Ngabe igama elithi uthando lisho ukuthini eBhayibhelini? Wathini uJesu?
Igama lesiNgisi uthando litholakala amahlandla angama-311 kuKing James Bible. In the iTestamente Elidala, i-Canticle of Canticles (i-Canticle of Canticles) ibhekisela kuyo izikhathi ezingamashumi amabili nesithupha, kanti incwadi yamaHubo ibhekisela kuyo kungamashumi amabili nantathu. ETestamenteni eNtsha, igama elithi uthando libhalwe ngaphezulu encwadini ka-1 Johane (amahlandla angamashumi amathathu nantathu) elandelwa ivangeli likaJohane (amahlandla angamashumi amabili nambili).
Ulimi lwesiGrikhi, olusetshenziswe eBhayibhelini, lunamagama amane okungenani okuchaza izici ezahlukahlukene zothando. Abathathu kulaba abane basetshenziswa ukubhala iTestamente eNtsha. Ukuchazwa kukaFileo yilokho kothando lobuzalwane ngomuntu esimthanda ngempela. I-Agape, okuyiluthando olujulile, isho ukwenza izinto ezinhle komunye umuntu. IStorgay isho ukuthanda izihlobo zomuntu. Yigama elingaziwa elisetshenziswa kabili kuphela emibhalweni futhi kuphela njengekhompiyutha. U-Eros, osetshenziselwa ukuchaza uhlobo lothando lwezocansi noma lwezothando, akatholakali kumbhalo olungcwele.
Amagama amabili esiGrikhi othando, uPhileus no-Agape, asetshenziswa ekushintshisaneni okwaziwayo phakathi kukaPeter noJesu ngemuva kokuvuka kukaKristu (NgokukaJohane 21: 15- 17). Ingxoxo yabo iyisifundo esijabulisayo samandla obuhlobo babo ngaleso sikhathi nokuthi uPeter, esazi kanjani ukwenqaba kwakhe iNkosi (uMathewu 26:44, uMathewu 26:69 - 75), uzama ukuphatha umuzwa wecala lakhe. Sicela ubheke i-athikili yethu ezinhlotsheni ezahlukahlukene zothando ngolwazi oluthe xaxa ngalesi sihloko esithandekayo!
Ubaluleke kangakanani lo muzwa nokuzinikela kuNkulunkulu? Ngelinye ilanga umbhali weza kuKristu wambuza ukuthi imiphi imiyalo enkulu kunayo yonke (uMarku 12:28). Impendulo kaJesu emfushane yayicacile futhi iqondile.
Futhi uyothanda iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho nangawo wonke umphefumulo wakho, ngayo yonke ingqondo yakho nangawo onke amandla akho. Lokhu kungumyalo wokuqala. (Marku 12:30, HBFV).
Imiyalo emine yokuqala yomthetho kaNkulunkulu isitshela ukuthi kufanele siyiphathe kanjani. UNkulunkulu futhi ungumakhelwane wethu endaweni yonke (Jeremiya 12: 14). Ngumakhelwane obusayo. Ngakho-ke, siyabona ukuthi ukuthanda yena nomakhelwane wethu kuboniswa ngokugcina imiyalo yakhe (bona 1 Johane 5: 3). UPaul uthi ukuba nemizwa yothando akulungile. Kufanele silandele imizwa yethu ngezenzo uma sifuna ukujabulisa uMdali wethu (KwabaseRoma 13:10).
Ngaphezu kokugcina yonke imiyalo kaNkulunkulu, ibandla leqiniso likaNkulunkulu liba nobudlelwane obukhethekile bomndeni. Yilapho igama lesiGreki elithi Storgay lijoyina igama elithi Fileo ukwakha uhlobo olukhethekile lothando.
Ukuhumusha kweKing James kusho ukuthi uPhawuli wafundisa labo abangamaKhristu eqiniso: “Yibani nomusa komunye nomunye nothando lobuzalwane, nihloniphane ngokunikelana.” (KwabaseRoma 12:10). Isisho esithi "uthando ngomusa" sivela ku-Greek filostorgos (Strong's Concordance # G5387) okuwubudlelwano obunothando nobungani bomndeni.
Ngelinye ilanga, lapho uJesu efundisa, unina uMariya nabafowabo beza bezomvakashela. Lapho etshelwa ukuthi umndeni wakhe uze ukuzombona, wathi: “Ubani umama futhi obani abafowethu? ... Kulabo abazokwenza intando kaNkulunkulu, lowo ngumfowethu, udadewethu kanye nomama "(Marku 3: 33, 35). Ngokulandela isibonelo sikaJesu, amakholwa ayalwa ukuba acabangele futhi aphathe labo abamlalelayo kungathi bangamalungu omndeni asondelene! Le yingqondo yothando!
Sicela ubheke uchungechunge lwethu ekuchazeni amagama wobuKristu ukuze uthole imininingwane ngamanye amagama asebhayibhelini.