UYehova Upha Intabalala Yoxolo Nenyaniso
“Ndibaphilise, ndibatyhilele ukuphuphuma koxolo nenyaniso.”—YEREMIYA 33:6.
1, 2. (a) Zidume njani iintlanga, ngokuphathelele uxolo? (b) Sisiphi isifundo uYehova awasifundisa uSirayeli ngokuphathelele uxolo, ngowama-607 B.C.E.?
UXOLO! Hayi indlela olunqweneleka ngayo, kodwa hayi indlela olunqabe ngayo kwimbali yoluntu! Uxolo alukhange lubekho ngokukodwa kule nkulungwane yama-20. Kunoko, ibe neemfazwe ezimbini eziye zatshabalalisa ngendlela engazange ibonwe ezimbalini. Emva kwemfazwe yehlabathi yokuqala, kwasekwa uManyano Lwezizwe ukuze lulondoloze uxolo ehlabathini. Loo ntlangano yasilela. Emva kwemfazwe yehlabathi yesibini, kwasekwa intlangano yeZizwe Ezimanyeneyo ngenjongo efanayo. Ngokufunda nje amaphephandaba amihla le sinokuyibona indlela esilela ngayo nayo.
2 Ngaba kufanele kusimangalise ukuba iintlangano zabantu zingakwazi ukubangela uxolo? Akumele kwenjenjalo. Ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-2 500 eyadlulayo, abantu bakaThixo abanyuliweyo, amaSirayeli, bafundiswa okuthile ngokuphathelele oku. Ngenkulungwane yesixhenxe ngaphambi kweXesha lethu Eliqhelekileyo, uxolo olwalunanditshwa ngamaSirayeli lwalusongelwa ligunya lehlabathi elinamandla, iBhabhiloni. AmaSirayeli ayethembele kwiYiputa ukuze ibangele uxolo. IYiputa yasilela. (Yeremiya 37:5-8; Hezekile 17:11-15) Ngowama-607 B.C.E., imikhosi yaseBhabhiloni yazidiliza iindonga zaseYerusalem yaza yayitshisa itempile kaYehova. Ngaloo ndlela amaSirayeli afumana isifundo esibuhlungu sokuba kulilize ukuthembela ngeentlangano zabantu. Kunokunandipha uxolo, olo hlanga lwathinjelwa eBhabhiloni.—2 Kronike 36:17-21.
3. Ziziphi iziganeko zembali ezafundisa amaSirayeli isifundo sesibini esibalulekileyo ngoxolo, zizalisekisa amazwi kaYehova awathethwa nguYeremiya?
3 Noko ke, ngaphambi kokoyiswa kweYerusalem, uYehova wayebonise ukuba nguye, kungekhona iYiputa, owayeza kuwazisela uxolo lokwenene amaSirayeli. Esebenzisa uYeremiya wathembisa oku: “Ndibaphilise, ndibatyhilele ukuphuphuma koxolo nenyaniso. Ndiya kukubuyisa ukuthinjwa kukaYuda nokuthinjwa kukaSirayeli, ndibakhe njengokwasekuqaleni.” (Yeremiya 33:6, 7) Isithembiso sikaYehova saqalisa ukuzaliseka ngowama-539 B.C.E. xa iBhabhiloni yoyiswayo baza bakhululwa abathinjwa abangamaSirayeli. (2 Kronike 36:22, 23) Ngasekupheleni kowama-537 B.C.E., iqela lamaSirayeli labhiyozela uMthendeleko Weminquba kwaSirayeli okwesihlandlo sokuqala kwiminyaka engama-70! Emva kwaloo mthendeleko, aqalisa ukuyakha itempile kaYehova kwakhona. Ayevakalelwa njani ngoku? Ingxelo ithi: “Baduma ngodumo olukhulu, bedumisa uYehova ngenxa yokusekwa kwendlu kaYehova.”—Ezra 3:11.
4. UYehova wawakhuthaza njani amaSirayeli ukuba enze umsebenzi wokwakha itempile, yaye wenza siphi isithembiso ngokuphathelele uxolo?
