Throughout this study I have emphasized the importance of paying close attention to what God himself has to say about this matter, whilst at the same time acknowledging our own human difficulty in accepting the ultimate severity of his judgements against us. Kodwa, as I have worked on this book, I have had an increasing sense that there is a truth of overwhelmingly vital importance that I am completely failing to express; and that is how God himself feels about us, nobugwenxa esibenzileyo.

In approaching this subject I feel a desperate lack of the skills I need to illustrate what I am trying to say. Ke, ndicela ube nomonde njengoko ndisokola ukufumana amagama kunye nemifanekiso yokwenza oku ...

NguThixo – Oyena Ugwenxa

Xa ucela ukuxolelwa nguThixo ngo Psalm 51:4, UDavide uthetha into eyothusayo:

Ngokuchasene nawe, nawe kuphela, ndonile na, wenze okubi emehlweni akho; ukuze ungqinelwe ekuthetheni kwakho, ube lilungisa ekugwebeni kwakho. (Psa 51:4)

Le yayiyimpendulo kaDavide xa uThixo wabhenca ukungcatshwa kuka-Uriya umHeti kaDavide. U-Uriya wayeligosa lomkhosi, ezinikele ngokupheleleyo ekukhonzeni uDavide namadoda aphantsi kolawulo lwakhe, xa wabizelwa ukubuyela eYerusalem ukuza nengxelo ngenkqubela yedabi, akazange avume nokuchitha ubusuku nomfazi wakhe kubutofotofo bekhaya lakhe ngoxa amadoda akhe ayenyamezele ubunzima kwidabi.. Okwangoku, UDavide wayekrexeza nomfazi kaUriya; kwaye ngokusilela ukuyifihla inyani, walungiselela ukuba u-Uriya abulawe edabini – kwanokuba u-Uriya akhuphe umyalelo obulalayo kuYowabhi! Wayethetha ukuthini emhlabeni uDavide xa esithi isono sakhe sikuThixo kuphela?

Ibango elinjalo libonakala lihlekisa de sizibuze ukuba ngubani owava eyona ntlungu imbi kwizenzo zikaDavide. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba u-Uriya wayeva iintlungu ngenxa yamanxeba akhe: kodwa akunakwenzeka ukuba waziva naziphi na iintlungu zokungcatshwa kwakhe, ngokuba wayengazi. Ukuba wayesazi, ibiya kuba krakra ngakumbi intlungu yakhe? Kodwa, njengoko umprofeti uNatan waxelela uDavide ngomnini-mhlaba osisityebi oweba imvana yendoda elihlwempu, Ingqumbo kaDavide yavuka kwaye, ngequbuliso, ukuqonda kwambetha oko UThixo wayesazi; yaye ngokobuqu wayesiva lonke ubuhlungu nokungcatshwa uDavide awayezama ukukufihla ku-Uriya. Unokufunda ibali elipheleleyo ku 2 Samuel 11:1-12:14.

Unjani uThixo?

Igcisa eligqibeleleyo

UThixo ligcisa; yaye, njengawo nawuphi na umzobi unomdla kwindalo yakhe. Ukususela ekuhlumeni kokuqala kwengcamango utyala imali yakhe, ixesha namandla akhe, ukuba akhuphe oko kusentliziyweni yakhe aze akungenise kwinto yokwenyama. Umsebenzi wegcisa lokwenyani yimbonakaliso yokuba ungubani - hayi nje into ayenzayo. Ubotshelelwe ngaphakathi kwaye ngokungenakuhlukaniswa nomsebenzi wakhe. Yinjongo yothando lwakhe. Ukuba siya kumqonda uThixo, simele siqale ngendalo yakhe. Kwaye yindalo engakholelekiyo!

Umntu uqala phi? Uninzi lwamagcisa aqala kwiimbono zawo zehlabathi malunga nathi: kanti ke uThixo uqala ngokudala iimvakalelo kunye nengqiqo ngokwayo - eyona mfihlelo inkulu kwaye imangalisayo kuzo zonke! Ukususela kwilizwi lakhe lokuqala – “Makubekho ukukhanya!" – sinobuqaqawuli bokutshona kwelanga, ilizwe lamavumba namavumba, ubungangamsha beentaba, ukuthamba kwesilika, iisymphonies zesandi, ubushushu bobuhlobo kunye noloyiko lwento engaqondakaliyo. Ihlabathi lizaliswe yimimangaliso; kwaye zonke zivakalisa ukuyila okungasikelwanga mda kukaThixo.

