Izindaba ezimangalisayo zilandiswa futhi zibhalwe ngabaphostoli, njengalena ebhekise emfihlakalweni yesihlanu: UJesu walahleka ethempelini, lapho kubonakala khona ithonya loMoya oNgcwele nokuhlakanipha okwamangaza abaningi.
UJesu ulahlekile ethempelini, umelela izwi likaNkulunkulu lokuqeda uMthetho futhi uqala isikhathi somusa.
UJesu walahleka ethempelini
UMariya noJosefa, abazali bakaJesu, babeya emikhosini yePhasika eJerusalema minyaka yonke; Wayeneminyaka engu-12 lapho bebuyela edolobheni futhi kungaleso sikhathi lapho uJesu anyamalala khona kubazali bakhe eya eThempelini.
Kulapho uJesu, elahlekile ethempelini, wahlala isikhathi eside futhi wasebenzisa lelo thuba ukuze abuze imibuzo eyayimkhathaza. Abapristi noma odokotela basethempelini, belalela uJesu, bamangala ngobuningi bolwazi lwezenkolo ayenalo kumagama akhe, izimpendulo zakhe ezihlakaniphile, ubuhlakani bakhe nokuqonda kwakhe ukuqonda imibhalo engcwele yetestamente elidala.
Nakuba lezi zazi zijabulela ukulalela uJesu, uMariya noJosefa bamfuna ngabomvu, kwadlula izinsuku ezintathu baze bamthola; Lapho uMariya embona, waveza konke ukukhathazeka ababenakho, bobabili uJosefa kanye naye, kodwa uJesu wathi kuye "Beningifunelani na? Beningazi yini ukuthi kufanele ngibe kokukaBaba?" Ngakho abazange bakuqonde lokho uJesu ayebaphendule ngakho.
Lapho ukuhambela kwakhe ethempelini kuphela, wabuyela nabazali bakhe eNazaretha, lapho ahlala khona ethobela lokho ababemtshela khona futhi eyisibonelo kulokho akwenzayo; UMariya wagcina enhliziyweni yakhe zonke izinto ayezisho, kulapho udokotela uLuka abhekisela khona encwadini yakhe yeBhayibheli isahluko 2 amavesi 41-52 :
“UJesu wathuthuka ekuhlakanipheni, ekukhuleni nasekuthandeni uNkulunkulu nakubantu”
KumaKhatholika, ukuhunyushwa kweqiniso lokuthi uJesu wahlukana nabazali bakhe ukuya ethempelini izinsuku ezintathu, kubonisa umfanekiso oyoba ukukhululwa ngenhlawulo kaNkulunkulu iNdodana kuNkulunkulu uYise nokufa esiphambanweni.
uJesu umntwana
Iqiniso lokuzalwa kukaJesu ngesinye sezehlakalo okuxoxwa ngazo kakhulu yizo zonke izimfundiso zenkolo; kwabanye, wayengumesiya futhi kwabanye, umprofethi nje omkhulu. Kusukela lapho, imimoya ehlukene yezenkolo ngoJesu iyaqala.
Amathempeli obuKristu amhlonipha njengowukuphela kukaNkulunkulu weqiniso, owaba yinyama, wafa esiphambanweni futhi wanika wonke umuntu okholwa kuye igunya lokubizwa ngokuthi indodana kaNkulunkulu. Kusukela ebuntwaneni, wayesevele evelele njengengane ehlukile, i-prodigy phambi kwabanye.
Ngomsebenzi nomusa kaMoya oNgcwele, uMariya wakhulelwa uJesu esibelethweni sakhe; ngemva kokuzalwa kwakhe, wakhula eduze kwabazali bakhe, ngendlela efanayo naleyo akhula ngayo enyameni, lokho wakwenza ngokuhlakanipha nangesayensi, ondliwa yiwo kanye uMoya oNgcwele kaNkulunkulu owawuhlezi kuye.
Phakathi kwezindaba zikaJesu, ekaJesu elahlekile ethempelini igqamile, igcizelelwe emibhalweni engcwele, ikakhulukazi emavangelini amasha kaJohane oNgcwele, uMathewu oNgcwele kanye noLuka oNgcwele. Ukuze kubuyekezwe okulotshiweyo, iNcwadi kaLuka, isahluko 2, amavesi 41 kuya ku-51, iyatuswa.
Mfundi othandekayo, sikumema ngokufudumele ukuthi ufunde isihloko sethu esithi wazalelwaphi uJesu waseNazaretha kanye nokukwazi ukwazi okwengeziwe ngempilo kaJesu Kristu.
UJesu ethempelini
UJesu walahleka ethempelini yaseJerusalema, phakathi kodokotela, abapristi nabanye kunencazelo kumaphuzu alandelayo ngenxa yesikhundla sikaJesu, esimweni ngasinye esifanekisela isikhathi ngasinye okwakuyoshiwo kubo futhi ngendlela efanayo indlela abasabela ngayo emazwini akhe .