4 Noko ke, emva kweso siqalo sivuyisayo, amaSirayeli adinyazwa ngabachasi aza awuyeka umsebenzi wokwakha itempile. Emva kweminyaka ethile, uYehova wavelisa umprofeti uHagayi noZekariya ukuze bakhuthaze amaSirayeli ukuba agqibezele umsebenzi wokwakha kwakhona. Hayi indlela ekumele ukuba achulumanca ngayo akuva uHagayi esithi ngetempile awayeza kuyakha: “Buya kuba bukhulu ubuqaqawuli bamva bale ndlu, ngaphezu kobokuqala, utsho uYehova wemikhosi; kuyo ke le ndawo ndiya kunika uxolo”!—Hagayi 2:9.
UYehova Uyazizalisekisa Izithembiso Zakhe
5. Yintoni ephawulekayo ngesahluko sesibhozo sencwadi kaZekariya?
5 Kwincwadi yeBhayibhile kaZekariya, sifunda ngemibono neziprofeto ezininzi eziphefumlelweyo ezomeleza abantu bakaThixo emva phayaa ngenkulungwane yesithandathu ngaphambi kweXesha lethu Eliqhelekileyo. Ezi ziprofeto zisaqhubeka zisiqinisekisa ukuba uYehova uya kusixhasa. Zisinika izizathu ezininzi zokukholelwa ukuba uYehova uya kubanika uxolo abantu bakhe nanamhlanje. Ngokomzekelo, kwisahluko sesibhozo sencwadi ebizwa ngaye, umprofeti uZekariya uvakalisa la mazwi izihlandlo ezilishumi: ‘Utsho uYehova ukuthi.’ Sihlandlo ngasinye, loo mazwi atshayelela isigidimi sobuthixo esinento yokwenza noxolo lwabantu bakaThixo. Ezinye zezi zithembiso zazalisekiswa emva phayaa ngomhla kaZekariya. Zonke sele zizalisekile okanye ziyazaliseka namhlanje.
‘Ndiya Kuba Nekhwele NgeZiyon’
6, 7. Kungaziphi iindlela awathi uYehova waba ‘nekhwele nobushushu obukhulu ngenxa yeZiyon’?
6 Okwesihlandlo sokuqala la mazwi afumaneka kuZekariya 8:2, apho sifunda oku: “Utsho uYehova wemikhosi ukuthi, [Ndiya kuba nekhwele, NW], ikhwele elikhulu, ngeZiyon; ndinekhwele, ndinobushushu obukhulu ngayo.” Isithembiso sikaYehova sokuba nekhwele, ukuba nenzondelelo enkulu, ngabantu bakhe sasithetha ukuba wayeya kulubuyisela ngokukhawuleza uxolo lwabo. Ukubuyiselwa kwamaSirayeli kwilizwe lawo nokwakhiwa kwetempile kwakhona kwakungqina loo nzondelelo.
7 Noko ke, kuthekani ngabo babebachasile abantu bakaYehova? Inzondelelo yakhe ngabantu bakhe yayiya kulingana ‘nobushushu bakhe obukhulu’ ngakwezo ntshaba. Xa amaYuda athembekileyo ayenqula kwitempile ephinde yakhiwa, ayenokucinga ngoko kwakwenzeke kwiBhabhiloni enamandla, eyayoyisiwe ngelo xesha. Ayenokucinga nangokusilela ngokulihlazo kweentshaba ezazizame ukuthintela ukwakhiwa kwakhona kwetempile. (Ezra 4:1-6; 6:3) Yaye ayenokumbulela uYehova ngokuzalisekisa izithembiso zakhe. Inzondelelo yakhe yawenza oyisa!