Njengoko sijonga ukuntsonkotha kwendalo, sibona omnye ummangaliso: sibona iintlobo ngeentlobo zezinto eziphilayo, ngamanye amaxesha basukela ezabo izilangazelelo kwaye ngamanye amaxesha basebenzisane kunye nokulungelelanisa imisebenzi yabo ngeendlela ezimangalisayo; ukusuka kwingqondo enye yomzingeli ukuya kwintlanganisela yokumbombozela komhlambi weentaka okanye inkitha yeentlanzi. Ewe, nenkululeko nokuxhomekeka zikhona, isekelwe kwindalo kaThixo.

Kwaye uphi umzobi kuyo yonke le nto? Ngaba akakho kuyo, ndihleli nje ngasemva ndibukele? Akukho naliphi na igcisa endilaziyo. Indalo yakhe yimbonakaliso yakhe. Uzingqongileyo nge, kwaye uzityala imali, umsebenzi wakhe. Liphupha lakhe novuyo lwakhe. Ukuba le yindlela nawuphi na umzobi ongumntu awujonga ngayo umsebenzi wakhe, ungacinga nzulu ukuba oyena mdali ugqibeleleyo angaba nokuzinikela okuncinci kwindalo yakhe? Nazi, Yinyani, amanye amagcisa avelisa ngobuninzi umsebenzi wawo; ke, ukuba imbiza enye yophuka akukho nto inkulu. Kodwa kuninzi lwamagcisa, iqhekeza ngalinye lixabiseke ngokukodwa. Kwaye, njengoko sijonga indalo esingqongileyo, siqaphela ukuba akukho qhekeza lifana nelinye. Kanjalo, zibonakala ngathi azifani ngabom. Isixelela ntoni le nto ngohlobo lomdali esijongene naye?

Kodwa ayisiyiyo yonke into emangalisayo. Asiyiyo yonke into egadini erozi. IBhayibhile isixelela ngokucacileyo ukuba indalo yaphukile; yaye, nangona ukomelela kwayo okumangalisayo, kubonakala ngathi izinto ziya zisiba mbi ngakumbi. Kwaye icacisa ukuba isizathu soku kukuba kukho umntu onesivakalisi, USathana, onjongo yakhe ikukwenza ukuthanda kwakhe ngokuchasene nomdali wakhe.

Umzali Ogqibeleleyo

Ukuxabisa ubuchule bokudala bomntu kusinika ukuqonda okuxabisekileyo ngobume bomdali. Kwaye, njengoko sifunda indalo kunye nolwalamano lwethu nayo, this helps us to gain an understanding of those aspects of consciousness and existence that seem to us to represent the ultimate expressions of excellence and virtue. Amongst the simpler life-forms, prosperity seems to depend largely upon rapid reproduction and being difficult to eat: but for animals of higher intelligence the emphasis shifts towards the value of mutual cooperation and parental nurture. Kufuphi, we find creation pointing towards the ultimate virtue of love; both social and parental.

One of the most radical distinctives of Jesus’ teaching is summed up in the first 2 words of the Lord’s prayer: “Our Father.” God is not just our creator, aloof from his creation: but has imparted to us something of his very own nature; kwaye uYesu usentlungwini yokunxibelelana nathi ngobunzulu bothando nokuzibophelela okuboniswa kobu budlelwane bukaBawo noMntwana. Mhlawumbi owona mzekelo ubalaseleyo woku nguYesu’ umzekeliso wonyana wolahleko (Luk 15:11-32); apho aveza uyise njengoxhatshaziweyo waza wahlaziswa ngunyana ongenambulelo. Okwangoku, Ngaphandle kwale nto, kunye neengxelo zamathuba athile zokuziphatha okubi konyana (Luk 15:30), utata uyaqhubeka elangazelela ukubuya kwakhe; kwaye xa esenza, ukungxamela ukumwola nokumamkela kubulungu obupheleleyo bosapho.

