Indaba edabukisayo kaSan Bartolomeo, umfel’ ukholo wadubuka ephila
Namuhla sifuna ukukutshela mayelana St. Bartolomew Umphostoli, omunye wabafundi abasondelene kakhulu noJesu, owakhunjulwa ngokubulawelwa ukholo, onesihluku kunabo bonke abahlushwa abafel’ ukholo abangcwele.
I-San Bartolomeo ingenye ye abaphostoli bakaJesu abayishumi nambili futhi ngokwesiko lobuKristu wambulwa ephila ngenxa yobufakazi bakhe bokholo. Indaba yakhe iyanyakaza futhi ibuhlungu, kodwa futhi iwubufakazi bamandla okholo lobuKristu.
U-Bartolomeo wayedabuka ku-dngi Kana, eGalile nanjengabaningi babanye abaphostoli ayekanye naye, wa umdobi Ngaphambi kokuba ahlangane noJesu, wethulwa kuJesu omunye umphostoli uFiliphu futhi ngokushesha waba umlandeli othembekile.
Ngemuva ukufa kukaJesu, uBartolomeo wazinikela kukho ukushumayela levangeli ezingxenyeni ezihlukahlukene zaseMpumalanga Ephakathi, kuhlanganise neNdiya ne-Armenia. Ngokuqondile kulesi sifunda sokugcina, uBartolomeo wahlangabezana nesiphetho sakhe esibuhlungu.
Ukuphela okwesabekayo kweSan Bartolomeo
Inganekwane ithi i inkosi Astyages, eqiniseka ngobuqiniso bamazwi ombhishobhi, wanquma ukuguqukela ebuKristwini. Nokho indodana yakhe, uPolimio, ayizange ivume futhi yanquma ukuziphindiselela kuBartolomeo. Ngakho uPolymius wahlela uzungu lwangempela ngokumelene nosanta ngemvume nangomusa womndeni wasebukhosini kanye nenkolo yendawo.
Ngolunye usuku, uBartolomeo waba Kuboshwe futhi yalethwa phambi kwenkosi, lapho yaphoqeleka ukuba ilahle ukholo lwayo. Kodwa yena, ethembekile ezwini likaJesu, wenqaba ukuvuma futhi waqhubeka eshumayela iVangeli ngisho nalapho ebhekene nosongo lokufa.
Ngakho-ke uPolymius wanquma ukunikeza isijeziso esikhulu kungcwele enonya futhi engenabuntu kungenzeka. UBartholomew wayenjalo ehlinziwe ephila, isikhumba sakhe sasidatshulwe emzimbeni ngenxa yobudlova nobudlova. Inhloso yalokhu kuhlukunyezwa kwakuwukuhlukumeza ubuhlungu obukhulu kungenzeka futhi alulaze umphostoli, kanjalo ebonisa ukuphakama kokholo lobuqaba.
Kodwa uBartolomeo wamelana kwaze kwaba sekugcineni, ekhuleka nokuhuba amahubo okudumisa uNkulunkulu Ekugcineni, ongcwele wafa phakathi ukuhlupheka okubi isidumbu sakhe saphonswa emfuleni. Nokho, ukholo nesibindi sakhe kwashiya uphawu olungenakucimeka emlandweni wobuKristu.