“Umzi Wenyaniso”
8. Ngemihla kaZekariya, iYerusalem yayiza kuba nguwo njani umzi wenyaniso ngokwahlukileyo kumaxesha angaphambilana?
8 Okwesihlandlo sesibini uZekariya ubhala oku: “Utsho uYehova ukuthi.” Uthini uYehova ngesi sihlandlo? “Ndiyibuyele iZiyon; ndiya kuhlala ke phakathi kweYerusalem, kuthiwe iYerusalem ngumzi wenyaniso; nentaba kaYehova wemikhosi kuthiwe yintaba engcwele.” (Zekariya 8:3) Ngaphambi kowama-607 B.C.E., iYerusalem yayingenguwo umzi wenyaniso kwaphela. Ababingeleli nabaprofeti bayo babenganyanisekanga, yaye abantu bayo babengathembekanga. (Yeremiya 6:13; 7:29-34; 13:23-27) Ngoku abantu bakaThixo babesakha itempile kwakhona, bebonisa ukuzinikela kwabo kunqulo olunyulu. Ngomoya wakhe uYehova waphinda wahlala eYerusalem. Ekubeni iinyaniso zonqulo olunyulu zazithethwa kwakhona eYerusalem, ngoko yayinokubizwa ngokuba “ngumzi wenyaniso.” Indawo ephakamileyo eyayimi kuyo yayinokubizwa ngokuba ‘yintaba kaYehova.’
9. Yiyiphi inguqulelo emangalisayo eyenzekayo ‘kuSirayeli kaThixo’ ngowe-1919?
9 Ngoxa ezi zigidimi zibini zazinentsingiselo kuSirayeli wamandulo, zikwanentsingiselo enkulu kuthi njengoko le nkulungwane yama-20 isondela ekupheleni. Malunga neminyaka engama-80 eyadlulayo, ebudeni bemfazwe yehlabathi yokuqala, amawaka ambalwa abathanjiswa ababemela ‘uSirayeli kaThixo’ aba sekuthinjweni ngokomoya, kanye njengokuba uSirayeli wamandulo wathinjelwa eBhabhiloni. (Galati 6:16) Kwiziprofeto, achazwa njengezidumbu ezilele esitratweni. Sekunjalo, ayekunqwenela ngokwenene ukunqula uYehova “ngomoya nangenyaniso.” (Yohane 4:24) Ngenxa yoko, ngowe-1919, uYehova wawakhulula ekuthinjweni, ewavusa kwimeko yawo yokufa ngokomoya. (ISityhilelo 11:7-13) Ngaloo ndlela uYehova wawuphendula ngo-Ewe onamandla umbuzo kaIsaya ongokwesiprofeto: “Kuya kuzalwa ilizwe ngamininye na? Kuzalwa uhlanga ngasihlandlo sinye na?” (Isaya 66:8) Ngowe-1919, abantu bakaYehova babuyela ‘kwilizwe’ labo okanye kummandla wabo wokomoya osemhlabeni njengohlanga lokomoya.
10. Ukususela ngowe-1919, ziziphi iintsikelelo ebezinanditshwa ngamaKristu athanjisiweyo ‘kwilizwe’ lawo?
10 Ekhuselekile kwelo lizwe, amaKristu athanjisiweyo aqhubeka ekhonza kwitempile kaYehova enkulu yokomoya. Amiselwa ‘njengomkhonzi othembekileyo noqondayo,’ esamkela imbopheleleko yokunyamekela impahla kaYesu esemhlabeni, ilungelo asaqhubeka elinandipha njengoko le nkulungwane yama-20 isondela ekupheleni. (Mateyu 24:45-47) Afumana isifundo esihle sokuba uYehova ‘nguThixo woxolo.’—1 Tesalonika 5:23.
11. Iinkokeli zonqulo zeNgqobhoko zibonise njani ukuba ziziintshaba zabantu bakaThixo?
11 Noko ke, kuthekani ngeentshaba zoSirayeli kaThixo? Inzondelelo kaYehova ngabantu bakhe iyalingana nobushushu bakhe ngakwabo babachasayo. Ebudeni bemfazwe yehlabathi yokuqala, iinkokeli zonqulo zeNgqobhoko zabangela uxinezeleko olungathethekiyo njengoko zazizama—kodwa azaphumelela—ukutshayela elo qela lincinane lamaKristu athetha inyaniso. Ebudeni bemfazwe yehlabathi yesibini, abefundisi beNgqobhoko bamanyaniswa yinto enye kuphela: Macala omabini emfazwe, babebongoza oorhulumente ukuba bacinezele amaNgqina kaYehova. Nanamhlanje, kumazwe amaninzi iinkokeli zonqulo ziphembelela oorhulumente ukuba bawubekele imiqathango okanye bawuvale umsebenzi wamaKristu wokushumayela owenziwa ngamaNgqina kaYehova.