Kunzima ngeengqondo zaseNtshona ukubuqonda ngokupheleleyo ubukhulu bothando olubonakaliswa nguYesu kulo mzekeliso. Emehlweni amaHebhere, Unyana wenze ityala, efanelwe kukuxulutywa ngamatye ngenxa yalo (Deut 21:18-21). Ke ukuba indoda enkulu ibonakale ibaleka, bekusithiwa kulihlazo. Ukanti lo bawo wayezimisele ukuzenza into yokuhlaziswa esidlangalaleni ngenxa yokusindisa unyana wakhe.¹ Kodwa namhlanje, asiphelelanga ekubeni siphulukane nokubaluleka kwezenzo zikatata; abaninzi bethu abasayiboni intsingiselo yobutata, kwanokuzithanda.

Okubuhlungu, abaninzi baye bazalwa baza bakhuliswa - okanye bade baxhatshazwa kwaye balahlwa - ngamadoda anehambo ekude lee kumfanekiso webhayibhile wobutata kangangokuba ayenze ukuba ingabonakali.. Zininzi, kuquka namaKristu, cinga ngobutata ngokungqongqo, umqeqeshi, Utata wendlela yeVictorian, awuzange waneliseke ngokwenene ngomsebenzi wethu kwaye ulungele ukuphatha intonga enkulu kuphawu lokuqala lokungaphumeleli okanye ukungathobeli. Ke, kamsinya nje sakuva ukuthetha ngokugqibelela kukaThixo, niyeke 'ingqumbo kaThixo' nxamnye nobubi, sicinga ukuba umsindo wakhe umele ubhekiselwe kuthi ngokobuqu: kodwa akunjalo.

Ngoko sula ingqondo yakho, Ndiyacela, kwaye uzame ukuba nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wesiganeko esinje: Kukho utata, oye wasebenza ubomi bakhe bonke enyamekela intsapho yakhe. Zizinto eziyolisayo kuye; kwaye kuye kubonakala ngathi akukho dini linokuze libe likhulu kangangokuba angalenza ngenxa yabo. Kodwa ilizwe ahlala kulo lidlakazwe yimfazwe. Ngenye imini ubuyela ekhaya aze afumane indlu yakhe idilikile, unyana wakhe esifa kunye nosapho lwakhe, ngaphandle kwentombi yakhe, Isiqingatha-ze, ekoneni. Umfanekiso, Ndiyacela, ukuvutha komsindo wakhe xa embamba, ekhwaza, Ngubani owenze le nto?!"

Kumothuko wakhe kunye neentloni, intombi ishwabana. Zange ambone uyise enomsindo ngolu hlobo. kodwa ibhekiswe kubani na loo msindo?? Hayi yena. Yaye akaqalisi kwangoko ukumbuza umkhondo wokuba ngubani umenzi wobubi. Ukulila, umbamba ezingalweni zakhe, engabuhoyi ubungqina bokuthotywa kwakhe, kwaye uqala ukumthuthuzela. Ngokuba, okokuqala nokuphambili umsindo wakhe yimbonakaliso yentlungu yakhe ngenxa yobubi obenziwe kuye; yaye owona mnqweno wakhe ungxamisekileyo kukuqalisa ukulungisa loo monakalo.

Singayiqondi ngokulula ingqumbo kaThixo kuba siyibona ngokwembono yabantu. Eyona nto sigxile kuyo ithande ukuba kumonakalo owenziweyo kunye nelahleko efunyenweyo: kodwa uMdali akanjalo. Ngokwasemzimbeni, UThixo uzimele kwaye akanakuchaphazeleka. Ukanti iBhayibhile isixelela ukuba utshaba lukaThixo, USathana, uzimisele ukumchasa. Kodwa kanjani? Akanakuhlasela uThixo ngokuthe ngqo: kodwa unokuhlasela izinto ezithandwa nguThixo. Mere things can easily be replaced; so this is only a temporary irritant: but there is a way of hurting God far more deeply.

Does God Feel Pain?

When you or I look at a person, we see their behaviour and from that we deduce their feelings. We can only feel our own pain or pleasure. But God is the originator of consciousness, and all existence. He can feel what we feel. Ke, when Satan inflicts pain, shame or suffering on the sentient beings that God has made, God feels it too.

The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. The LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. (Gen 6:5-6)

We don’t usually think in terms of God feeling pain and sorrow: kodwa uyayenza. (Funda Jeremiah 48:30-38 for another example.) We mistakenly suppose that, since God has made heaven a place of perfection, then God himself must be somehow totally insulated from his creation; aloof and indifferent to human pain and suffering. But the true situation is more probably the reverse. God made man in his image. What makes man so special, so different from all the other animals? Is it our physical shape? Hayi; we don’t look all that different from apes. Is it our intelligence? Kulungile, we do have a staggering ability to reason and understand: but some animals are pretty smart too; and in comparison to God we are pretty dumb, really.

