“Iingcinga Zokugcinwa eNgqondweni: ‘UYesu Uya Kuthi kuSirayeli Wonke, “Hamba Siye Ekhaya,”’” Yizani, Nindilandele—EyeKhaya neBandla: ITestamente eNdala 2026 (2026)
“Iingcinga Zokugcinwa eNgqondweni: ‘UYesu Uya Kuthi kuSirayeli Wonke, “Hamba Siye Ekhaya,”’” Yizani, Nindilandele: ITestamente eNdala 2026
Iingcinga Zokugcinwa eNgqondweni
“UYesu Uya Kuthi kuSirayeli Wonke, ‘Hamba Siye Ekhaya’”
Kwintlango yeSinayi, uMoses wahlanganisa abantwana baSirayeli emazantsi entaba. Apho iNkosi yabhengeza ukuba Yona yayifuna ukujika eli qela lamakhoboka elisandula ukukhululwa ukuba libe ngabantu abanamandla. “Nibe kum” Yona yatsho, “bubukumkani bababingeleli, nohlanga olungcwele” (IEksodus 19:6). Yona yathembisa ukuba babeza kuchuma kwaye baphumelele, nokokuba babengqongwe ziintshaba ezinkulu nezinamandla.
Konke oku bekungayi kwenzeka kuba amaSirayeli ayemaninzi okanye omelele okanye enobuchule. Kwakuya kwenzeka, yachaza iNkosi, ukuba nithe “nalithobela okunene izwi [laKhe], nawugcina umnqophiso [waKhe]” (IEksodus 19:5). Yayingamandla kaThixo, ingengawo awabo, awayeya kubenza babe namandla.
Ukanti amaSirayeli ayengasoloko elithobela ilizwi likaThixo, kwaye ekuhambeni kwexesha ayeka ukugcina umnqophiso waKhe. Abaninzi babenqula abanye oothixo baza bamkela izithethe ezazibangqongileyo. Baye bala loo nto eyayibenza uhlanga olwaluhlukile kwabanye abantu—ubudlelwane bomnqophiso wabo neNkosi. Ngaphandle kwamandla kaThixo awayebakhusela, kwakungekho nto yayiza kuthintela iintshaba zabo.
Ukusasazeka
Amaxesha aliqela phakathi kwama-735 kunye nama-720 BC, ama-Asiriya ahlasela uBukumkani baseMantla bakwaSirayeli, ikhaya lezizwe ezilishumi kwezilishumi elinambini, bathwala amawaka ngamawaka wamaSirayeli ekuthinjweni aya kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zoBukumkani base-Asiriya. La maSirayeli aziwa ngokuba “zizizwe ezilahlekileyo,” ngokuyinxalenye yokuba asuswa kwilizwe lawo aza asasazwa kwezinye izizwe. Kodwa kananjalo balahleka ngengqiqo enzulu: ekuhambeni kwexesha baye baphulukana nobuntu babo njengabantu bakaThixo bomnqophiso.
Ekugqibeleni abantu abaninzi kwiLizwe elingezantsi nabo bakreqa kwiNkosi. Ama-Asiriya ahlasela kwaye ongamela uninzi lwela lizwe, yiYerusalem kuphela eyaye yalondolozwa ngokungummangaliso. Kamva, phakathi kowama-597 no-580 BC, amaBhabhiloni ayitshabalalisa iYerusalem, kuquka netempile, aza athimba abantu abaninzi. Malunga neminyaka engama-70 kamva, intsalela yakwaYuda yavunyelwa ukuba ibuyele eYerusalem kwaye yaphinda yakha itempile. Uninzi, nangona kunjalo, lwahlala eBhabhilon.
The Destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuzar-adan [Ukutshatyalaliswa kweYerusalem nguNebhuzaradan], nguWilliam Brassey Hole, © Providence Collection/imvume ivela goodsalt.com
Njengoko ixesha lihamba, amaSirayeli avela kuzo zonke izizwe “ayechithachithelwe … entlangeni zonke ababengazazi” (UZekariya 7:14). Abanye iNkosi yabakhokelela kwamanye amazwe. Abanye bemka kwaSirayeli besaba ukuthinjwa okanye ngenxa yezizathu zopolitiko okanye zoqoqosho.
Ezi ziganeko sizibiza ngokuba kukusasazeka kukaSirayeli. Kwaye kubalulekile ukwazi malunga nokusasazeka ngenxa yezizathu ezininzi. Enye into, sisihloko esiphambili seTestamente eNdala— abaprofeti abaninzi beTestamente eNdala babengamangqina okuwa ngokomoya okwakhokelela ekusasazweni. Bayibona ingekenzeki kwaye baye balumkisa malunga noku. Abanye babo bade baphila ngexesha lako. Oko kuyanceda ukukhumbula xa ufunda incwadi ka‑Isaya, noYeremiya, no-Amos, nabanye abaprofeti kwinxalenye yokugqibela yeTestamente eNdala. Unalo mongo engqondweni, xa ufunda iziprofeto zabo nge-Asiriya neBhabheli, unqulo-zithixo nokuthinjwa, intshabalalo nokubuyiselwa ekugqibeleni, uya kuyazi into ababethetha ngayo.
