UJeanne le Royer / Udadewabo Wokuzalwa
ISAZISO SOMHLELI
KULOMQULU WESINE
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UDadewethu Wokuzalwa KukaJesu, njengoba sibonile emqulwini wesithathu, wayebhale ekupheleni kokuphila kwakhe, ngesikhathi lapho ayengasenakukwazi ukubhalelana noMqondisi wakhe, izincwadi ezimbili zokubhalela ezinkulu zokwengeza, noma izithasiselo . imiqulu emithathu edlule. UM. Genêt, okwanikezwa kuye le mibhalo ngo-1802, lapho ebuya eNgilandi, izindelakazi ezaziyisifuba sikaDadewethu, owashona ngemva kweminyaka emine enephunga lobungcwele, ekhuluma ngalesi senezelo, okwakusamelwe asigcwalise. bhala, ukuthi kuwuhlobo lukaDuteronomi ezincwadini ezimbili zokubhalela, lapho uDade edlula izinto eziningi abezishilo kakade, nokuthi ngenxa yalokho uzophoqeleka ukuthi afinyeze okuningi, kuyilapho egcina imibono emisha ngentuthuko ayebonakala sengathi okufanele kakhulu ukulondolozwa (1).
(1) Iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili yokugcina kaDadewethu, inkathi yesine, 3rd vol. , pg. 452.
Kwakungokwemvelo ukuphetha ngala mazwi kaM. Genêt (ongazange afe kwaze kwaba ngo-1817, okusho ukuthi ngemva kweminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu ebuyile eNgilandi), wayewenze ngempela umsebenzi wakhe, nokuthi wayenezele emsebenzini wakhe. inguqulo efushanisiwe yalezi zincwadi zokubhalela ezengeziwe. Kodwa kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kungani, kuqinisekile ukuthi akazange. Lonke ucwaningo lwethu ngale ndaba alunamsebenzi.
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Sinazo ezandleni zethu lezi zincwadi, kodwa azibhalwanga, futhi njengoba zazishiwo nguDadewethu Wokuzalwa KukaJesu. Siwabambe endaweni yokugcina amaphepha kaMnu. Genet, owasinika wona njengengxenye yawo wonke umsebenzi, osekuyimpahla yethu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uMadame de Sainte-Magdeleine (oMkhulu nongomunye wezindela ezimbili ze-Sister of the Nativity), wasithumelela ikhophi yesibili, aqinisekisa ukuthi inembile futhi iyiqiniso, njengoba sizobona ekupheleni kwalo mqulu. .
Okunamathiselwe kulesi siqeshana esibalulekile, ubuqiniso baso obungenakungabaza (1), kuyisenzo esiyiqiniso, esifike kithi sivela emndenini kaM. Binel (2), lapho uDadewethu Wokuzalwa Abhala khona eqeda izinsuku zakhe. , futhi ozwakalisa izifiso zakhe zokugcina maqondana nalezi zincwadi zokubhalela ezengeziwe.
Nasi lesi senzo igama nezwi, njengoba sathunyelwa kithi.
“Ngosuku olwandulela ukufa kwakhe (kukaDadewethu Wokuzalwa KukaJesu), noma ezinsukwini ezimbili ngaphambili, intokazi eyayizethemba, lapho iye koyibona, yamtshela ngokukhethekile lokho eyayivele ikutshele uMadame des Séraphins, ukuthi lab’ ofakazi ababili bazise uMnu. Genet ngakho lapho ebuya.
INkosi, yamtshela, yangazisa intando yayo kimi kulezi zincwadi zokugcina ezingabhalwanga. Ngakho-ke intando yakhe iwukuba zinikelwe kuMnumzane Genet, noma uma ehluleka, kunoma yisiphi esinye isikhonzi seNkosi esigcwaliswe umoya ofanayo, ukuze azibhale futhi asuse kuzo zonke ezithola zinesici. amagama noma izinkulumo, engivame ukungezwa, noma ekugcineni ngolimi lwesiFulentshi, engingakaze ngilufunde.
EBandleni kuphela, okungukuthi, kubefundisi balo, kufanele banikezwe. Intando yeNkosi iwukuba zingaveli njengoba zinjalo, kodwa zilotshwe ngomoya ofanayo nomsebenzi.
“Njengoba ngingenayo enye intando ngaphandle kwaleyo kaNkulunkulu, futhi njengoba ngifuna ukufa ngiyindodakazi ezithobayo yeBandla lamaKhatholika, Apostolic kanye nelamaRoma, lezi yizifiso zami zokugcina, engikhuleka kuzo, umusa wokudlulisela eBandleni, okungukuthi, kulabo ezikhonzini zakhe ezigcwele umoya wakhe, bengafuni lutho oluvela kimi (noma kunalokho kuNkulunkulu, osebenzisa ithuluzi elibuthakathaka kangaka ukuze athole inkazimulo yakhe kulo), okuyinto engavunywa yilelingcwele. Isonto. »
Ngokwalezi zifiso zokugcina zikaSister of the Nativity, sasicabanga ukuthi kwakungaphezu kwawo wonke umsebenzi wethu ukuhlola izincwadi okukhulunywa ngazo. Ngenxa yalokho, sashesha ukuwadlulisela kuma-Ecclesiastics amaningana ahlukaniswa ngamakhono awo, ngobuhle bawo kanye nolwazi lwawo lwezenkolo.
Ngemva kokuhlolwa okuvuthiwe kwabonakala sengathi, ngaphezu kwengozi yokuguqula umqondo wombhali, ngokuzama ukuthinta kabusha noma ukulungisa kabusha umbhalo walolu hlobo, kwakuyoba, ngakolunye uhlangothi, kuhambisane kakhulu neqiniso, futhi. ngakolunye, kuvumelana kakhulu nomfundi, ukuvumela uDade azikhulumele; nokuthi uma ukuthobeka kwakhe kwamholela ekubeni afune ukuzifihla futhi azifihle ngaphansi kwesimo sokuphindaphinda okubolekiwe, inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu yafuna ukuba imicabango yakhe yethulwe emphakathini ngaphandle kwemvilophi yangaphandle. Ngaphandle kwalokho, uDadewethu ucela ukwahlulelwa ngabefundisi beNkosi kanye neBandla. Ngenxa yalokho, kumelwe kuzwakale ngokwako; futhi lemibhalo yokugcina, engeyakhe ngokufanelekile, iyosiza ekukhipheni isahlulelo kuwo wonke uMsebenzi: mhlawumbe kungenhloso uNkulunkulu athanda ukuba bayenze,
Ngakho-ke kwahlulelwa ukuthi babengeke babe. Ngakho, sazilinganisela kulokho okwakudingeka ngempela, ukuze sikwazi ukuwahambisa ekunyatheliseni.
1°. Ngaphezu kwenani elikhulu lamaphutha esipelingi, njengoba singase sicabange, silungise ezinye izinkulumo ezazishaqisa kakhulu ulimi, ezinye izakhiwo ezinephutha, amagama athile ahunyushwa, akhohlakala, noma aphindwaphindwa ngokungadingekile, mhlawumbe ngenxa yephutha lonobhala. kunaleyo kaSisi.
2°. Izinto ezihlakazekile ezincwadini zokubhalela, nezishiwo uDade, njengoba zazizethula kuye, zaqoqwa ezihlokweni eziningana ezihlukaniswa ngezigaba, ezinezihloko namanothi aseceleni.
Kodwa lokhu kulungiswa okuncane kanye nalokhu kuhlanganisa izihloko esihlokweni esifanayo akuzange kushintshe lutho ngesitayela sikaDade, okuyinto umuntu azothola, kuyiqiniso, ngokuvamile engenacala futhi isakaza (njengoba kufanele kube yileso somuzi ompofu de U-Bretagne, othi akakaze alufunde ulimi lwesiFulentshi), kodwa okuzojabulisa umfundi, kakhulu ngokubonakala kwayo, ubuhlakani bayo kanye nokulula kwayo, njengamandla ayo, amandla ayo ngisho nokuzithoba kwayo, ikakhulukazi lapho uDade. uzama ukwembula lokho ayekuthola ekukhanyeni kukaNkulunkulu.
Ngakho, kulo mqulu wokugcina, uDadewethu Wokuzalwa KukaJesu uzozibonakalisa enjengoba enjalo, engenasihenqo futhi engenafu; sizomuzwa ekhuluma ngaphandle komhumushi nangaphandle kwabalamuli; siyakukwazi; sizomahlulela.
Sizophetha leli qoqo ngezincwadi ezimbalwa uDade azibhale wazibhalela abavuma izono zakhe eminyakeni yokugcina yokuphila kwakhe, eziqukethe izinto ezibalulekile.
Okokugcina, siqinisekisa kuphela konke okuqukethwe kulo mqulu, ngalo mqondo, ukuthi siqinisekisa ukuthi kuhambisana ncamashi nezincwadi zokubhalela.
imibhalo yesandla esasele ezandleni zethu, futhi esilungele ukuyikhuluma nalabo abaFundisi abangathanda ukuxoxa nabo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, siyakugwema ukwahlulela le mibhalo yesandla. Sizinikeza umphakathi njengoba zihlobene nomsebenzi kaM. Genet, futhi njengengxenye ethakazelisa kakhulu yemibhalo kaDadewethu Wokuzalwa KukaJesu. Sikholelwa ukuthi sizifeze ngokwanele izifiso zakhe zokugcina; futhi kanye nalo sishiya lesi sengezo, njengemiqulu eyanduleleyo, ekuhlolweni kwezazi zemfundiso yenkolo nasekwahlulelweni kweBandla.
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IMPILO NEZAMBULO
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ISIQINISEKISO SEMVELO.
INKOKHELO ENGEZIWE.
IMIBHALO YOKUGCINA IYALALWA NGU-LA, UDADEWETHU WOKUZALWA, NGAPHAMBI KOKUFA KWAKHE.
ISIQEPHU SOKUQALA.
Izimo ezimangalisayo zempilo kaSister, azixoxela yena.
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Ukukhanya okungavamile uDade akuthola kuNkulunkulu kusukela ebuntwaneni bakhe. Okuvelayo okwenziwe emphefumulweni wakhe ngeziyalezo zokuqala zikanina.
Ngibuyela odabeni engikholwa ukuthi ngiluchaze kalula nje komunye umqulu, futhi ngizolandisa lokho uNkulunkulu akubonakalise kimi. Ngikwenza ngenhloso yokuzazisa eBandleni, ukuze lazi ukuthi angikhohliswa kukho konke ukukhanya okungavamile engiphoqelekile ukuba ngikubhale.
Lapho eneminyaka emibili nengxenye uzithola exoxa namadoda amathathu ahambisana nempilo yamanje.
Nakhu ukukhanya kokuqala okungavamile uNkulunkulu anginika kona, ngiseyingane, ngineminyaka emibili nengxenye namasonto ambalwa, njengoba iNkosi Yethu yangitshela, ngoba ngangingazi ukuthi ngangineminyaka emingaki. Ngabantula ingqondo, kangangokuthi ngangingazi lutho lukaNkulunkulu, noma kuNkulunkulu; Ngangingazi ukuthi ubani owangidala wangiletha emhlabeni.
Yilokhu okwenzeka kimi emzini kababa lapho bekuyimi ngedwa ingane. Ngolunye usuku kwakukhona amadoda amathathu engangingawazi nhlobo; angibonanga ubaba nomama lapho; lawa madoda amathathu ayehlezi etafuleni; babephuza, behleka futhi kumnandi. Phakathi nengxoxo yabo oyedwa kwabathathu uthi: Ah! yeka indlela ebesingajabula ngayo uma singafi! Ngangiseduze nebhentshi, eduze nenye yala madoda, eyayihlezi ebhentshini, namanye amabili abhekene.
UNkulunkulu uzibonakalisa kuye ngesimo sembulunga yomlilo.
Ngalalela ngokukhanya okungaphezu kwemvelo kulokho la madoda ayekusho: ngesikhathi esifanayo ngabona emehlweni omzimba, futhi nakakhulu emehlweni omphefumulo, kubonakala endlini imbulunga yomlilo enkulu njengombhobho. Yayilengiswe emoyeni, futhi yaphuma kuyo imisebe ecwebile futhi ethambile, okwakubonakala sengathi inento yokwenza nothingo. Ngaleso sikhathi, uNkulunkulu wakhuluma nami phakathi kwalembulunga yokukhanya ayezungezwe ngayo; ngase ngiwafulathela lawo madoda amathathu, ngema ngibhekene nezwi elalikhuluma nami lathi kimi: “Lalela, ngane yami ethandekayo, ukuthi la madoda athini; bakhuluma njengeziwula. NginguMdali wezulu nezulu
umhlaba; Ngadala konke: Ngadala umbuso omuhle ukuze ngibanike ilifa lawo; Ngazithathela izingane zami, futhi azifuni ukufa ukuza kimi, ongabagcwalisa ngezinkulungwane zenjabulo! »
Ngaqonda, ngala mazwi ambalwa, ukuthi kwakunguNkulunkulu wami, uMdali wami. Kulobu Bunkulunkulu obuphakeme nobunobukhosi, ngabona lo mhlaba omkhulukazi ogcwele izidalwa uNkulunkulu ayezikhiphe ebuzeni wazithathela abantwana bakhe. Ngabona ukuthi zonke izidalwa ezinengqondo zimkweleta udumo, inkazimulo, ukudunyiswa, uthando kanye nokubonga; ukuthi kufanele bamkhokhele inkokhiso yalokhu kuphila kwesikhashana esinakho lapha ngezansi, ukuze ahambe futhi asihlanganise naye ngothando lwakhe phakade elijabulisayo, lapho siyogcwala injabulo yaphakade kanye naye embusweni wakhe. Ngangazi ukuthi lokho kwakuyoba yisabelo salabo ababethembekile kuye, nokuthi labo ababengathembekanga kuye, futhi ababengahambisani nothando lwakhe, babeyohlukaniswa naye, futhi babengeke babe nasabelo naye embusweni wakhe phakathi nesikhathi sokuphila kwakhe. ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ngangingazi ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayedale isihogo sababi; Ngangikholelwa ukuthi babezojeziswa ngokwanele ukuba bakhishwe kuNkulunkulu phakade.
Ngithe ngisamangele futhi ngibabaza izimanga eziningi kangaka, uNkulunkulu eqhubeka nokukhuluma nami, wathi kimi ngothando olunesisa nothando: “Nawe-ke mtanami, awufuni ukufa uze ukukuhlanganisa nami empilweni yami. uthando, ekujabuleni kombuso wami? Ngaleso sikhathi uNkulunkulu wakhanyisela ukuqonda kwami kanye nayo yonke ingaphakathi lami ngokukhanya okukhanyayo nothando olumsulwa futhi oluthambile, kangangokuthi ngazizwa ngidonswa futhi sengathi ngingeniswa ebuNkulunkuluni Bakhe, ngezifiso ezishisekayo nezidlulele zokufuna ukufa. ihora lokuzihlanganisa ngokuphelele noNkulunkulu wami.
Isifiso sakhe sokufa ukuze ahlangane noNkulunkulu.
Angizange ngiphendule ngamazwi ashiwo, kodwa kuphela ngokunyakaza kanye nezifiso zenhliziyo yami, ezaziveza kanje: “Nkosi yami noNkulunkulu wami, musani ukulibala: konke kanye. ngiyazinikela, ngizahlukanisela wena ngokuphelele, njengokuba nginjalo ebuntwini onginike bona; Ngikuhlabela ngempilo yami, ngilungele ukufela khona lapho ngenxa yothando lwakho futhi ngizihlanganise nawe. Ngawasho la mazwi ngentshiseko evuthayo, futhi ngakholwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu, omuhle kakhulu, wayezonginika izifiso zami ngaleso sikhathi; kodwa ngeshwa ! UNkulunkulu ungazise ukuthi isikhathi sasingakafiki; ukuthi anginike umkhuleko wami; kodwa
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ukuthi ngaphambili kwakufanele ngethembeke emiseni yakhe futhi ngizinikele entandweni yakhe.
O Nkulunkulu! yeka ukuzidela okwadingeka ngikwenze, ngibona ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayesafuna ukungivumela ngiphile! Ngokubona ukuthi ubuNkulunkulu buzoshabalala emehlweni ami, ngazinikela kulesi siphambano esikhulu ngenxa yothando lukaNkulunkulu, ngazilahla kuye ngokuphelele kuzo zonke izinto, futhi ngazimisela ukuphila isikhathi eside njengoba ethanda. Ngokushesha uBuNkulunkulu washabalala ngokushesha njengombani. Nokho, uNkulunkulu washiya phakathi kwami ukukhanya okwangithwala cishe ngokuqhubekayo kuye ngezifiso ezithambile nezinothando.
Ngaba nesikhathi sokuqaphela izikhathi eziningana, phakathi nenkambo yokuphila kwami, uNkulunkulu ayenginike, kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, umusa obizwa ngokuthi umusa wamahhala . Yilokhu kukhanya akhanyise ngakho ingaphakathi lami, yilokhu okuye kwangihola njalo, futhi kulapho uJC wabonakala kimi izikhathi eziningi, wakhuluma nami, wangibonisa, wangichazela futhi wayala ukuba ngibhale. . Mina, ukulalela uNkulunkulu, ngibhala konke uNkulunkulu angitshela kona ngokwakhe ekukhanyeni kwakhe kwaphezulu.
Ukushisekela kwakhe inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu nokusindiswa kwemiphefumulo.
Lokhu kukhanya kwasebenza kimi, nakuba ngangingumntwana obuthakathaka: isimiso sakho siyinkazimulo kaNkulunkulu nokusindiswa kwemiphefumulo. Inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu yavela kimi kusukela ebuntwaneni bami, kangangokuthi ngangifuna futhi ngifise, ngenxa yenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu nothando lwakhe, usuku ngalunye ngife ngezinhlobo eziyinkulungwane zokuhlushwa, nokuthi uNkulunkulu, ngamandla akhe. , ngabe ngavuswa ngalo lolo suku, ukuze ngakusasa ngiphinde ngihlupheke ngokuhlushwa nokufa, kangangokuthi izifiso zami zenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu zazinganeliseki. Ngamemeza: Nkulunkulu omuhle! Nkulunkulu wami! hhayi usuku olulodwa noma ezimbili, kodwa kuze kube sekupheleni kokuphila kwami, Nkosi, noma njalo kuze kube sekupheleni komhlaba.
Nasi esinye isifiso enganginaso, isifiso esasithambekele ekushisekeleni ukusindiswa kwemiphefumulo (isimiso kwakuwuthando lukaNkulunkulu) iNkosi Yethu eyayisihlenge ngegazi layo eliyigugu; Ngangifisa sengathi umzimba wami wawunqanyuliwe waba yizicucu, nokuthi iNkosi enhle yayiziguqule zaba izilimi eziningi, ezasuswa futhi zahlakazeka endaweni yonke, ukuze ngimemeze kakhulu: “Phendukani, noma nizobhubha nonke !
Iziyalezo zokuqala ezivela kunina; imiphumela emphefumulweni wakhe.
Lapho ngineminyaka emithathu noma emine, angikwazi ukusho ngokunembile ukuthi yimuphi kule minyaka emibili umama, owayengumKristu oqotho, owaqala ukungifundisa imithandazo yami. Lapho ingenza ngithi Baba Wethu, osezulwini, ngathi enhliziyweni yami: nguye engimbonile futhi okhuluma nami ngezinye izikhathi. Ngabuza umama ukuthi kusho ukuthini lokho, nokuthi wayengubaba wethu yini; umama wathatha ithuba wangixoxela imfihlakalo ethandekayo kaZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele Kakhulu kanye nobunye baBantu abathathu abahlukene, uYise, iNdodana noMoya oNgcwele. Wangifundisa izimfihlakalo zenkolo yethu engcwele, ngokungazisa ukuthi iNdodana yayiwumuntu wesibili kaZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele; ukuthi wazalwa esesibelethweni seNcasakazi engcwele; ukuthi wayeseyindoda nomntwana njengathi sonke; ukuthi wayengunkulunkulu-umuntu nomuntu-unkulunkulu; ekugcineni, wangiyala ngayo yonke imfundiso yeKhathekhizima yabantwana abancane. Ngayithola ithandeka le mfundiso, futhi ngabona,
Umama wangifundisa ukuthi kwakukhona isihogo, ukuhlushwa, namademoni ayehlupha abalahliwe, nokuthi kwakukhona ipharadesi eligcwele zonke izinhlobo zezinto ezijabulisayo, lapho umuntu ejabulela khona uNkulunkulu phakade. Wangazisa nokuthi kwakuyoba abahle ababezokwamukelwa kule ndawo yenjabulo, ikakhulukazi labo ababeyothanda uNkulunkulu ngenhliziyo yabo yonke.
Uvalo analo lokulahlwa.
Lapho umama engichazela ngezono ezihlukahlukene ezifayo nezilulazayo, ikakhulukazi emithethweni kaNkulunkulu kanye neyeBandla, ngathola kuyishwa ukuthi naphezu kwentando enhle umuntu wayekwazi ukucasula uNkulunkulu, azilahlekisele futhi azilahlekele: kwangidabukisa. ngaphakathi kwami okuncane, futhi kwakungenxa yalokhu kudabuka lapho uDeveli aqala khona ukuhlasela kwakhe kokuqala ngokusikisela kimi ngemibono enamandla ukuthi ngangingenaso isidingo sokujabula kakhulu ngokulindela ukubona uNkulunkulu; ukuthi angisoze ngambona, futhi ngiyokwenza zonke izono engangizichasiselwe zona.
Njengoba ukukhanya kokukholwa emaqinisweni evangeli kwembulwa kimi kuphela lapho izimfihlakalo zazichazelwa kimi, ngesikhathi udeveli engiyenga ngalokhu kwesaba, ngangingazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu omuhle wayemise eBandleni elingcwele amasakramente, futhi ikakhulukazi lawo okuphenduka abuyisana isoni noNkulunkulu lapho sinenhliziyo edabukile nethobekile. Yingakho kulobu buhlungu obukhulu angitholanga lutho oluqinile
ukuze ngiziduduze. Ngangihlale ngicindezelwe yilolu songo: Uyolahlwa, awusoze wambona uNkulunkulu!
Isiyalezo sikanina mayelana nokwahlulela okujwayelekile kwandisa ukwesaba kwakhe.
Kulobu buhlungu, kwenzeka ukuthi umama wangiyala ukuthi umphefumulo, ngehora lokufa, uvele ekwahlulelweni kukaNkulunkulu, owahlulela ngokwalokho onakho. kahle noma kabi. Ngokudlulele kosizi lwami, ngibamba leli thuba, futhi ngithi kimi: Impela,
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njengoba emva kokufa umuntu uvela phambi kuka Nkulunkulu, ngiyamazi, ngazi kahle ukuthi uyangithanda, ngiyozilahla ezinyaweni zakhe, ngiyomcela intethelelo ngenhliziyo enhle, ngimphoqelele kakhulu, angakwenzi. ngeke imahlukanise, futhi izongidonsela kanye naye embusweni wayo. Angizange ngibone ukuthi ngangiwela ephutheni, ngoba ngangingakafundiswa, futhi isizathu sami sasingakathuthuki ngokwanele. Lo mcabango wangiduduza futhi wangisekela ngokuqinile ngokumelene nedemoni. Lapho ngithola iziyalezo ezengeziwe, ngalibona iphutha lami, ngacela intethelelo kuNkulunkulu ngokuzithoba kakhulu, futhi ngavuma .
Uvalo nokwesaba kwakhe lapho kuduma izulu.
Yilokhu okwenzeka kimi phakathi nalezi zinhlungu: njengoba nje umama ayekhulume kimi ngesahlulelo esivamile nangezibonakaliso ezazizakwandulela, ngokuduma nokuzamazama komhlaba okwakuzolandela uNkulunkulu abonakale ngokusobala ukuze ahlulele abantu; futhi njengoba idemoni lalifake ukwesaba okukhulu emphefumulweni wami mayelana neNkosi Yethu, ngokunginika njalo ukuqonda ukuthi uzongilahla; konke lokhu kwabangela ukuthi lapho kuba khona ukuduma nombani, ngagcwala ukwesaba; Ngathi kimi: Nansi isahlulelo jikelele! nansi iNkosi enhle izovela izongehlulela mhlawumbe ingihlukanise naye kuze kube phakade!... kuqhume isivunguvungu ekhoneni elincane lendlu, ukulindela uJehova; Ngangilunguza emnyango noma efasiteleni, ngindikindiki, uma ngingaboni hhayi
INkosi yethu iyeza, amehlo ami elokhu ebheke emkhathini. Lapho isiphepho sesidlulile, nesimo sezulu sesithule, ngagxuma ngabheka phansi, ngijabula futhi ngithi kimi: Ngeke kube okwanamuhla; kuzoba ngesinye isikhathi.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi nangesizathu, lokhu kwesaba kwashabalala njengoba ngifunda kangcono futhi umama waqala ukungithatha ngihambe naye emisa nekhathekizimu. Kungaleso sizathu kanye nokukhanya kokholo kwathatha isandla esikhulu nakakhulu, futhi kwangikhulula kuzo zonke izinto ezesabisayo zobuntwana ezazingenasisekelo, ukuze kungenze ngingene emaqinisweni aqine ngokwengeziwe .
Ngilotshelwe ukuthi ngazi kulabo abangiholayo uma ngingakhohliswa usathane.
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UDade, ngemva kokugcina imfihlo isikhathi eside konke uNkulunkulu ayesebenza kuye, uphoqelekile ukuthi akuthole futhi akubhale phansi. Izincwadi zakhe zokuqala ziyashiswa, futhi ngemva kokushushiswa isikhathi eside ngale ndaba, usephinde wabhala futhi.
Ngibhekana lapha nezimfihlo ezingenakuphulwa engangizigcina kusukela ebuntwaneni bami kwaze kwaba yisikhathi lapho uNkulunkulu ayefuna ukuba ngembule ingaphakathi lami kufakazi wami; Ngisabhekene nezinhlungu ezingizwise izindela eziningana, ngokuyinhloko induna nababili abavuma izono.
UDade ugcina imfihlo ejulile ngengaphakathi lakhe.
Ngizosho lapha ukuthi kufana nesimangaliso, ukuthi umntwana oneminyaka emibili nengxenye angagcina imfihlo engapheli ngakho konke okwenzeka kuye, nakho konke akubona kuNkulunkulu, ngisho nangemibono eminingana lokho uMsindisi wethu waphezulu akwenza kuye. nami lapho ngineminyaka eyisikhombisa noma eyisishiyagalombili, noma eyisishiyagalombili noma eyisishiyagalolunye ubudala. Angikwazi ukulungisa iminyaka eqondile; kodwa engikwaziyo ukuthi kwenzeka ebuntwaneni bami. Angikaze ngitshele muntu ngakho. Ngangingasanyakazi noma ngihlukile kwezinye izingane. Ngayigcina imfihlo kangangokuthi angizange ngisho nelilodwa izwi ngakho kumuntu ovuma izono zami, ngaphandle uma ngivume ukuthi ngicasule uNkulunkulu ngendaba ethile ehlobene nalezi zinto ezingavamile.
Ukucacisa ukuthi ngenze kanjani ukuba ngiziphendulele ngengaphakathi lami ngaze ngikwazi ukubhala phansi okwenzeka kimina, mangisho ukuthi ngemva konyaka noma emibili ngifungile izifungo zami zenkolo emphakathini wakithi, ngangisakholwa. ukuthi ovuma izono zakhe kuphela. Ngangiyocabanga ukuthi kubi ukube ngangimlandisa ngonembeza wami, ikakhulukazi njengoba ngangikholelwa ukuthi wonke umuntu wayeholwa izibani ezifanayo nezami; kodwa lapho ihora lifika, uNkulunkulu wathola indlela yokungazisa kumuntu ovuma izono zami.
Unesibopho sokwazisa lokho uNkulunkulu akwenzayo kuye.
Ngolunye usuku ngaphambi komkhosi woKuphakama kweNkosi Yethu, ngaziletha ukuze ngivume izono. Umvuma izono, ngokumelene nesiko lakhe, wangimisa isikhashana ukuze angishumayeze ngokunqoba kweNkosi Yethu. Izinkulumo zezikhonzi zikaNkulunkulu zazihlale zinethonya elikhulu kimi. Lapho eseqedile ukukhuluma, mina, ngingazi ukuthi ngizothini, futhi ngingafuni ngisho nokukhuluma, ngaqala kabusha ngesihloko esifanayo naso ayesiqalile, futhi ngaqala ukukhuluma ngokunyakaza kokuncoma ukunqoba kanye injabulo ebangelwa iNkosi Yethu ishiya umhlaba ukuze inyukele ezulwini. Umpristi ungilalela isikhathi esithile, bese ethi kimi: Dadewethu, ngifuna ubuye uzongithola ngalelo langa, uzongilandisa ngonembeza wakho. Mina, engangingakaze ngikwenze ngaphambili, ngamangala kakhulu. Nokho,
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lendaba eNkosini Yethu, eyanginika ukuqonda ukuthi kwakuyintando yayo.
Ngakho ngahamba ngesikhathi esimisiweyo kumvumo wami; Ngamlandisa ngakho konke iNkosi elungile eyangiphefumulela ukuba ngimtshele yona. Lapho ngihamba, ummeli wami wangitshela ukuthi kufanele ngibuye ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho. Ngamenzela ubunzima obuningi, ngisola izaba eziningi engangiziphakamisile ubuciko bukasathane, owayengafuni ngiye kovuma icala ngale ndaba, ethi kwakuyoba yimbangela yokulahlwa kwami. Lapho ummeli wami ebona ukuthi ngangibonisana naye, wangiyala. Ngathatha umhlalaphansi nginganeliseki kangako. Idimoni langihlukumeza kakhulu kunakuqala. Kubaluleke ngani? I
ngabuyela ukuze ngilalele, ngayilandisa into uNkulunkulu ayeyishilo. Ngaphambi kokuthatha umhlalaphansi, ngamncenga ngobuqotho ukuba angikhulule emyalweni wakhe, ukuze ngingabe ngisabophezeleka ukumtshela ngonembeza wami; kwangizwisa ubuhlungu obukhulu emadimoni angaphakathi kwami. Lo mvumi omuhle wasamukela isicelo sami, okwangenza nganeliseka. Amadimoni ayeka inkani yawo yokulwa nami. Ngazithola nginokuthula ngokwengeziwe kimi. Lokhu kwathatha cishe izinyanga ezimbili, ekupheleni kwakho iNkosi Yethu, eSidlweni sami, yangiyala ngokuqinile ukuba ngihambe ngiyolandisa ngonembeza wami kummeli wami, njengoba ayecabanga ukuthi kufanele, futhi ngimtshele esikhundleni sakhe ukuthi wangiyala. Wangamukela ngomusa, futhi kwangenza ngaqonda ukuthi kwakudingeka ngempela ukuze kube nenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu kanye nensindiso yomphefumulo wami; ukuthi kumele ngiholwe ngufakazi wami, funa ngikhohliswe usathane. Kusukela lapho bengilokhu ngilalela ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwami abavuma izono.
Ngaphambi kokuthatha umhlalaphansi, umxolisi wami wangitshela ukuthi wayezongihlupha kancane ngangokunokwenzeka, ngenxa yomsebenzi womphakathi; ukuthi kwakudingekile ukuya ekuvumeni izono ngamaSonto noma ngamaholide, futhi wanezela ukuthi ukube ngangazi ukubhala, wayezongiphoqa ukuba ngenze kanjalo.
Phakathi neminyaka eyishumi kuya kweyishumi nanye engumqondisi womphakathi wakithi, ngamtshela ngonembeza wami. Wathathwa kithi nguMbhishobhi wethu, ukuze abe umfundisi. Ngaphambi kokungishiya wangiyala ukuba ngibike ngonembeza wami kunoma ubani owayezofika esikhundleni sakhe, kanjalo nakubo bonke abanye ngemva kwakhe.
Omunye wabavuma izono zakhe umphoqa ukuba abhale lokho uNkulunkulu amtshela kona ngaphakathi.
Ngakho-ke lo mvumi wokuqala esehoxile, ngazibhekisa kulowo ofike esikhundleni sakhe. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, wangiyala ukuba ngifike ngimthole ngasese, kuphela uma ngithola imvume kumphathi wami, ngoba wayefuna ukubhala indaba kanembeza wami; kodwa ngeshwa ! akuthathanga sikhathi. Ngeke ngikhulume lapha zonke izithiyo, bonke ubunzima obabangelwa nhlangothi zombili, nokucasuka okwavela. Ngabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi bavuselwe kimi kuphela ngamademoni. UNkulunkulu wabuye wangiyala ukuba ngiqhubeke ngibhala, ngoba kwakuyintando yakhe. Saphoqeleka ukuba sizimise izinkulumo zethu isikhathi esithile. Ngaleso sikhathi kwafika uMthunywa Wevangeli ukuzosenzela ukuhlehla. Ufakazi wami wangibeka ezandleni zakhe ngesikhathi sokuhoxa, futhi wangiyala ukuba ngimlandise ngonembeza wami. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, akashiyanga lutho olwalungamyala konke
izinkinga kanye nabo bonke ubunzima obavela emphakathini, lapho uqaphela ukuthi ngithatha isikhathi eside ekuvumeni; futhi wamkhombisa isiqalo semibhalo esasiyibhale ndawonye.
Ekupheleni kokuhlehla uMshumayeli wathi kimi: Ngifuna ngempela ukuthi ubhale, futhi ngiyakuyala ukuba wenze njalo. Uma induna yakho ikuyala ngenye indlela, ungamlaleli, ngokuba umyalo wami uphezu kwawo. Ngammela ngokuzithoba ukuthi kukhona amanazaretha azokubona lokhu, futhi kusazodala uthuthuva emphakathini. UMthunywa Wevangeli wangiphendula ngokuthi kwakudingekile ukuba kuhambe kusihlwa, ngemva kwemisebenzi yomphakathi, nalapho izindela seziye ezitokisini zazo, okwenzeka ngehora lesishiyagalombili kusihlwa. Wanginika imvume kusukela kweyisishagalombili kuya kwelishumi kuphela.
Ukushushiswa abhekana nakho kulesi senzakalo.
Kodwa ngeshwa! Yeka isiphithiphithi esadalwa uSathane! waphakamisa izindelakazi eziyisithupha noma eziyisikhombisa ukuba zingibheke futhi zihlale zingibhekile ezivela ezindaweni eziningana ezizungeze indawo yokuvuma izono. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, amademoni agcwalisa ingqondo yami nemicabango yami ngokwesaba nokwesaba, engitshela ukuthi ngicasule uNkulunkulu olungile, nokuthi ngimnike ithuba lokumcasula. Owayengivuma izono zami wayehlale engenza ngiqhubeke, futhi idemoni lalisebenza ohlangothini lwakhe ukuze lingivimbele ekubhaleni.
Amademoni, ngobungcweti bawo, asebenzisa izindelakazi ezimbalwa ezingaphumuli nezinelukuluku, njengoba ngishilo, zajoyina abadala abambalwa ababenobuntu obubodwa. Ishwa laliwukuthi eyami yayiphambana nabo. Amademoni abe esenqoba ukubona i-cabal enhle kangaka isebenzela inzuzo yawo, futhi awakwazanga ukuzibamba ekuboniseni ukwaneliseka kwawo kimi ngokungibhuqa kwawo.
Ngelinye ilanga ngangisanda kubhala,
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ngiphuma ekamelweni lokuqala lendawo yokuvuma izono, ngahlangana namademoni amabili noma amathathu emnyango, ayeqamekele njengezindela lapho ezongilalela. Lapho ngibona amadimoni ngamangala kakhulu.
Ngama phambi kwabo ukuze ngibone ukuthi kuzoba njani. Baqala ukungitshela: Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uzama kangakanani, utholakele futhi sizokwenza ukuthi uyeke ukubhala. Ngumuntu onjalo, esimsebenzisayo, oza ezokulalela. Khona-ke baqala ukungihleka ngokukhulu ukufutheka futhi ngamandla kangangokuthi baze baginqane phezu komunye nomunye. Ngahlehla kubo ngokudelela ngizitshela ukuthi banamanga futhi lokhu abakwenzayo bekuwukusabisa nje.
Oda ukuthi uyeke ukubhala.
Ngamtshela konke lokhu owayengivumisa, owangitshela ukuthi kwakudingeka ngiqhubeke njalo. Amanazaretha engikhulume ngawo abhala incwadi ngendlela yesimilo sawo futhi ngaphandle kokwazi koMkhulu, futhi le ncwadi yathunyelwa kuMphathi Omkhulu. Ngolunye usuku, ngaphambi kokuba impendulo ifinyelele ku-confessor, ngahlangana nowayeyindela ehola i-cabal futhi idemoni elalingiqambe ngokuthi nguye owangilalela. Ngasho lokhu ku-confessor wami, wangiphendula wathi: Dadewethu, asiyeke ukubhala; Ngizothumela incwadi kuMphathi Omkhulu. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, owavuma izono zami wathola imiyalo yokuba ayeke ukubhala; ngoba ngalesosikhathi kwasekulahlwa konke.
Nakuba ngangiyinhlekisa futhi ngihlekwa izindela, engikhulume ngazo, ngajabula futhi ngakholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi konke lokho kwase kudlule unomphela. I-confession yami yahlaselwa ngokuyingozi ukugula kwe-languor; Nganginovalo lokuthi amaphepha ayewaphethe ezandleni zakhe ayezowela kubazali bakhe ababengabantu bomhlaba, ngikhumbula ukuthi kunemibhalo ethile kule mibhalo eyayingabafanele neze abantu bezwe.
Izindaba eziqukethwe emibhalweni. Zishisiwe.
Kungase kube nemibhalo yesandla emibili noma ngaphezulu, equkethe izinto ezimbalwa mayelana nezindaba zamanje. Kwakukhona futhi izinto eziningana ezazithinta umama wethu iBandla elingcwele, futhi ezazithakazelisa ngokukhethekile izikhonzi zeNkosi. Kwakusenencwadi ekhuluma ngothando lukaNkulunkulu, eyayichaza umehluko phakathi kothando olumsulwa lukaNkulunkulu kanye nenkazimulo yakhe emsulwa evela enkazimulweni nothando lomuntu siqu. Uthando olumsulwa lukaNkulunkulu lwaluhlobene neNgoma Yezingoma.
Ngolunye usuku, ngizithola ngikanye nomuntu engivuma izono, ngamtshela ngokwesaba kwami, ngathi kuye: Baba, ngicabanga ukuthi kungaba ngcono ukushisa le mibhalo. Ungu
waphendula ngokuthi wayecabange njengami, futhi ngalobo busuku wawafaka wonke emlilweni. Ngemva nje kokufa kwakhe.
Kwakukhona umfundisi edolobheni lakithi owayazi ngalemibhalo ngoba owangivuma izono wambonisa yona. Lapho ezwa ukuthi kushile yonke into, wezwa usizi olungenakuluveza. Wayehlose ukuyithatha ngemva kokushona kofakazi bami.
Uhlushwa yini uDade ngale ndaba kumanazaretha, iNhloko yakhe kanye nabavuma izono.
Hewu Nkosi yami! kungenzeka yini ukuthi ngikwazi ukuchaza iziphambano, ukuhlukumezeka kanye nokululazeka okwadingeka ngibhekane nakho, kokubili emphakathini kanye nakulabo abavuma izono. Kwabe sekufika umfundisi osemncane njengoMqondisi woMphakathi. UMphathi wangaleso sikhathi wayebuze uMbhishobhi. Uyena owagcina leli tulo engikhulume ngalo ngenhla, futhi owayebhalele uMphathi Omkhulu ukuthi ayeke ukubhala. Washeshe wafaka imizwa ngokumelene nami kulo mshumayeli omusha, ngokombono wakhe ngabo.
Ngolunye usuku lapho ngigade isiguli egunjini labagulayo, loMphathi wangicela ukuba ngilale embhedeni kulesi sikhungo. Wayecabanga ukuthi ngilele, ngeshwa kwakungenjalo. Kwakunaye kuphela abasizi besikhathi esidlule, ababengilalele endaweni yokuvuma izono, kanye nofakazi omusha, owayezile ukuzosiza owesifazane owayegulela ukufa. Ngibe nebhadi lokuzwa ukuxolisa kwami. Ngamunye wabo walandisa indaba yakhe ngokwalokho akubonile noma akuzwile; kodwa oPhezukonke wayazi okwengeziwe, nakuba ayengazi lutho oluyiqiniso futhi olungokoqobo mayelana nengaphakathi likanembeza wami, ngoba uNkulunkulu wayekwenqabele kimi. Ngayizwa yonke ingxoxo; kodwa okwakuzwela kakhulu enhliziyweni yami, ngezwa uMkhulu wami esho ukuthini wayefunde kimi, nakuba ngangimncenga, eguqe ngamadolo womabili, ebheke phansi, ukuba akugcine kuyimfihlo ayekuzwile. Ukube ummeli wayekhona, bekungeke kungithinte njengoba ngimuzwa ephindaphinda izindelakazi ezinhlanu noma eziyisithupha, ezazenza inhlekisa. UMkhulu wagomela kulowo ovumayo ukuthi akufanele ngiziphathe ngendlela efanayo noma ngonyawo olufana nolowayevuma icala, nokuthi kufanele alalele mina kuphela ukuze avume; okuyinto u-confessor ayisebenzisa kahle kakhulu. Ngemva kokuzwa zonke lezi zinkulumo ngangikude kakhulu nokumvulela ingaphakathi lami, ngaphandle uma kukhona okukhulu ukugcina lokho ayekuzwile kuyimfihlo. Ukube ummeli wayekhona, bekungeke kungithinte njengoba ngimuzwa ephindaphinda izindelakazi ezinhlanu noma eziyisithupha, ezazenza inhlekisa. UMkhulu wagomela kulowo ovumayo ukuthi akufanele ngiziphathe ngendlela efanayo noma ngonyawo olufana nolowayevuma icala, nokuthi kufanele alalele mina kuphela ukuze avume; okuyinto u-confessor ayisebenzisa kahle kakhulu. Ngemva kokuzwa zonke lezi zinkulumo ngangikude kakhulu nokumvulela ingaphakathi lami, ngaphandle uma kukhona okukhulu ukugcina lokho ayekuzwile kuyimfihlo. Ukube ummeli wayekhona, bekungeke kungithinte njengoba ngimuzwa ephindaphinda izindelakazi ezinhlanu noma eziyisithupha, ezazenza inhlekisa. UMkhulu wagomela kulowo ovumayo ukuthi akufanele ngiziphathe ngendlela efanayo noma ngonyawo olufana nolowayevuma icala, nokuthi kufanele alalele mina kuphela ukuze avume; okuyinto u-confessor ayisebenzisa kahle kakhulu. Ngemva kokuzwa zonke lezi zinkulumo ngangikude kakhulu nokumvulela ingaphakathi lami, ngaphandle uma kukhona okukhulu UMkhulu wagomela kulowo ovumayo ukuthi akufanele ngiziphathe ngendlela efanayo noma ngonyawo olufana nolowayevuma icala, nokuthi kufanele alalele mina kuphela ukuze avume; okuyinto u-confessor ayisebenzisa kahle kakhulu. Ngemva kokuzwa zonke lezi zinkulumo ngangikude kakhulu nokumvulela ingaphakathi lami, ngaphandle uma kukhona okukhulu UMkhulu wagomela kulowo ovumayo ukuthi akufanele ngiziphathe ngendlela efanayo noma ngonyawo olufana nolowayevuma icala, nokuthi kufanele alalele mina kuphela ukuze avume; okuyinto u-confessor ayisebenzisa kahle kakhulu. Ngemva kokuzwa zonke lezi zinkulumo ngangikude kakhulu nokumvulela ingaphakathi lami, ngaphandle uma kukhona okukhulu isidingo.
Ngahlala iminyaka eyishumi nambili kulesi sikhundla, ngaphandle kokuba nokuzethemba okuncane noma ku-confessor noma ku-Superior, futhi
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elokhu ehlushwa amademoni, ayebonakala edlala nami ibhola. UNkulunkulu kuphela owaziyo ukuthi kwadingeka ngihlupheke ngani ngenxa yezindelakazi eziningana, ikakhulukazi ngenkathi ngingaphansi kokuqondisa kwalo Mphathi Omkhulu. Kodwa okwakubuhlungu kakhulu kimi kwakuyizithuko zabavuma izono kanye nokudideka ababengikhungathe ngakho: kwakubonakala sengathi uMsindisi wami ongcwele
ngokwakhe emdlalweni, enginikeza imiyalo ezintweni ezihlukahlukene angazisa kimi. Hamba, yathi iNkosi kimi: Ngiyakuyala ukuba uziphendulele kulowo okuvumayo. Ngangiqiniseka kakhulu ukuthi ngangizokwamukelwa kabi kakhulu, nokuthi wayengeke angilalele ngokuzithandela: kwakubalulekile ngani? Ngangihamba. Ufakazi wangilalela wabe esethi kimi: Hamba utshele lowo ovuma izono zakho. Wayengumvumi womphakathi wezindela: wayenokhakhahlo, noma ekuvumeni izono noma lapho ngimlandisa ngengaphakathi lami; okwenza buthaka kakhulu ukumethemba enganginakho kuye; Ngazibhekisa kuye kuphela ngenxa yezizathu nokholo olumsulwa. Amademoni ahlala engihlupha ukuba ngimshiye, engitshela ukuthi ukuvuma lokho Bengikwenza kuye bekukubi. Uma ngibuza kuNkulunkulu, ngabona ukuthi kuzongilimaza ukumshintsha; ukuthi wayazi kahle imiphefumulo; ukuthi wayengumphristi oyisibonelo ekukhonzeni kwakhe, nokuthi kufanele ukuthi wayenolwazi nolwazi. Yingakho, naphezu kokuphikisana naphezu kwezilingo zikadeveli, ngadlula ngaphezu kwakho konke, futhi ngaqhubeka ngiya kuye kwaze kwaba yisikhathi lapho uNkulunkulu eyala okuhlukile .
INkosi yethu iyambophezela ukuthi amemezele kuvuma izono zakhe ngeNguquko YaseFrance kanye nentukuthelo eyayizokwenziwa kuBaba wethu Ongcwele uPapa.
Nakhu manje okwenzeka kimi ikakhulukazi. INkosi yethu yangazise isimo iFrance eyayizoncishiswa kuso isizwe, kanye nengcindezelo eyayiyobamba uBaba wethu Ongcwele uPapa, ize imuphuce amandla akhe. INkosi yethu yangibophezela ukuba ngihambe ngiyobika ngakho kufakazi wami, okwathi ngemva kokuzwa amazwi amabili noma amathathu, wathi kimi: Dadewethu ,
hamba utshele umeluleki wakho ngokungavamile, ozofika lapha ngalolu suku.
U-confessor uyamphika; ukholelwa ukuthi ungumJanseni; wenza isivumo jikelele.
Ngaya osukwini olumisiwe, futhi ngakhuluma uma lo ovuma ukuchithwa kweFrance: kodwa lapho sengikhulume ngokucindezelwa kukaBaba oNgcwele, isizwe esasizosusa kuye amandla akhe, wababaza ngendlela yokwethusa. mina
: Hleka, awunalutho ngaphandle kwezinto ezimbi ongangibikela zona. Ngicabanga ngalokho ayengitshele kona, ngokwazi ukuthi ngamtshela izinto ezimbi kuphela, angizange ngiliqonde kahle leli gama elibi ., futhi ngacabanga ukuthi wayengitshela ukuthi ngingumJanseni. Ngakho-ke ngahlola ukuphila kwami konke nokuziphatha kwami ngezindlela ezingavamile, futhi ngakubheka njengezindlela zamaJansen, ngaphandle kokudangala. Nokho, ngangizibheka njengomuntu okhohlisiwe, futhi owayengafisi, ngendlela yamaJansen. Eh. KUHLE! Ngathi ngenhliziyo, iNkosi enhle izongihawukela. Nansi inkohliso yami edaluliwe, ngiyayibona; Ngizokwenza isivumo esijwayelekile sazo zonke izibani zamanga ezidukise ingqondo yami; ngiyakukulahla, ngenze ukuzisola ngakho ukuphila kwami konke. Ngaya kothola u-confessor owayenolaka futhi eqinile, futhi owayengithethise kakhulu ngokumtshela izinto ezimbi. Ngamtshela ukuthi ngangifuna ukuvuma izono, ngoba ngangicabanga ukuthi ngangikhohlisiwe. Wavuma ngokuzithandela. Ngazibeka icala, ngokwenkolelo yami, ngazo zonke izinkanyiso zamanga, ngazo zonke izinto ezingavamile, nakho konke engangikholelwa ukuthi kuyiphutha kimi, nginqume kahle ukulahla zonke izinto. okungajwayelekile.
UNkulunkulu umnika izibani ezinkulu.
Yilokhu okwenzeka kimi ngemva kokuvuma izono; kodwa yini isidalwa esingayenza lapho uMdali esiyala futhi esibusa! Ngemva kokuvuma izono zami, kwabonakala sengathi uNkulunkulu wayekujabulela ukunginikeza imibono emnandi ngobukhona bakhe, futhi nangokungenza ngibone ngokucace nakakhulu zonke izinto ayefuna ukuzenza zaziwe.
UMsindisi wethu ongcwele wayazi kahle indlela yokuxosha enkumbulweni yami zonke izinqumo engangizithathile ekuvumeni kwami, kanye nayo yonke imicabango engangikhohliswe yilezi zindlela ezingavamile. Lapho loMsindisi waphezulu efika, ngomphumela wothando lwakhe olumnene, ezongibiza ngomntwana wakhe, kwangithinta ngokujulile kangangokuthi ngazinikela kuye ngokuphelele ukuze ngenze okuthile futhi ngihlupheke.
noma yini emthokozisayo. Lo mcabango wangikhuthaza kakhulu kuNkulunkulu, ngaze ngazizwa sengathi ngingokaNkulunkulu ngokuphelele, futhi uNkulunkulu wazinikela konke kimi.
Ngemva kweminyaka eyishumi nambili yokuhlupheka, yonke into iyashintsha ngoDade. Usebhale futhi.
Phakathi neminyaka eyishumi nambili eyadlula ngaphansi kokuholwa yilaba bavuma izono ababili, omunye emnene omunye enokhahlo, ngangihlala ngihlupheka futhi ngilwa, ngingenaye umuntu engangingabelana naye ngosizi lwami, futhi nginesibindi sokulumemezela: noma kubavuma izono zami, noma kubaphathi bami. Kodwa kungazelelwe uNkulunkulu washintsha izinto ngami. Okokuqala, ngazithola ngisezandleni zomphathi engangimethemba kakhulu. Kwababili ababevuma izono zethu, oyedwa wasishiya, omunye wagula wafa. Kwafika njengomqondisi womphakathi wethu umfundisi wevangeli owayenolwazi oluningi, imfundiso kanye nolwazi oluningi: umphathi wami wanginxusa ukuba ngimnike ukuzethemba kwami futhi ngizazise kuye. Angibanga nankinga ukukwenza, ngoba uNkulunkulu wangenza
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ukuzwa ukuthi kwakuyintando yakhe, nokuthi, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, yilokho uNkulunkulu ayengigcinele kona. Angibange ngisapholisa maseko emva kokufika kwakhe ngazibonakalisa kuye. Lapho ngiqhubeka ngikhuluma naye, kwaba yilapho ngizizwa ngikhululekile nakakhulu ukumvulela inhliziyo yami, kanye nokumtshela yonke into ngokuzethemba okukhulu. Okokuqala wayefuna ngivume izono. Ngammela ukuthi angizizwa ngidinga. Waphendula ngokuthi kwakudingeka kuye, ukuze angazi kangcono. Ukuvuma kwami, wangiyala ukuba ngimtshele ngonembeza wami, ngoba wayefuna ukubhala phansi konke engangikusho kuye, futhi wengeza ngokuthi akukho okunye engangikukhathalela ngaphandle kokulalela. Ah! Ngabona ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi kwakuyihora iNkosi eyayizibekele lona ukuba yenze umsebenzi wayo (1),
(1) Lena cishe indaba kaMnu. Genet, umhleli wemiqulu emithathu yokuqala. Kuyomjabulisa ofundayo ukuzwa uSister ezitshela yena.
Ngangihamba cishe zonke izinsuku ukuze ngithole ummeli wami ukuze aqhubeke nomsebenzi wethu; wathatha amaphuzu kuphela kulokho engangikusho kuye; okwathi ngemva kwalokho, emini noma ebusuku, wabhala futhi wahlela izindaba engangimchazele zona. Sahamba ngamagxathu amakhulu, naphezu kwemimoya nezivunguvungu ezisihlasele, nosathane wavusa amakholwa amabili noma amathathu, asebelula isandla ukungihlola nokungilandela yonke indawo. Omunye wabo ikakhulukazi wayezolahlekelwa ikhanda ngenxa yomona nelukuluku lokwazi ukuthi ngizokwenzani noma ngithini kulowo ovuma izono. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wangihlola lapho ngiyobonana nomphathi. Konke lokhu kwakungenxa yezikhalo zakhe ezimbi, okwamholela ekubeni anginikeze ukushaqeka ngokomzwelo, hhayi nje ngasese, kodwa naphambi kwabantu. Wangihlanzela konke idimoni elimphakamisela emphefumulweni wakhe; kodwa noma yini! Ngaso sonke isikhathi ngangiphuma endleleni yami yokulalela, futhi ngisekelwa ufakazi wami kanye nomphathi wami. Lapho ngiyobona ummeli wami kusihlwa, uMphathi wami wangihola futhi wahlala emnyango we-confessional, ngokwesaba ukuthi kungase kube khona ozongilalela; uma ibhizinisi elithile limvimbela, wayebeka indela ethembekile eyimfihlo.
U-confessor uyaphoqeleka ukuba abaleke. Umsebenzi uyaphazamiseka; kodwa bamthumelela imibhalo uDade ayeyibikele indela ethenjwayo.
Esikhathini esingaphansi kwezinyanga eziyisikhombisa noma eziyisishiyagalombili umsebenzi wethu wawusuzoqedwa; kodwa ngeshwa! izinxushunxushu zesizwe zaphoqa ukuthi u-confessor wethu abaleke. Wahlala eFrance isikhathi eside, futhi wangiyala ukuba ngibhale indela ethenjwayo, futhi ngomyalo womphathi wami; esikwenzile. Lapho sesibhale imadlana ethile, sasiyidlulisela kuye lapho ayethathe khona umhlalaphansi.
Isizwe sesimxoshile eFrance, waya eNgilandi, lapho samthumelela khona imibhalo yethu, inqobo nje uma sithola izindlela; kodwa ngokushesha kwenzeka ukuthi akukho okunye okwakungathunyelwa, futhi satshelwa ukuthi singaphinde sithumele lutho. Ngaleso sikhathi iphakethe elincane selilungile, umama wethu wathi kimi: Dadewethu, ngeke ngiphathe leli phakethe, ngesaba kakhulu ukuseshwa nokumbiwa kwesizwe, ngilishise, noma niligcine, ngicela. Ngayigcina.
Nansi into ethile, eyabonisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wawuvikela umsebenzi. Emasontweni amabili noma amathathu kamuva, ngomunye uMgqibelo ekuseni lapho ngiphambi kweSakramente Elingcwele, iNkosi yethu yathi kimi ngezwi eliqinile: Hamba uthathe iphasela lakho ulithumele ngokushesha. Ngiyahamba njengamanje, ngiyazithatha
imibhalo, ngiya kuMkhulu wami, ngithi kuye: Umama, iNkosi isho into enje kimi; nali iphakheji, ngicela ulithumele. Umphathi wami ngokushesha wakufeza lokho iNkosi eyayikushilo. Iphakethe ladlula ngenjabulo kangangokuthi, ngemva kokutshela u-confessor wethu ukuthi kukhona amashidi ephaketheni, esingajabula ukuwabuyisela lapho esewalobile, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi amashidi esasiwacelile afika ephephile. ngokwedlula.
Ngokubona ukuthi isebenze kahle kakhulu, sathi: Kusafanele sibhale phansi ukuthi empeleni senzeni. Ezinsukwini eziyisishiyagalombili kamuva sabuyisela enye incwadi yokubhalela; kodwa sathola ukuthi amatilosi ayephoqelekile ukuba alahle amaphakethe amaningi ezinhlamvu, namanye amaphepha abalulekile.
Ngeshwa incwajana yethu yayingenye yazo: u-confessor wasibhalela ukuthi akatholanga lutho. Ngokwalesi saziso asiphindanga sabhala.
§. III.
INkosi yethu ibonakala kuDadewethu ngezindlela ezahlukene nangezindlela ezahlukene.
Ngibika lapha ukuthi iNkosi Yethu yabonakala kanjani kimi ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene futhi ngaphansi kwezimo ezihlukahlukene, ngaphandle kokubonisa cishe noma yini emizwa yangaphandle.
Ngiphinde ngibuyele ebuntwaneni bami, ukuze ngenze iBandla lijwayelane kangcono nendlela engaholwa ngayo.
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Indlela iNkosi Yethu yabonakala ngayo kuDadewethu.
Lapho iNkosi Yethu ibonakala kimi ngineminyaka emibili nengxenye ubudala, lombono wawubonakala ezinzwa zangaphandle kanye nasemphefumulweni. Angizange ngiyibone iNkosi Yethu ngokusobala: Ngabona ngezinzwa zangaphandle kuphela imbulunga yokukhanya eyayizungeza ubuNkulunkulu. Kuzo zonke izibonakaliso, kusukela ebuntwaneni bami, kukho konke iNkosi Yethu eyangitshela khona,
noma kwenziwa ukuthi ngizwe, lapho engihambisa lapha nalaphaya ngomoya kanye naye, futhi ngokuvamile kukho konke lokho okungajwayelekile okwenzeka kimi, izinzwa zabantu abavamile azibanga nangxenye kukho, noma nhlobo. Ngokwesibonelo, lapho ngibona iNkosi Yethu, kwakungekhona ngamehlo omzimba. Lapho ekhuluma nami, kwakungezona izindlebe zomzimba ezimuzwayo, kwakungumphefumulo wami nokuqonda kwami, ngamafuphi, ingaphakathi lami lonke.
Wayevame ukubonakala kuye esesimweni sompristi.
Ngizosho futhi amafomu iNkosi Yethu eyabonakala ngawo kimi izikhathi eziningana. Ngokwesibonelo, lapho idemoni lingihlasela ebuntwaneni bami, iNkosi yethu yabonakala kimi izikhathi eziningana ngaphansi komfanekiso wompristi ogqoke i-alb futhi ebhince intambo, Intshontsho lawela esifubeni, ekugcineni njengompristi owayezogqoka gubha iMisa eliNgcwele. Ngathi ngimbona ngagijima ngaya kuye. Izingubo zakhe zazicolekile futhi zimhlophe kangangokuthi zasakaza ukukhanya okukhulu nxazonke zakhe.
INkosi yethu yakhuluma nami ngezimpi enganginazo futhi okwakumelwe ngizisekele ngokumelene namademoni. Wangixwayisa, wathi kimi: “Phakamisela kimi inhliziyo yakho nomoya wakho, amademoni ngeke akulimaze. Khululeka kimi mtanami ngizokuvikela ngikweseke ezimpini. »
Ngimbone izikhathi ezingaphezu kwamashumi amabili ngaphansi kwesithombe sompristi, njengoba ngisanda kusho. Bekubalulekile. Kwakuwukungikhuthaza, okwenzeka ngempela, udumo olukhulu, inhlonipho ejulile nokuhlonishwa okukodwa kwezikhonzi zeNkosi; futhi njengoba iNkosi Yethu yayazi ukuthi ngangizoba nezindaba eziningi engangizozixoxa nabo, yayifuna ukuba ngilondolozwe kulo lonke uthando lomuntu nakuyo yonke inhlonipho yomuntu, angisho ekuvumeni izono kuphela, kodwa ikakhulukazi ezingxoxweni ukuthi ngangiyophoqeleka ukuba ube nabo yedwa. UNkulunkulu wayefuna ngingalokothi ngigqoke lutho lomuntu lapho, kodwa ngibabone kuNkulunkulu, noNkulunkulu ekubo.
Wayevame ukubonakala kuye ngesimo sakhe semvelo, futhi ngokuvamile wayekhuluma naye ngaphandle kokuzibonakalisa kuye.
INkosi yethu iye yabonakala kaningi kimi ngaphansi komfanekiso wayo wemvelo, futhi njengoba yayinjalo ekuphileni kwayo kwasemhlabeni kanye nabaPhostoli bayo. Wakhuluma nami kaningi, ngaphandle kokuvela kimi futhi ngaphandle kokubona kwami lutho, kuphela ukuzwa nokuzwa enhliziyweni yami ukusondela kokuba khona kwakhe okubucayi, njengoba umuntu ezwa, isibonelo, ukuba khona komngane othanda ngenhliziyo yonke nangobubele, nokuthi ubani oza kuwe ebusuku. Awunawo umlilo, awunakhandlela, noma umngane wakho futhi. Ubona umngane wakho ngokuphimisa kwezwi lakhe, nakuba wena ungamazi
ngingaboni. Ngokushesha umbiza ngegama, futhi uthando onalo ngaye lusakazeka enhliziyweni yakho futhi likujabulele, ngoba uzwa sengathi umngane wakho ukhona, nakuba ungamboni. Yilokhu okwenzeka kimi mayelana neNkosi Yethu, emibonweni embalwa efana naleyo engisanda kuyibala.
Ukubonakala kwesiphambano esikhazimulayo, bese kuba kweNkosi Yethu esesimweni lapho wethulwa khona kubantu nguPilatu.
Kodwa nakhu okunye okukhethekile. Lapho ngineminyaka eyisikhombisa noma eyisishiyagalombili, ngangivame ukuba ngedwa ngiluse izinkomo emasimini nasemadlelweni. Ngolunye usuku ngazithola ngisensimini enkulu; Ngokushesha ngabona kuphuma emkhathini isiphambano esikhulu esifana naleso iNkosi Yethu eyabethelwa kuso. Kimi kwakubonakala kuyigolide ngokuphelele, igolide elicwenge kakhulu nelicwebezela kangangokuthi kwakubanyaza imibani kulo okwakunjengezinkanyezi. Lesi siphambano saqala ukushiya umkhathi futhi sehlela emhlabeni sithwelwe ingelosi. Wazehlisa ekhoneni lenkundla lapho engangikhona. Ngagijima, ngelulela izingalo zami ezimbili phezulu, njengokungathi ngifuna ukukwamukela, futhi ngimemeza kakhulu nangawo wonke amandla ami: O isiphambano esihle! engangikuphindaphinda izikhathi eziningana, ngaze ngaba endaweni engangikuyo wayebone esuswa yingelosi; kodwa kuthe sengikuleyondawo, kwakungasesona isiphambano;Ecce homo , yindoda leyo. Ingelosi yawubamba umdwebo uqonde ngqo kimi. Ngahlala nginjengomuntu owahlulelwayo, owalahlwayo, futhi osecishe walahlekelwa ukuphila kwakhe, ngibona amanxeba kuphela emzimbeni othandekayo woMsindisi wami, negazi lakhe ligobhoza: kwakukhona imihuzuko namathumba amakhulu amnyama; umholi wayo othandekayo wayehola futhi evutha. Ngifikelwe usizi ngalombono, ngavele ngabona ukuthi yizono ezamehlisela kulesi simo. Kungazelelwe, futhi ngaphandle kokwazi ukuthi kanjani, umdwebo wanyamalala kanjalo nengelosi; Angisaphili lutho
: Ngahoxa, ngicindezeleke kakhulu, ngibheke ngaphesheya kwenkundla engangiphume kuyo lapho ngibona isiphambano.
Ukubonakala kweNkosi yethu enhliziyweni yomphefumulo othembekile.
Lapho ngifika endaweni yami yokuqala, ngabona ngokuzumayo kuvela iviyo lezingelosi ezigqoke izingubo ezimhlophe.
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njengeqhwa, namabhande egolide nemichilo yasehlombe ebhalwe izinombolo. Lezi zingelosi, ezihlelwe njengokungathi ziyisiyingi, zasekela inhliziyo elingana neyomuntu, okwavela kuyo imbobo, lapho iNkosi Yethu yayihlezi khona njengokungathi isesihlalweni sobukhosi, izinyawo zayo zibheke endaweni yenhliziyo. Wayembethe izingubo zobukhosi, enomqhele wobukhosi ekhanda lakhe nentonga esandleni sakhe sokunene. Ukunaka kwami konke kwakuwukucabangela iNkosi Yethu kulenhliziyo. Ukuthula okumnandi nokuthandekayo kwasakazwa ebusweni bakhe, okwakhuthaza ukuthula nenduduzo emnandi kakhulu. Wayewabeke phansi amehlo futhi wathula kakhulu, njengeNkosi yobukhosi; wayehlezi esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi: izingelosi zamthwala ngokunqoba zihlabelela izingoma zokudumisa nenkazimulo. I Ngamangala kakhulu ngawo wonke lo mshini. Ngabuza iziNgelosi ukuthi zisho ukuthini zonke lezi zinto; bona wangiphendula ngokuzwakalayo wathi: “YiNkosi yethu ehlala enhliziyweni yomphefumulo othembeke ngempela. Bheka futhi ucabange, kukhona njengeNkosi ebusa futhi ibusa wonke amandla omphefumulo; ulapho njengokungathi usesihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi; uyala izingelosi zakhe ukuba zize ziwugade lomphefumulo. Lapho uphumula ngokuthula, uthatha izinto azithandayo kakhulu lapho. Izingelosi zama neNkosi Yethu ukuze zingenze ngizwe lezi zinto, kwathi sezikhulumile, kwanyamalala konke ngokuphazima kweso.
