USanta wosuku lwangoDisemba 5: indaba yeSan Saba
Ongcwele wosuku lwangoDisemba 5
(439 - Disemba 5, 532)
Umlando weSan Saba
Wazalelwa eCappadocia, uSabas ungomunye wezinzalamizi ezihlonishwa kakhulu phakathi kwezindela zasePalestine futhi uthathwa njengomunye wabasunguli be-monasticism yaseMpumalanga.
Ngemuva kobuntwana obungeneme lapho ahlukunyezwa khona futhi waphunyuka kaningi, ekugcineni uSabas wabalekela esigodlweni sezindela. Ngenkathi amalungu omndeni ezama ukumncenga ukuba abuyele ekhaya, umfana wazizwa ekhangwa impilo yobushiqela. Yize wayeyindela encane kunabo bonke endlini, wenza kahle kakhulu.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-18 waya eJerusalema, ezama ukufunda kabanzi ngokuhlala yedwa. Ngokushesha wacela ukwamukelwa njengomfundi wesizungu sendawo esaziwayo, yize ekuqaleni wayebhekwa njengomncane kakhulu ukuthi angaphila ngokugcwele. Ekuqaleni, uSabas wayehlala esigodlweni sezindela, lapho ayesebenza khona emini futhi echitha ubusuku obuningi ethandaza. Lapho eneminyaka engama-30, wanikezwa imvume yokuchitha izinsuku ezinhlanu ngesonto emhumeni oseduze oseduze, ethandaza futhi esebenza ngezandla njengobhasikidi abelukiwe. Ngemuva kokushona komeluleki wakhe, uSanta Euthymius, uSabas wadlulela phambili ehlane eliseduze neJeriko. Lapho wayehlala iminyaka emhumeni eduze komfula iCedron. Intambo kwakuyindlela yakhe yokungena. Amakhambi asendle emadwaleni kwakungukudla kwakhe. Ngezikhathi ezithile la madoda ayemlethela ukudla okwengeziwe nezinto, kuyilapho kwakufanele aye kude ayokha amanzi akhe.
Abanye balaba bantu beza kuye belangazelela ukujoyina yena yedwa. Ekuqaleni wenqaba. Kepha kungakabiphi ngemuva kokuzithoba, abalandeli bakhe banda baba ngaphezu kuka-150, bonke abahlala ezindlini eziqoqene ngazinye esontweni, elibizwa nge-laura.
Umbhishobhi wanxenxa uSabas owayenqikaza, ngaleso sikhathi owayeneminyaka engamashumi amahlanu ubudala, ukuba alungiselele ubupristi ukuze akwazi ukusebenzela kangcono umphakathi wakhe wezindela ebuholini. Ngenkathi esebenza njengombhishobhi emphakathini omkhulu wezindela, wayehlala ezizwa ebizwa ukuthi aphile impilo yokuba yedwa. Ngonyaka ngamunye, njalo ngesikhathi seLent, washiya izindela zakhe isikhathi eside, imvamisa zabahlupha. Iqembu lamadoda angama-60 lashiya isigodlo sezindela, lahlala esakhiweni esiseduze esonakele. Lapho uSabas ezwa ngobunzima ababebhekene nabo, wabapha imiphako ngesandla esivulekile futhi wabona ukulungiswa kwesonto labo.
Eminyakeni edlule uSaba wayehamba lonke elasePalestine, eshumayela ukholo lweqiniso futhi ngempumelelo ebuyisela abaningi eSontweni. Lapho eneminyaka engama-91, ephendula isicelo esivela kuMbhishobhi omkhulu waseJerusalema, uSabas waqala uhambo oluya eConstantinople ngokuhlangana nokuvukela kwamaSamariya kanye nengcindezelo eyayinodlame. Wagula futhi ngemuva kokubuya kwakhe washonela esigodlweni saseMar Saba. Namuhla isigodlo sisahlala izindela ze-Eastern Orthodox Church kanti iSanta Saba ithathwa njengesinye sezibalo eziphawuleka kakhulu ze-monasticism yakuqala.
Ukuzindla
Bambalwa kithi ababelana ngesifiso sikaSabas somhume wasogwadule, kepha iningi lethu kwesinye isikhathi liyasicasukela lokho okudingwa abanye ngesikhathi sethu. USabas uyakuqonda lokhu. Lapho ekugcineni ethola isizungu ayesifisa, umphakathi ngokushesha waqala ukuhlangana wamzungeza, futhi waphoqeleka ukuba abe ngumholi. Ime njengesibonelo sokuphana ngesineke kunoma ngubani isikhathi namandla akhe adingeka kwabanye, okungukuthi, kithina sonke.