Tacitus
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Isazi-mlando esingumRoma kanye nesikhulumi uTacitus (c.55-120 AD) kubhala lokho, emva koMlilo waseRoma ngo 64 Isikhangiso, kwaba namahemuhemu ukuthi umlilo uqalwe ngokuyalelwa uNero:
“Ngenxa yalokho, ukususa umbiko, UNero walibopha icala futhi wahlukumeza kakhulu isigaba esasizondwa ngenxa yezinengiso zalo., ebizwa ngokuthi ngamaKristu ngabantu. UKristu, okwavela kuye igama, wathola isijeziso esinzima ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaTiberiyu ezandleni zomunye wababusi bethu, uPontiyu Pilatu, kanye nenkolelo-ze embi kakhulu, ngaleyo ndlela ihlolwe isikhathi, kwaphinde kwagqashuka eJudiya kuphela, umthombo wokuqala wobubi, kodwa naseRoma, lapho zonke izinto ezesabekayo neziyihlazo ezivela kuzo zonke izingxenye zomhlaba zithola indawo yazo futhi zithandwa. Ngokuvumelana nalokho, kuqale kwaboshwa bonke abavuma icala; ke, ngolwazi lwabo, isixuku esikhulu sagwetshwa, hhayi kakhulu ubugebengu ukudubula idolobha, njengenzondo esintwini. Kwenezelwa inhlekisa yazo zonke izinhlobo ekufeni kwabo. Embozwe izikhumba zezilwane, badwengulwa yizinja babhubha, noma babethelwa eziphambanweni, noma bagwetshwe amalangabi futhi bashiswe, ukusebenza njengesikhanyiso sasebusuku, lapho ukukhanya kwemini sekuphelile. UNero wanikela ngezingadi zakhe ukuze enze lo mbukiso, futhi wayebonisa umbukiso esekisini, ngenkathi ehlangana nabantu egqoke ingubo yenqola noma emi phezulu emotweni. Khona, ngisho nezigebengu ezazifanelwe isijeziso esidlulele nesiyisibonelo, kwavela isihawu; ngoba kwakungenjalo, njengoba kwakubonakala, ukuze kuzuze umphakathi, kodwa ukusuthisa isihluku somuntu oyedwa, ukuthi babebhujiswa.” (Annals 15.44.)
Izazi zivuma uTacitus njengomunye wezazi-mlando ezingcono kakhulu zesikhathi sakhe. Ukuba umphikisi osobala wobuKristu, iqiniso lokuthi ukhuluma ngoJesu’ ukubethelwa ngale ndlela kuthathwa njengobufakazi obuqine ngokwedlulele nganoma yiziphi izindinganiso zomlando ezivamile. Okunye, ngokuphikisana okukhulu, ukubaluleka kunjengokuqinisekisa ukushushiswa kukaNero amaKristu eRoma kulandela umlilo we 64 Isikhangiso. Njengoba kubonisiwe kwenye indawo, lesi senzakalo sisiza ukufakazela usuku lokuqala lwemibhalo yeTestamente Elisha ngokwalo.
Abanye basikisela ukuthi uTacitus wamane wathatha i-akhawunti yakhe emithonjeni yobuKristu: kodwa iqiniso lokuthi akabonisi ulwazi lwemfundiso yobuKristu, ukuwabuka njengehlelo elinyanyekayo, kwenza lokhu kungenzeki. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uvamise ukucophelela kakhulu emibhalweni yakhe ye- Annals ukuze ahlukanise phakathi kwamaqiniso abikiwe nalawo awabheka njengatholakala ngaphandle kokungabaza okunengqondo, ngokusebenzisa imishwana efana, ‘Kuthiwa,’ ‘Abanye bayifake erekhodini,’ njll. okwenzwabethi, futhi ngisho, ‘Ngilandele iningi lezazi-mlando,’ noma ‘iziphathimandla eziningi nezithembekile,’ ezindaweni lapho evuma khona ukuthi kube nezingxabano. Nokho ubhala ngoJesu’ ukubethelwa njengeqiniso elisobala, ngaphandle kweziqu.
Ukube kwakukhona ukungabaza mayelana namaqiniso ngoJesu’ ukufa, UTacitus wayengeke aphuthelwe ithuba lokusho kanjalo; futhi, njengesazi-mlando esingumRoma, wayezokwazi ukufinyelela ngomumo ezinqolobaneni ze-Imperial.
kwadalwa Ikhasi by Kevin King