Ithini imiBhalo Engcwele ngemali?
Lifundisani Ngempela IBhayibheli Ngemali? Ngabe kuyisono ukuceba?
Igama elithi "imali" lisetshenziswe amahlandla ayi-140 kuKing James Bible. Izimpawu ezifana negolide zikhonjiwe izikhathi ezingama-417 ngamagama, kuyilapho isiliva likhonjiswa ngokuqondile izikhathi ezingama-320. Uma sifaka izinkomba ezengeziwe ngakwezimali ezisebhayibhelini, sithola ukuthi uNkulunkulu unokuningi angakusho ngemali.
Imali isebenze ngezinhloso eziningi kuwo wonke umlando. Kusetshenziselwe ukufeza izifiso zabantu nanjengethuluzi elenza izimpilo zabantu abaningi zibe zimbi kakhulu. Ukuphishekela ingcebo kubangele ukuhlupheka nobuhlungu obungachazeki ngazo zonke izinhlobo zokuziphatha okunesono.
Ukuhaha kubhekwa njengabanye kungenye yezono eziyisikhombisa "ezimbi kakhulu" eziholela kwezinye izono eziningi. Imali isetshenziselwe futhi ukudambisa ukuhlupheka kwabanye nokudlulisa isihe ngethemba kulabo abalahlekile.
Abanye abantu bakholelwa ukuthi kuyisono ngomKristu ukuba nemali eningi kunesidingo sempilo. Ngenkathi amakholwa amaningi engenayo ingcebo eningi, amanye acebile.
UNkulunkulu, njengoMuntu ocebile kunabo bonke abakhona, empeleni akamelene namaKristu achuma kakhulu kunalokho okudingeka ukuba abe khona. Okukhathazayo ukuthi siyisebenzisa kanjani imali nokuthi ukuba nayo ngobuningi kuzosisusa kuye.
Labo ababebhekwa njengabacebile eBhayibhelini bahlanganisa u-Abrahama. Wayecebile kangangokuba wakwazi ukuxhasa amadoda angama-318 aqeqeshwe kakhulu njengezinceku zakhe nangamabutho akhe ezempi (UGenesise 14:12 - 14). UJobe wayenengcebo enkulu ngaphambi kokuba izilingo eziningi zimhlubule konke. Ngemuva kokuthi izivivinyo zakhe sezidlulile, kepha uNkulunkulu wambusisa yena ngokwakhe ngokuba nengcebo ephindwe kabili ayenayo phambilini (Jobe 42:10).
Inkosi uDavid yathola imali enkulu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi eyathi, ekufeni kwayo, yadlulisela indodana yakhe uSolomoni (ngokucebile umuntu ocebile owake waphila). Baningi abanye abantu abasebhayibhelini ababejabulele inqwaba kubalwa uJakobe, uJoseph, uDaniel kanye neNdlovukazi u-Esteri ababenengcebo.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi incazelo yeBhayibheli yomuntu omuhle ifaka ukufinyelela imali eyanele ukushiya ifa ezizukulwaneni ezizayo. USolomoni uthi, "Umuntu olungileyo ushiya ifa labantwana bakhe, ifa lesoni limiselwe olungileyo" (Izaga 13: 22).
Mhlawumbe isizathu esiyinhloko sokuthola imali ukuthi singasiza labo abadinga usizo, njengabampofu, abavame ukuswela izinsiza ngenxa yezimo ezingaphezu kwamandla abo (Izaga 19:17, 28:27). Lapho siphana futhi sipha abanye, senza uNkulunkulu abe “umlingani” wethu futhi sizuze ngezindlela ezahlukahlukene (3: 9-10, 11:25).
Imali, yize ingasetjenziswa njengethuluzi lokwenza okuhle, nayo ingasilimaza. Ibhayibheli lembula ukuthi ingcebo ingasikhohlisa futhi isisuse kude noNkulunkulu.ingasibangela ukuthi sikholelwe inkohliso yokuthi izimpahla zizosivikela ebubini (Izaga 10:15, 18:11).
USolomoni wathi yonke ingcebo yethu ngeke isivikele lapho kufika ulaka (11: 4). Labo abakholelwa kakhulu emalini bayokuwa (11: 28) futhi izinhloso zabo zizokhonjiswa njengeze leze (18: 11).
AmaKhristu abusiswe ngenqwaba yemali kumele ayisebenzise ukwenza okuhle emhlabeni. Kufanele futhi bazi ukuthi iBhayibheli lisho izinto ezithile, njengomngane othembekile (IZaga 19:14), igama elihle nedumela elihle (22: 1), kanye nokuhlakanipha (16: 16) angeke kuthengwe nganoma iyiphi indlela.