinezari - Ukuchazwa kukaDaniyeli ngephupho likaNebukadinesari
Isithombe esikhulu esibonisa ababusi bomhlaba, sime endaweni yabo bonke imibuso yomhlaba; umbhalo obhalwe ngesandla, cishe ngo-1750. Ibhalwe "Colossus Monarchic Statue Danielis", ngokususelwa encazelweni kaDaniel yephupho likaNebukadinesari elivela kuDaniel 2: 31-45.
Amandla nobuthakathaka
Njengososayensi nombhali onobuhlakani, uNebukadinesari walandela izinqubomgomo ezimbili ezihlakaniphile: wavumela izizwe ezinqobayo ukuba zilondoloze inkolo yazo futhi wangenisa amazwe ahlakaniphile kunabo bonke abantu abanqobile ukuba bamsize babuse. Kwesinye isikhathi bekamqonda uJehova, kodwana ukuthembeka kwakhe bekuhlala isikhashana.
Ukuziqhenya kwaba ukuchitheka kukaNebukadinesari. Wayengashintshwa ngenkohliso futhi azibone esecansini noNkulunkulu, efanelwe ukukhulekelwa.
Izifundo zempilo ezivela kuNebukadinesari
Impilo kaNebukadinesari ifundisa abafundi beBhayibheli ukuthi ukuthobeka nokulalela uNkulunkulu kubaluleke ngaphezu kokunqoba emhlabeni.
Akunandaba ukuthi indoda ingaba namandla kangakanani, amandla kaNkulunkulu makhulu. Inkosi uNebukadinesari yanqoba izizwe, kepha yayingavikeleki phambi kwesandla sikaNkulunkulu onamandla onke .UJehova ulawula nabacebile nabanamandla ukufeza amacebo akhe.
UDaniel wayewabonile amakhosi eza futhi ehamba, kufaka phakathi uNebukadinesari. UDaniel wayeqonda ukuthi uNkulunkulu kuphela okufanele akhonzwe ngoba, ekugcineni, uNkulunkulu kuphela onamandla amakhulu.
Amavesi EBhayibheli Abalulekile
Wayesethi uNebukadinesari: “Makadunyiswe uNkulunkulu kaShadraki, noMeshaki, no-Abedinego, othumele ingelosi yakhe, wasindisa izinceku zakhe. Babemethemba futhi baphikisana nomyalo wenkosi futhi babezimisele ukudela izimpilo zabo kunokuba bakhonze noma bakhonze noma yimuphi unkulunkulu ngaphandle kukankulunkulu wabo. "(Daniyeli 3: 28, NIV)
Amagama lawo ayesesezindebeni zakhe lapho kuvela izwi livela ezulwini, lithi: "Lokhu kuyaliwe kuwe, nkosi Nebukadinezari: ubukhosi bakho bususiwe kuwe." Masinyane lokho okwashiwo ngoNebukadinesari kwagcwaliseka. Waxoshwa ebantwini wadla utshani njengezinkomo. Umzimba wakhe wamanziswa ngumbethe wesibhakabhaka waze izinwele zakhe zakhula njengezimpaphe zokhozi namazipho akhe njengamazipho enyoni. (Daniyeli 4: 31-33, NIV)
Manje mina Nebukhadinezari ngiyadumisa futhi ngiphakamisa ngikhazimulise iNkosi yezulu, ngoba konke akwenzayo kulungile futhi zonke izindlela zakhe zilungile. Futhi labo abahamba ngokuziqhenya bayakwazi ukuthotshisa. (Daniyeli 4:37, NIV)