“Kuba iingcinga zam asizizo iingcinga zenu, kwaneendlela zenu asizizo iindlela zam,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, ngokunjalo iindlela zam ziziphakamele iindlela zenu, neengcinga zam kuneengcinga zenu. (Isa 55:8-9)

Ngoko cinga okomzuzwana malunga apho ukwazi, iimvakalelo, imvakalelo yethu yokuziphatha, uthando, ubulungisa - nkqu intlungu kunye nokuzisola - kuvela. Yintoni eyenza abantu bakhetheke kangangokuba babe kwindawo ephezulu kwindalo iphela? Yeyiphi imfihlelo enkulu ngathi ekungekho nzululwazi inokuyichaza ngokwaneleyo? Yinto eyenzekayo engqondweni: ukukwazi ukubona, ukuva, kuye buqu ukuziva iimvakalelo zolonwabo kunye neentlungu, ithemba, uloyiko, uthando, etc. – hayi ngokwendlela yokuziphatha okanye yokusebenza, okanye njengomsebenzi wokuqiqa: kodwa ngokuthe ngqo, amava obuqu. Okwangoku, ngelixa amandla okusebenza okunxibelelanisa ulwazi kunye nokuqalisa iimpendulo ezifanelekileyo ngokungathandabuzekiyo kubalulekile kuyo nayiphi na indlela yokuziphatha ebonakala ikrelekrele., akukho sizathu sibonakalisa ukuba kutheni le nto kufuneka ibangele nawaphi na amava okuqonda. Kanjalo, Inyani yeyokuba uninzi lweebhiliyoni zemisebenzi eyenziwa yingqondo yam yenzeka ngaphandle kolwazi lwam.; kwaye akukho sakhiwo sobuchopho esaziwayo apho ingqondo yam inokufunyanwa khona. Endaweni yoko, kubonakala ngathi ingqondo yam 'igumbi lokulawula elintsonkothileyo,’ ngayo mna’ ndim ophetheyo. Kodwa phazamisa unxibelelwano lwemithambo-luvo emzimbeni wam okanye ebuchotsheni kwaye ndingayeka kwangoko ukuziva, yiva, yabona – okanye ucinge. Kukho ngaphezulu 7 billion wethu’ emhlabeni: kodwa ndiyakwazi ukuqikelela ukuba abanye baziva njani; kuba andihlali ngaphakathi, kwaye andidityaniswanga ne, ingqondo okanye imizimba yabo.

IBhayibhile ithi uThixo ‘uzalisa zonke izinto’ (2Chron 6:18; Eph 4:10) nokuba unguMdali wethu, owasibumba ‘ngokomfanekiso wakhe’ (Gen 1:27-28). Ngaba kusengqiqweni ukucinga ukuba uThixo usinike zonke ezi mpawu zingaqondakaliyo?, indalo yakhe, ngaphandle kokwazi ukuba baziva njani njengaye? Yaye ukuba uthando lunokusishukumisela ekubeni senze izinto esingenakuzicingela kwabanye, kusengqiqweni okanye kusengqiqweni ukucebisa ukuba kugqibelele, engenasiphelo, UThixo angakuthanda kancinci? Ukuba kusenza buhlungu xa sibona abanye bebandezeleka, akayi kuba buhlungu ngakumbi uThixo? Ukuba sicatshukiswa kukungabikho kokusesikweni, kunye nokufuna imbuyekezo, kutheni uThixo? Uyintoni na umntu xa ethelekiswa noThixo? Ukukwazi kwethu ukuva intlungu ngaphaya kwemida yethu yenyama kunqunyelwe ngokungqongqo kukungabikho kwethu ukunxibelelana nabanye: ngoko obandezeleka kakhulu kuzo zonke izenzo zethu ezingalunganga kunye nenkohlakalo omnye komnye?

Inkxalabo eyintloko kaThixo ziintliziyo zethu

Yintoni le isenza sibe ngabakhethekileyo kuye abantu? IBhayibhile isixelela ukuba uThixo ukhangela intliziyo (IsiHebhere, 'Ebe,’ intsingiselo, ‘phakathi’) – hayi nje impompo: kodwa undoqo weemvakalelo zethu kunye neenjongo zethu.

