“Amazwi Okubuyiselwa: Ukubhabhadiselwa oKhoho Bethu, ‘Imfundiso Ekhazimulayo’” Wozani, Ngilandeleni—Incwadi Yezifundo ZaseKhaya naseBandleni: IMfundiso neziVumelwano 2025 (2025)
“Ukubhabhadiselwa oKhokho Bethu, ‘Imfundiso Ekhazimulayo,’” Wozani, Ngilandeleni—Okwenzelwe Ekhaya NeBandla: 2025
Amazwi Okubuyiselwa Kwevangeli
Ukubhabhadiselwa oKhokho Bethu, “Imfundiso Ekhazimulayo”
Lomdwebo ukhombisa ifonti yokubhabhadisela eThempelini laseNauvoo ehleli phezu kwezinkunzi eziyishumi-nambili.
U-Phebe noWilford Woodruff
UPhebe Woodruff wayehlala eduze kwaseNauvoo lapho uJoseph Smith eqala ukufundisa mayelana nokwenzeka kokubhabhadiselwa kulabo ababephila ngaphambili. Wabhalela umyeni wakhe, uWilford, lokhu ngesikhathi esemsebenzini wokuthunywa eNgilandi:
“Umfowethu uJoseph … usefunde ngesambulo ukuthi labo abangamalungu alelibandla bangabhabhadiselwa izihlobo zabo esezafa futhi ezingabanga nenhlanhla yokuzwa ngalelivangeli, ngisho nabantwana, abazali, abafowabo, odade, ogogo nomkhulu, omalume, ngokunjalo no-anti babo. … Ngokushesha nje lapho sebebhabhadiselwe abangane babo bayakhululwa etilongweni futhi bangayobalanda ngovuko babalethe embusweni wesilestiyali—amalungu ebandla ayamukele ngezinhliziyo ezijabulayo lemfundiso futhi sebeyaphambili ngobuningi babo, abanye bazobhabhadiswa izikhathi eziyi … 16 ngosuku olulodwa.”
Kamuva uWilford Woodruff washo lokhu ngalemfundiso: “Kwathi uma ngizwa ngayo umphefumulo wami waba nenjabulo. … Ngabe sengihamba ngiyobhabhadiselwa zonke izihlobo zami esezafa engizikhumbulayo. … Kwathi mangisho uhaleluya ngesikhathi lemfundiso ibekwa obala isimbulela ukubhabhadiselwa abafileyo. Ngaba nomuzwa wokuthi sasinelungelo lokuzijabulela lezizibusiso zaseZulwini.”
UVilate Kimball
Njengo Dade uWoodruff, uVilate Kimball naye wezwa ngokubhabhadiselwa abafileyo ngesikhathi umyeni wakhe, uHeber, ekude eyoshumayela ivangeli. Wambhalela lokhu:
“UMongameli uSmith useqale imfundiso entsha nenhle kakhulu … esidale imvuselelo impela kulelibandla. Okungukubhabhadiselwa abafileyo. UPawulu uyakhuluma ngakho KwabaseKorinte Bokuqala isahluko 15 ivesi 29. UJoseph usethole incazelo ebanzi ngakho ngesambulo. … Kuyinhlanhla yalelibandla ukuba babhabhadiselwe zonke izihlobo zabo esezafa ngaphambi kokuba lelivangeli livele obala, ngisho kuhlehla kuya emuva kokhokho babo, uMkhulu noGogo. … Ngokwenzenjalo, siyabamela, futhi sibanika ilungelo lokuvuka ngovuko kwabafileyo lokuqala. Uthi Ivangeli lizoshunyayelwa kubo … kodwa akukho ukubhabhadiswa kwemimoya. … Selokhu kwashunyayelwa ngaloluhlelo lapha, amanzi asehlezi ephethuzela. Ngesikhathi somhlangano kwesinye isikhathi kwakuba khona amaGosa ayisishiyagalombili kuya kwayishumi emanzini ngesikhathi esisodwa ebhabhadisa. … Nami ngifuna ukubhabhadiselwa uMama. Bengicabanga ukulinda uze ubuye ekhaya, kodwa ukugcina kwami ukuzwa uJoseph ekhuluma ngaloludaba, wathi wonke umuntu makasukume, sikhulule abahlobo bethu masinya. Ngakho ke ngizohamba kulelisonto, njengoba bebaningana omakhelwane nabo abahambayo. Abanye sebeke babhabhadiswa bephindelela izikhathi eziningana. … Ngalokho ke uyabona nawe ukuthi kunethuba lawo wonke umuntu. Kodwa uthi akuyona imfundiso enhle lena?”
U-Phebe Chase
Kwathi kuphela ukwakhiwa kwefonti yokubhabhadisela eThempelini laseNauvoo, kwaqala ukubhabhadisela abafileyo lapho esikhundleni sokuba kwenziwe emfuleni njengaphambilini. UPhebe Chase, owayehlala endaweni yaseNauvoo, wabhalela unina ngalelithempeli, echaza ifonti yokubhabhadisela njengendawo lapho “singabhabhadiselwa khona abafileyo bethu futhi sibengabasindisi eNtabeni yaseSiyoni.” Waqhubeka nokuchaza ethi kulefonti, “sengikengabhabhadiselwa ubaba nabo bonke abangani bami asebafa. … Manje sengifuna ukwazi amagama abazali bakho ukuze ngibakhulule, ngokuba ngifisa ukukhulula abaFileyo. … INkosi isikhulumile futhi yabuyisela uhlelo lwasemandulo.”
U-Sally Randall
Ngesikhathi ebhalela abangane bakhe nomndeni wakhe ngokubhabhadisela abafileyo, uSally Randall wayekhumbula ngokushona kwendodana yakhe uGeorge ethi:
“O indlela okwakuyisikhathi esasinzima ngaso leso kimi futhi namanje angikakukholwa, kodwa ke…uyise wakhe useke wambhabhadisela futhi yinhle impela lento yokukholwa nokwemukela ukuphelela kwevangeli njengoba lishunyayelwa manje futhi nokuthi singakwazi ukubhabhadisela bonke abangani bethu abafileyo futhi sibasindise kuhlehla kuya emuva kangangoba singakwazi ukuthola ulwazi ngabo.
Ngifisa ningibhalele amagama abo bonke esibaziyo asebafa kuhlehla kuya emuva komkhulu nogogo. Ngifuna ukwenza konke engingakwenza ukusindisa abangane bami futhi ngingajabula uma abanye benu bengeza bezongisiza ngokuba kungumsebenzi omkhulu ukuba wenziwe ngumuntu oyedwa lona. … Ngilindele ukuthi nizocabanga ukuthi yimfundiso engajwayelekile lena kodwa ke nizothola ukuthi iliqiniso.”