Yayiyini inkanyezi kaKhisimusi yaseBetlehema?
EVangelini likaMathewu, iBhayibheli lichaza inkanyezi eyimfihlakalo evela endaweni lapho uJesu Kristu weza khona eMhlabeni eBhetlehema ngoKhisimusi wokuqala futhi yabangela ukuba amadoda ahlakaniphile (aziwa ngokuthi amaMagi) athole uJesu ukuze amvakashele. Abantu bebelokhu bexoxa ngokuthi iNkanyezi yaseBetlehema yayiyini ngempela eminyakeni eminingi kusukela kwabhalwa umbiko weBhayibheli. Abanye bathi bekunganekwane; abanye bathi bekuyisimangaliso. Futhi abanye bayayidida nenkanyezi enamakhaza. Nayi indaba yalokho okushiwo yiBhayibheli nokuthi izazi zezinkanyezi eziningi manje zikholelwa kanjani kulesi sehlakalo esidumile sasezulwini:
Umbiko weBhayibheli
Ibhayibheli liqopha umlando kuMathewu 2: 1-11. Amavesi 1 no-2 athi: “Ngemuva kokuba uJesu ezelwe eBetlehema eJudiya, ngesikhathi seNkosi uHerode, abezazi abavela empumalanga beza eJerusalema babuza: 'Uphi lowo owazalwa eyinkosi yabaJuda? Sabona inkanyezi yayo lapho ivela futhi ngangize ukuyikhuleka. '
Indaba iqhubeka ngokuchaza ukuthi iKosi uHerode “yabiza kanjani bonke abapristi abakhulu nabafundisi bomthetho wabantu” futhi “yababuza ukuthi wayezelwe kuphi uMesiya” (ivesi 4). Bathe, "EBetlehema eJudiya" (ivesi 5) futhi bacaphuna isiprofetho ngokuthi uMesiya (umsindisi womhlaba) uzozalwa kuphi. Izazi eziningi ezazazi kahle iziprofetho zakudala zazilindele kahle ukuba uMesiya azalwe eBetlehema.
Amavesi 7 no 8 athi: “UHerode wabe esebiza izinyenyela ngasese wathola kubo isikhathi esiqondile lapho inkanyezi ibonakala. Ubathumele eBetlehema wathi, 'Hambani niyobheka umfana. Lapho nje usuthole, ngitshele ukuze nami ngihambe ngiyothanda. "" UHerodi wayeqamba amanga kwabazazi ngezinhloso zakhe; empeleni, uHerode wayefuna ukuqinisekisa isikhundla sikaJesu ukuze akwazi ukuyalela amasosha ukuba abulale uJesu, ngoba uHerode wabona uJesu njengosongo emandleni akhe.
Indaba iqhubeka emavesini 9 no-10: “Ngemuva kokulalela inkosi, zahamba zodwa inkanyezi eyayizibonile lapho ivuka yazilandela yaze yayeka lapho ingane yayikhona. Lapho bebona inkanyezi, bajabula kakhulu. "
Lapho-ke ibhayibheli lichaza abaseMagayi abafika emzini kaJesu, bemvakashela benonina uMariya, bamkhulekele bemlethele izipho zabo ezidumile zegolide, inhlaka yempepho nemure. Ekugcineni, ivesi 12 lithi ngoMagi: "... bexwayisiwe ephusheni ukuthi bangabuyeli kuHerode, babuyela ezweni lakubo ngomunye umgwaqo."
Inganekwane
Kuyo yonke le minyaka, njengoba abantu babephikisana ngokuthi ngabe inkanyezi yangempela yavela yini endlini kaNkulunkulu futhi yahola amaMagi lapho, abanye abantu bathi inkanyezi yayingeyona into eyedlula into eyayibhaliwe - uphawu umphostoli uMathewu ayelisebenzisa. endabeni yakhe ukuhambisa ukukhanya kwethemba ukuthi labo ababelindele ukufika kukaMesiya babezizwa kanjani lapho uJesu ezalwa.