12, 13. UYehova ububonakalise njani ubushushu bakhe kwiNgqobhoko?
12 UYehova uyakubona konke oku. Emva kwemfazwe yehlabathi yokuqala, iNgqobhoko, kunye nayo yonke iBhabhiloni Enkulu, yawa. (ISityhilelo 14:8) Isibakala sokuwa kweNgqobhoko saye saziwa nanguthathatha ukususela ngowe-1922, xa kwadluliselwa ungcelele lwezibetho zokomfuziselo, ezayibhenca ekuhleni imeko yayo yokufa ngokomoya yaye zilumkisa ngentshabalalo yayo ezayo. (ISityhilelo 8:7–9:21) Njengobungqina bokuba ezi zibetho zisadluliselwa namhlanje, intetho ethi “Isiphelo Sonqulo Lobuxoki Sisondele” yanikelwa ehlabathini lonke ngoAprili 23, 1995, yaza yalandelwa kukusasazwa kwamakhulu ezigidi zemibhalo yenkupho ekhethekileyo yephecana i-Kingdom News.
13 Namhlanje, iNgqobhoko ikwimeko elusizi. Ebudeni bale nkulungwane yama-20, amalungu ayo aye abulalana kwiimfazwe ezimbi ezisikelelwe ngabefundisi bayo. Kwamanye amazwe impembelelo yayo iphelile. Intshabalalo yayo nayo yonke iBhabhiloni Enkulu ayibuyi mva.—ISityhilelo 18:21.
Uxolo Lwabantu BakaYehova
14. Ngawaphi amazwi esiprofeto achaza abantu abaseluxolweni?
14 Kwelinye icala, kulo nyaka we-1996, abantu bakaYehova banandipha intabalala yoxolo kwilizwe labo elibuyiselweyo, njengoko kuchazwa sisigidimi sikaYehova sesithathu: “Utsho uYehova wemikhosi ukuthi, Kusaya kuhlala amadoda amakhulu neentokazi ezinkulu ezitratweni zaseYerusalem, elowo ephethe umsimelelo wakhe ngesandla, ngenxa yobudala babo; zizale izitrato zomzi ngamakhwenkwe namantombazana, edlala ezitratweni zawo.”—Zekariya 8:4, 5.
15. Phezu kwazo nje iimfazwe zeentlanga, luluphi uxolo ebelunanditshwa ngabakhonzi bakaYehova?
15 La mazwi amnandi asenzela umfanekiso ongaqhelekanga kweli hlabathi lidlavulwe ziimfazwe—abantu abaseluxolweni. Ukususela ngowe-1919, amazwi esiprofeto sikaIsaya ebezaliseka: “Uxolo, uxolo malubekho kwabakude nakwabakufuphi, ndibaphilise. . . . Alukho uxolo kwabangendawo, utsho uThixo wam.” (Isaya 57:19-21) Kakade ke, abantu bakaYehova, ngoxa bengeyonxalenye yehlabathi, abanakukuphepha ukuchatshazelwa yingxushungxushu yeentlanga. (Yohane 17:15, 16) Kwamanye amazwe, banyamezela ubunzima obuqatha, yaye abambalwa bade babulawa. Sekunjalo, amaKristu okwenene ngokuyintloko anoxolo ngeendlela ezimbini. Okokuqala, ‘anoxolo kuThixo ngayo iNkosi yawo uYesu Kristu.’ (Roma 5:1) Okwesibini, anoxolo phakathi kwawo. Ahlakulela “ubulumko baphezulu,” bona “ukuqala bunyulu, buze bube boboxolo.” (Yakobi 3:17; Galati 5:22-24) Ngaphezu koko, akhangele phambili ekunandipheni uxolo ngeyona ngqiqo ipheleleyo xa “abalulamileyo [beya] kulidla ilifa ilizwe, baziyolise ngobuninzi boxolo.”—INdumiso 37:11.
