San Girolamo, oNgcwele wosuku lwangomhla ka-30 Septhemba
(345-420)
Indaba yeSan Girolamo
Abangcwele abaningi bakhunjulwa ngokuziphatha okuhle noma ngokuzinikela abakwenza, kepha uJerome uvame ukukhunjulwa ngesimo sakhe esibi! Kuyiqiniso ukuthi ubenolaka olubi futhi bekwazi ukusebenzisa ipeni le-vitriolic, kodwa uthando lwakhe ngoNkulunkulu nangendodana yakhe uJesu Kristu lwalulukhulu ngokweqile; noma ngubani owayefundisa amaphutha wayeyisitha sikaNkulunkulu neqiniso, kanti uSt. Jerome wamlandela ngosiba lwakhe olunamandla futhi kwesinye isikhathi olubhuqa.
Ngokuyinhloko wayeyisazi semibhalo, ehumusha iningi leTestamente Elidala lisuka esiHeberwini. UJerome ubuye wabhala izincazelo eziwumthombo omkhulu wokukhuthazwa okungokomBhalo kithi namuhla. Wayengumfundi okhuthele, isazi esiphelele, umbhali wezincwadi omuhle, futhi engumeluleki wezindela, ababhishobhi nopapa. USanta Augustine wathi ngaye: "Lokho uJerome angakwazi, akekho umuntu ofayo owake wazi".
ISt. Jerome ibaluleke kakhulu ngokwenza inguqulo yeBhayibheli eyayibizwa ngeVulgate. Akuwona uhlelo olubucayi kakhulu lweBhayibheli, kepha ukwamukelwa kwalo yiSonto kube nenhlanhla. Njengoba esinye isazi sanamuhla sikubeka, "Akekho umuntu ngaphambi kukaJerome noma phakathi kwabantu besikhathi sakhe futhi ayembalwa kakhulu amadoda emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka kamuva ayekwazi kahle ukwenza lo msebenzi." UMkhandlu waseTrent wacela uhlelo olusha nolunembile lwe-Vulgate futhi wamemezela ukuthi ungumbhalo oyiqiniso ozosetshenziswa eSontweni.
Ukuze enze umsebenzi onjalo, uJerome wazilungiselela kahle. Wayenguthisha wesiLatini, isiGrikhi, isiHeberu nesiKhaldiya. Uqale izifundo zakhe edolobheni lakubo iStridon eDalmatia. Ngemuva kokuqeqeshwa kwakhe kokuqala, waya eRome, isikhungo semfundo ngaleso sikhathi, wasuka lapho waya eTrier, eJalimane, lapho lesi sazi sasibonakala khona kakhulu. Uchithe iminyaka eminingana endaweni ngayinye, ehlala ezama ukuthola othisha abahamba phambili. Wake wakhonza njengonobhala wangasese kaPapa Damasus.
Ngemuva kwalezi zifundo zokulungiselela, wahamba kakhulu ePalestine, emaka wonke amaphuzu empilweni kaKristu ngenhloso yokuzinikela. U-Mystic njengoba ayenjalo, wachitha iminyaka emihlanu ehlane laseChalcis ukuzinikela ekuthandazeni, ekuzisoli nasekufundeni. Ekugcineni, wahlala eBetlehema, lapho ayehlala khona emhumeni okwakukholakala ukuthi yindawo yokuzalwa kaKristu. UJerome ushonele eBethlehem kanti izinsalela zomzimba wakhe manje zingcwatshwe eSontweni LaseSanta Maria Maggiore eRome.
Ukuzindla
UJerome wayeyindoda enamandla neqondile. Wayenezimfanelo ezinhle nezithelo ezingathandeki zokuba umgxeki ongesabi nazo zonke izinkinga ezijwayelekile zokuziphatha zomuntu. Wayengeyena, njengoba abanye besho, wayethanda ukulinganisela kokubili ngobuhle nangokumelene nobubi. Wayekulungele ukuthukuthela, kepha futhi wayekulungele ukuzisola, kubi kakhulu ngamaphutha akhe kunakwabanye. Upapa kuthiwa ubonile, ebona isithombe sikaJerome ezishaya esifubeni ngetshe, "Uqinisile ukuphatha lelo tshe, ngoba ngaphandle kwalo iSonto belingeke likwenze ube ngcwele"