Lithini ibhayibheli ngezinsuku zokuzalwa: ingabe kuwusizi ukuzigubha?
Ingabe kuyisihawu ukugubha usuku lokuzalwa? Ingabe iBhayibheli lithi lezo zikhumbuzo kufanele zigwenywe? Ngabe udeveli waqhamuka ngosuku lokuzalwa?
Ubufakazi bokuqala bosuku lokuzalwa olgubha eBhayibhelini ngulokho okwenziwa ngubaba waseGibhithe ngesikhathi sikakhokho uJoseph. UJoseph, enye yamadodana kaJacob, wayehlala phakathi kuka-1709 no-1599 BC futhi wachitha iningi lempilo yakhe eGibhithe. Ukulandisa kwalesi sehlakalo ku-Genesis 40.
Isibonelo sethu sokuzalwa siqala ngombhaki nombhaki abekhonze uFaro. Bobabili babeziboshwa ngenxa yokuzibangela intukuthelo yenkosi yabo. Ngenkathi behlupheka ejele, bahlangana noJoseph. Owesifazane oshadile wamphonsa ejele lapho izinkanuko zakhe zocansi zenqatshwa.
Ngobunye ubusuku, izinsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambi kosuku lokuzalwa kukaFaro, bobabili umbhaki wabhaki nomphathizinto banamaphupho angajwayelekile.
Ephusheni lombhali, ubona umvini onamagatsha amathathu. Kuchaza iphupho likaJosefa futhi athi uphethe indebe kaFaro. Ephethe indebe esandleni sakhe, "wathatha amagilebhisi (emvinini) wawakhamela endebeni wamnika (uFaro)" (UGenesise 40:11).
Umbhaki ube esetshela uJoseph ukuthi waphupha ephethe obhasikidi abathathu ekhanda. Ibhasikidi elingaphezulu laliphethe izimpahla zikaPharaoh ezibhakiwe, lapho zazidla khona izinyoni (uGenesise 40:16 - 17).
Ukuthi amaphupho ekugcineni azosho ukuthini kumbhali nombhaki, njengoba kubikezelwe uJoseph ngaphansi kokuphefumlelwa nguNkulunkulu, kuzoba impumelelo ngemuva kwezinsuku ezintathu zokuzalwa kukaFaro. Umbhidli wabuyiselwa emsebenzini wakhe ekukhonzeni inkosi, kanti umbhaki wayelengisiwe (UGenesise 40:20 - 22).
Abanye abantu baye bacabange ukuthi njengoba ukulengiswa kwenzeka ngosuku lokuzalwa ngakho-ke akulungile ukugubha usuku lokuzalwa komuntu. Lesi sihloko esithi "unecala ngokuhlangana" esingenzi umqondo onengqondo. Ngenkathi umuntu oyedwa aphulukana nempilo yakhe ngenkathi uFaro ekhumbula ukuzalwa kwakhe, omunye uthole inkululeko yabo! Akukhona lokho kuphela, kodwa ekugcineni bekubonga kumbhali ukuthi ekugcineni impilo kaJoseph yasindiswa!
UJoseph, ngemuva kokusindiswa, waqhubeka nokusindisa wonke umndeni wakhe (okhokho bezizwe eziyishumi nambili zakwa-Israyeli) endlala ezweni laseKhanani (bona uGenesise 45 no-46)! Konke kukho konke, okwenzekile ngenxa yosuku lokuzalwa kungaba yimpikiswano eqinile yokubagcina, ngoba usuku lwenzeka okungaphezu kokubi!
Ukuphela kokunye okukhulunywa ngakho eBhayibhelini ngosuku lokuzalwa yilowo kaHerode Antipas (omunye wabantwana bakaHerode Omkhulu). Ukulandisa okukuMathewu 14 nakuMarku 6.
Ngamafuphi, uHerode waphonsa uJohane uMbhaptizi ejele ngenxa yamazwana amlahla ukushada kwakhe noHerodiya. Bobabili uHerode nomkakhe babefuna ukumbulala uJohane. UHerodias nendodakazi yakhe uSalome, ngosuku lomkhosi wokuzalwa kukaHerode, benza uzungu lokumkhohlisa kangangokuba waphoqeleka ukuba abulale uMbhaptizi.
Ukudansa kukaSalome kwamjabulisa kakhulu uHerode kangangokuba wamethembisa noma yini (Marku 6:23). Ucele ikhanda likaJohn epuletini, isicelo esibi nesibi esafezekiswa.
Usuku lokuzalwa lukaHerode lwalwesibili esifisweni esivamile sokususa uJohane. Ngokusebenzisa ukushona kukaJohn ngosuku uHerode anquma ngalo ukuphonsa iphathi ukuze agubhe lapho ezalwa, njengesizathu sokugwema ukukujabulela ukuzalwa kwakhe, kungukuphikisana okungenacala "okunecala lenhlangano".
IBhayibheli alisho ukuthi kuyisihawu ukugubha usuku lokuzalwa. Akukho ukufundiswa maqondana nalezi zehlakalo ngandlela thile. Awekho amavesi athi akulungile ukugcina umkhondo weminyaka edlula empilweni yomuntu. Kwamukelekile emndenini ukuthi uthokoze ukuthi ubaba wezinzalamizi ufinyelela eminyakeni enkulu, noma amemeze futhi ayithande ingane, ayinike isipho futhi ayihalalisele ngosuku lwayo olukhethekile!