Ukuqonda ukusasazeka kukaSirayeli kuya kukunceda ukuba uyiqonde ngcono iNcwadi kaMormoni nayo, kuba iNcwadi kaMormoni iyimbali yesebe lamaSirayeli athe asasazeka. Le mbali iqala ngosapho lukaLihayi olusabayo eYerusalem malunga nowama-600 BC, kanye phambi kokuba amaBhabhiloni ahlasele. ULihayi wayengomnye wabo baprofeti abaprofeta malunga nokusasazeka kukaSirayeli. Kwaye usapho lwakhe lwanceda ukuzalisekisa eso siprofeto, bathatha isebe labo lendlu kaSirayeli balityala kwelinye icala lehlabathi, eMelika.
Ukuhlanganisela
Ukusasazeka kukaSirayeli, nangona kunjalo, sisiqingatha nje selibali. INkosi ayibalibali abantu baYo, kwaye Yona ayibashiyi ngokupheleleyo, naxa beyishiyile Yona. Iziprofeto ezininzi zokuba uSirayeli wayeya kuchithachitheka zazikhatshwa zizithembiso ezininzi zokokuba Yena wayeya kuwahlanganisa ngenye imini.
Olo suku lunamhlanje—usuku lwethu. Ukuhlanganiswa sele kuqalile. Ngowama-1836, amawaka ngamawaka eminyaka emva kokuba uMoses wayehlanganise abantwana bakwaSirayeli emazantsi eNtaba yeSinayi, uMoses waye wavela kwiTempile yaseKirtland ukuba azinikele kuJoseph Smith “izitshixo zokuhlanganisela uSirayeli zivela kuzo zonke iimbombo zomhlaba” (IMfundiso neMinqophiso 110:11). Ngoku, ngokolwalathiso lwabantu abaphethe ezi zitshixo, izizwe zakwaSirayeli ziyaqokelelwa kuzo zonke izizwe apho abakhonzi beNkosi banakho ukuya khona.
Moses, Elias, and Elijah Appear in the Kirtland Temple [UMoses, u-Eliyasi, no-Eliya bevela kwiTempile yaseKirtland], nguGary E. Smith
UMongameli Russell M. Nelson ubize le ndibano “njengeyona nto ibalulekileyo eyenzekayo emhlabeni namhlanje. Akukho nto ithelekiswa nobukhulu, ayikho enye into ethelekiswa nokubaluleka, ayikho enye into ethelekiswa nobungangamsha. Kwaye ukuba ukhetha njalo, ukuba uyafuna, unokuba yinxalenye enkulu yayo.”
Singanceda njani? Kuthetha ntoni ukuhlanganisa uSirayeli? Ingaba oko kuthetha ukubuyisela izizwe ezilishumi elinambini kumhlaba ezazikhe zahlala kuwo? Ngokwenyani, kuthetha into enkulu ngakumbi, ngakumbi nangakumbi yangonaphakade. Njengoko uMongameli uNelson wacacisa:
“Xa sithetha ngokuhlanganiswa, sithetha nje le nyaniso isisiseko: bonke abantwana bakaBawo wethu waseZulwini, kumacala omabini esigqubuthelo, bafanele ukuva umyalezo wevangeli ebuyisiweyo kaYesu Krestu. …
“Nanini na usenza nantoni na enceda nabani na—nakweliphina icala lekhuselo—athabathe inyathelo lokwenza iminqophiso noThixo kwaye afumane imimiselo yabo ebalulekileyo yokubhaptizwa neyasetempileni, uyanceda ekuhlanganiseni uSirayeli. Kulula ngolu hlobo.”
Oku kuyenzeka, njengoko u-Isaya watshoyo, “omnye komnye” (UIsaya 27:12) okanye, njengokuba uYeremiya waxela kwangaphambili, “abe mnye emzini, babe babini kwimizalwane” (UYeremiya 3:14).
Ukuhlanganisela uSirayeli kuthetha ukubuyisela abantwana bakaThixo kuYe. Kuthetha ukubabuyisela kubudlelwane babo bomnqophiso kunye naYe. Kuthetha ukumisa kwakhona “uhlanga olungcwele” Yena awayephakamise ukulusungula kwakudala (IEksodus 19:6).
Yiza eKhaya
Njengomnye owenze umnqophiso noThixo, uyinxalenye yendlu kaSirayeli. Uhlanganisiwe, kwaye ungumhlanganisi. Ibali eliyindumasi leenkulungwane zeminyaka emide labantu bomnqophiso lusondele kuvuthondaba, kwaye ungumdlali obalulekileyo. Ngoku lixesha xa “uYesu uya kuthi kuSirayeli wonke, ‘Hamba siye ekhaya.’”
Nguwo lo umyalezo wabahlanganisi: Yizani ekhaya emnqophisweni. Yizani ekhaya eZiyon. Yizani ekhaya kuYesu Krestu, Lowo uNgcwele kaSirayeli, kwaye Yena uya kukuzisa ekhaya kuThixo, uYihlo.