16, 17. (a) “Amadoda amakhulu neentokazi ezinkulu” kuquka ‘namakhwenkwe namantombazana’ ayomeleze njani intlangano kaYehova? (b) Yintoni ebonisa ukuba abantu bakaYehova banoxolo?
16 Kusekho “amadoda amakhulu neentokazi ezinkulu” phakathi kwabantu bakaYehova, abathanjiswa abasalukhumbulayo uloyiso lwantlandlolo lwentlangano kaYehova. Ukuthembeka nokunyamezela kwabo kuxatyiswa gqitha. Abathanjiswa ababeselula bathabatha ukhokelo ebudeni bemihla enzima yeminyaka yee-1930, neyeMfazwe yeHlabathi II, kwanasebudeni beminyaka echulumancisayo yolwando olwabakho kamva. Ngokubhekele phayaa, ngokukodwa ukususela ngowe-1935, “isihlwele esikhulu” ‘sezinye izimvu’ siye sazibonakalisa. (ISityhilelo 7:9; Yohane 10:16) Njengoko amaKristu athanjisiweyo esaluphala yaye inani lawo lincipha, ezinye izimvu ziye zawusekela ngamandla umsebenzi wokushumayela zaza zawunabisela emhlabeni wonke. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, ezinye izimvu bezithontelana kwilizwe labantu bakaThixo. Kunyaka ophelileyo kuphela, ama-338 491 azo aye abhaptizwa efuzisela uzahlulelo lwawo kuYehova! Abatsha abanjalo baselula ngenene, ngokomoya. Ihlombe nokukhuthala kwabo kuyaxatyiswa njengoko besandisa izintlu zabo bavuma iindumiso zombulelo “kuye uThixo wethu, lowo uhleli phezu kwetrone, nakuyo iMvana!”—ISityhilelo 7:10.
17 Namhlanje, ‘izitrato zizele ngamakhwenkwe namantombazana,’ amaNgqina anamandla obutsha. Kunyaka wenkonzo we-1995, kuye kwafunyanwa iingxelo ezivela kumazwe neziqithi zolwandle angama-232. Kodwa akukho sukuzwano phakathi kwezizwe ngezizwe, intiyo phakathi kweentlanga, ikhwele elingafanelekanga, phakathi kwabathanjiswa nezinye izimvu. Bonke bakhula kunye ngokomoya, bamanyene eluthandweni. NgamaNgqina kaYehova kuphela anobuzalwana bazwenibanzi ehlabathini lonke.—Kolose 3:14; 1 Petros 2:17.
Ngaba Kwakunzima Gqitha KuYehova?
18, 19. Kwiminyaka esusela kowe-1919, uYehova ukuphumeze njani obekusenokubonakala kungenakwenzeka ngokwembono yomntu?
18 Emva phayaa ngowe-1918 xa intsalela ethanjisiweyo yayibunjwe ngamawaka ambalwa abantu abadimazekileyo ababesekuthinjweni ngokomoya, akukho namnye owayekwazi okwakuza kwenzeka. Ukanti, uYehova wayesazi—njengoko kuboniswa sisigidimi sakhe sesine esingokwesiprofeto: “Utsho uYehova wemikhosi ukuthi, Ukuba kuyinto [ebonakala inzima gqitha] emehlweni amasalela aba bantu ngaloo mihla, kuya kuba yinto [ebonakala inzima gqitha] yini na nasemehlweni am? utsho uYehova wemikhosi.”—Zekariya 8:6, thelekisa iNW.