Laba baphathi bethempeli bamangala, kodwa bakhuluma bodwa, bephikisana futhi bebuza ngalokho ayebatshela kona, njengoba nje babephikisana nabalalele, ngendlela efanayo bamfuna. Phakathi kwezazi zemfundiso yenkolo, kwakukhona ababemnakile abanye ababengafuni nokumbheka ngoba bedangele.
Kuyingxenye yemvelo yalaba dokotela, ukuxoxisana bodwa; yingakho babephikisana futhi beshintshana noJesu, bephatha izincwadi zomthetho kaMose futhi baze bazisebenzise ekubuzeni.
Meaning phambi kodokotela bomthetho
Ibandla lobuKristu lenza incazelo yalezi zenzakalo ezenzeka ezinsukwini zokuqala zikaJesu elahlekile ethempelini phambi kwezazi zenkolo yomthetho, ibeka imingcele elandelayo:
- Ebhala isiqalo esihlukile emlandweni wawo wonke amaJuda, uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe washushisa ukuthi indawo yokuqala lapho ivangeli elisha lafundiswa khona, lashunyayelwa futhi lakhulunywa, kwaba seBandleni lakhe.
- Qala ukufunda izwi likaNkulunkulu kuwo wonke amakhaya awo wonke amakholwa, nganoma yisiphi isikhathi afuna ukufuna nokwazi uNkulunkulu.
- Ukumangala kwaqala ukuthuthukisa nokurekhoda isithakazelo somntwana owazi futhi owazi wonke amarejista wezwi ngekhanda, ukuze aqale ukuqala ukuhlakulela indlela yakhe.
- Ukuba khona kwakhe ethempelini kwakudingeka, yedwa hhayi noJosefa noMariya, ngoba ngale ndlela wayezobukela phansi ubukhona bukaJesu phambi kwezazi, odokotela nabafundisi ababekhona.
- Abokuqala okwadingeka balalele la mazwi uJesu ayezobanikeza wona kwakungodokotela bomthetho, abadala bebandla, laba bantu abaziwayo nabahlonishwa kakhulu.
- UJesu wakubeka kwacaca ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuqeda umthetho, njengoba lo mthetho yiwona owawucindezela futhi uboboza abantu bakhe; isizathu sokuba eze kulomhlaba ukuba iWundlu likaNkulunkulu elihlatshiwe.
- Lesi senzo sikaJesu saba yisinyathelo sokuqala sokuqala uhambo lwakhe esintwini.
incazelo yeenjabulweni nasekukhathazekeni kukaJosefa noMariya
- UJosé noMaría babesosizini ngokungayitholi ingane, abazange basicabange isizathu sokuhlakazeka kwayo nokuthi kwase kudlule izinsuku ezimbalwa bengazi ngayo.
- Njengoba abazali bakhe behlala becwile ekukhathazekeni nasekwesabeni ingane, bengaweli ukubafuna imini nobusuku izinsuku ezintathu.
- Base bekhathele beyincithakalo baze banquma ukuya ethempelini bayocela usizo futhi babenethemba lokuzwa kuye lapho.
- Okuncane uJosefa noMariya ababekucabanga kwakuwukuthola uJesu eThempelini, phakathi kwawo wonke lamadoda amakhulu.
- UJosé akazange akhulume, akwenza kwakuwukubuka uJesu, elindele incazelo evela kumntwana; kuyilapho uMaria ebonisa ubuhlungu nosizi lwakhe futhi wamtshela kona.
- Kukho konke lokhu, uJesu ubhekisela ekuzinikezeleni kwakhe ezintweni zikaYise.
- Bezwa ubuhlungu bakhe, uMariya noJosefa bayakuqonda okwakwenzeka ngoJesu futhi babona ukuthi kwakuyisikhathi sokuqala kohambo lwempilo yakhe.
- Ukusabela kwabazali bakhe kwakungokwemvelo, ngoba babengabantu futhi bekhathazekile ngendodana yabo.
EBhayibhelini, Luka 2:
"41 Abazali bakhe baya eJerusalema iminyaka ngeminyaka emkhosini wePhasika; 42 kwathi eseneminyaka eyishumi nambili, bakhuphukela eJerusalema njengomkhuba womkhosi. 43 Lapho sebebuyile, idili seliphelile, umntwana uJesu wasala eJerusalema, uJosefa nonina bengazi. 44 Becabanga ukuthi uphakathi kwesixuku, bahamba ibanga losuku; bamdinga phakathi kwezihlobo labazanayo; 45 Kodwa kwathi bengamtholi, babuyela eJerusalema bemdinga. 46 Kwathi emva kwezinsuku ezintathu bamthola ethempelini ehlezi phakathi kwezazi zomthetho, ezilalele futhi ezibuza. 47 Futhi bonke ababemuzwa bamangala ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe nezimpendulo zakhe.

