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Ukubuyela ekuqaleni…

“Intoni?!” usenokucinga. “Ngaba uyakulindela ukuba ndithathe loo nto inzima?” Kufuphi, Ewe – Kuba uYesu wenzayo. AmaKristu anokwahluka ekuqondeni kwabo indlela iincwadi zokuqala eziza kutolikwa iBhayibhile; Kwaye ngakumbi malunga nendlela i-akhawunti yendalo ihambelana ngayo nethiyori yanamhlanje malunga nokuqala kwendalo kunye nobomi emhlabeni. Esi sisifundo esinomdla kwingxoxo engaphezulu ngelinye ixesha. Kodwa into endifuna ukuyinikela ingqalelo yakho ngoku yinyaniso yokuba uYesu, Xa ujongana nenye yemibuzo yethu ebalulekileyo yomntu - Imbono kaThixo ngomtshato - ichaze ibali lika-Adam no-Eva njengegunya eliphezulu kunoMoses.

Kweza kuye abaFarisi bamvavanya, wambuza, “Kuvumelekile na ukuba umntu aqhawule umtshato umfazi wakhe?” Uphendule, “Wakuyalela ntoni uMoses?” Bathe, “UMoses wavumela isatifikethi sokuqhawula umtshato ukuze sibhalwe, kunye nokuqhawula umtshato.”

Kodwa uYesu wathi kubo, “Ngobulukhuni lwentliziyo yakho, Ubhalele lo mthetho. Kodwa ukususela ekuqaleni kwendalo, UThixo wabenza abe yindoda nebhinqa. Ngenxa yesi sizathu indoda iya kumshiya uyise nonina, kwaye uya kujoyina umfazi wakhe, kwaye bobabini baya kuba nyama-nye, Ukuze bangasebabini, kodwa inyama enye. Yintoni ke ngoko uThixo ahlangane ngayo kunye, Makungabikho mntu ngokwahlukileyo.”

Endlini, abafundi bakhe baphinda bambuza malunga nalo mbandela. Uthe kubo, “Nabani na oqhawula umtshato nomfazi wakhe, kwaye utshatile enye, Uyakrexeza kuye. Ukuba umfazi ngokwakhe woqhawula umyeni wakhe, kwaye utshatile enye, Uyakrexeza.” (Mar 10:2-12)

Amagama, “Ngenxa yesi sizathu indoda iya kumshiya uyise nonina, kwaye uya kujoyina umfazi wakhe, kwaye bobabini baya kuba nyama-nye,” Ngaba ikowuti eya ngqo evela Gen 2:24. Ngokuphathelele kukaYesu, Eli bali lika-Adam no-Eva lichaza uhlobo lobudlelwane phakathi kwendoda nomfazi, Ulwalamano lwethu noThixo njengoMdali wethu noxanduva lwethu ukuze uphile ngokuvisisanayo noyilo lukaThixo.

Kodwa ukukrexeza kwakungengomcimbi ka-Adam no-Eva. Ngokwengxelo yeGenesis, bawele kuqala kwisono - nangona bengabonakali ngathi bungenamsebenzi kakhulu - bangqinisisa kakhulu kwaye benzakalisa kwimiphumo yayo.

I-Eden

Isabelo sika-Adam

Ngokutsho kweGenesis, Nangona umhlaba wokuqala 'wayelungile kakhulu’ (Gen 1:31) Kwaye uThixo unokuma kancinci kwaye ayolise oko bekuye kwaphunyezwa kude kube kude (Gen 2:1-3), Oku kwaphawula kuphela isigaba esinye kunye nesiqalo somnye. Yayikukuqalisa kweminyaka yobudala.

