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Ukwazi IBhayibheli
Incwadi eveza ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungubani
Isipho esiguqula konke
ULucas wathola iBhayibheli ngosuku amukela ngalo uJesu. Wafika ekhaya, wavula ikhasi lokuqala wabona: uGenesise, u-Eksodusi, uLevithikusi... izincwadi ezingamashumi ayisithupha nesithupha. Wavala incwadi, ethukile. 'Ngiqala kuphi? Lokhu kwabhalwa eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane edlule — kuhlanganani nami?' Uma wake wazizwa kanjalo, yazi ukuthi awuwedwa. Izigidi zabantu zineBhayibheli kodwa azazi ukuthi ziqale kuphi. Lesi sifundo sikhona ngenxa yalokho: ukuvula umnyango futhi ukukhombise ukuthi le ncwadi yabhalelwa wena, yanamuhla, yempilo yakho.
IBhayibheli akuyona incwadi evamile. Yabhalwa phakathi neminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-1.500, ngababhali abacishe babe ngu-40 abahlukene — phakathi kwabo kukhona abelusi, amakhosi, abadobi, odokotela nabaprofethi. Nakuba behlukene kangaka, umlayezo ophakathi munye: UNkulunkulu uthanda isintu futhi walungisa indlela yensindiso.
Yehlukaniswe izingxenye ezimbili ezinkulu: iTestamente Elidala (izincwadi ezingu-39) ne-Testamente Elisha (izincwadi ezingu-27), esiyingqikithi izincwadi ezingu-66. ITestamente Elidala lilandisa ngokudalwa, ngesizwe sakwa-Israyeli, nangezithembiso zikaNkulunkulu. ITestamente Elisha liveza ukugcwaliseka kwalezi zithembiso kumuntu kaJesu Kristu nokuzalwa kweBandla.
Lapho uPawulu ebhala ukuthi imiBhalo iphefumulelwe nguNkulunkulu, igama lokuqala ngesiGreki ngu-theopneustos — ngokuqondile, 'iphushwe nguNkulunkulu.' Lokhu kusho ukuthi nakuba abantu bayibhala, okuqukethwe kwavela kuNkulunkulu uqobo. Akuyona incwadi yemibono yabantu ngoNkulunkulu. YiZwi likaNkulunkulu elinikezwe ngabantu.
Futhi leli Zwi linenjongo engokoqobo: ukufundisa, ukusola, ukuqeqesha. IBhayibheli alenziwanga ukuthi lihlale eshelifini. Lenzelwa ukufundwa, ukuphilwa, nokubiwa nabanye.
IBhayibheli lafika kanjani kithi? Bonisa
IBhayibheli labhalwa ekuqaleni ngezilimi ezintathu: isiHebheru (ingxenye enkulu yeTestamente Elidala), isi-Aramu (izingxenye ezincane) kanye nesiGreki (lonke iTestamente Elisha). Imibhalo yakopishwa ngesandla ngababhali iminyaka eminingi, ngokunakekela okukhulu — ababhali bamaJuda babala sonke isinhlamvu ukuqinisekisa ubuqiniso bokukhophi.
Namuhla kunemibhalo yesiGreki engaphezu kuka-5.800 yeTestamente Elisha, ngaphezu kwanoma yiliphi elinye idokhumenti lasendulo. Ayikho enye incwadi yasendulo enezinkophi eziningi kangaka zokuqinisekisa ukudluliswa kwayo. IBhayibheli olifundayo namuhla lithembekile — lifikile kithi ligcinwe yinhlalakahle kaNkulunkulu futhi liqinisekiswe yizomlando.
Incwadi eyabhalwa eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane edlule akufanele ibe semqoka namuhla. Kepha iBhayibheli linjalo. Likhuluma ngokukhathazeka, ngokwesaba, ngesizungu, ngokuthethelela, ngenjongo, ngemali, ngobudlelwano — izihloko ezisempilweni yakho yamihla ngemihla manje.
IBhayibheli liphilile. Akuyona incwadi yomlando enothuli. Lapho ulifunda ngenhliziyo evulekile, uMoya oNgcwele usebenzisa lawo mazwi ukukhuluma nawe ngqo. Yingakho ivesi elifanayo lingakududuza namuhla likuphonsele inselelo kusasa — ngoba iZwi lisebenza ngokwalokho okudingayo.
Amacebiso angokoqobo okuqala ukufunda iBhayibheli Bonisa
Uma umusha, ungaqali ukufunda kusukela kuGenesise kuya kuSambulo njengenoveli. Nazi iziphakamiso:
Ukwazi uJesu: qala ngeVangeli likaJohane. Liyafinyelela, lijulile futhi labhalelwa ofuna ukukholwa.
Ukuze uthole ukuhlakanipha kwansuku zonke: funda iZaga — izahluko ezingu-31, esisodwa ngosuku ngalunye lwenyanga.
Ngezikhathi ezinzima: amaHubo yimithandazo yangempela yabantu bangempela abadlula kukho konke okudlula kukho.
Ukuqonda ukholo lobuKrestu: funda Roma (Romans), incwadi kaPawulu echaza ivangeli igxathu negxathu.
Okubaluleke kakhulu: funda okuncane nsuku zonke. Imizuzu emihlanu unakile ibaluleke ngaphezu kwehora ungalandeleli.