Wathi uYehova kuSamuweli, “Musa ukuqwalasela imbonakalo yakhe okanye ubude bakhe, ngokuba ndimcekisile. UYEHOVA akazijongi izinto abantu abazijongileyo. Abantu bajonga imbonakalo yangaphandle, ke yena uYehova ukhangela intliziyo.” (1Sa 16:7)

Emva kokususa uSawule, wamenza ukumkani uDavide. UThixo wangqina ngaye:

‘Ndimfumene uDavide unyana kaYese, indoda engantliziyo yam; uya kwenza yonke into endifuna ukuba ayenze.’ (Act 13:22)

UDavid, njengoko sesibonile, wayekude ngokugqibeleleyo. Kodwa wayekwazi, xa ujongene, yokubona nokuziva izinto ngokwembono kaThixo. Oku ubuntununtunu, kunye nokuvuma kwakhe ukuvuma iimpazamo aze atshintshe iindlela zakhe, yayingoothunywashe abaphambili kulwalamano lwakhe noThixo.

Ukuba uthando lunokusikhuthaza ukuba senze izinto esingenakuzicingela kwabanye, kusengqiqweni okanye kusengqiqweni ukucebisa ukuba kugqibelele, engenasiphelo, UThixo angakuthanda kancinci? Yaye ukuba kusenza buhlungu xa sibona abanye bebandezeleka, akayi kuba buhlungu ngakumbi uThixo? Ukuba sicatshukiswa kukungabikho kokusesikweni, kunye nokufuna imbuyekezo, kutheni uThixo? Uyintoni na umntu xa ethelekiswa noThixo? Ukukwazi kwethu ukuva intlungu ngaphaya kwemida yethu yenyama kunqunyelwe ngokungqongqo kukungabikho kwethu ukunxibelelana nabanye: ngoko obandezeleka kakhulu kuzo zonke izenzo zethu ezingalunganga kunye nenkohlakalo omnye komnye? AsingoThixo na, ngubani owazi kwaye uziva zonke? Ukuba silunywa yingcongconi, ngaba siyalithandabuza ilungelo lethu lokuyijija? Ubeka phi na ke yena uThixo ukuba atshabalalise abo baxhwalekisayo, bayitshabalalise indalo yakhe, aze ababuyekeze ngobubele bakhe ngezinyeliso??

Iimfuno zoBulungisa

IBhayibhile isixelela ukuba xa uThixo wadala ihlabathi, ibintle kakhulu’ (Gen 1:31). Sithetha apha ‘ngokulunga’ ngengqiqo yobuhle bobuhle kunye nokuvisisana okusebenzayo kwendalo. Ekuqaleni, UAdam noEva baphila ngokuvisisana noThixo naphantsi kwenkuselo yakhe, ngaphandle kokucinga ububi. Ikamva labo laliza kuqeqeshwa njengabaveleli nabagcini bendalo. Kwandula ke kwafika uMtyholi, betyhola uThixo ngokuzingca ngokubahlutha ithuba lokufikelela kumthi wolwazi.

Eli yayilelona qhinga likhulu kwezakha zakho. Babesele benokufikelela ngokuthe ngqo kumthombo omnye wokwenyaniso wako konke ukulunga nolwazi; ekuphela kolwazi olutsha abalufumanayo yayibubungendawo.² Kodwa nizenzo zabo zazisonakalisa indalo kaThixo; nongenelelo lwaluyimfuneko.

UThixo njengoMgwebi

Abo bakhetha ukumchasa uThixo bafuna ukumbopha izandla ngokumtyhola ngokuziphatha kakubi. Babanga ngokwahlukeneyo ukuba abazange bakhethe ukudalwa; ukuba babengayiqondi imiphumo yemvukelo yabo; ukuba isohlwayo sigqithise ubuzaza bolwaphulo-mthetho; ukuba babengomelelanga ngokwaneleyo ukuba boyise isilingo sokwenza isono, etc. Kodwa kuzo zonke ezi ngxoxo uThixo unokuphendula ngokufanelekileyo, ‘Ndikwenze ngamandla okuzikhethela; kwaye ndilidale eli hlabathi ukuba wonwabe. Ndikulumkisile: kodwa anaphulaphula. Awunayo ingcamango yokubandezeleka okungunaphakade kunye nokuswela okubangele kwabanye. Awuzange wenzelwe ukuba ujongane nesilingo uwedwa. Kuyo yonke into oyenzileyo ndisarhalela ukukuthanda ndikuhlangule. Ndikunikile indlela yokuphuma ngexabiso lobuqu elingaphezu kwawo onke amandla akho okucinga; ukanti wena uyala. Ndingaba nguThixo wobulungisa njani ukuba andikuniki ubulungisa obufunwa zizenzo zakho?’