UThixo wabasikelela. Watsho ke kubo, “Yibani neziqhamo, phinda-phinda, gcwalisa umhlaba, kwaye woyise. Yiba negunya kwintlanzi yolwandle, ngaphezulu kweentaka zezulu, kuyo yonke into ephilayo eyenza ihlabathi.” (Gen 1:28)

Qaphela la magama, 'Subie’ kwaye 'ube negunya.’ Zombini zithetha ukuba umhlaba, ngela xesha, yayisendle kwaye kufuneka ilawulwe. Leyo yayikukube ngumsebenzi ka-Adam, U-Eva kunye neenzala zabo: kodwa babengekakulungelanga oku. Endaweni yoko, UThixo ubabeka kwindawo ekhuselekileyo, I-Eden, Apho banokukwazi ukuqhelana ngcono noThixo, omnye nomnye kunye nendalo yazo zendalo; Kwaye ngokuthe ngcembe funda ukuba kuya kuthetha ntoni ukulawula eli lizwe njengabameli bakaThixo.¹ Ke uAdam wayenoxanduva lokuhlakulela nokukhusela igadi (Gen 2:15). Kulapho sifika khona kumcimbi emibini ...

Omnye wale yayinguMthi woBomi (Gen 2:9). Umdla, Andikaze ndeva mntu khalaza ngale nto! Ngokucacileyo, Ukutya iziqhamo kwaso kukhokelele kwimpilo egqibeleleyo yokuba indoda ingaphila ngonaphakade (Gen 3:22); kwaye uAdam noEva bakhuthazeka ukuba benze njalo ngalo lonke ixesha banqwenela (Gen 2:16). Kakhulu! Kodwa omnye umthi – Umthi wolwazi lokulunga nokubi – yahlukile. Kwaye umahluko omkhulu kukuba lo mthi omnye wayengekho ukuba uzuze ingenelo ka-Adam: Kodwa kwakusele kulindeleke ukuba ayikhathalele. Ngoba?

Kungenxa yokuba esi sisifundo esinye sokuthengisa kuka-Adam! Ikamva lakhe yayiza kulawula njengommeli kaThixo emhlabeni; kodwa ukuze ndihlakulele kwaye ndikhusele ubuncwane bayo: ukungasebenzisi. Ingcaciso kaThixo yomlawuli oyinyani ayisosiphoso: Ngumntu ozinika intlalo-ntle yabo alawula nokuba ligosa elithembekileyo kunye nomphathi othembekileyo kunye nokhuselo lwayo nayiphi na into ebekwe phantsi kwenyameko yakhe (Mt 20:25-28). Ke kutheni kwathiwa 'umthi wolwazi ngokulungileyo nokubi?’ Kuba yile nto kanye yayiyiyo. IBhayibhile isixelela ukuba 'uThixo uluthando’ (1Jn 4:8). Yintoni uthando? ILizwi esithetha ngalo nalapha alukho uthando lwesondo, okanye uthando losapho, njl: Kodwa uthando kwifom ephezulu kakhulu - uthando lokuzincama apho umntu ukhetha khona ukunikezela oko bakufunayo ukuze omnye azuze. Leyo yeyona ilungileyo (Mk 12:28-34). Intoni, ngoko, ngokuchaseneyo – Umthombo wabo bonke ububi? Ukukhetha ngokwakho.

Ungatsho, 'Kodwa ayiyithi inzondo malunga nothando olupheleleyo?’ Mhlawumbi - kodwa akunyanzelekanga ukuba - kwaye ngokuziqhelanisa kunqabile ukuba iqalise ngaloo ndlela. Ujongene nethuba lokukhetha uthando abantu abahlali bakhetha intiyo. Endaweni yoko, bakhetha ukungalihoyi elo thuba ukuze bakwazi ukuzibandakanya ngokwabo. Kodwa into ekhokelela kuluhlobo oluqhubekayo oluqhubekayo kwabanye, Ukuzixakekisa ngezilangazelelo zakhe kunye 'namalungelo'; yaye, xa oko kwaphulwe, Umnqweno wokuziphindezela kunye nenzondo ngasonye eyagwetywayo. Ke, Kwisizukulwana esinye esinokubona uKayin wabulala umntakwabo 'embonise’ Ngale nto yayenzelwe ukuba sisipho kuThixo (Gen 4:3-8).

