ULoyiso loMsindisi Wethu Othandekayo

Kubizo lwam njengoMpostile, ndihambe kakhulu kwaye ndibe nelungelo lokudibana nabantwana, ulutsha, nabantu abadala kwihlabathi liphela. Kukho amaxesha ovuyo olukhulu ebomini, kodwa into enye endiyibonileyo ngamehlo am kwaye endiyive ezinzulwini zentliziyo yam kukuba ukongezelela kulonwabo novuyo, ubomi bubamba amaxesha okwaphuka kwentliziyo nokubandezeleka.

Andinakuze ndikulibale ukuhlala nabantwana abane abancinci ubomi babazali babo bapheliswa ngenkohlakalo ngumhlaseli kwikhaya labo ngelixa abantwana belele, okanye ukudibana nomfazi owayexhatshazwe eseyintombazana sisizalwane esithenjiweyo, okanye ukuhlala ecaleni kwebhedi yentombazana encinci eyonzakeleyo ebuchotsheni emva kokuwa ngebhayisekile kwaye yayiza kufa kamsinya, okanye ukuphulaphula isijwili somfazi owayenomyeni wakhe owayemngcatshile neminqophiso yakhe yetempile ngendlela engaqhelekanga kangangeminyaka emininzi.

Ndiyivile intlungu yesibini esinomntwana okhulileyo owayengasakholelwa kwiinyaniso zevangeli kwaye wayefuna ukwenza buthathaka ukholo lwabanye kusapho. Ndityelele abazali nabahlobo abakhathazekileyo bomfana oselula ozele sisithembiso owazibulalayo. Ndiyivile intlungu yobuthixo yabo benze isono baze bafuna ngokwenene ukuguquka nokutshatyalaliswa kwabo bachatshazelwe sisono.

Ndiye ndayibona intliziyo ebuhlungu yesigulo sengqondo kokubini kulowo ubandezelekayo nakwabo bathe cwaka bebandezeleka njengoko bebukele bengenalo ulwazi lokunceda. Ndiye ndayibona ilahleko enkulu ebangelwe ziintlekele zemvelo, izikhukula, izaqhwithi, umlilo, neenyikima. Ndibone ingxolo kumazwe ngenxa yezaqhwithi zopolitiko, iimfazwe, nentshabalalo, nentlungu ezayo xa izinto ezingalindelekanga zithotyelwa kwabo bamsulwa nabafuna ukwenza okulungileyo.

Healing Hands [Izandla Eziphilisayo], nguKolby Larsen, ayinakukhutshelwa

UMsindisi Uyasinceda Thina

Ethetha ngeNtlawulelo kaYesu Krestu, uMongameli uJames E. Faust (1920–2007), uMcebisi weSibini kuBongameli bokuQala, wathi: “Abonzakeleyo kufuneka benze konke okusemandleni ukusebenza kwizilingo zabo, kwaye uMsindisi ‘uya kubanceda abantu bakhe ngokobuthathaka babo’.[Alma 7:12]. Uza kusinceda sithwale imithwalo yethu. Okunye ukwenzakala kubuhlungu kwaye kunzulu kangangokuba akunakuphiliswa ngaphandle koncedo oluvela kumandla aphezulu nethemba lobulungisa obugqibeleleyo nokubuyiselwa ebomini obulandelayo. … Yena uyayiqonda intlungu yethu kwaye uya kuhamba nathi nakwiiyure zethu zobumnyama.”

Ndiziva nditsaleleka ngakumbi kuthando loMsindisi neentsikelelo ezingapheliyo esizithenjisiweyo ngeNtlawulelo kaYesu Krestu. Akazange asikhusele kumava anzima obomi azisa intlungu engenakulinganiswa, kodwa Yena wasikhusela ekubandezelekeni okungunaphakade nokungavisisani noBawo waseZulwini kwaye wasivumela thina, ngenxa yokubandezeleka kwaKhe konke, ukuba sibe nethuba lovuyo olupheleleyo nolonwabo olungunaphakade phambi kaThixo.

