UYesu usitya iSidlo sePasika nabafundi bakhe xa ewisa ibhombu yakhe, “Omnye wenu uya kundingcatsha.” Ayiloxesha lokuqala ethetha oku: kodwa akazange nanini na ngaphambili angqale ngolu hlobo: omnye kwaba bakweli gumbi ngoku ngumngcatshi.

Abafundi bayakhwankqiswa njengoko bejongana. UPetros utsala amehlo kaYohane, ehleli ecaleni kukaYesu, nemiqondiso efihlakeleyo, 'I-WHO? Mbuze!’ UYohane usebezela kuYesu’ indlebe, aze ahlebeze into ethile. NguPetros kuphela owaziyo ngolu tshintshiselwano; kodwa kubonakala ukuba uYohane usesebumnyameni. Uxinzelelo luzalise igumbi.

Wandula ke uYesu athabathe iqhekeza lesonka, uyicwilise esityeni, aze ayinike uYudas, ekumele ukuba naye wayehleli kufutshane. Xa uYesu elandela oku ngokuxelela uYudas, “Yintoni ekufuneka uyenzile, yenza ngokukhawuleza,” yaye uYudas uyaphakama ukuba ahambe, ngaba uYohane uzama ukukhwaza uPetros, ‘Nguye!’?

Asazi: kodwa siyayazi loo nto, nangoku, abanye abafundi abamkrokreli uYudas. Ungunondyebo wabo. Kwaye, Kwinkcubeko kaYesu’ usuku, ukuba umamkeli-zindwendwe unike undwendwe iqhekeza lesonka esinjalo eso senzo sothando nentlonelo enzulu. Akukho nto kuYesu’ unyango lwakhe ukuba acebise ngenye indlela: ngoko basuka bacinge ukuba uyokufuna izinto, okanye ukupha amahlwempu.

Yintoni ngokwenene endimangazayo

Ukuba uYesu wayefanele amphathe ngolo hlobo uYudas ngothando nangentlonelo ngoxa wayesazi ukuba uYudas wayesele eza kumngcatsha, iyamangalisa ngokwenene. Kodwa asiyonto imangalisayo kwesi siganeko. In John 6:64 & 70-71 sifunda ukuba "UYesu wayesazi kwasekuqaleni ukuba ngoobani na abangakholwayo, nokuba yayingubani na yena owayeza kumngcatsha."

Eyona nto indimangalisa ngokwenene kukuba uYesu wayenokuhlala neli qela limanyeneyo labalandeli macala onke 2 iminyaka esazi ukuba ekugqibeleni uYudas wayeza kumngcatsha. Okwangoku, ngalo lonke elo xesha uYesu akazange athethe nto eyayinika abanye abafundi umkhondo wokuba wayethandabuza okanye akanalo uthando ngoYudas..

Ukungcatshwa kunzima kakhulu ukunyamezela

Ngexesha lam 50 iminyaka njengomKristu izihlandlo ezininzi ndiye ndeva intlungu xa abo bendibathembile nababendincoma ngokunzulu njengabahlobo nemizekelo ebalaseleyo yesimilo sobuKristu baye bawa baza babhencwa ngokungcatsha imilinganiselo ababeyifunge ekuhleni.. Naxa ndingenguye owoniwe ngqo, intlungu yayo ibikhe ibengathi yimela ejijelwe emathunjini am.

Kunzima kakhulu, kanjalo, xa inguwe owoniweyo ngqo – ngakumbi ukuba, ngokukhawuleza emva kokufunyanwa, kufuneka uqhubeke kuhlobo oluthile lobudlelwane kunye nomngcatshi wakho. Kwaye emva koko, nangona bendisoloko ndifuna ukuxolela kwaye ndiyeke umgwebo, Ndiyavuma ukuba ndiye ndasokola ukufumana abantu abanjalo kwakhona kwisikhundla sokubathemba.

Ujonga emva kwizinto abazithethayo nabazenzayo, kwaye uzicingele, ‘Babenokuthini… xa lonke ixesha kusenzeka oku?’ ‘Ukuba nje ndandazile . . .’ ‘Ndingabathemba njani ngoku?’

Ukungazi kumnandi

Ndandidla ngokucinga ukuba ezona zinto zifunyenwe ngequbuliso lolona hlobo lubi lokungcatsha. Kodwa oko uYesu wakunyamezelayo kwakunzima ngakumbi. Siyasokola ukuphinda sithande kwaye sithembe kwakhona kuba sisoyika ukuba siya kungcatshwa kwakhona, nangona sithemba ukuba asiyi. Kodwa khawucinge ukuba bekuya kuba nzima kangakanani ukuthanda loo mntu ukuba besisazi ukuba siyangcatshwa, okanye ukuthanda kwakhona ukuba besisazi ukuba siya kungcatshwa kwakhona ngeyona ndlela imbi kakhulu! Ngaba ubumthanda laamntu wakungcatshayo ngalendlela wenze ngayo ukuba ubuyazi into abaza kuyenza kuwe??

Yayilucelomngeni olo kuYesu: wayesazi. Kwaye iingxaki zakhe noYudas azizange ziqale kwisidlo sangokuhlwa sokugqibela. UJohn usixelela ukuba imali yayilahlekile ngaphambili (Yoh 12:6): kodwa, kanti uJohn mhlawumbi waqonda kuphela indlela ngenzuzo yokujonga emva, UYesu wayesazi. Yaye yayingebobusela nje. Ubuya kusabela njani ukuba umntu omaziyo eberhwaphiliza ingxowa-mali yoncedo ebenokugxeka esidlangalaleni ‘inkcitho yomnye umntu?’ ngenxa yokunganikeli kuloo ngxowa-mali?

Ukuthanda kuyo yonke into

UYesu walubonakalisa ngendlela ebalaseleyo uthando lukaThixo—nakwabo babengquzulana nemilinganiselo kaThixo.. Waphatha uYudas ngothando nembeko ebalaseleyo kangangokuba kwanabo basondeleyo kuye, kwaye sijonge umntu onokuba ngumngcatshi, akazange abone nakuphi na ukungathembani okanye ukungayithandi indlela awayeziphethe ngayo.

Sisenzo esinzima ukusilandela: kodwa lowo ngumlinganiselo uYesu asibekela wona. Kwaye kwixesha elizayo ndingcatshwa ngokungalindelekanga okanye ndiphoxekile, mhlawumbi ndingade ndibe nombulelo kuba ndingazange ndiyibone isiza.