Kodwa kutheni le nto umthi kufuneka abekhona? Okanye kutheni uThixo engazange enze ukuba uAdam 'agqibelele,’ ukuze angafuni ukuzingca okanye angathobeli? Kungenxa yokuba uthando luthando kuphela xa kunjalo ngokuzithandela ukhetho. UAdam wayenokukhululeka ukuba akhethe, okanye ngekhe abhetele kunerobhothi. Kwakufuneka afunde ukuba kuthetha ukuthini ukubeka abanye phambi kwakho kwaye kutheni kubalulekile: Kodwa uThixo wayesenza esi sifundo sokuqala ngokulula kangangoko kunokwenzeka.

Ngenisa inyoka

Ekuqaleni, Kubonakala ngathi uAdam wayevuya ngokugqibeleleyo. Ebengenanto yokukhalaza malunga. Kodwa ngoku sifumana iklasi ye-Master kwisilingo esivela kwelona lungelo linye: inyoka; Saziwe kuthi njengoSathana - igama elithetha 'umtyholwa’ (Rev 12:9). Asizukungena kwimvelaphi yakhe ngoku. Wanele ukuba athi wayedalwe ukuba ukhethe ukulandela indlela yokuzithanda; kwaye yayiphelile ukuba ngotshaba olungenantlonelo lukaThixo. Ubukhulu becala ngamandla, Injongo yakhe yayikukufumana intsimi kunye nezicaka ezosulelayo ngentanda-bulumko yakhe ye-venomoph. Wayengenanto yakwenza nakuphi na ukubanika uAdam noEva. Endaweni yoko wabakholisa ukuba abe lurhwebo ukuze bafumane oko sele benayo! Makhe sibone ukuba wakwenza njani…