Ungelosi
Eminyakeni eminingi yezimpikiswano ngenkanyezi yaseBetlehema, abanye abantu bacabanga ukuthi empeleni "inkanyezi" leyo ingelosi ekhanyayo esibhakabhakeni.
Ngoba? Izingelosi ziyizingelosi zikaNkulunkulu kanti inkanyezi ibikhipha umyalezo obalulekile, futhi izingelosi ziqondisa abantu futhi inkanyezi iqondise izazi kuJesu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izazi zebhayibheli zikholelwa ukuthi ibhayibheli libiza izingelosi ngokuthi "izinkanyezi" ku ezinye izindawo eziningi, ezinjengoJobe 38: 7 ("ngenkathi izinkanyezi zokusa zihlabelela kanyekanye nazo zonke izingelosi zakhala izinyembezi zenjabulo") neHubo 147: 4 ("Nquma inani lezinkanyezi uzibize ngegama ngalinye")
Kodwa-ke, izazi zeBhayibheli azikholelwa ukuthi indatshana yeNkanyezi yaseBetlehema esebhayibhelini ibhekisela engelosini.
Isimangaliso
Abanye bathi iNkanyezi yaseBetlehema isimangaliso - kungaba ukukhanya uNkulunkulu akuyalile ukuba kubonakale kungaphezu kwemvelo, noma into yezinkanyezi engokwemvelo uNkulunkulu ayenza ngokuyisimangaliso ukuba yenziwe ngaleso sikhathi emlandweni. Izazi eziningi zebhayibheli zikholelwa ukuthi iNkanyezi yaseBetlehema kwakuyisimangaliso ngomqondo wokuthi uNkulunkulu wahlela izingxenye zezidalwa zakhe zemvelo zaba isikhala ukuze kwenzeke into engajwayelekile ngoKhisimusi wokuqala. Bakholelwa ukuthi inhloso kaNkulunkulu ukukwenza, kwakungukudala i-aben - i-omen, noma isibonakaliso, esasizonaka ukunakwa kwabantu entweni ethile.
Encwadini yakhe ethi The Star of Bethlehem: The Legacy of the Magi, uMichael R. Molnar ubhala ukuthi “Ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaHerode kwakukhona ukubabazeka okukhulu ezulwini, i-omen eyasho ukuthi kuzalwe inkosi enkulu yaseJudiya futhi isephelele ukuvumelana nendaba esebhayibhelini ".
Ukubonakala nokuziphatha okungajwayelekile kwenkanyezi kugqugquzele abantu ukuthi bakubize ngokuyisimangaliso, kepha uma kungisimangaliso, isimangaliso esingachazwa ngendlela yemvelo, abanye bayakholelwa. Kamuva uMolnar ubhala: “Uma inkolelo yokuthi i-Star of Bethlehem ingummangaliso ongenakubekelwa eceleni, kunemibono eminingana ethinta inkanyezi nesehlakalo esithile sasezulwini. Futhi imvamisa le mibono ithambekele kakhulu ekusekeleni izehlakalo zezinkanyezi; okungukuthi, ukunyakaza okubonakalayo noma ukuma kwezindikimba zasemkhathini, njengamadonso ".
Ku-International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, uGeoffrey W. Bromiley ubhala ngomcimbi we-Star of eBethlehem: “UNkulunkulu weBhayibheli ungumenzi wazo zonke izinto zasezulwini futhi ufakazi kubo. Kungangenelela impela futhi kuguqule inkambo yabo yemvelo ".
Njengoba iHubo 19: 1 lebhayibheli lisithi "amazulu aqhubeka ememezela inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu," kungenzeka ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubakhethile ukuthi bazibonele mathupha ukubabeka kwakhe emhlabeni ngendlela ekhethekile ngenkanyezi.