ngenxa yoko aninakuziphendulela, Oman, nokuba ungubani na ugwebayo. kuba ngento emgwebayo omnye;, uyazigweba. Kuba wena ugwebayo wenza kwaezo zinto. Siyazi ke ukuba isigwebo sikaThixo siwa ngokwenyaniso phezu kwabo bazenzayo izinto ezinjalo. Ngaba ucinga oku, Owu mntu ugwebayo abo bazenzayo izinto ezinjalo!, wenze kwaloo nto, ukuba uya kuwusaba umgwebo kaThixo? Okanye uyabudela na ubutyebi bokulunga kwakhe?, unyamezelo, nomonde, ungazi ukuba ububele bukaThixo bukusa enguqukweni? Ke ngokuba lukhuni kwakho, nentliziyo yakho engenanguquko, uziqwebela ingqumbo ngemini yomsindo., isityhilelo, nangomgwebo wobulungisa kaThixo; I-WHO “uya kubavuza elowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe:” abo bathi ngomonde ekwenzeni okulungileyo bafune uzuko, imbeko, nokungonakali, ubomi obungunaphakade; kodwa kwabo bangxameleyo, kwaye musani ukuyithobela inyaniso, thobelani intswela-bulungisa, will be wrath and indignation, oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. But glory, imbeko, and peace go to every man who works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For there is no partiality with God. (Rom 2:1-11)

Ukuba silunywa yingcongconi, ngaba siyalithandabuza ilungelo lethu lokuyijija? Ubeka phi na ke yena uThixo ukuba atshabalalise abo baxhwalekisayo, bayitshabalalise indalo yakhe, aze ababuyekeze ngobubele bakhe ngezinyeliso?? Yet there are a few who may feel conflicted even about swatting a fly. How much more must it hurt God to have to exact judgement against those whom he specifically made to love and be loved? (See Jeremiah 48:29-36.)

NguThixo, who Desires Mercy

God does not merely love people; he is the source and definition of love itself (1Jn 4:7-18). Love is bound up in his very nature: 3 abantu abahlukileyo; yet bound together in such complete interdependence and unity that they function as One. And his desire is that we should inherit that nature.

Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word, ukuze bonke babe banye; njengokuba wena, Utata, zikum, nam ndikuwe, ukuze nabo babe banye kuthi; ukuze ihlabathi likholwe ukuba wena wandithuma. Uzuko ondinike lona, ndibanikile mna; ukuze babe banye, njengokuba sibanye; Mna kubo, nawe kum, ukuze babe ngabazalisekileyo ntweni-nye; ukuze liqonde ihlabathi ukuba wena wandithuma, kwaye wabathanda, njengokuba wandithandayo nam. (Joh 17:20-23)

Hayi indlela esiye soyisakala kabuhlungu ngayo! Sekunjalo uThixo akavumi ukusishiya; esinika indlela yokubuyisela ukuba siya kuzinikela kuye kuphela, njengokuba isaphuli-mthetho sibaleka, ngethemba lobubele obuvela kumgwebi. Yaye nabani na okwenzayo oko uya kufumanisa ukuba lo Thixo umangalisayo wenceba sele ehambe kangangoko anako ukuze azicombulule iimfuno zothando nokusesikweni., ukuze ndinikhulule!

Funda uqhubeke …

Imibhalo esemazantsi

1. Enkosi kuKenneth E. Bailey ngokubonisa oku kwimibhalo yakhe. Iincwadi zakhe ezimbini ezithetha ngokuthe ngqo ngalo mzekeliso zezi: ‘Umnqamlezo Nonyana Wolahleko’, 1973 Concordia Publishing House (ISBN 0-570-03139-7) nethi ‘Ukufumana Izitshixo Zenkcubeko Ezilahlekileyo KuLuka 15’, 1992 Upapasho lweConcordia (ISBN 0-570-04563-0).
2. Funda ‘Iprojekthi yase-Eden yokuqala‘ kwi ‘Ngaba Yenza Akukho Akulunganga?’ uthotho.