Ukuvela kweNkosi yethu ngesimo sikaPontiff Obusayo.
Ngidlulela kwesinye isivunguvungu, lesi ngesokugcina engizosibika. Bengingeke ngiqede, uma bekudingeka, phakathi nokuphila kwami, ukubala ingxenye yeshumi kuphela yazo zonke izibonakaliso engibe nazo zeNkosi Yethu.
Ngolunye usuku, ngizithola ngingedwa efulethini, ngabona ngokushesha phambi kwami, phakathi naleli fulethi, uPontiff Oyinkosi ehlezi esihlalweni. Bengingamazi. Kusuka lapho kuphela lapho ngiye ngaqaphela khona emidwebeni imvunulo yobupapa bukaBaba Ongcwele. Ngabona loNyazilwezulu egqoke lomkhuba engingawazi. Ngahlala ngimangele ngokuphelele. Zazingezona izingubo zompristi ovamile; wayenethiya ekhanda lakhe; ubuso bakhe babubabazekayo, bumhlophe futhi bubomvu; amehlo akhe, acwebezela ngokucwebezela okuthambile, agxivizwe uthando ekujuleni komphefumulo. Njengoba wayegqoke izingubo zakhe zobupapa, ngambuka kuphela ngaphandle kwesibindi sokusondela.
LoPhapha OyiNkosi waqala ukuphosa amehlo akhe kimi, wayesethi kimi ngomoya womusa: Woza kimi, mntanami. ngiya kuleli zwi; kodwa ngokushesha kwezwakala izwi elithintayo nelesabekayo ngenhla kwekhanda lami.
Zithobe! zithobe! wakhala, akayekanga ukukhala ngaze ngafika ngasezinyaweni zikaSomandla. Ngaguqa ezinyaweni zakhe; Ngikhothame, ngimkhonze, ngabe sengisukuma.
LoMphathi Omkhulu, engibona ngithuthumela futhi ngibanjwe ukwesaba, waqala ukungibamba izandla futhi wangiphulula njengobaba olungile ephulula ingane yakhe. Ngathi ngimuzwa lommemezeli ohlale ekhala, zithobe! Ngikhiphe izandla zami ezincane phakathi kwezakhe ngizikhothamele ezinyaweni zakhe, ngiziqabule ngothando olukhombisa inhlonipho. LoMbusi oPhakeme wangitshela ukuba ngisukume, futhi waqala ukungiphulula ngisho nangokwengeziwe ngesisa, engiphulula izihlathi ngezandla zakhe ezingcwele, futhi
eyithatha ngesilevu. Lokhu kwagxilisa emphefumulweni wami ububele obukhulu bothando kangangokuthi ngangiyokuthola kunzima ukubusekela, ukube uNkulunkulu akazange angisekele yena.
Ngangisezinyaweni zoMphathi Omkhulu isikhathi eside, futhi ngase ngikhothame lapho izikhathi eziningana, njengoba sengishilo kakade. Ngaba nesifiso esidlulele sokwazi ukuthi ubani kwabathathu bakaZiqu-zintathu oNgcwele owayenami: Ngasola ukuthi kwakungubaba; kodwa ukwesaba nenhlonipho kwangivimbela ukuba ngikubuze ngokukhululekile. Nokho, ukujwayela kanye nokuphululwa uNkulunkulu angiphe khona kwanginika inkululeko encane. Ngithi ngezwi eliphansi nelinamahloni, okomuntu ongalinge akhulume: Ungubani? INkosi enguPhathi wangiphendula: Ngingomunye wabangane bakho. Angizange nganeliseke ngokuphelele, futhi ngaqhubeka: ingabe uyiNcasakazi Ebusisiwe? INkosi enguPhathi wangiphendula ngobumnene obubabazekayo: Angiyona iNcasakazi, mntanami, ngingomunye wabangane bakho, futhi ngelinye ilanga uyokwazi ukuthi ngingubani. Lapho ekhuluma la mazwi, wanyamalala: Angisaboni lutho. Engangikwenza nje ukuzwa ummemezeli ememeza futhiZithobe! Ngazibhekisa kulelo zwi ngingazi ukuthi ngikhulume nobani, ngathi kuye: Ngubani lo owayenami, osanda kunyamalala? Leli zwi langiphendula ngezwi elikhulu nakakhulu: Ah! ngubani lo ? kuwukuhlakanipha kukaBaba Ongunaphakade . Lisho kanjalo izwi lanqamuka yonke into .
Yilokhu iNkosi yethu engazise kimi ngemva kwalokhu kuqhamuka, lapho yazibonakalisa khona kimi ngaphansi kwesithombe sikaPontiff Oyinkosi egqoke izingubo zakhe zobupapa. Leli fomu libonisa ukuthi uBaba wethu oNgcwele uPapa uyimele ngempela iNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu; lo msakazi owakhala ngokungaphezi Zithobeni , uphawula ukwesaba nenhlonipho, okumele kuqhubeke kuze kube
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imbubhiso, esikweleta ngayo ukulalela, uthando nenhlonipho enhloko yeBandla elingcwele, naseBandleni, njengaku-JC uqobo. UJC useBandleni, kanye neBandla likaNkulunkulu. Kufanele silalele izwi leBandla sengathi liyizwi likaNkulunkulu uqobo.
Kulo mbono engisanda kukhuluma ngawo, iNkosi yethu kwesinye isikhathi yayixuba izwi layo nelommemezeli, ithi kimi, zithobeni; okukhombisa ukuthi iphimbo likaPontiff oMkhulu ngelikaNkulunkulu, nokuthi konke lokhu kukodwa. Noma ngubani ophikisana neBandla, uphikisana noNkulunkulu; noma ngubani ongalaleli iBandla, akalaleli uNkulunkulu; ongafuni ukuqaphela iBandla, akamqondi uNkulunkulu; futhi ozehlukanisayo neBandla, uzehlukanisa ngokuphelele noNkulunkulu.
§. IV.
Amadimoni abuye abonakale kuSister ngezindlela ezahlukene. Umehluko phakathi kwezibonakaliso zikasathane kanye nalezo zeNkosi yethu.
Ngizophinda futhi ngiveze lapha amaqhinga amadimoni ngami, izilingo, iziphakamiso, ama-phantom kanye nama-chimera aphazamisa ukucabanga kwami; okwenzeka kaningi, okungukuthi, lapho bengihlasela ngokubonakala kimina, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo befiphaza ingqondo yami ngamafu amnyama, kodwa isikhathi lapho bangizwisa ubuhlungu obukhulu, kwakuwusuku lomsebenzi wami wenkolo, imigidi ebibanjelwe ekhwayeni, lesi silo esibi singasazi okufanele ngikwenze, wangilandela yonke indawo; kwakuphambi kwamehlo ami ukungethusa nokungethusa. Engathi ibhere, wema phambi kwami, wenza ngisho nokuguquguquka okungcolile. Wathi kimi: Kungokwami ukuthi uzokwenza izifungo zakho. Wanginika ukwesaba, izinkathazo kanye nokwesaba emcabangweni, okwanginika ubuhlungu obukhulu. Njengoba becula i -Suscipe , wangiphelezela kuyo yonke ikhorasi; kwathi lapho ngibuya phansi kwekhwaya ngibheke esangweni, wazimisa eduze kukaMphathi wami, owayekhona .
ehlezi esihlalweni, lapho ebengilindele khona ukuthi ngemukele izifungo zami. Lapho ngisondela kuye ekupheleni kukaSuspice , ngakhuluma ngokuzwakalayo, ngenza isiko elimisiwe: Ngamukele, Nkulunkulu wami, ngokwezwi lakho, futhi ungangijabhisi ngokulindela kwami, isifiso sami nethemba lami. Ekwenzeni lomkhuleko, inhloso yami, phakathi kokushikashikeka kwami, kwakuwukuba ngiziphonse, njengokungathi ngiphonse ikhanda, ezingalweni zomusa kaNkulunkulu, ngethemba ebuhleni bakhe obungapheli ukuthi uzongisiza emikhubeni yokwahlukaniselwa okusha enginakho. bengizokwenza kuye ngezifungo zami. Ngaleso sikhathi idimoni selinyamalele. Ngaguqa ngamadolo kuMkhulu wami, lapho ngasho izifungo zami ngokukhulu ukuzethemba nangesibindi esikhulu.
Ukuvela kwamadimoni ngesikhathi sokuvuma izono.
Ngobusuku bangaphambi komkhosi omkhulu, ngisesikhundleni sokuvuma izono, ngabona amademoni amathathu noma amane e-altare elincane enana ejabula. Ngangazi kuNkulunkulu ukuthi amademoni ayeze lapho ngenhloso ukuzovuma izono ezimbi. Idemoni ngalinye lalinehhovisi lalo: amanye ayenomthwalo wemfanelo wokuqalisa izingxoxo ukuze avimbele ukulungiselela ukuvuma izono; abanye babezovusa izingxabano phakathi kodade, ukuthi ubani ozothatha indawo yokuqala kunabanye. Abanye babenomsebenzi wokwenza izindelakazi ziphelelwe isineke lapho zibona odadewabo ababenesikhathi eside bevuma izono. Ukwaneliseka okukhulu kwamademoni kwakuwukubona izindelakazi ziphuma ngesineke endaweni yokuvuma izono, zithi: Angibuyeli ukuzovuma izono. Udeveli wabe esesezingeni eliphezulu lenjabulo yakhe.
Ngibona lapha umehluko engangiwuzwa phakathi kwezibonakaliso zeNkosi Yethu kanye nalezo zikasathane. Kulula ukwenza iphutha, idemoni likwazi kahle ukwenza ingelosi yokukhanya.
Ukukhohlisa nokukhohlisa kukadeveli. Imibono yamanga nokuzinikela kwamanga.
Udeveli unabakhulekeli bakhe nabazinikele kuye; wazi kahle kamhlophe ukuthi angalingisa kanjani ukujabula kanye nokushukuma komzimba okuthile okuvela ngaphandle, nasemphakathini, izimpawu zokuzinikela kweqiniso. Kusukela ngisemhlabeni, uNkulunkulu ungazisa abantu abambalwa ababekhohliswe udeveli bengazi. UNkulunkulu wangibophezela ukuba ngibaxwayise futhi ngixwayise abavuma izono zabo, lokho engakwenza, phakathi kokunye, ngokuphathelene nomunye wabo, okwathi, ngaphandle kokuqaphela ukuthi wayewumdlalo kasathane, wanamathela kakhulu ezambulweni zakhe ayezenzisa, izinkohliso zakhe, ekuhlwithweni kwakhe nasekujabuleni kwakhe, ukuthi wayefana nalaba besifazane bezwe, abondla izinhliziyo zabo kuphela ngezinjabulo zenyama nangezimiso zezwe: lapho besendlini yangasese ukuze bazihlobise ngezinto zabo.
izingubo zemfashini, bame phambi kwesibuko ukuze bazibone futhi bazivumelanise nemfashini. baziveza phambi kwesibuko izikhathi eziyikhulu, noma kunalokho bahlala isikhathi eside bebukana futhi becabangelana. Zinjalo lezi zidalwa ezimpofu ezikhohliswayo nezizikhohlisayo; ngoba udeveli akanakusikhohlisa ngaphandle kokuhlanganyela kwethu.
Lapho ithola inhliziyo evumayo ukuzondla ngezinjabulo zenyama nezingekho emthethweni,
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yilapho-ke ephonsa udobo lwakhe, futhi lenhliziyo, elangazelele injabulo, ivumela ngokushesha ukuba ithathwe yiyo, okuvame ukwenzeka kubulili besifazane; futhi, njengomama wethu u-Eva, ababehlale benelukuluku lokwazi nokufunda izinto ezintsha, lezi zidalwa ezimpofu ziyadakwa, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, ngokuzinikela kwazo okuhle, futhi ngokungaphezi zibheke ngaphakathi kwazo lapho udeveli ephakamise khona isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi . Kusuka lapho lapho, ngokomcabango wabo nangokwezifiso zabo, kugxiviza kubo zonke izinhlobo zemibono engelona iqiniso nemibono ecatshangelwayo egcwalisa izingqondo zabo nobuchopho, iphumaphi le micabango emangalisayo abamatasa ngayo kakhulu. . Umhwamuko ukhuphukela ebuchosheni, futhi ngokushesha kukhona okuthiwa usanta owela e-ecstasy, kodwa e-ecstasy ye-diabolical futhi ngaphandle kwesithelo: ayifani nekaEsteri omuhle, owakhulula abantu bakubo ngobuthakathaka bakhe obumangalisayo; kodwa, ngokuphambene, laba bantu abakhohlisiwe balahlekelwa umphefumulo wabo futhi bawufake ngaphansi kokuthunjwa nangaphansi kwamandla edemoni; ngoba udeveli akanabunzima ekubancenga ukuthi bangcwele: bakholelwa ngokuqinile kukho, badla ngazo zonke lezinjabulo ezidwetshwa ngusathane emicabangweni yabo, eba njengesithombe sazo zonke lezi zinto ezingajwayelekile ababebukana kuzo. ,bacabanga baqale babukane baneliseke. Lapho sisondela ekwahluleleni okuvamile, kulapho udeveli edala khona abantu abazinikele bamanga nabazinikele bamanga. laba bantu abakhohlisiwe balahlekelwa umphefumulo wabo futhi bawubeke ngaphansi kokuthunjwa nangaphansi kwamandla kadeveli; ngoba udeveli akanabunzima ekubancenga ukuthi bangcwele: bakholelwa ngokuqinile kukho, badla ngazo zonke lezinjabulo ezidwetshwa ngusathane emicabangweni yabo, eba njengesithombe sazo zonke lezi zinto ezingajwayelekile ababebukana kuzo. ,bacabanga baqale babukane baneliseke. Lapho sisondela ekwahluleleni okuvamile, kulapho udeveli edala khona abantu abazinikele bamanga nabazinikele bamanga. laba bantu abakhohlisiwe balahlekelwa umphefumulo wabo futhi bawubeke ngaphansi kokuthunjwa nangaphansi kwamandla kadeveli; ngoba udeveli akanabunzima ekubancenga ukuthi bangcwele: bakholelwa ngokuqinile kukho, badla ngazo zonke lezinjabulo ezidwetshwa ngusathane emicabangweni yabo, eba njengesithombe sazo zonke lezi zinto ezingajwayelekile ababebukana kuzo. ,bacabanga baqale babukane baneliseke. Lapho sisondela ekwahluleleni okuvamile, kulapho udeveli edala khona abantu abazinikele bamanga nabazinikele bamanga. bayabukana futhi babonakala ekwanelisekeni kwabo okukhulu. Lapho sisondela ekwahluleleni okuvamile, kulapho udeveli edala khona abantu abazinikele bamanga nabazinikele bamanga. bayabukana futhi babonakala ekwanelisekeni kwabo okukhulu. Lapho sisondela ekwahluleleni okuvamile, kulapho udeveli edala khona abantu abazinikele bamanga nabazinikele bamanga.
Umehluko phakathi kokubonakala kukaNkulunkulu nalokho kwedimoni.
Kukhona lomehluko phakathi kwezibonakaliso zikaNkulunkulu nezikaSathane, ukuthi ukubonakala kukaNkulunkulu kuhambisana nokuthinta uthando lwakhe nobukhosi bakhe, okunikeza umphefumulo amandla omoya omnene wothando, ogcwele ulwazi olukhulu. ebukhosini bukaNkulunkulu. Lobu bukhosi obuphakeme bugcwalisa umphefumulo ngothando nokudideka: UNkulunkulu ubonisa ubukhulu bakhe emphefumulweni, athola kuwo ngesikhathi esifanayo ubuphansi bakhe nokungabi nalutho kwakhe. Ekugcineni, uyaqikelela ukuba angazikholelwa ukuthi ungongcwele; lapho wonke umuntu ngisho nofakazi bakhe bemtshela kanjalo, akazange akholwe. Isizathu salokhu ukuthi lapho umphefumulo usondela kuNkulunkulu, yilapho uNkulunkulu ezihlanganisa khona nakakhulu; kulapho eba nokuzehlisa ngokwazi ngobuphansi bakhe kanye nokungabi nalutho olubi kwesidalwa. Ngakho-ke akagcini nje ngokuzithoba, uNkulunkulu.
Ekubonakaleni kwedimoni kuphambene; ngoba udeveli akalokothi ahole imiphefumulo ayikhohlisayo ukuba ithande uNkulunkulu, lokho akunakwenzeka kuye. Akalwazi ukuthi luyini uthando lukaNkulunkulu. Akakaze amthande, futhi akasoze. Uma laba bantu abakhohlisiwe bekholelwa ukuthi bayamthanda uNkulunkulu, basephutheni langempela. Bangase bazizwele, eqinisweni, ngobungcweti bedemoni, angazi ukuthi intshiseko yothando enjani kubo kanye nangobuhle babo; ngokuqondene nokuthobeka, baqhelelene nakho: ngokuphambene nalokho, akukho lutho kubo ngaphandle kokuzenzisa, ukuzifihla, nokuphindaphinda amazwi abo, ezenzweni zabo, futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke ekuziphatheni kwabo. Ngalo kanye leli qiniso bangakhohlisa abavuma izono; ngoba ukuzidla kwabo kubathwala baze bazithobise phambi kwabantu, kodwa ka ukuthobeka kokuzenzisa nokuzenzisa, futhi ngaphandle kwanoma yisiphi isithelo, enenhloso nenjongo yakho kuphela ukubonakala ethobekile emehlweni abantu nabavuma izono zabo, ukuze bathole ukuhlonishwa nedumela, futhi bahlonishwe njengabangcwele. Ama-austerities abo kanye nokuhlukumezeka kwabo ngokomzimba ngezinye izikhathi kukhulu futhi kunonya ukwedlula okwabafundi beqiniso be-JC, futhi konke lokhu kuwumphumela wokuvelela kanye nentshiseko engafanele ukuvela, ukwanelisa ukuziqhenya kwabo.
Izindlela zokugwema ukukhohlisa kwedemoni.
Umuntu oholwa umoya kaNkulunkulu akagonyiwe ngaso sonke isikhathi ekuhlaselweni nguSathane; kodwa ngombono wami, futhi ngokokuhlangenwe nakho kwami siqu ngakho, lezi yizikhali ezijwayelekile umphefumulo, ofuna kuphela inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu nothando lwakhe, ofuna kuphela ukufa emhlabeni, kuzo zonke izidalwa nakuwo uqobo. uthando lukaNkulunkulu futhi ekugcineni ofuna ukujabulisa uNkulunkulu wakhe kuphela, futhi akhonze yena kuphela, kumelwe amelane nesitha sakhe, ngezinye izikhathi esingazi ukuthi sihlasele kuphi, ngoba siyamesaba futhi siyathuthumela .
ukunqotshwa: lo mphefumulo okulezi zimo kanye nokwenza lezi zimfanelo ezinhle, lapho uNkulunkulu esondela kuwo futhi akhulume nawo, ngokuqinisekile uyowubona; ngokuba kukhona into engingayazi, ukuthi yini umuntu angayiqondi, futhi angakwazi ukuyichaza, ephuma kuleli zwi lobuNkulunkulu, ingene enhliziyweni, futhi yenza umphefumulo uthuthumele ngentokozo emnandi. Ube esememeza yedwa ngaphandle komsindo: O, nangu uNkulunkulu wenhliziyo yami, ukuphela kwesifiso sami, lowo othandwa inhliziyo yami! Kusukela lapho, uma uNkulunkulu embuza okuthile, uyamlalela ngenhlonipho engcwele exutshwe nokwesaba nokubhujiswa. Uzinikela kuye, noma ukwenza, noma ukuhlupheka, ukuphila noma ukufa; ukukhanga kwayo okukhulu ukuzidela ezandleni zeNkosi, ngokusho kwe
Lapho isitha sami singihlasela, sifuna ukungenza ngiqonde ukuthi unguJehova, umphefumulo wami ompofu awukwazanga ukumazi; kunalokho, yena
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ethuthumela ngenxa yovalo esaba ukwenza iphutha. Wazithola ekhathazekile futhi ehlaselwa izinto eziningi ayengaziqondi. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, ngokuqiniseka okuphilayo kuNkulunkulu, ngasukuma ngaqonda kuye ngalo lonke uthando lwenhliziyo yami nangalo lonke uthando lwami. Woza, Nkosi yami, Nkulunkulu wami, ngithe kuye: Shesha ungisize, usheshe uze ukungisiza.
Kanjalo ngaliyeka iqembu likaSathane, elashabalala njengomusi. Yilokhu engiye ngabhekana nakho izikhathi eziningana.
Ngizongeza lapha amathiphu amabili noma amathathu awusizo kakhulu ekulweni nesitha. Akukhona ukuzihlanganisa nhlobo nenduduzo, nakuba ngokokuziphatha umuntu ekholelwa ukuthi ngezikaNkulunkulu; hhayi ukuzinamathisela, hhayi kuphela induduzo engavamile, kodwa ngisho nangokwejwayelekile. Uma umphefumulo ufuna ukujabulisa uNkulunkulu yedwa, kufanele ngokujwayelekile uzihlukanise nakho konke okungeyena uNkulunkulu, kokukamoya njengokuvela kwesikhashana, ngisho nasezidalweni ezinhle njengokungathi kwezimbi, ukubheka uNkulunkulu kuzo zonke izidalwa nasesothandweni. of AD, futhi ubone zonke izidalwa kuNkulunkulu. Phakathi kwalabo abazokufunda lokhu, kukhona abayokholwa ukuthi akunakwenzeka; kodwa ngiphendula ngokuthi singenza noma yini ngosizo lomusa. Umuntu akadingi umusa ongajwayelekile kulokhu, amaqiniso okukholwa ewodwa anele;
umuntu. Ngisho noma kuziwa ezihlotsheni zakho eziseduze kakhulu, ungabuthwala kuNkulunkulu ubungane onazo kuzo, futhi uthande uNkulunkulu kuzo. Awu umkhuba ojabulisayo kulabo abayophikelela kuwo kuze kube sekupheleni! Singasho ukuthi bathola ipharadesi emhlabeni, noma kunalokho baqala ukuthanda uNkulunkulu emhlabeni, kanye nomakhelwane wabo, njengoba beyokwenza phakade ezulwini enjabulweni yababusisiwe.
§. V.
UDadewethu ulwa nezifiso kanye nokuthambekela kwemvelo kwenhliziyo, ngemuva nje kwenkonzo yakhe yezenkolo.
Ngangineminyaka engamashumi amabili nane noma amashumi amabili nanhlanu ngenkathi ngiba nenhlanhla yokwenza izifungo zami zenkolo. UNkulunkulu wayenginike impilo ephelele namandla amakhulu obuntu, izindela ezazithakaseleka ngazo, ngethemba lokuthi ngangizokwazi ukusiza umphakathi. Ngalokhu, uNkulunkulu omuhle wanginika ubizo oluhle ngentshiseko enhle yokufeza imisebenzi yezwe lami, futhi nginikele, ngenxa yothando lukaNkulunkulu kanye nokubonga ngomphakathi, zonke izinkonzo ezinhle nosizo engangingakwenza. .kuzo zonke izindela, ikakhulukazi kwababuthaka, nakulabo ababedinga usizo olwengeziwe; okwangenza ngaba nobungane abaningi bemvelo kakhulu, obuphambene nesisa esivamile umuntu akweletana ngaso.
Ubungane bemvelo kakhulu bezindela eziningana kuSista; ukuthi uhlupheka ngani kulesi sigameko.
Lokhu kwavusa imimoya yomona, futhi kwangibangela ubuhlungu obukhulu kakhulu ngaphakathi kwami, kokubili ngapha nangapha. Ngabona ngokucacile kuNkulunkulu ukuthi konke lokhu okweqisayo kwakuvela kudeveli; futhi mayelana nalokho okungikhathazayo, njengoba ngangazi ngokuhlangenwe nakho ukuthi lesi sitha sasihlale singisukela, nokuthi sasenze konke okusemandleni, kokubili ohlangothini lwezidalwa kanye nokwami, ukungivimbela ukuba ngingabi yindela, ngabona noma kunjalo. Bengisazoliwa. Ngathatha uhlangothi lwami ngokwalokho engakubona entandweni kaNkulunkulu.
Ngahamba ngayofuna iNduna yami, ngamncenga, lapho amanye amanazaretha ecela imvume yakhe ukuba anginike okuthile, anqabe, futhi abatshele ukuthi angiyidingi, futhi ngizoyithola.
unembeza unamahloni ngenxa yesifungo sami sobumpofu. Izindela, naphezu kwalokhu, zangilethela esitokisini sethu konke ezazinakho, ukuze zingijabulise. Ngathi ngiyithola ngayisa kuMphathi. Lapho nje bezwa ngakho, bangithukuthelela, futhi kwangijabulisa lokho, ngoba kwabajabulisa abanye, ababemelene nami. Ngakho noma yini engangingayenza ngaphandle kokuba uNkulunkulu acasuke, ngangiyenza ukuze ngibathobe. Ngezinye izikhathi, lapho bengithola ngedwa, babengihlanzela konke idemoni elikusikisele kubo. Ngaba nozwelo olukhulu ukubabona behlupheka kangaka ngenxa yami. Lapho bekhona iziguli ezimbili endlini yabagulayo, esinye sazo esasingithanda, kanti esinye sasimelene nami, ngangizenzela ubudlova ngenxa yothando lukaNkulunkulu. Ngabukeka ngimuhle kowakamuva, ngaze nganaka kakhulu ukumkhonza kahle, kwalimala nowokuqala; okwabangela ukugodola nokunganeliseki okuthile kulabo ababezenza abangane bami, futhi okwakujabulisa kakhulu abanye. Ngaphakathi kwami ngaziphatha ngokwalokho engangikubona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ngiphelele kakhulu mayelana nalezi zinhlangothi ezimbili eziphikisanayo.
Lapho nginikela inkonzo kulabo ababephambene nami, ngangikholelwa ukuthi kwakujabulisa uNkulunkulu, futhi inhloso yami yayiwukuba inkazimulo yakhe kuphela. Ngokuphathelene nabanye, lapho ngibabuyisela
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inkonzo, ngezwa ukunengwa okuthile engangingababonisi, ngesaba ukuthi ezinkonzweni eziningi engangizenza kubo isikhathi sami sasiyomosha phambi kukaNkulunkulu. Yingakho ngaqhubeka ngivuselela izinhloso zami ezinhle zokukwenza kuphela ngenxa yothando olumsulwa lukaNkulunkulu.
Ngesikhathi esanda kungena esikoleni, waphathwa kabi abantu abasebenzisa imali.
Lapho ngiseyi-postulant futhi ngingumfundisi, ngangihlale ngingaphansi kwamehlo endela ewumqola. Ngangimbheka njengomngane weqiniso ngokomoya kaNkulunkulu. Wangilungisa kuwo wonke amaphutha ami, futhi wasebenza ukuwalungisa ngobumnene nangothando. Wayengifundisa okufanele ngikwenzele kona; kodwa lapho esesidlangalaleni, futhi ikakhulukazi phambi kwezindelakazi ezithile ezazimelene nami, waxabana nami
ukubaluleka, futhi ngabika wonke amaphutha engangiwenzile ekhishini; wangitshela ukuthi ngiyisilo, nokuthi angizange ngifunde ukupheka kahle: ngezwi elilodwa, wayebonakala engiphatha kabi ngayo yonke indlela.
Uyayizwela le nun uthando olungokwemvelo kakhulu aphuthuma ukulucindezela.
Kwakungenxa yakhe lapho ngazizwa ngithambekele kakhulu, ngoba ngabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi yonke imibono yakhe nendlela yakhe yokwenza kimi yayizuzisa mina kuphela. Ngemva komsebenzi wami, wayeka ukuxabana nami phambi kwabantu; kodwa idemoni, elalihlale liqaphile ukubhujiswa kwami, labona ukuthi ngangimelene nalo, nokuthi ngangilinikeza inkonzo ngendlela enomusa nebonisa ukubonga. Ngempela, ngaphakathi kimi ngazizwa nginokuthambekela okuthile ngaye, engangingakuzwelanga kwabanye. Lapho ngingedwa naye, ngahileleka ezintweni ezimbalwa engangizijwayele, njengokumbamba izandla. Lomama omuhle wawahoxisa ngaso leso sikhathi, futhi wanginikeza isixwayiso somusa, engitshela ukuthi akulungile phakathi kwezindela ukubambana ngezandla ngokujwayelana noma ubungane bemvelo; ukuthi ngangiyithanda inkolo, nokuthi kufanele ngithande uNkulunkulu kuphela futhi nginamathele kuye yedwa. Konke ayekusho kimi kwangenza ngimazi futhi ngibe nobungane kuye, ngibona ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayemnike yena ukuze alwe nomphefumulo wami. okuzenzakalelayo.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, kulobu bungane obunesisa ngokweqile engabuzwa kuye, idemoni lanezela isilingo esinamandla ebunganeni obungenasiphithiphithi. Kukho konke engangimenzela khona ngangiluzwa uthando oluthize ngaye olwaluhlala lukhona: lwaya kude ngaze ngaba nomona. Lapho ngibona lo mbono, ngashaywa luvalo: ngabuyela kimi, ngathi eNkosini: Ngihawukele; lokhu engikwaziyo ukukwenza. Ngathatha isinqumo sokuyovuma izono, futhi ngizibeke icala ngakho konke engangizithola nginecala, futhi ikakhulukazi kulesi senzakalo. Nganquma ukukhuluma ngokukhethekile nendela eyayingizwise ubuhlungu. Ngathi kuye: Mama, ngikhulekele kuNkulunkulu. Ngavuma kuye ngobuhlakani konke engangikuzwa ngaye ngaphakathi kwami; futhi ukukuvimba, Ngamncenga ukuthi angangikhathazi kangako, ngimqinisekisa ukuthi ngizimisele, ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, ukulwa nalolu thando noma nini lapho luzwakala. Ngamthembisa ukuthi ngeke ngimnake, futhi ngangingeke ngimbuke noma ngimbingelele, ngifuna ukuthi uma enebhizinisi nami, noma kukhona akudingayo, angibuze. Ngebhadi sasivame ukuba nebhizinisi ndawonye, yena edayisa ngemali, mina ngingudade ekhishini. Ngaguqa, ngamncenga ukuba angithethelele, futhi akhuleke kuJehova efuna ukuthi uma enebhizinisi nami, noma edinga okuthile, angibuze. Ngebhadi sasivame ukuba nebhizinisi ndawonye, yena edayisa ngemali, mina ngingudade ekhishini. Ngaguqa, ngamncenga ukuba angithethelele, futhi akhuleke kuJehova efuna ukuthi uma enebhizinisi nami, noma edinga okuthile, angibuze. Ngebhadi sasivame ukuba nebhizinisi ndawonye, yena edayisa ngemali, mina ngingudade ekhishini. Ngaguqa, ngamncenga ukuba angithethelele, futhi akhuleke kuJehova OKUZO KWENZIWA
ukuletha ukunqoba ekhaya. Lomama olungile wangithembisa ukuthi uzokwenza, futhi wangitshela ukuthi ngenze kuye njengoba iNkosi enhle izongigqugquzela, ingiqinisekise ukuthi ngeke abe nankinga.
Sase sehlukana; Ngakhuluma naye kuphela ngemva kwalokho uma kunesidingo. Angizange ngilokothe ngiphakamise amehlo ngimbheke ngesikhathi ngikhuluma naye; Ngangizenza ubudlova kimi kangangokuthi ngangivevezela. Ngebhadi wazithola ephazamiseka kakhulu ngenxa yobuhlungu obuseceleni, ngaphandle kokuthi nokho alale embhedeni. Wafika ekhishini ngolunye usuku ekuseni, ekhononda ngezinhlungu ayezizwa; kodwa, O Nkulunkulu! yeka usizi engaba nalo lapho ngibona ukuthi kwakuwumsebenzi wami ukumxwayisa futhi ngimnike umhluzi, njengoba odade babevame ukwenza ezindelakazi ezigulayo. Lomama omuhle wazehlisa wangicela. Ngokushesha ngamnika ngokwaneliseka okukhulu, futhi ngabonga uNkulunkulu ngokungasiphuli isithembiso sami.
Impi kadade yokuzinqoba. Kusho ukuthi uyathatha. Ukunqoba kwakhe.
Usizi lwami, mayelana nalolu thando, aluzange lunciphe, naphezu kwakho konke engangikwenza ukuze ngikunqobe. Ngangihlushwa ubusuku nemini, ngihlale ngimatasa naye, ngikhathazekile ngokuthi uqhuba kanjani, nginezifiso ezimbi kakhulu zokuba seduze kwakhe. Lapho ngilapho, ngangibophekile ukuba ngigcine izithembiso engangizenzile kuNkulunkulu, ngingambheki, ngingakhulumi naye, noma ngimnake. Kwakubonakala sengathi zonke lezi zinyathelo zokuphepha zazingenza ngihlupheke.
Ngelinye ilanga lendela yathi kimi: Dadewethu, namhlanje kusihlwa, lapho usesitokisini sakho, ungitshele irosari lakho. Kancane kancane ngangena kuyo ngaqala ukuzitshela ngokudabuka, ngokumelene nale ndela: I
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kungaba kuhle kakhulu ukusho irosari lami ngaye! Ngihlupheka kakhulu ngaye! Ngangicishe ngizimisele ukungakwenzi. Nokho, lapho ngizindla, ngacabanga ukuthi mhlawumbe iNkosi enhle yayizongihawukela; Ngithi irosari lami ngokuhlonipha iNcasakazi ukuze ingizuzele eNdodaneni yayo ethandekayo ukukhululwa kulolu thando. Lapho kuthiwa, zonke lezi zinsizi zasuswa kimi ngaso leso sikhathi, futhi yonke lemicabango yashabalala kanjalo.
ngokushesha, ukuthi angizange ngiphinde ngicabange ngakho kwaze kwaba ngakusasa ngezikhathi zasemini. Lokhu kuthanda okuqalekisiweyo, okwakhula kakhulu udeveli, kwathatha inyanga eyodwa impela. Lesi sikhathi kimi sabonakala siside kunalokho uma ngase ngihlupheke iminyaka eminingana. Inhlekelele yengaphakathi lami yayingabekezeleleki kimi ngenxa yokwesaba ukucasula uNkulunkulu nokudedela ubuthakathaka bemvelo, futhi ngangesaba ukuthi yayizohlala impilo yami yonke. Ngathi enhliziyweni yami: Ukube angiwenzanga umsebenzi wami kulo mphakathi, ngangingeke ngithathe isinqumo sokuwenza, inqobo nje uma ngizwa ngaphakathi kimi lokhu kunyakaza kokushisekela le ndela. Ebuhlungwini bami, obebudlulele, bengingathanda ukuba yinazaretha amaligi angaphezu kwekhulu kuye.
Ngiziphathe kanjena kule nyanga. Ngamlalela ngobumpumputhe umvumi wami kukho konke ayengitshela ukuba ngikwenze, ngihambisa ukwahlulela kwami nesizathu kuye. Bengingathanda ukungasidli iSidlo, ngenxa yobumnyama obukhulu umphefumulo wami owawuzungezwe ngabo. Ngesaba, ngisadla isidlo, ukwenza imihlatshelo, ngomcabango wokuthi uNkulunkulu ungithukuthelele kakhulu, ngokuba wangiphuca lomuhle. ukukhanya engikhulume ngakho kwenye indawo, futhi ayekulahle ngakho wangishiya ebumnyameni, kangangokuthi angibange ngisabona iconsi lokungiqondisa. Ukukholwa kwangiqondisa ngaphandle kokuzinikela okunengqondo, futhi ngisho nakho konke okunengqondo kwakumisiwe kulokho okuphathelene nokuzinikela. Nokho, ngalahla esami isahlulelo sokulandela kukho konke okwakushiwo ufakazi wami. Wayefuna ngenze zonke izidlo, futhi ngihambe ngiyovuma izono masonto onke.
INkosi enhle yanginika umusa wokuyilalela. Ngikwazile ukubikela unkosikazi wami ngamtshela konke okwenzeka ngale ndela engamxoxela yona. Ngathola induduzo eminingi kuyo, futhi yangitshela ukuthi kwakuyisilingo nje. Wengeza kanjani dadewethu, ungazihlanganisa nenazaretha elikuthethise kangaka, elikuphethe kabi? Inkosikazi yami yayifuna ngenze zonke izinhlanganyelo.
Nakhu futhi okwenzeka kimi ngaleyo nyanga. Cishe usuku lonke ngizithulele, ngisho nezinye izindelakazi, ezazibona ukuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle. Beza ukuzongiduduza, futhi bazama ukungizwisa umsindo ukuze bathole ukuthi yini engalungile ngami; kodwa ubuhlungu bami ngabugcina buyimfihlo kakhulu ukuba ngingakhuluma ngabo kunoma ubani ngaphandle kofakazi bami kanye nenkosikazi yami. Izindela zabona kahle ukuthi ngangingaziphathi njengenjwayelo; futhi mina, ngesaba ukuzihlanganisa nazo njengoba ngangizihlanganise nezinye phakathi nayo yonke le nyanga, angizange ngilokothe, lapho bekhuluma nami, ngiphakamise amehlo ami ngibabuke ebusweni. Ngabaphendula kuphela okwakudingeka, futhi ngabashiya ngokushesha, ngabacela ukuba bangixolele, ngoba kwakufanele ngisebenze. Lapho
ikhanda, ukuthi angizange ngiziphathe njengenjwayelo, ukuthi angizange ngikhulume nabo, nokuthi angizange ngibabheke. Wavuma kimina ukuthi bake bakhala ngami. Wangithethisa wangitshela ukuthi ngiphushela izinto kude.
Kimi kwaba ukwanda kosizi okwangenza ngaqonda ukuthi akuveli kuNkulunkulu, lokhu owangivumayo ephika; ukuthi ngaleyo ndlela kwakudingekile ukuba ngilahle lezi zici ukuze ngilalele, nokuthi ngizophila kahle.
Nokho ngazisekela ngomusa kaNkulunkulu kulokho engangikwenzile, ngoba owangivumayo wayengangitsheli obala ukuthi ngingakwenzi.
Ngemva kokuvuma izono zami, izindela zabona ukuthi ngangiqhubeka nokuthula nendlela yami evamile yokwenza. Kwakukhona oyedwa owafika ngolunye usuku ezongithola ngisekhishini, okwathi kukhona izindelakazi ezimbalwa, wadubula ebhekise kimi futhi washo konke okwakusengqondweni yakhe ngokumelene nami.
Ngangimatasa kakhulu; Angizange ngimphendule nhlobo. Wangitshela amazwi amaningana owashiwo kimi ngasese: Ukuthi ngangilahlekelwa ingqondo nokuthi ngangihlanya. Lokhu kwasabalala emphakathini: izindela zangibheka njengomuntu olahlekelwe ingqondo.
INkosi enhle yangikhulula kulolu thando, njengoba ngishilo ngenhla. Indela okukhulunywa ngayo ayingitshelanga lutho ngokushiwo ngami emphakathini; kodwa kwathi lapho ngibona ukuthi ngase ngikhululwe ngokuphelele kulobu buhlungu, ngamazisa, ngokwenza naye njengoba ngenza ngaphambili, ngimlindele kukho konke futhi nginikela inkonzo yakhe ngentokozo kanye nokubonga. Njengoba ngangijeziswe kahle kakhulu yile nkanuko, ngathandaza eNkosini ukuba ingibulale
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ngokuphelele kulolu thando lwemvelo, ukuze sibone izidalwa kuNkulunkulu kuphela, futhi sizithande kuphela ngesisa esimsulwa senhliziyo kaJesu. Lo Nkulunkulu wobuhle ungigcwalisa ngomusa omningi kangangokuthi kwabonakala kimina ukuthi ngase ngishiyile isihogo ukuze ngibuyele enjabulweni yobukhona bukaNkulunkulu kanye nezinkanyiso zakhe zaphezulu.
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Ezinye izimpi zikaSister eziphikisana nezifiso, futhi ikakhulukazi ngokumelene nokuziqhenya.
INkosi elungile yangixwayisa ngokuthi kufanele ngilahle ugridi, ngifele abazali bami kanye nomhlaba, futhi ngazise ukuthi ngizohlushwa yini ngosathane, ngenxa yezifiso zami nasemhlabeni. Wathi kimi: “Mntanami othandekayo, kumelwe ulahle ngokuphelele izwe, abazali bakho, ngokwenza umhlatshelo wokungabe usaya esangweni ngaphandle kokulalela. Khuluma ngalokhu kummeli wakho nakuMphathi wakho, futhi wenze njengoba bakuyala. »
Unquma ukuthi angabe esaya endlini yokuphumula ngaphandle nje kokulalela. Kuhleba emphakathini ngokumelene naye.
Ngahamba ngayofuna uMvumelwano wami kanye noMphathi wami; Ngamemezela kubo icebo engangilenzile lenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu kanye nensindiso yomphefumulo wami. Bobabili basivumile isinqumo sami. Wathi kimi uMphathi wami: Dadewethu, akufanele wenze isifungo ngakho, ngoba uma kunesidingo ngibone kufanele ukuthi ngikukhiphe. Kodwa, Nkulunkulu wami! kimina, ngokuphathelene nezindelakazi ezimbalwa, futhi ikakhulukazi enye yazo, ukwanda okusha kobuhlungu. Abanye bathi kwakuwuhlobo oluthile lokuzenzisa ngakimi, ukuthi ngangifuna ukuqashelwa ngokwenza into eyodwa, ukuhlaba abanye umxhwele; abanye bathi kwakungenxa yobuwula; ukuthi, ngaphezu kwalokho, ngangingenawo umqondo wokukhuluma nabantu emhlabeni. Kukhona abangithatha ngasese ukuze bangikhiphe ngenhliziyo, banginika insipho ebalulekile. Okwangilungela ukuthi uMvumelwano kanye noNkunkulu babe ngami, okwaphumelela isiphepho.
Omunye wodadewabo ufuna ngempela ukumbona. Amphendule.
Kodwa usathane ebona ukuthi isibhamu sakhe sigejiwe, waphendukela kubazali bami, abacasuka ngenkambo engangiyithathile; babefuna ngempela ukungibona, futhi ikakhulukazi omunye wodadewethu, owakhuphukela ku-confessor wamncenga ukuba athumele ukungibiza ukuze angibone esangweni le-confessional elivuleke ekamelweni lokuvuma izono. Wacela kuMkhulu wathi akahambe angilande ngaleso sikhathi, ukuze sibonane nodadewethu. Wafika uMphathi wami ezongilanda, wangibamba ngesandla, wangiyisa endaweni yokuvuma izono, hawu ngathola udadewethu engilindile. Sawubona sakuqala asisho kimina sasingehlula
ahlambalaze, futhi wakhipha konke okwakuthandwa enhliziyweni yakhe, phambi kukaMvumu kanye noMphathi ongangishiyanga. Eseshilo konke, nansi impendulo ngamphendula: Hlala, dadewethu, endlini yakho, ubheke izindaba zakho; ungezi lapha ukuzongiphazamisa endaweni yami ethandekayo, lapho ngizivalele khona ngenxa yothando lukaNkulunkulu. Ngamnika ukuba aqonde ukuthi ngangizimisele ngokuphelele ukuthi ngingalokothi ngiye esangweni kunoma ubani, ngaphandle kwalapho ukulalela kudinga ukuba ngenze kanjalo.
Ukuvakasha kwabantu bomhlaba. Usisi wakwazi kanjani ukuyiqeda.
Ngijabulela ukuphumula kancane isikhashana; kodwa nakhu umoya omusha, omubi kakhulu kunabanye. Udeveli wanginika idumela elingamanga emiqondweni yabantu bomhlaba, futhi wabakhuthaza ngokungibheka okuyize. Wabenza ukuthi bafike bangibuze esangweni, nakuba ngangingelutho kubo. Ngezinye izikhathi babeba ngabokuqala edolobheni. Umphathi wami, ebona ukuthi laba bantu babengicela njengokungathi ngenxa yelukuluku, wangenza ngaya esangweni, futhi izikhathi eziningana ngaphoqeleka ukuba ngenze kanjalo ngenxa yokulalela, okwangizwisa ubuhlungu obukhulu. Ngabona iqhinga idemoni elalilenza ngomhlaba ukuze lingilethe ebunganeni futhi lingichithise. Ngicabanga ukuthi ngenzeni, ngathola into esunguliwe yokuthi lapho kuvela isenzakalo esiyingozi sokuya esangweni, noma ubani, ukuthi kwakungabantu bezwe abangibuza: kwakuwukwenza sengathi ngimsulwa ngakho konke ababekusho kimi, ikakhulukazi mayelana nemibuzo ethile engavamile, futhi ngingabatusi okunye ngaphandle kokubatshela ukuthi ngiye esangweni kuphela ngaphandle. lokulalela. Lapho abantu bezwe befika bezobona izihlobo zabo ezingokwenkolo, baphinde bangibuza: Ngabanqaba ngokuqondile. Le ndlela yokwenza yangiphumelelisa kahle kakhulu, futhi isikhathi eside angibange ngisangena esangweni baphinde bangibuza: Ngaze ngawaphika. Le ndlela yokwenza yangiphumelelisa kahle kakhulu, futhi isikhathi eside angibange ngisangena esangweni baphinde bangibuza: Ngaze ngawaphika. Le ndlela yokwenza yangiphumelelisa kahle kakhulu, futhi isikhathi eside angibange ngisangena esangweni Konke.
Idemoni limlinga ngokuzidla. Izimpi zakhe.
Kodwa udeveli wangihlasela ngentshiseko yami ebusayo, okuwukuzidla, futhi wengeza izilingo ezinamandla zokunganeliseki. Ngokushesha kwadingeka ngilwe ngezikhali ezibukhali ngokumelene nami kanye nesitha esasihlale siziveza emcabangweni wami nasengqondweni yami. Bheka, wathi kimi, ngedumela elihle onalo manje emhlabeni nasenkolweni; cishe wonke umuntu uyakubheka futhi akuthathe njengongcwele. Ungikhumbuze ngawo wonke amagama ahlukene ayebhekiswe kimina
igridi noma emphakathini. Ngangingenayo enye insiza ngaphandle komusa we
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ukuthi ngase ngiyocwiliswa kwalasha; kwakubonakala sengathi yonke into yayingenza ngiziqhenye futhi isebenze njengezikhali zokulwa nami idemoni. Ngazehlisa ezahlukweni phambi komphakathi: konke lokhu kwangisiza ukuthi ngizwe ubuhlungu obukhulu.
Ucela eNkosini ukululazeka nokuhlupheka. Unikiwe.
Ngolunye usuku lapho, phakathi kosizi lwami, ngizibona ngilwa ngokwedlulele nhlangothi zonke, ngaphakamisela inhliziyo yami nomoya wami ezulwini, ngathi: “Nkosi, wena obona isimo sobudlova engikuso phakathi kwezitha zami. , ohlale elwa nami, woza ungisize, nguwe kuphela ongazuza ukunqoba. Ngiyacela, O Nkulunkulu wami, ukugula okukhulu, ubuthakathaka nokululazeka, okuhlasela lo mzimba kanye nale mpilo ephelele ongiphe yona ebusheni bami, esebenza kuphela ukuyenga izinkanuko zami, nendlela yokungikhulisa. phambi kwezidalwa, naphambi komphakathi, oweneliseke kakhulu futhi ojabule kakhulu ngokungifaka enkolweni. »
Kwakungekho lutho ngaphandle kwehlombe nenjabulo ngami, okwakuhlala kubangele, ngokubheka kwami, amaphathi amabili endlini, elinye labangane, elinye elinomona. Kulesi senzakalo, ngathandaza eNkosini ukuba ngishaye lomzimba onesibindi, futhi ngazinikela ngokuphelele kuye ukuba ngihlupheke noma yini emjabulisayo ukuze ngithobeke phambi kwezidalwa, kunokuba ngilahlekelwe umphefumulo wami . O wami
Nkulunkulu! angikaze isicelo sinikezwe mina ngokushesha okungaka. Njengoba ngithandaza lo mthandazo kuNkulunkulu, ngezwa ukuhlasela okunamandla kwemvelo kungivukela, kwangenza ngizwe: Ucelani? Uyazi ukuthi yiziphi izinsizi kanye nezinhlupheko ozoba nazo emphakathini okungase kugcine usezinhlungwini zokugula njengoba bekujabulele ukuba nawe empilweni? Ngazithola ngichotshozwa ngaphansi kobunzima, ngizibona ngilwa nami. Ngaphandle kokuhlehlisa umthandazo wami, ngazinikela entandweni kaNkulunkulu, ngethemba lokho
umkhuleko wami wawungayikumkhubekisa, ngokuba ngangikhulekela umusa wakhe omsulwa nokusindiswa kwami.
Angizange ngibe ngaphezu kwezinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili, njengoba ngikhumbula, ngaphandle kokuzwa imiphumela yesicelo sami. LoMsindisi ongcwele, okhululekile kakhulu futhi onothando nokuhlupheka ngenxa yothando lwethu, wangidumisa ngesipho esiyigugu sesiphambano sakhe, ngazo zonke izinhlobo zobuthakathaka obuvamile nobuphakade, nokululazeka phambi kukaNkulunkulu naphambi kwabantu. Bekuyindlela enhle yokulwa nokunqoba izinkanuko zami ngosizo lomusa. Kodwa ngeshwa! the superb never amanga kodwa ngathi. Futhi ngisazolandisa ngokuhlasela okunonya idemoni elaletha kimi ngesikhathi somusa nomusa uNkulunkulu anginika wona ngisho nangezinye izikhathi ngisezinhlungwini ezinkulu kakhulu.
UNkulunkulu umeseka ngomusa ongavamile ekuhlinzweni okubuhlungu kakhulu.
Ngolunye usuku ngisezandleni zikadokotela ohlinzayo, futhi kwadingeka ngizwe ubuhlungu obunyantisayo bokuphuma kwengilazi esikhulisa idolo, elingana nekhanda lomntwana. Kwadingeka asike izikhathi eziningana. Lo Nkulunkulu wokulunga wangibonisa umusa ngomusa wakhe ngesikhathi sokuhlinzwa, okwathatha cishe ingxenye yesine yehora. Ngangihlaliswe esihlalweni, ngingabanjwa noma ngiboshwe, ngethula idolo lami ngokukhululeka futhi ngaphandle kokuqhaqhazela, futhi lokho kwamangala kakhulu futhi kwabancoma abasizi, ngisho nodokotela ohlinzayo, owasho lokho, ukube wayesendaweni yami. , kwakuzodingeka iboshwe ngokuqinile. Kodwa ngeshwa! ukube wazi ukuthi konke lokhu kwenzeka kanjani enhliziyweni yami ngomlilo wothando lwaphezulu kanye nokuba khona kukaZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele Kakhulu, izingxoxo zakhe zazimnandi kangangokuthi zaziloya lonke usizi lwami olukhulu!kakhulu, Nkulunkulu wami, nangokwengeziwe! futhi inhliziyo yami yayifisa ukuthi kube ngokwako ukuthi lezi zigebengu zenziwe, ukuba yisisulu sothando lwaphezulu olwaluthungela ngomlilo. Kodwa ngeshwa! umusa kaNkulunkulu usunyamalele sekuzohlwa, isitha sami esikhulu asizange siphuthelwe ukudubula kwaso. Weza ukuzongiyenga ngesilingo esinamandla, ngokumela emcabangweni wami konke ukuhlonishwa okuyize ebengiphethwe ngakho, ikakhulukazi kulesi simo. Uyingcwele, wangiqambela. Bonke ababengababukeli balo msebenzi, bawudalula emphakathini nasemhlabeni, futhi nihlonipha ubungcwele babo.
Ukwesaba okuyize kumenza acele kuNkulunkulu ubuhlungu obukhulu ngaphandle komusa onengqondo. Unikiwe.
Ngaleso sikhathi ngacela uNkulunkulu ngawo wonke amandla ami, ngithi: “Nkosi, lesi simo engikuso, futhi yeka indlela isitha sami esingihlomela ngayo! Ngiyakuncenga, Nkulunkulu wami, ukuba ungiphe ubuhlungu obunzima, obufana nalokhu engabuzwa ngesikhathi ngihlinzwa. Ngiphambanise nami kanye nokuzethemba kwami, ngisekele ngesineke sakho, kodwa ngaphandle kokuvuza okunengqondo. Lo Nkulunkulu wokulunga ungenzele isicelo sami.
Usizi olubukhali kuSisi. Ukubekezela kwakhe.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, kwafika kimina ihlaya elibi nelihlabayo ngaphakathi emzimbeni, futhi lenzeka ezindaweni ezibucayi kakhulu. Kusuka lapho kwavela imithungo ebukhali engingasho ukuthi yayilingana nezimbobo zokuhlinzwa. I-colic enzima yengezwa kuyo.
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Ekuphakameni kwalezi zinhlungu, ezathatha cishe isigamu sosuku ngaphandle kwenduduzo ephawulekayo, ngangihlale ngikulungele ukuphelelwa isineke. Ngabe ngikwenze izikhathi eziyikhulu ngeyodwa, ukube bengilahlekelwe umbono weNkosi yethu isikhashana ekushisekeleni kwayo. Ngangilokhu ngithi kuye: Patience of JC, ngihawukele! Hewu Nkosi yami ! ukuthi umuhle futhi unomusa kangakanani ukunikeza ngokushesha amakhambi ahambisana nobubi obukhulu bezinkanuko, ikakhulukazi ezinhle kakhulu!
Ingozi yokuziqhenya. Udinga ukulwa nalolu thando.
O, diabolical omuhle kakhulu futhi onengekayo! mingaki imiphefumulo enivunela esihogweni! uyini umuntu? Kungumusi wentuthu ohlakazeka emoyeni. Sengathi yonke imisebenzi yakhe, ukube yayingeyokuzinikela ngisho neyokusindisa imiphefumulo, ingenamsebenzi, uma inhloso ingahlanzekile, futhi ngenxa yenzuzo yodwa yenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu, ngokungazifuneli yena—ngisho lutho ngaphandle kwakhe. insindiso kanye nentando kaNkulunkulu! Okunjalo ngempela kuzoqala ngomoya kaNkulunkulu nangokuthobeka,
futhi iyogcina ngokuzidla nokuzidla. Khona-ke yonke ibhilidi iyachithwa, futhi iwela esihogweni.
Ngiyaqhaqhazela futhi ngiqhaqhazela izikhathi eziyinkulungwane ngicabanga ngamaqhinga alesi silwane esinonya esibulala futhi sichoboze, esithophayo futhi esinikeza izinjabulo ezingekho emthethweni enhliziyweni. Siyini lesi silo engikhuluma ngaso? Akukhona okunye ngaphandle kwethu. Lapho ngizibheka njengokonakala kwezinkanuko, futhi ikakhulukazi lokho kuzidla, ngicabanga ukuthi akukho lutho emhlabeni umuntu okungafanele ahlupheke ngalo, alugweme futhi azinikele, ukuze alwe futhi abhubhise izifiso zakhe; ukuthi umuntu kufanele ahlale ephethe izingalo ngaphandle kokudedela kuze kube sekupheleni kokuphila kwakhe; ngoba akekho osengozini ukwedlula lowo okholwa ukuthi unokuthula nezinkanuko zakhe, futhi usezehlise zaba yize. Okusho ukuthi, inceku kaNkulunkulu kumelwe ihlale izigadile, futhi ilondoloze impi engapheli nezitha zayo. uma bakwenza kube sengathi kukhona ukuthula, maye! kungukuthula okungamanga. Bayacasha, lezi zitha ezinobuqili, kungcono ukusimangaza. Amasosha e-JC ahlala ekulungele ukulwa. Bafuna ukuthula kwengqondo kuphela, nokuthula no-JC, oyinkosi yama-fighters.
Umuzwa kaDade wokuthobeka.
Uma ngizibuza ukuthi kumele umuntu enzenjani ukuze azithobe ngokuzithoba okuthokozisa uNkulunkulu, maye! Angazi ukuthi ngenzenjani, noma ngenzenjani, ngoba angitholi lutho ngaphandle kobuze kulo mthombo wenkohlakalo.
Lapho ngizicabangela ngokwengeziwe, kulapho ngithola khona ukuthi ngaphandle kosizo lomusa kaNkulunkulu, nginamandla okuyize kuphela, futhi kulokhu ngifana nedemoni elingakwazi ukwenza noma yisiphi isenzo sokuthobeka esijabulisa uNkulunkulu. funa okuhle kuphela. Maye! Hewu Nkosi yami! ngikhothame ezinyaweni zakho, ngimbozwe ukudideka ukuthi angikwazi ukuzithoba, kulokhu ngifana nedemoni. O Nkulunkulu wami, ngizozithoba ngoba angikwazi ukuzithoba. O ukuthobeka okungcwele kwe-JC, imodeli yami! nguwe, ngomusa wakho, ongitshele ngawo wonke amakhambi afanele ukulapha izifo zami. Kuwena engilindele usizo nosizo; ngokuba ekugcineni ngibeke insindiso yami ezandleni zomusa wakho ongapheli. Naphezu kwesihogo, umhlaba nezinkanuko zami, ngibeka lonke ithemba lami kuwe, nami ukuthi ngesihe sakhe esingcwele, naphezu kokungafaneleki kwami, ngeke angichithe ngaphandle kosizo, futhi ngeke angilahle .
Bengingeke ngiqede ukube bengifuna ukwazisa abavuma izono zami zonke izinkinga izinkanuko zami ezehlukene, ezihlangene nezilingo zikasathane, zangenza ngahlupheka. Bangihlasele kusukela ebuntwaneni bami, futhi ngibona kusengaphambili ukuthi ngeke banginike ukuthula kuze kube sekufeni kwami.
Engikwenze ukuthi kubhalwe ngenhla ngezinkanuko zami, wukwazisa abangiholayo, ukuthi ngilwa nabo ngayiphi indlela futhi ngayiphi indlela, futhi ngifunde kubo uma ngingakhohliswa idemoni kuzo zonke izindaba. unembeza wami. Ngazichaza kabanzi kakhulu, eminyakeni embalwa edlule, futhi ngaze ngazazisa kumuntu ovuma izono zami, owangenza ukuba ngibhale phansi zonke izibani nolwazi uNkulunkulu ayenginike lona. Ngavuma futhi kuye, ukuze azi izono zami nokonakala kokuziphatha kwami.
ISIQEPHU II.
Intuthuko neziyalezo ezindabeni ezihlukahlukene osekukhulunywe ngazo emiqulwini eyandulelayo, isihogo, ukuphenduka, ubuhle bukaNkulunkulu ezoni eziphendukile ngobuqotho, isibalo esikhulu sabalahlekayo, nokwahlulela kokugcina.
§. I.
Imininingwane yezinhlupheko ezibekelwe esihogweni imiphefumulo yasemhlabeni neyenyama. Ukonakala kwenhliziyo eyonakaliswe umoya wezwe.
Ekuguleni okukhulu, uDadewethu uholwa ngomoya esihogweni.
Baba ngizokubikela ngokwangehlela ekuguleni okukhulu, lapho iNkosi yethu yangehlisela khona ngomoya kanye naye esihogweni.
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INkosi enhle yayinginika umusa nsuku zonke esiphambanweni sayo esingcwele, nginomkhuhlane oqhubekayo, ngokuphindaphinda okunobudlova nokukhwehlela okubuhlungu, ngezinye izikhathi okwakuthatha amahora nengxenye. Nokho, nansi into emangalisa kakhulu: ngaleso sikhathi lapho imvelo yayimahloni nhlangothi zonke futhi isezinhlungwini, uNkulunkulu wabonakala ethatha ingxenye engaphezulu yomphefumulo wami, njengokungathi ungisondeza kuye ngokuphelele. Kulesi simo, loMsindisi ongcwele wangiholela ezindaweni ezijulile zakwalasha. Angikwazi ukuzichaza lapha ngezinto ezehlukene ezimbi nezishaqisayo uNkulunkulu angazisa kimina: Ngizokwelula isikhathi eside ngemva kwalokho, uma uNkulunkulu enginika izinsuku ezimbalwa ukuze ngikwazi ukumaka ngokubhala.
Ngikhuluma lapha amagama amabili noma amathathu kuphela ngalokho uNkulunkulu angenze ngakubona, naphezu kwenzondo engapheli anayo kubo bonke abantu basemhlabeni nakubo bonke abantu besifazane basemhlabeni. Wangazisa ukuthi uzophenya kanjani nasemigoqweni nasemigoqweni yenhliziyo, abone ukuthi ayingcolisiwe yini noma ayivuvukalanga ngalomoya wezwe.
Khona-ke, uNkulunkulu wangibonisa, kulendawo emnyama, njengesikhala esithile esicishe sidwetshwe edwaleni, futhi wangenza ngaqonda ukuthi wasusa kimi, okwamanje, umbono omubi wesihogo; kangangokuthi angizange ngibone umphefumulo uhlupheka, futhi angizange ngibone amademoni.
INkosi yethu imenza abone esihogweni indawo emiselwe imiphefumulo yezwe emva kokwahlulela jikelele.
Intando yeNkosi yethu yayiwukungibonisa isijeziso esisabekayo abantu basemhlabeni abayojeziswa ngaso, uma befa ngaphandle kokuguquka kweqiniso futhi ngaphandle kokuzisola. INkosi yethu yayihlezi ikhuluma nami sengathi siseduze nokwahlulela. “Bheka,” esho kimi, “leli dwala elimangelengele nelakhiwe kabi kakhulu. Ngemva kwesahlulelo sami, ingalo ephindiselayo yobulungisa bami izovuna yonke imiphefumulo yasemhlabeni ehlangene nemizimba yayo. ngizabacindezela, kube nzima ukwedlula izitini eziko. Khona-ke, uNkulunkulu wangibonisa ukuthi ayevutha kangakanani amalangabi aqothulayo ayeyobhebhezelana ngawo kuze kube phakade .
Ubona enye indawo egcinelwe izihlubuki, ama-schismatics, abakhonza izithombe kanye nemiphefumulo yenyama.
UNkulunkulu wangenza ngabona ezinye izindawo ezijulile lapho bezibekelwe khona njengokwalasha wamanzi anodaka abila ngokungapheli abe amagwebu amakhulu kuyilapho ekhuphuka phezulu. INkosi yethu yabe isithi kimi: “Nazi izindawo ezingajabulisi lapho imiphefumulo ezinikele kulo mhlaba kuyo yonke inhlobo yezinkanuko nezinjabulo zenyama. “Ngangazi ukuthi le ndawo ingeyabo bonke abantu abahlubukayo, abahlubukayo nabakhonza izithombe, futhi ekugcineni ingeyabo bonke abenza ububi balo lonke uhlobo, noma abazitika, ngokwentando yabo, kuzo zonke izinjabulo zabo, njengokungathi bafuna ukudelela uMninimandla onke. nobukhosi bukaNkulunkulu.
Kungaleso sikhathi lapho iNkosi yethu yathi kimi: "Kule varvassière ejulile (1), oyibona ibila ngokufutheka kwentukuthelo yami, bayonyathelwa futhi baxove ngaphansi kokucindezela kwempindiselo yami." Ngizogcwalisa leli chibi ngazo zonke izinhlobo zokuhlupheka eziqanjwe ubulungiswa bami. Ngangazi ukuthi kule ntaba kwakuyoba khona ukushisa njengomlilo, futhi kubila ngokonakala, inhlanganisela yezifo, imiphefumulo yazo nemizimba yazo iyophuza amanzi amade kuze kube phakade.
(1) Izinhlobo zamabhayela amakhulu futhi ajulile.
Nansi eminye imininingwane yezindaba engikhulume ngazo ngaphambili, lapho iNkosi yethu ingithumela esihogweni ngomoya, lapho yangibonisa khona izinto ezimbalwa ezithile mayelana nokuhlushwa kwabangafaneleki .
Ukonakala kwezinhliziyo zemiphefumulo yasemhlabeni.
INkosi yethu, ngenkathi ililela abantu basemhlabeni, okuthe, naphezu kothando lwayo nalo lonke ucwaningo lwayo, bayogijimela esihogweni, yangibonisa izinhliziyo eziningana eziphilayo futhi sengathi ziyaphila, futhi ezaziyinyama, futhi yathi kimi: " Bona futhi ucabangele ukuthi lezi zinhliziyo zihlushwa yisiphi isilonda, cishe akukho okunempilo. Ngaqala ukubheka futhi ngacabangela eyonakele kakhulu; Ngabona isilonda esimnyama nesinomthofu esingene phakathi kwenhliziyo.
INkosi yethu yathi kimi: “Vula le nhliziyo. Wayegoqwe ngesikhumba esamenza wathatha futhi wagcina ukuma kwenhliziyo. Ngathi ngisahamba ngiyowuvula, lavuleka lodwa; kwakubolile konke ngaphakathi, futhi kwakuyinto esabekayo enkulu ukuyibona. Ngabona igazi elimnyama, eligobile kuphela, elibolile, lenyama encibilikile. “Bheka, mntwana wami, isho iNkosi kimi, ukufana kwale miphefumulo yasemhlabeni; ngaphandle babonakala bephila futhi bephilisa imizimba yabo, bephila futhi bezondla ngezinjabulo zezwe nezenyama; kodwa zifile emehlweni ami, futhi ngenxa yezinjabulo zaphakade engangizilungiselele; ayanginyanyisa amacala
abazenza nsuku zonke, isiphi isifo esibi engikubonise sona kulenhliziyo ebolile. Bheka, iNkosi yethu ingitshela futhi, kulenhliziyo yokuqala, ukufana kwayo yonke imiphefumulo yasemhlabeni ezinikele ngokuphelele kukho konke ukuzijabulisa kwenyama, futhi engakwazi ukuphila ngenye indlela. Ulindele kanjani, wanezela, ukuthi ngithatha
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mina umphefumulo ongcoliswe kanjalo, uma engaguquki ngokuphelele kimi, futhi uma engenzi ukuphenduka okuqotho? Bheka futhi ucabangele isimo sezinye izinhliziyo. »
Amazinga ahlukahlukene enkohlakalo.