Umongameli Dallin H. Oaks wasikhumbuza: “ Ukuza na ngoku, olona ncedo lomeleleyo lukaThixo lwasemhlabeni olunamandla kakhulu yayililungiselelo laKhe loMsindiso, uYesu Krestu, owayeza kubandezeleka ukuze ahlawule ixabiso kwaye abonelele ngoxelelo lwezono eziguqukelweyo. Loo Ntlawulelo yenceba nezukileyo icacisa ukuba kutheni ukholo kwiNkosi uYesu Krestu ingumgaqo wokuqala wevangeli. Intlawulelo yaKhe “yenza kwenzeke uvuko lwabafileyo” (Alma 42:23), kwaye iya “kuhlawulela izono zehlabathi” (Alma 34:8), isula zonke izono zethu eziguqukelweyo kwaye sinike uMsindisi wethu amandla okusinceda kubulwelwe bethu bobomi obunokufa.

Inkcukacha ivela Prayer at Gethsemane [UMthandazo eGetsemane], nguDel Parson, ingakopishwa ukuze isetyenziswe liBandla kuphela

Isiganeko Esibalulekileyo Sikanaphakade

Xa ndicinga ngokubandezeleka endikubonileyo ngokobuqu, okuncinci kakhulu xa kuthelekiswa nabo bonke abo bakhe baphila okanye abaya kuze baphile emhlabeni, andinakukwazi, nangaliphi na igama endilaziyo, ukuchaza iimvakalelo ezisentliziyweni yam ngoko kumele ukuba kwenzeka entliziyweni nasengqondweni nasemzimbeni nasemphefumulweni woMsindisi ngamaxesha aKhe angcwele okubandezeleka ngenxa yezono neentlungu zoluntu lonke.

Isiganeko esibalulekileyo saphakade lonke saqala njengoko uYesu wayesiya “kumhlatyana ekuthiwa yiGetsemane” (Mateyu 26:36) kwiNtaba yeMinquma ngaphandle kweendonga zesixeko saseJerusalem. Yena wathi kubafundi bakhe, “Umphefumlo wam ubuhlungu kakhulu, ngokokude ube sekufeni” (Mateyu 26:38).

Yena wathandaza, esithi, “Bawo ukuba kunokwenzeka, mayidlule kum le ndebe; noko makungabi njengokuthanda kwam, makube njengokuthanda kwakho” (Mateyu 26:39). Wabuyela kubafundi baKhe, wabafumana belele, wahamba kwakhona, wathandaza okwesibini. “Bawo, ukuba ayinako le ndebe ukudlula kum ndingathanga ndiyisele makwenzeke ukuthanda kwakho. … [Yena] wathandaza okwesithathu, ethetha kwalona elo lizwi” (Mateyu 26:42, 44).

UYesu wasela indebe ekrakra waza wabandezeleka ngaphaya kokuqonda kwethu okufayo emyezweni nasemnqamlezweni. Ngaphandle kwesono, Yena wazithabathela kuYe zonke izono zethu, ukuze njengoko sisondela kuYe size siguquke, izono zethu nemithwalo yethu iyasuswa kuthi. (bona 2 AbaseKorinte 5:21).

Ukubandezeleka kukaYesu, ukufa, nedini lokuhlawulela kwakulindelwe kudala. Ethetha kwiminyaka engama-700 ngaphambi kokuzalwa kukaYesu, uIsaya waprofeta wathi “uYehova wamwela ngobugwenxa bethu sonke.” (Isaya 53:6). UYesu wathetha ngokunikela ngobomi bakhe njenge “ntlawulelo” (Mateyu 20:28; bona kananjalo 1 Timoti 2:6) “intlawulelo yokukhulula” (Mateyu 26:28) yabo bonke abaya kukholwa kuYe baze baguquke ezonweni zabo. UPetros uchaze indlela “awabandezeleka ngayo ngenxa yezono [zethu]” (1 Petros 3:18), ukuba ngemivumbo yakhe siphilisiwe (bona 1 Petros 2:24). Yena wenza into eyayingenakwenziwa mntu ukuze asivumele sibuyele kuBawo wethu. Yena “watyunyuzwa ngenxa yezono zethu ezigwenxa” (Isaya 53:5).