1. Yiya kwikhonkco elibuthathaka. U-Eva kwakungekho lula ukukhohlisa kuba ebengekho apho uThixo wayalela uAdam ngomthi (Gen 2:16-18).
2. Gxininisa izinto ezingalunganga. NguThixo, “Wonke umthi ngaphandle kwale,” iguqulwe ibe, “Ayiwo nawuphi na umthi!?” Olu buxoki obumnyama, ndinxibe njengombuzo, yenzelwe ukunika ingqalelo ka-Eva kwinto awayengenayo, endaweni yoko wakwenzayo.
3. Yenza imvakalelo yokungabikho. Wayenobunjineli ukuba abe, endaweni yokuba, waba ngulowo wokuqala ukubiza enye into awayengenayo. Oko sikuthethayo sinamandla. Xa sithi siswele into, ivelisa iimvakalelo zokungabinamsebenzi: kanti xa sithetha ngezinto ezintle esinazo, Kuyavelisa ukubulela kunye nokoneliseka. Ngoku inyoka iyakwazi ukuza kunye 'nomhlobo,’ Ukubonelela ngezisombululo kuye’ ingxaki.
4. Ukuxhaphaza ukungaqondi. UThixo akazange athi ukuba bayakufa ukuba bachukumisile emthini (c.f. Gen 2:16-17, Gen 3:3). UAdam kwafuneka akwazi ukuyichukumisa, Njengokuba yayingumsebenzi wakhe ukuba umthi. Kodwa kubonakala ngathi, Ngokudibana nemiyalelo kaThixo kuEva, Uye wongeze umaleko ongezelelweyo 'ukhuseleko’ Ngokuxelela uEva, “Sukuchukumisa!” Ukhuselo olugqithisileyo kunye nokungafunelwanga kubangela ukuba abantu bathandabuze ukuba ngaba imithetho iyimfuneko ngokwenene. Kwaye ukuba umthetho ubonisiwe ukuba ungafuneki, Ngokwemvelo kukhokelela eminye imithetho ebuzwayo.
5. Cela umngeni kwigunya. Inyoka ngoku ixelela uEva ukuba akazukufa (Nangona uyayiyeka ekuthetheni) (Gen 3:4). Kuyathakazelisa ukuqaphela ukuba uAdam wayekho ngeli xesha lencoko (Gen 3:6): Kodwa uhlala ethe cwaka. Ngoku ukwindawo yokubambelela. Ukuba uyayivuma loo nto, eneneni, Kulungile ukuchukumisa lo mthi kuba yayingumbono wakhe: kanti isithintelo ekutyeni sivela kuThixo? Okanye ukuba uzolile kwaye unethemba lokuba oku akuhambi ngakumbi? Uyaphila ngokulandelayo, Ukukhupha uxanduva kunye negunya lakhe. Xa abo bamele uThixo ukuba baphilile, Udumo lukaThixo kunye negunya lube yithagethi elandelayo yenyoka.
6. Zibuze iinjongo zikaThixo. UThixo utyholwa ngokubamba ulwazi uThixo-njengokwazi kwakhe kuAdam noEva (Gen 3:5). Esi sesona sixhobo sokugqibela se-con – Ubuxoki obugqibeleleyo – kwaye u, itekhnoloji, ayibubuxoki konke konke. Ngumzekelo weklasi yendlela ethi inyoka ijijile iNyaniso ihambelana nezakhe iziphelo. Siliqhinga se-con kuba inyoka ibanga ukuba le yindlela yokufumana uThixo-njengokwazi: Xa inyani yile yokuba uAdam noEva sele benokufikelela ngokukhululekileyo kubo bonke ulwazi lukaThixo kuba bafumana ukufikelela simahla kuThixo ngokwakhe! Bubuxoki obugqibeleleyo, kuba kunokufumana uThixo-njengabazi, Baza kuphulukana nayo, nangaphezulu. Okwangoku, itekhnoloji, Asibobuxoki kuba sele bezokufumana ulwazi lokulunga nobubi, Xa bengqokelela ukusuka ebubini. Inyoka ithembisa ukuba uThixo usebenza ngokuzithandela (Inkuthazo eyakho yenyoka); Xa inyani yile yokuba umthetho kaThixo uhlala uza kunceda uAdam noEva ukuba bafunde kwaye bakhule.
7. Vumela uthando lwendalo lube nendlela yabo. Ingqwalaselo ka-Eva ngoku ilungisiwe emthini kunye nemvelo yakhe yendalo ekhatyelwa ngaphakathi (Gen 3:6). Umdla – Eyona nto isisiseko. I-Aesthetics inzima ukuchaza. Yintoni kanye malunga nelanga, umculo, iziva, njl, Oko kusishukumisela kakhulu – Nokuba kude nenqaku, ngamanye amaxesha, yokubonakala ibonakala? Kwizantsi, isilwanyana, Inqanaba lenzululwazi inokuchaza ezinye zezi njengokwemvelo: kodwa uninzi luya kuvuma ukuba nabo babotshelwa kunye nohlobo oluphezulu lwendoda. Amabhongo – Nditsho nezilwanyana zizabalazela ukuphakama kwiisangqa zawo ezincinci: kodwa ngabantu kuphela banqwenela emva kokuqonda okugqibela. Zonke ezi zinto zisondela kufutshane nomthi kunye neziqhamo zayo. Uyayichukumisa. Akukho nto yenzekayo. Ithatha. Mhlawumbi idlule. Okwangoku. Mhlawumbi inyoka ichanekile? Ekugqibeleni, Uluma kwaye uginya. Akukho nto ibonakala ngathi yenzekile.
8. Ngoku uAdam ukhethe. UAdam wayejonge cwaka njengoEva okokuqala eqhekeza umyalelo wakhe kwaye '; kubonakala ngathi akukho nto. Ngoku umi apho kwaye, ukuthandabuza, ubambe isiqhamo kuye. UAdam uyazi ukuba uyaphule umthetho kaThixo. Uyasazi nesigwebo: “Ngomhla wokutya kwakho uya kuthi ngokuqinisekileyo uya kufa” (Gen 2:17). Kwakusenokwenzeka ukuba wayebukele ehlekisayo njengoko ekugqibeleni esineziqhamo, Ukulindela ukuba atshatyalaliswe ngequbuliso – enye ebeyichazile njenge “amathambo am, nenyama yenyama yam” (Gen 2:23). Akazange alahleke okwangoku: Kodwa inyathelo lokuqala libonakala likunye noEva, kwaye uphulukene negunya lakhe phezu kwakhe. Yintoni anokuyenza ukufumana imeko? Ulindile, Amehlo akhe abuza ukuba uza kwenza ntoni. Inyoka nayo ibukele; Kodwa ngenjongo eyahlukileyo kakhulu. UAdam kufuneka enze isigqibo ngelizwi eliza kukholelwa kwaye alandele. Landela uThixo kwaye uphulukane noEva: okanye ithemba lokuba inyoka ilungile kwaye izame ukuphumelela intlonipho ka-Eva ngokutya iziqhamo ngokwakhe. Uthatha isiqhamo.
9. Ihlazo. Ke-luphi olu lwazi lokulungileyo nokubi ukuba inyoka yabathembisayo? Ukuqikelela kwam kuya kuba ngu-Adam kuqala ukuqonda. Ububi ababaziyo bububi oyenzileyo: Olungileyo wayesazi ngoku ukuba ulungile. Inyoka ibakhohlisile. Ngoku balindele. Kuba uAdam ubugwenxa ubuqhophololo. Nguye owathunyelwa nguThixo ukuba ahlakulele kwaye akhusele igadi, Kwaye ngubani na uThixo awunike umyalelo nokulumkisa malunga nomthi (Gen 2:15-17). Wayeyazi ngqo into awayeyithethile nguThixo kunye nendlela inyoka yayiyigqwetha njani; kanti uEva wakhohliswa. Ukanti wayephulaphule uthe cwaka njengoko wasinika isilingo, Ukwenza akukho ntshukumo yokumnqanda kwaye emva koko, ngoloyiko lokuphulukana naye, wawushiya ukunyaniseka kwakhe kuThixo owayebanike yonke into. Ngoba? Kuba wayejongwe naye. Kwaye ngoku, Ukumbulala uThixo, wayeyikile yonke into awayeyishiyile kwaye wayenqwenela ukumgcina. Kodwa kwangaxeshanye wayezicekisa ngenxa yobuthathaka bakhe kwaye eneentloni ngomnqweno wakhe. U-Eva wayekwisikhundla esifanayo. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba waqonda ukuba impembelelo awayenayo uAdam. Ngoku, ukubona imizimba yomnye, ebeyilonwabo emsulwa (Gen 2:25), baba sisikhumbuzo esibuhlungu sokuhlazeka kwabo. Ukanti iminqweno yabo isatshisiwe omnye komnye kwaye bafuna ukukhululeka kwigquba lomzimba (Gen 3:7).