Ngaqala ngababuka. Kukhona okwase kuqalile ukubola; yayingene yajula yaze yafika phakathi kwenhliziyo. Ngabona abanye okwagxivizwa kubo isimila bese bemba enyameni ephilayo. Eyokugcina engayibuka yayinesilonda phezu kwesikhumba kuphela, ngakho kwakulula ukusikhipha futhi selapheke. INkosi yethu yangichazela incazelo yalokho engangikuqaphelile kulezo zinhliziyo; mayelana neyesibili, yathi kimi: "Lona ucishe ufane newokuqala." Umphefumulo Wakhe usabhekana nobunzima obuncane bokuzitika ngazo zonke izinjabulo zezwe; kodwa ngeshwa ! wakhe usizi luzophela ngokushesha. Inhliziyo owayibona lapho, nalapho inxeba lalilokhu ligebha enyameni kuphela, imele, Ithi iNkosi yethu, imiphefumulo eqala ukuzinikela emhlabeni ngokuzithandela. Ngokuqondene nowokugcina, owayenesilonda onqenqemeni, umelela imiphefumulo ezonda izwe, futhi abenza konke abangakwenza ukuze bazihlukanise nalo, kodwa okuthi ngeshwa, ngenxa yesidingo esibi, bahlanganyele kulo. bona. Njengoba nje umuntu engakwazi ukufaka umunwe wakhe emlilweni ngaphandle kokusha, kanjalo nale miphefumulo empofu ayikwazi ukuxoxa nabantu bezwe ngaphandle kokuthola amabala kubo. »
Ingozi yokuhwebelana nezwe kubantu abazinikele kuNkulunkulu.
INkosi yethu yanezela: “Kukhona olunye uhlobo lwabantu (njengokuthi, abantu besonto, noma abantu abahlukaniselwe uNkulunkulu ngezifungo ezinkulu) abahlangana ngenhlanhla nabantu bezwe, kungaba izihlobo noma abangane, ababajabulisa kuphela izinto zezwe, noma ngezinjabulo zabo eziyize. Uma laba bantu abazinikele kuNkulunkulu belalela ngokujabula, futhi beqhubeka nengxoxo, bayokona kakhulu kunabantu bomndeni, abafana nokuphoqwa ngezikhathi ezithile ukuba babonane emndenini, futhi ukuzwa izinkulumo ngezinye izikhathi ezingezona ezezwe. kungenjalo. Laba bantu bayalizonda izwe nezimiso zalo.
Ukuziphatha kwemiphefumulo ezonda umhlaba ehlala maphakathi nezwe.
Kunokuba bakujabulele, bavala izindlebe zabo ezwini lezinyoka eziloyayo zesihogo, futhi esikhundleni senjabulo bezwa ukudabuka okubabayo ezinhliziyweni zabo. Uma bekwazi ukuhlehla ngobuhlakani ngaphansi kwezaba elithile, noma baguqule le ngxoxo eyinhlekelele ibe enye engenandaba, lapho uNkulunkulu engacasuki khona, bayashesha ukuzuza ngakho. »
Ukukhipha kalula ibala elenziwe uhwebo lomhlaba.
INkosi yethu yangitshela ukuthi kwakungowakamuva owayenesilonda onqenqemeni, nokuthi kwakuncane kakhulu okwakudingeka ukuze selashwe: futhi yangichazela ngale ndlela okwakumelwe kuqondwe ngayo le nto encane. AmaKristu amahle abesaba ukucasula uNkulunkulu, futhi azonda izwe, izimiso zalo kanye nenduduzo yalo, ngisho nakubazali bawo, adinga kuphela ukuvuma okuhle nokubukezwa ngaphakathi kwawo, ngesenzo sokuzisola. Nasi lesi silonda ebusweni besikhumba sisusiwe, futhi inhliziyo iyahlanzwa.
Udinga ukubalekela umhlaba.
Kodwa, omunye uzothi, le miphefumulo enithi inesilonda esibhibhayo, ayonanga; baziphatha njengabangcwele; abanye bayakwenezela: ngisho nasezintweni eziphambeneyo. Kuhle ! Ngicabanga ukuthi kunjengokusho kwakho, futhi ukuthi abenzanga isono engxoxweni ababe nayo nabantu bezwe: nokho bebelokhu bonile, nakuba bekungabaza, noma ngokudla phakathi kwalaba bantu, noma bebuyela emikhayeni yabo, lapho babeqiniseka khona ukuthola abantu abagcwele umoya wezwe. INkosi yethu ayizange
ukungazinaki lezi zimiso zezwe; kunalokho, uhlale ekhala kithi: balekelani izwe . Maye! kucatshangwa ukuthi kuyathethelelwa ngalesi sidingo sokuyobona izihlobo noma abangane, ngaphandle kokubheka ukuthi yimuphi umoya abanabo. Siya kubo; ngakho-ke kufanele niwamukele ekhaya: ingabe lokho kuwukugcina izwi likaNkulunkulu? Kunokuba agweme ukuzihlanganisa nezwe, umuntu ubangenisa emzini wakhe. Bonke labo abangatholi sono kulokhu kuziphatha, ngibabizela ekwahlulelweni kukaNkulunkulu, futhi bazobona ukuthi bazolalelwa yini.
Ingozi yokudla kanye nemihlangano emikhulu yomhlaba, ikakhulukazi kubantu beBandla. U-JC ukhononda ngalokhu.
Uma iNkosi yethu ithola isono kubantu bezwe, nakulabo abazonda izwe, kuyoba njani ngabantu besonto abatholakala ezidlweni, emibuthanweni yomhlaba, bese benza ubukhazikhazi, lapho bephoqelekile khona ukwamukela zonke izibusiso. abantu bomhlaba? Uma ngikhuluma ngabantu beBandla, ngikhuluma ngabo nje jikelele, ngingazi noyedwa umuntu; Ngazi kuphela lokho uNkulunkulu angenze ngazi ngakho, futhi nguye ongibophezela ukukhuluma ngakho.
Kungaba kuNkulunkulu ukuthi bonke labo abazinikezele kuNkulunkulu, futhi abenze amaphutha ngokuzihlanganisa nomoya wezwe, bangezwa izikhalazo uJC azisakaza ngokulahlekelwa kwemiphefumulo yabo! Nakhu akushoyo: “Ngondla ngakhulisa abantwana, engangibaphatha njengentandokazi; Ngiwathathe
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leso sixuku somhlaba esiyindlela yokubhubha; Ngabaphakela, ngabakhuluphalisa etafuleni lami; Ngifuna ukusho ukuthi ngabapha umusa phezu komusa, ngabacebisa nxazonke ngezinzuzo zami nangomusa wami: Ngabaphathisa futhi ngababeka u-Israyeli ngaphansi kwegadi yabo, ukuba baqaphele umvini wami; kepha abangenangqondo bangifulathele; basohlangothini lwezitha zami, balwa nami. Izinsika engangizimise ukuze ngisekele isonto lami ziyanyakaziswa futhi zidilizwe. Ingabe lokhu ukuqina engangikulindele, ngemva komusa ongaka engangibanike wona? Israyeli, bantu bami abathandekayo, niphangiwe futhi nichithiwe yilabo enganinika bona
ukuze uthole ukusekelwa: ah! maye kulabo befundisi bokungalungi, okuthi esikhundleni sokusindisa imiphefumulo engangibanike yona esitokisini, bayifake esihogweni ngezibonelo zabo ezimbi, amahlazo abo kanye nezeluleko zabo ezimbi! »
INkosi yethu yanginika ukuqonda ukuthi izikhalo zayo zazibhekiswe kubo bonke abantu ababesezikhundleni lapho kunomthwalo wemfanelo wemiphefumulo; owabeka isibonelo esibi ngeshwa; abathi ngokuziphatha kwabo, bahlaze abancane nabadala ngokufanayo, bazikhohlwe ngemisebenzi yombuso wabo.
§. II.
Ukwesaba nokwesaba unembeza idimoni eliphefumulela uDade ukuthi limenze aphelelwe ithemba. Induduzo neziyalo azithola eNkosini Yethu.
USathane uzama ukwenza uDade aphelelwe ithemba. Uyanqoba.
Baba, nabu obunye ubuhlungu engabuzwa ngokuhlushwa usathane. Ngenkathi, ngentando kaNkulunkulu, ngiphuma kule ndawo yobumnyama, lesi silo esingapheli, isitha sethu esivamile, sathukuthela ngokufutheka ngokumelene nami, ngibona lokho iNkosi eyayingibonise kona, futhi kwazi lokho eyayikucela kimi: nguye, le ndoda enamandla ehlomile,
ongigijimela; ngikhungathekile ngaphansi kwesisindo sokuhlupheka nobuhlungu obukhulu kakhulu, futhi cishe zonke izinsuku lapho ngisuka khona, ngahlupheka ngalesosikhathi ukulwa kwemvelo enesithukuthezi, ngikhathele ukuhlupheka, futhi ngaphushwa kwaze kwaba sekugcineni; wahlangana nesitha sami ukulwa nami. Lesi silo esingapheli sagcwalisa ingqondo yami ngamagagasi aso abulalayo futhi abulalayo, safiphaza umcabango wami ngobumnyama obunzima, futhi sangikhumbuza izinto eziyikhulu okwakungafanele ngizinakekele ngenxa yomsebenzi wokupha. Ekuphakameni kokuthuthwa komkhuhlane wami, wadlala ibhola nami, engiphonsa futhi engiguqula njengoba ethanda; kodwa lapho umqondo ophusile ubuyela kimi, ngazihlola ukuze ngicele intethelelo kuNkulunkulu. Ngakho wayiphinda kabili imizamo yakhe yokungiphonsa phezu kwentaba, kwangenza ngiqonde ukuthi ngase ngizokufa, nokuthi lalingekho ithemba lokuyovuma izono. Ngezwa ukuthembela kwami kuNkulunkulu kuba buthakathaka, kanye nomnyakazo owangiqhubela ekubeni ngiphelelwe ithemba lapho ngizibona ngiphonswe obishini olusabekayo lwezono zami. Khona-ke, phakathi kobumnyama bami, ngabalekela kuNkulunkulu omuhle kanye naseNcasakazini Engcwele; Ngamncenga ngenhliziyo ukuthi angangivumeli ngife ngingakavumanga.
Kulapha lapho engingakwazi khona ukubabaza kakhulu ubuhle nesihe sikaNkulunkulu wami. Esikhathini esingaphansi kwamahora angamashumi amabili nane kufika isikhonzi seNkosi esifanelekayo, esingikhonza futhi singinike iViaticum engcwele. Ngobuhle nangomusa wesidlo esingcwele, ngezinkanyiso nangeseluleko somvuma izono, uNkulunkulu, ngokuhanjelwa kwakhe okungcwele, wasusa konke ukungabaza kwami kanye nalo lonke usizi lwami, waqeda ubumnyama bami, futhi wabuyisela kimi lokho kuthula okumnandi kanye nalokho kuqiniseka okumnene. wengane kuyise omuhle. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, wangibuyisela lokho kukhanya okuhle okwakhanyisa ingaphakathi lami lonke futhi kwaxosha ubumnyama.
Ukuhlasela Kwedemoni Okusha. Uphazamisa unembeza wakhe.
Nokho-ke uSathane, lesi sikhali esinamandla, wafunda futhi wahlola ukuthi usengangiphazamisa kanjani. Mina-ke, ngokungazi ukuthi lesi sitha esinonya sasiqaphe ukubhujiswa kwami, ngachitha izinsuku ezintathu noma ezine ngibonga ngezinzuzo engangizithole kuNkulunkulu wami. Ngolunye usuku ekuseni, kungazelelwe, ukulwa kwaqala ngomnyakazo engxenyeni engezansi eyanyakaza ngokukhululeka ukuze ngizihlole. Unembeza wami okhathazekile wathi kimi: Uzenza ongabekezeleleki ngezikhalo zakho, ubakha kabi labo abakukhonzayo, uba umthwalo futhi uyisicefe kubo, ubanika ithuba lokuthukuthela: uzoletha konke lokhu phambi kukaNkulunkulu. Ngaso leso sikhathi ungijikijela umhwamuko omnyama, ngiqonde ukuthi ugcwele ubumnyama obusithe ukuqonda kwami. Ngabe sengibona ukuthi yilesi silo esisangifuna ngena ezingibeni zayo. UNkulunkulu wanginika umusa wokubalekela kuye ngokushesha, futhi ngikhale ngamandla ami onke ukuze nginxuse usizo lwakhe: Ngithe, Nkosi, woza ungisize, shesha; ungalibali, ngokuba ngiyakubhubha! Imizuzu embalwa kwamjabulisa uNkulunkulu ukungivumela ngimemeze futhi ngilwe nesitha sami.
INkosi yethu ibonakala kuye. Uyamduduza futhi amfundise.
Kodwa ekugcineni, ngemva kokucasuka kaningana kuNkulunkulu, nokukhala okuphindwe kaningana, ngokuzumayo loMsindisi othandekayo (hhayi ngomusa ovamile, okungukuthi ngokunyakaza kwaphezulu, noma ngamandla okholo, hhayi ngomusa ongavamile waloNkulunkulu we ubuhle)
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ngokusobala wabonakala kimi njengomnqobi onqobayo, futhi indoda enamandla exosha omunye ongaphansi kwakhe.
Nanka amazwi iNkosi Yethu eyawasho emphefumulweni wami othukile: “Wesabani, ndodakazi yami? umhluphelani? Angikubeleli nokuncane iphutha kukho konke ohlanjalazwa ngakho; ngamxolela konke; Angikuthukuthelele. “O Nkulunkulu! owayekwazi ukukhulelwa inala yenduduzo nokukhanya kwangaphakathi lawa mazwi angcwele angigcwalisa ngakho! Angizange ngithole izinkulumo ezanele ukuze ngizithobe phambi kukaNkulunkulu, ngimcele intethelelo futhi ngimbonge. UMsindisi wami othandekayo, ngobuhle bakhe obumsulwa, nangokuzithoba kwakhe okukhulu, wahlala nami isikhathi esithile ukuze angifundise ngawo wonke amaqhinga edemoni, namaqhinga awafaka emiqondweni yabantu ababenobuhle nothando lokwethembeka. ngikhonze.
Izenzo zokupha ngokuhlanganyela azimthokozisi kakhulu usathane. Wenza umzamo wokuzivimba.
INkosi yethu yangixwayisa ukuba ngiqaphele iningi labantu abasondela kimi, kokubili abangaphakathi nabangaphandle, ngoba uSathane wayehlale eqaphile ukuze abenze babeke ezinkulumweni zabo okuthile okufanele bathwale inkathazo ngaphansi kwami; futhi iNkosi Yethu yangitshela ukuba ngixwayise omama bami esikhundleni sayo, ukuthi udeveli wayebathukuthelele; okokuqala, ngenxa yokuthula nokubumbana kwesisa sika-JC, esasinakho sobathathu ndawonye, futhi ayenqume ukuqeda lokhu kuthula nokuphonsa phakathi kwethu ukungezwani nokuhlukana, okuphambene kakhulu nesisa, futhi okungamjabulisi uNkulunkulu; ukuthi okucasule kakhulu idimoni, okwesibili, izixwayiso zomusa nezobuzalwane esanikezana zona; okwesithathu, izimo namalungiselelo esasiwenza, ukubuyela emseni noNkulunkulu.
Umthetho okufanele ulandelwe ezingxoxweni eziyalelwe uDadewethu yiNkosi Yethu.
Nakhu iNkosi Yethu engincomele yona empilweni yami yangasese ukuthi ingixwayise ngezingibe zikasathane.
“Ezingxoxweni, wathi kimi, nakuzo zonke izinkulumo zenu, khulumani ngokunembile kuphela ngalokho okudingekayo nalokho okungasebenzela inkazimulo yami,
ekusizeni nasekufundiseni umakhelwane wethu. Ukhuluma kakhulu ezindabeni ezingenandaba, ikakhulukazi lapho ukholelwa ukuthi akukho okubi .
Thula. Lapho kukhulunywa okuningi phambi kwakho, vala izindlebe zakho ezingaphakathi, uzithobe phambi kwami, futhi ungafuni ukuhlola ukuthi izinkulumo zinhle noma zimbi, noma ziyangicasula noma cha; kodwa lahla konke njengesivunguvungu esidlulayo ”
Asikho isono sokukhononda lapho umuntu ehlupheka. INkosi yethu ibheka konke lapho inhliziyo ingeyakhe.
INkosi yethu yangenza ngazisa, mayelana nokukhononda kwemvelo, ukuthi usathane wangibeka ngesono, ukuthi akukho okubi, ngoba kungokwemvelo ukukhononda.
“Uma ngifuna,” esho kimi, “ngingakwenzela umusa ngomusa engiwunikeze abangcwele bami, futhi ikakhulukazi kubafel’ ukholo bami, abathi, phakathi kobuhlungu babo obukhulu, banqoba imvelo nakho konke ukuphila kwabo. izikhalo. Babengeke bakwenze ngaphandle komusa okhethekile. Kepha nina, uma bengininike lomusa, futhi nizwe izinhlungu zenu ngokuthula futhi ngaphandle kokukhononda okuvela emvelweni, udeveli ubeyonilinga ngokuzidla nokubukisa. Kungakho-ke mtanami ngazi ukuthi yini elungele wonke umuntu, ngisho ekwabiweni komusa wami. Konke kuzuzisa ongithandayo. Lapho inhliziyo ihlukaniselwe ngokuphelele othandweni lwami, ngibheka konke ukuhlupheka komzimba nengqondo, kukho konke ukububula kanye nazo zonke izikhalazo ezihlanganisiwe ezibangelwa ukwehluleka kwempilo yomuntu ofayo: konke lokho kubalwa futhi kuyajabulisa uthando lwami. »
INkosi yethu yathi kimi: "Lingisa imiphefumulo yami ethembekile, engakwazi ukumisa ukukhononda kwemvelo ezwelayo njalo: banginikeza inombolo yalezi zikhalo esikhundleni senombolo yezenzo zothando lwami oluhlanzekile ezifisa njalo izinhliziyo zabo. Kuhle futhi ukwengeza izenzo zokuzisola kweqiniso, ezikhuluma ngothando lwami. Kuyindlela encomekayo kakhulu yokunqoba isitha. Nazi izikhali engininika zona ukuba nilwe naso: Lindani nikhuleke. Indlela yokunqoba leli bhubesi ukuzinamathisela ngokungenakuvinjelwa kimi nasothandweni lwami; ukuthambekela ngenhliziyo yakhe yonke nangawo wonke umphefumulo wakhe ukungithanda ngokuphelele, nokuhlanganisa umyalo wobunkulunkulu wothando lwami uthando oluphelele kumakhelwane wami. »
Nakhu okwashiwo iNkosi yethu kimi: “Ungesabi, ndodakazi yami, ngizokusiza ngomusa wami; kodwa ngifuna ukuthi usebenze ngayo futhi udlule kukho ngawo wonke amandla akho. »
§. III.
Imibuzo Yezivumo. Inkonzo yobuNkulunkulu, kusukela kubapristi kuya enkantolo yokuzisola. Umusa nothando lukaNkulunkulu ngezoni eziphenduka ngeqiniso.
Baba, ngiyakulandisa ngalokho engiye ngabhekana nakho enhliziyweni yami,
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ngesikhathi semibuzo eminingana mayelana nokuvuma izono.
Lapho umpristi engekho lapho efa, umuntu akabophekile, futhi ngisho nokungafaneleki, ukuvuma izono zakhe kubantu bezwe.
Ngazithola ngelinye ilanga ngisenkampanini lapho babexabana khona ngokuvuma izono. Ngatshelwa: Dadewethu, uma usuzokufa, futhi ungakwazi ukuya ukuyovuma izono kumpristi ogunyaziwe, kwakuyodingeka uvume kumuntu wezwe, futhi usole izono zakho ngokuthobeka. UNkulunkulu angakujabulisa, nakuba abantu bezwe babengenawo amandla okukunika intethelelo. Ngasenqaba lesi siphakamiso, ngathi kwakungafanele neze kwenziwe: ukuthi, uma kunjalo, ngizovuma mina ngokwami kuNkulunkulu, futhi ngizocela intethelelo kuye ngayo yonke inhliziyo yami.
Lapho ngizithola ngingedwa, ngabuyela ngaphakathi kwami phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nami, futhi ngacabangela izinkulumo engangizithunywe kimi. Nakhu uNkulunkulu angazise kimi: Lesi senzo asilungile neze ukukwenza, ngoba imiphumela yaso ingathambekela ekudukeni nasekudukiseni imiphefumulo. UNkulunkulu akakufuni ukuthobeka ngaleyo ndlela. INkosi yethu ingitshela ukuthi kusukela ekuqaleni kweBandla lakhe kuze kube manje, udeveli wayefuna ukuqeda isivumo abathembekile abasenza ezikhonzini zakhe; ukuthi, ngalokho, wasebenzisa zonke izinhlobo zobuciko nezaba ezingamanga ukuze abenze bawele ekuhlubukeni.
Indoda efayo ingakwazi, futhi kufanele, itholele umngane konke okudingekayo ukuze ihlele izindaba zomndeni wayo, ukulungisa ukungabi nabulungisa kwayo, njll.
Nasi, nokho, isimo engiphila kuNkulunkulu futhi uNkulunkulu asivumelayo
: isibonelo, kubangane ababili abahlanganiswe izibopho zothando enkolweni yamaKatolika, omunye uzithola emangala lapho esezokufa, engakwazi ukuthola usizo lwabapristi abalungile; le ndoda empofu efa izwa unembeza wayo wethukile futhi ikhathazekile ngezindaba eziningana zomndeni: yilapho ingakwazi, ngokwalokho engikubona entandweni kaNkulunkulu, embule izindaba zikanembeza wayo kumngane wayo oseduze. UNkulunkulu wangibonisa labo ayengababeka kuye
: amacala, amacala ezingane, ukubuyiselwa imali, ekugcineni, ngokuvamile noma yiliphi ibhizinisi lapho unembeza usebenza khona, futhi okudingeka ulithole nabanye; kodwa lokho uNkulunkulu akwenqabelayo le ndoda efayo iwukuba ingabi nanhloso yokuvuma noma ukuzibeka icala ngamaphutha akhe njengoba umuntu ophendukile engenza ezinyaweni zompristi. Uma eyebile, akufanele asho kanje lesi sono, kodwa kuphela athi: Ngimkweleta kakhulu umuntu onjalo; ngiyakuncenga ukuba umnelise ngokuhle kwami; futhi, ngokwesibonelo, uma bebile ndawonye, angamtshela futhi kufanele amtshele, emnxusa ukuba abuye naye. Uma yena lowo muntu ofayo ehlambalaze abanye abantu, futhi ngaleyo ndlela waba nesandla ekulahlekeni kwesithunzi sabo, kufanele ngokufanayo athole iphutha lakhe kumngane wakhe, ngokumtshela ukuthi lokho akushilo ngalaba bantu kungamanga,
Kodwa zonke izono ezifihliwe azenzile lomuntu ofayo ekusithekeni, akumelwe akhulume ngazo kumngane wakhe, nanoma yimuphi umuntu wezwe, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ungcwele kangakanani. Kumelwe avuse ukuzisola okukhulu, avume futhi azisole, ekusithekeni kwenhliziyo yakhe, kuNkulunkulu, futhi acele intethelelo kuye, ngomunyu womphefumulo wakhe, ngazo zonke izono zokuphila kwakhe, ikakhulukazi lezo azizwa ngazo. enecala kusukela ekuvumeni kwakhe isono okokugcina enesifiso sangempela sokuvuma izono kumpristi ovunyelwe, uma kuvela ithuba; futhi ngesinqumo esiqinile, uma uNkulunkulu embuyisela empilweni, ukushintsha impilo yakhe, kakhulu ngenxa yothando lukaNkulunkulu kunokwesaba isihogo. Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi mayelana nabo bonke abantu abafa kulezi zimo ezingcwele, ekukholweni kweqiniso, othandweni nasekuthembeni emseni kaNkulunkulu,
Ububi obenziwa umuntu, ngaphandle kwesidingo esikhulu, aveze izono zakhe eziyimfihlo komunye umuntu.
UNkulunkulu ungazise kimi ububi obenziwa umuntu owembule izono zakhe eziyimfihlo komunye umuntu, ngaphandle kwesidingo esikhulu, njengoba ngichazile ngenhla. Ngicabanga ukuthi le ndoda efayo yaphinga, eyaziwa nguNkulunkulu kuphela; uma ekutholela umngane wakhe, uyamhlambalaza, alahlekelwe isithunzi sakhe. Nakhu uNkulunkulu akusho kimi: Kunokulimala okuningi, futhi ngisho nangaphezulu, ukulahlekelwa isithunzi somuntu ngehlazo, njengokulahlekelwa umakhelwane wakho. UNkulunkulu wangenza ngazi ukuthi wakulahla lokhu kuzithoba; kodwa nakhu okuthile mayelana nehlazo:
UDade avale umlomo wakhe endodeni ekhohlakele ekhulume ngokumelene nokuvuma izono.
Ngazithola ngisenkampanini lapho kwakukhona umuntu ongenayo inkolo, okhuluma ulimi lwezixhwanguxhwangu. Akazange ayeke ukugxeka abapristi abalungile, kungekho muntu owayelokotha ukumphazamisa; wathi, ezinkulumweni zakhe ezimbi, ukuvuma lezi zinhlobo zabapristi kwakuwukulahlekelwa isithunzi sakhe; ukuthi lamadoda ayengaphansi kwazo zonke izinhlobo zamaphutha njengabanye: wayiveza ngokucacile imizwa yakhe, futhi wabonisa ukungabaza ayenakho ukuvuma kubo. Khona-ke waphendulela inkulumo yakhe ezingelosini, futhi wathi uyovuma ingelosi, ngoba babe bemvelo kamoya; wabonakala, ngezwi lakhe, efuna ukuthuka uNkulunkulu ngokungasinikezanga izingelosi ukuba zivume.
Mina owahlupheka enhliziyweni yami ukuzwa izinkulumo ezinjalo, ngamphazamisa ngephimbo eligqamile; futhi ngivuswe yileyo ntshiseko engingeke ngikwazi ukuzilungisa ngayo, lapho kuwumbuzo ikakhulukazi wenkazimulo
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kaNkulunkulu nensindiso yemiphefumulo, ngithi kuye: Ngubani ezingelosini, amaserafi, athi uNkulunkulu kubo: Labo enibathethelela izono zabo bayakuthethelelwa, futhi labo enibabamba izono zabo ziyobanjelwa? UNkulunkulu wanginika umusa wokuthi iqiniso elinamandla kangaka livale umlomo wakhe; futhi ngaphandle kokulokotha aphendule ngisho nelilodwa izwi, washintsha inkulumo yakhe.
Isithunzi, ubukhulu namandla angcwele omphristi enkantolo yokuzisola.
Ubaba, endabeni yokuvuma izono, nakhu okwenzeka kimi ngokukhanya okungaphezu kwemvelo, noma kunalokho ngobhaqa lokholo, uNkulunkulu akhanyisela ngalo umoya wami nokuqonda kwami mayelana nezikhonzi zakhe. Ngesikhathi sokuvuma izono, ngababona beguqulwe baba nguNkulunkulu, ngisho ngegunya elinamandla lobuNkulunkulu uNkulunkulu ayebanike lona enkonzweni yabo yokuphatha. Bamelela kahle umuntu weNkosi yethu u-JC enkantolo yabo yejaji elibusayo, bephethe ezandleni zabo isikali sobulungisa nesihe sikaNkulunkulu, ukuze bahlole futhi balinganise zonke izono abazizwayo; lokho okuthiwa isisindo sendlu engcwele. Benzani laba bafundisi abafanelekile? Bachitha noma bakhulule abaphendukayo, ngokuya ngezimo ezinhle noma ezimbi abazibonayo noma abazithola kubo. Kodwa, Nkulunkulu wami! yeka isimangaliso engasibona lapho! UNkulunkulu wangibonisa abefundisi ngesikhathi sokuthethelelwa; baphuma kubo ukuze benze kuNkulunkulu, ngalo lonke igunya lakhe namandla akhe angapheli; bathethelela izono kuNkulunkulu; futhi njengoNkulunkulu, Ngamemeza ke ngaphakathi yami: O imikhandlu nezinkulumo ababi futhi abangenanhlonipho! vula amehlo akho ekukholweni nasenkolweni yamaKatolika, futhi uzobona izimangaliso nezimangaliso eziningi kuwo wonke amasakramente ethu kanye nezimfihlakalo zethu ezithandekayo .
! INkosi yethu yangazi ukuthi lesi sizwe esingamesabi uNkulunkulu asinakukholwa ukwedlula abaFarisi; benza ukukhanya esikhundleni sobumnyama, nobumnyama bube ngukukhanya.
Ushintsho kungazelelwe ukuthi ubuhle bukaNkulunkulu busebenza emiphefumulweni ngesikhathi sokukhululwa kompristi enkantolo yokuzisola.
Baba wami, nansi into emayelana nokuvuma izono, nomusa kwabaphendukayo abalungile enkantolo yokuzisola. UMoya weNkosi wangiyisa entabeni ende; lapho ngabona umgodi ogcwele izinkuni owome kakhulu, ukuze ushiswe. Yalungiswa ngendlela eyalungiswa ngayo eTestamenteni Elidala ukuze idle izisulu. Ngase ngazi kuNkulunkulu uyise impindiselo yokulunga kwakhe nentukuthelo yakhe, eyaqala ukuqhuma njengokuduma, nomlilo, nokuduma, okwasakazeka ngapha nangapha esigxotsheni. Ngaleso sikhathi sasiyidlanzana labantu ababeguqe ngamadolo, singekude nesigxobo; saselule izingalo zethu, siphakamisela izandla zethu ezulwini, futhi simemeza: Sihawu, Nkosi! umusa, Nkulunkulu wami!
Nkulunkulu wami, sicela intethelelo yakho kithi nakubo bonke abantu bakho; sihawukele! Sasilindele ukufa kuphela, umzuzu wakho okwakuphawulwa umlilo wolaka lukaNkulunkulu owela phezu komlilo ukuze ukuqede ngomzuzwana, futhi sasikholelwa ukuthi sonke siyoqedwa ngaso leso sikhathi.
Kodwa, Nkulunkulu! yeka ushintsho! Ngokushesha sabona iwundlu elincane livela, cishe unyaka owodwa ubudala, lonke limhlophe, lingenabala. Wavela phezu kwe-pyre, evezwe njengesisulu esiphambanweni. Masinyane kwanqamuka ukuduma neziphepho; sabona intukuthelo yomahluleli ishintsha yaba uthando lwenhliziyo kababa, okwathi, kusukela ekuphakameni kwezulu, njengethonya elimnene, futhi njengomlilo ongcwele futhi onomusa, wasakaza phezu komlilo ozungeze iwundlu.
Ngokushesha, lapho sibona ushintsho olukhulu kangaka futhi olungalindelekile, sazizwa ezinhliziyweni zethu ukuthula okumnandi, injabulo ephilayo, nenduduzo enkulu.
Ngakho ngazibhekisa kuNkulunkulu, ngathi kuye: Nkulunkulu wami! zisho ukuthini zonke lezi zinto? Sasicabanga ukuthi silahlekile, futhi kungazelelwe ubuhle bakho nomusa wakho kwanqoba ubulungisa bakho. UNkulunkulu wangiphendula wathi: “Amacala ezoni akhuphukele esihlalweni sami sobukhosi, futhi bengiyophanga yonke into ngobulungisa bami, kodwa ngenxa yobuhle beWundlu elithobekile elivele kulesi sigxobo, ehlanganiswe ebuhleni bakhe nasemhlatshelweni wakhe umhlatshelo wezinhliziyo eziningi ezidabukile, ezithobile nezizisola ngempela, okuthi, ngokwesibonelo seNkosi uDavide, bazithole sebesenkantolo yokuzisola; njengezisulu ezilungele ukuhlupheka futhi zifakwe ngenxa yothando lwami. Ngokushesha indodana yami yabasiza ngenkonzo yabapristi ababakhulula. Lolushintsho oluzumayo enilubonile lwenzeka enkantolo yokuzisola ezinhliziyweni ezithi uma ziphenduka ngokweqiniso zifune ukuguqulwa. Ubonile, wanezela Nkosi, imibane yami yezulu igxuma ngapha nangapha ezigxotsheni; ngale ndlela ngilwa ngayo nezoni. Ngiyabethusa, ngibenza besabe, bathuthumele, baqhaqhazele; Ngenza imibani yami kanye nokuduma kwami kuhlokome ekujuleni kwezinhliziyo zabo, futhi ngibatshela ukuthi uma bengenzi ukuphenduka ngokushesha, bazobhubha bonke. angibaphonsi masinyane umbani wami phezu kwabo; babona imicibisholo yolaka lwami indiza, ngilindele ukubona ukuthi izophenduka yini ekhalela umusa. »
Hlobo luni lokuvuma izono okufanele isoni esilihlazo sisenze emnyango wokufa esingakwazi ukuthola umpristi ogunyaziwe.
Baba, nalu olunye uhlobo lwesivumo uNkulunkulu angazise kimi ngezoni ezizinikele
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ngesikhathi sokuphila kwabo kuzo zonke izinhlobo zobugebengu lapho umphakathi wawuthukuthele khona. Uma isoni esinjalo sizithola, lapho sesifa, singenalusizo lwanoma yiluphi uhlobo lompristi ovunyelwe, futhi sithintwa umusa ongavamile womusa omsulwa kaNkulunkulu, kufanele sivuse ukuzisola okubuhlungu, nokudabuka okukhulu zonke iziphambeko ezidabula inhliziyo yakhe; futhi lapho engakwazi ukuvuma izono kumpristi, kufanele, njengoba uNkulunkulu engazisile kimi, enze isivumo sakhe obala ngale ndlela: Uyoqoqela eduze kwakhe isibalo sabantu bazo zonke izinhlobo zobulili, babo bonke ubudala, nangaphambili. bayozikhothamela phansi imizimba yabo; uma engakwazi, okungenani enhliziyweni nasengqondweni. Kulesi simo, ehlose ukuvuma kuBaba uMninimandla onke, hhayi ezidalweni ezimzungezile, futhi ephiswa umoya wokholo, ezisekela ebuhleni bukaJC, futhi emoyeni weBandla, kufanele asho ngokuzwakalayo ukuthi: Ngiyazivuma mina ngokwami kuNkulunkulu, uBaba uMninimandla onke; Ngizisola kuye ngawo wonke amacala okuphila kwami, phambi kwezulu nomhlaba, nakubo bonke abantu abangizwayo. Ngiyabanxusa ukuba bangikhulekele kuNkulunkulu. Kufanele-ke achaze, ngokusemandleni akhe, wonke amacala omphakathi empilo yakhe, ngisho namakhulu kakhulu, emehlweni alabo abakhona, enze isinxephezelo somphakathi ngawo wonke amahlazo awenzile, futhi abuyisele wonke amaphutha awenza Okulandelayo. Yilokhu uNkulunkulu angazise kimi: Lesi soni akufanele, phakathi nokuvuma kwaso, silahlekelwe umbono wenhloso, noma ukunaka ukuthi kukuNkulunkulu kuphela esivuma futhi sizisole sona.
Uma lo muntu ompofu ofayo, esenelise konke okusemandleni akhe, echitha izinsuku ezimbalwa, futhi mhlawumbe namahora ambalwa asele kuye, eqhubeka ecela intethelelo kuNkulunkulu, ekhala izinyembezi zokuzisola okubuhlungu, ngangazi kuNkulunkulu ukuthi naphezu kokuhlupheka. ukuphila kwakhe okubi, kufanele athembele emseni weNkosi, nokuthi uNkulunkulu uyomthethelela ngokufaneleka kwe-JC Yebo, uNkulunkulu uyokunaka ukuvuma kwakhe obala; uzokwamukela, lapho kuzoba uqhekeko olukhulu kakhulu, inqobo nje uma ekuvumeni kwakhe jikelele wenze konke ukuhoxisa kanye nokubuyisela okufunwa yiBandla.
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Inani elikhulu labantu basemhlabeni abagijimela esihogweni nsuku zonke. Umusa omusha wokuguquka uNkulunkulu awunikeza izoni, ngaphezu kwakho konke ngokuzixwayisa
ukwahlulela kwakhe kuyasondela. Ukufa okungaphendukiyo kwabasemhlabeni.
Kungase kwenzeke ukuthi emhlabeni kunabantu abangewona amaKristu asemhlabeni wonke noma alungile ngokuphelele: isibonelo, umuntu othanda injabulo yezwe ngentshiseko uzolalela intshumayelo, ngezinye izikhathi ukufunda okuhle; futhi uyoba ngumvumuli omuhle ozombonisa indlela yokusindiswa. Lo muntu uyabona ukuthi uyazilahla uma eqhubeka nokulandela umhlaba ngokweqisa kwawo. Ukushiya umhlaba ngokuphelele ngaphandle kokubuyela kuwo futhi avalelise okokugcina akunakwenzeka kuye. Ah! bazothini abantu, ekhuluma yedwa, bazothini abantu uma ngingasabuyeli ebholeni, uma bengasangiboni emahlayeni? Lokho abantu abazokusho ngakho kanye nenhlonipho yomuntu kuyakumisa; ithola indawo ethile evumelana nayo; uyongena emhlabeni kuphela ngezikhathi ezithile, futhi uma nje engayi hamba khona kathathu noma kane kuphela ngonyaka, uzothulisa umhlaba, kodwa uyohlale ethwele enhliziyweni yakhe ukunamathela kanye nothando lomhlaba. Uzohamba ayovuma izono; uvuma izono ebona ukuthi lomuntu usezehlise kakhulu isibalo sokuvakashelwa kwakhe emhlabeni ukholwa ukuthi kuhle ukuthi asuke kuyo, inhliziyo yakhe ifune ukuzihlukanisa nayo. Umnika intethelelo futhi amyise esidlweni. Ubhekwa njengomphefumulo ongumKristu ngempela osebenzela insindiso yakhe noma ofuna ukwenza kanjalo. Kodwa ngeshwa! Maye! Ngikushiyela ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu ukuthi kunqume ukuthi kuzokwenzekani. uvuma izono ebona ukuthi lomuntu usezehlise kakhulu isibalo sokuvakashelwa kwakhe emhlabeni ukholwa ukuthi kuhle ukuthi asuke kuyo, inhliziyo yakhe ifune ukuzihlukanisa nayo. Umnika intethelelo futhi amyise esidlweni. Ubhekwa njengomphefumulo ongumKristu ngempela osebenzela insindiso yakhe noma ofuna ukwenza kanjalo. Kodwa ngeshwa! Maye! Ngikushiyela ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu ukuthi kunqume ukuthi kuzokwenzekani. uvuma izono ebona ukuthi lomuntu usezehlise kakhulu isibalo sokuvakashelwa kwakhe emhlabeni ukholwa ukuthi kuhle ukuthi asuke kuyo, inhliziyo yakhe ifune ukuzihlukanisa nayo. Umnika intethelelo futhi amyise esidlweni. Ubhekwa njengomphefumulo ongumKristu ngempela osebenzela insindiso yakhe noma ofuna ukwenza kanjalo. Kodwa ngeshwa! Maye! Ngikushiyela ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu ukuthi kunqume ukuthi kuzokwenzekani.
Umbono wezilwane ezimelela labo abathanda impahla yomhlaba kuphela.
INkosi yangiyisa edlelweni elikhulu, lapho kwakukhona amadlelo amahle, nenqwaba yamahhashi, neminyuzi, neminyuzi; Ngangikhathazekile ngokuthi lokho kusho ukuthini. UNkulunkulu wangazisa kimi ukuthi ngaphansi komfanekiso walezi zilwane kwakufanekiselwa abahahayo basemhlabeni, abathi ngokuhuheka kwabo, njengezilwane ezingenangqondo ezidla utshani, bazinamathisela kuphela emhlabeni, futhi babuthe igolide nesiliva ukugqama engakubona kulezo zilwane ezidla utshani.
Indlela ebanzi yokulahlwa; abaningi abahamba khona.
Ngemva kwalo mbono, uNkulunkulu wangihola emigwaqweni emincane eshayekile, onqenqemeni lomgwaqo omkhulu enganginqatshelwe ukungena kuwo. Bangimisa
onqenqemeni ukungenza ngibone futhi ngicabangele abadlula ngendlela. Kwakuyindlela enhle kakhulu, enkulu kunezindlela ezijwayelekile, futhi yakhiwe kangcono kakhulu; yayiqondile, ingekho igodi, ingekho ukuphakama, ingekho amatshe amatshe, noma yini eyayingakhubekisa unyawo. Kwakuyinjabulo kuphela ngemvelo ukuhamba ngale ndlela. Mina, engangihamba emigwaqweni emincane evame ukugcwala izihlahlana nameva, ngacela ukuhamba ngalo mgwaqo. Lowo owayengiqondisa wangiphendula: Uyazi?
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kahle ukuthi iholelaphi? Kuholela esihogweni; ibizwa ngokuthi indlela ephakeme nebanzi; futhi indlela eholela ePharadesi iyindlela encane futhi efafazwe ngamakhakhasi nameva .
Ngaso leso sikhathi ngabona isixuku esikhulu sabadlula ngendlela, nokudideka okukhulu kwabantu bobubili ubulili, izinqola, izinqola, nezinqola zazo zonke izinhlobo ezingasetshenziswa ngumuntu ekuhambeni. Kwakukhona abanye ababegibele amahhashi; abaningi babo babehamba ngezinyawo; babebaningi kangangokuthi umgwaqo wawugcwele kubo; Ngabona abantu kuphela. Kwakukhona ezinye zazo zonke izifunda, zayo yonke imisebenzi, futhi cishe yonke iminyaka. Kwakukhona abapristi, izindela, izindela, ngisho nezingane ezineminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye kuya kweyishumi ubudala. Abampofu babonwa lapho, kodwa ngenani elincane, elifana nenani elincane labapristi. Ingxenye enkulu yalesi sixuku esineshwa kwakungabantu abacebile, abantu bezwe kanye nezenhlalakahle, ngaphandle kwabo bonke labo ababenamathele enhliziyweni nasemoyeni.
Nansi indlela yabo: izinqola nazo zonke izisebenzi zahamba ngesivinini esikhulu kangangokuthi zabanga umsindo omubi. Abagibele amahhashi bagabavula; ababehamba ngezinyawo bahamba ngamandla abo onke. Zonke lezi zisetshenziswa zazikhanya njengasemhlabeni. Ngabona kuqhamuka ubukhazikhazi obumangalisayo, izinqola ngaphambili nangemuva, futhi eduze kwalezi zinqola abantu abaningi, bomhlaba begqoke ubukhazikhazi bemvunulo yabo, futhi bethuthuka ngobukhazikhazi obufanayo abaya ngabo uma beya emabholeni nemincane. Kwaba nombono othakazelisayo, futhi isixuku sabo sasigcwele cishe yonke indlela. Sabona izinto ezicwebezelayo kuphela
amasheya; kodwa yilabo kuphela ababengebona abezwe noma abezwe ababewabona.
Ngabuza ukuthi obani laba, futhi babebalekelaphi kanzima kangaka? INkosi yethu yangitshela ukuthi lababantu babebalekela esihogweni; ukuthi kwakubonakala, ukubona laba bantu bezwe benza phakathi nokuphila kwabo, nokubabona begijima belandela ubumnandi bezwe obuholela esihogweni, ukuthi baphuthuma ukugijimela amashwa abo, sengathi bayesaba ukungabi khona. ngokwanele, noma sengathi besaba isihogo esasibaphunyuka.
“Ngikubonisile,” kwenezela uJehova, “izinhlupheko ezibalindele kulo mlilo osabekayo: ingabe ubonile ngale ndlela enkulu ukuthi zonke izoni zihamba ngendlela efanayo na? Anikaboni muntu ebuya esihogweni; kodwa bonke baya khona bengabuyi. »
Umusa omusha iNkosi Yethu eyinika umhlaba ukuze ulondoloze imiphefumulo ingaweli esihogweni.
Yilokhu iNkosi eyakusho kimi: “Nginikeza umhlaba, emhlabeni, nakubantu bami bonke, umusa omusha wokubakhulula olakeni lokujezisa kwami, yingakho ngininike imibono eminingana , ngembule kuwe izinto eziningi, futhi nokuthi ngikukhethe ukuthi ushicilele konke lokhu ukuze ukwenze kwaziwe eBandleni lami; kungenxa yalezi zizathu ngiphoqe ukuthi ubhale. »
Udade okhethwe nguNkulunkulu, kusukela ebuntwaneni bakhe, ukuze axwayise izoni ngokusondela kokwahlulelwa okuvamile.
“Ngakukhetha kusukela ebuntwaneni bakho, futhi ngenxa yokuhlonipha izoni, ukuze uvimbele isixuku esiwela esihogweni nsuku zonke. Kukhona abayomangala ngakho konke engibamemezelayo, nezixwayiso engibangela ukuba banikeze. Mabangamangali; nasi esinye isixwayiso: ukwahlulela okuvamile kuseduze, nosuku lwami olukhulu luyeza. Nginikeza lezi zixwayiso izoni ukuze ziphenduke, futhi kungenxa yalesi sizathu ukuthi ngimemezele lokhu. Ngakho ngiyaphinda ngithi kini: Yebo, ukwahlulela kuyeza; Maye! maye! Maye! Yeka amashwa lapho isondela! Zingaki izingane eziyobhubha zingakazalwa! Bangaki abantu abasha banoma yibuphi ubulili bayochotshozwa ukufa phakathi nohambo lwabo! Izinsana ebeleni ziyobhubha kanye nonina. Maye-ke kwabasemhlabeni, maye kubantu bempilo embi, ekugcineni maye kuzo zonke izoni eziyobe zisahlala esonweni zingakenzi ukuphenduka! »
Uma iNkosi yethu ithi ukwahlulela kuseduze, kusho ukuthi konke kuseduze phambi kukaNkulunkulu; futhi uma ethi luyeza usuku lwakhe olukhulu, akukhona ukuthi luza kafushane; kodwa nakhu engangikwazi kuNkulunkulu mayelana nokwahlulela kokugcina.
Ngazithola ngiphambi kukaNkulunkulu. Ngezwa izwi elidumayo lithi: Maye, maye, maye ekhulwini leminyaka elidlule! Ngaqonda, ngaleli zwi elinamandla, ukuthi la mashwa yilawo ayezofika ezindleleni zokwahlulelwa, nasekwahlulelweni uqobo. angisho nezwi; futhi njengoba nje uJehova engazisa kimi ukuthi akukho muntu emhlabeni oyokwazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi yiluphi usuku noma yimuphi umnyaka indodana yomuntu eyokwehlela emhlabeni ukwahlulela bonke abantu, angibange ngisabuza.
UDadewethu uyahlulela, ekukhanyeni kukaNkulunkulu, cishe ngasiphi isikhathi ukwahlulela okujwayelekile kuzofika.
Kodwa nakhu uNkulunkulu ayefuna ngikubone ekukhanyeni kwakhe. Ngaqala ukubheka ekukhanyeni kukaNkulunkulu ekhulwini leminyaka elizoqala ngo-1800; Ngabona ngalokhu kukhanya ukuthi ukwahlulela kwakungekho, nokuthi kwakungeke kube yikhulu lokugcina. Ngicabange, ngaphansi kwesembozo salokhu kukhanya okufanayo, ikhulu le-1900, kuze kube sekupheleni,
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ukubona kahle ukuthi kuzoba okokugcina yini. INkosi yethu yangenza ngaziwa, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo yangifaka ekungabazeni ukuthi kwakuyoba ekupheleni kwekhulu leminyaka lika-1900, noma kulelo lika-2000. Kodwa engikubonile ukuthi uma ukwahlulela kufika ekhulwini lika-1900. , kuyofika kuphela ekupheleni; nokuthi uma leli khulu leminyaka lidlula, lelo lika-2000 ngeke lidlule lingafikanga, njengoba ngibonile ekukhanyeni kukaNkulunkulu .
Izoni eziyothinteka kancane ngokumenyezelwa kokwahlulelwa, ngoba kusekude, zibizwa nguDadewethu, ngesikhathi sokufa kwazo okuseduze.
Izoni ziyoziduduza, njengoba ukwahlulela kusabonakala kusekude kancane, futhi bathi: ngeke sizibone lezo zikhathi; sizokhululwa emashwa okumele awandulele. Izoni ezimpofu ezingacabangi neze ngamashwa aphakade, futhi ubani besaba kakhulu labo besikhathi, maye! uma ufa ngaphambi kokuyeka ukuzijabulisa kwezwe, futhi ngaphambi kokuvuma izono ezinhle, yiliphi ithemba ongaba nalo ekufeni? Akuwona umhlaba nesono osusishiyayo, yizwe nesono esikushiyayo. Ngalesi sikhathi, uzwa, kuyiqiniso, ukuthi uthando nenjabulo onayo enhliziyweni yakho iyaphela futhi iyashabalala. Kodwa ingabe kungenxa yokuzisola okubuhlungu? kungenxa yothando lukaNkulunkulu na? Cha. Lolu lusizi luvela ekwesabeni ukufa izoni ezikubona kusondela naphezu kwazo ngokwazo. Ngoba bese bephelelwa yithemba lokuthi kusukela manje bazokwazi ukwanelisa izinjabulo zabo, futhi yinkumbulo yalezi njabulo ezedlule ezibenza bangene ekuphelelweni ithemba. Konke abakubonayo emhlabeni kufanele kuphela ukufaka ulaka ezinhliziyweni zabo, ngoba konke kuba okuphambene.
Isithombe sika-socialite okhukhweni lokufa.
Ingabe kuzoba i-socialite, umngane oseduze wesiguli, kanye nesiphelelisi sakhe, noma ngisho nabangane abambalwa balolu hlobo, abazofika bazungeze umbhede wale ndoda empofu efa ukuze imduduze? Kodwa nalu ulimi abaluphethe ngomngane wabo ompofu: Akufanele, bathi, singakhulumi kuye ngokufa, noma simxwayise ngokuthi uyafa, ngoba lokho kungamdabukisa kakhulu. Yilokho okwenzekayo, futhi lolu limi oluqalekisiweyo luqhutshwa phakathi kwezihlobo eziseduze. Maye! abadingi ukumxwayisa ukuthi uyafa, uzwa kahle kakhulu. Ngakho-ke kufanele siyijabulele le ndoda empofu efayo, kufanele siyidale kabusha. Ngakho-ke bahamba bayokhuluma naye ngalokho abakwaziyo ukuthi kumnikeze injabulo phakathi nokuphila kwakhe, mayelana namabhola, amaphathi, ngamafuphi ngakho konke okucatshangwayo, noma kunalokho umoya omubi, okusikisela kubo. Kulendoda efayo, zonke izinjabulo lokho bamtshela ukuthi ziningi izinkemba abaziphonsa enhliziyweni yakhe; ubuhlungu abuzwayo abuveli ekudabukeni okubuhlungu ngenxa yezono azenzile, kodwa ukuzisola ngobumnandi bezwe uyahamba. Lapho amandla akhe ephela, futhi ubuthakathaka bumqeda amandla, uqala ukuzwa njalo ukuhluleka kokufa; ikhanda lakhe lididekile, futhi usho amagama ambalwa angakwazi ukuwasho. Ngakho bonke abangane bakhe nabantu bezwe bayamlahla futhi abaphinde babuye uqala ukuzwa kaningi ukuquleka kokufa; ikhanda lakhe lididekile, futhi usho amagama ambalwa angakwazi ukuwasho. Ngakho bonke abangane bakhe nabantu bezwe bayamshiya futhi bangaphinde babuye uqala ukuzwa kaningi ukuquleka kokufa; ikhanda lakhe lididekile, futhi usho amagama ambalwa angakwazi ukuwasho. Ngakho bonke abangane bakhe nabantu bezwe bayamshiya futhi bangaphinde babuye Okuningi.
Abazali bathumela ukubiza umpristi ukuba avume izono zakhe: kodwa isikhonzi seNkosi sikhipha amagama athile kuwo anobunzima obukhulu ekuwaqondeni; ekugcineni wenza isenzo sokuzisola, umpristi amenze akhulume ngakho konke okusemandleni akhe; khona-ke, njengoba esaba ukuthi uzodlula, umnika intethelelo nesidlo, amasakramente okugcina ayimpumuzo nenduduzo.
imiphefumulo ephendukile, kodwa abe kuye, futhi izoni ezifana naye, kuphela inkathazo nokuphelelwa ithemba.
Ukuphelelwa ithemba kwesoni esifayo.
Lokhu kuphelelwa ithemba kuqala lapho ebona umpristi oza ezomemezela izwi likaNkulunkulu kuye. Lo mfundisi ufuna ukugxilisa ingqondo nenhliziyo yakhe ukholo, uthando lukaNkulunkulu, ithemba esihawuni sakhe, kanye nokuzisola okubuhlungu. Kodwa ngeshwa! akakho walokho; kuphambene impela. Umuntu ofayo uqala isihogo sakhe kusukela kulo mzuzu ngokufutheka kokuphelelwa ithemba okuvuselelwa futhi ukwesaba okuvukela izinzwa zakhe ngezwi elilodwa lothando elivela kuNkulunkulu, ngoba ubona kuye ngokwakhe unembeza wakhe ugcwele zonke izenzo zobugebengu, ezilahlayo . ishwa laphakade; ubonakala ezwa futhi ebuka amademoni azungeze umbhede wakhe, amsolayo, futhi amazisa izono ayengakaze azicabange. Kubukeka sengathi balindele umphefumulo wakhe oyisigebengu, okungowabo, for the
Ngokuvamile, lezi zindlela ezimbi zamademoni zenzeka kuphela lapho umphefumulo usuzophuma emzimbeni; udeveli ube esephonsa ubuthi bakhe obukhulu kuye ukuze amvimbe ekubuyeleni kuNkulunkulu. Lo muntu ompofu ofayo, phakathi kwezinsizi zakhe, akasele lutho ngaphandle kokububula: wenza umzamo wokuziphakamisa kuNkulunkulu wakhe; kodwa, ngithini? Maye! akaseyena uNkulunkulu wakhe; unguNkulunkulu ophindiselayo omhlomisela imidumo nemishuro yokulunga kwakhe, olungele ukumlahla ;
Umphefumulo ompofu! uzothembela kubani, njengoba umbhali walo lonke usizo nosizo ekulahla? Lo muntu ofayo ubona ukuthi alisekho ikhambi lokulahlekelwa kwakhe, futhi, njengokungathi akalahlwanga ngokwanele, uzilahla nakakhulu: ungena enzondo nasebutha kuNkulunkulu ngokwakhe, futhi, njengamademoni, uyahlambalaza. futhi uma engenakukwenza ngomlomo wakhe, ukwenza ngokusuka enhliziyweni. Ngokuphelelwa yithemba uyazibuyisela ku
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idemoni, futhi livuma ukuthi liwukhiphe umphefumulo walo lapho liphuma esidunjini sakhe; uzinikela kuye ukuba abe naye phakade esihogweni.
Ihora lalomphefumulo ompofu selifikile; asisekho isikhathi sayo, ayisekho ithemba, ayisekho umusa. Uphuma emzimbeni wakhe ekuphendukeni kokugcina, futhi uthwalwa amademoni kuMahluleli Ophakeme, othi kuye ngezwi elinomsindo: Suka kimi; hambani niye emlilweni ophakade, olungiselwe amademoni nabawakhonzayo.
Usisi unxusa kakhulu izoni ukuba zisebenzise lesi sibonelo futhi zingalindi ukuthi ukufa kuguquke.
Cabangani manje nina miphefumulo yasemhlabeni, nani zoni eninamathele ezinkanukweni zenu zobugebengu, eniphila ngokungaphenduki, zindlani zonke lezi zinto futhi nizindle ngazo. Uziduduza nge- peccavi enhle ngehora lokufa; ukufa sekufikile, futhi i -peccavi enhle , iphi na? Anikwazi yini ukufa njengabalahliwe, njengaleyo ndoda empofu efayo engisanda kukutshela yona? Ah! uzinakekele! uma niphila njengabalahliwe, nisengozini yokufa njengabalahlwayo, nokwamukela, ekwahlulelweni kukaNkulunkulu, sona leso sigwebo esashaya abangenacala.
Iphi induduzo eninayo manje, yokungabi ngofakazi bezimpawu ezimbi okufanele zandulele ukwahlulela okujwayelekile? Maye
! uqinisekile kakhulu ngensindiso yakho? ingabe uphephe kakhudlwana emashwa amabi azokwandulela lesi sahlulelo esivamile? Cabanga ngokwesaba nokugula kwalo muntu ompofu ofayo: ngaphandle kwezinhlungu zengaphakathi lakhe, engikhulume ngazo, futhi ezibangelwa ukubona amademoni, ubona bonke abangane bakhe abaseduze nezihlobo ngaphandle. ; wonke lo mkhathi omkhulu, zonke izinjabulo zawo, ngisho nokukhanya kwemini, kuyashabalala, futhi amehlo akhe amnyama embula kuye kuphela ubumnyama obukhulu: akasakwazi ukukhuluma nanoma ubani; ngisho nezindlebe zakhe azisakwazi ukuzwa. Maye! ngitshele, zonke lezi zingozi, wonke lawa mashwa, ahlanganiswe ndawonye abe ngumuntu oyedwa, awakufanele yini noma abesabekayo na ukwedlula labo abayokwandulela ukwahlulela? Lo muntu ofayo akakwazi yini ukusho ngeqiniso ukuthi: Nangu mina ekupheleni komhlaba! lapha ngizakufa! bheka, ngikhona ekwahlulelweni. Uma kungejwayelekile, ngeke kumthande kakhulu lowo ofayo wakhuzwa.
Kuyoba usizo luni kuwe ukuba neminyaka engamashumi amahlanu noma amakhulu amabili esihogweni, kuyilapho ulindele ukwahlulelwa okuvamile? nizohlupheka kakhulu, ngakho-ke aniyikukhululeka ekwesabeni lesi sahlulelo. Kungokulahlwayo ukuthi kuthiwa: Madwala, zintaba, welani phezu kwethu, nisichoboze, ukuze singabonakali phambi koMahluleli Ophakeme wendawo yonke.
ISIQEPHU III.
Ekupheleleni nasebuhleni bobuKristu, ikakhulukazi okholweni nasothandweni lukaNkulunkulu, izici ezibalulekile zensindiso.
§. I.
Umbono lapho uDade efunda khona ukuthi ukuphelela kweqiniso kuhlanganisani.
Nasi isibonelo iNkosi eyangibonisa yona kubantu abafuna ukulwela ukupheleliswa.
Ingelosi egada uDade ibhekene nokumholela lapho uNkulunkulu ehlose ukumlungisa khona.
Ngolunye usuku, iNkosi Yethu yathi kimi: “Nansi iNgelosi yakho enguMnandi ezokuholela lapho engifuna uye khona: yilalele. Le ngelosi yabonakala kimi isesimweni sensizwa eneminyaka ephakathi kweshumi nanhlanu neshumi nesithupha. Wayebukeka esezulwini impela, futhi egcwele ubumnene obukhulu, umusa kanye nomusa kimi. Wathi kimi: Ngilandele.
Izindawo ezehlukene adlula kuzo.
Wangihola ezindleleni nasemazweni angaziwa ngokuphelele. Sithole umphakathi; Ngangifuna ukubona izindelakazi; Ngangizithanda kakhulu. Ngangifuna ukuhlala lapho: Ingelosi yami enhle yakuphikisa kakhulu, yathi: Akukho lapho uNkulunkulu akufuna khona. Ngaqhubeka ngamlandela. Endleleni yethu sahlangana nabantu ababezinikele, banginxusa ukuba ngihambe ngiyohlala nabo. Ingelosi yami enhle isakuphikisa. Sadlulela phambili ezindaweni ezingenabantu. Lapho, kwakukhona i-hermitage yamadoda kanye ne- hermitage yamantombazane kude ne-hermitage yamadoda. Bengifuna ukungena e-hermitage yamantombazane ngibone ikhaya lawo. Babenendlu yokukhonzela encane eyayihlotshiswe ngazo zonke izinhlobo zokukhulekela, ngisho nezinelukuluku lokufuna ukwazi, futhi ikleliswe ngezithombe.
emele ukuphila nokufa kweNkosi Yethu. Kwakufana nepharadesi elincane. Ngakuthanda kakhulu lapho, ngase ngithi eNgelosini yami enhle: Ngizohlala lapha; kodwa waphinda wathi kimi: Hatshi; akusiyo intando kaNkulunkulu. Ngakho ngaphinda ngamlandela.
Ingelosi imshiya yedwa ogwadule futhi imnika incwadi azindle ngayo.
Wangiholela ehlathini elimnyama elalingenalutho ngaphandle kokuthula nokuthula; laligcwele izinkuni kangangokuthi emini kwakuba mnyama khona noma imini encane kakhulu. Endaweni encane ehlathini, lapho kwakugawulwe khona izinkuni, futhi eyayingenkulu kunendawo yendlu, ingelosi yami enhle yathi kimi: Hlala lapho, kulapha lapho uNkulunkulu akufuna khona. Ngaguqa; wanginika incwadi, wathi kimi: Yilokhu uNkulunkulu akunika khona ukuba uzindle ngakho ogwadule; zindla kahle. Futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo wanyamalala.
Okuqukethwe yincwadi. Ukuziphatha kukaDadewethu kanye neziyalo zeNkosi yethu.
Lapho ngizibona ngingedwa, ngingazi ukuthi ngikuphi, futhi ngingazi muntu, ngafunda ngosizi nobuhlungu obukhulu: Ngemva komzuzwana ngazitshela: Kufanele ngifunde incwadi yami; yena
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kuyakuba yinduduzo yami: ivela kuNkulunkulu; kuzoba nezinto ezinhle. Ngayivula incwadi. Phezulu kwawo wonke amashidi kwakukhona: UNkulunkulu yedwa , futhi kuphela lawa mazwi, uNkulunkulu yedwa . Konke okunye kwakungenalutho.
Kwase kusondele ubusuku, okwangenza ngaqhaqhazela ngenxa yokwesaba nokwesaba. Ngakho ngaphendukela kuNkulunkulu ngezinyembezi futhi ngibubula. Ngathi, Nkosi, ngihawukele; bheka isimo lapho ngikhona! INkosi yethu yangisiza, futhi yathi kimi: “Mntanami, kodwa funda incwadi yakho. — Nkosi, cishe akukho esingakufunda. INkosi yethu yangiphendula: “Baningi; zindla ngalawa mazwi amabili kuphela; kukhona okungaphezu kwalokho ozokubona. Nokho ungakwazi ngosizo lomusa wami. Namathela kimi kuphela; shiyani zonke izidalwa, ezinhle nezimbi: ningabambeleli lutho, ngisho le ncwadi, noma umfanekiso, nanoma yini ekhonzwayo. »
§. II.
Ukubaluleka kokukholwa. Kusukela ebuntwaneni, uDade wathatha ukholo olumsulwa njengomthetho wokuziphatha kwakhe.
Ukukholwa kungomphumela wokugcina. Maye! Maye! lobu buhle yibo obunganakwa kakhulu! ngoba ingxenye enkulu yezidalwa inamathela kokuyize, kungasho ubugebengu, izinto zezwe; khohlwa futhi udelele inkolo nenkolo yamaKhatholika, i-Apostolic kanye neRoma: kukho, nokho, ukuthi kufanele sibambelele, siqine futhi singenakunyakaziswa ngokumelene nawo wonke amandla esihogo, okulwa ngaso sonke isikhathi.
Ukuziphatha kukadade ngokukholwa okumsulwa.
Yilolu kholo oluyigugu obelulokhu lungisekela ekuphileni kwami. Kusukela ebuntwaneni bami, futhi ngokushesha nje lapho ngifundiswa ukuthi ngingumntwana kaNkulunkulu kanye neSonto elingcwele lamaKatolika, ngazihlanganisa naye njengoba nje noNkulunkulu ngokwakhe; futhi ngizibambe ngiqinile kukho njengensika enganyakaziswa, ngabeka eceleni zonke induduzo ezingavamile, ngisho nalezo ezivamile, okungukuthi, ngazisebenzisela izinjongo kuphela uNkulunkulu ayezidlulisele kimi, futhi ngabheka. phezu kwabo, futhi wabahlola kuphela ekukhanyeni kokukholwa. Uma ngathola okuthile okuphambene nokholo, lapho nje ngikubona ngakulahla kude nami ngingaphinde ngikucabange, ngiqiniseka kakhulu ukuthi konke okuphambene nokholo kuphambene noNkulunkulu. Ngancamela ukukhuluma noNkulunkulu, kungaba ngomkhuleko wengqondo noma ngomkhuleko wezwi, futhi njalo ngamaqiniso enkolo yeVangeli, izimiso nezimfihlakalo zenkolo engcwele. Ngangingenayo induduzo emnandi kunangenkathi uNkulunkulu eshiya ngaphakathi kwami umkhuba omsulwa wokholo, futhi lapho nginambitha futhi ngingezwa induduzo enengqondo ukwedlula leyo yokholo. nqunu.
