Fioretti di San Francesco: sifuna ukholo njengoSanta wase-Assisi
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Ubuse ukuthi uSanta Francis nabangane bakhe babizwa futhi bakhethwa uNkulunkulu ukuba baphathe izinhliziyo nezinhliziyo ngezinhliziyo zabo, futhi bashumayele isiphambano sikaKristu ngezilimi zabo, babonakala futhi bebethelwe esiphambanweni, maqondana nomkhuba nempilo emangazayo , futhi ngokuqondene nezenzo zabo kanye nokusebenza kwabo; futhi nokho babefisa kakhulu ukuthwala ihlazo nengcindezelo ngenxa yothando lukaKristu, ohlonipha umhlaba noma ukuhlonishwa okuyize noma ukudumisa, impela ukulimala ababekujabulela, futhi abadumazanayo badabukiswa.
Futhi ngakho-ke baphumela ezweni njengabahambi nabahambi, bengaphethe lutho ngaphandle kukaKristu obethelwe esiphambanweni; kepha nokho ukuthi bengabomdiliya weqiniso, okungukuthi, uKristu, bakhiqiza izithelo ezinhle nezinhle zemiphefumulo, abazuze uNkulunkulu.
Kwaba, ekuqaleni kwenkolo, ukuthi uSanta Francis wathumela uFriar Bernardo eBologna, ukuze lapho, ngomusa uNkulunkulu amnikeze wona, athele izithelo kuNkulunkulu, noFriar Bernardo enza isibonakaliso sesiphambano esingcwele kakhulu sokulalela okungcwele, wasuka futhi wafika eBologna.
Futhi ukumbona abantwana begqoke izingubo ezihlukumezanayo futhi ezingamagwala, bamenza inhlekisa eziningi nokuthuka okuningi, njengoba umuntu ayengayenza kumhlanya; noMfowethu Bernard bakweseka ngesineke nangokwenama konke konke ngenxa yothando lukaKristu.
Impela, ukuze ifundiswe kangcono, kungenzeka ukuyifunda esigcawini sedolobha; kuhleli lapho izingane eziningi nabesilisa bebuthana kuye, futhi ngubani owadonsela emuva i-hood yakhe nokuthi ngubani ngaphambili, owaphosa uthuli futhi ngubani amatshe, owamxosha lapha futhi ngubani ukusuka lapho: noMfowethu Bernardo, njalo indlela eyodwa nokubekezela, enobuso obujabule, akazange azisole futhi akazange ashintshe. Futhi izinsuku eziningana wabuyela kuleyo ndawo, ngisho nokuxhasa izinto ezifanayo.
Futhi nokho lokho kubekezela kuwumsebenzi wokuphelela futhi ongenawo ubuhle, udokotela wezomthetho ohlakaniphile, ngokubona futhi ecubungula ukubekezelela okungaka nobungqabavu bezimanga uBernardo engakwazi ukuphazanyiswa ezinsukwini eziningi nganoma yikuphi ukuhlukunyezwa noma ukuthukwa, wazitshela ukuthi: «Akunakwenzeka ukuthi akayena umuntu ongcwele. "
Futhi ukusondela kuye yebo wambuza: "Ungubani, futhi kungani eze lapha?" Futhi uMfowethu Bernardo wabeka isandla sakhe esifubeni sakhe wakhipha ukubusa kukaSanta uFrancis, wamvumela ukuthi akufunde. Futhi lapho efunde ukuthi wayenakho, ecabanga isimo sakhe esiphakeme kakhulu sokupheleliswa, ngokumangala okukhulu nokudumisa waphendukela kubalingani bakhe wathi: “Ngempela lesi yisimo senkolo esikhulu kunazo zonke engake ngasizwa; futhi nokho yena nabangane bakhe bangabesilisa abangcwele kakhulu baleli zwe, futhi kuyisono esikhulu ukuthi lowo omthukayo, othanda ukuhlonishwa kakhulu, ubazi bobabili umngani kaNkulunkulu ».
Futhi wathi kuMfoweth 'uBernardo: "Uma ufuna ukuthatha indawo lapho ungakhonza khona uNkulunkulu ngesitayela, ngingajabulela ukukunika impilo yomphefumlo wami." UMfoweth 'uBernard uphendule wathi: "Nkosi, ngikholwa ukuthi lokhu kuphefumulelwe iNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, kepha nokho ngijabule ukwamukela umnikelo wakho wokuhlonipha uKristu".
Lapho-ke ijaji elishiwoyo ngenkulu intokozo nomusa wangenisa uFriar Bernardo endlini yakhe; wabe esemnika indawo ayethenjisiwe, futhi konke kwavumelana futhi wagcwalisa izindleko zakhe; futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke waba ngumvikeli womphikisi ogcotshwe nguMfoweth 'uBernardo nabangane bakhe.
Futhi uMfoweth 'uBernardo, ngengxoxo yakhe engcwele, waqala ukuhlonishwa kakhulu ngabantu, ngendlela yokuthi ubusisiwe lowo okwazi ukuthinta noma ukumbona. Kepha yena njengomfundi kaKhristu weqiniso nokaFrancis othobekile, esaba ukuthi udumo lomhlaba ngeke luvikele ukuthula nempilo yomphefumlo wakhe, yebo wahamba ngolunye usuku wabuyela eSt. Francis wathi futhi: kuthathwa edolobheni laseBologna; uthumele i-defrati engikugcinela yona futhi ngiyikhathalela, kepha ukuthi angizange ngithole inzuzo ethe xaxa ngayo, kunalokho ngenxa yenhlonipho enkulu kakhulu eyenziwe kimi, nginovalo lokuthi angisoze ngaphulukana nokuthi ngeke ngikuthole. "
Lapho-ke uSanta Francis ezwa konke ngokulandelana, njengoba uNkulunkulu ayesebenzise uMfowethu Bernardo, wabonga uNkulunkulu, owathi ngaleyo ndlela waqala ukukhipha abafundi abampofu besiphambano; wabe esethumela abangane bakhe eBologna naseLombardy, owayebathatha ezindaweni eziningi ezingxenyeni ezihlukene.
Ekudumiseni uJesu Kristu kanye noFrancis ompofu. Amen.