Umhlabeleli uqhathanisa iZwi likaNkulunkulu nesibani. Ngezikhathi zasendulo, isibani sasingakhanyisi yonke indlela — sasikhanyisa kuphela igxathu elilandelayo. Yiyo indlela iBhayibheli elisebenza ngayo empilweni yakho: alembuli lonke ikusasa ngesikhathi esisodwa, kodwa likhombisa ngokucacile okumele ukwenze manje.
Kusukela kulesi sifundo, konke ozokufunda kulesi sifundo kuvela kule ncwadi. Sonke isifundo, sonke ivesi, yonke insebenzo engokoqobo — konke kuphuma eZwini likaNkulunkulu. Yingakho siqala lapha: ukuze wazi ukuthi awulandeli imibono yabantu, kodwa isambulo sikaNkulunkulu uqobo.
“Ungafuna isu nendlela noma kuphi othanda khona, kepha uma ungaguqi amadolo akho, ungachithi izinyembezi zakho futhi ungakhokhi intengo emthandazweni, ngeke kusebenze.”
Yima ucabange
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Uke wazama ukufunda iBhayibheli ngaphambilini? Kwakunjani leyo nto?
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Yikuphi okukumangalisa kakhulu ngeBhayibheli kuze kube manje — ubudala balo, ubunye balo noma ukufaneleka kwalo namuhla?
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Uma iBhayibheli lingempela yiZwi likaNkulunkulu, lokho kushintsha kanjani indlela olifunda ngayo?
Kuleli sonto
Funda iHubo 23 nesahluko 1 seVangeli likaJohane. Yimifundo emifushane — ndawonye, ithatha imizuzu engaphansi kweshumi. Emva kokufunda, bhala ngamushokugqamile emishweni ngayinye kulokho okufundileyo. Letha lawo manothi emhlanganweni olandelayo weQembu Lakho Elincane futhi wabelane neqembu.
Ukuvala
“Nkosi, ngiyabonga ngokungangishiyi ebumnyameni. Ngiyabonga ngokunika iZwi Lakho njengomhlahlandlela. Vula amehlo ami ukuze ngiqonde engikufundayo, futhi uvule inhliziyo yami ukuze ngiphile engikuqondayo. Kwangathi iBhayibheli lingabi yincwadi eshelifini yami nje, kodwa kube yikusasa endleleni yami, zonke izinsuku. Egameni likaJesu, amen.”
Komfundisi
Inhloso
Vela iBhayibheli njengeZwi likaNkulunkulu — eliphefumulelwe, elithembekile, eliphilayo nelingokoqobo — uvuse kumfundi ukwethemba nesifiso sokufunda ngokwakhe.
Imibuzo enzima
- IBhayibheli alibhalwanga ngabantu na? Lingaba kanjani yiZwi likaNkulunkulu? Chaza umqondo wokuphefumulela (inspiration): uNkulunkulu wasebenzisa ubuntu, ulimi nesimo sombhali ngamunye, kepha waqondisa okuqukethwe ngoMoya oNgcwele. Umphumela ungowomuntu ngokuphelele ngesimo futhi ungoNkulunkulu ngokuphelele ngokuvela (2 Petru 1:21).
- Kungani kunezinguqulo eziningi kangaka ezihlukene? Ngoba iBhayibheli labhalwa ngesiHebheru, ngesi-Aramu nangesiGreki, futhi yonke inguqulo izama ukuxhumana nokuqala ngendlela ethembeke kakhulu. Umehluko usesitayini, hhayi emfundisweni.
- IBhayibheli alinamashiyi na (contradictions)? Amashiyi abonakala avamise ukuxazululwa lapho siqonda isimo somlando, uhlobo lokulobeka noma inhloso yombhali. Izifundiswa ziphenye iBhayibheli amakhulu eminyaka futhi ukuhambisana kwalo kwangaphakathi kumangalisa.
- Kuthiwani ngezincwadi ezingangenanga eBhayibhelini? IKhanoni (canon) yamukelwa yiBandla lokuqala ngokusekelwa ezindikimbeni njengobubhali babapostoli, ukusetshenziswa emabandleni kanye nokuhambisana kwemfundiso.
Amacebiso angokoqobo
- Uma umfundi engakaze avule iBhayibheli, letha elakho futhi ubonise ngokwenyama izingxenye: iTestamente Elidala, iTestamente Elisha, uhlu lwezincwadi. Msize athole ivesi ekusebenzeni.
- Ungamcindezeli ngolwazi oluningi. Inhloso akuyona ukufundisa i-theology yokuphefumulela ngokujulile — ukwakha ukwethemba nesifiso sokufunda.
- Uma othile ethi 'akanaso isikhathi sokufunda', siza ngento engokoqobo: ukufaka i-app yeBhayibheli ocingweni, ukufunda iHubo ngaphambi kokulala, ukulalela iBhayibheli nge-audio endleleni.
- Gwema izimpikiswano ngezinguqulo ngalesi sikhathi. Uma bebuza, phakamisa inguqulo ethile bese uqhubeka.
- Xoxa ngokwakho okwenziwe neBhayibheli. Ubufakazi bomuntu bunamandla kunanoma yiliphi ikinobho.
Okwengeziwe
- Video: What is the Bible? — Bible Project
- Leitura: How to Read the Bible Book by Book — Gordon D. Fee & Douglas Stuart