UNkulunkulu unginike umusa wokungibonisa umusa, cishe kuyo yonke inkambo yokuphila kwami, ngokwenza lokhu kukholwa okumsulwa; futhi uma uNkulunkulu wayefuna ukungenza ngazi izinto ezimbalwa ezingavamile, kwakungenxa yezinjongo lapho engenze ngabona khona: lezi zibani zazigxilile kimi kuphela ukuze ngenze izinto uNkulunkulu ayengiyale ngazo, futhi ngizilalele. Ukulalela okwenziwe, angibange ngisazinamathisela nhlobo emibonweni, noma ekwambulweni; kwaphuma enkumbulweni yami kwaphuma enqondweni yami kwangathi akwenzekanga lutho ngazithola sengikulento .
umkhuba ojabulisayo wokukholwa, engithemba ukuwugcina ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, engifuna ukuphila futhi ngife kuwo.
Njengoba ngikholwa ukuthi kungokholo nothando lapho umuntu ezuza khona inhliziyo kaNkulunkulu, kungokholo nothando lapho umuntu enqoba khona usizi olunzima kakhulu nezilingo eziyingozi kakhulu, zonke izinhlupheko zomoya, zomphefumulo, ngisho nangokwengeziwe. lomzimba, njengoba kungokukholwa ukuthi kungukuPhathwa kwakhe okungcwele okusihawukelayo futhi okusinika ngesikhathi nendawo zonke iziphambano asimisele zona kukho konke ukuphila kwethu.
Udade uwela ogwadule futhi ukholelwa ukuthi akamthandi uNkulunkulu.
Ngizolanda lapha umusho okwajabulisa iNkosi yethu ukungithumelela yona, Ngemva kokulahla ihhashi, okwathi ngemva kwalokho, ngesenzo sokuzithandela, nami, ngenxa yothando lukaNkulunkulu, ngalahla konke ukuthanda izidalwa, ngifuna kuphela ukubathanda kuNkulunkulu nakuNkulunkulu enhlanganisweni yosizo luka-JC, ukuze ngizinamathisele kuNkulunkulu kuphela, ngezwa ukoma okukhulu ngaphakathi kwami kukho konke okuphathelene noNkulunkulu, futhi ngalokho ubunqunu obungaka ukholo, ukuthi kwakufanele ngikhumbule izifungo zokubhapathizwa kwami namaqiniso okuqala enkolo yami, ukuze ngizivuselele futhi ngiziqinise emikhubeni yobuKristu neyenkolo okwakumelwe ngiyenze emphakathini wakithi. O! Yeka ukuthi lobu buhlungu babunzima futhi bukhathaza kanjani! Ngazisekela kuphela ngomoya omsulwa wokholo; kwaze kwabonakala sengathi ukholo lwami luyangehlula, noma ngangibambelele kukho ngentambo kuphela. Mayelana nothando lukaNkulunkulu, ngangizithembisile lokho ngemva kokuzikhulula kukho konke okuthandwa emhlabeni futhi abantu, ngangingeke ngisasithola noma iyiphi isithiyo ekuthandeni uNkulunkulu ngokuphelele; futhi kulokho ngacabanga ukuthi ngisakhungathekile ngakho konke
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ebengikulindele; kodwa ngangilokhu ngizikhumbuza ukholo; nguye kuphela owayengangiduduza; ngoba, njengoba ngasho kimina, kuwukholo lweqiniso ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukuyo yonke indawo, ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyangibona futhi uyangazi esimweni engikuso. Ngenza lo mcabango okuwukuphela kokusekela kwami nenduduzo yami kuphela. Kwesinye isikhathi ngangifikelwa yimicabango edabukisayo: Awu! ushiye umhlaba, walahla ubungane bemvelo, okuyinto
kwenza induduzo nenjabulo yemiphakathi: nenze lokhu ukuze nimthande kangcono uNkulunkulu omuhle; ubone ukuthi umthanda kakhulu yini. Kunalokho, animthandi uNkulunkulu noma izidalwa; ufana nelunga elifile elingasenamsebenzi wokuphila.
Kulobu buhlungu obukhulu uDadewethu uthola indlela yokukholwa okumsulwa.
Lezi zihlamba zabonakala ziletha ukufa enhliziyweni yami ngicabanga ukuthi ngangingamthandi uNkulunkulu, nokuthi konke engangikwenza noma engangikucabanga ngoNkulunkulu kwakuyimisebenzi efile kuphela. Ukuze ngibuyele ohlangothini lwezidalwa, nganginengekile kakhulu, futhi ngakubona kahle kakhulu ukuxhashazwa, ukungabi nalutho kwalolu thando olungokwemvelo. Ngakho ngase ngiphendukela ohlangothini lukaNkulunkulu, ngathi: “Nkosi, uyazi wena isimo esibuhlungu engikuso sokungakwazi ukukuthanda; kodwa, Nkulunkulu wami, ukholo luyangifundisa, unguNkulunkulu onamandla phakathi kwakho, uNkulunkulu ogcwele inkazimulo nobukhosi, lowo izingelosi nabangcwele abamkhonzayo futhi abamthandayo ngokungapheli. Uyohlala unguNkulunkulu okhazimulayo futhi ogcwele injabulo yaphakade Ngala mazwi ngathi: O Nkulunkulu wami! nge _
nginesifiso esikhulu sokukuthanda, ngineshwa lokungakuthandi; kodwa, Nkulunkulu wami! uyikho, futhi lokho kwanele kimi. Ekuhluphekeni kwami, ngaphinda izikhathi eziningana ngokulandelana: UNkulunkulu ukhona, futhi lokho kwanele kimi. Ngashintsha ngezinye izikhathi ngokuthi: UNkulunkulu ungunaphakade, futhi ngiphindaphinda: UNkulunkulu ujabule phakade; Ngifuna ukumthanda kuye nakwakhe. Kimina, ngizoba yinoma yini ayithandayo. Ngangiqonde ngale mizwa ukuthi ngibeke wonke amandla ami, yonke injabulo yami, ngisho nepharadesi lami, kuBuyena bukaNkulunkulu baphakade; futhi kulokhu umphefumulo wami wajabula ngentokozo nentokozo, ngithi ngayo yonke inhliziyo yami: UNkulunkulu ukhona, futhi lokho kwanele kimi.
Lapho idemoni lifika lizongincenga futhi lingenze ngizwe: Uyolahlwa, zonke izenzo zakho zilahlekile phambi kukaNkulunkulu, ngenxa yokuthi awumthandi, angitholanga lutho engingakusho, ngaphandle kokuphakamisela umoya wami kuNkulunkulu, nokucabangela konke. ukuphelela kwayo okuncomekayo. Inhliziyo yami yezwa induduzo enkulu, kangangokuthi, ngokuzikhohlwa, ngathi: UNkulunkulu ukhona, futhi lokho kwanele kimi.
Ukholo lwakhe oluphanayo nolungenandaba.
Ngesinye isikhathi, ngisekulobu buhlungu, indela yakhuluma nami ngendaba yokusindiswa kwami, futhi yangitshela ukuthi le ndaba iyona kuphela okwakumelwe siyenze kulomhlaba, futhi kwakufanele siyithathe ngokuqinile enhliziyweni .
Mina, ngangicabanga ukuthi ngangingayithandi iNkosi enhle, nokuthi insindiso yami yayisengozini enkulu. Ngasengisithi kuye: Dadewethu, ngilahlile insindiso yami
ezandleni zikaNkulunkulu, ukuze ngifune kuphela futhi ngifune inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ehlanzekile: ukuthi iNkosi enhle yenze kimi noma yini Ethanda ukuyenza.
Ake sithi uNkulunkulu ungazise ukuthi uhlanganise umphefumulo kowami, mangazi futhi ukuthi omunye noma omunye kufanele alahlwe, nokuthi ngisho noNkulunkulu, eshiya le ndaba ekukhetheni kwami, angitshele: Ngikunika ukukhetha; uma uthanda, kuzoba nguwe ozoza embusweni wami, futhi lona omunye uzolahlwa.
Nokho, uma lona efika embusweni wami, uyongikhazimulisa kakhulu kunawe. Kulo mbono, ngikhuluma nendela, ngamphendula ngesibindi ukuthi ngizodela insindiso yami ngenxa yenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu, nangenxa yalo mphefumulo ozomkhazimulisa ngaphezu kwami epharadesi.
Ukungabi namandla kwakhe emthandazweni.
Lesi sijeziso sathatha iminyaka eminingana; Angikwazi ukusho kahle inombolo. Okwangicindezela nakakhulu ukuthi ngangichitha isikhathi sami emthandazweni. Lapho nginomphakathi phambi kweSakramente Elingcwele, sifunda iphuzu lomkhuleko, ngazitshela: Ngizozikhandla kahle, ukuze ngigcine ukufundwa ukuze ngizame ukwenza umkhuleko wami. Lapho kufundwa, angibange ngisakhumbula igama lokugcina kunelokuqala. Ngichithe isikhathi esiningi ngicwaninga ukuthi ukufunda bekumayelana nani. Lapho ngithola okuthile, ngangikuthatha, ngicabanga ukuthi nginakho; kwaba yize, kwadlula njengokukhanya, futhi angizange ngithole lutho engangingazimisela kukho. Lapho ngibona lokhu, ngema phambi kukaNkulunkulu phambi kweSakramente Elingcwele, futhi ngema lapho ngingashongo lutho, ngoba angikhumbuli lutho. Lapho induna isinikeza uphawu lokuqeda umthandazo, ngasukuma njengabanye; Ngathi eNkosini yethu: Awu! Nkosi yami, ngiyahamba njengokufika kwami; Ngalahlekelwa ngaso sonke isikhathi umthandazo.
Umhlatshelo wobuqhawe kaDade, ogcina ukumkhulula kulo musho omude.
Ngezinye izikhathi, lapho ngithandaza, ngangithuka uNkulunkulu omuhle, ngithi: Nkosi, kubuhlungu kakhulu kimi ukungakuthandi! Ngiyazilahla ngenxa yothando lwenu, nokunithokozisa, lonke uthando lwemvelo lwezidalwa, futhi angifuni ukuzihoxisa kulo; Ngifuna kuphela ukubathanda ngothando olumsulwa. Yebo, Nkosi,
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Ngenza ube umhlatshelo wenjabulo engingaba nayo ngokukuthanda; Ngikunikeza usizi olubangelwa izifiso enginazo zokukuthanda hhayi ukukwazi ukwenza njalo. Nkulunkulu wami, ngiyazithoba ukuchitha izinsuku zami ezisele ebuhlungwini lapho ngikhona, futhi ngeke ngibuyele ezidalwa; ubungane babo, izinjabulo umuntu azithandayo lapho azinangqondo futhi zibaba kakhulu. Uma ungafuni, Nkulunkulu wami! ukuthi ngiyakuthanda, ngizochitha impilo yami yonke ngingathandi lutho nhlobo. Ngiyethemba, O Nkulunkulu wami! ukuthi uzongenzela umusa wokukuthanda okungenani phakade.
Kimina kwabonakala sengathi loMsindisi ongcwele wayelindele lomhlatshelo ngami ukuze asuse ubuhlungu bami, ngakho ngokushesha ngakhululwa ekungazweli kwami nakubo bonke ubumpumputhe bengqondo yami, futhi lokho ngingazi ukuthi kanjani. Ngokushesha ukukhanya okuhle, okuvela elangeni lobulungisa, kwakhanyisela futhi kwangena ekuqondeni kwami, futhi kwajabulisa umphefumulo wami, ngimangala ngoshintsho olunjalo olujabulisayo.
§. III.
Wayekhuleka kanjani uDade empilweni yakhe yonke. Indlela yomthandazo ayifundiswa iNkosi Yethu.
Ngizobika okunye okwengeziwe ngomthandazo, futhi ngokuvamile ngalokho okwenzeke kimi ngale ndaba empilweni yami yonke. Akekho owake wangifundisa ukuthandaza; Ngikholelwa ukuthi kwakukhona uNkulunkulu kuphela.
Kusukela ebuncaneni bakhe uDade wayemnakekela uNkulunkulu futhi ezindla phakathi kwamasimu, engazi ukuthi uyathandaza.
Kusukela ebuntwaneni bami, lapho ngingedwa emasimini ngelusa izinkomo, ngangicabanga, ngingazi ukuthi lokhu kwakuwukwenza umthandazo, nokuthi kwakujabulisa uNkulunkulu. Ngangixoxa, ingxenye enkulu ekuseni, ngezinye izikhathi ngezimfihlakalo zothando lweNkosi Yethu, ngezinye izikhathi ngezahlulelo zikaNkulunkulu; ngezinye izikhathi ngesihogo, nangayo yonke into eyayifika engqondweni yami ngoNkulunkulu. Ngazivumela ukuthi ngingenwe yikho kwangathi ngikhona, ngingazi ukuthi kwakuwumthandazo noma umthandazo. Ngavele ngacabanga ukuthi banjalo
izinto ezithinta uNkulunkulu nokusindiswa kwemiphefumulo yethu, nokuthi kwakukuhle ukucabanga ngazo nokukhuluma ngazo.
Njengoba esengene enkolweni, akazi ukuthi athandaze kanjani.
Ngangikulo leli phutha ngaze ngangena enkolweni. Lapho ngibona amanazaretha, ngemva kokufundwa kwephuzu lomkhuleko, eguqe ngamadolo athule, ngakhathazeka kakhulu kimina ngalokho ayekwenza. Ngabuza izindela; baphendula bathi bayakhuleka. Lokhu akuzange kungigculise; Ngangingaqondi ukuthi uyini lo mthandazo, futhi ngangingazi ukuthi ngizofakani kulo mthandazo. Ngezinye izikhathi ngangicabanga ukuthi yileyo mithandazo umuntu ayithola ezincwadini, lapho ebeka khona imithandazo ekuqaleni kwemithandazo. Ngakhumbula ukuthi emyalweni wekhathekizimu lami engangiwufundisiwe, kwakunezinhlobo ezimbili zemithandazo, owengqondo nowezwi; lowomthandazo wengqondo wenza ubuhlakani nenhliziyo ngaphakathi kwakhe, ngaphandle kokukhuluma amazwi; kodwa ngacabanga ukuthi kufana nePater kanye ne-Ave eshiwo umuntu enhliziyweni ngaphandle kokuliphimisa.
Usebenzisa indlela yokuthandaza ebhalwe ezincwadini, kodwa akazange aphumelele.
Ngakho konke lokhu ngangingasenalo ikhono. Inkosikazi yami yayimatasa kakhulu kangangokuthi ayizange ingiqondise. Ngasebenzisa izincwadi. Ngithole abangiyalela ukuthi ngenze kanjani. Ngithi enhliziyweni yami: O Nkulunkulu wami, angikaze ngithandaze; Kufanele ngisebenze futhi ngizikhandle ukuze ngikwenze. Ngangifuna ukufunda indlela engangiyithole ezincwadini ukuze ngiyisebenzise. Kunezikhathi lapho ngangizikhandla khona, ngamandla engqondo yami, ekulandeleni imikhuba; ekugcineni, umthandazo wawusuphelile futhi ngangingakakwazi ukulandela yonke lendlela yokuthandaza umuntu ayithola ezincwadini; ngalokho inhliziyo yomile njengomentshisi, ingqondo evalwe amehlo, futhi njalo isohlotsheni lobudlova. Ngathi eNkosini enhle, ngithukuthele kakhulu:
Akhuleke acabange ukuthi akenzi.
Ngezinye izikhathi kwenzeka ukuthi lapho ngiqala ukuthandaza, lapho nginxusa uMoya oNgcwele, futhi lapho ngizibeka phambi kukaNkulunkulu, uMsindisi wethu wenza ubukhona bakhe bubonakale kimi, kangangokuthi wadonsela kuye umoya wami nokuqonda kwami, futhi ukuthi, ngikhohlwe zonke izindlela zomkhuleko, I
wacabanga okwengeziwe. Lapho uMphathi enikeza uphawu lokuphuma emthandazweni, okwakubonakala kimi, ukuthi wawuthathe isikhashana nje, nokho ngahamba nabanye, nginganelisekile neze ngesiphetho sami. Ah! Ngathi, Nkosi, angithandazanga. Noma kunjalo, Nkosi, angikwazi ukuzibamba; Sengiyikhohliwe indlela, futhi angikaze ngiyicabange nhlobo.
Ngabuyela emsebenzini wami, lapho ngangivame ukukhuluma kancane, futhi ngazindla ngamaphuzu ayinhloko ayengithinte kakhulu ekufundeni engangikwenza ekuseni. Ngokujwayelekile, ukufunda kwami kwakumayelana nempilo, ukufa kanye nothando lweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, kanye neVangeli.
INkosi yethu imfundisa indlela yomthandazo ephumelela kuye.
UMsindisi wethu othandekayo, ebona ukuphoxeka kanye nobuhlungu engangikubo mayelana nomkhuleko, wangikhulula kuwo ngokwakhe, futhi wangazisa ukuthi kufanele ngishiye indlela yezincwadi. Wangifundisa yena, ethi kimi: “Zindla futhi ucabange enhliziyweni yakho, lapho ucabanga
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emthandazweni, futhi uzindle ngawo njengoba wenza ngenkathi usebenza. Khona-ke uNkulunkulu wathi kimi: Lapho niqala ukuthandaza, ngasese noma nomphakathi, zibekeni phambi kwami ngokuzithoba, nicele usizo lukaMoya oNgcwele; Ngiyazibophezela ukunenza futhi nginiphawulele izinto okufanele nithandaze kuzo.
Ngokujwayelekile kufanele, lapho ningena emthandazweni, nizibheke ukuthi yini engamjabulisi kakhulu uMbusi Wami, futhi nihlale nisebenzela ukucekela phansi uthando lwenu olubusayo, ngaphandle uma ngiheha inhliziyo yenu nengqondo yenu kwenye indawo. Phishekelani ukubhujiswa kwezinkanuko zenu emkhulekweni wenu, njengokusho kwami kini. Ngaqala ukuzijwayeza, ngokusemandleni engangingakwenza, lezi zifundo ezinhle ngosizo lomusa. Ngenhlanhla ngahlala ngaphakathi kimi ukuze ngibone ukuthi yimaphi amaphutha engangivame ukuwela kuwo. Ngabona ngokukhethekile ukuthi kwakuwukuzikhukhumeza nokuzithanda okwakungibusa, nokuthi kwakungalolu thando lapho ngenza khona ezinye izono.
Uthola isipho sezinyembezi zokulila izono zakhe.
INkosi yangishiya cishe unyaka ngale ndlela yokuthandaza, futhi angikhumbuli ukuthi uNkulunkulu wangithanda kangaka ngesipho sezinyembezi njengakulezi zindaba. Emthandazweni ngangingeke ngikwazi ukuzivikela kuwo; kwakufana nobudlova obumnene engangingenakubuphikisa. Nakuba ngangisendaweni ecashile, lapho izindelakazi zazingakwazi nokungibona ubuso nobuso, kwenzeka ukuthi abanye bakuqaphela lokho. Kwakukhona ababenelukuluku okwathi ekupheleni komthandazo beza bazongibheka ebusweni ukuthi ngangikhalile yini, base bebuya bemamatheka. Bahamba bayothola unkosikazi wami, bamtshela ukuthi nginezilingo nezinkinga zengqondo, ngakhala ngomthandazo kuphela, futhi kufanele angiqondise. Kanye, ekuphumeni komkhuleko, inkosikazi yami yeza izokhuluma nami, yathi kimi: Dadewethu ukhalelani kangaka? luphi usizi eninalo? Ngaphendula ngathi anginalo olunye usizi ngaphandle kwalolo lwezono zami futhi ikakhulukazi ezami ukuziqhenya.
Wayengakwazi okunye, ngaphandle kokuthi ngangikhalela izono zami.
Uzindla ngezimfihlakalo.
INkosi yethu yangenza ngaqhubeka ngalendlela yokuthandaza isikhathi esithile. Kwesinye isikhathi, ikakhulukazi emikhosini emikhulu yonyaka, iNkosi Yethu yayiwushintsha umkhuleko wami, futhi ngokuvamile ingenze ngizindle ngezimfihlakalo ezimelelwa yile mikhosi. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ngizishiye ezandleni zakhe, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yomthandazo. Lapho sifunda iphuzu lomthandazo, ngangililalela njengamanye. Lapho ngiqala ukuthandaza, ngaleso sikhathi iNkosi Yethu yangidonsela kuye ngesinye isihloko, lapho, ngokusemandleni ami, ngazenza ngokwethembeka ukulandela izinto ezikhangayo, ngaphandle kokuthola iseluleko noma iseluleko kunoma ubani. emkhulekweni wami.
Uyesaba ukwenza iphutha; INkosi yethu iyamqinisekisa.
Ngezinye izikhathi kwakufika kimi ukuthi ngenze iphutha, ngoba ngangizitshela ukuthi: Izindela zonke zikhuleka endaweni eyodwa yomthandazo, futhi ngenza kwelinye. Kubukeka sengathi angisiwona umphakathi. Ngalokhu iNkosi Yethu yangenza ngazi ukuthi kwakungadingekile ukuba ngenze yonke imithandazo ngesihloko esifanayo; ukuthi sonke asizange sibe nezidingo ezifanayo, nokuthi sonke asibizelwanga ezingeni elifanayo lomusa; ukuthi kimi, kwadingeka ngimlandele; ukuthi uma kumthokozisa angenze ngikhuleke ekufundeni, nokuthi kulolu phawu ngazi ukuthi ukudonswa komusa kuzowela endaweni evamile yomkhuleko. Ngakho-ke ngathatha isinqumo esiqinile sokuthi ngingakwenzi lokho
ukuchezuka, emkhulekweni wami, ngezeluleko nezeluleko uNkulunkulu anginike zona, noma yiluphi usizi nezilingo ezingangehlela.
Umuntu ovuma izono uyamqinisekisa endleleni yakhe yokuthandaza.
Ngemva kweminyaka engu-30 ngazithola ngiqondiswa ummeli owayefuna ukuba ngichaze ngonembeza wami. Ngamtshela ukuthi lapho ngifika enkolweni ngaba nobunzima obukhulu ekuthandazeni, futhi ngamtshela okuthile ngalokho iNkosi Yethu eyayingitshele kona ngale ndaba. Wangiphendula ngokuthi ngenze kahle kakhulu ukushiya indlela yezincwadi, futhi wayengeke afune ukuthi ngiyilandele. Ngamnika indaba yokuthi uNkulunkulu wayengihola kanjani, nokuthi ngangithandaza kanjani; waphendula ngokuthi ngenza kahle, nokuthi kuyena wayekwenza ngendlela efanayo. Kwangiduduza kakhulu ukuvunyelwa kwakhe, ngoba nganginokwesaba okuthile kimi ukwenza iphutha, futhi ngangifuna ukuba nombono womuntu weBandla engangingabeka ithemba lami kuye.
Imizwa kadade ngezincwadi ezikhuluma ngokuhlanzwa, ukukhanya, nempilo ebumbene.
Nakhu futhi engikubuze lompristi omuhle ngokufundwa kwezincwadi ezikhuluma ngokuziphatha kwemiphefumulo, njengokuthi, isibonelo, ukuphila okuhlanjululwayo, okukhanyayo nokuhlanganisayo. Ngamtshela imizwa yami ngakho, ngamtshela ukuthi angikaze ngizinambithe izincwadi ezikhuluma ngokushayela
imiphefumulo, ngaphandle uma kuwumbuzo wempilo yesihlanzo, nokuthi, kuze kube sekufeni kwami, ngiyohlala nginokuthile engizoyibhubhisa, amaphutha okufanele ngiwalungise kanye nenhliziyo yami okufanele ngiyihlanze. Umfundisi waphendula wathi kulokhu ngisenakho
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wenze kahle, nokuthi uma kungenjalo udeveli angayikhohlisa kalula imiphefumulo.
§. IV.
Noma ubani ofuna ukubuyela kuNkulunkulu futhi ahambe ezinyathelweni zeNkosi Yethu kufanele azihole ngokholo nangothando lukaNkulunkulu.
Ukukholwa kanye nokugcinwa kwemithetho ngothando kuwukuphela kwendlela eholela kuNkulunkulu.
Nakhu iNkosi Yethu eyangifundisa yona, nalokho efuna ukuba yonke imiphefumulo ikulandele efisa ukuyilandela. Kumelwe bathathe njengesimiso sezenzo zabo ukholo oluholela ngokuqondile kuNkulunkulu, futhi kumelwe bazazise ngokukhethekile ngothando lomthetho wakhe ongcwele nemiyalo yakhe ehlukahlukene. Kungale ndlela lapho uNkulunkulu ekhipha khona imiphefumulo yezoni ezinkulu odakeni lwesono, futhi aholele umphefumulo othembekile ezimfanelweni ezinhle zensindiso.
Ngokwalokho engikubona kuNkulunkulu ngenxa yokholo, ithemba nothando, kimi kubonakala sengathi umphefumulo owenza le misebenzi emihle awunakubhubha. Uma ewa, aphinde avuke ngala mandla aqinile. UNkulunkulu uyamkhulula kuzo zonke izingozi namathuba ayingozi okumcasula. Ekugcineni, ngibona sengathi ngokulwa nalezi zimfanelo ezinhle, ukhululiwe kuzo zonke izingozi ezicasulayo ezingamehlela kuyo yonke indlela yokuphila kwakhe, futhi ezingamholela ekubhujisweni.
Umbono oqinisekisa leli qiniso. Udade uzithola esechibini elijulile futhi ubona iNkosi Yethu endaweni ephakeme .
Nasi isibonelo esizomela siphinde silandele esikubhale ngenhla. UMoya weNkosi wangihola ngolunye usuku echibini elijulile kakhulu elizungezwe izindawo eziphakemeyo. Phezulu eduze nechibi, ngabona iNkosi Yethu, isesimweni somuntu, yayihamba endleleni eyayiphezulu. Mina, ngizibona ngizungezwe zonke izinhlobo zezingozi, ngaphandle kosizo, ngathi kimi: Nangu uJehova, kuphela ongangikhipha lapho ngikhona. Lokhu ngikusho ngomoya wokholo oluphilayo olwangenza ngaqonda ukuthi kufanele ngizisize futhi ngenze konke okusemandleni ami ukuphuma kuleli chibi futhi ngikhuphukele phezulu ukuze ngifinyelele eNkosini Yethu ngokuqondile. Ngagqugquzelwa ngokholo ukuthi iNkosi yethu ingangikhipha ngokushesha, ngamandla aYo, ngaphandle kwale ngozi. kwangibiza; kodwa nami ngiyayibona ukholo lokuthi kwakufanele ngizisebenze futhi ngizame ukukhuphuka, futhi ngaleyo ndlela ngangingaba nethemba eliqinile lokufinyelela kuye.
Imizamo ayenzayo yokukhuphuka futhi ifinyelele eNkosini Yethu.
Ngaleso sikhathi, ngisebenzisa wonke amandla ami, ngazikhipha kulo mgxobhozo futhi ngagibela ngaqonda endaweni ephakeme lapho engabona khona iNkosi Yethu. Izingozi eziningi kakhulu zenzeka kimi ngaphambi kokuba ngifinyelele eNkosini Yethu kangangokuthi, ngaphandle kokholo olwangisekela, ngangiyodumazeka ngokuphelele, futhi ngangiyolahlekelwa yithemba. Lapho sengithathe izinyathelo ezintathu noma ezine zokukhuphuka, inhlabathi yabhidlika futhi ngawa emuva. Ngokushesha ngakhuphuka, futhi cishe ngokushesha ngawa. Angikwazi ukusho ukuthi la mashwa angehlela kangaki. Kwakukhona izikhathi lapho ngangigibele, ngobunzima obukhulu, ngicishe ngifike esiqongweni sentaba, ngibambe yonke into engangikholelwa ukuthi ingakwazi ukungisekela, yeziqongo ezincane (1) ezaziphuma emhlabathini. ngaleso sikhathi beza esandleni sami,
(1) Amathiphu ezihlahla.
Ngigajwe ukukhathala, futhi naphezu kwayo yonke imizamo yami, ngabona ukuthi, kunokuba ngithuthuke, ngangihlehla. Ngazizwa ngaphakathi kwami ukuphelelwa ithemba okukhulu okwangivimbela ekwenzeni imizamo emisha yokukhuphuka. Ngiyavuma ukuthi ngaphandle kokholo olwangisiza, ngangingeke ngibe nesibindi sokukhuphukela esiqongweni sentaba, kwakushesha kakhulu; kodwa ngizivuselela ngesibindi esisha, nganquma ukungachithi isikhathi futhi ngisebenze ngokungaphezi ukuze ngifinyelele eNkosini Yethu, lapho kwakufanele ngifele emsebenzini.
Isivivinyo iNkosi Yethu eyabeka kuso uDadewethu ngaphambi kokumkhulula engozini.
Ngakho-ke nakhu ngibuyela emuva ngokukhathala okuvamile, futhi ngiyakwazi ukufinyelela phezulu; ukuze ngikwazi ukubeka izingalo zami onqenqemeni lwephaseji lapho iNkosi Yethu yayikhona. Wadlula eduze kwami kakhulu engenzi sengathi uyangibona; Ngaqala ukukhala: Nkosi, ngihawukele; nginike isandla sakho, funa ngibhubhe. INkosi yethu iyasondela, izibeke phambi kwami ngokunganaki okuthile, futhi ingishiye isikhathi esithile lapho ngangikhona, ngaphandle kokunginika noma yiluphi usizo. Mina, enhliziyweni yami, ngangilokhu ngithi: Nkosi, nginike isandla sakho; futhi ngimncenga, ngazibamba emhlabathini oqinile ngesandla esisodwa, futhi ngelulela esinye kuye. INkosi yethu iyeza izothi kimi: Uyangithanda na? Ngiyaphendula: O! yebo, Nkosi, ngiyakuthanda. Kodwa esikhundleni salokho
ukunginika isandla sakhe kuqala, loMsindisi waseZulwini uyagoba, abeke isandla sakhe phezu kwenhliziyo yami futhi asibambe lapho isikhashana (njengokungathi angazisa ukuthi wayehlola izinhliziyo), ukuze abone ukuthi ukhona yini othandwa ngokweqiniso. ; ngase ngizibamba ngesandla, ngaso leso sikhathi ngazithola sengisendaweni ephakeme, lapho ngahamba khona neNkosi Yethu cishe isigamu sehora. Okwethu
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INkosi yangifundisa ngokukhethekile umyalo omkhulu wothando lwakhe olungcwele; futhi ngazihalalisela, ngizwa inhliziyo yami ishaywa ngomlilo wothando lwakhe olungcwele; futhi ngijabulela ukuba sebusweni bukaNkulunkulu wami, ngakholwa ukuthi konke kwase kuphelile nokuthi ngangingeke ngiphinde ngihlupheke .
Imisebenzi emisha kaSister. Uwela amapulangwe amancane alenga phezu kwamanzi.
Kodwa ngeshwa! nganginephutha kangakanani ekulindelweni kwami! Ngaleso sikhathi lapho ngiba nalomcabango, uMsindisi wethu oNgcwele waphendukela kimi futhi wathi kimi: “Konke akwenziwa; usenendlela ende okufanele uyihambe; futhi wangikhombisa indlela encane emagebhugebhu futhi emincane kakhulu, kangangokuthi amajikijolo nameva axhumene athinta ukusuka kolunye uhlangothi lwendlela kuya kolunye, “Nansi indlela yakho, kusho iNkosi Yethu kimi; kufanele uhambe ngaleyo ndlela. Ngithi: Ah! Nkosi, angikwazi; akunakwenzeka ukuthi ngiye khona, uma ungahambi nami. INkosi yethu yathi kimi: “Awu! Ngizohamba nawe; futhi masinyane udlula phambi kwami. Ngaduduzeka kakhulu ngokuba neNkosi Yethu nami. Ekupheleni kwaleyo ndledlana encane kwakunamapulangwe ayengeyona ingxenye yonyawo ububanzi, futhi ayelenga phakathi nendawo. udedangendlale wamanzi engingawuboni ukuphela kwawo. Lapho sesifikile eduze nala mapulangwe, iNkosi Yethu yangitshela ukuthi kwakudingeka kudlule la mapulangwe. Ngithi: Nkosi, anginakubeka unyawo lapho. INkosi yethu yathi kimi: “Ungesabi; uma unokholo nothando lwami, uzodlula kukho konke. » Ngithi: Nkosi, ngicela ungiphe isandla sakho. Nansi iNkosi inginika isandla sayo. Angizange ngizwe sengathi ngiyahamba; uJehova wangihola ngejubane nangokukhanya kangangokuthi angibanga nabuhlungu, kodwa injabulo .
Imisebenzi kaDadewethu iyisibonelo sezoni ezifuna ukuphenduka.
Lapho sesihambe kahle emanzini, iNkosi Yethu yathi kimi: “Akufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi ngibambe isandla sakho, ngoba ubungeke ube nokufaneleka okungaka; Kudingekile ukuba nizihole ngokukholwa, nihambe nodwa kuwo wonke amapulangwe eniyakudlula endleleni yenu, ikakhulu ngokuba, ngokunenza nihambe lezi zindlela, ngifuna ukuba nibe yisibonelo kuzoni, ukuze babuyela ekuphendukeni ngomusa wami, futhi ukuze kube ukuphenduka ezonweni zenu. Ningesabi; Ngizokushiya, kodwa umoya wami uyokuholela nomaphi lapho ngifuna ukuya khona: ngizoba nawe ngomusa wami nothando lwami. Ngithi: Ah! Nkosi, ekuhluphekeni kwami, hamba okungenani izinyathelo ezimbili noma ezintathu ngaphambi kwami, ukuze ubone ukuthi ngingakwazi yini ukuhamba emva kwakho wedwa. INkosi yanginika yona. Ngaqala ukuhamba ngedwa, ngaqina. INkosi yethu yathi kimi: “Isibindi, mntanami; ubona kahle ukuthi uhamba kahle wedwa; futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo wanyamalala, futhi ngazithola ngiphakathi kwamanzi, ezweni langaphandle, futhi ngaphandle kosizo lwanoma yimuphi umuntu.
Ukuphana kokholo lwakhe nothando lwakhe.
Ngazihlomisa ngesibindi; Ngathembela emseni kaNkulunkulu nasothandweni lwakhe, futhi ngaqala ukuhamba ngobunzima obukhulu. Indlela yayibonakala inde kakhulu kimi! ingqondo yami yayibanjwe uvalo nesithukuthezi! Ukukhathala komzimba wami kwangicindezela, futhi ngezinye izikhathi imilenze yami yayidiyazela futhi iqhaqhazele ngenxa yokwesaba. Uma ngima kancane ukuze ngiphumule, kwakungaleso sikhathi lapho kimi kwakubonakala sengathi ngizocwiliswa emanzini. Ngaqunga isibindi ngalandela indlela yami ngokweqisa.
Udlula exhaphozini elinodaka.
Ekugcineni ngafika ekugcineni kwamapulangwe, onqenqemeni losebe, umoya weNkosi wangihola endleleni enzima kakhulu eyayifana nexhaphozi eligcwele amanzi anodaka kangangokuthi kwakubonakala sengathi nganoma isiphi isikhathi ngizoba khona. wagwinya.
Ufika onqenqemeni lweshalofu elincane kakhulu, ngaphezu kwechibi eligcwele izilwane ezihuquzelayo ezinobuthi, imifanekiso yamademoni.
Lendlela yayiseyinde. Laphelela epulangweni elide kakhulu elalilengiswe ezinsikeni zamatshe ezimbili. Leli pulangwe, elalingebanzi kuneminwe emithathu, laliphakathi komgwaqo ongaba amafidi ayishumi nanhlanu ububanzi, lijule kakhulu, futhi ligcwele indle yamaxhaphozi engangisanda kuwadlula.
Amanzi alo amile ayegcwele izimpungushe, ofezela, izinyoka nezinye izihlungu eziningana (1) ezakhipha ulimi lwazo zaphakama phezu kwezihloko zemisila ngokufutheka nokufutheka.
(1) Izilwane ezihuquzelayo ezinobuthi.
Ngase ngisekupheleni kwebhodi engangicabanga ngalo lezi zingozi ezinkulu. Ngaqala ukubiza uNkulunkulu ukuba angisize, ngimncenge ukuba angihawukele, ngithi ngizobhubha uma engangisizi. Ngabe sengizithola ngivuseleleka ngesibindi esikhulu, futhi ngethemba ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzongiqinisa ngomusa wakhe.
UNkulunkulu wangenza ngazi, ngokukhanya kwangaphakathi, ukuthi leli chibi lalingekude nesihogo, nokuthi umoya wedemoni wawusemzimbeni walezi zinyoka ukuze uziphilise futhi uzicasule ngokumelene nabo bonke abantu ababewela kuleli chibi. ngokushesha balahlekelwa ukuphila kwabo futhi bawele esihogweni.
Ngangilindele ukuba khona kweNkosi Yethu, futhi ngangifuna ukumbona futhi esesimweni somuntu, ukuze angisindise kule ngozi embi kakhulu; kodwa cha, ngangazi ukuthi umoya weNkosi wawungishukumisela ukuba ngihambe.
Ingozi enkulu ugijima. Isibindi sakhe. INkosi yethu iyamkhulula.
Ngithe ngisahamba kancane epulangeni, ukwesaba izinyoka ezaziphansi kwangenza ngakhubeka; ngabona.
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lapho sengizowela ngaphansi kwepulanga. UNkulunkulu wangivumela ukuba ngingabambeli izingalo zami ebhodini, ngaqala ukulicindezela ngamandla ami onke, futhi ngahlala ngilenga ngaphansi kwalo cishe ingxenye yesine yehora, ngiqinisa umzimba wami wonke, ukuze ngikwazi ukubuyisela izinyawo zami emuva. ku-Plate. Ngakhuleka kuJehova ngamandla ami onke; wavela kimi ngokushesha ebhodini, futhi wangitshela
: Hamba kahle ngane yami konke kuzodlula; ungaphezu kwezinhlungu zakho; futhi ngaso leso sikhathi ngazithola, ngomzamo omncane, ngiguqe ngamadolo epulangeni engangibambelele kulo ngezandla zombili. Ngithi: Nkosi, bheka ingozi engikuyo; nginike isandla sakho; ngaphandle kosizo lwakho nesandla sakho esinamandla angikwazi ukuthatha isinyathelo. INkosi yethu, ngomusa oncomekayo, yabamba isandla sami yathi: Mntanami, ukuphenduka kwakho sekwenziwe; uzakuba yisibonelo kuyo yonke imiphefumulo efuna ukungilandela.
Khona-ke iNkosi yethu, ngesandla sayo esinamandla, yangiphakamisa engozini yangithwala emoyeni kanye nayo yangiyisa emanzini amakhulu engangiwadlulile, okwakukhona kuwo amapulangwe. Lapho iNkosi yethu inginika isandla sayo, ngezwa ngilula okomuntu ongasizwa nhlobo isisindo somzimba wakhe, ngazithola sengihamba phezu kwamanzi omile njengoLethu. Wangiholela edlelweni wavele wanyamalala.
Izincazelo zalo mbono oqukethe izifundo zabo bonke, futhi ikakhulukazi izoni ezinkulu.
Nakhu uJehova angazise kimi, ekukhanyeni kwakhe, mayelana nohambo lwendlela eyangihambisa ngayo; ngokukhathala, ukwesaba, ukwethuka kanye nezingozi engangichayeka kuzo. Zonke lezi zinhlobo zezinto zibalulekile futhi zinhle ukubhekwa, kakhulu kimi nakubo bonke abanye, futhi ikakhulukazi izoni ezinkulu kanye nabo bonke abaye baphambuka kakhulu ngaphandle kwenkolo engcwele yamaKhatholika, yamaPhostoli neyamaRoma, inqobo nje uma lokho babuyela esifubeni seBandla Elingcwele , benze konke ukunxeshezelwa ngamacala abo akufune, njengoba ngikubona kuNkulunkulu.
1°. Kudingeka umzamo omkhulu ukuphuma esonweni futhi ubuyele kuNkulunkulu.
INkosi yethu ifuna ngisho amazwi ambalwa ngayo. Okokuqala, leli chibi elikhulu engangikulo, futhi lapho ngabona khona iNkosi Yethu ezindaweni eziphakeme, kusho, ngokukhathala engangikuzwa ukuya kuNkulunkulu, konke ukukhathala kanye nezithiyo zokuzisola, nokuthi zingaki izindleko zezoni ukubuyela kuNkulunkulu. .
2°. Akukho ukuguqulwa kweqiniso ngaphandle kokuguqulwa kwenhliziyo.
Okwesibili, ukunganaki uNkulunkulu angamukela ngakho, wangibuza ukuthi ngiyamthanda yini, futhi wahlola ekujuleni kwenhliziyo yami ukuthi ngikhuluma iqiniso yini, kubonisa ukuhlola iNkosi Yethu eyokwenza lapho isoni sibuyela kuyo. inkantolo yokuzisola. Izophenya ifike enkabeni ye
inhliziyo yakhe; uyophenya emathunjini nasezingxenyeni ezingaphakathi zikanembeza wakhe, futhi uzobona ukuthi lokho ozisolayo akuvumayo ngomlomo wakhe kusenhliziyweni yakhe ngempela, ukuthi lukhona yini uthando, futhi uma inhliziyo yakhe idabuka futhi ithobekile ngempela. Uma isoni sinalezi zimo ezidingekayo nezidingekayo, iNkosi yethu izosibonisa umusa ngokuxhawula futhi isidonsele kuye ngenhlawulo yomphristi. Kodwa, maye, maye, maye kuzoni ezingaphenduki, ezinenkohliso nezikhohlisayo eziza enkantolo yokuzisola ngaphandle kwalezi zimiso. Ngithi kini: Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi uzobagumbuqela, kunokuba abanikeze isandla sakhe, futhi uzobabangela ukuba bawele odakeni olujulile lwesono, abenza sengathi bafuna ukuphuma kulo, abenze babe necala. nezigebengu kakhulu kunakuqala.
3°. Injabulo nokuthula kukanembeza wesoni esiphendukile ngempela.
Okwesithathu, ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi yonke indlela uJehova angenze ngahamba ngayo, namanzi amakhulu engawadlula nginezinhlungu nobunzima obungaka, kodwa ngisizwa futhi eholwa iNkosi yethu, kusho ukuthi isoni, esibuyele kuNkulunkulu ukuvuma okuhle, kusekwethabeni nasekuthuleni okukhulu kwesazela. Ngiyabona eNkosini ukuthi isho kuye, njengokusho kwayo kimi lapho ngicabanga ukuthi ngenzile konke
: Kusafanele usebenze; usalelwe yinde indlela.
4°. Imisebenzi yokuzisola kufanele iqhubeke kuze kube sekufeni.
Okwesine, yilapho-ke ebahola endleleni ebuhlungu nekhandlayo yokuzisola, egcwele amanzi osizi, okungadluliswa kuphela ngosizo lomusa kanye nezimfanelo ezinhle zenkolo. Angizichazi ngalokho; ungaqonda kahle ukuthi ngifuna ukukhuluma ngazo zonke izinhlobo zeziphambano kanye nezinhlupheko zomzimba nomoya ezisiholela ekufeni, ngoba ophendukile weqiniso kufanele adlule inkambo yokuphila kwakhe, kuze kufike ukuphefumula kwakhe kokugcina, emoyeni wokuphenduka kweqiniso.
5°. Idemoni liphindaphinda ukuhlasela kwalo njengoba ukufa kusondela. Ukuzethemba okuphilayo komphefumulo ophendukile.
Okwesihlanu, ekugcineni, leli pulangwe elilengiswe ngaphezu kwezinyoka nezimpungushe, uNkulunkulu angidlulise ngalo embonweni olandiswa ngenhla lichaza izoni ezimpofu, futhi mina ngingowokuqala, ngehora lokufa. Kubonakala sengathi ngalesi sikhathi wonke amademoni ayanyakaza futhi ayajima
inzondo yabo yokuheha umphefumulo ompofu ophendukile kwalasha wesihogo. Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi lapho lo mphefumulo uye wenza ukuphenduka, futhi njengoba ukwenzile ubuhle, amademoni aphindaphindeka.
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umzamo wokumhlwitha, bethi omunye komunye: Uma simkhumbula ngalesi sikhathi, kuphelile, ulahlekile kithi ingunaphakade.
Kodwa yima isibindi, mphefumulo omuhle ophendukayo, ungesabi ukuhayiza kwezinyoka nezinyoka; ungesabi ukulunywa kwezinyoka; UNkulunkulu ukulungele ukukusiza. Uma elibazisa isikhashana, kungukunivivinya kuphela; ngakho-ke, bekezela futhi ungalokothi udikibale. Kuqinisekile ukuthi loMsindisi othandekayo uzofika, futhi uzokhuluma kuwe lamazwi angcwele: “Ungesabi, nginawe; yima isibindi, ususekupheleni kwezinkinga zakho, konke kuzodlula maduze. Khona-ke lomphefumulo ompofu ozibona ucishe walahleka, uphonsa igagasi lothando kuNkulunkulu wawo, uthi: Nkosi, ngisindise kule ngozi futhi unginike isandla sakho. Ngaso leso sikhathi lo Nkulunkulu womusa wathi kuye: "Sekwenzekile, ukuphenduka kwakho nazo zonke izinhlungu zakho ziphelile aqede futhi ngesandla sakhe esinamandla uyalisusa kuye .
ehlukanisa umphefumulo wakhe nomzimba wakhe, futhi emkhulula kuze kube phakade ebugqilini benkanuko nodeveli.
§. V.
Ezikhanyeni Zokukholwa.
Ngesikhathi somsebenzi wekhanvasi, iNkosi Yethu yazisa kuDade ngalokho okuhlanganisa ukukhanya kokholo.
Ngolunye usuku ngangisemsebenzini ehholo lomphakathi, lapho babesebenzisa khona indwangu emhlophe eyayihloselwe ukugunda izinwele zezindela. Lokhu kwakuwukwenza umphetho omkhulu oyisicaba, ububanzi obuyisentimitha elilodwa. Induna yangaleso sikhathi yabona kufanele, kangangokuthi lo mphetho wawuqonde kakhulu, ukuze kudonswe umucu
eduze kwendwangu, ukuze wenze umphetho uqonde. Ngabona izindelakazi ezazinobunzima obukhulu ekudonseni lolu chungechunge, futhi ngalincoma kimina ikhono nobuthaka bomoya womuntu ekuletheni lo msebenzi omncane ekupheleleni kwawo okukhulu kakhulu .
Kusihlwa, ngisesitokisini sethu, ngaqala ukuthandaza. Esikhundleni sokucabanga nokuzindla ngale ndaba, ngazikhohlwa, futhi kungazelelwe ngazithola sengicabanga ngalo msebenzi owawenziwa uMphathi wami, futhi engqondweni yami ngangimatasa ngakho konke okuhlobene nalo msebenzi. Ngokuphazima kweso iNkosi Yethu yabonakala kimi futhi yathi kimi: “Bheka, mntanami, ugxile ekucabangeni umsebenzi woMkhulu wakho. Ngangididekile, ikakhulukazi njengoba iNkosi Yethu yayingibambe ephutheni futhi ngicabanga izinto ezingenamsebenzi; ngoba, ikakhulukazi, ngathi kimi: Isikhulu sami ngeke singitshele ukuthi ngisize kulo msebenzi, ngoba amehlo ami awalungile ngokwanele. Ngangisazitshela ukuthi: Uma engiphoqa, kufanele ngimlalele? Ngacabanga ukuthi yebo, kuzofanele silalele, futhi lokho
Kwakukulemicabango lapho iNkosi Yethu yangimangaza khona. Wanginika ilineni, elimhlophe njengeqhwa, futhi licoliseke ngokwedlulele, wathi kimi: "Bheka, ngane yami, bheka ukuthi ungayibona yini intambo yale ndwangu."
Ngaqala ukumbheka futhi ngamcabangela; kodwa ngeshwa ! Ngokushesha ngithi: Nkosi, akwenzeki kimi ukuthi ngikwazi ukubona umucu owodwa kuphela, futhi angikwazi ukudweba nowodwa kuwebhu. Ngibona le canvas ilula njengesikhumba. INkosi yethu yangiphendula: “Ngikholelwa ngempela, mntanami, ukuthi awuboni. Ngizokunika ukukhanya okuzokhanyisa iso lakho lokholo, ongenalo elimsulwa ngokwanele. »
Ngaso leso sikhathi wanginikeza ikhandlela elikhulu, elifana nekhandlela lePaschal, elalikhanya ngelangabi elingafani neze nelangabi lomlilo wezinto ezibonakalayo. Lelilangabi lalimsulwa futhi lisenyameni yasezulwini; laphakama ngobudlabha obunjalo, futhi ngendlela esheshayo futhi ecashile, kangangokuthi lalihlale libonakala lisebenza ngaphandle kokudla noma iyiphi ingxenye yekhandlela. Khona-ke, iNkosi Yethu yathi kimi: “Vula izandla zakho, kufanele uyibambe. Ngangicabanga ukuthi yizandla zomzimba. Ngenza umzamo wokunyakazisa izingalo zami kancane futhi ngivule izandla ukuze ngamukele ikhandlela. Ngangicabanga ukuthi ngizothatha ikhandlela lezinto ezibonakalayo; kodwa cha, izandla zami zahlangana phezu kwalutho, nokho ngalibona ikhandlela iNkosi Yethu eyayilibeke ezandleni zami.
Kungaleso sikhathi lapho umphefumulo wami wakhanyiswa khona ngokukhanya okusha, kwasezulwini okuphelele nokuphelele kulokho okuthinta ikakhulukazi amaqiniso okholo. Ngaleso sikhathi, iNkosi Yethu yangimela ilineni futhi yathi kimi: “Bheka, mina
ingane. Ngabona ngokucacile kulelineni elicolekileyo, futhi kimi kwakubonakala ukuhlukanisa bonke ubuhle obuhlukene, nabo bonke ubumnandi balo msebenzi.
Ukukhanya kokukholwa okuphambene nokukhanya komuntu.
INkosi yethu yanezela: “Mntanami, uyamhlonipha uMkhulu wakho ngomsebenzi awenzileyo; nansi enye eyisibiliboco esihlukile; kungumsebenzi kaMoya oNgcwele omelene ngqo nazo zonke izibiliboco, nakho konke ubuqili bomoya womuntu. Abantu bezwe baphusha izibiliboco zabo ngisho nasezimpahleni zabo, eziphuzweni zabo, ekudleni kwabo, futhi kulokhu benza ngomoya wezwe. Kodwa phakathi kwezindela, labo abenza ngale ndlela bayona
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ngokumelene nokuphelela kwesimo sabo, futhi babonise ukuthi basakugcinile okuthile kwezindlela zezwe emiqondweni yabo. Lapho bebenganamathisela iphini elinomoya othintekile, futhi emoyeni wezwe, lokho akungijabulisi; futhi lawa amaphutha okufanele ahlanzwe okungenani esihlanzweni.
Wena-ke mtanami ungakhiwa nguMkhulu wakho, nakuba ngikwazisile ukuthi ubuthicobo bakhe angithokozisi. Isono siyangidumaza ngokwemibono nangobubi, noMkhulu wakho ubengacabangi ukuthi uyangicasula. Yilawa maphutha obumpumputhe nokungazi akhohlwayo. »
Abantu abanikezelwe kuNkulunkulu benza amaphutha amaningi ukuze bakhululwe esihlanzweni, besebenza ngomoya womuntu.
INkosi yethu ingenze ngazi ekukhanyeni kwayo ukuthi ngisho nakubantu abangcweliselwe uNkulunkulu ngehora lokufa, kukhona inqwaba yamaphutha abawenzile ngokungazi komuntu, ngokukhohlwa, nangokuntula kwabo ukwethembeka. . Kungumgodi wakwalasha wamaphutha okufanele axoshwe esihlanzweni ngezijeziso ezimbi nezinde. Kulapho ababona khona ukuthi sebelukile futhi beluke intambo okumele ichithwe ngokuzisola, ngokuyiqaqa ngentambo.
INkosi yethu yathi kimi: “Zihlomiseni ngokukhanya kokholo okukhanyisa ngaphakathi ngaphakathi, futhi okuhlanza inhliziyo. Yiba nokuhlanzeka kwenhloso kuwo wonke amazwi, kuzo zonke izenzo nakuzo zonke izinsizi; ngokuba lowo ojwayele ukwethembeka kimi ezintweni ezincane, ngiyomlondoloza ngomusa wami ukuba angaweli ezonweni ezinkulu.”
INkosi yethu inikeza uDade ithoshi lokholo ukuze aziphathe futhi alwe nezitha zokholo.
INkosi yethu yathi kimi: “Kuwe, mtanami, ngikunika isibani sokukholwa ukuze sikuhole ezingozini ezihlukahlukene, ekuhlangabezaneni nokubi nasezindaweni zobumnyama okuzodingeka udlule kuzo. Niyohlaselwa futhi nivinjwe ngenxa yeBandla lami nami ngokwami, ngivikela iVangeli lami ezimpikiswaneni zobuSathane okuyodingeka nizilwe. Kodwa ngiyaphinda ngithi kini: Thembekani ekulandeleni futhi nenze umoya wokukholwa. »
Isipho sokukholwa siyisipho sikamoya ngokuphelele.
Ngabuza iNkosi yethu, ngokuzithoba okukhulu, ukuthi kungani ikhandlela engalibona, nelalibeke ezandleni zami, lingezwakali ngalithinta? INkosi yethu yangiphendula: “Mntanami, lolu hlobo lomusa lungcwele kakhulu futhi lungcwele kakhulu ukuba luzwele emizweni. Unikelwe ukuqinisa ukukholwa kwakho, nokulwa nezitha zokukholwa. Ngokujwayelekile, umusa engiwunikeza ukuqinisa noma ukukhulisa ukholo yonke ingokomoya, futhi ngokuvamile ayiweli ngaphansi kwezinzwa. »
Ngiyaphinda ngithi: Nkosi, ngenkathi ungitshela ukuthi ngemukele ikhandlela ezandleni zami, kungani ngizwe ukuzibamba okungaka emzimbeni wami wonke nasezithweni zami zonke, ngokunyakazisa izingalo nezandla zami kancane ngomzamo, ukuze ubambe ikhandlela ongilethele lona? INkosi yethu yangiphendula: “Mntanami, ngenze lokhu ngamabomu ukuze ngikwenze ubone futhi wazi ukuthi isipho engasinika sona sasingokomoya ngokuphelele, nokuthi izinzwa cishe azinangxenye kuso, futhi zazinjengokwenqatshelwe. . . »
Imiphumela eyavezwa ukukhanya kokholo kuDadewethu. Ukulalela nokuzithoba kwakhe eSontweni LamaKatolika.
Ngiphoqelekile ukumaka lapha imibono eyenziwe yilesi sipho sesibani sokukholwa emphefumulweni wami. Ngesikhathi ngiyithola, yangikhanyisela
ukuqonda ngokukhanya okungaphezu kwemvelo, okwangenza ngabona, cishe ngomzuzwana nje, ukuthi kwakudingekile kanjani ukugcina amaqiniso okholo kanye nenkolo yamaKatolika, ukuzithoba kubo, nokulalela umama wethu iBandla elingcwele, njengoba UNkulunkulu ngokwakhe! Ngabona (njengoba ngabanye angazi ukuthi angikwazi ukuchaza kanjani) lokhu kukhanya okwakulandela indlela emfishane ukuze ngiqonde kuNkulunkulu.
Intshiseko yakhe yokugcina ukholo lwakhe futhi aluvikele kulabo ababemhlasela.
Nansi into abesayenza kimina, ngibe nebhadi lokushiya ngakithi. Kwangisiza, ngaphakathi kwami, njengesiqondiso nesixwayiso kuzo zonke izinhlobo zezingozi, futhi njengesivikelo ezitheni zami ngokungilondoloza izikhathi eziningana ekuweleni ezandleni zazo. Lapho ngihlaselwa izitha zami, wangifaka emlonyeni wami lokho engangikuphendule ukuze ngivikele ukholo lwami; ngokuba uNkulunkulu wangivumela ukuba ngihlaselwe izitha zokholo eziningana ezazingibambele mathupha, ukuze zingiguqule, zathi, futhi zingihunge ogibeni lwazo. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho ngathola khona ukuthi umusa unamandla kangakanani ezingozini; wafaka enhliziyweni yami nasemlonyeni wami lokho okwakuzophendula uNkulunkulu nenkolo.
Ngangena encwadini yeVangeli, ngikhuleka eNkosini ukuba ingiphe, ngomusa wayo, ukuyiqonda, ukuze ngibachazele yona, futhi ngithathe izikhali kuyo ukuze ngilwe nezimpikiswano zobuSathane ababethanda ukuzenza. kimi.
Ngezinye izikhathi, bebona ukuthi zinqotshwe izimpendulo zami, nokuthi abantu ababekhona baqala ukuhleka, bacasuka, futhi izingqondo zabo zikhathazeke. Mina, lapho ngibona lokho, ngahoxa ngaze ngabizwa futhi, nalapho ngibizelwa ekuhlaselweni okusha, lapho kwadingeka ngilwe nezinye izihloko zokholo, noma ngezinye izinto.
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Lo Nkulunkulu wokulunga wangivikela eduze kangangokuthi ngalithola eVangelini Elingcwele, engangilifunda futhi ngizindla ngalo nsuku zonke, umusa omusha nezibani ezintsha, okwangisiza njengosizo ezitheni zami.
Lapho ngibizelwa empini, ngabuyela khona ngenxa yokulalela ababengivulile, ababenginike umsebenzi wokwenza kanjalo.
Angikwazi ukusho ukuthi zingaki ukuhlaselwa okwadingeka ngibhekane nabo: ngezinye izikhathi baze bazongiveza ngendaba ethile ebaluleke kakhulu. Lo Nkulunkulu wobuhle akakaze angivumele ukuba ngihlale kanye ngaphandle kokubaphendula ngale ndaba, futhi ngaphandle kokubonisa ukuthi babenephutha, nokuthi ngokubachazela lokho engangikufunde eVangelini elingcwele, nokuthi iNkosi Yethu yayithini lapho. . Bengibika amaphuzu eVangeli ukudida ukuphikisa kwabo okuningi. Ngezinye izikhathi bangenza izimpikiswano ezinje eziwubuphukuphuku nezomuntu, bexuba okomoya nokwemvelo; ngezinye izikhathi babesho izinto ezididayo kimi eziphuzwini eziningana ezihlangene zemfundiso kangangokuthi ngangingasazi ukuthi ngibaphendule ngithini”. Njengoba babeshumayela kimi konke lokhu. Ngangikhala kuphela kuNkulunkulu: Nkulunkulu wami! ngisize ungisize!
Udade uthola usizo olukhethekile oluvela kuNkulunkulu. Uguqula izitha eziningi zokholo.
Bheka lapha ukuthi umusa ongakwenza ezifundweni ezibuthakathaka kakhulu, endodakazini empofu yokulima, engakwazi ukuthi kuyini ukufunda, noma ukufunda okuthile, ikakhulukazi ezindabeni zemfundiso yabo yenkolo yobuSathane, ephonsa ubuthi bayo yonke indawo, futhi okuyinto uphendula okuhle kube kubi. Lapho kwenzeka ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayefuna ukungishiya ngingenalutho ngesikhathi lapho kwakudingekile ukuba ngikhulume, ukungenza ngiwazi kangcono umusa wakhe, futhi ngimnike lonke udumo nenkazimulo, kwakungalezi zikhathi lapho uNkulunkulu angivumela khona ukuba ngikhulume isikhathi eside. futhi nangokwengeziwe ephuzwini: kungazelelwe ukukhanya kwakhanyisa ukuqonda kwami, futhi ngezinye izikhathi kwadlula amahora aphelele nengxenye ngingayeki ukukhuluma.
Ngolunye usuku, abantu abaningana babefike lapho zonke izinkulumo-mpikiswano zethu zaziba khona; Ngizithole ngikuleli cala engisanda kulilandisa; kungazelelwe ukukhanya kukaNkulunkulu engangikulandela emoyeni wami, futhi okwangenza ngakhuluma, kwaqala ukungehluleka; Ngangingaboni lutho, ngakhuluma izwi ngingazi ukuthi ngizothini ngokulandelayo. Kodwa ngubani ongeke ababaze ubuhle bukaNkulunkulu! ngokuphazima kweso, ngaphandle kokuba ngiyeke ukukhuluma, wafaka emqondweni wami nasemlonyeni wami isihloko esitusekayo, esangenza ngazi ukuthi kwakudingeka kanjani ukuzikhulula ekuhlubukeni okwanginikeza iseluleko. izindlela zokulwa nakho, futhi okwangigcina ngimatasa isikhathi eside. LoNkulunkulu wobuhle, ngomusa wakhe, wanqoba, futhi wazuza udumo lwakhe kukho; futhi ngalondolozwa ekuhlubukeni.
bazisholo obala ngenkolo enhle, kodwa ikakhulukazi lowo owayenenkani kunabanye, futhi okwathi ngemva kokwazi okuningi kunokungitshela.
Bamhlasela ngemfihlakalo yokuba senyameni, futhi bamelana naye nokuziphatha okubi kwabapristi nenkolo.
Isihloko esangizwisa ubuhlungu nobunzima obengeziwe kwakuyimfihlakalo Yokuba Senyameni Kwezwi. Babefuna nje ukuvuma u-JC njengendoda, evuma ukuthi wayebethelwe esiphambanweni futhi ufile, kodwa engafuni ukukholelwa ukuthi uvusiwe.
Kwakusenenye futhi into eyangidabukisa kakhulu; ngoba angikwazanga ukuthola impendulo kukho; kwaba ukuthi baziphonsa ekuziphatheni kwabantu abangcweliselwe uNkulunkulu, abapristi, amadoda nabesifazane benkolo. Bachaza amaphutha abo kimi, bewanyundela ngeqiniso namanga, besola ubufebe babo, bebiza iqoqo labo lengcebo ngobuqili, futhi besho ezinye izinto eziyikhulu ezingenakuphindwa. Ukuvuma izono babekubheka njengobuwula, nabavuma izono njengokuhlekisa: Konke lokho ngangingakuphendula kuphela ngamazwi iNkosi Yethu eyawasho eVangelini, mayelana nalokho okuphathelene neSakramente Lokuphenduka nezikhonzi zalo; futhi ngenezela ukuthi uma ekhona uJuda eqenjini labaphostoli, okungukuthi, kulo lonke iBandla elingcwele, phakathi kwezikhonzi zalo, igunya le-JC lalingenakulinganiswa kancane, lihlonipheke, lesatshwe futhi lesatshwe izahlulelo zakhe; futhi ngemva kwalokho ngababizela ekwahlulelweni kukaNkulunkulu nawo wonke amanga abo nezinkulumo zabo ezihlanekezelayo, futhi ngababuza ukuthi ngabe babeyolalelwa yini. Kodwa, ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, kwakukhona abaningi ababona ukuthi babenephutha, futhi abaya ukuyovuma izono; ukuze, ngaphambi kokuba ngihambe esifundeni engangihlala kuso, abaningana babe nenjabulo yokuthatha isidlo, baqine kakhulu okholweni, futhi babonise isibonelo esihle ngobuqotho babo. ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, kwakukhona abaningi ababona ukuthi babenephutha, futhi abaya ukuyovuma izono; ukuze, ngaphambi kokuba ngihambe esifundeni engangihlala kuso, abaningana babe nenjabulo yokuthatha isidlo, baqine kakhulu okholweni, futhi babonise isibonelo esihle ngobuqotho babo. ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, kwakukhona abaningi ababona ukuthi babenephutha, futhi abaya ukuyovuma izono; ukuze, ngaphambi kokuba ngihambe esifundeni engangihlala kuso, abaningana babe nenjabulo yokuthatha isidlo, baqine kakhulu okholweni, futhi babonise isibonelo esihle ngobuqotho babo.
Isici esithandekayo sokholo olulula futhi oluphanayo kowesifazane wasemaphandleni ompofu.
Nali elinye igama elincane elikhombisa ukuthi umusa uncomeka kangakanani emiphefumulweni ethembekile kuye futhi emlalelayo. Ngolunye usuku ngahlangana nowesifazane omncane wasemaphandleni, owangicela ukuba ngimfundele iVangeli leSonto Lesundu, ekhononda kakhulu ngokuthi abasenabapristi, futhi kwakungasekho muntu ozomemezela izwi likaNkulunkulu. Ngimfundele lokhu
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ngentokozo: ngemva kokulifunda leli vangeli, ngaphambi kokuba ngimchazele lona, futhi ukuze ngithole ukuthi ufundile yini, ngambuza ukuthi lisho ukuthini leli phuzu; waphendula: Dadewethu, angikwazi lokho, angikwazi nhlobo ukufunda; Anginawo umyalo ngaphandle kwalowo abapristi abanginika wona ngiseyingane yokugubha iPhasika lami, kanye nekamfundisi ohloniphekile owasishumayeza ebandleni lethu. Ngaphikelela: Hhayi-ke, mngane wami omuhle, ngitshele ukuthi ucabangani ngawe ngaleliphuzu. Wangiphendula ngokunembe ngangokunokwenzeka ngokweqiniso lokholo. Ngadlula kuwo wonke amanye amaphuzu aleli vangeli, futhi ngaqala ukumbuza futhi ukuthi wayecabangani ngalo, nokuthi lalisho ukuthini. Wangiphendula, futhi (ngokwazi kwami kuNkulunkulu) wangichazela konke ngeqiniso lokukholwa, nasezinkanyisweni zikaMoya oNgcwele; futhi ngisho nasemaphuzuni engangifuna ukumfundisa khona, kunalokho nguye owangiyala, futhi wangenza ngazi amaqiniso; ukuthi bengingazi.
Ngaqala ukumbuza ngamaqiniso okholo, nangezimo ezidingekayo nezidingekayo ukuze avume ukholo lwakhe, ngisho noma ebeka ukuphila kwakhe engozini. Ngingakutshela ukuthi lo wesifazane omncane wangiloya; Ngathola kuye, ngezimpendulo zakhe, ukuthi umphefumulo wakhe wawuqine njengetshe, ukuthwala konke ukuhlushwa okuhlukene nezinsizi okwakuyothokozisa uNkulunkulu ukumthuma, noma umyeni wakhe, noma abantwana bakhe. Ngeza kuye, ngithi: Kodwa, mngane wami omuhle, uma bekuwumbuzo wephuzu lokholo okwakumelwe liphikwe, ngaphandle kwalokho umyeni wakho, izingane zakho kanye nawe ngokwakho bekuyogwetshelwa ukufa okunonya ngokuhlushwa okunyantisayo. !... Ngaze ngamelela kuye ububele babazukulu bakhe.Inhliziyo yakhe yayichichima imizwa yothando lwamaserafi; futhi yena
wathi kimi: Dadewethu, ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, angisoze ngaphika ukholo lwami, futhi angisoze ngavumela amashiqela kukho konke ukuhlushwa okungangibangela ukuba ngihlupheke . Kwakungenxa yothando lukaNkulunkulu ukuthi azitike, futhi
njengokunqoba, ukubona umyeni wakhe nezingane befa lapho futhi bafe nabo ngenxa ye-JC kanye nesizathu esihle kangaka.
Ngangibabaza kimina yonke imnyakazo emihle eyayenziwe umusa kulo wesifazane ngokwethembeka kwakhe. Ngangingakwazi kuphela, ngaphambi kokumshiya, ngituse ukubekezela kwakhe, ngimkhuthaze ukuba akucelele konke kuNkulunkulu
ukuphila kwakhe konke, angafuni enye indlela ngaphandle kwaleyo uMoya oNgcwele ayembeke kuyo, ukuba alandele njalo lendlela enhle yamaqiniso okholo nevangeli, futhi alifundise abantwana bakhe .
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Ekukholweni, ethembeni nasothandweni, ezintweni ezinhle ezibalulekile zensindiso.
Ukholo, ithemba kanye nesisa, izici ezintathu ezidingekayo ukuze usindiswe.
Kufanele ngichaze lapha engikubona kuNkulunkulu mayelana nobuhle bokholo, ithemba kanye nesisa sobuKristu. Ngokwesibonelo, ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ukuze enze umKristu olungile, kufanele abe nokholo oluphilayo noluphilayo; Ngiqonde ukukholwa okuzibonakalisa ngemisebenzi; ukuthi lolu kholo kufanele luhambisane nethemba eliqinile, elisekelwe ebuhleni be-JC, uMsindisi waphezulu awubeke njengediphozi esifubeni seBandla elingcwele, nangokuqiniseka okukhulu; ukuthi ngokugcina ngothando umthetho ka-JC, sonke esifunge ukuthi sizowugcina ekubhapathizweni kwethu, nokuthi ukwethembeka emseni uJC awugxiviza emiphefumulweni yethu embhapathizweni ongcwele ngokholo, ithemba kanye nothando, uyozuza insindiso yaphakade.
Ukholo, ithemba kanye nesisa, umgomo kanye nokuxhumanisa nezinye izimfanelo ezinhle.
Lezi zimfanelo ezintathu ziyasekelana futhi ziyaphilisana, futhi ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi lapho ziqiniswe kahle emphefumulweni owenza izenzo zawo ezinhle zobuKristu ezincike kuzo, lezi zimfanelo ezintathu zaphezulu zisenawo la mandla. ezinye izinto ezinhle emphefumulweni, nokuzihlanganisa ngokuseduze kakhulu, ngesibopho sobunkulunkulu ngokuphelele, ekukholweni, ethembeni nasethandweni. Kukulokhu, nangalo mqondo, lapho ngibona khona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi yini eyenza umKristu ophelele.
INkosi yethu, ngesikhathi sokuphila kwayo emhlabeni, yayidinga isenzo sokholo kulabo eyayifuna ukubaphulukisa.
Ngenkathi iNkosi yethu, phakathi nokuphila kwayo kokufa, ihlezi emhlabeni, futhi yahamba emhlabeni ukuze imise iVangeli layo futhi iguqule izoni
izwi lakhe elingcwele, ngabona okuthile okwanginika isibindi esikhulu sokuzihlanganisa ngokwengeziwe nangokwengeziwe emaqinisweni okholo, futhi lokho ngokholo oluphilayo oluhambisana nezimfanelo ezintathu zemfundiso yenkolo. Nakhu-ke engikuqaphelile eVangelini eliNgcwele, elishunyayelwa iNkosi Yethu. Igama lokuqala ayejwayele ukulibhekisa kuzoni, lapho efisa ukwenza ukuphulukiswa komzimba nomphefumulo, kwakuyileli: Uyakholwa, noma unokukholwa na? Lezizoni ezimpofu zaphendula: Yebo, Nkosi, ngiyakholwa. LoMsindisi othandekayo wayengadingi ukubabuza ukuthi babenokholo yini; yena wabona ingaphakathi lezinhliziyo zabo, futhi wayazi kangcono kunalezo zoni ezimpofu ukuthi zazinazo noma cha. Kodwa nakhu okwashiwo iNkosi kimi: “Ngasebenzisa le mibuzo nabantu bami, ukuze ngibazise ukuthi kwakungenxa yalolu phawu lokukholwa ukuthi ngangifuna ukubapha umusa wami futhi ngibanike izicelo zabo, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo.
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ukukhombisa emakhulwini eminyaka ezayo udumo enganginalo ngengcebo yokholo eyigugu. Kukangaki, kusho iNkosi yethu kimi, ngisebenzise leli gama lapho ngimemezela izwi lami elingcwele! Okholwa yimi uyakusindiswa; kodwa ongakholwayo usegwetshiwe. »
Ngaphandle kweBandla, njengangaphandle kokholo, ayikho insindiso.
Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ngaphandle kweBandla Elingcwele akukho sindiso, njengoba nje ukholo lwangaphandle lungekho ukusindiswa. Masithuthumele, futhi sihlale sesabe ukungabi nalo le ngcebo eyigugu yokukholwa; Ngiqonde ukuthi, lokhu kukholwa okuphilayo, okuphilayo, okuhambisana nethemba nesisa, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo nakho konke okuhle uNkulunkulu akucelayo, futhi asinika yona ngomusa wakhe ukuze sibe amaKristu alungile. Masikhuleke ngokungaphezi eNkosini Yethu ukuba isinike le ngcebo yokukholwa eyigugu; ake sithi kuye, njengaleso soni esimpofu eVangelini, iNkosi yethu ebuza kuso ukuthi siyakholwa yini kuso. Lapho ezwa ukholo lwakhe luntengantenga, waphendula: Ngiyakholwa, Nkosi, kodwa khulisa ukholo lwami.
Izinga lothando kuSisi.
Ngiyasibona kuNkulunkulu isizathu sokuthi kungani iNkosi Yethu cishe ngaso sonke isikhathi isebenzisa isisusa sokholo, ingasaphathwa isisusa sethemba, noma leso sothando, ezele ukuzosiletha emhlabeni ukuze sivuthe izinhliziyo zabo bonke abalandeli bayo. LoNkulunkulu, ongelutho ngaphandle kothando, wasinika umyalo omuhle nongcwele kakhulu wokuba simthande. Lolu thando olungcwele, ngokukaSanta uPawulu omuhle, lungaphezu kwazo zonke ezinye izimfanelo ezinhle; akazange abe nobunzima ekukhulumeni ukuthi uthando lungaphezu kokholo nethemba; futhi ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi uthando luzidonsela kuye zonke ezinye izimfanelo njengokungathi liyanqoba, futhi liguqule zonke zibe othandweni. O uthando! O uthando olungcwele! elihlala livutha lingakudli: O sithandwa saphakade! O uthando lwaphakade olungasoze lwaphela, futhi oluyohlala njalo, yebo,
Ngibona kuNkulunkulu, futhi isizathu sokukholwa size sisembulele kithi, ukuthi lapho umKristu othembekile, ngehora lokufa, eshiya ibutho leBandla ukuze ahambe futhi ahlangane, ngokufaneleka kukaJC, kanye neBandla Elinqobayo; kuyoba ngaleso sikhathi lapho ukholo nethemba kuyoba yize. Ababusisiweyo bayobe sebebona lokho abakukholelwayo ngobuhle obungcwele bokukholwa; bayoba nakho konke lokho ubuhle bethemba obanikeze ithemba labo; kodwa ngothando, luyofika lubakhukhule luvela nhlangothi zonke njengenhlanzi phakathi nolwandle;
futhi kulo lonke iphakade bayoba njengokungathi bagwinywe yizifufula zenjabulo yothando, kanye nokunqoba abayoba nakho ngokuba nalolu thando: ngeke besaphila ngaphandle kothando nothando.
Isizathu sokuthi kungani iNkosi yethu incoma ukholo ngaphandle kokukhuluma ngomusa. Ukholo, isimiso sothando.
Ngibona kuNkulunkulu isizathu esenza iNkosi yethu ituse ukholo eBandleni lakhe kangangokuthi waze walimisa njengelokuqala kwezimfanelo ezintathu zemfundiso yenkolo. Ngiyazi ukuthi iwubuhle bokholo (lesi sibani saphezulu ngokuphelele, esikhanyisa umphefumulo, njengoba sengishilo), esinempahla ebabazekayo yokuvusela umphefumulo olwazini ngoNkulunkulu. , ngezimfanelo zakhe, futhi ikakhulukazi ubuhle bakhe obungapheli, umusa wakhe omkhulu, kanye nesihe sakhe esingapheli, ahlupheka ngaso izoni emacaleni azo, uthando lwakhe olungapheli oluhlale luzelulela izingalo zakhe ukuze lubemukele ngokuphenduka.
Lokhu kukholwa okufanayo kusakwenza umphefumulo ubone ukuthi lo Nkulunkulu ofanayo, ogcwele ubuhle, uma isoni sisebenzisa kabi isineke sakhe nomusa waso, ngaphandle kokubuyela kuye ngobuqotho ngokufaneleka kukaJC nangokuphenduka, lo Nkulunkulu.
onamandla uyoguqula uthando lwakhe nomusa kube ulaka olungenakuthethelelwa kanye nesijeziso esilungile.
Ukuguqulwa kwezoni kwenzeka ngokukholwa.
Lapho umphefumulo uzivumela ukuthi uthintwe futhi uvule amehlo awo kulawa maqiniso abaluleke kakhulu ekusindisweni kwawo; lapho isibani sokukholwa, ngiyaphinda futhi, sibenza baziwe futhi baqondwe; lapho ethi, ekuboneni lawa maqiniso amshayile amthintayo: sekwenziwe, ngiyazinikela futhi ngiyazinikela kulo Nkulunkulu onamandla onke kukho konke azofuna ukukwenza kimi; lapha kuyisenzo esikhulu asikhiqizayo ngamandla okukholwa. Ngiyabona ukuthi lomphefumulo ufana nezoni ezimpofu ezaphendula iNkosi Yethu isemhlabeni.
: Yebo, Nkosi, ngiyakholwa; nokuthi iNkosi yethu, ngaleli zwi, yabathululela ingcebo yomusa.
Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi yilokhu iNkosi Yethu esakwenza nsuku zonke mayelana nemiphefumulo eminingi empofu engcwatshwe ebumnyameni nasethunzini lokufa kwesono. Ubashaya kuqala ngokucaca kwamaqiniso amahle okholo, futhi ngalokho abalungisele ngokwengeziwe ukuba bathole inala yomusa wakhe; ngokuba, emva kokuba lolu kholo lubenze bamazi uNkulunkulu, futhi bangena kulolu lwazi ngesifiso seqiniso sokuba bonke, kungaleso sikhathi lapho uNkulunkulu ephuphuma umusa wakhe kule miphefumulo.
Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi lo mphefumulo onenhlanhla owathi shazi nje imisebe yokholo elula, okwamanje uzizwa ezelwe ngaphakathi kwawo, ngolwazi olukhuliswe ngamandla okholo, ithemba eliqinile emuseni nasesihawuni sikaNkulunkulu, elisungulwe. ngokufaneleka kwe-JC Kulezi zinhlinzeko ezingcwele lapho umlilo ongcwele we-charity ka-JC uvuthwa khona.
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lo mphefumulo, nokuthi uyawuvuselela, uyawuphilisa futhi uwenze uphile kuyo yonke imikhuba yemisebenzi emihle, ku-charity ye-JC, kanye ne-charity ka-JC, lapho ethembekile kuye.
Imiphumela yesisa emphefumulweni.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi lendlovukazi enhle yobuhle bothando lukaNkulunkulu, lapho isingene emphefumulweni, iwenza uphile kuyo nangawo; kuguqula yonke into ibe uthando kanye nothando; akasebenzi neze; njalo lukhula luze luholele umphefumulo esifubeni sikaNkulunkulu uqobo, ongukuphila okuphakade; futhi ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi umphefumulo ovukela le ndlovukazi yezimfanelo ezinhle, okuthi, ngobubi bayo, engafuni ukulandela ukunyakaza kwayo kwaphezulu, futhi oyibophezela ukuba ayishiye, ilahle ukuphila ukuze iwele ekufeni.
Isiphetho esidabukisayo semiphefumulo ephila futhi ife ngaphandle kosizo.
Ngisabona kuNkulunkulu, futhi ngiyakuphinda, ukuthi umphefumulo ongenalo uthando lukaNkulunkulu awuphili, nokuthi uthando lukaNkulunkulu luwukuphila komphefumulo wethu, kunokuba umphefumulo wethu uwukuphila kwemizimba yethu. Maye! Ngiyathuthumela ngenxa yami kanye nayo yonke imiphefumulo eyoba neshwa, ekupheleni kwezinsuku zayo, ukufa ngaphandle kothando; ngokuba ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi lemiphefumulo empofu ayinakho ukuphila, futhi ifele impilo yaphakade nebusisiwe yalolo thando lwesisa olungcwele olunikeza ukuphila esifubeni sikaNkulunkulu uqobo. Ah! imiphefumulo empofu! abasoze baphila ngaphandle kokuhlupheka ingunaphakade. Njengesijeziso sokuthi abakaze bafune ukuthanda uNkulunkulu ngesikhathi sokuphila kwabo, abasoze bathanda loNkulunkulu othandekayo, futhi ngenxa yalokho, bephucwa lolu thando lwaphezulu, bayobe befile phakade. Maye! Maye! Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ingxenye enkulu yemiphefumulo ilahlekile ngenxa yokwephula lo myalo omkhulu ongcwele futhi ongcwele kangaka wothando lukaNkulunkulu!....
Ngesikhathi besaphila emhlabeni babengamaKristu ngegama kuphela, futhi bavumela, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, ukuba kucime kubo ukholo, ithemba nothando, okuyizimfanelo eziyisisekelo zenkolo nensindiso. bachithe ukuphila kwabo ebugwala obuthile, ukuba sivivi nobuvila ezindabeni eziphathelene nokusindiswa kwabo nasekukhohlweni ngokuzithandela izifungo zabo zokubhapathizwa. Ngakho, ukukholwa kubo kwakuwukholo olufile olungasenawo amandla: ithemba labo laliyize; uthando lwaphezulu lucishiwe futhi lubalahlile, ngoba lolu thando lwaphezulu alukwazi ukuhlala enhliziyweni lapho ukukholwa kucinywa khona.
UmKristu ophila ngaphandle kosizo ngokushesha uzitika ngokuzijabulisa okungokwenyama futhi alahlekelwe ukholo.
Okudabukisa kakhulu engikubonayo ukuthi lokhu kwenzeka emiphefumulweni cishe ngaphandle kokuqaphela kwayo: ngemva kokudonsa iminyaka eminingana yokuphila kwayo ngokuthambile, ukunganaki kanye nokuba ndikindiki ngalokho okuphathelene nenkonzo kaNkulunkulu nensindiso yabo, ingenamsebenzi namandla ngaphandle kwesizathu. ngenxa yezifiso zabo kanye nezinjabulo zabo ezingahlelekile, bagcina ngokunamathisela izinhliziyo zabo kukho konke okunqatshelwe kanye nezinjabulo zobugebengu.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi le miphefumulo idla futhi iphila ngemvelo kuphela, kanye nemvelo eyonakele. Le miphefumulo empofu iphuphuthekisiwe futhi sengathi imuncwe injabulo yezinzwa; ukuze kuthi lapho bebhekwa ngokufanele njengabahlanganiswe eduze nomzimba wenyama, besuka ekubeni ngokomoya babe ngokwemvelo futhi bonke abenyama, ukuze bangabe besakwazi ukuthola ukondliwa ngaphandle kokuzijabulisa kwemvelo nokwemvelo.
Noma ukhuluma nabo ngenkolo engcwele noma amaqiniso okholo, empeleni cishe abazi lutho ngakho, ngoba ekujuleni kwezinhliziyo zabo abasafuni ukukholwa ngaphandle kwalokho okubathokozisayo; benqaba izihloko eziningana zokholo futhi benze sengathi bayakholelwa kwabanye. Futhi kuvelaphi lokhu kuguquguquka emphefumulweni ongcwele futhi unobunkulunkulu ngendlela yawo? Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi kuvela ekutheni abasenalo ukholo, lucimekile kubo, abasakhulumi, abasasebenzi ngaphandle kwemvelo. Okubangela ubumpumputhe babo obuphelele ezindabeni zokholo ukuthi imvelo, ejwayele ukudla izinjabulo zenyama, ihlale ifuna ukubona noma ukuzwa, ukungena noma ukwazi okuthile ezindabeni zokholo: ngaleyo ndlela ngeke besakholelwa ezintweni zikamoya, ezingawi ngaphansi kwemizwa yazo. O maye, maye, maye kuleyo miphefumulo eyizimpumputhe eyaziphuphuthekisa ngamabomu!
Ukulahlekelwa ukholo, imbangela yabo bonke ububi beBandla.
Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi yilawa mashwa akhiqize futhi ondle ukuhlukana okuningi nokuhlubuka emhlabeni, kusukela ekuqaleni kweBandla kuze kube manje; owaphonsa imiphefumulo eminingi kangaka esihogweni; ezichithe igazi eliningi, futhi okube yimbangela yempi engaka nokubulalana kwabantu.
UDade, ebuntwaneni bakhe, wezwa isiyalo esivela kumfundisi wesonto lakhe mayelana nokuqiniseka kokholo. Imicabango yakhe kulokhu.
Lapho ngineminyaka eyisikhombisa noma eyisishiyagalombili, abazali bami bangiyisa eMiseni Elingcwele. Umfundisi washumayela ngamaqiniso okholo nezinkolo, nokunye
okwakudingeka wenze abantu bakholwe futhi ukwenze ukuze basindiswe. Wasitshela ukuthi akufanele sithembele izinzwa zethu ezikhohlisayo; ukuthi ukholo aluwelanga ngaphansi kwemizwa; ukuthi kwakudingekile ukusekela ukukholwa komuntu ezwini leNkosi Yethu, futhi akholwe konke ekushoyo nakwembulile, nakho konke iBandla elisihlongozela ukuba sikholwe. Lesi sikhonzi seNkosi esihle sasilethela isibonelo ngaso leso sikhathi. Imisebe yelanga yadlula emafasiteleni ezingilazi, yafika onyaweni lwepulpiti. Uyabona, esho, le misebe yeLanga? Yebo. Kuyiqiniso impela lokho
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ilanga liyakhanya, njengoba nansi imisebe yalo phambi kwamehlo akho. Awu! lokho ukholo olusiphakamisayo ngokungangabazeki kuyiqiniso kakhulu kunokuba kuyiqiniso ukuthi sibona ilanga ngokukhazimula kwemisebe yalo; ngoba amehlo ethu, abona kuphela okuwela ngaphansi kwezinzwa, angasikhohlisa, futhi ukholo alusoze lwasikhohlisa.
Ngalalela ngokukhulu ukunaka, futhi uNkulunkulu wanginika umusa wokuvula ingqondo yami emaqinisweni amakhulu amenyezelwa kimi. Kodwa isibonelo semisebe yelanga sangimangaza kakhulu, futhi sanginikeza okuningi ukuze ngicabange ngengaphakathi lami, futhi ngathi kimi: Kuyiqiniso ukuthi yilanga, njengoba likhipha; kodwa kufanele ngizinamathisele kuphela kulokho iBandla elingifundisa khona ngabefundisi balo; Kumelwe ngikholwe indlela abangifundisa ngayo. Ngabuyela ekucabangeni ngaphakathi kimina ngenye indlela, ngithi: Inkolo yethu kufanele ibe ngcwele kakhulu, njengoba ukholo olusenza silugcine lungokomoya futhi lunobunkulunkulu kangangokuthi izinzwa zethu azikwazi ukuthola lutho; njengoba izimfihlakalo ezinhle zenkolo yethu zingaweli ezingqondweni zethu,
Ngaphinda futhi ngathi enhliziyweni yami, ngingaphandle kweBandla, futhi ngicabanga ngalokho engangikuzwile: Nkulunkulu wami, ngihawukele, ungiphe uMoya wakho oNgcwele nokuqonda, ukuze ngibe nokholo, futhi ngikholwe wonke amaqiniso akhona. wangifundisa; ungenze ngikholwe, hhayi ngesisusa semvelo, kodwa ngemicabango engokomoya nephezulu, njengoba lobu buhle obungcwele bungokomoya ngokuphelele futhi bungobuphezulu ngokuphelele. Ngangisazitshela ukuthi: Uma izinzwa zami zifika zizongikhathaza futhi zingiholela ekucabangeni, ngizozibekela eceleni ngesenzo sokholo; I
Ngizobadelela njengemvelo yesilwane esingazi ukuthi sithini, futhi esingangikhohlisa.
Ukunaka kukaDade ukuthi azifundise amaqiniso okholo, futhi aziqinise kahle kulobu buhle.
Ngezikhathi ezithile, ngicabanga ngenkolo yami, engangiyifundiswa nsuku zonke, ngangibuza ukuthi lokho engangikufundiswa kwakuyisihloko sokholo yini, futhi ngokuvamile ngangiphendulwa ngokuthi yebo, nokuthi kwakufanele iyikholelwe ukuze isindiswe .
Ngaqikelela kakhulu, ikakhulukazi, ukufunda izimfanelo ezintathu zemfundiso yenkolo, nokuqaphela kahle ukuthi zazisho ukuthini, kanye nencazelo eyanikezwa abapristi. Kodwa okwangenza ngavuleleka kakhulu kwakuwukukhanya engakuthola kuNkulunkulu, ngomusa wakhe waphezulu, encazelweni yezihloko zeCredo ngesiFulentshi . Ngakuthola kuncomeka lokho, ngase ngithi: Nkosi! Ungcwele kangakanani umthetho wakho! Ngafundiswa ukukholelwa kuNkulunkulu, uBaba uMninimandla onke; futhi ngizindla ngaphakathi kimi, ngathi: Yebo, Nkulunkulu wami, ngiyakholwa kuwe, futhi lokhu ngezwi lakho elingcwele.
Ukholo lusekela uDade kuzo zonke izilingo zakhe.
Ukholo lwami lwaqina njengoba ngikhula; ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, ngihlale ngizihola ngezibani zokholo, kanye nokholo olunqunu, ngihlukanisiwe nakho konke ukuqonda kwemvelo. Kuyo yonke impilo yami, ukholo beluyingcebo yami nenduduzo yami. Kuzo zonke izinsuku zami ezimbi, ngisho phakathi nezilingo ezinodlame nezinenkani kakhulu, uNkulunkulu ayefuna ngibhekane nazo, ngokumelene nokholo kanye nezimfihlakalo eziyinhloko zenkolo yethu engcwele, ngezinye izikhathi ezikhathele futhi zicelwa udeveli. ibuyele ekuboleni nemicibisholo yayo enobuthi, nansi, ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, isikhali engangihlala nginaso esandleni sami. Kwakuwukholo; ngase ngithi, ngiphakamisela inhliziyo yami kuNkulunkulu: Nkulunkulu wami! Ngiyakholwa, futhi ngikulungele ukuhlupheka noma yini oyifunayo, nokudela ukuphila kwami ngenxa yokholo lwami. Ngoba izwi,Ngiyakholwa , ngathi kuNkulunkulu ukuthi inhliziyo yami ngokuvamile yayikholelwa kuzo zonke izihloko zokholo, lezo engangingazazi, kanye nalezo engangizazi. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho ekujuleni kwesilingo sami, ngathola, ngokholo lwami, usizo olukhulu, namandla ahambisana nesibindi esisha, ukwamukela nokukholwa wonke amaqiniso okholo, ngisho noma ngibeka ukuphila kwami engozini .
Ukholo luqondisa ezintweni ezingavamile, lapho umuntu esengozini yokwenza amaphutha futhi azilahlekele.
Ukukholwa kube yinduduzo yami, hhayi ezilingweni zami kuphela, kodwa nasezintweni eziningi ezingavamile ezenzeke kimi, njengemibono, izambulo, nezimo eziningi ezingavamile, futhi uNkulunkulu ayefuna ukungihlupha. Kuleli phuzu, ngiyazi ukuthi kulezi zinto ezingajwayelekile umuntu usengozini enkulu yokuba enze iphutha, awele ekukhohliseni, futhi azilahlekele kulesi senzakalo. Ukholo lwaluyisiqondiso nenduduzo yami. Kwakukuye lapho ngabeka khona amandla ami kanye nalo lonke uthando lwenhliziyo yami, mayelana nakho konke okungavamile njengokunganaki, ngingasho ngokunengeka, kanye nokuphikiswa okukhulu, kangangokuthi ngezinye izikhathi ngesaba ukuphikisa intando kaNkulunkulu. nokumcasula. Engangikwenza ngaleso sikhathi kwakuwukudlala
Ukhetha ubukhona beNkosi yethu ngokukholwa kunobukhona bayo obunengqondo ngokubonakala.
Isibonelo, lokhu kukholwa okuphilayo kungenza ngikholwe ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukhona ngokweqiniso ezimfihlakalweni zethu ezingcwele nasesakramenteni elingcwele le-altare kunokuba, ngomusa ongavamile, abonakale kimi futhi azivumele ukuba abonakale kimi, noma amehlo omzimba , ngokubona okunengqondo, noma emehlweni omphefumulo, ngokubona kobuhlakani, ngokuqiniseka okujulile ukuthi ngempela kwakuyiNkosi Yethu.
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Nansi indlela, ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, engayisebenzisa ngayo ezimweni eziningana lapho ukuba khona kweNkosi Yethu kwabonakala kimi ngendlela engavamile. Lapho ngizithola ngiphambi kweNkosi Yethu, phambi kweSakramente Elingcwele, ngihlale ngesaba ukukhohliswa, ngaqala ukukholwa, futhi ngazitshela: uma lo enguNkulunkulu olungileyo, ngeke ngimdumaze ngokukholwa. Ngakhothama futhi ngakhuleka eNkosini Yethu eSakramente Elingcwele, ngesenzo sokholo, ngathi: Nkosi, ngikholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi unguNkulunkulu weqiniso noMuntu weqiniso; ukuthi useSakramenteni Elibusiswe Kakhulu
i-altare; futhi yilapho, Nkosi yami, lapho ngikubona futhi ngizindla ngawe ngamehlo okholo. Lapho ngibhekana noma ngizwa noma yiziphi izambulo, ngaqikelela kakhulu, ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, ukuba ngizihlole ngokushesha, ngesibani sokukholwa; futhi lapho ngibona okuthile okwakumelene nokholo, ngakwenqaba, futhi ngakulahla ngokwesaba okukhulu. Ngaphandle kokukholwa ngabe kade ngaduka. Lokhu kukholwa kube ukukhanya kwami ngesikhathi salobu bumnyama uSathane awuphonsa izikhathi eziningi emqondweni wami ngenxa yenkanuko yami, kanye nezilingo azivusa kimi.
UmKristu weqiniso kufanele azilungiselele ukulahlekelwa yikho konke futhi ahlupheke yikho konke ngenxa yokholo ezikhathini ezingezinhle esizithola sikuzo.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi umKristu weqiniso, kuzo zonke izifundazwe, kufanele abe sesimweni sokulahlekelwa yikho konke, ahlupheke yikho konke, ngisho nokudela ukuphila kwakhe ngenxa yokholo. Ukuba ngumKristu ophelele, futhi ukwazi ukugcina ukholo lomuntu ezinyathelweni eziyingozi zempilo, futhi ikakhulukazi ezinsukwini ezimbi esikuzo, nalapho wonke amaKristu eyoba khona, kuwo wonke amashwa ayenzekayo nazokwenzeka phakathi kwamanje. kanye nokuphela kwezwe, kufanele sithole ithemba nesisa .
ISIGABA IV.
Ekupheleleni okubizelwe kukho abantu abangcweliselwe kuNkulunkulu. Sifinyelela kude kangakanani isibopho sezifungo ezingokwenkolo? Ukuhlukunyezwa osekungene emiphakathini, kwabesilisa nabesifazane. Kufanele izindelakazi ezibekwe uguquko ngaphandle kwemiphakathi yazo ziziphathe kanjani emhlabeni?
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Imiphakathi yezenkolo yawa ekushisekeleni kwayo, futhi yaphendukezelwa ukuntula ubizo kanye nomoya
umhlaba owangena kuwo. Obani imiphefumulo ethandwa kakhulu eNkosini Yethu eBandleni?
Lesi sihloko sikhuluma ngesivini seNkosi, ngisho imiphakathi yamadoda nabesifazane benkolo; umehluko phakathi kokuhle nokubi; ekuhlolweni okufanele kwenziwe ngamabizo empilo yenkolo, ukuze akwazi ukwehlukanisa abakaNkulunkulu kulezo zikadeveli; ngoba ingxenye enkulu yezindela nezindela balahlekelwa inkolo ngokuxhashazwa, amasiko amabi, futhi ikakhulukazi umoya wezwe.
Izikhalo zeNkosi Yethu ngemiphakathi esonakaliswe umoya wezwe.
INkosi yethu yathi kimi: “Isivini sami siyincithakalo impela, amasela angenile kuso ekusithekeni nasekuthuleni ebusuku; balicekele phansi; bacekele phansi noma bathatha yonke into engangiyibeke lapho eyayithandeka kakhulu futhi iyigugu kakhulu; sekuwohlokile kwaba isithelo sasendle nesibabayo enhliziyweni yami: amagilebhisi amahle ebengiwalindile awalutho ngaphandle kwe-verjuice; seliyinhlekisa yezitha zami, abadlulayo balinyathele ngezinyawo. ngikuvumele kanjalo, usho uJehova, ngentukuthelo yami. »
Ngangazi kuNkulunkulu ukuthi laba baphangi bobusuku, ababefike ngasese, babengumoya wezwe oqalekisiweyo, ababezenzile ngobuqili, futhi ngaphansi kwezaba lokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu, phakathi kwenani elikhulu lemiphakathi yenkolo eyodwa kanye abobulili obuhlukile.
Umoya wezwe wethulwa emiphakathini ngamabizo amabi.
Nakhu okwashiwo iNkosi kimi: “Bheka lezi zizwe zomhlaba, nokuthi imimoya yazo igcwele kanjani umoya wezwe. UNkulunkulu waze wangenza ngabona phakathi kwabo ukuthi umoya wasemhlabeni wawungene kanjani lapho ngezibizo ezimbi, ngisho ngamabizo aqanjwa usathane. Lapho amademoni ebona umphakathi omuhle, ongenawo umoya wezwe, ogcwele umoya kaNkulunkulu, futhi lapho imiphefumulo ihlanganiswe yonke ndawonye ukuze ifeze imisebenzi yayo futhi yanelise uNkulunkulu, ayacasuka ngenzondo; futhi bengatholi ithuba lokuyihlasela, bazitshela ukuthi: kufanele singenise amantombazane ezwe, ngokuwenza akholwe
ukuthi banobizo lokukhonza, nokuthi uNkulunkulu ubabizela emphakathini onjalo.
Intsha yezwe eye yaba inkolo ngaphandle kokwesaba.
Akhona amantombazane athanda izwe kangangoba kwesinye isikhathi uma ephuma ebholeni, lapho ethole khona ihlazo elithile, afike ngomoya wokububula nokwenyanya, afike emphakathini acele induna akhulume nayo.
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ekusithekeni kobizo lwabo, oluhambisana nezifiso ezinhle; kodwa phansi banamaphrojekthi angamanga kuphela wobuhle. Bazisho ukuthi babizwe nguNkulunkulu; bafuna ukungena komphakathi ngobuqotho futhi kusukela ngosuku olufanayo.
Ophakeme uyabavuma, bakhohliswe izimo zabo ezibonakala zizinhle.
Lo Mphathi ompofu uyakujabulela ukubona izimo ezinhle kangaka; ukholelwa ukuthi kuwukunqotshwa komusa. Usathane uma ebona ukungena akagcini lapho, ulanda nabanye abasuka emadolobheni angomakhelwane, ngisho nabasuka emadolobheni akude, ngesikhashana nje sizobona emphakathini ama postulanti angaphezu kwayisikhombisa kuya kwayisishiyagalombili, aholwa bonke umoya kaSathane emsebenzini wabo.
Lawa angamasela, ngokukaJehova, ekusithekeni kobusuku, azokubhidliza asisiphule isivini sakhe. Udeveli uyaqikelela kakhulu ukugqugquzela ubizo lwabo, futhi abenze babonakale belungile, kokubili emehlweni ezindela kanye nasemehlweni abo. Ubenza baqonde ukuthi uma bebuyela emhlabeni bayolahlwa yinjabulo abayitholayo ngazo zonke izimiso zomhlaba. Ubakhombisa izibonelo ezinhle izindelakazi ezinikeza phesheya, futhi ubancenga ukuthi nabo bazokwenza okufanayo; ukuthi umthetho awunzima kangako, nokuthi bazowusebenzisa kahle. Udeveli uqikelela kakhulu ukubagcina bemunye emoyeni owodwa, nasekuvumelaneni okufanayo nasebunganeni.
yemvelo. Abangane babo emhlabeni, kanye nabazali babo, abahluleki ukuza bazonikeza izinkulumo ezinde ngezinjabulo zezwe, futhi babatshele yonke into ethakazelisa kakhulu futhi engase ibajabulise.
Izindela ezintsha, ngemva kokungeniswa kwazo, zakha izixhumanisi eziyimfihlo futhi zilungiselela injabulo.
Yile ndlela idemoni eliqala ngayo ukuhlukumeza kulo mphakathi, ngokwethula umoya wezwe ngokuphindaphinda kwegridi. Laba ababizwa ngama-postulants sebevele behlangana ndawonye, beqhutshwa umoya kaSathane; futhi lapho sebephumile phambi kwenkosikazi, yilapho-ke bevulelana izinhliziyo zabo, futhi babelane ngemizwa yabo ngokulinganayo.
Uzotholakala ozothi: Kanjani, mngane wami omkhulu, singadela kanjani ubumnandi obungaka nokuzijabulisa okungaka esikujabulele ebholeni, emdlalweni, nomuntu onje? Abanye bayomkhuthaza, bephendula: Kwenzenjani, mngane wami omkhulu, izindelakazi zalomphakathi zingazidelanga kahle zonke lezi zinjabulo? Ungesabi, bangeza ngokushesha, sizohlala singabangane bakho abahle impilo yonke: sizokunxephezela ngakho konke esingakwenza ngezinjabulo oyobe uzilahlekele. Sihlanganiswe ndawonye enhliziyweni nasengqondweni, siyakwazi ukuzenza sijabule. Ngaphezu kwalokho, sizobona esangweni bonke abangane bethu nezihlobo zethu abazokhuluma nathi futhi bajabule izinhliziyo zethu ngokukhuluma nathi ngokunqoba okwenziwa yizwe. Sizokwenza abangani
Bacasha futhi bakhohlise inkosikazi yabo kanye noMphathi ngesikhathi sokuzalwa kwabo.
Bafundisana ukuthi kumele baphendule kanjani inkosikazi uma ibenza balandise ngobizo lwabo, futhi bobabili bagcina imfihlo yamaphrojekthi namacebo abawakhile ndawonye.
Le nkosikazi empofu iyababuza bonke laba bantu: ibuza labo abaziyo ukuthi bangabantu bezwe, ukuthi basazizwa yini ukukhangwa ubumnandi bezwe, futhi siyini isizathu sobizo lwabo. Ngayinye yalezi
aphendule ama postulants afundisana kamnandi kanje: Mama ubumnandi ebengibuzwa emhlabeni yibona obungenze ngadela ukuzoba inazaretha ngoba bengithi uma ngihlala emhlabeni ngizozilahla. lapho futhi angikwazanga ukwenza insindiso yami lapho: yisona sizathu sokubizwa kwami; futhi bonke, ngokulandelana, banezisusa ezinhle kakhulu zobizo. Banikezwa umkhuba ongcwele, abawuthatha ngokunqikaza, futhi enkambweni yabo ye-novitate bahlale bejwayele cabal ndawonye; balalela kuphela ngokuphoqelelwa; bazibopha njengokungathi ngamaketanga ukuze bazithumbe ekubhekeni umthetho womphakathi abangene kuwo, ukuze bagweme zonke izinjabulo abangase bazithathe kamuva, phakathi kwabo noma esangweni; futhi bathi omunye komunye: Kufanele siqaphe bodadewethu, ngoba uma sivame ukuya esangweni, omama bethu abalungile bazosihlukumeza; bayohlala njalo ngemva kwethu: kungcono ukusithumba okwesikhashana.
Ngemva komsebenzi wabo, bazinikela ngokukhululekile emoyeni wezwe, bephula imithetho, futhi bazuza ububi emphakathini.
Nalu ekugcineni usuku lapho umsebenzi wenziwa khona: lapha bonke bangamakholwa, kuphela ngegama nangemikhuba. Abakaqinisekiswa ngokushesha ukuthi ngeke baphinde baphume, mabanikeze umfutho, ngangokunokwenzeka, kukho konke ukuthambekela kwabo kwezwe, futhi babaleke bebheke esangweni, lapho zonke izinhlobo zabantu bezwe. Kulokhu kuvakasha, umuntu ukhuluma ngazo zonke izinjabulo ezingekho emthethweni nezimiso zezwe; amanoveli amaningana nezincwadi ezihambisana nokuthambekela kwazo zibolekwa lezi zindela.
Lezi zindela ezimbi azilaleli
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kuphela uma izinto zingabakhathazi ngaphandle. Bagwema ukulalela kukho konke abangakufihlela inkosikazi yabo kanye nomphathi wabo. Benza amaphathi ukuze babukele ebusuku, baphakele bodwa, futhi badle izibiliboco nezitsha ezilungiselelwe ukunambitheka kwabo, abazali babo nabangane ababalethele zona ngasese nangokumelene nokulalela.
Bengingeke ngiqede uma ngibika konke engikubona kuNkulunkulu mayelana nala manazaretha, ukuqhuma kwawo siqu, nalezi ezibabangelayo. Ngokushesha umoya waleli zwe eliqalekisiweyo unwebeka kuwo wonke umphakathi, futhi lapho usuka kongcwele, ucishe uphendukezelwe ngokuphelele.
Isibonelo esihle sezinye izindela zokudideka kwabanye.
Nokho, kuhlale kunezindelakazi ezimbalwa ezimelana ngokuqinile nesifufula, zigcine ukuhleleka okuhle, futhi zibe isibonelo esihle. UNkulunkulu uyakuvumela kanjalo ukudida amagwala angathembekile kuye. UNkulunkulu ungenze ngazi izinto eziningi ngesibonelo esibi salo mphakathi. Sengike ngasho ukuthi uNkulunkulu akazange anginike lolu lwazi ngokukhethekile, nokuthi kwakungewona umbuzo, ngokwesibonelo, womphakathi onjalo, ukuhleleka okunjalo, noma ibandla elinjalo.
Imiphakathi okungeyeNkosi Yethu, nalabo okungekaDeveli.
UNkulunkulu wangenza ngazi ukuthi uma usathane enezindela zakhe emiphakathini, iNkosi yethu nayo ineyakhe, nokuthi uma usathane enemiphakathi cishe yonke eyakhe, iNkosi yethu nayo yayinayo; ukuthi wayazi kahle indlela yokuzibona, nokuthi uyozixazulula ngokwakhe ngelinye ilanga. Kodwa okwangiphatha kabi kakhulu ukuthi imiphakathi, kokubili amadoda nabesifazane, abangabeNkosi Yethu, imbalwa ngenani kunaleyo kasathane.
Umoya wezwe usangena emphakathini ngokusebenzisa abagibeli bezwe.
INkosi yethu iphinde yangenza ngabona ukuthi umoya wezwe ungena ngesango kweminye imiphakathi, kweminye ungena ngamabhoda asemhlabeni nabangagodli abajwayelene nezindela. Ngalokhu babenza balahlekelwe umoya wesimo sabo, ukuze umoya wabo ongokwenkolo ushintshe ngokushesha ube umoya wezwe lezwe. Lezi zindela zase ziqale kahle, futhi zazibizwe nguNkulunkulu ngempela, kodwa ngeshwa zadedela isifufula somoya wezwe owangena emphakathini wonke. Lezi zindela ezimpofu ziphela kabi.
Yiziphi izimpawu zobizo oluhle.
Ngabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi uma amantombazane ezethula enkolweni engcwele, efuna ukwazi ukuthi abizwe nguNkulunkulu ngempela yini, futhi uma ubizo lwawo luvela kuMoya oNgcwele, kufanele ahlole ekujuleni kwezinhliziyo zawo ukuthi yini i-motif ebusayo.
Iphuzu lokuqala lobizo oluhle ukuzonda umhlaba. Bhekani uma nizonda izwe nezimiso zezwe njengesono. Okwesibili, bheka ukuthi isifiso sokuzisola siyakuphilisa yini othandweni lukaNkulunkulu nokuqinisekisa insindiso yakho. Okwesithathu, uma kusuka kulezi zisusa isifiso sokuzisola kuphakama enhliziyweni yakho. Ah! ngakho-ke sibambe, futhi ubonge kuNkulunkulu ngalesi sipho esiyigugu, ngoba asinikezwa bonke; ningazenzi izinazaretha zikaSathane ezikhohliswayo, ezizikhohlisayo ngeziphakamiso zikasathane obenza bonke babiliswe yisifiso sokuba amanazaretha, abavuse ubizo lwabo, kuyilapho bona befuna ‘ukuziphonsela othandweni. umphakathi, ngaphandle kokubheka ukuthi ubizo lwabo luvela kuNkulunkulu noma cha,
Izinhlobo ezehlukene zobizo olubi.
Udeveli udukisa abaningi. Abanye ngeke babe nesinye isizathu ngaphandle kokwesaba ukuba mpofu emhlabeni, benenhlanhla encane kakhulu, futhi emaphakathi, baze babone ngokucacile ukuthi ngeke kwanele ukugcinwa kwabo ngendlela ababeyoba ngayo uma behlala emhlabeni . . Khona-ke usizi nonya kubenza bathathe lesi sinqumo: Ngizoba yindela emphakathini onjalo, ngoba ucebile kakhulu futhi usemfashinini; amanazaretha aphathana kahle lapho, anenkululeko eningi yomoya nokuxhumana nabantu bezwe. Ukube bengiphila ngeholo lami elincane, ngokuqinisekile bengingeke ngithole ukudla okunempilo njengoba bengiyoba lapho. Banewayini cishe nsuku zonke, njalo i-cider enhle, ikhofi notshwala bezinhlobo eziningana. ukuphila.
Kukhona abanye udeveli abakhohlisayo ngesinye isizathu. Ngezikhathi zomona abangakwazi ukuwuthwala, bayoziphonsa emphakathini ukuze bakhonze inkolo. Kwezinye, kuyoba ukulahlekelwa ukuthambekela okubabalekela. Abanye, ekugcineni, bayobe sebengenile enkolweni besuka kwezinye izisusa ezimbi. Bese bebona iphutha labo; kodwa inhlonipho yomuntu iyabavimbela ukuba bakuvume kubazali babo. Bancamela ukudalula insindiso yabo kunokushiya umphakathi. Ngakho-ke usathane uvusa emantombazaneni yonke inhlobo yezingozi ezingezinhle, ezisebenza njengezaba zokuba amanazaretha.
Ububi obenziwa izindelakazi ezinxenxa izihlobo zazo ukuba zingene enkolweni.
Kusewububi obukhulu ukuthi amanazaretha anxenxa amantombazane, awaxwayise, noma awancenge ukuba abe ngamanazaretha endaweni yawo. Ngezinye izikhathi
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kuzoba u-anti ojola nomshana wakhe, kwesinye isikhathi usisi oheha udadewabo. Zizintokazi ezisencane ezinemibono yabantu kuphela, futhi yilokho kuphela ezikudingayo ukuze zibe nokholo.
Amantombazane aholwa idimoni ukuze abe amanazaretha ahlala ekhetha umphakathi ongahlelekile, futhi egcwele umoya wezwe, ngoba lo moya uhambisana nokuthambekela kwawo.
Isithombe semiphakathi yasemhlabeni. Izikhalo zeNkosi yethu ngale ndaba.
INkosi yethu yangazisa ukuthi kunemiphakathi kaSathane, eyayichichima futhi igcwele ingcebo; okwabangela ubuzwe babo. Amanazaretha aphushela izinto kude kangangokuthi achitha cishe zonke izinsuku zawo ekuzitikaniseni nasekujabuleni okuhle nabantu bezwe, ngaphandle, esangweni, nangaphakathi; ukuthi waba namaphathi ekhofi nama-dessert amaningana avusa inkanuko; ekugcineni, ukuthi ukudla okulula kwanikezwa lapho ngewayini nezinhlobo eziningana zogologo; ukuthi abantu bomhlaba, banoma ibuphi ubulili, beza lapho bezozijabulisa nezindelakazi, ezinganikezi lutho kuzo ukuba ziphuze, zidle, zihleke futhi zijabule ekhonsathini nabesilisa nabesifazane bezwe.
INkosi yethu yathi kimi: “Bheka la manazaretha asemhlabeni, ukuthi angithukuthelisa kanjani, ahlangene futhi abopha injabulo yenhliziyo nezitha zami! Kungani bengashiywanga emhlabeni? Ishwa labo lalingeke libe likhulu kangako; ngoba beze lapha kuphela ukuzokwenza isihogo sabo sibe lusizi ngokuphindwe kabili. »
INkosi yethu yabe isithi kimi: “Usathini ngalabo abbe abakhuluphele, okuthi, ngaphansi kwesihloko senkolo, izinhliziyo zabo zigcwele umoya wezwe na? Abakhazimulayo nabakhukhumele ngokuyize, ukuzethemba kanye nesithunzi sesikhundla sabo, babusa njengamakhosi amancane phezu kwezindela ezingaphansi kokulalelwa kwazo. Kubukeka sengathi bakhuluma namalakhi. Kumelwe bamashe ngophawu oluncane lwentando yabo noma isimo sabo sengqondo esiyinqaba. Ngumoya wezwe obabusa bonke kulezi zindlu eziqalekisiweyo. Awutholi ngisho noyedwa noma amabili ama-Israyeli alungile. Izinkampani zasemhlabeni umuntu azibona lapho, kanye nezidlo eziwubukhazikhazi ezinikezwa kulezi zindlu, ngezinye izikhathi zinezinsiza eziningi kunalezo zabantu bomhlaba. Khona-ke kuyadingeka ukuthi le abbé enkulu, futhi eziningana zenkolo ukuthi anakho for the socialites.
Ngizobabiza ngokuthini laba okuthiwa abasontayo? Ngizoziqamba ngokuthini izindlu zabo? Iqhugwane lamasela, noma kunalokho inqaba noma idemoni linikeza izakhamuzi zalo isikhathi esimiselwe umhlaba ongaphansi komhlaba. Othanda izwe uyangizonda; ohlala kuleli zwe ngokuthanda usuka kimi, nami ngiyamuka kuye. Abantu bazo zonke izigaba zokuphila abazihlanganisa nezwe, abazinikela kulo ngenjabulo yenhliziyo, bangifulathela. ngithi kubo entukuthelweni yami: Nami ngiyakwephula nani; Ngifulathela wena; Angisenalutho ngaphandle kokubanda nokuqina kuwe. Uma bengaguquki, banjengokungathi sebegwetshiwe kakade ekuhlushweni esihogweni, futhi bangalokothi babe nengxenye nami. »
INkosi yethu iyamduduza uDadewethu ngokumazisa imiphefumulo ayithanda kakhulu eBandleni lakhe.
INkosi yethu yayisikhuluma kimi, yathi kimi: “Ngikuhluphile, ngenze lusizi inhliziyo yakho ngokukubonisa zonke izincithakalo zesivini sami; kodwa konke akukalahleki. Wozani nibone, nijabule ngami; ukuthi ngikubonise lapho imbali yasendle nomnduze wezigodi. Ngifuna ukuqala ngokunikhombisa imiphefumulo ethandwa kakhulu enhliziyweni yami eBandleni; futhi ngokungangabazeki yibo bonke abayizikhonzi zami ezithembekile, okuthi, ngenxa yothando lwami, badlulise ukuphila kwabo emisebenzini ebuhlungu nekhandlayo yenkonzo yabo yabaphostoli ukuze basindise imiphefumulo, ngaphandle kwaleyo sizathu bengazinaki” endabeni yokusindiswa kwabo siqu. »
Yilokhu iNkosi Yethu eyakusho kimi: “Ngiyobamukela embusweni wami njengamakhosi, futhi bayoba izithandwa zenhliziyo yami. Ekwahluleleni kwami ngiyakubahlalisa ezihlalweni zobukhosi, lapho bayakwahlulela khona kanye nami izizwe eziyishumi nambili zakwa-Israyeli. Ngizohlanganyela nabo inkazimulo yami kanye nentokozo kuze kube phakade. Bayoba seduze nesihlalo sami sobukhosi sobukhosi. Kubonakala sengathi uNkulunkulu, kusukela phakade, uyokujabulela ukuthulula esifubeni sakhe esithandekayo
phezu kwabo, njengezintandokazi zakhe ezithandekayo, umusa omnandi kanye nakho konke okuthokozisa inhliziyo yakhe. Uyowakhukhula futhi abakhele ngomlilo ohlanzekile futhi omnandi kangangokuthi bonke ababusisiwe enjabulweni yabo bayojabula futhi bakhazimulise iNkosi, bathi: Inkazimulo, ukubonga nezibusiso kuYise, eNdodaneni nakuyo uMoya oNgcwele! Inkazimulo kuZiqu-zintathu ohloniphekile ngalo lonke uthando, ngayo yonke imivuzo ekhazimulayo eniyinika abefundisi benu. Bayomemeza ngenjabulo yokubonga: Ah! Nkosi, uya ngokweqile, futhi ukweqisa okuphakade, okungeke kuphele!
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Imiphakathi ekhuthele futhi evamile. Umphefumulo wenkolo ukhuphuka kangakanani ngokugcina izifungo ngokwethembeka. Ukwakhiwa kwemiphakathi emisha ngamanani amancane kakhulu.
Isithombe somphakathi ongcwele. Uyinhloso yeNkosi Yethu umusa.
INkosi yethu yathi kimi: “Ingabe uyafuna ukuza uzobona umvini wami, lo mvini othandekayo? Ufana nensimu yezithelo enhle etshalwe enezinhlobo zonke zemithi emihle , ethela izithelo ezinhle kakhulu. Ngisho imiphakathi yezenkolo yabo bobabili ubulili. Bangabami, nami ngingowabo. Bahamba othandweni lwami naphansi kwesivikelo sami. Umoya wezwe nothando lwezwe akunakungena lapho. Bhekani, nibone, isho iNkosi kimi; Ngizokukhombisa ingaphakathi lazo, ukuthi lihleleke kahle kangakanani, futhi lihambisana nesithunzi sombuso wabo. »
Ukuphelela kwangaphakathi nangaphandle lapho izindelakazi ezinhle zilwela njalo.
Khona-ke ingqondo yami yakhanyiswa ngokuphelela kwangaphakathi nangaphandle kwezindela ezingcwele, ezithambekele ngenhliziyo yazo yonke ekupheleleni kwesimo sazo. Ngiyazi kuNkulunkulu ukuthi indela enhle, enakekela ngenhliziyo yayo yonke ukuthanda uNkulunkulu, ukuphelela, uNkulunkulu useyibheka njengephelele, ngokuba ibona enhliziyweni yayo lesi sifiso esikhulu sokupheleliswa, nokuthi izenzo zayo ziyafana. kulesi sifiso. Ngiphinde ngabona izwe libethelwe esiphambanweni ngenxa yalo, futhi libethelwe esiphambanweni ngenxa yezwe, futhi lifile ngokuphelele kukho konke okuyize kwalo nakho konke ukuhaha kwalo ngenzondo elimthwala ngayo.
Ukuphelela kwabo kwangaphandle. Abakaze baye esangweni ngaphandle uma kunesidingo. Aqhube ke athathe.
Kule miphakathi akukho grid, ngisho nalabo postulants, ngaphandle uma kungokomndeni ibhizinisi eliphuthumayo. Asazi ukuthi kunjani ukuya kugridi yezindela ezithile; kodwa kunezimo zesidingo esiphelele sokuya lapho kuMkhulu, nakulabo abanakekela amadiphozithi, futhi abaphethe izindaba zesikhashana zendlu. Ngatshelwa ukuthi baziphathe kanjani lapho. Isibonelo, uSuperior obuzwa esangweni, uya khona enesizotha somfazi weqiniso kaJC, iveli liphansi, amehlo akhe ehle, angajikijeli ilukuluku lapha nalapha, ekala amazwi akhe ngendlela yokuthi kungabikho. embalekela kungenasidingo. Ngemva kokukhothama ngokuzithoba, ubuza abantu ukuthi ubani babize siphi isihloko esibalethayo, futhi simayelana nani? Abantu bezwe bamenza aqonde ukuthi beze ukuzomvakashela nokuzombona. Ngokushesha le ndela enhle iyaphendula: Umka-JC omuhle akazi ukuthi kuyini ukwamukela ukuvakashelwa, noma ukuzibuyisela. Lokho ngikushiyela kubantu bomhlaba; asisahlanganyeli naye; Kuzwakale ukufa kwethu (1). Sizilahlile thina nazo zonke izinto zomhlaba; safa emhlabeni, futhi sangcwatshwa noJC, nangenxa yothando lwakhe. Uthe esehamba uyabancenga ukuthi bangazihluphi ngokubuyela esifundweni esisodwa, abatshele ukuthi uya esangweni ngomsebenzi wakubo kuphela.
(1) Inkulumo eyaziwayo emaphandleni. Ukuguqa kuwukuxwayisa, ngokukhala kwensimbi, ukuthi kukhona osanda kushona, ukuze simkhulekele.
Idiphozithi iya lapho kuphela ngebhizinisi lediphozithi yakhe, futhi uya lapho ngomoya ofanayo noweNkunga yakhe.
Uma kwenzeka ukuthi baphoqeleke ukuya esangweni, futhi abantu bomhlaba balungele ukubaphathela izindaba noma ezinye.
izindaba, abesabi ukuzithulisa, ethi kubo: Umfazi ka-JC akakwazi ukukhuluma ngezindaba zezwe, akafuni ukufunda ezintsha; wafa kukho konke. Ufuna nje ukwazi impilo ka-JC ebethelwe esiphambanweni.
Ophakeme, ngokwesaba umoya wezwe, uhlola ngokucophelela futhi avivinye labo abaphikisayo.
Besaba kakhulu ukwethula emphakathini wabo izinhlansi ezithile zomlilo womoya wezwe, kangangokuthi lapho abathuki bezithulela, oPhakeme uyababuza futhi akawathembi amazwi abo. Uyababuza ukuthi sebelilahlile yini izwe, nokuthi bayalizonda yini. Lezi zintokazi ziphendula ngokuthi zifuna ukuyiyeka, yingakho zicela ukungena emphakathini. Kodwa induna yathi kubo: Madoda, lizabuye likuzwe yini; hamba uyozisola; amanxeba ezonweni zakho asenegazi. Hamba uyocela iseluleko, futhi unikeze umbiko ngobizo lwakho kumuntu ovuma izono zakho; futhi lapho uzonda umhlaba, futhi unengeka ngempela enhliziyweni yakho, uzobuya, futhi sizobona ukuthi sizokwenzani.
Uma sebengenile emphakathini iNyangayezulu ibheka ngobumnene nangobuhlakani izifiso, ukuthambekela kanye nokuthambekela kwabo ebubini, ikakhulukazi esangweni nasesangweni, kwesinye isikhathi ibadedele baye khona, bayobona izihlobo zabo eziseduze. ; ngaphandle kwalokho, iphuzu legridi. Uyabukisisa, kodwa ngaphandle kokuqina, indlela ababukeka ngayo lapho bekhungathekiswe yisango. Uma ibona iso elidabukisayo, ikhombisa nokuhlekwa nokuhlengezela izinyembezi, le ntombi enhle ibona kahle ukuthi kule nhliziyo lusekhona uthando lwezwe, kwazise ibona kulo ukuthambekela nothando lwegridi. ngakho yena
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wathi kulo ophendulayo: Ndodakazi yami, buyela kubazali bakho, futhi uhlanze inhliziyo yakho othandweni lwezwe, uze uzwe ukunengeka nokuzonda ngalo, esikhundleni salolu thando onalo futhi ngaye.
Khona-ke, uma ubizo luqhubeka nokuzwakala, ungabuya, uma ufuna.
Isisa sika-JC sihlanganisa zonke izindela phakathi kwazo.
Iminikelo yokusiza izindela ezazinayo phakathi kwazo yayingcwele ngokuphelele. Bonke babenenhliziyo eyodwa kuphela nomphefumulo owodwa enhlanganisweni yothando lwe-JC; bonke bakha ndawonye isifiso esisodwa nesifiso esifanayo sokujabulisa uNkulunkulu. U-Superior wayenobumnene buka-JC nothando olunomusa ayevame ukubusa wonke la mantombazane njengomama oqotho. Ekugcineni, sebebonke, benza ipharadesi ababelilindele. Kwabonakala sengathi bayaqala lapha lokho abayokwenza phakade enjabulweni yepharadesi.
Ngiqeda okuthinta ingaphandle labo; kodwa iNkosi yethu ifuna ngikhulume okuthile ngengaphakathi labo lapha.
Ukuphelela kwabo kwangaphakathi. Bakwenza kuhlanganiswe ekugcwalisekeni kwemisebenzi yamaKristu neyenkolo.
Imisebenzi yabo njengezindela ayibavimbeli ekubhekeni imisebenzi yabo njengamaKristu, njengokuba izindelakazi eziphelele. Lamaphuzu amabili okupheleliswa asebenza kubo njengamaphiko amabili, lapho uthando lwaphezulu lubaphakamisa cishe njalo belubhekise ezweni labo, bengenalutho ezweni futhi bekude nezinkathazo zekhulu leminyaka kanye nazo zonke izinjabulo zalo: imiphefumulo yabo igcwele umoya kaNkulunkulu; inhliziyo emsulwa nemsulwa iyabaphilisa, futhi ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu bubahola kuzo zonke izinto.
Ukuphelela kwezifungo ezine zenkolo.
Kodwa ake sibone ukuthi laba bantu bomshado abamsulwa bakubheka kanjani ukuphelela kwezifungo zabo ngokujwayelekile, kanye nokuphelela kwesifungo ngasinye ikakhulukazi. Kodwa ngeshwa! ngubani ongakusho, kungasaphathwa-ke ukukuqonda na? nguMlingane waphezulu kuphela, ofakaza ngokupheleliswa kwemisebenzi yabo, nezithelo zothando lwaphezulu, ongakhuluma ngakho. Nokho, uNkulunkulu ufuna ngikhulume amazwi ambalwa ngesifungo ngasinye. Ngakho, ngizobhekana kafushane nokupheleliswa kwezifungo ezine zenkolo.
Ukuphelela kwesifungo sokulalela. Balalela kuNkulunkulu nakuNkulunkulu.
Isifungo sokulalela. - Laba bafazi abamsulwa, ngothando olumnene nolunothando, bazinikela kumyeni waphezulu, futhi bacabange, ngesifungo sokulalela, lokho akucela kubo, nokuthi yini okumelwe yenziwe ukuze yamukeleke kakhulu enhliziyweni yakhe yobuNkulunkulu. Bese belalela uNkulunkulu ngomnyakazo wothando nentando yabo; balalela uNkulunkulu lapha emhlabeni, njengoba nje izingelosi zimlalela ezulwini. Balalela uNkulunkulu ugqozi lwaphezulu, ukunyakaza komusa, abavuma izono zabo, abakhulu abakhulu, nabaphakeme babo. Balalela wonke umuntu njengoNkulunkulu uqobo, bebheka kuNkulunkulu kuphela, noNkulunkulu kubo.
Ukuphelela kwesifungo sobumpofu. Bathatha lokho kaJC njengemodeli.
Isifungo sobumpofu. - Bahlola ukuthi banalo yini uthando lwemvelo noma ukuzifunela bona. Ngizothini? bampofu kuzo zonke izinto zasemhlabeni, bancishwe ngisho nenjabulo engenacala. Bengaxhunywanga nanoma yini, futhi behlukanisiwe nakho konke okungeyena uNkulunkulu, bathatha njengesibonelo ubumpofu obungcwele boMshado wabo waphezulu, abambheka njengesibonelo sabo.
Selokhu athatha isimo somuntu balilandela leliWundlu likaNkulunkulu nomaphi lapho liya khona, ngisho kuzo zonke izimfihlakalo zokuphila kwakhe, zokufa kwakhe kanye nothando lwakhe, kukho konke ukushikashikeka kwakhe okubuhlungu ukuze amemezele iVangeli lakhe, nakukho konke ukuphila kwakhe. ukuhlushwa akubekezelela eqeda ukuphila kwakhe okuyigugu emthini wesiphambano. Laba bafazi abangcwele benza imihlangano naye izikhathi eziningana ngosuku: bacabanga ngaye kuzo zonke izimfihlakalo zakhe; bayabona ukuthi ukuqala kokuphila kwakhe kuhambisana nokufa kwakhe, nokuthi uphela ezandleni zobumpofu obungcwele, njengoba akuthola ekuzalweni kwakhe emkhombeni phakathi kwezilwane ezimbili. Kulapho lamakhosikazi angcwele edakwa khona ashiswe izifiso zobumpofu bakhe obungcwele, ukulahlwa kwakhe okungcwele, izinkinga zakhe, imisebenzi yakhe,
Kungakanani ukweqisa, ukuhlupheka kanye nokungaboni ngaso linye, u-JC uzinciphise ngenxa yothando lobumpofu.
Bengingeke ngiqede uma kudingekile ukusho konke okulandelayo nakho konke okuhambisana nobumpofu obungcwele bukaJC, nakho konke okumele kwenziwe yilabo abafuna ukumlingisa bahambe ezinyathelweni zakhe. Kodwa ake sizwe ukuthi lithini
U-JC ngokwakhe lapho ekhuluma ngezimpahla zomhlaba, ukunethezeka, izinto ezilula nezinjabulo zokuphila, okuyizinto zokuqala umuntu azihlukanisa nazo
ubumpofu obungcwele. “Izimpungushe zinemihume yazo, nezinyoni izidleke zazo zokwamukela amaphuphu azo, isho iNkosi yethu; Isho futhi iNkosi yethu ngomlomo wabaprofethi bayo:
“Mina ngiyisibungu, angiyena umuntu; Ngibe yisihlamba sabantu abafayo nenkunkuma yabantu. »
Laba bangabangane abayigugu bobumpofu obungcwele kanye nokudelwa okungcwele. O ubumpofu obungcwele buka-J. C., yeka amandla nezintelezi onazo! uloyile inkosi yamakhosi, wayiphuzisa isifiso nothando lokukudla. Ekufeni lapho wabonisa khona uthando olukhulu kuwe: wamsusa ekugcineni kwehlazo, ngokumyisa enqunu, njengempethu, emthini womhlaba.
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isiphambano, njengoba esho. Ubumpofu obungcwele buka-JC, wamanelisa ngayiphi indlela ngothando olungaka akuzalela lona phakathi nenkathi yokuphila kwakhe okungcwele kakhulu, kangangokuthi wayehlale efuna ukuba naye njengomngane? lokhu-ke kungumvuzo omnika wona ekufeni! NguJC ozisho ngokwakhe: “Ngigcwele izinhlamba. »
Lunjalo uthando oludlulele uJC aluthwala ebumpofu obungcwele, nasekulahlweni okungcwele okufana nendodakazi yakhe endala. Ini! Nkosi, uthando lwakho ngobumpofu obungcwele lwalufana nokulamba nokoma okwakomisa na? ikwanelisile, kodwa yaneliswa yini? Maye! Nkosi, inhlamba. Ingabe lokho kwakuwumgomo wezifiso zakho? Awu, Nkosi, maye! Maye! wanelisekile! futhi yingakho uthi konke kufeziwe, njengokungathi ufuna ukusho ukuthi zonke izifiso zakho ziyafezeka.
Isikhuthazo esiphilayo sokwamukela ukuhlukaniswa nakho konke kanye nokulahlwa kwe
JC
Wozani, nina bomshado abangcwele be-JC, wozani nicabange ngomyeni wakho kanye nemodeli yakho! woza futhi wamukele, ngesikhathi sokufa kwakhe, amazwi akhe okugcina, kanye nezifiso zentando yakhe engcwele! Izifiso ezimkhuthazayo ngezokuthi umlingise, uhambe, useduze ngangokunokwenzeka, ezinyathelweni aziphawulile, uhambe naye entabeni yaseKalvari. Kodwa
vuka kanye naye esiphambanweni, ukuze ungabe usawuthintitha umhlaba; ngoba yilokho akufunayo. Ufuna ukukudonsela kuye ngokuhlukana okujwayelekile kukho konke okudaliwe; nina, ikakhulukazi elenze isifungo sobumpofu obungcwele nokudelwa okungcwele. Lapho esho ngezindebe zakhe ezithandekayo: "Lapho iNdodana yomuntu iphakanyiswa phakathi kwezulu nomhlaba, iyodonsela konke kuyo." La mazwi abhekiswa kubani, uma kungeyona yonke imiphefumulo efisa ukumlingisa futhi ihambe ezinyathelweni zakhe, futhi ikakhulukazi kulabo abazinikele ngokukhethekile enkonzweni yakhe? Wozani-ke nina miphefumulo ephakemeyo; uwena
U-JC uyalinda, futhi ufuna, kusukela phezulu esiphambanweni sakhe, azihehe.
Izifiso ezinamandla zamakhosikazi ka-JC ukuthi ahlupheke ngenxa yakhe futhi ahlangane naye esiphambanweni.
Kulapho abaganene bakhe abangcwele bengene shí ekucabangeni ngokufa nentshiseko yomyeni wabo, ukuthi badakwe isifiso sothando lwakhe esibavuthelayo, futhi bavutha isifiso sokuhlangana. ngesikhathi, kodwa futhi phakade. Lokhu kudakwa okungcwele kubenza bakhohlwe yikho konke okudaliwe futhi kubahlukanise nakho konke okusemhlabeni. Babona umlingani wabo oye wahlupheka ngenxa yothando lwabo empilweni yakhe yonke, futhi owaqeda ukuhlupheka kwakhe esiphambanweni. Ngokulandela isibonelo sakhe, bavutha uthando lwakhe, futhi bavutha isifiso sokuhlupheka njengaye.
Bazikhalela bona: Ukuthanda nokuhlupheka, nokuhlupheka ngenxa yomyeni wami, zonke lezi yizifiso zami kanye nakho konke okungijabulisayo. Inhliziyo yabo inamathele esiphambanweni, futhi umphefumulo wabo uhlangene noJC Base bethi: Ngaphumula emthunzini walowo engangimthanda. Kusho ukuthini ukuphumula , ngokombono walo mlingani ongcwele, emthunzini walowo amthandayo? Lokhu kusho ukuthi uzizwa ngempela ukuthi ubambelele, nokuthi unamathele futhi njengokungathi ubethelwe esiphambanweni no-JC, nangenxa yothando lwakhe, esihlahleni sesiphambano, nokuthi kukhona lapho afuna ukukwenza khona. izinsuku zakhe. Yilokhu okumenza athi: Ngizophumula ethunzini lalowo engangimthanda. Kusho ukuthini ukuphumula? Umfazi ongcwele uyakuqonda kahle, usho ukuthi: Lapho ngixoshwa isitha sami, futhi lapho ngikhathele ukulwa, ngiyobalekela umyeni wami wasezulwini, futhi ngiyophumula ethunzini lalowo engangimthanda .
Lo mlingani ongcwele ubuza ngomyeni wakhe ukuthi uyisaphi imihlambi yakhe ukuze iklabe, lapho ayiphumuza khona emini, nalapho ephumula khona. Khona-ke uyaqaphela ukuthi emini yothando lwakhe oluvuthayo kusesiphambanweni, ukuthi kusemini yelanga lobulungisa, nokuthi ngokusifela, kusukela lapho lapho ephonsa phezu kwemiphefumulo imisebe eshisa kakhulu. uthando lwakhe lwaphezulu. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho ekuthuthweni kwakhe, lo mlingani ongcwele wababaza: "Abacabangayo mabafune njengoba befuna ukududuza kwabo nezinjabulo zabo:
uzothola eThabori; bathi kanye nomphostoli: Kuhle lapha, asihlale khona. Mina-ke, kusho lo mlingani ongcwele, isinqumo sami sithathiwe, futhi ukukhetha kwami kwenziwa: Ngifuna ukumisa ukuhlala kwami eKalvari, futhi ngizophumula emthunzini walowo engangimthanda. Kodwa ebona ukuthi indoda yakhe yafa ngenxa yothando ngaye, lolo thando lwayinikela inkosi yayo ekufeni, nokuthi iyafa ngenxa yothando, Maye! wathi, uma umyeni wami efa ngenxa yokungithanda, angeke ngisakwazi ukuphila. Ezithuthelweni zakhe zothando lweNkosi yethu, lolu thando lubonakala lumenza ahlehle, futhi amkhiphe ekufeni. Angasho ngeqiniso: “Angisaphili ezweni, nasezinkanukweni zalo; Ngifile kukho konke lokho, futhi ngifile kimi: cha, angisaphili, nguJC ohlala kimi, futhi angiphili.
Ukuphelela kwesifungo sobumsulwa. Bafana nezingelosi ngobumsulwa bazo.
Isifungo Sobumsulwa —Kodwa ngizothini ngalezi zintombi ezimsulwa nezingenabala? Ngizothi bayiminduze emihle, neminduze yasezigodini ngobumhlophe bayo nobumsulwa bayo; akumelwe uzithinte ngisho nangesihloko somunwe wakho, futhi ungadlulisi umoya wakho phezu kwazo, ngoba uyoziphanga.
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Lezi zintombi zihlobe nge-fleur-de-lis yenkosi yazo uJesu, ongumyeni wazo nesithandwa sezintombi. Zilingisa, lezi zintombi ezimsulwa, emhlabeni , okwenziwa izingelosi ezulwini; kodwa ngithini, izingelosi zinomona ngakho, njengoba izintombi ziwalingisa eduze kangaka emzimbeni ofayo naphakathi kwezingozi ezingaka, futhi, ngenxa yobuhle nothando kumyeni wazo, futhi zihlanzekile njengoba nazo. ngokwemvelo. Kungalesi sihloko lapho izingelosi zimangele futhi zibabaza zithi: O simangaliso somusa! O isimangaliso sothando! Udumo malube koPhezukonke kuze kube phakade naphakade !
Ukuphelela kwesifungo sokuvala. Ukuba uwedwa kwenhliziyo, nokuxhumana okuseduze no-JC
Ukuvala Isifungo. “ Nakhu okushiwo yiNkosi ngezindela ezilwela ukuphelela: “Ngiyomyisa othandiweyo wami endaweni ekude nezwe nomsindo. INkosi yethu, ngokukhuluma kanjena, ikhomba ukuba wedwa kwenhliziyo. Lapho ethi: kude nezwe nomsindo, ungakholelwa ukuthi umyeni waphezulu wenza umkakhe abe yisigqila semicabango eminingi engacacile nengenamsebenzi, hhayi ukusho okubi, nokuthi uvumela umcabango wakhe ukuba amthwale lapha futhi. lapho ngaphandle kokuba unkosikazi. Ifanela indela embi noma umfazi ongathembekile; yingakho umngane womshado ongcwele ethi: “Ngiyakumsusa ezweni nasemsindweni; lapho ngizakhuluma enhliziyweni yakhe. »
O yeka isizungu! O yeka ukuthula kwenhliziyo nengqondo! noma kunalokho yiziphi izingxoxo ezimnandi umyeni ongcwele aba nazo nomkayo ohlala engadini evaliwe, futhi umyeni yedwa onesihluthulelo sazo! Akekho ongena lapho ngaphandle komkakhe kanye naye. Ungena kuwo ngesikhathi ethanda ngaso, nanganoma yiliphi ihora lemini noma ebusuku athanda ngalo.
Indlela iNkosi Yethu elungisa ngayo futhi ilungise amaphutha omlingani wayo. Ukuzisola kwakhe.
Ungena lapho ngezinye izikhathi ukuze abone ukuthi umkakhe akavilaphi noma akalele yini, noma izithelo zezenzo zakhe sezifinyelele ukuvuthwa, uma kukhona ezintinyelayo noma ezigwegwile; uma kungekho, kuzo zonke izenzo zakhe, into elimaza inhliziyo yomlingani ongcwele. Bese ehlola ukuthi zonke izenzo zakhe zenziwa ngokupheleliswa yini; umkhombisa amaphutha akhe nge umusa nokumlulaza ngokujulile; umazisa ukuthi uthando analo ngaye alumvumeli ukuthi abone lamabala asenhlizweni yakhe. Kungakho ngithi umyeni ongcwele uyahamba abuye lapho ethanda; umshiya ehefuzela nezinyembezi zokuzisola ngokucasula umyeni wakhe. Ucabanga ukuthi umthukuthelele, futhi ufuna nje amathuba okubuyisana naye futhi amjabulise. Ngalokhu uphindaphinda yonke intshiseko yakhe ngomoya wokuzisola nothando .
Lapho ebona uMyeni oNgcwele ebuyela ensimini yakhe, wakhuluma la mazwi kuye: Woza, sithandwa sami, ensimini yakho! Kungani, wathi, engadini yakho ? Kungenxa yokuthi le nsimu iyinhliziyo yakhe ayinika uJehova kanye nazo zonke izithelo zayo, zonke izenzo zayo nayo yonke imikhiqizo yayo; yingakho uyibiza ngokuthi insimu yomyeni, evalwe nguye ngaphakathi nangaphandle, ukuze kungangeni muntu kuyo ngaphandle komyeni. Woza, wathi, futhi, woza futhi uvakashele zonke izenzo zami; woza futhi ubone, O sithandwa sami, amaphutha engangiyowenza ngothando lwami oluncane kanye noluncane lwami
lokuphaphama. Khona-ke uMshadikazi oNgcwele wamgona, wamgona, wamgona, wamnika ukwanga okungcwele kokubuyisana, ethi kuye: Mkami, sithandwa sami, inhliziyo yakho ifana nensimu egcwele ama roses, iminduze nazo zonke izinhlobo zezimbali, ezijabulisa zonke kimi. inhliziyo ngephunga elimnandi abalisakaza.
Isibonakaliso somusa iNkosi yethu eyenzela umlingani wayo. Uhlanza inhliziyo yakhe futhi ayinikeze ukuthinta kothando.
INkosi yethu imenzela umusa omkhulu wokuvuza kulokhu kuphila uthando nokuphenduka kwenhliziyo yakhe edabukile nethobekile. Ngaphambili wamenza wawabona amaphutha ayewenzile futhi ayejwayele ukuwenza, nakuba lawa maphutha ayemancane kakhulu, futhi ayefana, uma sikubeka kangcono, ukungapheleli kuphela. Kodwa njengoba uNkulunkulu kuphela ongakwazi futhi ahlole izinhliziyo zethu ngokuphelele, lo myeni waphezulu wabona enhliziyweni yomkakhe njengemicu yento yemvelo, engafaniswa nezinwele, futhi engathandeki endodeni, ngoba kwakuyilezinwele. okubangele amaphutha amancane ngezikhathi ezithile. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uMsindisi wethu othandekayo wabona kuleyonhliziyo uthando olungaka, ukuthobeka okukhulu, isifiso esikhulu kangaka sokujabulisa umyeni wakhe, nokushisekela okungaka kokuphenduka nokuzihlambulula, waze wacela ngokungaphezi lowomusa endodeni yakhe. Lomyeni waphezulu wazithola ekhangwa yizo zonke izifiso ezinhle zomkakhe. Wayazi kahle kamhlophe ukuthi wayenganakile ukuthi lezi nwele ezazisenhlizweni yakhe, zazivela othandweni oludlulele lomyeni waphezulu aluthwala kumkakhe futhi kwakuyilokhu okweqile kothando okwamphoqa ukuba amkhulumele umusa omkhulu kakhulu. ekukhipheni lezinwele ngokwakhe nokwenza inhliziyo yakhe ibe msulwa futhi ingabi nabala emehlweni akhe. LoMsindisi ongcwele wenza lo msebenzi omuhle enhliziyweni yakhe, yena engazi. wayenganakile ukuthi lezi zinwele ezisenhlizweni yakhe, zivela othandweni oludlulele lomyeni waphezulu aluthwala kumkakhe futhi kwakuyilokhu okweqile kothando okwamphoqa ukuba amkhulumele umusa omkhulu kakhulu ngokuklebhula lezozinwele. nokwenza inhliziyo yakhe ibe msulwa futhi ingabi nabala emehlweni akhe. LoMsindisi ongcwele wenza lo msebenzi omuhle enhliziyweni yakhe, yena engazi. wayenganakile ukuthi lezi zinwele ezisenhlizweni yakhe, zivela othandweni oludlulele lomyeni waphezulu aluthwala kumkakhe futhi kwakuyilokhu okweqile kothando okwamphoqa ukuba amkhulumele umusa omkhulu kakhulu ngokuklebhula lezozinwele. nokwenza inhliziyo yakhe ibe msulwa futhi ingabi nabala emehlweni akhe. LoMsindisi ongcwele wenza lo msebenzi omuhle enhliziyweni yakhe, yena engazi.
Umthelela ongaqondakali walo umusa omkhulu.
Lomusa wawumkhulu kakhulu ukuthi ungabi nomthelela wawo. Kulokhu kuhlinzwa, umakoti wakuzwa ngokushesha lokho kuthinteka kothando iNkosi Yethu eyayikubeke ukuze ahlanze inhliziyo yakhe. Ngaso leso sikhathi wababaza,
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ngokuzithoba okujulile: O mlingani wami! inhliziyo yami ilimele ngothando lwakho; manje sengingowakho. INkosi yethu yamphendula yathi: “Zinike konke, mkami, futhi ngizoba ngowakho phakade.
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Lo mlingani ongcwele wazithola ngaleso sikhathi sengathi ulahlekile ngaphakathi kwakhe, engazi ukuthi useyini, futhi ezibona eguqulelwe kuNkulunkulu yedwa. Yilokhu okwamholela ekubeni amemeze ngenjabulo nangenjabulo: UNkulunkulu yedwa! UNkulunkulu yedwa! Ngangivame ukuthi: UNkulunkulu nami! kodwa manje njengoba ngibona uNkulunkulu kuphela, futhi ngilahlekelwe mina ngokwami, angisasho lutho olunye: UNkulunkulu yedwa kuzo zonke izenzo zami: UNkulunkulu yedwa ekuphileni kwami: UNkulunkulu yedwa ekufeni kwami, futhi uNkulunkulu yedwa.phakade. Lona umvuzo uNkulunkulu awunikeza umkakhe kulokhu kuphila, futhi lokhu kuwumphumela ukuhlinzwa kwakhe okuveza enhliziyweni yomkakhe. Lapho iNkosi Yethu izibona zihambisana nomusa wayo ngokwethembeka okukhulu kangaka, lomngane womshado waphezulu waphinda wamanga ngokwanga kothando lwayo olungcwele, wathi kuye; “Umuhle, sithandwa sami, futhi uyohlala uyisithandwa senhliziyo yami. »
INkosi yethu yaphinda yathi kuye: “O ndodakazi enhle yaseSiyoni, yeka indlela izenzo zakho ezijabulisa ngayo kimi! ndodakazi yesikhulu, yeka indlela engiyithokozisa ngayo indaba yakho! Kuzakuba kuwe, makoti wami, engizakuthi kuye masinyane, nxa ngikukhupha kulendawo yokudingiswa, ngikubeke lami embusweni wami: Woza, juba lami; woza, sithandwa sami! woza dadewethu! woza mkami! ubusika buphelile, izimvula zimile emathafeni ethu, akusekho inkungu nesithwathwa. Isiqalile intwasahlobo, ijuba selizwakele. Woza, sithandwa senhliziyo yami, ujabulele usuku oluhle lwaphakade, lapho ilanga lobulungisa lihlala likhanya futhi lingashoni! »
INkosi yethu ingenze ngazi ukuthi umphakathi omuhle lapho zonke izindelakazi ezigcwele intshiseko yokusindiswa kwazo nenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu, ziphilisana ukuze zigcine izithembiso zazo nemithetho yazo, futhi zizingcwelise ndawonye, uthandeka kuye njengoba ikhonsathi emnandi yomculo, eqhutshwa uthando lwakhe, ehlangene nezingoma zezingelosi, nodumo nenkazimulo ebuyiselwa kuye ezulwini.
Imiphakathi emisha, embalwa ngenani, iNkosi Yethu eyithembisa iBandla layo.
INkosi yethu yathi kimi: “Umvini wami oyincithakalo uzichithile; kodwa lapho ngimbonisa kini lonke likhululiwe, lingaxhunywanga, eliphukile futhi linyathelwe phansi, nabona ukuthi ngizozala amazinyane ?
imivini, eyayizoboshwa futhi itshalwe phansi kwezindonga, futhi engangizoyala abalimi ukuba bayinakekele kakhulu? ngiyakubapha umoya wami, oyothela izithelo kubo. Kodwa njengoba imiphakathi ezokhululeka izoba mbalwa kakhulu, njengoba nginibonisile, abalimi bomvini bazolima imivini lapha nalaphaya, futhi baqhelelane. Iningi liyohlala kuze kubusa Umphikukristu. Labo Umphik'ukristu abathola ngaphansi kwamandla akhe bayofelwa ukholo ngokushesha, futhi yonke imiphakathi yanoma yibuphi ubulili iyochotshozwa futhi iqedwe. »
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Kumanazaretha aphila izimpilo ezisivivi nezingaphelele. Izimbangela kanye nesijeziso sokuba sivivi kwabo.
INkosi yethu yazisa kuDadewethu ngempilo eyisivivi yezindela ezingaphelele.
INkosi yethu yathi kimi: “Ngikubonise amanazaretha amabi ngokuphelele, ngase ngikukhombisa izindela njalo ekupheleleni, okukhona phakathi kwabo abathi ngosizo lomusa wami bapheleliswe. Kodwa nazi ezinye ezingezimbi njengalezi enganibonisa zona, futhi ezingezinhle njengamakhosikazi ami angempela. Sebenza ekupheleleni kwabo. Bangamanazaretha angaphelele asukile emoyeni wakudala woyise, awela kancane kancane ekuziphatheni okubenze balahlekelwa umoya wesimo sabo. Kunemiphakathi lapho ingxenye enkulu yamanazaretha iwela khona, mayelana nodaba lokusindiswa kwawo, ekudikibaleni, ekubeni sivivi, ebugwaleni, ngamafuphi, kukho konke ubudedengu obuhambisana nempilo eyisivivi nethambile enkolweni. »
Izimbangela zalokhu ukuba sivivi. Izinamathiselo zenhliziyo, umhawu, ukuzethemba.
Ngaba nesibindi sokubuza iNkosi Yethu: Kungani, Nkosi, lezi zindela ezimpofu ziwele esimweni esidabukisa kangaka? Wangiphendula wathi: “Akuwona umusa wami ukuthi kufanele kubalwe. Ngabanika umusa phezu komusa, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi sokuhlehla nemishini, lapho ngabavulela kakhulu amehlo omphefumulo. Ngabakhombisa ezabo
amaphutha, futhi phezu kwazo zonke lezo zithixo ezincane bazithwele ekujuleni kwezinhliziyo zabo. Ngabazisa ukuthi yilapho kwavela khona wonke amaphutha abo nesimo esibi semiphefumulo yabo. Umusa wami wabathinta, walimaza ukuthambekela kwabo, futhi wenza umzamo wokungena ezinhliziyweni zabo. Kodwa konke lokho kwakuyize, bakhetha ukulalela izithombe zabo kunokuba balalele umusa wami. »
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Nakhu uJehova angazise kimi mayelana nalezi zithombe. Kokunye, kuyoba ubungane nokunamathelana nendela ethile yomphakathi, noma kumuntu othile emhlabeni, umuntu angafuni nhlobo ukuhlukana naye; kwabanye, kuyoba umona oyimfihlo noma umona komunye wodadewabo obekwe ngaphezu kwabo, futhi abambona ehlonishwa futhi ehlonishwa kakhulu kunabo. Lona omunye uzoba nokuhlonishwa okuncane nothando oluthile ngaye, ngoba uzibona esemahhovisi, futhi uhlonishwa njengonomoya, futhi onekhono ngokwanele ukugcwalisa indawo yakhe.
Isibonelo somfundamakhwela owenza ubungcweti bakhe ngokunamathela okuthile kwenhliziyo yomhlaba. Ukuphila kwakhe okungaphelele, kanye nobubi bokuvuma kwakhe.
O! ngizothini? Kunezinhlobo eziyikhulu zezinto udeveli angazikhohlisa. Ngokwesibonelo, umfundamakhwela onolwazi oluncane ngesimo afisa ukusemukela, wenza umsebenzi wobungcweti ngalomoya wezwe oqalekisiwe, ongakacindezelwa noma ongakafi enhliziyweni yakhe. Ububi lobu; futhi yilokhu okufanele amasistela akuqaphele kakhulu, ikakhulukazi amakhosikazi, okumele awazi kahle abaqalayo babo futhi abafundise kahle. Bangathemba kanjani ukuba nendaba enhle kumuntu osenomoya wezwe enhliziyweni yakhe? ngoba ubungane nokusondelana le nsizwa athi isenakho emhlabeni kufakazela ukuthi isenawo umoya wakho.
Kodwa, uzongitshela, le mfunda-makhwelo enhle inokuzinikela okukhulu; usondela emasakramenteni, wenze isivumo esihle esijwayelekile. Kufanele kukholakale ukuthi wazivuma zonke izono zakhe, futhi ikakhulukazi zonke ezithinta umhlaba. Mhlawumbe yebo; kodwa usesivumile leso sithixo senjabulo nobungane bomhlaba konke lokhu kusasivumela ukuthi siphile kuso
inhliziyo yakhe? Wavuma! futhi yilokho okumfaka ekuthuleni okungamanga! Uzobe esememezele ukuthi uye kangaki ebholeni noma emihlanganweni yasebusuku; uyobe esekuxoxele konke okwamehlela ngaleso sikhathi, futhi ucabanga ukuthi useqedile ngakho. Umuntu ovuma izono ombona ezimangalela ngale ndlela wayengeke akholwe ukuthi usabugcinile ubumnandi enhliziyweni yakhe nokunamathela ezindleleni zezwe.
Wenza umsebenzi wakhe wobungcweti, futhi emva komsebenzi wakhe, esikhundleni sokuzama ukuncisha lesi sithombe, uthatha injabulo yakhe nokwaneliseka esangweni. Bese-ke, ezivumweni zokuvuma izono, uzisola ngokuthi uchithe isikhathi esiningi kakhulu esangweni, ngokukhuluma isikhathi eside kakhulu lapho nabantu bezwe, nangezinto zezwe; kodwa uyaqikelela ukuthi angazisoli ngokunamathela ezinjabulo zezwe asenazo enhliziyweni yakhe, ngokweneliseka akuthola ngokucabanga ngazo nokukhuluma ngazo, nokwenza kwaziwe ukuthi kuvela kulokhu. injabulo eza uthando lwakhe lwegridi nokukhuluma nabantu emhlabeni.
Angisho lutho engikubona kuNkulunkulu mayelana nezivumo kanye nenhlanganyelo yalezi zindela. Angilokothi ngisho lokho engikubona kuNkulunkulu, futhi uNkulunkulu uzongixolela ekwenzeni kanjalo. Kodwa banjengabo bonke abanye abantu, njengabo, ababengasifihla isithixo sabo esincane, futhi bazenzise ekuvumeni kwabo izono ngokumelene nokuhlambalaza kukanembeza wabo, ngokumelene nokwethembeka umuntu akukweleta umusa.
Isijeziso sokuba sivivi. Ubumpumputhe bengqondo nobulukhuni benhliziyo.
UNkulunkulu ujwayele, ngokujwayelekile, ukujezisa abantu abanjalo ngokobukhulu nezinga lezono zabo. Bawela ebumpumputheni obuthile bomoya, ikakhulukazi ngaphakathi kunembeza wabo, mayelana nalokho abakukweleta uNkulunkulu. Ukukhanya kokukholwa kuyafiphala, izinhliziyo zabo ziba lukhuni njengetshe. Bazidela ngokunganaki kanye nokuba sivivi, ukuze bagcine izifungo zabo nemithetho yabo nje isimiso. Kuyafana nokuvuma izono kanye nesidlo. Ekugcineni, kuzo zonke izibopho zabo baqhuba ingaphandle kuphela, okungukuthi, amagxolo; kodwa ngomnkantsha wezifungo zabo nemithetho yabo, abazi lutho ngazo, ngesizathu sokuthi bona
Umuntu angaphuma kuphela kulesi simo esidabukisayo ngomusa ongavamile okungekho muntu okufanele azithembise wona.
Babeyochitha ukuphila kwabo konke bekulesi simo sokungajabuli, uma uNkulunkulu, ngobuhle bakhe obumsulwa, engabaniki umusa ongavamile nonamandla owawubaphakamisa futhi ubakhiphe ebumpumputheni babo. Kodwa labo abakulesi simo esidabukisayo akufanele bathembele kule minikelo engavamile, ngoba uNkulunkulu akayiniki muntu; futhi uma enikeza ngezinye izikhathi, wenza kanjalo kuphela ngalabo abathandayo.
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Ekulahlekeni nasekuqineni kwabantu abampofu, okulahlwa kakhulu kwabesilisa nabesifazane bezenkolo kunabantu bomhlaba. Ushushiso olutholwa umuntu othembekile ezifungweni zakhe, emphakathini ozephulayo. UNkulunkulu ufuna imiphakathi iguqulwe kanjani.
Ulaka lukaNkulunkulu ngokumelene ababi.
Nakhu uNkulunkulu engiphoqa ukuba ngikubhale. Ngiyibonile iNkosi entukuthelweni yayo nangobulungisa bayo ikhuluma ngomlomo wayo ongcwele nangokuduma kwayo izahlulelo zokulahla phezu kwababi abadela konke ukuze babuthelele ingcebo yomhlaba, ingcebo nengcebo .
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ngaphandle kokucabanga ngabasezulwini, nezinhliziyo zabo ezilambile zifana nezabalambileyo abangasuthi. Ingabe izikhwama zabo nezifuba zigcwele igolide nesiliva, ingabe amazwe abo anwetshiwe kakhulu, ingabe basalamba kunanini ngaphambili. Inkanuko, inkanuko yobudemoni, ihlale ifudumeza izinhliziyo zabo: lapho benezinto eziningi, yilapho befuna ukuba nazo. Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi laba bantu baneshwa bancane njengabampofu abaphanayo ukuze bazicebise.
Usizi nokuhlupheka kwabampofu.
Nakuba umxhwanguxhwangu efihle esifubeni somhlaba ingcebo yakhe eningi egqwala futhi egqwalile, uNkulunkulu ubona umfelokazi nentandane bebubula futhi bekhala ngokuphucwa izidingo zokuphila. Ubabona bephelelwa amandla futhi behlupheka kakhulu baze badonse impilo efayo okuthi ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa, noma uma uthanda iminyaka eminingana yokushoda, ibaholele ekufeni ngendlela engabonakali.
Ukufa kwabo ngaphambi kwesikhathi okubangelwa unya lwabacebile, kuheha impindiselo yaphezulu.
Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi laba bantu abampofu bafa ngokuzumayo, njengokungathi bafa ngokuzumayo, indlala nosizi, okungavamile ukubonakala emehlweni omhlaba. Kodwa uNkulunkulu ongena kuzo zonke izinto, ohlupheka ngakho konke, ubona ngokucacile ukuthi izimbangela zesibili, ezidingekayo empilweni yemvelo, zehlulekile ukusekela abantu abaningi abampofu, ngisho nakulezo zabaningi kangaka abampofu abangenacala abasasembuthweni, futhi kunalokho ukuzwa isidingo sokuphuza nokudla kunokuba akhulelwe ukuthi bazalwa. Ubona umama ososizini ehlanganisa izinyembezi zakhe nezengane yakhe. Awu izinyembezi zomntwana nomama! uyakhuphuka, ukhuphukela esihlalweni sikaNkulunkulu ukuze wehlise kuso imibani nokuduma uNkulunkulu azokwethula phezu kwamakhanda alabo abahahayo, nasezinhliziyweni ezilukhuni kwabampofu abangabasiza.
Ngisabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi laba abancane abangenacala, kanye nabancane abaningi abampofu, bahlupheka kusukela ebuntwaneni babo ngokuncishwa ukudla okudingekile ekuphileni, nokuthi lokhu kuswela, ngemva kokuhlupheka okungaka, kubaholela ekufeni ingxenye enkulu. Olandelayo. Ngezinye izikhathi ngisho nalapho kwenzeka ukuthi babe nalokho okudingekayo, njengoba imigudu yemvelo iyancipha, futhi isisu sibuthakathaka, kwenzeka ukuthi, njengoba umphumela wokudla ukukhiqiza ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwe-faculty namandla emvelo okukhula futhi athole amandla. , lapho befinyelela iminyaka yokuba yindoda enamandla neqinile bayabhubha.
LoNkulunkulu wokulunga olinganisele izinsuku zethu neminyaka yethu, futhi omisile ihora lokufa kwethu, uzimisele ukuvumela izimbangela zesibili engisanda kukhuluma ngazo ukuba zenze kwabampofu; kanye nokuvimbela amandla emvelo, elokhu ehluphekile, ukuba aphinde athole amandla aphezulu; ukuze umkhuhlane omncane, noma ukugula okuncane, kubangele ukuba behle usuku nosuku, futhi kunqamule intambo yabo yokuphila embalini yeminyaka yabo. Lokhu kwenzeka ngaphandle kokuthi kubonakale emehlweni omhlaba ukuthi ukushoda yikhona okuyimbangela yokufa kwabo. Bayothi: Kungumkhuhlane,
kwakuyisifo esabangela ukuba lo muntu ompofu afe. Kodwa ngeshwa! Yeka ukuthi zihluke kanjani izahlulelo zikaNkulunkulu kwezabantu! Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi uyobahlulela futhi uyobalahla, uma bengaphenduki, njengababulali nababulali babampofu abangamalungu akhe. Kodwa imidumo yakhe izowela ikakhulukazi kulabo abadla imbuya ngothi nakubantu abacebile ababenamandla okubasiza, futhi abangazange bazikhulule emsebenzini womusa uNkulunkulu awuncoma kakhulu kwabampofu.
Kodwa ngeshwa! maye! Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi uma, ebugqileni bobulungisa bakhe, ephatha abantu bomhlaba kanzima kangaka ngenxa yobugovu babo, ingabe uyoyiphatha kabi inkolo edla lubi ethempelini? Yilokhu engikubona kuNkulunkulu, futhi okubamba inhliziyo yami ngokudabuka nokwethuka, ukuthi ukuhaha kuyabusa kukho konke ulaka lwako; futhi uma le nkanuko eqalekisiwe ibamba abaningana bezenkolo; ikakhulukazi kulabo abaphethe izinto zesikhashana ezandleni zabo, njengalabo abathweswe umsebenzi wokomoya, yilapho-ke baqongelela khona ngaphansi kwesihenqo sobumpofu obungcwele, ngenzuzo enkulu yezinzuzo zabo nentela yabo, banqwabelanisa igolide isiliva. Ngizothini? Ngazo zonke izinhlobo zezindlela isifungo sobumpofu obungcwele siphulwa; ubusela, abadlwenguli banda mihla namalanga.
Ukhahlo lwabo kwabampofu.
Uma abampofu befika bezobubula eminyango yabo, maye! ukukhala kwabo kuyadabukisa futhi kuwumthwalo kubo. Uma umbusi ebanikeza into encane ngenhlanhla, kuyoba ukubaxosha futhi abayale ngesibindi ukuthi bangabuyi ngesinye isikhathi ukuzobahlupha futhi, wengeza ngokuthi nguMphathi oMkhulu onempahla yomphakathi. ukuthi, kuye, ungumbhasari kuphela; ukuthi akuzona ezakhe, ukuthi zingabomphakathi, nokuthi wenze isifungo sobumpofu.
UNkulunkulu uyabasongela ngempindiselo yakhe.
Lunjalo ulimi lolu limi oluqalekisiwe lomlisa ezindlebeni zabampofu be-JC O ulimi oluqalekisiweyo! umcasula kanjani uNkulunkulu! nokuthi uletha amashwa angakanani! Mzenzisi, kusho iNkosi yethu, uzimboza ngesifihla-buso sobuhle ngesifungo sobumpofu obungcwele! Awulutho ngaphandle kwesela, umbulali nombulali wabampofu bami; umbulali wemiphefumulo engaphansi kokuqondisa kwenu. Uzikhuluphalisele, olusizi, ngempahla nezinjabulo zomhlaba onazo
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uyilungelo lakho nonkulunkulu wakho kuleli zwe, ngesikhathi ulindele usuku lokwahlulelwa kwakho, lapho ngiyophonsa imibani yentukuthelo yami phezu kwakho naphezu kwakho konke ohambisana nakho kuze kube phakade.
Ngiyabona futhi kuNkulunkulu ukuthi umphakathi wonakaliswa kanjalo futhi wonakaliswa ngokwephulwa kwemithetho engcwele kanye nazo zonke izifungo, futhi ngisho nomphakathi wonke ozinikele kuSathane ngale nkanuko yokuhaha, nakuzo zonke izinkanuko. eliphuphuthekisiwe, libe libi kakhulu emehlweni eNkosi, ukuze baphendukele ebuhleni bayo, baze bamfungise ukuba abekezele, angaphonsi umlilo ovela ezulwini phezu kwabo, futhi agijimele phansi kwalasha. esihogweni ngaphambi kwesikhathi.
Emiphakathini emibi kukhona abanye abalungile benkolo abamelana namahlazo.
Kule miphakathi enengekayo kuhlale kunezigebengu zezenkolo nezinecala kakhulu emehlweni kaNkulunkulu kuneminye. Ngokwesibonelo, kulemiphakathi emibi kuyoba khona inhlangano yabahlanganyeli bezenkolo abathile ezinkanukweni zabo zobuSathane, futhi abayoba ngendlela efanayo yokucabanga nangendlela efanayo yokwenza; bayofuna ukuhlangana nabo bonke abezenkolo bomphakathi, futhi ngobuciko bedemoni bayophumelela kahle kakhulu. Kodwa uNkulunkulu uyakuvumela ukuba kube khona njalo abanye ababafulathela, futhi abangafuni ukulandela umqondo wabo ongcolile.
Kwenzekani lapho? Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi inkolo enhle iyoma yodwa phakathi kwenkohlakalo yabanye. Isikhulu esizikhukhumezayo, esikhukhumele ngokuzidla kukaLusifa, siyomyala, ngokumelene nomthetho kaNkulunkulu noma ngokumelene nezifiso zakhe, ukuba enze noma angakwenzi lokhu nalokhuya; lenkolo engcwele, egcwele umoya kaNkulunkulu nesimo sakhe, imelana nemithetho enjalo ngawo wonke amandla ayo, ingawesabi wonke amahlazo amsabisayo.
Ushushiso olutholwa inkolo ethembekile. Ukusebenzisa kabi ukulalela okungaboni.
Lenkolo enhle ayisabhekwa njengento eyisihlubuki esifungweni sokulalela; ngoba kuyadingeka, njengoba besho kulemiphakathi emibi,
lalela ngobumpumputhe, ngaphandle kokucabangela ukuthi sikhona isono noma cha. Ngingasho lapha okuthile engikubone kuNkulunkulu kulokhu kulalela okuphuphuthekayo. Emiphakathini emibi engikhulume ngayo, abezenkolo, ukuze baxhumane kangcono, bagcizelele futhi basebenzise ukulalela okukhulu, abakubiza ngokulalela okungaboni kubaphathi babo. Kukulokhu kuphela lapho benza khona bonke ubungcwele babo bokuzenzisa buhlanganise; futhi yingakho begxiviza ezingqondweni zabafundi babo kanye ne| abaqalayo lobu buhle bokuzenzisa obukhohlisa ukulalela kweqiniso nokungcwele kuka-JC esiphambanweni. Kodwa ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi lelisu elibi liyotholakala ngosuku lokwahlulela, futhi lapho-ke kuyokwaziwa ukuthi lokhu kulalela okuyimpumputhe kwamanga ngeke
Izimfundamakhwela ezisencane ezinengqondo ewumngcingo ezivumela ukuyengwa ukusetshenziswa okungamanga kwalokho okufaneleka kuphela ubuhle beqiniso.
Phakathi kwentsha ezethulayo ukungena enkolweni, kukhona izingqondo ezithile ezincane ezinomqondo omncane ezivumela ukuba zithathwe ngokwaneliseka yilokhu kulalela okuyimpumputhe, ngoba kutshelwa ukuthi: Olalelayo akakaze alahlwe; uma ufuna ukuba ngcwele, lalela ngokuphuphutheka kubaphathi bakho, ngoba bazi konke okudingekayo ukuze ube ngcwele futhi uphelele.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi kunezikhonzi ezilinganiselwe, ezinamathele nje ekulandeleni isibonelo sophakeme wazo, ekumshayeleni ihlombe kuzo zonke izenzo zakhe, nasekumlaleleni ngobumpumputhe. Udeveli wengeza kukho inkohliso ethile ethobisa futhi ethopha unembeza wabo, ngokubenza bezwe lomoya omubi! ukuthi okubaluleke kakhulu ezibophweni zabo ukulalela izimpumputhe kukho konke. Ekugcineni, badedela isifufula nenkambo evamile yalo mphakathi omubi; balalela ngesikhathi esimisiweyo nangesikhathi esimisiweyo, imini nobusuku, ukuya emidlalweni, emidansweni, emikhosini, nasemibuthanweni yokuzijabulisa kwezwe, kokubili ekhaya nasemhlabeni: ekugcineni balalela ngokuphuphutheka okuphambene nomthetho kaNkulunkulu nowokuphila. imiyalelo engcwele, ngokumelene nezifungo zabo kanye nemithetho-sisekelo yabo;
Umphumela walobu bubi: ukulahlekelwa ukholo nokukhohlwa imisebenzi ebaluleke kakhulu.
Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ikakhulukazi le ntsha yenkolo engisanda kukhuluma ngayo, ilahlekelwa kakhulu umoya wokholo lwenkolo yamaKatolika, futhi ikhohlwe uNkulunkulu neBandla Elingcwele kakhulu, kangangokuthi ibeka eceleni zonke izibopho zayo ezibaluleke kakhulu, futhi ukuthi bacabanga ukuthi, inqobo nje uma belalela, ngaphandle
hlola ukuthi kukhona okubi noma cha, bayoba abangcwele, nokuthi lenkolo encane yenzelwe bona bonke, ukuze baye ezulwini. Lawa amasu aluhlaza kakhulu.
Kodwa, uzothi kimi, abekho yini abaphathi abakhulu ukuze balungise ukuhlukumeza okungaka? Maye! Maye! Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi laba baphathi abakhulu baye bakhethwa yizikhulu zale miphakathi emibi, hhayi ngomoya kaNkulunkulu, kodwa ngomoya womuntu, ukuze bakhonze izifiso zabo ezingahlelekile.
Ukuziphatha kwabaphathi abakhulu ekuvakasheni kwabo.
Futhi ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi laba baphathi abakhulu bahambela kanjani, nokuthi bakulungisa kanjani ukuhlukunyezwa kwalemiphakathi emibi. Ekufikeni kwabo kushayelwa ihlombe nenjabulo kuphela ohlangothini lwesifundazwe nabasizi bakhe, bebheke
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ophakeme kanye nayo yonke inkolo yomphakathi, omphathi wayo ongahluleki ukuhlokoma ngokudumisa nokuzithoba kuyo yonke imiyalo yakhe. Ugxila ngokukhethekile ekudunyisweni kwalezi zinsizwa zenkolo, azikhulisa futhi zazifaka ngaphansi kwejoka lokulalela, futhi unikeza ithemba lokuthi ngolunye usuku ziyoba izikhonzi ezinkulu.
Kodwa nalu uhlangothi oluphambene: Uma kukhona umuntu noma ababili abagcina lo mthetho futhi benqaba ukulalela ophakeme kukho konke abakwaziyo ukuthi kuphambene noNkulunkulu nomthetho, kuphambene nalaba abathi ophakeme kanye nezinye izinkolo. womphakathi. Yeka amazwibela anonya! bayimimoya enenkani noma ehlubukayo, ephula izifungo zabo ngaphandle kokujeziswa, futhi abanokuzinikela okuhlukene. Bengingeke ngiqede, uma ngisho konke uSathane asungula ukugcwalisa izindlebe kanye nenhloko yabaphathi abakhulu abalalela yonke le mibiko ngokucasuka ngokumelene nalezi zifundo ezimpofu nezinhle. Konke abakukhathazayo wukwazi ukuthi yiziphi izijeziso noma izijeziso ezizolingana ngokwanele namacala alaba bantu abaneshwa; futhi lapho kukhona inkolo eyodwa kuphela enhle, njengoba ngishilo ngenhla, eziningana.
Inkolo ethembekile yalahla futhi yajezisa.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi laba baphathi abakhulu bayala ukuba le nkolo ilethwe phambi kwabo. Yeka ukuthi kubuhlungu kanjani ukumelwa engikubona kuNkulunkulu kwalesi sisulu esidabukisayo!... Kodwa, maye! ngithini ! . O isisulu esijabule! Oh
isisulu senhlanhla! ungimele kulempi kaJC eyethulwa phambi kukaCayafas, uPilatu noHerodi. Ngibona lesi sisulu siguqe ngamadolo, sibheke phansi njengokungathi sibekwe icala ngawo wonke amacala omphakathi, sazehlulela phambi kukaNkulunkulu. Ucela intethelelo kuNkulunkulu, kubaphathi bakhe, nakuwo wonke umphakathi, kuwo wonke amaphutha nawo wonke ubuhlungu ababangele wona; wamukela ngesineke futhi ehambisa izinhlamba kanye nezikhalo eziphuma emilonyeni evuthayo yabaphathi bakhe. Lesi sisulu esingenacala, silandela isibonelo seNkosi Yethu, asiphenduli lutho futhi sithula ngokujulile: Sinomuzwa wokuthi zonke izaba zaso ngeke zibe yize, noma ngenxa yodumo lukaNkulunkulu, noma ukusindisa imiphefumulo yabo, noma ukucabangela kwakhe siqu. Ingakho ethule, futhi uzithoba kusengaphambili kukho konke ukujeziswa nezijeziso ezihlukahlukene eziyobekwa kuye. Senza ngamabomu, ngaphambi kokushiya isahluko, mayelana nenhlawulo okufanele ibekwe kulesi sihlubuki, kulesi sihlubuki. Bonke abaphezulu banombono ofanayo, futhi bathi kudingekile ukumbuza, nokumbuza ukuthi ufuna ukulalelwa ngokungaboni, okusho ukuthi konke okufunwa yisikhulu sakhe kuye. Uma lesi sihlubuki sifuna ukulalela ngokuphelele, ukuzisola kwaso kuyoba lula futhi kube okwesikhashana; kodwa uma efuna ukuphikelela ekuhlubukeni kwakhe, ukuzisola kwakhe kufanele kube phakade. Sibe sesibuza le monki elungile, eqine njengedlozi: lapho siyishaya kakhulu, iba namandla futhi iba namandla okuthola amagalelo, ngaphandle kokubuya nokukodwa. Siyayicela le monk, simthatha kanzima, bamkhombisa izijeziso ezinzima ezizokwenziwa kuye, uma engafuni ukushintsha umqondo. Umuntu uxuba namagama amuncu amanye amazwi amnandi kanye nesisa; simnika ukuthi aqonde ukuthi sizosebenzisa ukuzitika kuye. Le monki enhle, eqinile njengetshe, iphikisa ngokuthi izolalela u-J. C. kuphela, iBandla kuphela, ukubusa kwalo kuphela nakho konke izifiso.
Bese kuqubuka ukufutheka ngazwi linye kubaphathi nabezenkolo ngokumelene nalesi sisulu, bezibona benqotshiwe izimpendulo zaleli qhawe leNkosi; futhi bezizwa benonembeza obasola ngamacala abo, bathi kubaphathi abakhulu: Susa phambi kwamehlo ethu le nto enedumela elibi futhi engafanele ukuvela phakathi kwethu emphakathini. Khona-ke laba baphathi abanonya abafana namakhosi, amakhosi nabahluleli balabo abangaphansi kwegunya labo, bamemezela ngokumelene nalo muntu ongenacala.
umthetho olahla ukuthi agwetshwe izikhathi ezithile ngumphakathi, avalelwe ejele laphakade, ngesinye isikhathi aphonswe emgodini ophansi noma emgodini omnyama, futhi ancishiswe ukuba, kukho konke ukudla, kuphela okukhulu. isinkwa esimnyama ezingasidliwa yizinja zabo, lamanzi okuphuza kwakhe. Lo ophendukile ongcwele ngabe usajabula uma enenele.
Abaphathi bomphakathi bayanqoba futhi bathele izikhulu zabo ezinkulu ngezibusiso, bebatshela ukuthi bakufanele ukubusa, ukuthi bazi kahle indlela yokulungisa ububi nokusekela okuhle, nokuthi babakhulule emthwalweni owesabekayo . bona. Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi le nceku enhle ijabule kakhulu ngokuthatha umhlalaphansi yodwa noNkulunkulu futhi igwetshwe ukufa, kunokuba idlule zonke izinsuku zayo phakathi kwalezi zimpisi eziphanga.
UNkulunkulu ubonakalisa kuDade intando yakhe ngokuguqulwa kwemiphakathi.
Nakhu engikubonile kuNkulunkulu, futhi uNkulunkulu angibophezele ngokuphelele ukuthi ngikubhale phansi. Kuyintando kaNkulunkulu ukuthi bonke abesilisa nabesifazane abakholwayo bangabi ngaphansi kukahulumeni noma ngaphansi kwamandla ezifunda, abachazi kanye nabaphathi abakhulu benkolo yohlelo lwabo,
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ngenxa yokuphazamiseka okuvele kuyo, futhi okungase kuvele. Intando kaNkulunkulu ukuthi babe ngaphansi kukahulumeni, amandla kanye neziyalo zombhishobhi wesifundabhishobhi lapho izindela zabo zikhona. Eminyakeni embalwa edlule iNkosi yangazisa lokhu kimi: Ngangingakaze ngilokothe ngikubhale phansi kodwa manje kwadingeka ngizinikele entandweni kaNkulunkulu futhi ngimlalele.
§. V.
Isifungo sobumpofu asimkhululi okholwayo ekusizeni abampofu. Kwezinye izimo
kufanele. Eminye imithetho esebenzayo yokugcina lesi sifungo ngokuphelela.
Udade uyangabaza ukusiza owesifazane ompofu, ngenxa yesifungo sakhe sobumpofu. Isifundo asinikezwa iNkosi Yethu ngale ndaba.
Nakhu okwenzeka kimi muva nje. Owesifazane ompofu, owayethinteke iziphambano eziningana ezinkulu, ayengathi ukhungathekile, wangixoxela ngakho, okwaletha izinyembezi emehlweni ami, futhi wabhoboza inhliziyo yami ngobuhlungu. Ngazo zonke lezi ziphambano, wayesadinga isinkwa, futhi wayeswele izingubo zakhe kanye nezingane zakhe. Angikwazanga ukumsiza ngokwesifiso senhliziyo yami, ngoba ngangingenayo imvume evela kuMphathi wami. Ngemva kwamahora ambalwa, ngizithola ngingedwa, ngangicabanga enhliziyweni yami ukuthi yini engangingayinikeza ukuze ngikhulule lo wesifazane ompofu. Ngathi kimi: Nginamacanvasi amabili noma amathathu engingathanda ukumnika wona; kodwa uMkhulu wami akavumi. Ngithe ngisagingqa lemicabango engqondweni yami, ngezwa izwi ngenhla kwekhanda lami, njengoba ivela eNkosini Yethu, yathi kimi: “Uma engayifuni, mtshele ukuthi iNkosi iyayidinga ukuze imboze amalungu ayo anqunu. »
Ngimangele futhi ngimangazwe yila mazwi athinta inhliziyo, ngaqala ukuphakamisa ikhanda ngabheka ngalapho lalivele khona izwi. Nganginganakile ukuthi kunomdwebo ongaphezu kwekhanda lami okwavela kuwo leli gama kimi. Yayimelela iNkosi Yethu ebethelwe esiphambanweni, futhi ababulali ababesebenza ukuphakamisa isiphambano siqonde ukuze basifake embotsheni ababeyenzile, futhi basivikele. Ngaqala ukuzindla futhi ngagxilisa amehlo ami ekumeleleni koMsindisi Wethu obethelwe esiphambanweni; bheka, ngaleso sikhathi iNkosi Yethu yakhuluma kimi ngokwesibili. Ngabona futhi ngezwa ukuthi leli zwi Lavela ngokuqinisekile emfanekisweni kaJesu ebethelwe esiphambanweni; nanka amazwi awabhekise kimina ngimbuka: Ngabethelwa nginqunu emthini wesiphambano. Labo, ngokungithanda, bazomboza futhi bagqokise izitho ezinqunu zabampofu bami, bazongijabulisa kakhulu kunokuba ngosuku lothando lwami bangenzele umusa wokumboza ubunqunu bami esiphambanweni. »
Indela eyenze isifungo sobumpofu, kufanele, ngemvume, yabelane, ezimweni ezithile, lokho enakho nabampofu.
Nakhu leli zwi likaNkulunkulu elazisa kimi ngaphakathi kwami, mayelana nalokho okungikhathazayo, mayelana nokwenza kanye nokuphelela kwesifungo se
ubumpofu obungcwele. Okokuqala, uNkulunkulu wangenza ngazi ukuthi nganginezingcezu ezimbalwa zelineni nezingubo, nokuthi wayefuna mina, ngemvume yoMphathi wami, ukuba ngizabele futhi ngizabele abampofu; ukuthi ngangiphoqelekile ukwenza kanjalo, nokuthi ngingasho ukuthi: Ngimpofu futhi ngisothandweni. Ngoba kunezikhathi lapho abampofu bephana izipho. Qhathanisa, iNkosi yethu ingenze ngezwa, ubumpofu bakho kanye nesidingo sakho kanye nalawa wesifazane ompofu. Lokhu kwangifaka ekudidekeni okukhulu kakhulu ngaphakathi kimina, futhi ngaze ngathuthumela ngokwesaba insindiso yami mayelana nesifungo sami sobumpofu obungcwele. Maye! ngathi kimi: Kumelwe ngibe mpofu impela, ngenze isithembiso, nokho angintuli lutho. Umusa uyanginakekela kangaka ekuguleni kwami nasekuguleni kwami, ukuthi angiphuthelwa ngaphezu kwesinye isikhathi. Lokhu kwangibangela ukukhathazeka okuthile kukanembeza.
INkosi yethu yangenza ngaqonda ukuthi ayizange icele ukuthi abashade bayo beqiniso, ukuze bagcine isifungo sobumpofu obungcwele, bancishiswe ukuba banxuse njengabampofu abacela isinkwa sabo endlini ngendlu; ukuthi ubengeke aze akuvumele lokho kwenzeke; nokuthi, lapho lokho kwenzeka, babengeke baphelele kakhulu emehlweni akhe. Kodwa enye into engamjabulisi uNkulunkulu ukubona kubafazi bakhe inkomishi ethile ehlale ibenza besabe isidingo nobumpofu besikhathi esizayo, nokuhaha okuthile okuholela ekubeni bakhononde ngaphandle kwesidingo; ukuze kube khona labo abahlale bekulungele ukwamukela, ngisho nangothando, futhi bangalokothi banikele.
Izimo ezingajwayelekile lapho indela iphoqelekile ukuthi isize abampofu.
UNkulunkulu wanginika ukuqonda ukuthi, ngokwesifungo sobumpofu, kanye nesisa esiyala ngezikhathi zesidingo samanje nesicindezelayo, izindela zazibophekile ukuba zinikele izipho ezincane noma ezinkulu, njengamanye amaKristu; njengesibonelo, ngezikhathi zendlala noma indlala. Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ukuze kusindiswe impilo yomuntu, indela kufanele ihlanganyele naye ucezu lwesinkwa, lapho izoba nalokhu kuphela: kufanele ihlanganyele, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, ilume ngokuluma, ukuze isindise impilo yomfowabo. ; lokhu akuvamile ukwenzeka.
Umphefumulo wenkolo kumele ube nenhliziyo engenakho konke ukuhaha, futhi uthembele ekunakekelweni okunakekile kweProvidence.
"Xoshani ezinhliziyweni zenu, kusho iNkosi yethu kubafazi bakhe, konke ukuhaha nakho konke
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inkanuko, ngokushesha nje lapho ukuqaphela. Ningamavolontiya ampofu, nashiya konke ukuze ningilandele; zilahle ngaphandle kokugodla ekuphatheni kwami kobuNkulunkulu. Ungikhumbule kanjani ukukhala ngami? umama angasheshe akhohlwe ingane yakhe embelekweni kunokuba ngikhohlwe nguwe. »
Umkhuba wobumpofu ekudleni, ezingutsheni nasemibhedeni.
Ngabona eNkosini Yethu ukuthi ukwenza isifungo sayo sobumpofu futhi isiphile ngokuphelela, osontayo kufanele, zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe, abe nomkhuba wokudeda ngokuzithandela kokuthile ukudla kwakhe okuvamile. Akukhona ukuthi uNkulunkulu ufuna sizivezele ekuguleni, kodwa ukuthi sihlale kancane ekulangazeni kwethu, futhi sigweme, noma ngabe kwakuvela emlonyeni wesinkwa kuphela, noma okuthile etafuleni. Akufanele phambi kukaNkulunkulu ukuthi umuntu othi umpofu azitike ngokudla nokuphuza; okusho ukuthi, ukusutha nokwaneliseka ngokwalokho okufunwa ubuningi bemvelo kanye nezifiso zayo, njengoba kwenza abantu basemhlabeni. Lababantu benza izono eziningi kakhulu
kunabo; futhi uma kuwumkhuba kukho konke ukudla nezinsuku zonke, baphula isifungo sabo sobumpofu, futhi abakwenzi nhlobo. Kuleli qophelo indela kufanele futhi ibe nombono wokugqoka nsuku zonke uphawu oluthile lobumpofu obungcwele nokulahlwa okungcwele ezingutsheni zayo, ngisho nasembhedeni wayo, ukuze ibe nokuthile okumelela ubumpofu obungcwele, futhi obumkhumbuza ngakho. Kumelwe enze ukuvakasha, noma kwenziwe nguMphathi wakhe, ukuze aqiniseke ukuthi akagqokilenga ngendlela eshaqisa ubumpofu obungcwele, futhi ahlole futhi ukuthi akukho yini okungaphezu kwalokho okudingekayo, ukuze ekwazi ukwenzela abampofu okuncane.
Isikhuthazo sokuphelelisa ubumpofu ngendlela engokoqobo. Lokhu kuphelela kuhlanganisani?
Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: “Nina nimpofu, niyizisebenzi zokuzithandela; kodwa akwanele, ukuze wenze lesi sifungo, futhi ube sendleleni eya ekupheleleni, ukuba mpofu kuphela ngentando: intando kufanele futhi isebenze. Ngakho-ke kuyadingeka ukuthi lokhu kuzosenza sibeke izandla zethu emsebenzini futhi senze izenzo zobumpofu obungcwele. Abanye abampofu bampofu ngempela, futhi bampofu ngenxa yesidingo esiphelele, futhi ngokuvamile ngokumelene nentando yabo; kodwa kinina, eningamavolontiya ampofu, anisoze nangabampofu, noma niphelele emehlweni ami, uma intando yenu ingasebenzi ngothando lwami cishe ngazo zonke izikhathi. Uma le ntando ingasebenzi, nakuba igcwele izifiso ezinhle ezingasikhohlisa kalula, imikhuba yobumpofu obungcwele iyawa ngokushesha. »
Nali ilungelo, noma kunalokho ibhanela lika-JC elibethelwe esiphambanweni kanye nobumpofu bakhe obungcwele. Kuhlanganisa ukuthwala zonke izinsuku zokuphila komuntu isiphambano sokuzisola sobumpofu obungcwele kanye nokuthotshiswa kwezinzwa zangaphakathi nezangaphandle ngokuzilahla okungcwele, ukudelelwa kanye nokuzibhubhisa, lapho ebona u-JC ebethelwe esiphambanweni. Lona indinganiso okufanele sihambe ngayo; lena indlela eya ekuphelelisweni kweqiniso kwazo zonke izimfanelo ezinhle.
Indela kufanele iyisebenzise kanjani imali enikezwa yona ukuze iziphilise.
Nakhu futhi uNkulunkulu angazisa kimi. Uma umphakathi kanye noPhakeme sebebeke ezandleni zendela imali ethile yokuziphilisa kanye nokondla, le ndela kumele, ukuze ibe sesifezekisweni sesifungo sayo sobumpofu, isebenzise futhi isebenzise le mali ngokwezinjongo zayo. waphiwa yena. Inqobo nje uma esenemali yokuziphilisa akumele athole ama-aid, ngoba akakho esidingweni sangempela sokuyithola, futhi kungenxa yabampofu kuphela. Ukuze sibe ekupheleleni kwesifungo sobumpofu, kufanele kube nesidingo samanje ukuze sikwazi ukusithola, ngenxa yothando lukaNkulunkulu, isisa esinikezwa sona. Uma ninemiqhele eyishumi kuphela, niyibeke esibambiso ngomoya wokuhaha engakhuluma ngakho, futhi ngokwesaba izidingo ezizayo; uma emva kwalokho uphila ngezindleko zomusa wemiphefumulo emihle, futhi wamukele zonke izipho oziphiwayo, uzenza umnikazi ngokumelene nesifungo sobumpofu, futhi wenza isono esikhulu ngaphandle kokuqaphela. Uma kuyisamba esikhulu semali, kufanele uqale
ukuchitha izidingo zakho nezidingo zakho, ngaphambi kokuthola izipho. Uma kuyimali encane enganele ukukondla isigamu sonyaka, kufanele uhlanganise le mali encane nezipho ozitholayo, futhi uzisebenzise funa ucasule uNkulunkulu. Ngokwesibonelo, izindela eziziphilisa ngomsebenzi wazo, noma ngesayensi noma ngamakhono azo, zinenzuzo enkulu. Kepha mina ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi okungenasici kubo kungaba uma benemali encane noma eningi ebekelwe, noma kungathi isesibambiso, bayixube nalokho abakuphiwa ukuphila kwabo manje, funa kufike ukuhaha ukubamba. . Ezikhathini zesidingo esisobala, lapho yonke imindeni yabampofu inesidingo esikhulu, kufanele ithathe ukufinyelela kule mali ebekiwe, ngaphandle kokwesaba ukuyinciphisa, ukusiza abampofu. Uma bengakwenzi lokho, futhi bona
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ukugcina imali ediphozini iminyaka eminingana, baba ngabanikazi balesi samba.
Iphutha uDade alivumayo ukuthi wenze ngokumelene nobubha.
Nali iphutha engilenzile, uNkulunkulu angalaziyo kimi. Njengoba ngangingakwazi ukuziphilisa ngenxa yeminyaka yami kanye nobuthakathaka bami, abantu abangcwele banginika, ngenxa yesisa, amapondo ayikhulu ngonyaka, ukuze bangisize ngokungiphakela abantu engihlala nabo. Futhi nganginopondo abayikhulu namashumi amahlanu nantathu enganginikezwe uMphathi wami ukuba angisize ngiphile: le mali ngangiyigcina njengediphozithi, futhi ngingabazi abantu ababengiphakela ngosizo. Umphathi wami omuhle wathi kimi ngolunye usuku: Dadewethu, ngifuna uthathe imali oyibekile, opondo abangamashumi amahlanu ngonyaka ,
ozokwengeza kumapondo ayikhulu abantu abasiza abampofu abakunika wona ukusiza labo abakuphakelayo. Uzoba neminyaka emithathu; kungcono kakhulu ukuba nizichithele ukudla kwenu, kunokuba nikhiphe izipho kwabampofu, ngokuba impela labo abaniphakelayo ngomusa bapha abampofu kancane. Ukholwa kanjani
ukuba yamukelwe phambi kukaNkulunkulu, igcine leyo mali izindela ngemva kokufa kwakho?
Ngathola lo myalo njengokungathi uvela kuNkulunkulu; Ngaze ngajabula ngakho, futhi ngathembisa iNhloko yami ukuthi izoyiqeda. Ingxenye yesine yempesheni yami yehla, ngase ngengeza kulokho engangiyalelwe nguMphathi wami. Kodwa ngeshwa! nakhu ukucabangisisa okuqalekisiweyo okwafika kimi ngezidingo zami ekuguleni kwami kanye nokondla kwami. Ngazithola ngintula okokugqoka ebusika; Ngakhuluma ngakho kuMphathi wami, futhi ngamela izidingo zami kuye kunokuba ngize kunokuba ngikhona.
Lo mama oqotho wavuma ukungimela ngokungitshela ukuthi le mali kufanele ngiyisebenzise ngendlela engiyidinga ngayo, ukuze ngizigqokise noma ngezidingo zami ekuguleni kwami.
Yilokhu uNkulunkulu angenza ngikwazi nalokho angibophezela ukuba ngikwenze. Uyala ukuthi ngibuyisele kulabo abangiphakelayo imali okufanele ngabe ngibanikeze yona kusukela ngesikhathi ngibanika amakota. Ngizithola nginesikweletu samapondo angamashumi amahlanu kulawo angamashumi ayisithupha nantathu engisenawo. UNkulunkulu ufuna ukuthi ngale mali ngizikhulule ngenxa yalokho engikukweletayo, ngoba ngizoba mpofu ngokuphelele wempahla yesikhashana. Kodwa-ke, njengoba ngenze isifungo sokulalela, ngizokwenza kuphela ngokweseluleko somvumi wami kanye noMphathi wami.
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Ukuziphatha okufanele kulandelwe emhlabeni yizindela uguquko oluphoqe ukuba lishiye izindela zabo. Imvunulo okufanele bayigqoke. Kulesi senzakalo uDade ubika izimo zokuhamba kwakhe nemithetho yokuziphatha iNkosi Yethu eyamnika yona.
Le ncwadi ibheka abantu abangcweliselwe uNkulunkulu, ikakhulukazi abezenkolo, ngezikhathi zokuvukela umbuso nokushushiswa kweBandla, lapho ubudlova babashushisi baxosha inkolo emiphakathini yabo ukuze bababeke emhlabeni njengezimvu ezizulazulayo ezingenaye umfundisi.
Nakhu-ke iNkosi engibophezela ukuthi ngikubhale ngokuziphatha okufanele kulandelwe yizindela ezizithola seziphoqeleka ukuba ziphile emhlabeni, ngokwalokho eyayingazisa ngakho esikhathini eside ngaphambi kwalesi siqalekiso.
inhlekelele, esasongelwa ngayo ukuthi sizowushiya umphakathi wethu ngenkani nangodlame.
Udadewethu uyakhala uma ezwa ukuthi uzokhishwa endaweni yangakubo. Uphendukela emthandazweni.
Lelishwa elingakaze lizwakale layidla inhliziyo yami ngendlela yokuthi ngangazi ukuthi ngizophendula ngithini. Ngokushesha ngaphendukela eNkosini Yethu, ngithandaza kuyo ngokuhlanganyela nomkhuleko ongcwele awenza eNsimini Yeminqumo ngobusuku bangaphambi koMshikashika wakhe ongcwele. Nakhu engikucelile kuJehova: Nkulunkulu wami, uma kungenzeka, mawudlule le ndebe singayiphuzanga. Ngangiwuphinda lo mthandazo njalo lapho sitshelwa izindaba ezinonya zokuthi nakanjani sizokhishwa emphakathini wakithi. Lapho ngathola isikhathi, ngaya phambi kweSakramente Elingcwele ukuze ngikhalele umusa ezinyaweni zeNkosi Yethu, ngiphindaphinda umkhuleko ofanayo.
INkosi yethu imemezela kuye ukuthi ukuphuma kwakhe kumiswe ngobulungisa bakhe. Uyazithoba kukho.
INkosi yethu yathi kimi: “Yebo, uzophuma, ngikuyalile ngobulungisa bami. Futhi uNkulunkulu wangenza ngaqonda ukuthi imiyalo yakhe yayingeyona eyami kuphela, kodwa futhi cishe yonke imiphakathi, eyangifaka engozini embi kakhulu kunokufa .
Noma kunjalo, ngazinikela entandweni kaNkulunkulu, futhi ngazidela ngenxa yobulungisa bakhe ekuhlanganisweni komhlatshelo iNkosi Yethu eyawenza futhi yawunikela kuYise ngokwamukela Ubuhlungu bayo obungcwele. Ngathi: Maye! Nkosi, emhlatshelweni engiwenza kuwe, konke kuvukela izinzwa zami, imvelo kanye nentando yami; kodwa nokho ngenza umhlatshelo kuwe. mayenziwe intando yakho engcwele, kungabi eyami. Ngase ngimelela iNkosi yethu zonke izinhlabamkhosi zami, ngathi kuyo: Nkosi, lomhlatshelo ubiza mina ngaphezu kokufa. Nkulunkulu wami, ngingangena kanjani emhlabeni engiwuzonda kangaka, ngihambe nginenhliziyo enkulu kangaka? ngizozigcina kanjani izifungo ngaphandle
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emphakathini? Futhi ngokububula okuphindwe kabili, ngathi: Nkulunkulu wami, uzongiholelaphi, uzongibekaphi ukuze ngifeze izibopho zami futhi ngilondoloze umoya wesimo sami? INkosi yethu yasithulisa izinhlabamkhosi zami ngokuthi kimi: “Ungadabuki kakhulu, ndodakazi yami; phendukela kimi, ngizohlala nginawe futhi ngizokubeka enhliziyweni yami."