Ngoku jonga emva kwezi 9 amanqaku kwaye uqaphele oku: eyokuqala 6 Amanqaku athile malunga nesicwangciso senyoka ukuze ajonge ulwalamano lwe-Eva kunye noThixo. Nje ukuba yenziwe, Yonke inyoka kwafuneka ukuba yenze yayilinde ukuthanda izinto zemvelo ukuba nendlela yabo.

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Imibhalo esemazantsi

1. Nini kwaye kutheni?
   Izahluko ezisemqaleni zeGenesis zineeAkhawunti ezimbini ezidityanisiweyo zendalo. Gen 1:1-2:3 Ichaza inkqubo njengokulandelelana 'kweentsuku'.’ Kodwa Gen 2:4-3:24 ithatha indlela eyahlukileyo, Ukugxininisa uluntu njengesizathu sokugqibela sikaThixo sokudala umhlaba. Qaphela ukuba akukho akhawunti iboniswa njengeyona nto ichazayo inkcazo yeziganeko, ngesizathu esilula sokuba akukho mntu wayekho ekuqaleni. Zombini iiakhawunti ziya kunyanzeleka ukuba zize ngeendlela ezithile zeSityhilelo, njengesiprofetho somlomo, iphupha okanye umbono. Kodwa ichaza iziganeko ezinjalo ngaphezulu kweyona mizuzu ilula inokubakho, Njengoko ulwimi lwabo lungasweli isigama esifanelekileyo kunye neekhonsepthi.