UBaba Wethu: kungani uJesu asifundisa?
Baba wethu osezulwini, makube njalo
lingcwelise igama lakho.
Woza umbuso wakho,
mayenziwe intando yakho
emhlabeni, njengasezulwini.
Siphe namuhla isinkwa sethu semihla ngemihla,
usithethelele amacala ethu,
iza noi li rimettiamo ai nostri debitori,
futhi ungasingenisi ekulingweni,
ma liberaci dal male.
Amen.
"Nkosi sifundise ukuthandaza." Lokhu yilokho abafundi boMsindisi abakucela kuye. Ngokusobala, yonke impendulo evela kuye yayiyoba impendulo ephelele. Impendulo yakhe yilokho esikubiza ngokuthi "uBaba Wethu" noma "Umkhuleko weNkosi". Lo mkhuleko uyisibonelo esiphelele sendlela okufanele sithandaze ngayo nokuthi yiziphi izinto okufanele sizithandaze, futhi ngokulandelana kangakanani.
Okokuqala, lo mkhuleko usifundisa ukuthi kufanele sifise inkazimulo nodumo lukaNkulunkulu njengenhloso yokuqala yomthandazo wethu, kungakhathalekile ukuthi yini esingawuthandazela. Ngakho-ke, masithandaze ukuthi igama likaNkulunkulu lihlonishwe futhi lingcweliswe. Ngemuva kwalokho masithandaze ukuthi intando yakhe yenziwe phakathi kwethu emhlabeni ngenkathi izingelosi zakhe zikufeza embusweni wakhe osezulwini. Akunangqondo ukuthandaza uma singafuni kwenziwe intando kaNkulunkulu. Akukho lutho oluyogcina lusebenziseka kithi uma kungqubuzana nentando yakhe, noma ngabe yilokho ebesikufuna.
Ngakho-ke ngemuva kwalezi zinhloso zomhlaba - ngenjongo yenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu nentando yakhe - sithandazela izinto esizidingayo ukumkhazimulisa futhi nobunye naye. "Isinkwa sethu semihla ngemihla" kusho konke esikudingayo ukusikhonza lapha nalapha manje: okokuqala, isipho sakhe esingaphezu kwesemvelo soMzimba wakhe ku-Ekaristi eNgcwele, ngakhoke izidingo zempilo esizidingayo nsuku zonke.
Kuze kube manje, umthandazo uhlobene nazo zonke izinto ezinhle: inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu nezipho zakhe ngathi. Kepha kukhona futhi nezingqinamba zenkazimulo yakhe nezipho. Lezi izono zethu nezinye izono zabanye kithi. Sidinga intethelelo kaNkulunkulu ngokungabongi kwethu ekwenzeni isono, ikakhulukazi lapho sisesimweni sokumcela izinto ezinhle futhi, ngokweqiniso, kufanele sizimisele ukuthethelela abanye uma sifuna ukuxolelwa nathi.
Lesi yisicelo esinzima kunazo zonke somkhuleko weNkosi, esisilwela kakhulu. Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi kungukuphela kwengxenye yomkhuleko onikezwe kwiVangeli laseSan Marco. Uma sikwazi ukuthethelela labo abasiphathe kabi, sizokwamukela esikucela kuNkulunkulu, ngoba sizokwenza njengaye futhi simjabulise. UNkulunkulu uthanda inhliziyo ethethelela ngaphezu kwanoma yini enye.
Kepha akusona isono kuphela, kukhona nomzabalazo wesono okufanele usikhuthazelele lapho silingwa. Lapha siludinga kakhulu usizo nomusa, noma ngabe siqonda ukuthi kungokusizuzisa kwethu ukuthi silwele ukuthembeka kuNkulunkulu. Uzoba futhi nokwethembeka kithi ngezikhathi zokulingwa.
Okubi kokugcina: kukhona udeveli, isitha sethu esingokomoya esivame njalo ukusiqhelelanisa kude nenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu, ebungcweleni bakhe, embusweni wakhe, e-Eucharist yakhe, ekuthetheleleni kwakhe nasekusizeni kwakhe. Noma izinguqulo zesiNgisi nezesiLatini zikaBaba Wethu zimane zithandazela ukuthi sikhululwe "kububi", isiGreek sokuqala sithandaza ngokusobala ukuthi sikhululwe "Kububi". Ngakho-ke, umthandazo wethu ojwayelekile kakhulu ofundiswa yiNkosi uqobo uqukethe ukukhipha okuncane ngokumelene noDeveli.
INkosi yasiphendula ngempela isicelo sabaphostoli sokubafundisa ukuba bathandaze. UBaba wethu usifundisa inhloso yomkhuleko, izindlela zokuthandaza nezingqinamba okufanele zinqotshwe. Udumo kuye ngoba, njengoba siphetha lo mkhuleko eMiseni eNgcwele, umbuso wakhe namandla nodumo kuze kube phakade!