Indlela izindelakazi ezasuswa ngayo emphakathini wazo.
Khona-ke kufika usuku oluyingozi lapho inhlekelele yethu yaqala khona. Kwafika inqwaba yamasosha ahlomile: abanye bazihlukanisa, beqa izindonga, futhi baphakamisa izingidi ngomkhandi wezikhiye; base benyukela emafasiteleni ekwaya lapho sasibuthene khona sonke. Ababili badlula emafasiteleni, bavula yonke iminyango ngaphakathi: base bengena bonke ekwayeni behlomile, bengasithintanga noma basithuke, bengakhulumi ngisho nokukhuluma. Abazali bezindelakazi eziningana bathumele izinqola ezihanjiswe endaweni ebiyelwe.
Kubhikisha usisi ngaphambi kokuthi angene emotweni.
Inkonzo Engcwele yangivumela ukuba ngibe ngowokuqala ukungena enqoleni, futhi yilokhu okwenzeka kimi: ngezwa umuzwa ojulile enhliziyweni yami uvela eNkosini Yethu, eyathi kimi: “Khuluma nebandla, futhi umazise ubuhlungu nemizwa yenhliziyo yakho. Ngokushesha, ngaphandle kokubonisana noma ukucabanga, ngathi: Madoda, imvume yokukhuluma; banginika izethameli. Ngathi kubo ngezwi elinamandla nelinamandla: Yazini Madoda, ukuthi uma umthetho osikhipha emphakathini wakithi, kunalokho uzame ukuphila kwethu, bekuyoba umusa nomusa omkhulu kithi. Ngase ngingena enqoleni kanye nomama bethu ababili, ababecele umfowabo ukuba angithathe ngihambe nabo ekusizeni.
Imiphumela yokubhikisha kwakhe.
Lapho sifika, iNkosi Yethu yangenza ngaqonda ukuthi ukube, ngokubona kwabantu abaningi kangaka, sasiphume sonke singashongo, njengezimvu, kwakuyoba khona amasosha ayeyohlazeka kakhulu. yayisinike injabulo engaphezu kobuhlungu. Kodwa esikhundleni sokuhlanjalazwa, amasosha amaningana ayevutha kakhulu aqala ukukhala. INkosi yethu futhi yanginika ukuqonda ukuthi ekwahluleleni okujwayelekile, ukukhombisa ukulunga kwayo, izosebenzisa okuthile
amazwi ayewafake emlonyeni wami, ukuze abonise ubuhlungu obabuzwiswe abafazi bakhe.
Imithetho yokuziphatha iNkosi yethu eyinika uDadewethu.
Ezinsukwini ezimbili noma ezintathu ngemva kokushiya umphakathi, nginxusa emithandazweni yami usizo lukaNkulunkulu ukuba angisize futhi angiholele kulesi sigodi sezinyembezi; INkosi yethu, ngobuhle bayo obumsulwa, yangiyala indlela okufanele ngiziphathe ngayo, futhi yilokhu eyakusho kimi: “Zihlomise njengesosha elingena enkundleni yempi, uthathe izikhali ezihlaselayo futhi uzivikele; ube nokholo oluphilayo, ithemba eliqinile, uthando oluvuthayo; kuyoba uthando lwami olukhulu oluyonenza ninqobe zonke izitha zenu, futhi ninqobe kuzo zonke izimpi zenu. Gcina ukuba wedwa kwangaphandle ngangokunokwenzeka. Ukuze ube wedwa ngaphakathi kwengqondo nenhliziyo, kuyadingeka ngempela kuwe. Hamba ebukhoneni bami njengoba isithunzi silandela umzimba, leyo yindlela yokupheleliswa. Balekani izwe njengalokhu ngalibalekela; uzonde izimiso nezinkulumo zakhe njengesono; prakthiza ukuthula nokuthandaza; thanda umthandazo nomsebenzi; zisola ngezinyembezi nangobuhlungu ngokungibona ngicasukile, ngokububula kwenhliziyo edabukileyo nethotshisiwe. INkosi yethu yanezela: “Injalo indlela yokuphila yangaphakathi enginibekela yona. Ngiyakunxusa ukuba uyigcine ngangokunokwenzeka. ngizoba nani kuzo zonke izinhlupheko zenu; nalapho uholwa khona, ngiyokuphelezela. Ngizobheka zonke izinyathelo zakho, ngizosebenza njengomhlahlandlela wakho kuzo zonke izindlela ezingaziwa. Ngingumfundisi omuhle. Ngiyazazi izimvu zami, nezimvu zami ziyangazi; ngakho ngizababiza ngamagama, ngihambe phambi kwabo, njalo bazangilandela. » uzonde izimiso nezinkulumo zakhe njengesono; prakthiza ukuthula nokuthandaza; thanda umthandazo nomsebenzi; zisola ngezinyembezi nangobuhlungu ngokungibona ngicasukile, ngokububula kwenhliziyo edabukileyo nethotshisiwe. INkosi yethu yanezela: “Injalo indlela yokuphila yangaphakathi enginibekela yona. Ngiyakunxusa ukuba uyigcine ngangokunokwenzeka. ngizoba nani kuzo zonke izinhlupheko zenu; nalapho uholwa khona, ngiyokuphelezela. Ngizobheka zonke izinyathelo zakho, ngizosebenza njengomhlahlandlela wakho kuzo zonke izindlela ezingaziwa. Ngingumfundisi omuhle. Ngiyazazi izimvu zami, nezimvu zami ziyangazi; ngakho ngizababiza ngamagama, ngihambe phambi kwabo, njalo bazangilandela. » uzonde izimiso nezinkulumo zakhe njengesono; prakthiza ukuthula nokuthandaza; thanda umthandazo nomsebenzi; zisola ngezinyembezi nangobuhlungu ngokungibona ngicasukile, ngokububula kwenhliziyo edabukileyo nethotshisiwe. INkosi yethu yanezela: “Injalo indlela yokuphila yangaphakathi enginibekela yona. Ngiyakunxusa ukuba uyigcine ngangokunokwenzeka. ngizoba nani kuzo zonke izinhlupheko zenu; nalapho uholwa khona, ngiyokuphelezela. Ngizobheka zonke izinyathelo zakho, ngizosebenza njengomhlahlandlela wakho kuzo zonke izindlela ezingaziwa. Ngingumfundisi omuhle. Ngiyazazi izimvu zami, nezimvu zami ziyangazi; ngakho ngizababiza ngamagama, ngihambe phambi kwabo, njalo bazangilandela. » prakthiza ukuthula nokuthandaza; thanda umthandazo nomsebenzi; zisola ngezinyembezi nangobuhlungu ngokungibona ngicasukile, ngokububula kwenhliziyo edabukileyo nethotshisiwe. INkosi yethu yanezela: “Injalo indlela yokuphila yangaphakathi enginibekela yona. Ngiyakunxusa ukuba uyigcine ngangokunokwenzeka. ngizoba nani kuzo zonke izinhlupheko zenu; nalapho uholwa khona, ngiyokuphelezela. Ngizobheka zonke izinyathelo zakho, ngizosebenza njengomhlahlandlela wakho kuzo zonke izindlela ezingaziwa. Ngingumfundisi omuhle. Ngiyazazi izimvu zami, nezimvu zami ziyangazi; ngakho ngizababiza ngamagama, ngihambe phambi kwabo, njalo bazangilandela. » prakthiza ukuthula nokuthandaza; thanda umthandazo nomsebenzi; zisola ngezinyembezi nangobuhlungu ngokungibona ngicasukile, ngokububula kwenhliziyo edabukileyo nethotshisiwe. INkosi yethu yanezela: “Injalo indlela yokuphila yangaphakathi enginibekela yona. Ngiyakunxusa ukuba uyigcine ngangokunokwenzeka. ngizoba nani kuzo zonke izinhlupheko zenu; nalapho uholwa khona, ngiyokuphelezela. Ngizobheka zonke izinyathelo zakho, ngizosebenza njengomhlahlandlela wakho kuzo zonke izindlela ezingaziwa. Ngingumfundisi omuhle. Ngiyazazi izimvu zami, nezimvu zami ziyangazi; ngakho ngizababiza ngamagama, ngihambe phambi kwabo, njalo bazangilandela. » zisola ngezinyembezi nangobuhlungu ngokungibona ngicasukile, ngokububula kwenhliziyo edabukileyo nethotshisiwe. INkosi yethu yanezela: “Injalo indlela yokuphila yangaphakathi enginibekela yona. Ngiyakunxusa ukuba uyigcine ngangokunokwenzeka. ngizoba nani kuzo zonke izinhlupheko zenu; nalapho uholwa khona, ngiyokuphelezela. Ngizobheka zonke izinyathelo zakho, ngizosebenza njengomhlahlandlela wakho kuzo zonke izindlela ezingaziwa. Ngingumfundisi omuhle. Ngiyazazi izimvu zami, nezimvu zami ziyangazi; ngakho ngizababiza ngamagama, ngihambe phambi kwabo, njalo bazangilandela. » zisola ngezinyembezi nangobuhlungu ngokungibona ngicasukile, ngokububula kwenhliziyo edabukileyo nethotshisiwe. INkosi yethu yanezela: “Injalo indlela yokuphila yangaphakathi enginibekela yona. Ngiyakunxusa ukuba uyigcine ngangokunokwenzeka. ngizoba nani kuzo zonke izinhlupheko zenu; nalapho uholwa khona, ngiyokuphelezela. Ngizobheka zonke izinyathelo zakho, ngizosebenza njengomhlahlandlela wakho kuzo zonke izindlela ezingaziwa. Ngingumfundisi omuhle. Ngiyazazi izimvu zami, nezimvu zami ziyangazi; ngakho ngizababiza ngamagama, ngihambe phambi kwabo, njalo bazangilandela. » qaphela ngangokunokwenzeka. ngizoba nani kuzo zonke izinhlupheko zenu; nalapho uholwa khona, ngiyokuphelezela. Ngizobheka zonke izinyathelo zakho, ngizosebenza njengomhlahlandlela wakho kuzo zonke izindlela ezingaziwa. Ngingumfundisi omuhle. Ngiyazazi izimvu zami, nezimvu zami ziyangazi; ngakho ngizababiza ngamagama, ngihambe phambi kwabo, njalo bazangilandela. » qaphela ngangokunokwenzeka. ngizoba nani kuzo zonke izinhlupheko zenu; nalapho uholwa khona, ngiyokuphelezela. Ngizobheka zonke izinyathelo zakho, ngizosebenza njengomhlahlandlela wakho kuzo zonke izindlela ezingaziwa. Ngingumfundisi omuhle. Ngiyazazi izimvu zami, nezimvu zami ziyangazi; ngakho ngizababiza ngamagama, ngihambe phambi kwabo, njalo bazangilandela. »
Ngalobu bunzima iNkosi Yethu izobazi amanazaretha abangabayo. Uzobanakekela.
INkosi yabe isithi kimi: “Bheka ngizivivinye zonke izindelakazi, ezinhle kanye nezimbi, futhi ngalokhu sizobona ukuthi yiziphi ezingezami. Amanazaretha angawami ayohlala enomoya wesimo sawo enhliziyweni ngothando analo ngami: ngakho angisoze ngabalahla. Njengoba cishe njalo inhliziyo yabo iphendukela kimi, ngiyohlale ngibabheke ngabomvu amehlo ami. Ezidingweni ezicindezelayo, nasezinhlungwini abayobhekana nazo, ngiyohlale ngikulungele ukubasiza. Umama angashesha akhohlwe izingane azizala esiswini kunokuba ngibakhohlwe. Ngizoba nguNkulunkulu wabo, uyise nomyeni wabo, ekugcineni inkosi yabo. »
INkosi yethu iduduza uDade ebuhlungwini abuzwayo ngokuphucwa amasakramente.
Ngolunye usuku, ngisebuhlungwini obukhulu ngokuphucwa amasakramente, iNkosi Yethu yenza lesi sihlamba esimnene kimi: “Ukhononda ngani, ndodakazi yami? Angisiye yini umfundisi wenu, umvumi wenu, umqondisi wenu na? Ungakhononda kanjani ngami? ngiyikho konke ezintweni zonke. »
Izibusiso iNkosi yethu ethembisa kuzo zonke izinkolo. Labo abazozuza, nalabo abangeke.
Khona-ke iNkosi yathi kimi: "Ngizozinakekela zonke izindela, ngizozifundisa zonke ngokujwayelekile,
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okuhle nokubi; futhi enkantolo yobulungisa bami, ngeke babe nanhlamba yokungenza ngami: kunalokho, bayozahlulela ngokwabo ngokuziphatha okungekuhle abayokulandela, kube yingozi yomusa wami. Ngizobayala futhi ngizobafundisa ngezincwadi ezinhle nangemiyalo yezikhonzi zami. Izikhathi eziyikhulu, ekusithekeni, ngithinte izinhliziyo zabo ngokunyakaza okujabulisayo nokungena ngaphakathi komusa wami, okubenza bazi ukuthi yini okufanele bayenze nokuthi yini okufanele bayigweme. Umkami othembekile uzongilalela, futhi, elalela ugqozi lwami, uyokwenza ngangokunokwenzeka lokho engizomyala ngakho mayelana nemisebenzi yakhe nezibopho zakhe. Kodwa kuzoba amanazaretha asemhlabeni azongilalela? Cha. Ngizohamba izikhathi eziyikhulu nekhulu ukuze ngingqongqoze emnyango wezinhliziyo zabo, ngaphandle kokuthi bangivule. Esikhundleni sokwenza izintombi ezihlakaniphile, okuthi ngokuzinaka kwazo, zigweme zonke izikhathi ezimbi ezingase ziholele esonweni, lezi, ngokuphambene nalokho, ziyazifuna futhi ziye kuzo ngokwazo. Mina ngokwami ngiyohoxa kubo, njengoba besuka kimi. Yini engingayilindela kulaba manazaretha basemhlabeni nabangathembekile emphakathini wabo, ngaphandle kokuthi banyathela zonke izinzuzo zami, nokuthi bajabulela ukufuna izingxoxo zezwe, esikhundleni sokwethembeka emseni wami. ngizabayekela ekuqondeni kwabo okungaqondileyo; Ngizobayeka bagijimise izinjabulo kanye kunalokho, bayabafuna futhi baziyele khona. Mina ngokwami ngiyohoxa kubo, njengoba besuka kimi. Yini engingayilindela kulaba manazaretha basemhlabeni nabangathembekile emphakathini wabo, ngaphandle kokuthi banyathela zonke izinzuzo zami, nokuthi bajabulela ukufuna izingxoxo zezwe, esikhundleni sokwethembeka emseni wami. ngizabayekela ekuqondeni kwabo okungaqondileyo; Ngizobayeka bagijimise izinjabulo kanye kunalokho, bayabafuna futhi baziyele khona. Mina ngokwami ngiyohoxa kubo, njengoba besuka kimi. Yini engingayilindela kulaba manazaretha basemhlabeni nabangathembekile emphakathini wabo, ngaphandle kokuthi banyathela zonke izinzuzo zami, nokuthi bajabulela ukufuna izingxoxo zezwe, esikhundleni sokwethembeka emseni wami. ngizabayekela ekuqondeni kwabo okungaqondileyo; Ngizobayeka bagijimise izinjabulo kanye thembeka emseni wami. ngizabayekela ekuqondeni kwabo okungaqondileyo; Ngizobayeka bagijimise izinjabulo kanye thembeka emseni wami. ngizabayekela ekuqondeni kwabo okungaqondileyo; Ngizobayeka bagijimise izinjabulo kanye
funa ukwaneliseka komhlaba; futhi esikhundleni sokwakha izwe, bayowuhlazisa.
“Ngokuphambene, umkami, ngokuzinaka anakho kuye ngokwakhe nasezibophweni zakhe, uyozenza ahlonipheke kubo bonke, ngisho nasezitheni zakhe, futhi wonke umuntu uyombheka futhi amqaphele njengenkolo enhle neyiqiniso. Futhi lokhu engikushoyo ngale nun enhle, ngikusho kubo bonke abangabami nabathembekile kimi. Ngathi kubo: Yibani ngabaphelele, njengoba noYihlo wasezulwini ephelele. Yibani ngcwele ngoba uYihlo osezulwini ungcwele kathathu. »
Imvunulo ezogqokwa yizindela emhlabeni jikelele.
Nginesibopho sokumemezela lokho uNkulunkulu angazise kimi ekukhanyeni kwakhe mayelana nemvunulo yezindela eziphonswe emhlabeni, futhi esehlulwe umkhuba ongcwele wenkolo ukuze azigqokise izingubo zezwe.
Izinwele zabo.
Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi akulungile ukuthi unkosikazi omsulwa ka-JC agqoke ikhanda nentamo ngendlela yabantu bomhlaba. Intando kaNkulunkulu iwukuthi yonke indelakazi igqoke i-wimple ekhanda layo elizungeze ubuso bayo futhi lizungeze ukhololo, ukuthi lokho okuwa e-wimple esifubeni nasemahlombe, kuphakanyiswe ekholoni; ukuthi ibhande lenkolo lifakwe ekhanda phezu kwe-wimple; kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ingxenye yesithathu noma ingxenye yesiphongo, ngaphansi kwekhanda le-root elichichima ibhande elincane, liwela ebunzini; ukuba umgexo ube ngowelineni elisontiweyo, nelineni eliphothiweyo; ukuthi indwangu yekhanda ibe yohlobo olufanayo neduku abazolibeka phezu komjikelezo we-wimple, liboshwe ngesikhonkwane phezulu kwekholomu; ukuthi amathebhu amabili ekhanda nawo aboshwe ngaphansi kwesilevu, futhi angaphakanyiswa phezu kwekhanda; umgqomo ube ngowoboya, ungabi nasopho lukasilika; ukuthi igcwale inkakha yobubanzi bomunwe iye emashiyeni; ukuthi amanazaretha ayigqoka nsuku zonke ukuze agcwalise umgubuzelo; kodwa lapho ziphoqeleka ukuba ziphume, bazokwehlisa, uma bethanda, ekuzinikeleni kwabo .
Umbala nokulula kwezingubo zabo.
Nakhu engakubona futhi kuNkulunkulu mayelana nazo zonke izingubo zezwe izindelakazi ezingagqoka. Kunemibala emithathu: owokuqala unsundu, wendwangu elula yoboya, ukulingisa izintombi
izihlakaniphi ezihlala eBandleni elingcwele zilahla izwe nazo zonke izimiso zalo, futhi okuthi, ukukhombisa ukuthi zigcina ukungashadi, zigqoka ezinsundu; ingubo yesibili imnyama ngombala, ukulingisa izingubo zesonto; eyesithathu imhlophe, ilingisa ingubo emhlophe eyanikwa iNkosi Yethu kwaHerode. Le ngubo emhlophe ingaba yi-sprig noma ilineni kuphela, noma yoboya obulula kakhulu.
Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi izindelakazi ezimpofu ezingenawo amandla okuthenga umkhuba ophelele, zingasebenzisa imvunulo yenkolo yomphakathi wakubo, zizithulule futhi zizifake izingubo zezwe, zanoma imuphi umbala; kuthiwa ababona abebala lezwe.
Zonke izindela zingagqoka izingubo zomunye wemibala emithathu eshiwo ngenhla, ngisho nempunga, okwakuwumkhuba emphakathini wakubo, inqobo nje uma lezi zingubo zingezendwangu elula futhi ngokuvumelana nesizotha, ubumpofu obungcwele nokudelelwa okungcwele.
Izicathulo zabo.
Balekani zonke izimfashini emhlabeni, ngisho nezicathulo; ukuthi izicathulo zisondele ngangokunokwenzeka kulabo abagqokwa emphakathini; makube okufanayo kumasokisi, futhi kungalokothi kube khona imivimbo noma ku-flannel noma ezindwangu. Uma abantu abambalwa, ngenxa yothando,
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nikeza izindela izigqoko ezinemigqa, kumele zidaywe ngaphambi kokuzigqokisa. Babophekile futhi, lapho bephuma, ukuba bagqoke ingubo yoboya obumnyama phezu kwezingubo zabo, ngaphandle kwanoma iyiphi imfashini yezwe, ukuze bathole isizotha esikhulu.
Isikhathi sabo sokulala.
Wonke amasistela abophekile, ngangokunokwenzeka, ukuthi alale emibhedeni, njengasemiphakathini yawo, izinwele zawo zenziwe njengoba zazinjalo. Labo abalala bembethe mabagqoke izingubo zabo kanye nezabo
ibhande, njengasemphakathini wabo. Ngazi abaningana abenza kanjalo. Ngezikhathi zokwesaba, noma iyiphi indela ingazifihla ukuze ithole amasakramente.
§. VII.
Izindela ezisezweni kufanele zizigcine kanjani izifungo zazo. Izifungo zokulalela nobumpofu.
Izindela ziphoqelekile ukuba zilwele ukuphelela ngokugcina izifungo zazo.
Ngisabophekile, mayelana namanazaretha, ukuthi ngibike okuthile ngokugcinwa kwezifungo zabo besesemhlabeni. Kukhona izindelakazi ezingaphelele kangangokuthi zicabanga ukuthi, njengoba zingaphandle kwemiphakathi yazo, cishe azinalutho ezingagcina izifungo zazo noma imithetho yazo. Kubona sengathi konke kukhanseliwe futhi abasabophekile ngalutho, njengoba bengasekho emphakathini wabo. Lobu bumpumputhe buvela eqinisweni lokuthi abathambekele ngenhliziyo yabo yonke ekupheleleni, abaphoqelekile nokho ukukulwela, ngaphansi kwesijeziso sesono esifayo.
Ngoba uma iNkosi yethu yathi eVangelini layo: “Yibani ngabaphelele njengoba noYihlo osezulwini ephelele,” ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi akuwona umbuzo wokuba nokugabadela nesibindi sokufuna ukufinyelela ubungcwele bukaNkulunkulu ongcwele kathathu. INkosi yethu ngalokho ikhombisa ukuthi wonke umKristu unesibopho sokuthambekela ekupheleleni kwesimo sakhe, kodwa ikakhulukazi ukuthi wonke umuntu ohlukaniselwe uNkulunkulu ngesimo sobungcwele uNkulunkulu ambizela kuso, unesibopho sokuthambekela ekupheleleni kwenhliziyo yakhe yonke futhi umphefumulo wakhe wonke ngenxa yothando lukaNkulunkulu, nangaphansi kobuhlungu besono esifayo; nokuthi uma iyeka ukulwela ukupheleliswa, futhi uma ikhohlwa leli phuzu elikhulu, noma ngenxa yokwedelela, noma ukunganaki, noma ukwesaba ukucasuka, kuyiphutha.
Inkohliso mayelana nesifungo sokulalela.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi amanazaretha anjalo asuka kuNkulunkulu amkhohlwe; bazikhohlwe futhi bakhohlwe iningi lezibopho zabo. Ngokwesibonelo, endabeni yesifungo sokulalela, izindelakazi ezingaphelele, ezibophekile ukuba ziphile emhlabeni, ziyothola ukuthi zingaphandle kwejoka lokulalela, azisekho ngaphansi kwamehlo oMkhulu;
futhi njengoba bethole imvume evamile yokushiya umphakathi, bazenzela icebo lokuphila emhlabeni, ngokwentokozo yabo kanye nangokwentando yabo; bathi phakathi kwabo: Ngiyekile phambi kukaNkulunkulu, uMkhulu wami unginike imvume ephelele. Bavumela wonke umuntu ofuna ukubalalela aqonde ukuthi benza ngemvume yoMkhulu wabo.
Lapho beyovuma izono, abatholi lutho abangaluhlola. Uma benemvume yokubuza umvuma izono zabo, ngeke bakhulume nalabo abanolwazi olunzulu ngempilo yenkolo; bazohamba bayothola lowo, mhlawumbe, ongeke enze noma yisiphi isifundo ngezifungo ze-monastic: bazocela imvume yakhe yokuhamba futhi bashaywe umoya ukuze baphile impilo yabo. Lo mvumi, ongabazi kahle ubukhulu besibopho sezifungo, ubavumela yonke into ngobubanzi nasolwandle. Amantombazane ampofu! yilokho kuphela abakufunayo .
Uma uMphathi efunda ukuthi azinika inkululeko eningi, futhi uma efuna ukubakhuza futhi abanike izijeziso zomusa, bamphendule: Mama, nginayo imvume yovuma izono zami. Lomama oPhakeme omuhle uzobaphendula: Bodadewethu, abefundisi abanumzane abasho okufanayo bonke; Ngithole abanye ababona ububi lapho abanye bengabutholi. Lezi manazaretha zizomphendula: Mama, uzofuna abahlakaniphe kakhulu: kithi, silalela umvuma wethu, futhi sisendleleni eya ensindisweni. Ngendlela yokuthi uMkhulu ubophekile ukuba ahoxe futhi ahoxe.
Isimilo sokulalela kweqiniso.
Wonke umonakalo uvela ngokungangeni kuwe ngokwanele, kanye nokungazindla ngezibopho zakho. Indela elwela ukuphelela ithola izihloko eziningi engazihlola yona. Ukuhamba phambi kukaNkulunkulu, ngeke athathe noma yisiphi isinyathelo, noma yisiphi isinyathelo, ngeke enze umsebenzi ngaphandle kokuthintana noNkulunkulu nonembeza wakhe ukuze azi ukuthi kukhona yini kulokho okuphambene nezifiso zakhe noma okuphambene nezibopho zakhe. Ikhumbula ukuthi iNkosi yethu yalalela, futhi yalalela kwaze kwaba sekufeni esiphambanweni ngenxa yothando lwethu, iyokwenza konke okusemandleni ukuyibuyisela uthando lothando, futhi ngeke yenze lutho kuzo zonke izenzo zayo ezingase ziphambene.
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entandweni kaNkulunkulu. Ecishe ematasa njalo ekuzihloleni, wayezitshela: Ingabe lena ngempela intando kaNkulunkulu engiyenzayo? ngilapho uNkulunkulu engifuna khona? Ulalela umusa wakhe ongcwele ngangokunokwenzeka, ecabanga ukuthi nguNkulunkulu uqobo amlalelayo. Ulalela uMkhulu wakhe ngokugcina isikhathi, kungaba ngencwadi, uma ekude kakhulu naye, noma mathupha ngokuyomthola. Le nun enhle imbuza ngokuqondile izimvume zakhe, futhi imnika i-akhawunti yokuziphatha kwakhe hhayi kuphela ngaphandle, kodwa nangaphakathi. Ubhala enhliziyweni yakhe iseluleko somusa nezixwayiso unina olungile amnika zona, ecabangela ukuthi ubambele yena indawo kaNkulunkulu .
Ukholo nothando lukaNkulunkulu, izikhali ezihlaselayo nezivikelayo zenkolo enhle.
Le ndela elungile ihlezi igqoke izingalo zayo ezihlaselayo nezizivikelayo, njengoba sesishilo kakade. Lezi zikhali ziwukholo nothando lukaNkulunkulu. Isibani sokukholwa siyamhola ezinyathelweni zakhe zonke futhi simkhanyisela kuzo zonke izenzo zakhe. Uthando lukaNkulunkulu lumvuthela ngokucace kakhulu futhi lumhlanganise eduze nomyeni wakhe, kangangokuthi umuntu angase athi ungokaNkulunkulu ngaphezu kwakhe; ukuthi uNkulunkulu unjengokuphila kokuphila kwakhe, nomphefumulo womphefumulo wakhe.
Njengoba ejwayele ukwenza ngamaqiniso okholo amholela aqonde kuNkulunkulu, ngaphandle kokuphambuka okubi, akanawo omunye umsebenzi ngaphandle kwalowo wokujabulisa umyeni wakhe nokuphila ngaphansi kokwencika kwakhe naphambi kwakhe. Uzindla, ngokusemandleni akhe, ngomthetho wakhe ongcwele, imiyalo yakhe yaphezulu kanye nazo zonke izibopho zakhe, eqiniseka ukuthi lena yindlela uNkulunkulu ambekele yona ukuze azuze injabulo yakhe ezulwini. Ajabule manazaretha azoziphatha ngalendlela!
Isici sendela eyayijwayele ukuba khona kukaNkulunkulu.
Emphakathini wakithi, ngangazi indela, okwathi, ikhuluma nami ngeNkosi elungile, yavele yathi kimi, ngendlela yokukhombisa ukuthi ivela ekuchichimeni kwenhliziyo yayo: Ah! Dadewethu, ishwa elikhulu kangakanani ukulahlekelwa ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu ubude be- pater ne- ave kuphela! Ngambuza ngingenalo ilukuluku, kodwa ukuze ngizifundise indlela ayeziphatha ngayo nezindelakazi endlini yokusebenzela, lapho kwakuvunyelwa khona ukukhuluma ngesikhathi sisebenza ntambama. Waphendula kalula nje: Dadewethu, like the
Ngibujwayele ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu, kwesinye isikhathi kuyenzeka kimina, emva kokuthi sengikhulume amazwi ambalwa kumandela, ngilahlekelwe yikho konke ukunaka izidalwa kanye nakho konke ezikushoyo; ukuze ngingabi nakulandisa ngakho konke okushiwoyo nakho konke okwenzekile.
Buhlanganisani ubumpofu beqiniso obungokwenkolo? Izinga layo.
Ake futhi sisho okuthile ngesifungo sobumpofu okufanele inkolo isigcine emhlabeni, ngezikhathi zoshushiso. Ubumpofu obungcwele, obungehlukaniseki nokulahlwa okungcwele, indodakazi yakhona endala, kumele yenziwe ncamashi. Lobu buhle buqukethe izinto ezintathu: ubumpofu obuphelele bakho bonke ubuhle besikhashana, ubumpofu bomoya, ubumpofu benhliziyo, okungukuthi yonke isifiso, ngisho nenduduzo yonke.
JC ubumpofu
Ngihlale ngibuyela kulesi sibonelo saphezulu, uMsindisi wethu othandekayo, owenza ubumpofu obukhulu kangaka kusukela ekuzalweni kwakhe kwaze kwaba sekufeni kwakhe. Umuntu ubona kukhanya kumuntu wakhe lobu mpofu obungcwele kanye nalokhu kulahlwa okungcwele. Ah! yeka ukudelelwa kwaloNkulunkulu ongumsindisi, ukuba azalwe emfuleni, phakathi kwezilwane ezimbili, alaliswe emkhombeni! Uqala ukwamukela ubumpofu, futhi buhamba naye ukuphila kwakhe konke, kuze kufike ethuneni, njengoba sibona eVangelini, afika ukuzomemezela kithi ukuze asifundise ngomthetho wakhe ongcwele. LoMsindisi ongcwele wadala izulu nomhlaba.
Yonke impahla ingeyakhe, nokho wayengenayo impahla yesikhashana, noma indlu, noma umhlaba, noma inzuzo, futhi wayephila ngokupha abantu abampofu kuphela. Wayekhona kulo mhlaba njengohambi odlulayo, ongenalutho ngaphandle kwempilo yakhe, futhi enze uhambo lwakhe kuphela iminikelo enikezwa yena. Akanayo kuphela, loMsindisi waphezulu, okwanele ukuba akhokhe intela kuKhesari. Kumele enze isimangaliso; izikhathi eziningi uzenzela izidalwa zakhe izimangaliso lapho ziswele futhi ziswela ukudla, njengoba kwenzeka ekwandiseni izinkwa. Maye! loMsindisi waphezulu akazenzele yena, noma abaphostoli bakhe; ngoba kuthiwa ngolunye usuku lapho besesidingo futhi bedinga ukudla, ngaphandle kokuthola okwanele kokuziphilisa, loMsindisi onothando wayenakho, akukho ukusabela isimangaliso; kodwa yena nabaphostoli bakhe baqala ukusika izikhwebu zikakolweni ensimini, bezichola ezandleni zabo, bafaka nezincezwana ezimbalwa emilonyeni yazo, bazidla ukuze badambise indlala yabo kancane. Oh yini! Msindisi ongcwele, wenze izimangaliso izikhathi eziningi ukuze ukondle
ihlezi ekujuleni kwezingwadule! wabathumela isinkwa ngezingelosi zakho, futhi ngezinye izikhathi ngisho nezilwane!
O ubumpofu obungcwele! O ukudelwa okungcwele! uthandwa kanjani nguMsindisi wami! uyakuthatha ube ngumngane wakhe kukho konke ukuphila kwakhe, ahlale enamathele kuwe kuze kube sekufeni. Ufuna ukufela ezingalweni zakho. Kimina kubonakala sengathi izulu nomhlaba kuvumelene futhi kwasebenza ndawonye ukuze kuhlupheke futhi kubangele ukuhlupheka
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zonke izindlela lo Msindisi othandekayo. Uphucwa yonke induduzo yaphezulu neyesintu. Kubonakala sengathi isibhakabhaka siphenduke saba yithusi ukuze simnqabele lonke usizo. Ini! uthandaza kuYise, futhi loYise waphezulu akasayilaleli iNdodana yakhe, neNdodana yakhe yodwa! Kwakuyisiphi isihloko sokukhononda okufanelekile kwaloMsindisi onothando esiphambanweni: Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni na? Ukhononda ngokoma, bamphuzisa ngenyongo noviniga; unqatshelwe ingilazi yamanzi. O ubumpofu obungcwele! umhlubule ezakhe izingubo ukuze umshiye elele nqunu esiphambanweni! O yeka ukuswela! O yeka ukushiywa! Yeka ukuzidela kwakho konke! O Msindisi wami ongcwele, uncishiswe ngaphansi kwasiphi isimo othandweni lwethu!
Isiphambano sika-JC yipulpiti ashumayela kulo ukuphelela okuhle kakhulu emiphefumulweni.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi loMsindisi waphezulu, uNkulunkulu weqiniso nomuntu weqiniso, onamathiselwe esiphambanweni, wenze lesi siphambano saba yipulpiti, lapho, njengomshumayeli waphezulu, abeka isibonelo kuso, ashumayele imfundiso engcwele kakhulu, futhi abonise konke ubuhle ekupheleleni kwabo okuphakeme kakhulu nobungcwele. Ukumbona ekulesi simo, lapho enza khona isimangaliso esikhulu kunazo zonke ezake zaba khona, futhi esingeke saqondwa ngabantu; ukuze sibone okuthile ngalesi simangaliso, kufanele sicabangele loMsindisi ongcwele esiphambanweni njengasesihlalweni sobukhosi sokulunga, lapho aphimisa khona la mazwi awasho ekuphileni kwakhe kwasemhlabeni: “Lapho iNdodana yomuntu ivuswa phakathi kwezulu nomhlaba, iyona eyobe iwukuphela kweNdodana yomuntu. uzodonsela konke kuye. Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi udonsela konke kuye ngokholo oluphilayo, ngothando oluvuthayo kanye nesifiso sokuthambekela, ngamunye esimweni sakhe, ekupheleleni.
Imiphefumulo eyahlukaniselwe uNkulunkulu ngezifungo ezingathandi ukupheleliswa iyahlehla ngaphandle kokuqaphela.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi yonke imiphefumulo eyenze izifungo eziqinile futhi ezahlukanisela uNkulunkulu ngokukhethekile kakhulu kunamaKristu avamile, ibophekile, ngokuvuma kwayo, ukuthambekela ngokungaphezi ekupheleleni; uma besuka kuleli phuzu, noma bezikhohlwa bephila impilo ethambile futhi bezama ukubamba phakathi, okungukuthi, bangabi kubi ngokuphelele, ngenxa yokwesaba ukunikeza ihlazo, kodwa futhi ukubeka eceleni. isifiso kanye nezindlela zokulwela ukupheleliswa kwesimo sabo; uma, kulesi simo, bephila ngokugculiseka, bekholelwa ukwenza insindiso yabo, le miphefumulo ikhohlwa la mazwi: Lowo ongaqhubeki phambili uyahlehla. Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi bayahlehla ngaleyo ndlela, baze bawe ebumpumputheni baye ebumpumputheni, cishe benganakile; ababoni nokuthi basendleleni eya ekubhujisweni .
Ngokuphambene, imiphefumulo ethembekile, ehlala ilwela ukuphelela, ithuthuka kakhulu ngaphandle kokuqaphela.
Ngiyabona futhi kuNkulunkulu ukuthi imiphefumulo ethembekile ukulalela umusa nokwenza lokho okukhuthazayo kuyo, abangabeki mingcele ekusebenzeni kwezinkanuko zabo; abahlale bethambekele ekuzihlanzeni nasekuzingcweliseni, nabasebenza ekukhanyeni nangomoya wokholo kanye nothando olumsulwa lukaNkulunkulu, ukuze bathokozise uMsindisi wabo ongcwele ngokwandayo ngokwenza izimfanelo ezinhle; Ngibona kuNkulunkulu, ngithi, kuvame ukwenzeka kulemiphefumulo emihle ukuthi iqhubekele phambili ngegxathu elikhulu ekupheleleni, cishe ngaphandle kokuqaphela. Ngibona kuloMsindisi othandekayo umusa wokungcweliswa ogeleza njalo phezu kwalemiphefumulo, futhi eyisondeza kuye, ongumqambi wakho konke ukuphelela.
Umkhuba wobumpofu. Ukungabi nalutho okungokwakho; thola konke ngezipho.
Lapha, maqondana nobumpofu obungcwele, yilokho okumelwe kwenziwe ngaphandle nangaphakathi yibo bonke abenkolo ababophekile ukuba baphile emhlabeni.
Kumelwe baziqinisekise ngokuqinile ukuthi bangabanye abampofu futhi benze isifungo sobumpofu. Abampofu abacela usizo emasangweni bangalahla lokho abakuphiwayo, bathi: Lokhu kungokwami; kodwa indela ayikwazi ukukusho, noma ngisho nokucabanga, kumelwe izibheke yona
njengomhambi, umfokazi ophila ngezindleko zesisa esingcwele esimtholela iSiphakelo esingcwele, nokwamukela konke, noma ngabe bekuyipheya noma i-apula, noma ingilazi yamanzi. Kumele amukele konke ngomusa njengezipho; ngeke abe nobunzima ekwenzeni lokho, uma empofu ngempela enhliziyweni, engqondweni nasentandweni.
Kodwa, indela ethile izongitshela ukuthi, Ngingowomndeni futhi ngingowokuzalwa okuphezulu; Nginezihlobo zami eziseduze, ngeke ngikwazi ukuzihlukanisa ngenxa yesifungo sami sobumpofu, kufanele ngidle etafuleni labo. Nakhu engikubona kuNkulunkulu, Yonke indela ifile kubazali bayo; kufanele amukele kubo konke okuhle abamenzela kona ngomusa omsulwa nangenxa yothando lukaNkulunkulu.
Ukuziphatha kwenazaretha nezihlobo ezimpofu.
Lapho uNkulunkulu ebeka indela etafuleni lobumpofu obungcwele, futhi eyivivinya ngokuswela, okwenzeka lapho ehlala nabantu abampofu abangenakukwazi ukumnika izidingo zokuphila, khona-ke le ndela enhle, ethwele enhliziyweni yayo isifungo sobumpofu. , uyohlupheka ngokuswela ngentokozo nangenduduzo, futhi uyobusisa uJehova ukuze azibone ekwazi ukwenza isifungo sakhe sobumpofu. Futhi yilokhu okufanele indela yonke indela, lapho uNkulunkulu eyinika ithuba.
Ulayini wothando lobumpofu kumandela namuhla.
Yilokhu indelakazi enhle eyenziwe osukwini lwethu. Bamfaka endlini encane ebhilidini elidala. Kwakukhona izimbobo eziningana ezazivalwe ngolwembu nothuli kuphela. Wayezithanda ngaphakathi
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le hoveli. Noma wayefuna, ngenxa yesisa, ukumfaka kwenye indawo. Cha, wathi, angeke ngikwazi ukuyishiya lendlu ehlobene kakhulu nesitebele eBetlehema lapho kwazalelwa khona uMsindisi wami. Ukuze aziphilise, wayethatha izingane ezincane ukuze azifundise. Ngeholo lakhe, abanye bamlethela izinkwa, abanye
i-chanteaux encane (1); kangangokuthi ngezinye izikhathi wayeba neziningi kakhulu ngesikhathi esisodwa. Wayidla isikhuntile; kodwa ngenxa yokwesaba ukumvumela ukuba alahlekelwe, wavuma ukuthi kufanele bamnike isinkwa kanye noma kabili kuphela ngesonto, futhi ngenani elithile elincane. UNkulunkulu, owayesafuna ukumvivinya, wavumela laba bantu abalungile ukuba bakhohlwe ukumlethela isinkwa ngosuku olumisiwe. Kwakungesikhathi sokuzila ukudla. Le manazaretha yayingazitsheli ukuthi ayinakho ukudla. Lathi lifika ihora, emini, wahamba wayodla isidlo sakusihlwa. Uthola uqweqwe lwesinkwa esigcwele imilomo emibili noma emithathu. Kwaba yilapho inhliziyo yakhe yachichima injabulo nokududuzeka.
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Ah! wathi, bheka, ngisetafuleni lobumpofu obungcwele. Nkulunkulu wami! Ngiyabonga ngokungisiza ngenze isifungo sami sobumpofu.
Ngaleso sikhathi wakhumbula ukuthi umsunguli wawo, elandela isibonelo seNkosi Yethu, wayenxuse isinkwa sakhe. Akufanele, wathi, ngingamlingi uNkulunkulu, futhi ngicabange ukuthi uzokwenza isimangaliso ukuze angondle. Ngizothola isinkwa emasangweni, ngenxa kaNkulunkulu. Inhliziyo Yakhe, egcwele uthando ngoNkulunkulu, yayigcwele injabulo, futhi yayijabulela ukuthola leli thuba lokwenza ukuthobeka nokulahla okungcwele. Ahambe, aye kumakhelwane oseduze. Ngomoya wendoda enhle empofu, ngenxa yothando lukaNkulunkulu, nangenxa yothando, ucela ucezu lwesinkwa ngesidlo sakusihlwa. Lababantu abampofu, bemangala kakhulu futhi bemangele, bamnika ukudla kwakhe lokho ababengaba nakho, futhi bathi kuye: Nkosikazi, lapho ukudinga, woza endlini yethu, inqobo nje isinkwa, uyoba naso; kodwa, sicela, ungakuceli ngomusa omsulwa, futhi ngale ndlela, kuyasizwisa ubuhlungu kakhulu. Lapho ufika ukuzothatha kithi, ukube nje izingane zikhona, lapha kubekwa khona isinkwa, ngena ngesibindi, njengokungathi kusendlini yakho, uthabathe okufunayo. Yaphendula indela: Cha bangane bami ngeke ngikwenze lokho, futhi ngiyanincenga ukuthi ningazizwisi ubuhlungu noma nini lapho ningibona ngiza ngizocela usizo kinina nothando lukaNkulunkulu. ngizokwenza, ngoba kufanele futhi ngoba ngizibophezele ukwenza kanjalo ngesifungo sami sobumpofu. Ngiyakuncenga ukuba ungangivimbeli ukuba ngikwenze, ngoba uzongizwisa ubuhlungu obukhulu. Konke engikucela kuwe, ngikucela ngomusa, futhi konke engikutholayo, ngikuthola ngothando nangenxa yothando lukaNkulunkulu. Kungakho bakwethu abalungile ngicela ningakutholi kubi. Angikwazi ukwenza ngenye indlela. Ngajwayela ngenxa yokuhlonipha isifungo sami sobumpofu,
Ukuziphatha kwendela ezihlotsheni ezidla izambane likapondo.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi izindela ezisemphakathini nabazali abacebe kakhulu badatshukelwa kakhulu kunalaba engisanda kukhuluma ngabo. Nokho, bangakwazi ukugcina izifungo zabo, okungenani ngaphakathi, futhi bathambekele ekupheleleni, uma benza ngaphandle lokho uNkulunkulu angenza ngibhale khona. Uma bephoqelekile ukuba badle etafuleni labazali babo nsuku zonke, futhi bengenakukwazi ukwenza okuhlukile, kufanele babe nombono wobumpofu obungcwele, kanye nokuba khona kweNkosi Yethu, ebabonayo futhi ibacabangele yonke indawo. Ngale ndlela, bayoba nesibindi, futhi bayoba nokholo olukhulu kuNkulunkulu nasothandweni lweNkosi Yethu.
Njengoba behlezi etafuleni, kumelwe babe nomoya onesizotha, izingubo ezifanele indela, futhi bavumelane nobumpofu nokudelwa okungcwele. Akumelwe bangabi nalutho lwezwe, noma ngezingubo, noma ngenkulumo, noma ekuziphatheni; ukuba namehlo abheke phansi ngaphandle kokuthinteka, ukukhuluma kancane kakhulu futhi ngenxa yesidingo kuphela; qaphela ukuba banake izinkulumo zezwe noma ezingcolile, nalabo abahlasela izici ezinhle eziningana ngesikhathi esisodwa. Kufanele bathule bathule, ngaphandle kokuhlanganisa amagama engxoxweni, ngaphandle kokuthi, lapho bebuyiselwa emuva ekuthuleni kwabo, kufanele baphendule nje: Akukho engingakusho kulezi zinkulumo, azisona isimo sami futhi azikhathazeki. mina; futhi babuyela kubo. bayokhumbula ukuthi iNkosi yethu iyababheka futhi ibabhekile bedla ukudla kwabo. Uma itafula livame ukuphakelwa kahle, akumelwe bakhohlwe ubumpofu obungcwele nokulahlwa okungcwele, engenakuhlukaniswa nokuthobeka, ephila ngokuhlushwa kuphela .
Izindela kufanele zisebenzise iwayini, ikhofi notshwala kuphela njengekhambi futhi ngaphandle kwesidingo. Kumelwe benqabe noma isiphi isimemo sokuya esidlweni futhi bangayi kunoma isiphi.
Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi izindela akufanele zisebenzise iwayini, uphuzo oludakayo, noma ikhofi, ngaphandle uma zikuthatha njengekhambi noma ngenxa yesidingo esikhulu. Uma kwenzeka ukuthi indela yacelwa, emndenini wayo noma kwenye indawo, ukuba iye esidlweni, esidlweni sakusihlwa noma esidlweni, akufanele ihambe nhlobo; lokhu kuphambene ngokuphelele nezifiso zakhe kanye nezibopho zakhe. Uyaziveza
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lizibeka emhlabeni, ngokumelene nokwenqabela kukaNkulunkulu lokho. Kumelwe aphendule abantu abammema ukuba azodla endaweni yabo: Nginesibopho kuwe, angikwazi ukuya lapho, unembeza wami awungivumeli, mayelana nemisebenzi yami nezibopho zami. Akumelwe esabe ukwenza kubonakale sengathi umoya wesimo akuso uyamvimbela ukuba azibonakalise ezweni.
Izindela kufanele ziqaphele ukuthi azinamathele kulokho ezikuphiwayo, ezikuthola ngomsebenzi wazo kanye nemali.
Uma kwenzeka endelaneni ehlala nabazali bayo, abacebile noma abampofu, ukuthi baphe abazali babo noma abanye abantu ukudla, kufanele ikhululeke ngokuphelele, futhi yenze konke okusemandleni ukuze ingayi esidlweni. , ngisho noma kufanele udle ekhoneni le-attic. Kufanele futhi ahoxe abe yedwa, ngangokunokwenzeka, futhi lapho asho imithandazo yakhe yengqondo, ihhovisi lakhe, afunde, nomsebenzi wakhe ngezikhathi lapho ewenza khona endaweni yangakubo .
Yonke indelakazi mayiqaphele ukuthi inganamatheli uthando olufanele kulokho isisa kanye nomsebenzi wabo okungabakhiqizela yona: mabacabange ukuthi umoya wobumpofu uyabenqabela ukuthi: lokho kungokwami; futhi ngisho nokuthi abanakuyeka ngokuzithandela kulomcabango, ngoba abanalutho ngaphandle kwediphozithi okumelwe bayisebenzise ngokwesidingo, futhi okungafanele ngenxa yaleso sizathu isetshenziselwe ukuzithengela izinto ezingafaneleki, noma izembatho ezivumelana nomoya wezwe; noma ukudla okuntekenteke kakhulu, okungaphambana nomoya wobumpofu nowokuzilimaza.
Njengoba amanazaretha kulesi simo esingajabulile azithola ekuso, engakwazi ukukulahla ukuba nemali, mawaqikelele ukuthi le mali eqalekisiwe ingabangeli ukwenza amaphutha amaningi. Udeveli uzokwenza yonke imizamo yokukhuthaza indela engafi ngezifiso nokuthandwa okumholela ekwaneliseni inkanuko yakhe. Izikhathi eziyikhulu izocabanga ngemali yayo, futhi izoba nesifiso sokuba nayo yonke into engamanelisa, kungaba ezingutsheni noma ekudleni. Ezinye izindelakazi, ngokuphambene nalokho, zikhetha ukuntula okudingekayo kunokubuka imali yazo. Bayosebenza imini nobusuku, beshiya eceleni imikhuleko yabo, ukufundwa kwabo kanye nemithandazo yabo yenkonzo, okwakuyinto evamile emphakathini wakubo, kube yingozi empilweni yabo.
sawubona, futhi lokhu ukuze uthole imali futhi wandise isikhwama sabo semali. Bheka imali yakho ngokububula kuphela; cabanga ukuthi inyoka ohlala nayo, nokuthi uma uyisebenzisa kabi ngokumelene nezibopho zakho, le nyoka izokushwabadela futhi ikubhubhise.
Umugqa wendela idemoni elizama ukuyilinga ngesiyengo sesikhwama esigcwele igolide nesiliva.
Ongcwele okholwayo esendleleni kanye nomngane wakhe, wabona idemoni libabekela ugibe, libeka isikhwama semali endleleni okwakumelwe badlule kuyo. Lesi sikhwama sathukululwa, kwabonakala igolide nesiliva kuso. Ungcwelengcwele udlula ngaphandle kokuthinta lesi sikhwama, futhi ebheka indela eyayinaye, funa asithinte. Indela yavele yagoba ukuze ibeke isandla esikhwameni. Lona omunye wahle wamvimba, wathi kuye: "Mfowethu, wenzani na?" Ngusathane osibekela ugibe. Uma uthinta isikhwama, usathane ungaphakathi esesimweni senyoka ezoshwabadela isandla sakho. Ngaleso sikhathi usathane ezibona enqotshiwe, wanyamalala okomusi.
Abezenkolo kufanele bagweme imibhede ephansi.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi amanazaretha anabazali abacebile kufanele aqaphele ukuthi angalali kakhulu e-duvet. Uma behlala namaRiphabhulikhi abaphikisana nabo ngenkolo, kufanele bashiye amakhaya abo futhi bafune enye indawo yokukhosela kwamanye amaKristu alungile.
§. VII.
Ukuqhubeka kwesihloko esifanayo. Izifungo zobumsulwa kanye nokuvalwa. Isiphetho ngesibopho sokulwela ukupheleliswa, kanye nobumpumputhe obudabukisayo bezindelakazi abangazinaki izifungo zabo zokulandela izimiso namasiko omhlaba.
Indlela yangaphandle yokubona isifungo sobumsulwa emhlabeni. Ubulula ezingutsheni. Isizotha kukho konke.
Manje ake siqhubekele ezifungweni zobumsulwa kanye nokuvala. Isifungo sobumsulwa, ngenxa yangaphandle, siqukethe umfazi omsulwa we-JC oqaphe kakhulu ukuze alondoloze ingcebo yakhe njengoba u-miser eqapha amasela, ngokwesaba ukuthi ingcebo yakhe izosuswa kuye. Indela enhle kumelwe ibe nesizotha njengelungelo layo; kufanele abe nesizotha ezingutsheni zakhe, njengoba sengishilo izikhathi eziningi, futhi njengoba ngiphinda futhi; akumelwe abe nalutho ezingutsheni zakhe olusemfashinini, ngisho nentunja noma iphoyinti lenaliti. Ngokuphambene nalokho, kufanele, egqoke izingubo zakhe, avimbele imfashini yezwe, ukuze wonke umuntu ombonayo athi akayena imfashini. Kumele ahambe amehlo ehlisiwe, lapho ephelezelwa abantu bezwe, futhi noma nini uhamba namanazaretha. Kuwo wonke amazwi akhe, kuzo zonke izenzo zakhe, ekumeni kwakhe, ngezwi kukho konke, kufanele abonise isibonelo sesizotha esingcwele, futhi aphathe yonke indawo isithombe somfazi kaJC Kumelwe azinikele ngokukhethekile ekuqapheni ukumanga noma ubani. , ikakhulukazi amadoda, ngisho nabafowabo, futhi
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ukukhombisa ngisho nokugodla kakhulu kubantu bobulili bakhe, ngaphandle uma bengodadewabo abahlala kude naye, futhi angavamile ukubabona, noma abazukulu bezihlobo zakhe eziseduze, noma abanye. Kodwa mayelana nabafana, akumelwe abange ngaphezu kweminyaka eyishumi nambili ubudala. Akumele neze alale nama-secular, ngisho nezindela, ngaphandle uma kunesidingo esikhulu, futhi kube kanye kuphela ekuphaseni.
Uma iyodwa noma ikanye, indela akufanele neze iwele imilenze yayo phezu komunye. Lesi simo siwumkhuba wezwe, amanyala kundela.
Ungamukeli izivakashi.
Akumelwe neze avakashelwe abantu basemhlabeni, ikakhulukazi ngendaba yomshado, ngaphandle kwalapho engazelele, futhi akakwazanga ukukugwema. Ungakwazi njalo ukuxolisa ngokwethembeka nangesizotha, uthi: kuphambene nombuso wethu ukuthola ukuvakashelwa kwabantu bomhlaba, ngoba akuvunyelwe kithi ngemithetho yethu kanye nemithetho yethu.
izibopho, ukwamukela ukuvakashelwa, noma ngisho nokubuyela amathikithi. Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi lokhu kuvakasha akumjabulisi kakhulu, ngoba kufana nokugcina ukuxhumana okuthile nezwe; ethola izingxoxo nabantu bomhlaba, ngezinye izikhathi, eziphambene nezibopho zendela.
Isici sendela okwaphoqeleka ukuba ibe khona ezingxoxweni eziyingozi, yasizwa futhi yayalelwa yi-NS
Ngazi indela, okwathi lapho ishiya umphakathi wakubo, yahlala nabantu ababevakashelwa. Le ndela, inamahloni kakhulu, futhi ihlupheka kunembeza wayo ukuzwa, kulezi zingxoxo zabantu bomhlaba, izinkulumo eziningana ezaziphikisana nezibopho zayo, zimelwe kubantu eyayihlala nabo, ukuthi kwakungasizi ngalutho ukuthi izingxoxo zalaba bantu bomhlaba, nokuthi unembeza wakhe wawunamahloni kakhulu. Wabancenga ukuba bamvumele ahlale yedwa endlini. Kodwa laba bantu baphendula ngokuthi ngeke kube njalo, futhi bafuna ukuthi ahlale nabo. Le ndela yacabanga ukuthi kufanele ilalele, futhi yanquma lapho ibona ukuthi yayingenakukwenza ngenye indlela.
Ngolunye usuku, phakathi kokunye, kwavakashelwa abantu babo bobubili ubulili. Le ndela yayisemsebenzini; futhi njengoba wayengavunyelwe ukuphuma kuye futhi aphume endlini, umuntu akanakuchaza ukuthi ingxoxo yabo yayimzwise ubuhlungu obungakanani. Wayengeke akwazi ukuphakamisa amehlo ngokuzithandela ukuze ababuke.
Omunye umnumzane waqala ukukhuluma hhayi ngomKristu, kodwa wakhuluma ngomqaba. Lendelakazi yazikhandla kakhulu ngokuphakamisa inhliziyo yayo kuNkulunkulu, ibona ukuthi kwakungavunyelwe ukuyiphendula , ithi: Nkosi, ngihawukele, ungangibulali. LoNkulunkulu wobuhle wamsindisa, futhi ngendlela ekhetheke kakhulu, ethi kuye: “Ndodakazi yami, nangu mina, ngizokhuluma nawe. Le ndela yazithola idonseleka kakhulu kuNkulunkulu kangangokuthi yalahlekelwa nakho konke ukuqonda izindlebe zomzimba, ngaphandle kokuyeka ukusebenza. Akazi ukuthi ingxoxo iphele kanjani. Akabange esabona noma ezwa noma yini eshiwoyo, bahlehla enganakile .
INkosi yethu yakwenza kwaziwa yona le ndela ukuthi yayingaphoqelekile ukuthi ilalele abantu eyayihlala nabo, nokuthi, nangesikhathi esizayo, kunoma iyiphi indlu eyayikuyo, lapho befuna ukumgcinela yona ukuba ibangele izinto. kwenziwe okuphambene nezibopho zomuntu, noma okungabambelela ezimisweni zezwe, umuntu akumele alalele, futhi aqine ekwaleni kwakhe;
ukuthi uma abantu bephikelela, kufanele afune enye indlu, lapho lesi siphithiphithi esingeke sibuse khona. INkosi ihlale isiza labo abaphendukela kuyo, futhi abanesifiso esihle sokumthokozisa.
Indlela yangaphandle yokubona isifungo sokuvalwa emhlabeni. Iphutha mayelana nalesi sifungo.
Ngisenokuthile engizokusho ngengaphandle lesifungo sokuvala.
Angikhulumi ngokuthinta ingaphakathi lezifungo, ngoba ngike ngabhekana nakho ngenhla. Kunezindelakazi eziningi ezikholelwa ukuthi azibophekile ukwenza isifungo sokuvala, futhi ngisho namanenekazi amaningana esonto acabanga okufanayo. Ngangazi omunye owayenalomuzwa. Kwakuwumbuzo wokuhamba ngezinyawo emaphandleni. Lo mfundisi ongumnumzane wangitshela ukuthi kufanele ngihambe nenkampani. Ngaphendula ngokuthi ngeke ngikwazi ukukwenza ngenxa yesifungo sami esiqinile. Waphendula ngokuthi angisabophekile ukuba kuvalwe njengaye. Abefundisi abanumzane bayaqonda ukuthi ukuze bagcine isifungo sokuvaleleka, kubalulekile ukuba semphakathini nasezindaweni ezivalekile, ukuze abantu bomhlaba bangene kuphela lapho bengeniswa khona ukuze bathole izinto ezidingekayo; futhi ukuthatha kanjalo, baqinisile.
Indela akufanele iphume kungenasidingo.
Indela engenawo umoya wesimo sayo, izokholwa kalula ukuthi ngeke isakwazi ukugcina isifungo sayo sokuvala, futhi ngenxa yokuthi ingasekho emphakathini, izokholwa ukuthi isichithiwe. Kodwa umuntu okholwayo onomoya wangaphakathi nothando lwezibopho zakhe enhliziyweni yakhe, nakuba engaphandle komphakathi wakubo, uzokwenza konke angakwenza ukuze agcine izifungo zakhe lapho, futhi ikakhulukazi leso se-cloister. Uzozithiba
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ukuza nokuhamba, nanoma yikuphi ukuvakasha akubona kungenasidingo noma kungenasidingo.
Kukuziphi izimo amanazaretha angaphuma.
Yilokhu engikubona kuNkulunkulu. Amanazaretha angaphuma ngokusemthethweni uma kuwumbuzo wokusondela emaSakramenteni, kude noma eduze, noma ukushintsha abavuma izono, kuyilapho engathembi lowo anawo. Ngokunjalo, bangaphuma bayokwenelisa umthetho kamama wethu iBandla Elingcwele, ngokusiza eMhlatshelweni Ongcwele weMisa. Kulokhu, indelakazi elungile izohamba iqonde endleleni yayo, ihlale ibheke isifungo sayo sokugcina. Ngemva kokuzwa iMisa nokufeza izibopho zakhe, uzobuyela ngqo emzini wakhe, ngaphandle kokuzungeza lapha noma laphaya. Kunalokho, indela elachithwa, eselikhohliwe isifungo sayo sokuvala, izoya eMiseni Elingcwele, futhi ngemva kokulizwa, ngeke ibe nokunakekelwa okunye ngaphandle kokuhamba ngezinyawo nokuvakashelwa emhlabeni. Uzodlela kanye endlini eyodwa, kwesinye futhi kwenye. Ngibona phambi kukaNkulunkulu ukuthi le ndela yenza okubi kakhulu kunokuhle, nokuthi ingenza kangcono ukuhlala ekhaya ukuze izwe iMisa Elingcwele. Kimina, ngokwalokho engikubona kuNkulunkulu, abefundisi abaphoqelekile ukuthi baye kumaVespers, noma eNsindisweni, ngisho nalapho beseduze neBandla, futhi babophekile kakhulu ukuba bahlale bodwa endaweni yabo futhi ukufeza isifiso sabo. Uma izwe lingakheki kahle, futhi libahlambalaza ngenxa yalo, mabaphendule ngokuthi bahlanganiswe neBandla ngemikhuleko yabo, kodwa isifungo sabo sokuvalelisa siyabavimbela ukuba baphume futhi sibakhiphele ukuya kulo. Ngize ngibone ukuthi ngezinsuku zesonto lapho iMisa eliNgcwele lingewona umthetho,
Kumandela abuthelwa ndawonye ukuze aziphilise, futhi angakwazi ukukhokhela inceku, angaphuma ngokusemthethweni kukho konke okudingekayo empilweni, nazo zonke ezinye izidingo. Izindela zisengaphuma ziyobika kumphathi wazo ngaphakathi, futhi zithole ukuthi kufanele ziziphathe kanjani maqondana nezibopho zazo. Uma umphathi efungile (1), akungabazeki ukuthi akufanele umcele imvume, futhi ungamazi njengomphathi wakhe. Amanazaretha asengaphuma ayobona odadewabo emphakathini, bathole ukuthi bayashoda yini ngokomoya noma ngokwesikhashana, babasize ngezidingo zabo. Izindela ezihlala ezindaweni eziminyene futhi ezingenangadi, angaphuma ayothola umoya ohlanzekile ezingadini eziseduze nezicashile kakhulu; kodwa kufanele bakhethe isikhathi lapho kungekho muntu, ikakhulukazi amadoda engekho.
(1) Ukwenza isifungo sidingwe yiNgqungquthela.
Umsebenzi ojabulisa kakhulu uNkulunkulu ongenziwa izindelakazi ezinesibopho sokuziphilisa ukufundisa izingane ezincane.
Kumanazaretha abophekile ukuba aziphilise, ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi kuyo yonke imisebenzi angayenza, ojabulisa kakhulu uNkulunkulu ukufundisa izingane. UNkulunkulu uyothola inkazimulo yakhe kanye nensindiso yalezi zindela ezinhle; futhi ukube kuwumbuzo wokuvuma ukukholwa komuntu ngokubeka impilo yakhe engcupheni, ngabe lezi zindela ziqine njengetshe phakathi kwamagagasi olwandle.Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi amanazaretha angabayala abafana abancane. njengamantombazane amancane, futhi uwafundise amaqiniso ayinhloko okholo, ukuze akwazi ukwenza isidlo sawo sokuqala. Akufanele babafundise ukufunda nokubhala, kodwa kufanele bafundise ikhathekizimu kuphela.
Uma kwakukhona amadoda noma abesifazane abaseduze nabo abanezikole, kufanele bafundise amantombazane kuphela.
Indela kumelwe ifeze zonke izibopho zayo ngenxa yothando.
Kuyadingeka futhi ukuthi izindelakazi zingashiyi lutho ezibophweni zazo eziyinhloko, futhi ikakhulukazi lezo eziyizimiso, ngaphandle uma iBandla lizikhipha kuzo. Ithi iNkosi yethu eVangelini labo abamthandayo yibo kanye abazogcina imiyalo yakhe. Ngokungangabazeki iNkosi enhle ibheka uthando ngokukhethekile kuphela; uthando olwenza konke kwenziwe futhi kwenze konke. Uthando alusebenzi, luhlala lubekezela ngaphandle kokusho ukuthi: Sekwanele. Kuyoba khona abayiqiniso kuphela, abafazi bakaJC abazoyithanda yalolu hlobo; ozogcina imiyalo engcwele kaNkulunkulu; abayothambekela ngenhliziyo yabo yonke ukugcina konke abangakwenza ngezibopho zabo, futhi abayophikelela ngothando lwabo lokumthanda kakhulu nangokwengeziwe: ngoba umka-JC othembekile,
UNkulunkulu uwathethelela kalula amaphutha obuthakathaka emphefumulweni omthandayo.
Akukhona ukuthi labo abathanda ngempela abawenzi amaphutha: yebo, bayawenza. Uthando alwenzi umuntu angabi nasici, ikakhulukazi kulezi zikhathi lapho indlela yobuhle inzima kakhulu nezinyathelo ezishelelayo. Kodwa uma uwa, nkosikazi emsulwa ka-J. LoNkulunkulu wobuhle uyabazi ubuthakathaka bethu nobuthakathaka bethu, futhi uyazi ukuthi asinakwenza lutho ngaphandle komusa wakhe. Ngeke aphuthelwe;
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ngakho-ke masizame ukuhambisana nayo futhi sithembeke kuyo.
Lokho uDade akubhala ngokupheleliswa kuvela kuNkulunkulu. Isibopho sokuhambisana nomusa nokulwela ukupheleliswa.
Uma ngabe ngibhale ngenhla ngezifungo zezindela ekupheleleni kwazo, angikwazanga ukukulahla; akuveli kimi. Kholwa engikubona kuNkulunkulu mayelana nomusa, izenzo, izimfanelo zobuKristu nezenkolo; ngokuba ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi, njengoba epheleliswe ngokungenamkhawulo, yonke imusa nobuhle ihlose ukusiletha ekupheleleni, futhi ngibona ngokuphazima kweso ukuthi yonke into evela ngokushesha kuNkulunkulu iphelele. Ngiphinde ngibone kuNkulunkulu ukuthi kukhona umusa odinga ukupheleliswa okukhulu kunabanye. Sonke sibophekile ukuba sihambisane ngokwesisa uNkulunkulu asinike sona. Awugqoki ukuphelela njengengubo; iwumgwaqo omncane futhi onzima kakhulu. Senza ukuwa okuningana, kodwa
kufanele uvuke futhi ungayilahli indlela yokupheleliswa ngenxa yezinyathelo ezingalungile nokuwa.