Emva kokubandezeleka eGetsemane, intlungu yaKhe yaqhubeka—ukungcatshwa ngumntu owayehamba naYe, ukugculelwa phambi kwabalawuli abangalunganga, intlungu yomzimba waKhe etywatyushwa, isithsaba sameva sicinezelwe entlokweni yaKhe ngamajoni akhohlakeleyo nangenanceba (bona Yohane 18:2–3, 12–14; Marko 15:15–20), kwaye umqadi onzima wabethelelwa enyameni ekrazukileyo yomqolo waKhe njengoko wayesiya eGolgotha (bona Yohane 19:16–17).

Emnqamlezweni, intlungu egqithisileyo eyaviwa eGetsemane yabuya ngamandla angazange anyanyezelwe ngumntu. UYesu Krestu, uNyana kaThixo, eyedwa wathwala umyalelo wobuthixo ovela kuYise wokunikela ngobomi baKhe. Amajoni nabalawuli babengenakuwuthabatha kuYe (bona Yohane 10:18). Ngentlonelo nokuthobeka, uYesu wathoba intloko yakhe wathi, “Kugqityiwe” (Yohane 19:30).

Umzuzu wokugqibela wobomi baKhe bokufa wawuphelele. Akukho mazwi okuchaza ubukhulu besipho saKhe esixabisekileyo. Akusayi kuze kufuneke komnye umntu. UYesu Krestu wabandezeleka “kwaba kanye” (AmaHebhere 10:10).

Ngomsebenzi waKhe wobuthixo ugqityiwe, Yena ngoku wayeza kuba ngowokuqala kwimbali yoluntu ukuvuka engcwabeni aye ekungafini (bona 1 AbaseKorinte 15:21–23).

Kubafazi ababesengcwabeni, iingelosi zathi:

“Yini na ukuba ophilileyo nimfune phakathi kwabafileyo?

“Akakho apha, uvukile” (Luka 24:5–6).

Kubapostile bakhe, wathi, “Khangelani izandla zam neenyawo zam, ngokuba ndim kanye” (Luka 24:39). Kamva, “wabonwa [ngaphezu] kwamakhulu amahlanu … ngaxesha linye” (1 AbaseKorinte 15:6). Amangqina okuzibonela bambona uMsindisi ovusiweyo. Yena wayengafanga. Yena wayephila.

UYesu Krestu waqhawula imixokelelwane neentambo zobukhoboka obungunaphakade bokufa yomntu wonke owakhe waphila okanye oza kuphila emhlabeni (bona 1 AbaseKorinte 15:22). Yena woyisa utshaba lwethu olupheleleyo; utshaba lokufa loyiswa ngonaphakade.

UMongameli Russell M. Nelson (1924–2025) wathi: “UYesu Krestu wathabathela kuYe ezakho izono, ezakho iintlungu, ezakho iintlungu zentliziyo, kwaye obakho ubulwelwe. Akunyanzelekanga ukuba uzithwale wedwa! Yena uya kuxolela njengoko uguquka. Yena uya kukusikelela ngoko ukusweleyo. Yena uya kuwuphilisa umphefumlo wakho owaphukileyo. Njengoko uzibophelela edyokhweni kuYe, imithwalo yakho iya kuvakala ilula. Ukuba uyakwenza kwaye ugcine iminqophiso yokulandela uYesu Krestu, uyakufumanisa ukuba amaxesha abuhlungu obomi bakho ngawexeshana. Iimbandezelo zakho ziya “kuginywa kuvuyo lukaKrestu.”Alma 31:38

Njengomnye wabaPostile bakhe abamiselweyo, ndibone amaxesha okomoya nawobuqu andizisele ubungqina obuqinisekileyo bokuba Yena uyaphila. Ngeli xesha lePasika, yanga la mazwi angahlala ezingqondweni nakwintliziyo zethu: “Mandingalibali, Msindisi, Wena waphalaza igazi waza wafela mna.” njengoko sivuya xa sicula: