Ukuzalwa Ngokutsha—Ngaba Umntu Uyazikhethela?
NGUBANI obangela ukuba abantu bazalwe ngokutsha? Xa bekhuthaza abantu ukuba bazalwe ngokutsha abanye abashumayeli badla ngokucaphula amazwi kaYesu athi: “Nimele nizalwe kwakhona.” (Yohane 3:7) La mazwi bawacaphula ngenjongo yokubayalela abantu, ngaloo ndlela besithi kubo, “Zalwani ngokutsha!” Ngoko ke, bafundisa ukuba kuxhomekeke kwikholwa ngalinye ukuthobela amazwi kaYesu lize lithathe amanyathelo afunekayo ukuze lizalwe ngokutsha. Ngokutsho kwabo, umntu unokuzikhethela ukuba uya kufuna na ukuzalwa ngokutsha. Kodwa ngaba yiloo nto eyathethwa nguYesu kuNikodemo?
Xa uwafunda ngokucokisekileyo amazwi kaYesu uya kuphawula ukuba akazange athi abantu bayazikhethela ukuzalwa ngokutsha. Kutheni sisitsho nje? Ibinzana lesiGrike eliguqulelwe ngokuthi “ukuzalwa kwakhona” likwanokuguqulelwa nangokuthi “ufanele azalwe phezulu.”a Ngaloo ndlela, ngokwale nguqulelo, ukuzalwa ngokutsha “kuvela phezulu”—oko kukuthi, “kuvela ezulwini,” okanye “kuvela kuBawo.” (Yohane 19:11; Yakobi 1:17) Kubangelwa nguThixo.—1 Yohane 3:9.
Ukulibethelela engqondweni ibinzana elithi “kuvela phezulu” kwenza kungabikho nzima ukuqonda isizathu sokuba ukuzalwa ngokutsha kungaxhomekekanga emntwini. Cinga nje ngokuzalwa kwakho ngabazali bakho. Ngaba isigqibo sokuba uzalwe senziwa nguwe? Akunjalo! Nguyihlo owakuzalayo. Ngokufanayo ke, sinokuzalwa ngokutsha kuphela xa uThixo, uBawo wethu wasezulwini, ebangela ukuba sizalwe ngokutsha. (Yohane 1:13) Ngenxa yoko, umpostile uPetros ufanele ukuthi: “Makabongwe uThixo noYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, kuba ngokwenceba yakhe enkulu wasizala ngokutsha.”—1 Petros 1:3.
Ngaba Ngumyalelo?
Kodwa ke abanye basenokuthi, ‘Ukuba ke yinyaniso ukuba umntu akanakuzenzela isigqibo sokuzalwa ngokutsha, kwakutheni ukuze uYesu asiyalele athi: “Nimele nizalwe ngokutsha”?’ Lowo ngumbuzo ofanelekileyo. Ngaphezu koko, ukuba nyhani amazwi kaYesu angumyalelo, ebeya kuba uthi masenze into engaphaya kwamandla ethu. Noko ke, loo nto ayivakali inengqiqo. Amele aqondwe njani ke ngoko amazwi athi “nimele nizalwe kwakhona”?
Xa eli binzana ulifunda ngolwimi elalibhalwe ngalo kuyabonakala ukuba alisosinyanzelo okanye umyalelo. Kunoko, eli binzana lisetyenziswe ukuchaza isibakala. Ngamanye amazwi, xa uYesu wayesithi “nimele nizalwe kwakhona,” wayengayaleli into eyayimele yenziwe, kodwa wayechaza nje into eyayimele yenzeke. Wathi: “Kuyimfuneko ukuba nizalwe ngokusuka phezulu.”—Yohane 3:7, Modern Young’s Literal Translation.
Umahluko phakathi komyalelo nesibakala singawuzekelisa ngale ndlela. Khawucinge ngesixeko esinezikolo ezininzi. Kwesinye sazo kufunda kuphela abantwana bohlanga lomthonyama abahlala kude nedolophu. Kuze ngenye imini kufike inkwenkwe engeyiyo eyolu hlanga isithi kwinqununu “Nam ndifuna ukufunda apha.” Inqununu yesi sikolo ithi kuyo, “Ukuze ufunde apha, umele ube ngumntwana womthonyama.” Amazwi ale nqununu akangomyalelo. Ayithi kule nkwenkwe, “Yiba ngumntwana womthonyama!” Le nqununu ichaza nje isibakala—into ezifunekayo ukuze ifunde kwesi sikolo. Naye ke uYesu, xa wayesithi: “Nimele nizalwe kwakhona,” wayechaza nje isibakala—into efunekayo ukuze “ungene ebukumkanini bukaThixo.”
Nayo ke le esigqiba kuthetha ngayo—uBukumkani bukaThixo—inxibelelene nenye inkalo yokuzalwa ngokutsha. Iphathelele umbuzo othi, Yintoni injongo yokuzalwa ngokutsha? Ukwazi impendulo yaloo mbuzo ngundoqo ukuze ukuqonde ngokuchanileyo oko kuthethwa kukuzalwa ngokutsha.
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a Iinguqulelo eziliqela zeBhayibhile ziguqulela uYohane 3:3 ngale ndlela. Ngokomzekelo, i-A Literal Translation of the Bible iyiguqulela kanje le ndinyana: “Ukuba umntu akafumananga ukuzalwa kwaphezulu, akanakububona ubukumkani bukaThixo.”
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Kufana ngantoni ukuzalwa ngokutsha nokuzalwa ngabazali?