UMay, inyanga kaMariya: ukuzindla ngosuku 23
ISAHLUKO SOKUYA EGIBHITHE
USUKU 23
UMariya Ongcwele.
Ukunxusa. - UMariya, Umama wesihe, usithandazele!
Ubuhlungu besibili:
ISAHLUKO SOKUYA EGIBHITHE
Izazi, zixwayiswe yiNgelosi, zabuyela ezweni lazo, zingabuyeli kuHerode. Lesi sakamuva, sithukuthele ngokudana nokwesaba ukuthi uMesiya ozelwe ngelinye ilanga uzothatha isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi kuye, aqala ukubulala bonke abantwana baseBethlehem kanye nendawo ezungezile, abaneminyaka emibili nangaphansi, ethembeni eliwubuwula lokubandakanya noJesu kulesi sibhicongo.
Kodwa iNgelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kuJosefa ebuthongweni yathi kuye: Vuka, thatha umntwana nonina ubalekele eGibhithe; uzohlala lapho ngize ngikutshele. Eqinisweni, uHerode maduze ufuna ingane ezombulala. - UJosefa wavuka, wathatha ingane kanye nonina ebusuku waya eGibhithe; lapho wahlala kwaze kwaba sekufeni kukaHerode, ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakushiwo yiNkosi ngoMprofethi: "Ngayibiza iNdodana yami ukuthi iphume eGibhithe" (uMathewu Ongcwele, II, 13)
Kulesi siqephu empilweni kaJesu sibheka ubuhlungu obuzwiwe nguMama Wethu. Yeka usizi kumama ukwazi ukuthi ingane yakhe ifunelwa ukufa, ngaphandle kwesizathu, yindoda enamandla futhi eqhoshayo! Kufanele abaleke ngokushesha, ebusuku, ngenkathi yasebusika, aye eGibhithe, eliqhele ngamakhilomitha angaba ngu-400! Yamukela ukungahambi kahle kohambo olude, ngokusebenzisa imigwaqo engathandeki nogwadule! Hamba uyohlala, ngaphandle kwezindlela, ezweni elingaziwa, ungalwazi ulimi futhi ngaphandle kokunethezeka kwezihlobo!
UMama wethu akazange asho nezikhalazo, noma uHerode noma uProvidence, owachitha konke. Kumelwe ukuba wakhumbula izwi likaSimeyoni: Inkemba izogwaza kanye nomphefumulo wakho! -
Kungokuhlangenwe nakho futhi kungumuntu ukuhlala kuwo. Ngemuva kokuhlala iminyaka eminingana eGibhithe, uLady Wethu, uJesu noSanta Joseph babejwayele. Kodwa iNgelosi yayala ukuba ibuyele ePalestine. Ngaphandle kokunikeza amabamba, uMary waqhubeka nohambo lokubuya, ehlonipha imiklamo kaNkulunkulu.
Yeka isifundo abazinikelayo abazinikele bakaMariya!
Impilo iyinhlanganisela yezingqinamba nokudumazeka. Ngaphandle kokukhanya kokholo, ukudikibala kunganqoba. Kuyadingeka ukuthi ubheke imicimbi yezenhlalo, yomndeni kanye neyodwa ngezibuko zasezulwini, okuwukuthi ubone kukho konke umsebenzi weProvidence, obeka konke ukuze kuzuze izidalwa. Izinhlelo zikaNkulunkulu ngeke zihlolisiswe, kepha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, uma sibonisa, siyaqiniseka ngobuhle bukaNkulunkulu ngokuvumela leso siphambano, lokho kuthunazeka, lokho kuqonda okungalungile, ngokuvimba leso sinyathelo futhi 'ngokusibeka ezimweni ezingalindelekile.
Kukho konke ukuphikisana sizama ukungalahlekelwa ukubekezela nokuthembela kuNkulunkulu nakuMariya oNgcwelengcwele. Masizivumelanise nentando kaNkulunkulu, sithobekile sithi: Nkosi, intando yakho mayenziwe!
ISIBONELO
Kuthiwa ku-Franciscan Chronicles ukuthi izinkolo ezimbili ze-Order, abathandi beMadonna, baqala ukuvakashela indawo engcwele. Begcwele ukukholwa, babehambe ibanga elide futhi ekugcineni bangena ehlathini elicinene. Babenethemba lokuthi bazokwazi ukuwela ngokushesha, kepha abakwazanga, njengoba ubusuku babufikile. Bethukile, bazincoma kuNkulunkulu nakuNkosikazi Wethu; baqonda ukuthi intando yaphezulu yayikuvumela lokho kubuyela emuva.
Kodwa iNcasakazi eNgcwelengcwele iyazigada izingane zayo ezikhathazekile bese iza ukuzisiza; Labo bahluleli ababili ababenamahloni bafanelwe lolu sizo.
Laba ababili abalahlekile, besahamba, bafika endlini; babona ukuthi kwakuyindawo yokuhlala enhle. Bacele ukungeniswa ebusuku.
Lezi zinceku ezimbili, ezavula umnyango, zahamba namafreyimu aya enkosikazini. Umphathi ohloniphekile ubuze: Unjani kule nkuni? - Sisendleleni eya endaweni engcwele ye-Madonna; silahlekile ngethuba.
-Ngokuba kunjalo, niyakuchitha ubusuku kulesi sigodlo; kusasa, lapho uhamba, ngizokunikeza incwadi ezokusiza. -
Ngakusasa ekuseni, sebethole incwadi, abakwaFriars baqhubeka nohambo lwabo. Basuka kancane endlini, babheka lencwadi futhi bamangala ngokungaboni ikheli lapho; kusenjalo, beqalaza, babona ukuthi indlu kamatron ayisekho lapho; kwaba
wanyamalala futhi endaweni yayo kwakunezihlahla. Bathe sebeyivulile incwadi, bathola ishidi, elisayinwe nguMadonna. Umbhalo wawuthi: Lowo owakusingatha nguMama wakho waseZulwini. Bengifuna ukukuvuza ngomhlatshelo wakho, ngoba uhambe ngenxa yami. Qhubeka ungikhonze futhi ungithande. Ngizokusiza empilweni nasekufeni. -
Ngemuva kwaleli qiniso, umuntu angacabanga ukuthi yibuphi ubukhazikhazi balabo bafana ababili abahlonipha iMadonna ngempilo yabo yonke.
UNkulunkulu wakuvumela lokho kulahleka ehlathini, ukuze labo bobabili bezwe ubuhle nobumnandi beMadonna.
I-Foil. - Kumakhontrakthi, nqamula ukungabekezeli, ikakhulukazi ngokulinganisela ulimi.
Ukuqanjwa. - Nkosi, intando yakho yenziwe.