Amathuba ezinkanyezi
Izazi zezinkanyezi ziphikise ngokuhamba kweminyaka uma ngabe i-Star yaseBetlehema empeleni ibiyinkanyezi, noma ngabe kwakuyinkanyezi, iplanethi noma amaplanethi amaningana eza ndawonye ukudala ukukhanya okugqamile ikakhulukazi.
Manje njengoba ubuchwepheshe sebudlulele ezingeni lapho izazi zezinkanyezi zingahlaziya ngokwesayensi izehlakalo ezedlule emkhathini, izazi zezinkanyezi eziningi zikholelwa ukuthi zikuqondisile okwenzeka esikhathini lapho izazi-mlando zibeka ukuzalwa kukaJesu: entwasahlobo ka-5 BC
Inkanyezi entsha
Impendulo, bathi, iNkanyezi yaseBetlehema empeleni yayiyinkanyezi - ikhanya ngokweqile, ebizwa ngokuthi yi-nova.
Encwadini yakhe ethi The Star of Bethlehem: An Astronomer's View, uMark R. Kidger ubhala ukuthi iNkanyezi yaseBethlehema "cishe yayiyi-nova" eyavela maphakathi noMashi 5 BC "phakathi nendawo phakathi kwezinkanyezi zesimanje zeCapricorn ne-Akila" .
"Inkanyezi yaseBethlehem iyinkanyezi," kubhala uFrank J. Tipler encwadini yakhe ethi The Physics of Christian. “Akuyona iplanethi, noma ihlaya, noma ukuhlangana phakathi kwamaplanethi amabili noma ngaphezulu, noma ukutholwa kwe-Jupiter enyangeni. ... Uma le ndaba eseVangelini likaMathewu ithathwe ngokoqobo, khona-ke iNkanyezi yaseBetlehema kufanele ukuthi yayiwuhlobo lwe-1a supernova noma uhlobo lwe-1c hypernova, olutholakala emthaleni we-Andromeda noma, uma uthayipha u-1a, kwiqoqo lomhlaba wonke walo mthala. "
UTipler wengeza ukuthi ubudlelwane bukaMathewu nenkanyezi buye bahlala isikhashana lapho uJesu ayehlose ukusho ukuthi inkanyezi "inqamula umphetho weBetlehema" endaweni engama-31 ngama-43 degrees enyakatho.
Kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi lesi bekungumcimbi okhethekile wokufunda izinkanyezi kuleso sikhathi esithile emlandweni nasendaweni yomhlaba. Ngakho-ke inkanyezi yaseBetlehema kwakungeyona inkanyezi enamakhaza, okuyinkanyezi ekhanyayo evame ukubonwa ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi. Inkanyezi eshayayo, ebizwa ngokuthi yiPolaris, ikhanya eNorth Pole futhi ayihlobene nenkanyezi eyakhanya eBetlehema ngoKhisimusi wokuqala.
Ukukhanya komhlaba
Kungani uNkulunkulu ethumela inkanyezi ukuba iholele abantu kuJesu ngoKhisimusi wokuqala? Kungenzeka ukuthi yingoba ukukhanya okukhanyayo kwenkanyezi kufanekisela lokho iBhayibheli elikubhala ngokuhamba kwesikhathi uJesu akushoyo ngomsebenzi wakhe emhlabeni: “Mina ngingukukhanya kwezwe. Noma ngubani ongilandelayo akasoze ahamba ebumnyameni, kodwa abe nokukhanya kwempilo ”. (NgokukaJohane 8:12).
Ekugcineni, uBromy ubhala ku-International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, umbuzo obaluleke kakhulu akuyona ukuthi i-Star yaseBetlehema yayiyini, kepha yaholela kubani abantu. “Kufanele uqaphele ukuthi okulandisayo akunikezeli incazelo eningiliziwe ngoba inkanyezi uqobo lwayo ibingabalulekile. Kwashiwo kuphela ngoba kwakuyisiqondisi sengane kaKristu nophawu lokuzalwa kwayo. "