19 Ngowe-1919, umoya kaYehova wabahlaziya abantu bakhe ukuze balungele umsebenzi owawungaphambili. Sekunjalo, kwakufuna ukholo ukubambelela ngokuqinileyo kwintlangano encinane yabanquli bakaYehova. Babembalwa kunene, yaye izinto ezininzi zazingacacanga. Noko ke, ngokuthe ngcembe uYehova wabomeleza njengentlangano waza wabaxhobisela ukwenza umsebenzi wamaKristu wokushumayela iindaba ezilungileyo nokwenza abafundi. (Isaya 60:17, 19; Mateyu 24:14; 28:19, 20) Ngokuthe ngcembe, wabanceda bayiqonda imibandela ebalulekileyo enjengobundilele nolongamo lwendalo iphela. Ngaba kwakunzima gqitha kuYehova ukuphumeza ukuthanda kwakhe esebenzisa elo qela lincinane lamaNgqina? Ngokuqinisekileyo impendulo nguhayi! Oku kunokubonwa kwiphepha 12 ukuya kwele-15 leli phephancwadi, elibonisa isicangca somsebenzi wamaNgqina kaYehova wonyaka wenkonzo we-1995.
“Ndibe NguThixo Wabo”
20. Isiprofeto sibonisa ukuba wawuza kuba ngakanani umsebenzi wokuhlanganisa abantu bakaThixo?
20 Isigidimi sesihlanu silubonisa ngokubhekele phaya uvuyo olunanditshwa ngamaNgqina kaYehova namhlanje: “Utsho uYehova wemikhosi ukuthi, Yabonani, ndiya kubasindisa abantu bam elizweni lokuphuma kwelanga, naselizweni lokutshona kwalo. Ndobazisa, bahlale phakathi kweYerusalem, babe ngabantu bam, ndibe nguThixo wabo, ngenyaniso nangobulungisa.”—Zekariya 8:7, 8.
21. Luye lwalondolozwa lwaza lwandiswa njani uxolo oluyintabalala lwabantu bakaYehova?
21 Ngowe-1996 ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo sinokuthi iindaba ezilungileyo zishunyayelwe ehlabathini lonke, ukususela “elizweni lokuphuma kwelanga” ukusa “elizweni lokutshona kwalo.” Abantu bazo zonke iintlanga baye benziwa abafundi, yaye basibonile sizaliseka isithembiso sikaYehova esithi: “Bonke abantwana bakho baya kuba ngabafundi bakaYehova, lube lukhulu uxolo lwabantwana bakho.” (Isaya 54:13) Siseluxolweni kuba sifundiswa nguYehova. Ngenxa yeso sizathu, kuye kwapapashwa uncwadi ngeelwimi ezingaphezu kwama-300. Kunyaka ophelileyo kuphela, kongezelelwe iilwimi ezingama-21. Iphephancwadi IMboniselo lipapashwa ngaxeshanye ngeelwimi ezili-111 ngoku, yaye uVukani! ngezingama-54. Iindibano zasekuhlaleni nezezizwe ngezizwe zenza lubonwe ngumntu wonke uxolo lwabantu bakaThixo. Iintlanganiso zeeveki ngeeveki ziyasimanyanisa yaye zisinika ukhuthazo olufunekayo ukuze sihlale somelele. (Hebhere 10:23-25) Ewe, uYehova ufundisa abantu bakhe “ngenyaniso nangobulungisa.” Ubanika uxolo abantu bakhe. Hayi indlela esisikeleleke ngayo ngokuxhamla olo xolo luyintabalala!
Ngaba Unokucacisa?
◻ Kumaxesha anamhlanje, uYehova ulibonakalise njani ‘ikhwele nobushushu obukhulu’ ngenxa yabantu bakhe?
◻ Abantu bakaYehova balunandipha njani uxolo, kwanakumazwe adlavulwe ziimfazwe?
◻ ‘Izitrato zizaliswe ngamakhwenkwe namantombazana’ ngayiphi indlela?
◻ Ngawaphi amalungiselelo enziweyo ukuze abantu bakaYehova bafundiswe nguye?
[Isicangca esikwiphepha 12-15]
INGXELO YONYAKA WENKONZO WE-1995 YAMANGQINA KAYEHOVA EMHLABENI WONKE
(Bona imiqulu)
[Umfanekiso okwiphepha 8, 9]
Ngenkulungwane yesithandathu ngaphambi kweXesha lethu Eliqhelekileyo, amaYuda athembekileyo awaphinda ayakha itempile afunda ukuba uYehova wayekuphela komthombo woxolo onokuthenjwa