Le mithetho yokupheleliswa ayizithinti izindela zasemhlabeni. Ukuziphatha kwabo okudabukisayo.
Engikubhalile ngenhla kuthinta ikakhulukazi izindelakazi ezinhle ezinensindiso ezinhliziyweni zazo futhi ezizobheka, ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, konke ezingakwenza ngezibopho zombuso wazo; kodwa lokho akuthinti izindela zezwe. Ngibabiza kanjalo, ngoba bagijima endleleni ebanzi yezwe, belahla yonke imikhuba yezifungo zabo nezibopho zabo, bezikhohlisa, futhi bathi, njengoba bengasekho emphakathini wabo, abasabophekile kunoma yini.
Hewu Nkosi yami! washo eVangelini ukuthi unguMelusi olungileyo, nokuthi uyazazi izimvu zakho, nokuthi ziyazazi; ukuthi wena
hamba phambi kwabo, bakulandele. Ah! akungabazeki ukuthi amanazaretha amabi azenza aziwe, ngoba awakulandeli. Kunalokho, wababiza izikhathi eziningana ngomusa wakho, kodwa banifulathela futhi banibalekela, begijimela enjabulweni yenyama nasekuyizeni okuyize kwezwe. Basafaneleka ukuba phakathi kwabafazi benu; kodwa ngeshwa! bangabafazi abafana nezintombi eziyiziwula ezingenamafutha ezibani zazo, okusho ukuthi ezingenalo ukholo, noma uthando, futhi ezifisa ukujabulisa abayeni bazo. Babonakala begijima endleleni yokubhubha futhi beziveza ngaphandle kokwesaba ezikhathini eziyinkulungwane zokwenza izono, ngokumelene nezifungo zabo nezibopho zabo, befuna ukuhlangana nabantu basemhlabeni, ngokulandela izimiso zabo ezikhohlakele futhi balingise emfashinini yabo. Maye! Maye! umuntu angacabangani futhi athini ngalaba bantu abampofu abadukile? Usuku cha anele for them funa isiyaluyalu injabulo hlaba, they still chitha ingxenye bobusuku khona. Ngisho nasezimpahleni zabo kanye nemihlobiso bayazenza baziwe. Ngizothini ngalezo zingubo ezenziwe ngemfashini zikasilika, muslin, cambric, kanye namaNdiya? amakhanda oleyisi notshani, anemfashini enkulu yamaribhoni, kanye newashi eceleni? Kusukela ekhanda kuye ozwaneni, yonke into ngabo ilingisa imfashini. Yeka ihlazo elibangelwa yilezi zindela ngokuvakashelwa abantu emhlabeni nokubabuyisela ngale ndlela! umuntu angacabangani futhi athini ngalaba bantu abampofu abadukile? Usuku cha anele for them funa isiyaluyalu injabulo hlaba, they still chitha ingxenye bobusuku khona. Ngisho nasezimpahleni zabo kanye nemihlobiso bayazenza baziwe. Ngizothini ngalezo zingubo ezenziwe ngemfashini zikasilika, muslin, cambric, kanye namaNdiya? amakhanda oleyisi notshani, anemfashini enkulu yamaribhoni, kanye newashi eceleni? Kusukela ekhanda kuye ozwaneni, yonke into ngabo ilingisa imfashini. Yeka ihlazo elibangelwa yilezi zindela ngokuvakashelwa abantu emhlabeni nokubabuyisela ngale ndlela! umuntu angacabangani futhi athini ngalaba bantu abampofu abadukile? Usuku cha anele for them funa isiyaluyalu injabulo hlaba, they still chitha ingxenye bobusuku khona. Ngisho nasezimpahleni zabo kanye nemihlobiso bayazenza baziwe. Ngizothini ngalezo zingubo ezenziwe ngemfashini zikasilika, muslin, cambric, kanye namaNdiya? amakhanda oleyisi notshani, anemfashini enkulu yamaribhoni, kanye newashi eceleni? Kusukela ekhanda kuye ozwaneni, yonke into ngabo ilingisa imfashini. Yeka ihlazo elibangelwa yilezi zindela ngokuvakashelwa abantu emhlabeni nokubabuyisela ngale ndlela! Ngizothini ngalezo zingubo ezenziwe ngemfashini zikasilika, muslin, cambric, kanye namaNdiya? amakhanda oleyisi notshani, anemfashini enkulu yamaribhoni, kanye newashi eceleni? Kusukela ekhanda kuye ozwaneni, yonke into ngabo ilingisa imfashini. Yeka ihlazo elibangelwa yilezi zindela ngokuvakashelwa abantu emhlabeni nokubabuyisela ngale ndlela! Ngizothini ngalezo zingubo ezenziwe ngemfashini zikasilika, muslin, cambric, kanye namaNdiya? amakhanda oleyisi notshani, anemfashini enkulu yamaribhoni, kanye newashi eceleni? Kusukela ekhanda kuye ozwaneni, yonke into ngabo ilingisa imfashini. Yeka ihlazo elibangelwa yilezi zindela ngokuvakashelwa abantu emhlabeni nokubabuyisela ngale ndlela!
Izinhlobo ezahlukene zama-infidel nuns. Lokho abayikho emehlweni kaNkulunkulu.
Ngisabona kuNkulunkulu ezinye izindelakazi, nenani elikhulu kakhulu, okuthi, zithatha njengesizinda esithile, ziphikelele ekubeni zingabi zimbi kangako, zingahlobi ngendlela eyedlulele, noma zibe ezezwe njengalabo engiphuma kubo. kodwa nokho balingisa amanazaretha amabi ukwedlula abalungile. Namanje ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi okubi kunabo bonke yilabo abafungayo nabashadile. Babhekwa phambi kukaNkulunkulu naphambi kwabantu njengezilo ezinengekayo. Kusenedlanzana lezinye izindela ezingafunganga, ezingashadile, kodwa ezivelele kakhulu, ezizidlayo futhi ezithanda izwe kangangokuba uNkulunkulu uyazizonda futhi uzibeke ezingeni lalabo abazitika ngomqondo wabo ongafaneleki.
Kumasistela abamba phakathi kokuhle nokubi, angawabo, ngokungaguquki kwawo, kwesinye isikhathi abakaNkulunkulu, kwesinye isikhathi abakadeveli. Bachezuka izikhathi eziningana, futhi lapho bekubona, bazama ukusukuma futhi ngosizo lomusa. Kodwa amahlazo abawanikezayo
ziyingozi kakhulu futhi zilimaza zonke izindela ngaphandle kwezindela ezinhle neziqondile. Leli yigama uNkulunkulu abaqamba ngalo. Lezi zindela ezinhle ezilwela ukuphelela azihloli ukuthi abanye benza kanjani; balalela uNkulunkulu nonembeza wabo kuphela. Kodwa amanazaretha angaphelele noma amabi, ngibona ukuthi udeveli ubabekela izicupho futhi ubanike isilingo sokucabanga ngokuziphatha okubi kwezinye izindela, ngokubenza bezwe: Indela enjengaleyo kanye nabanye bakwenza kahle lokhu, kahle lokho. Isibonelo, izinkampani zezwe, izingxoxo nabantu bezwe, ukuthenga nokuvakasha okungenamsebenzi, ngizothini ekugcineni? amanye amaphutha ayikhulu, asebenza njengezibonelo ezimbi komunye nomunye, futhi athi: Njengoba izindelakazi zenza kahle lezi
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izinto, nami ngiyakwazi ukuzenza. Bakhulumisana kanje lobubi obubhebhetheka njengesifo. Ububi obuningi buyenzeka kuphela ngenxa yokuthi siyehluleka ukungena kithina sizindle ngesimo sokwazi kwethu.
Umsunguli ongcwele ubonakala kundelakazi yohlelo lwakhe. Isifundo amnikeza sona.
Lapha ngilandisa okwenzeka kundelakazi esaphila, lapho isendaweni yangakubo. Ngolunye usuku umsunguli walo ongcwele wabonakala kuye futhi wazenza waziwa kuye. Ethuthwe ngenjabulo nangenduduzo, uguqa ngamadolo futhi uqala ukuthi kuye: Ah! ubaba, ah! baba ngicela ungitshele okuthile ngemfundo yami. Lo ongcwele olungileyo wamphendula wathi: Ningibiza ngokuthi uyihlo, niqinisile, ngokuba nginguye. Ngena kuwe, ubone futhi ucabange ukuthi ungumntwana wami yini. Khona manjalo wanyamalala.
Okwamanje indela yacela kuNkulunkulu umusa wokwazi isimo sikanembeza wayo. Wabe esethola ukukhanya kwangaphakathi okwamenza wathola amaphutha amaningi ezifungweni zakhe, ekubuseni kwakhe nakuzo zonke izibopho zakhe. Ngaso leso sikhathi lokhu kukhanya kwamenza wabona isimo sokuphelela lapho ayekhona
alwele ukuzuza ubungcwele besimo sakhe. Wabona nokuthi ukude kangakanani nangamaphutha akhe.
I-ATIKILI V.
Eminye imininingwane ngobuhlungu beNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu eNsimini Yeminqumo, nangokuvuka kwakhe. Iyasebenza ekukhululeni imiphefumulo Esihlanzweni. Isexwayiso sokuthi u-Sister of the Nativity uthola eNkosini yethu kanye ne-Blessed Virgin.
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Izimo zobuhlungu bukaJC Izimbangela zezinhlungu zakhe. Ubukhulu bothando lwakhe emadodeni.
Isimo sangaphakathi se-JC phakathi nokuphila kwakhe kokufa nangesikhathi sothando lwakhe.
Ngibika lapha lokho iNkosi Yethu engitshele khona ngamaphuzu amaningana othando lwakhe olungcwele. INkosi yethu ingitshela ukuthi kuyo yonke impilo yakhe yasemhlabeni ukucaca okuphakade kobunkulunkulu bakhe, njengoNkulunkulu, kwambulwa futhi kwahlanganiswa nobuntu bakhe obungcwele, njengomuntu; ukuze, njengoNkulunkulu nomuntu, akujabulele ngaphakathi kuye, ngaphandle kokucwayiza ngaphandle, futhi eNtabeni iThabori wavumela kuphela umsebe wayo omncane ukuba ubonakale. Kodwa ezinsukwini zothando lwakhe, kusukela esidlweni sokugcina kuze kufike ekuvukeni komzimba wakhe ongcwele, iNkosi yethu yancishwa, njengomuntu, lokhu kucaca kobunkulunkulu bayo.
INkosi yethu yathi kimi: “Kwadonswa njengengwenya elimnyama phezu kwengqondo yami naphezu kokuqonda kwami kangangokuthi umphefumulo wami othandekayo waba njengokungathi uzungezwe futhi ugubuzele: wayengasaboni lutho ngaphandle kwesiphambano kanye nezinhlungu zothando lwami; kodwa ikakhulukazi, ukuhlushwa okukhulu kakhulu agajwe ngakho kwakuwubunzima besibalo nobukhulu bamacala enziwe futhi okufanele enziwe kusukela ekuqaleni kwezwe kuze kube sekupheleni kwamakhulu eminyaka, aqala ukuthululwa kuye, kanye nokulunga kukaNkulunkulu ubaba, owafuna ukuthi bahlawulelwe ngegazi likaNkulunkulu. Yilokho okwangenza ngaphusha lokhu nje
ukukhononda, sisondela eNsimini Yeminqumo: Umphefumulo wami udabukile kuze kube sekufeni. »
Umbono wokuqala wendawo lapho iNkosi Yethu yahlupheka khona ngonya. Ukuma komzimba wakhe kubhalwe emhlabeni.
Ngazithola ngolunye usuku, okwesibili, ngiseNsimini Yeminqumo, kuyona kanye lapho iNkosi Yethu yayizwe ubuhlungu bayo obukhulu khona. Ngesikhathi ngibona le ndawo okokuqala, iNkosi yethu ayizange ibonakale kimi. ngangingedwa; nokho ngabona, ekukhanyeni kukaNkulunkulu, ukuthi kwakuyindawo lapho uMsindisi wami ayehlupheke khona kakhulu, futhi yilokhu engakubona. Umbono owawenziwa umzimba ongcwele kaJesu endaweni lapho ayeguqe khona amadolo akhe wacwila lapho kancane, lapho iNkosi Yethu iguqa phansi ubuso bayo obungcwelengcwele. Ngabona lapho isithombe sakhe esingcwele esiphrintiwe, izingalo zakhe namahlombe akhe, kanye nesimo sika-a
umzimba phansi. Ngabona ukuthi ngesithukuthuku segazi lakhe eliyigugu, elangena engutsheni yakhe, indawo ayekuyo ibomvu, futhi nalo mhlaba wawusuthathe umbala othile, kwangathi uxoviwe wanyathelwa ngalo.
igazi eliyigugu. Kwakukhona izindawo ezazigcwele igazi kakhulu kunezinye, futhi ikakhulukazi indawo lapho ayekhothamele khona ubuso bakhe obungcwelengcwele; futhi singakholwa ukuthi uMsindisi wethu ongcwele wakhala izinyembezi zegazi. Lapho kwakugujwe khona imiphetho yengubo yakhe, izinyembezi ezinkulu zegazi zazibonakala zinamathelene futhi zijiyile phansi, ezaziwa ezingutsheni zakhe. Yilokhu engakubona okokuqala, ngoLwesine Ongcwele kusihlwa.
Umbono wesibili wendawo efanayo. INkosi yethu ibonakala kuye futhi imchazele incazelo yomthandazo awubhekisa kuYise.
Esikhathini esithile ngemva kokubona engisanda kukusho, njengoba ngangivame ukubuka ubusuku bangoLwesine Olukhulu, futhi ngibudlulise bucishe bube mhlophe phambi kweSakramente Elingcwele, ngokuhlonipha uthando olungcwele loMsindisi wethu ongcwele, ngizindla ngalobobusuku ngezimfihlakalo ezidabukisayo. weNkosi yethu, ngacabanga ngobuhlungu bakhe eNsimini Yeminqumo. Kuthe kusenjalo ngazithola sengingomoya weNkosi endaweni engangike ngayibona ngaphambili. Ngabona yona kanye leyo ndawo engangiyibonile, futhi engangitshelwe ukuthi kwakulapho iNkosi Yethu yayihlupheke khona.
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ubuhlungu bakhe obungcwele. Ngaso leso sikhathi, iNkosi Yethu yabonakala iseduze kakhulu nami, futhi yathi kimi: “Mntanami, le yindawo lapho engahlupheka khona kakhulu ngenxa yothando lwakho nothando lwaso sonke isintu. Ngalwa futhi ngangingedwa ukulwa nezitha zami zonke.
Ngifuna ukunifundisa ukuthi okokuqala ngikhothama phambi kobukhosi bukaNkulunkulu ubaba, ngangicela umusa ngomzwelo nangokunyakaza kwesintu sami esingcwele esazithola sigajwe macala onke. Kulesi simo esilulazayo ngenza lesi simemezelo ebukhosini obungcwele bukaNkulunkulu, ngathi: Baba, uma kungenzeka, makudlule le ndebe yenhlamba nokululazeka ngingayiphuzanga. Kodwa ngokushesha uthando lwami ngohlanga lwesintu, olunamandla kunababulali kanye nabantu bami ukungenza ngife, ngokushesha lolu thando lwaphezulu, lwaphakade nolungapheli, lungiphendula ebunyeni bentando engcwele kababa, ukuthi ayizange ukufuna, ukuthi amelane nakho, ukuthi uzonqoba, nokuthi uyakuba nguye oyonqoba phezu kokufa, naphezu kokufa kwesiphambano. Ngaphendula ngathi: Baba,
Umthandazo wokuqala ka-JC
Umkhuleko wami wokuqala, umphumela wemvelo, wawubangelwa ukubona incithakalo nezinengiso ezenziwa ezindaweni ezingcwele, zonke izithixo kanye nakho konke okuyichilo kwezimfihlakalo ezingcwele, futhi futhi ngenxa yokubona kwabakhethiweyo bami, engingabazi. eyayikhiphe phakathi kwamaqaba kanye namaqaba, futhi okwakunguye impela, phakathi kwazo zonke izidalwa zami, eyayikhethe futhi yakhetha ukungibethela njengesikhohlakali nesela; nokho wayezihlanganise naye zonke izidalwa zami, izikhonzi zami, abapristi, izindela nezindelakazi, bonke labo abenza izifungo eziqinile baba abantu bami abathandekayo nabathandwayo, futhi abaningi babo okwathi kamuva bangifulathela, futhi bakhaphela njengomnye wabaphostoli bami. , Judas... Ah! bakwethu ningikhaphelani kanje na? Uma okungenani ungazange ulahlekelwe eyakho umphefumulo! Ngizobheka ngakuluphi uhlangothi usizo,
kwazise labo ebekumele ngibale kubo bangilahlile !. Ngakho konke okwami
abantu, abasendulo nabesivumelwano esisha, bayahlangana ukuze basekele: kubabhali nabaFarisi, ukuba bangibulale; kuPilatu ukuba angilahle, nakubabulali ukuba ningibethele esiphambanweni. Bazihlukanisa nemiphefumulo engenacala nethembekile, ukuze babonisane
kanye noJuda ukuba angikhaphele. Wonke lamashwa ahlangene anjengomfula ongidonsela phansi futhi ungikhungathekise phambi kobukhosi nokulunga kukaNkulunkulu ubaba. »
Umusa weNkosi yethu kubaPhostoli bakhe.
INkosi yethu yathi kimi: “Ngavuka okokuqala ukuze ngiyovuselela isibindi kubaphostoli bami ababelele. Umusa enganginawo enhliziyweni yami ngabo nakubo bonke abefundisi bami beBandla elisha awuzange ungivumele ukuba ngibalahle. Ngemva kokuba ngibavuse ngomzimba nasemphefumulweni, ngabuyela emthandazweni wami, lapho ngacabanga khona icala elenziwa kuNkulunkulu ubaba, ngobuningi nobukhulu bamacala engangiwabambele futhi nganikeza isibambiso. njengoNkulunkulu, ubukhosi bukaNkulunkulu ubaba, owayethukuthele, futhi ehlupheka, njengomuntu, ukuhlushwa, izinhlungu, ukubhujiswa, futhi ekugcineni ukufa, okwakufanele izono zabantu bami.
Umthandazo wesibili kaJC
Ngaphinda ngikhothama, ngathi: Baba, njengoba kuyintando yakho ukuthi ngiphuze le ndebe, ngiyavuma; mayenziwe intando yakho, kungabi eyami. INkosi yethu ibuya okwesibili izovusa abaphostoli bayo, kodwa imane ibavuse ingasho lutho kubo, bese ibuyela emthandazweni wayo.
JC umfundisi omuhle. Uyabanakekela abaphostoli bakhe. Isibonelo asinikeza abefundisi beBandla lakhe.
Nakhu okwashiwo kimi iNkosi yethu: “Yimina engingumalusi weqiniso nolungileyo. Angikaze ngizilahle izimvu zami. » Yabe ingibheka iNkosi Yethu, yathi: « Abapostoli bami bakhungethwe amandla adonsela phansi emvelo ahlushwayo, futhi abagcina becwile ohlotsheni lokozela.
Bangimele abefundisi abangamagwala, abasivivi, abasindwa uthando nothando abanalo ngabo. Balala bengamagwala, balahlekelwe umbono wokunakekela nokuqapha okufanele babe nakho emihlambini yabo. Uyasibona yini isibonelo engibanika sona sokuyovusa abaphostoli bami, abalele ebuthongweni bemvelo kuphela, nangobuthakathaka; uyabona ukuthi ngibabhekile kanjani, nokuthi ngothando enginalo ngabo ngikhohlwa konke ukukhathala kwami kanye nabo bonke ubuhlungu bami, futhi lokhu kuphakathi kwezithukuthuku zami zegazi, ezingifaka ebuthakathakeni nasebuhlungwini, futhi mina
ancipha acishe abe nobuhlungu? Nokho, ngaphandle kokubheka ubuntu bami obungcwele, umusa wami uyangithwala futhi ungenze ngithathe isinyathelo sokuya kubo.
Usebenza kanjani umusa emphefumulweni. Igalelo lokuqala lomusa elivusa imiphefumulo linamandla kunelesibili.
Kodwa qaphela into eyodwa lapha, INkosi yethu ingitshela, futhi ufunde ukuthi siyini isipho somusa. Ngesikhathi ngiqala ukuyobavusa, ngabathusa. Ngababuyisela emuva kancane ekuqineni kwami
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» uthando, ikakhulukazi leyo engangiyikhethile ukuthi ibe yinhloko yeBandla lami; Ngamemboza ngokudideka, kanye nabanye abaphostoli, futhi ngathi kuye: Yini! Petru, ulele? anikwazi ukulinda ihora libe linye nami na? Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ngezwi lami ngamenza ezwe ngaphakathi kwakhe: Yini! Petru, anazi yini ukuthi uSathane ufuna ukunishwabadela, anihlunge njengalokhu ehlunga ukolweni na? Sengikuxwayisile. Kodwa yini! uyalala! Ngiyanixwayisa futhi: Lindani nikhuleke, funa niwe ekulingweni nasezingibeni zikaSathane. Ungathembeli kuwena. Ngiyakuxwayisa futhi. Umqondo uyashesha, nemvelo ikhubazekile futhi ibuthakathaka. INkosi yethu ingitshela ukuthi isho okufanayo nakwabanye abaphostoli. “Niyabona manje, kuqhuba iNkosi yethu, ukuthi umusa usebenza kanjani, ngesibonelo engininika sona sabaphostoli bami abalalayo esikhundleni sokulinda nokukhuleka? Lapho ngivusa abalindi bakwa-Israyeli, abalele ngokomoya ebuthongweni bemiphefumulo yabo, umusa wami awuyeki ukuza ukuze ubavuse, ukuze bezwe ukuthi izitha ziyabasukela, futhi ubenze babone ubungozi ababhekene nabo. , izingozi ezibasongelayo, nokuthi kumelwe baqaphe kanjani imihlambi yabo, okufanele baphendule ngazo; ekugcineni, lomusa uyesabisa futhi uvuse ukwesaba: uyaqala futhi, uyaduma, emva kwalokho uyahoxa ukuze abone ukuthi abefundisi bazosisiza yini iseluleko sakhe. Uma bephindela ukuyolala, ubavusa kuphela, futhi azethule ezingqondweni nasezinhliziyweni zabo, abese ehoxa ngaso leso sikhathi, ngaphandle kokwenza noma yimuphi omunye umbono kubo. »
Ngokwalesi sibonelo, nakhu okwashiwo iNkosi Yethu kimi futhi: “Kholwa, mntanami, ukuthi igalelo lokuqala lomusa engiwunikeza umphefumulo ukuze uguqulwe, linemibono nokunyakaza okunamandla kakhulu kunokusikwa kwesibili . Uma lomphefumulo ungasisebenzisi isixwayiso sokuqala futhi ngeshwa ubuyela ebubini bawo obujwayelekile, umusa ubanda ngakuwo, uvele uzethule kuwo, uvuse umoya wawo, uwenze ubone amaphutha obusawele kuwo. futhi ngemva kwalokho, ngaphandle kokubangela ukwesaba noma ukwethuka, uyahoxa, futhi yile ndlela engalandela ngayo nabaphostoli bami. Ngesikhathi ngifika kubo okwesibili, angizange ngisho nelilodwa izwi kubo. Ngamane ngazibonakalisa kubo futhi ngabavusa, futhi ngokushesha ngabuyela emthandazweni wami. »
Umkhuleko wesithathu ka-JC Ubukhulu bobuhlungu bakhe obabangelwa ngakolunye uhlangothi ubukhulu becala likaNkulunkulu, futhi ngakolunye, inani elincane lezoni eziyozuza ngokufa kwami.
INkosi yethu yathi kimi: "Ngakhothama okwesithathu phambi kobukhosi bukaNkulunkulu ubaba, futhi ngamcela umusa nesihawu kuso sonke isintu, ngathi kuye: Baba oNgcwele, Baba olungileyo, Baba othandekayo, ngoba uthando lwakho lufuna. sindisa sonke isintu, nami ngiyakufuna. mayenziwe intando yakho engcwele; Ngikufuna konke okufunayo, ngoba intando yakho engcwele ingeyami, futhi simunye. Nakhu iNkosi Yethu eyanezela: “Nansi isikhathi esibuhlungu kakhulu emphefumulweni wami. Kuzo zonke izinhlangothi kwawela phezu kwakhe isifufula esinamandla, esibangelwa kokubili uthando lwami kanye nobulungisa bukaNkulunkulu ubaba. Ngazithola sengigwinywa macala onke, ngingatholi nomzuzu wokududuzwa. Ngabona ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu ubaba, ecasulwe yizo zonke izenzo zobugebengu zesintu, ezazifuna impindiselo nokwaneliseka ngabo. Isiphambeko sikaNkulunkulu esenyukele esihlalweni sobukhosi obuphakeme bukababa, sangenza ngathuthumela futhi ngaqhaqhazela kuzo zonke izingxenye zesintu sami esingcwele; futhi inhliziyo yami, ngobuhlungu nobuhlungu obungaka, yangena kulokho okwakuyicala likaNkulunkulu ongenakulinganiswa” kukho konke ukuphelela kwakhe okungcwele. »
Abantu noma izingelosi ngeke baqonde ukuthi liyini icala likaNkulunkulu. U-JC kuphela owayiqonda.
LoMsindisi waphezulu, wangijikijela ngeso elidabukisayo, wathi kimi: “Uyazi yini mntanami, uyalazi yini icala likaNkulunkulu? Cha, awukwenzi , futhi awusoze. Amaserafi aphakeme kakhulu ngeke azi, futhi awasoze akwazi ukuqonda ukuthi ubugebengu obunyantisayo buya kude kangakanani .
icala likaNkulunkulu. Ukuze aqonde lobu bugebengu futhi abazi, umuntu kufanele aqonde futhi azi uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe; okungenakwenzeka, futhi okuyoba phakade kubo bonke abantu abadaliwe. Kukhona uNkulunkulu kuphela ozaziyo, futhi oziqondayo kuzo zonke izici zakhe kanye nakho konke ukuphelela kwakhe kobunkulunkulu.
Kimi, mntanami, ngiyazi ukuthi isikhubekiso sikaNkulunkulu siyini; lingena enhliziyweni yami, futhi kubukeka sengathi ubuhlungu buyihlukanisa kabili, lapho ngibona ngakolunye uhlangothi lwentukuthelo eyenziwa kuNkulunkulu ubaba, futhi ngakolunye, ngesimo esesabekayo sezoni, azothi babe yingcosana abayofuna ukusizakala ngokuhlengwa kwami, umusa wami kanye nakho konke ukuhlupheka kwami, kanye nalesi sixuku esesabekayo sabalahliwe abayoba ngabalahlwayo kuze kube phakade, ngenxa yokungathembeki emuseni wami kuphela, kodwa futhi nangenxa yokulunga kwami. sebedelele ngokwephula imiyalo yami nemithetho yami, futhi ngubani oyozenza abe yizigebengu kakhulu, ngo
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zonke izimfanelo engizizuzele bona ngothando lwami nangokufa kwami. Yilokhu okungenza ngiphinde ngithi:
Izifiso ezivuthayo zenhliziyo kaJesu ofuna futhi ocela uYise ukuba asindise abantu bonke.
O Baba olungileyo! kufanele umuntu ahlupheke kakhulu futhi engenamsebenzi emiphefumulweni eminingi! O Baba Othandekayo! uthando lwami lubafuna bonke, kodwa abalufuni; uthando lwami lubabiza bonke, kodwa bavala izindlebe, futhi abasabela ekuthobekeni kwenhliziyo yami kanye nothando lwami olugijima ngemva kwabo, lubanxusa, lubancenga ukuba beze kimi futhi basindiswe; kepha bayabaleka phambi kwami, bangifulathele, bayangidelela. O Baba, ogcwele umusa! nginguNkulunkulu njengawe; bhekani ukuthi amacala abo angehlise kangakanani; bheka ubuhlungu bami! Ngingumuntu njengabo, futhi nginesihawu ngabo. Ngiyinhloko yohlanga lwesintu, futhi enhliziyweni yami ngizwa bonke ubuhlungu kanye nawo wonke amashwa awo wonke amalungu ami. »
Izinhlungu ezibukhali zikaJC Izithukuthuku zegazi, ubuhlungu bakhe.
INkosi yethu yaqhubeka kanje: Njengoba izinhlungu zingicindezela nhlangothi zonke ngobudlova obukhulu, izithukuthuku zami zegazi zaqala futhi ukuhlangana cishe ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ubuntu bami obungcwele bawela ebuthakathakeni, ekuhlulekeni nasekuguleni okufayo; umzimba wami wonke waqhaqhazela; kimi kwabonakala sengathi ubuntu bami obungcwele base bezohluleka; nobuhlungu obungaka bebungangiholela ekufeni, ukuba isikhathi sami besifikile. Ngangingedwa ekusekeleni zonke izimpi zami; Ngalwa nami ngokwami, ngothando engiluthwala kuzo zonke izoni, kodwa ikakhulukazi kuzo zonke izoni eziphendukayo nakubo bonke abakhethiweyo bami. Ngabe sengiwa ngobuso, ubuso bami obungcwele bubheke phansi, futhi ngagezwa izithukuthuku zami zegazi. Umzimba wami wawusindwa ubuthakathaka nobuthakathaka. Uthando lwami lwalufuna ukungizwisa ubuhlungu obukhulu engangingakwazi ukuziphakamisa ngabo phansi, noma nginyakazise izitho zami, noma ngiphakamise ikhanda lami, owubona umbono, sengathi ngisanda kuvuka emthandazweni wami. »
Ebuhlungwini bakhe, u-JC uphendukela kuYise.
Khona-ke loMsindisi waphezulu wathi kimi: “Lapho ngizibona ngisemikhawulweni yokugcina yosizi lwami, inkungu ebomvu yanda phezu kwezitho zami zonke, inhliziyo yami eyayishaya ngobuhlungu futhi iba buthakathaka ngezikhathi ezithile, ngabalekela kuBaba, ngathi. kuye: Baba, ngihawukele; ubone ukuthi abukho yini ubuhlungu obufana nobami. Ngifuna noma yini oyifunayo, O Baba wami! kodwa bheka ukudlula kobuhlungu bami. Ngicwile olwandle lwezinhlupheko nezinkathazo. Bheka igazi lami eligcwele izingubo zami naphansi masinyane: amandla ami angishiyile, umzimba wami wonke usesimweni sokwehluleka okungathi kunginciphisa ekufeni. »
UYise umthumelela izingelosi ukuba zizomduduza. Isifundo kulabo abahluphekayo.
INkosi yethu iphendukela kimi yathi kimi: "Bheka nginikeza isibonelo esikhulu sesidingo sokucela usizo kuNkulunkulu osizini olukhulu kakhulu nezinsizi zokuphila, ngisho nasosizini lokufa, futhi simcele usizo. Noma ubani osabela emthandazweni uyoduduzwa, njengoba nami ngivela kuBaba wami osezulwini. Kwathi nje sengiqedile ukwenza umkhuleko wami, kwehla ezulwini, ngomyalo kaBaba, izingelosi eziningana eza ukuzongiduduza phezu kosizi lwami. Lezi zingelosi zangiphakamisa emhlabeni, lapho enganginamathiselwe khona ngegazi lami elalijiyile. Bangibamba ezingalweni zabo bangilalisa esifubeni sabo. Amalungu ami,
wonke amakhaza nokuqina, aqala ukunyakaza kancane, futhi amandla ami abuyela kancane kancane. Ngase ngibona zingihaqile izingelosi eziningi ezinhle uBaba azithumileyo ukuba zingiduduze osizini lwami, zathi kimi:
Inkulumo yezingelosi kuJC
“O Nkosi, Nkosi yezulu nomhlaba! sithunywe nguYihlo ukuba sizokududuza, wena Nkulunkulu wami, wena oyinduduzo yabo bonke abahluphekayo, intokozo nenjabulo yepharadesi lonke, yezingelosi zakho zonke, futhi ngokushesha kubo bonke abamiselwe ngaphambili. Bheka, O Nkosi, ndodana kaBaba Ongunaphakade, yeka inkazimulo oyinika uYihlo! wanelisekile, inhliziyo yakhe iyajabula. Wena namuhla uyileloWundlu likaNkulunkulu elimnene, elisusa zonke izono zomhlaba.
Yebo, usunelisile icala likaNkulunkulu; wanelisekile kuNkulunkulu nanjengoNkulunkulu, futhi wanelisa uNkulunkulu. Yebo, uYihlo uyajabula, ngoba kwakudingeka lutho olungaphansi kwegazi likaNkulunkulu ukuze kwaneliswe ubulungisa bakhe. Yebo, uYihlo wenelisekile, iwundlu likaNkulunkulu elingcwele, iwundlu elingcwele, elingcwele futhi elingenacala! uYihlo wenelisekile, kodwa uthando lwenu alunjalo: ufuna, lolu thando lwaphezulu, azuze ukunqoba phezu kwazo zonke izitha zakhe. Ufuna, lo mnqobi onamandla nalona ohlomile onamandla, ukuhlubula ukufa kombuso wakhe, futhi ukukunqoba angazi ukuthi zingaki izigidi nezigidigidi zemiphefumulo ebusisiwe, eyayingaba yimpango yesihogo, ngubani oyozuza emalini yakho. okufanelekile, futhi ngubani, othembekile emiseni yakho, ozohamba ezinyathelweni zakho.
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“Awu, nkosi yami! Yeka ukunqoba okuyoveza injabulo yakho engcwele, futhi yeka inkazimulo lokhu kunqoba okuhle kothando lwakho okuyoyizuza! Nasi isiphambano nenkezo uBaba Ongunaphakade akuthuma yona; yisipho akunika sona namuhla. Kodwa, iwundlu laphezulu, kuyoba, lesi siphambano esingcwele, ngemva kokuba usuphelelwe yisikhathi kuso, siyoba futhi sibe isihloko sokudunyiswa kwawo wonke amaKristu. O iWundlu likaNkulunkulu! Nginesibopho sokukutshela, okuvela kuNkulunkulu uYihlo, ukuthi ugwetshelwe ukufa, nokufa esiphambanweni.
Akuzona izitha zakho ezikulahlayo, yizono zabo bonke abantu, uthando lwakho lukwenze isiqiniseko sazo. UBaba Waphakade
ukwahlulele futhi wakugwebela ukufa, futhi uthando lwakho luyakulahla kukho: lukufuna kuwe, O Nkulunkulu onguMbusi nothandekayo, ofanelwe udumo kuye zonke izidalwa, ukudunyiswa, ukudunyiswa nokulalela! Inhliziyo yakho ilungile, Jesu wobuNkulunkulu, inhliziyo yakho ilungele ukulalela, hhayi kuphela intando kaYihlo nothando lwakho, kodwa futhi nabahlukumezi bokulunga, nababulali abazokubethela esiphambanweni. »
U-JC ngemuva kobuhlungu bakhe, uphinde athole amandla akhe nobuhle bakhe. Kubonakala sengathi awukho umjuluko wakhe ogcwele igazi.
Nakhu okwashiwo iNkosi kimi: “Lapho amandla ami eqala ukubuya, futhi sengithole amandla amasha, ngaguqa ngazidedela, ngincika kancane engelosini eyayingisekela. izimbotshana seziqinisiwe, igazi lami lazungeza ngokwenkambo evamile yemvelo. Le ngelosi enhle, ngendwangu emhlophe, yesula ubuso bami obungcwele, izandla zami nezingubo zami, ukuze ngiphinde ngithole ubuhle bami bokuqala bemvelo, amandla ami namandla ami. Ngesikhathi esifanayo izingubo zami zathatha umbala ofanayo nowangaphambili, kangangokuthi ikhanda lami, nezitho zami, nezingubo zami azizange zibe nebala legazi lami eliyigugu.
Ubuhlungu buka-JC namandla awatholayo ngemva kwalokho. Umphumela wothando lwakhe olukhulu ngabantu.
Uthando lwami lokuhlupheka kakhulu ngenxa yamadoda lwalungiphuce wonke amandla ami emvelo, futhi ngehliselwa ekubeni yize ngenxa yosizi oludabukisayo, isintu sami esingcwele esasibuzwile. Inkulumo izingelosi ezanginikeza yona ngalolo thando ayizange ingifundise lutho olusha. Ngiyazi kusukela phakade; Ngizibonile futhi ngazi zonke izinto kuBaba ngezimiso zakhe zaphakade; kodwa inhliziyo yami yaba nokwaneliseka okukhulu lapho ngizwa ngothando lwaphezulu nezihlamba zothando lwami olungcwele, futhi ngisho nangaphezu kwaseThabhori ekuguqulweni kwami isimo. OMose no-Eliya, abeza kimi ukuze bangidumise kakhulu, abazange bakhulume kimi ngokunye ngaphandle kwezinhlupheko ezihlukahlukene zosizi lwami. Kanjalo nezingelosi zami, ngamazwi azo, zamelela kimi umfanekiso wosizi lwami, nenkazimulo uBaba ayakuyamukela kukho. Lokhu kushisekela inkazimulo kaBaba, okuvela othandweni ebengimthanda ngalo kusukela phakade, kunjengomlilo oqothulayo osenhliziyweni yami, ongasoze waphela. Loluthando lwangibuyisela wonke amandla ami obuntu; futhi ngemva kokuba, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, wathatha konke kimi, wabuyisela konke kimi, futhi wangibuyisela esandleni sobukhosi bami. Inhliziyo yami yayivutha amalangabi kulokhu
umlilo oqothulayo nongcwele. Konke okwafika emqondweni wami kwaba ukuhlupheka, ukululazwa, ukungaboni ngaso linye, iziswebhu, umqhele wameva, izinzipho, ekugcineni isiphambano nokufa. Inyamazane eshiswe kakhulu futhi eshiswa ukoma, ayigijimi kakhulu emithonjeni, kangangokuthi inhliziyo yami, yomele isifiso sokwanelisa inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu uBaba wami nensindiso yemiphefumulo, yabalekela ekufeni kwesiphambano.
Ngamaphi amandla i-JC iphakama ukuya ekuhlushweni nasekufeni. Ukoma kwakhe okubangelwa uthando lokusindiswa kwemiphefumulo.
» Ngijatshuliswa yileli langabi elisha lothando lwami, ngasukuma esikhundleni somthandazo wami, njengengonyama ephakama ukuze igijime futhi ishwabadele inyamazane yayo. Inhliziyo yami, ngesikhathi sothando lwami, yaphuza izindebe ezinde kule ndebe ebabayo uBaba anginike yona. Ngawuphuza njengokuphenduka kokoma kwami, okwangiphuzisa inhlese; futhi ngisesesiphambanweni, uthando lwami lwangiphoqa ukuthi ngisho ukuthi wayesamile. »
Indlela yokuqeda ukoma kuka-JC ukuzisola nokuzisola okusuka enhliziyweni.
INkosi yethu, iphendukela kimi, yathi kimi: "Mntanami, nguwe, kanye nesizwe sonke sesintu, ongakwazi ukwanelisa lokhukoma okuqothulayo: kuyiqiniso ukuthi izinhlupheko eziningi umzimba wami ongcwele owabekezelela zakwazi ukunginika umphefumulo. ukoma okukhulu kwemvelo; kodwa isifiso enganginaso ngaphakathi kimi ngothando oluvuthayo lwensindiso yemiphefumulo kanye nenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu uBaba wami, sangibangela okunye ukoma kanye nokuhlushwa okunonya kakhulu. Nguwe bathandekayo, ongilahlekisele kangaka! zonke izinsizi zami ngiyozikhohlwa, uma wenelisa ukoma kwami, ngokunginika amanzi enhliziyweni edabukileyo nethobekile ngenxa yothando lukaNkulunkulu ngokungicasula okungaka. Yilokhu kuphela engikucelayo ukuqeda ukoma kwami kumlilo (1) obangela ukoma kwami njalo. Into entula uthando lwami
(1) Inkulumo engavamile, ukusetshenziswa kabi kwamagama, umcabango onesibindi, ovela endleleni yoMBhalo, futhi yimuphi umuntu obengaba buthaka ngokuzama ukuwuveza ngenye indlela. Ngaphandle kwalokho, umfundi kumele akhumbule (futhi ukwazile ukukuqaphela kuze kube manje) ukuthi isitayela sikaSista esinikezayo, hhayi okwethu.
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ukuze nicishwe ekomeni kokomoya, okungukusindiswa kwemiphefumulo yenu okuphakade
: kuyiqiniso ukuthi ngafeza konke empilweni yami yokufa ngokuhlupheka kwami nangokufa kwami; okwangenza ngathi esiphambanweni: Konke kuphelelisiwe. Yebo, ngaphandle kokungabaza, konke kwenziwa ngakimi, konke kufeziwe, konke kuphelelisiwe ngenxa yenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu uBaba wami nensindiso yenu; kodwa ngasohlangothini lwenu konke akwenziwa, konke akufezeki, futhi konke akupheleliswa. Kufanele ubambisane nomusa wami; ukuthi ebunyeni bemfanelo yothando lwami olungcwele nihamba ezinyathelweni zami; ukuthi uthwale isiphambano sami zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakho ngenxa yothando lwami nenkazimulo yami, ngokuzisola ngenxa yezono zakho nezoni. »
U-JC ulungele ukuhlupheka futhi, ngomphefumulo owodwa, zonke izinhlupheko zothando lwakhe, uma kunesidingo.
INkosi yethu yathi kimi: “Konke lokhu nginakho enhliziyweni ngenxa yenkazimulo kaBaba, nokusindiswa kwemiphefumulo ukuthi, uma kusadingeka ukuhlupheka ngomphefumulo owodwa konke lokho engiye ngahlupheka ngakho. Ubaba wayezokuvumela, ngangizohlupheka ngenhliziyo yami yonke ukuze ngimenze abusiswe ingunaphakade. »
§. II.
Ukuvuswa kwe-JC nezimo zayo. Izimanga ezenzeka ethuneni likaJC lapho umphefumulo wakhe uhlangana nomzimba wakhe okhazimulayo. Ukungakwazi ukuchaza ngisho nokuqonda uthando oludlulele lukaNkulunkulu ngabantu.
INkosi yethu ibonakala kudade futhi imtshela ukuthi wavuswa ngasiphi isikhathi.
Ngibika lapha ukunqoba kokuvuka kweNkosi yethu JC, ngokwalokho engazisa khona. NgoMgqibelo oNgcwele ebusuku, ngaphambi kweSonto lePhasika, ngehora lokuqala ngemva kwamabili, ngavuka. Ngisembhedeni wami, ngiphapheme kakhulu, ngezwa iwashi elikhulu lishaya ihora lokuqala; ngaleso sikhathi iNkosi yethu yabonakala kimi, yathi kimi: "Mntanami, lesi yisikhathi lapho ngivuka kwabafileyo futhi ngishiya ithuna nginqoba futhi ngikhazimulayo: woza ukuze
hlanganyela ekuvukeni kwami. Ngakuhlupha ngokukwazisa usizi lwenkanuko yami eNsimini Yeminqumo: yingakho-ke mtanami ngifuna ukukujabulisa futhi ngikwazise okuthile ngokuvuka kwami kokunqoba. »
Udade uyiswa ethuneni lika-JC Ubona lapho umhlangano wayo yonke imiphefumulo elungile ngaphandle kwe-limbo, kanye namabutho amaningana ezingelosi.
Ngaleso sikhathi ngayiswa engadini lapho iNkosi Yethu yayibekwe ethuneni. INkosi yethu yathi kimi: “Le yindawo engaphuma kuyo ngokunqoba ukufa; umphefumulo wami okhazimulayo weza nawo ebuthongweni ibutho labalungileyo ababusisiweyo beTestamente Elidala. Lapho ngifika ethuneni, ngababonisa wonke umzimba wami ongcwele ufile futhi uncishwe ukuphila, ugcwele amanxeba futhi wonke usindwa imivimbo yemivimbo engangiyitholile. Ngalesi sikhathi, umoya wawucwebezela ngokucaca emabuthweni ezingelosi ezehla ngokushesha njengombani, futhi eza zincibilika ensimini ukuze zihloniphe ukunqoba kwami. »
Kulezi zingelosi kwakukhona ingxenye yeqembu ngalinye lamakhwaya ayisishiyagalolunye; bazihlelela kahle bezungeza ithuna, lapho bakha khona iqembu labahlabelela kuphela, okwakungumholi walo iNgelosi eNkulu uMikayeli oNgcwele. Okhokho bakha ikhwaya yesibili. Abaprofethi, abafel 'ukholo, kanye nabo bonke labo ababehlupheke kakhulu ngo-JC babehlangene neqembu lama-choir of the patriarchs: abanye abalungileyo benza ikhwaya yesithathu; ayekleliswe ngendlela enhle kakhulu engadini, ezungeza iThuna Elingcwele.
Ukuvuswa kwezinzalamizi eziningana ezingcwele.
Imizimba eminingana yabokhokho basendulo, njengaleyo yabaprofethi kanye nabanye abambalwa, yavuswa kanye neNkosi Yethu, futhi ngokuphazima kweso imiphefumulo yabo yahlanganiswa nemizimba yabo ekhazimulayo; futhi kwakungekho muntu ophilayo ovukweni ngaphandle kwalabo abagcotshwa, futhi labo, ngobuhle beNkosi Yethu, ababefaneleka futhi befaneleka ukujabulela inkazimulo yayo yokunqoba.
Izingoma zenjabulo yezingelosi nabangcwele ngesikhathi sokuvuka kukaJC
Ngemva kokuba lonke leli butho seliwubonile umzimba wakhe ongcwele, ngomzuzwana, phambi kwezingelosi nabangcwele, lomphefumulo omuhle uhlangana nomzimba wakhe ongcwele, futhi iNkosi Yethu yabonakala phakathi kwalomhlangano omuhle, njengaye. ezulwini, egcwele inkazimulo nokukhanya kobukhosi obuphakeme kangaka, ukuze
ubukhazikhazi bakhanya kuwo nhlangothi zonke. Ikhwaya yokuqala yezingelosi ezingcwele yacula iGloria ku-excelsis Deo , futhi amanye amakhwaya amabili asabela ngokulandelana kwawo, futhi wonke ndawonye, ngekhonsathi yomculo omnandi, ofana nowePharadesi. Ngezwa ukuthi babehlabelela, bethi: “Lolu usuku impela uJehova alwenzileyo; jabulani! sengathi izulu nomhlaba kungazamazama ngenjabulo nangokujabula, ngoba u-JC uvukile ngempela, nokuthi ngeke esaba ngaphansi kokufa. Kwangathi udumo, inkazimulo, amandla, ukuhlonishwa nokukhulekela kunganikezwa iWundlu likaNkulunkulu, elahlupheka ngokufa ukuze lihlenge isintu!...
Lapho i-JC ivuselela ukhonzwa yizo zonke izingelosi, yibo bonke abangcwele, noMariya, unina waphezulu.
INkosi yethu yangitshela ukuthi lapho ebonakala ngomzimba nangomphefumulo wavuka ngempela, nasenkazimulweni yayo yonke, ibandla lonke kanye nezingelosi ezazisasele ezulwini, bakhuleka kuye, bakhuleka kuye ngomoya nangeqiniso, futhi bamazi ukuthi unguye.
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uNkulunkulu weqiniso nomuntu weqiniso, njengenkosi yezulu nomhlaba, njengomhlengi wesintu, nomahluleli omkhulu wabaphilayo nabafileyo. Wabe esenezela: “Umama wami waphezulu, okwathi esesigodlweni, ngokucaca kwami, wabona konke okwenzekayo, wakhuleka kuqala nayo yonke imimoya yezingelosi nabangcwele, ukuze angikhonze futhi abonise isibonelo kuyo yonke imimoya ebusisiwe. nakuso sonke isintu. »
Phakathi nalezi zihlabelelo zenjabulo nalokhu kunqoba okubabazekayo, uZiqu-zintathu ongcwele nothandeka kakhulu, ubunye obungahlukanisiwe njalo, babonakala phakathi kokunqoba, nenkazimulo efanayo kanye nobukhulu obufanayo obuzibonakalisa ezulwini, futhi wazenza wabonakala izingelosi zonke nakubo bonke abangcwele. Lapha, ngokwalokho engikwaziyo ekukhanyeni kukaNkulunkulu, yilokho uBaba Ongunaphakade akushoyo eNdodaneni yakhe ethandekayo: “Wena uyiNdodana yami; Ngakuzala kusukela kwaphakade ngobuhle benkazimulo yami. Ngiyakuzala namuhla uNkulunkulu weqiniso nomuntu weqiniso, inkosi engafi nengaguquki, noNkulunkulu onjengami: Ngizala wena Nkulunkulu nomuntu, owahlupheka ngokufa esintwini sakho esingcwele. Nakhu ke
umnqobi wokufa kanye nazo zonke izitha zakho, futhi uvukile ngempela enkazimulweni yakho. UyiNdodana yami, iZwi lami, neNdodana yami ethandekayo engibeke kuyo konke ukunethezeka kwami kanye nokuthokoza kwami kwaphakade. Wonke amandla, igunya lonke linikezwe wena ezulwini nasemhlabeni, kanye nasekujuleni kwalasha. »
Ukuqala kweBandla elinqobayo, nokugcwala komusa omusha kuthululelwa phezu kweqhawe leBandla.
Khona-ke iNkosi Yethu yangazisa ukuthi iBandla elinqobayo laqala ekuvukeni kwayo, ngoba, lapho ivusiwe, yenza ukuthokoza okukhazimulayo kwabo bonke ababusisiweyo ababekhona. Nasi esinye futhi isimangaliso, kwakuwukubona kwebutho elisha leBandla, ligcwele umusa ongapheli, amasakramente kanye nokufaneleka, okwakuyizithelo zentshiseko kanye
lokufa kweNkosi yethu lokuvuka kwayo okungcwele. Zonke lezi zimfihlakalo ezithandekayo zaboniswa kimi kuNkulunkulu ngokubona okukhazimulayo, umhlangano wonke weBandla elisha elinqobayo owawunawo ngombono kaZiqu-zintathu ongcwele kakhulu nothandeka kakhulu enkazimulweni yakhe.
Umbono webutho leBandla lonke jikelele, futhi ikakhulukazi, webutho lonke labakhethiweyo kuze kube sekupheleni komhlaba.
Lemiphefumulo ebusisiwe yaphinde yabona kuNkulunkulu ibutho lonke leBandla labuthana phambi kwabo, futhi labazi abanqunyelwe ngaphambili nabalahliwe, bonke labo abasebenzisa kahle umusa nokufaneleka kweNkosi Yethu, nabo bonke ababebahlukumeza. Kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke ngenjabulo kanye nenjabulo engakanani ayizange igcwaliswe le miphefumulo ekhazimulayo, lapho imelwe kubo iviyo labamiselwe ngaphambili, elakhiwa opapa abaningi, abaphostoli, abafel’ ukholo abaphanayo, abavuma izono, ama-anchorite nezintombi, ingasaphathwa eyenani elingapheli lamaKristu athembekile azo zonke izifundazwe nakuzo zonke izinkathi, nabangcwele abaningi abaphendukile abaye bamhlophe ngaphansi kwejoka. sokuphenduka, belingisa isibonelo soMsindisi wabo othandekayo! Babonakala bebona laba balwi abaphanayo beqhubekela phambili ngamaviyo ukuze bahlangane nabo, futhi badlule besuka eBandleni beya eBandleni elinqobile; okwenza kuNkulunkulu iBandla elilodwa neleqiniso kuphela. Khona-ke, begcwele ukuthuthwa kwenjabulo lapho bebona ukulunga kweNkosi Yethu, bonke baqala ukucula leli canticle: O iphutha elijabulisayo elisifanele uMhlengi onjalo !
UBaba Waphakade unikeza isibusiso sakhe kubo bonke abakhethiweyo.
Ngalo mzuzu izwi likaYise waPhakade lizwakala yibandla lonke, Unika isibusiso kubo bonke abaqamba iBandla elinqobayo, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ubusisa bonke ababusisiweyo ababonayo, ezimisweni zakhe zaphakade, ukuba benze. ukuphenduka, ukuze kuhambisane nomusa wokuhlengwa kweNdodana yakhe, nokulingisa isibonelo sayo. “Yebo, wathi, ngiyababusisa ngesikhathi naphakade. Ngiyakubangenisa embusweni wami ngenxa yothando nokufa kweNdodana yami: ngiyakubamukela embusweni wami egameni leNdodana yami nangeNdodana yami. »
Imicabango kaDade ngothando lukaJC okumele siyiphendule ngothando.
Nguwe, O Zwi osesimweni somuntu, Nkulunkulu weqiniso nomuntu weqiniso, okwathi, ngokufa kwakho nangentshiseko yakho, wabavulela umnyango wezulu, owawuvalwe iminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezine. Nguwe oyindlela yabo nokuphila kwabo, futhi obaholela eqinisweni; ekugcineni uyinsindiso yabo. Uthando lwakho ngabantu bakho lunqobile futhi lwazuza ukunqoba okukhazimulayo; kodwa lolu thando lwaphezulu (1) lufuna njengomvuzo wothando, lufuna ukuthandwa; uyoba yinsindiso yalabo abamthandayo kuphela. Kungenxa yabo ukuthi lolu thando lwaphezulu luzuze ukunqoba okuningi; ukuthi, ngemisebenzi yakhe nangokunqoba kwakhe, ushaye ukufa ngenxa yabo bonke. Ngisho kuwo wonke umuntu, ngoba lolu thando lwaphezulu lufuna wonke umuntu asindiswe, futhi wonke umuntu aluthande. Yilapho abayohlala khona phakade. Okubizwa ngokuthi ukufa kungukufa kwaphakade: ukufa komzimba ubalelwa ize; kuwuthuli oluncane oluyophinde luvuke ngosuku lokugcina; kodwa lokho okubizwa ngokuthi ukufa kweqiniso kungukufa okuphakade. Ikona
(1) Sesivele saqaphela izikhathi eziningana, futhi sizophinde siqaphele, ikakhulukazi kulokhu kuboniswa kukaDadewethu Wokuzalwa KukaJesu, ukuthi wenza samuntu uthando lukaJC ngamadoda, ngokusho koSanta John, isib. 1, ikh. 4, c. 8: Quoniam Deus charitas est; ngoba uNkulunkulu uluthando. Ngakho-ke lezi zinkulumo zikaDadewethu: Uthando lufuna ukuthandwa; uthando uthando , njll., njll.
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lona olushaywe wuthando kuyo yonke imiphefumulo eyofuna ukuhambisana naye futhi imthande ngenhliziyo yayo yonke, nangawo wonke umphefumulo wayo, ngayo yonke ingqondo yayo nangawo wonke amandla ayo.
Uthando lwethu ngo-JC kumele lube njalo futhi lungapheli. Kufanele kube mahhala futhi sizikhethele.
Akafuni kube nemingcele othandweni lwethu ngaye. Uthando olungcwele alunasiphelo, futhi luyohlala luvutha ingunaphakade, alupheli. Futhi lolu thando lwaphezulu lufuna bonke abafuna ukumthanda benze okuhle othandweni lwakhe, bakhuthazele kuze kube sekufeni. Noma ubani ofa ngenxa yothando, uyofa ekufeni. Uthando olungcwele, ngokunqoba kwalo, aluqedanga ukufa kuphela, kodwa futhi lwasivala amasango esihogo, futhi
wavula lezo zombuso wakhe. Luthando oluyisihluthulelo sombuso wezulu; sizovulela lowo osithandayo kuphela nowenze imisebenzi emihle ngenxa yothando lwakhe.
Lolu thando lwaphezulu olusithande kakhulu, namanje lusasithanda ngothando olungapheli, olwalufuna, ngenkululeko yalo nangentando yalo, ukwehla ezulwini futhi lwemukele zonke izinhlobo zeziphambano, ukuhlupheka nokululazwa. , futhi ekugcineni ukufa, ngaphandle kwesibopho kukho ngaphandle kobuhle bakhe obukhulu kakhulu nothando lwakhe olukhulu kakhulu, ufuna labo abamthandayo, bamthande ngenkululeko yabo yokuzikhethela nangentando yabo enhle. Wenza umyalo wokuba simthande: wasibonisa indlela eya ezulwini, ehlanganisa ukulandela isibonelo sakhe nokugcina imiyalo yakhe yaphezulu. Uze azibophezele yena, lolu thando olungcwele, ukuba asinike umusa ongaphezu kokwanele ukuba enze insindiso yethu; kodwa uyosindisa kuphela labo abafuna ukuzisindisa, ngeke aphoqe inkululeko yokuzikhethela.
Ngemuva kokusikhombisa indlela, kukithi ukuthi siyilandele noma singayilandeli: isiphetho sethu sisezandleni zethu. Uma sifuna ukuzinikela futhi ekufeni okuphakade, ukuvula kabusha isihogo esasisivalile, futhi silahle umbuso loluthando lwaphezulu olwalusilungiselele lona, sikhululekile. Uma ulahliwe, nguwe ofuna ukuzilahla ngokungafuni ukwenza ukukhetha okuhle. Wakhetha ukulandela izinkanuko zakho kanye nokuthambekela kwakho okungahlelekile, futhi uzithanda ngokwakho imvelo eyonakaliswe izinkanuko zakho; yingakho lolu thando lwaphezulu luzothi kuwe:
“Angikwazi; awusiye owabangithandayo; walahleka, futhi ubufuna. »
Umbono wenani elingabaleki Loshiyiwe. UBaba Waphakade uyabaqalekisa.
UBaba Ongunaphakade, ngokukhanya okusha, wabonisa iBandla elisha lokunqoba elakhiwe ngabakhethiweyo, kanye nenjabulo yababusisiweyo phakade. Wabonisa ngaso leso sikhathi ukulahlwa kwabaneshwa esihogweni, inani labo lalishaqisa kakhulu, kangangokuthi uma lemiphefumulo ebusisiwe yayikwazile ukuhlupheka nosizi, injabulo yabo kanye nokunqoba kwabo kwakuyobe kuphazamisekile. Kodwa cha: konke kunikela enkazimulweni yeNkosi. Uma kungekho othandweni lwakhe, kuyoba ngobulungisa bakhe obuphakade ukuthi sizomkhazimulisa naphezu kwenkani yentando yababi njalo behlubuka kuNkulunkulu.
UBaba Ongunaphakade, ngemva kokudalula olwazini nasekuboneni obusisiweyo isibalo esesabekayo sabangalahlwanga, wathi phambi kwabo: “Ngokuba wena mubi, ngiyakuqalekisa, ngikuthukile ngezimiso zami zaphakade engizaziyo. kusukela phakade ububi bakho nokukhohlisa kwakho ubumnyama, nokuthi ubungadlala kanjani ngami; kepha amandla ami nokulunga kwami kuyakuhlekisa ngawe kuze kube phakade. »
UBaba Waphakade umisa indodana yakhe inkosi yendawo yonke nomahluleli omkhulu wabaphilayo nabafileyo.
Khona-ke uBaba Ongunaphakade, ekhuluma nendodana yakhe, wathi kuye: “Wena uyiNkosi, neNkosi yenkazimulo; ngikwenza umehluleli omkhulu wabaphilayo nabafileyo.
Uyoba yinkazimulo nenjabulo yalabo abakuthandayo; kepha ezitheni zakho uyakuzibusa ngentonga yensimbi, uzichoboze phansi kwezinyawo zakho. Amandla akho azozinqoba, azidube kwalasha. »
UNkulunkulu ubona yonke into njengephuzu kusukela ephakadeni nasephakadeni.
Ngenza kwaziwe lapha engiphila kuNkulunkulu. Ngosuku lokwahlulelwa, lapho iNkosi yethu iyothi kwabakhethiweyo bayo: Wozani, nina enibusisiwe bakaBaba, nidle ifa lombuso eniwulungiselweyo kusukela ekuqaleni kwezwe; nokuthi uyothi ngokufanayo kwababi: “Sukani kimi nina eniqalekisiweyo, niye emlilweni ophakade olungiselwe udeveli nababeqembu lakhe; » Ngangazi kuNkulunkulu ukuthi iNkosi Yethu iyokhuluma kanjalo, ngoba kusukela phakade naphakade konke uNkulunkulu akudalile, njengakho konke azokudala, okwedlule, okwamanje kanye nekusasa kukhona njalo kuye njengechashazi.
Uphila kanjani uDade zonke lezi zimfihlakalo asanda kuzibika.
Uma ngibika lapha konke engakubona kuNkulunkulu emfihlakalweni ethandekayo yovuko, ningakholwa ukuthi ngakubona kulemfihlakalo, njengakuzo zonke ezinye izimfihlakalo, ngokusobala nangendlela yababusisiweyo. Maye! Ngesaba kakhulu futhi ngesaba kakhulu ukuthi angisoze ngakufanelekela. Ngokwesibonelo, lapho ngithi uZiqu-zintathu Ongcwelengcwele wazithola eseThuneni Elingcwele, phakathi kwababusisiwe, nokuthi wazibonakalisa enkazimulweni yakhe nanjengasezulwini, awu! Ngabona kuphela imbulunga yokukhanya eyayizungeza abantu abathathu baphezulu, futhi angibonanga noyedwa kulaba bantu abathathu abathandekayo. Ngiyavuma ukuthi akekho umuntu ophilayo ongakwazi noma okwanele
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uhlanzekile ukubona uNkulunkulu njalo esenkazimulweni yakhe; akakwazi ngisho ukubona noyedwa obusisiwe enkazimulweni yeNkosi. Ngiyavuma ukuthi uma lokho kwenzeka, kungaba isimangaliso esikhulu. Ngiyakholwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wenza izimangaliso lapho ethanda; kodwa kimina, engingakusho ngakho ukuthi umuntu akasoze abona izinto ezingcwele nezingcwele kangaka ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa ukuphila kwakhe. Ngiphinde ngimemezele ukuthi lapho kujabulisa uMsindisi wethu othandekayo ukungikhombisa okuthile ngezimfihlakalo zakhe zaphezulu, ngokwesibonelo eyokuvuka kwakhe okungcwele, wakhuluma nami, nokuthi lapho ekhuluma nami, izwi lakhe lakhanyisa yonke ingaphakathi lami, ukuqonda kwami uhlobo lwesithombe esifinyeziwe, lapho ngabona khona konke lo Nkulunkulu wobuhle ayefuna ukungazisa ngakho, futhi uphoqelekile ukuthi abhale okuthile; engikwenzile ngokulalela.
Lokhu akubhalile kungaphansi kakhulu kwalokho akubona kuNkulunkulu. Akunakwenzeka ukukuchaza.
Engikubhalile kuphansi kakhulu futhi akusondeli kulokho engikubonile nengikwaziyo kuNkulunkulu. Ngicela intethelelo eNkosini Yethu ngokuzichaza kabi, nokungakwazi ukusho noma ukuthuthukisa engikubonile noma engikubonile. INkosi yethu yangenza ngazi ukuthi kwakungekho emandleni ami, nokuthi ngingazami ngisho nokuchaza ngokucacile lokho engenze ngakubona ebunkulunkulwini bayo; lokho kungaba ukulinga uNkulunkulu.
Uthando lwaphezulu ngaphezu kwakho konke aluchazeki. Ababusisiwe ezulwini abasoze bakuqonde ngokugcwele lokhu.
Isibonelo, iNkosi yethu ingenze ngabona emfihlakalweni yokufa kwakhe nothando lwakhe isampula elincane lokunqoba kothando lwayo. Ngangingazi noma iNkosi yayizongibopha ukuba ngibhale noma yini kukho, futhi ngangazi ngokukhanya kwayo ukuthi ayizange ikucele kimi. “Kanjani ngane yami
wathi, ungabhala izinto ezingcwele kangaka, uchaze lokho okuncane engikubonise kona? ingabe uyazi ukuthi ukunqoba kothando olungcwele kuwumsebenzi kaNkulunkulu uqobo? Ababusisiwe ezulwini bayohlale bematasatasa ingunaphakade ekucabangeni, ekuboneni, ekubabazeni nasekuthandeni lokhu kunqoba okuhle kothando lwami, lokhu kunqoba okuhle kothando lwami kuzo zonke izimfihlakalo zempilo yami, ukufa kanye nentshiseko, nakukho konke engikwenzile. eBandleni lami ngomusa wami nangamasakramente; kodwa ikakhulukazi lokhu kunqoba okuhle kothando lwami okuthi ngomusa wami kungene ezinhliziyweni ngobudlova obumnene, futhi okubadonsele kimi ngaphandle kokuphazamisa inkululeko yabo.
Ungakuchaza kanjani konke lokhu okuwumphumela wothando olukhulu, oluphila kuphela ekunqobeni nasekunqobeni, futhi ngisho nokufa okungenakumelana naso? Bonke ababusisiwe ezulwini bayohlwithwa othandweni kuze kube phakade, bengakwazi ukukuqonda ngokuphelele. » Lapha iNkosi Yethu yanezela: « Ukuthula kwenhliziyo ethanda futhi ekhonze lolu thando lwaphezulu, yenza ukuhlonipha okukhulu kakhulu ebukhosini bayo kunamazwi, ulwazi kanye nencazelo. »
INkosi yethu evukile iphuma ensimini nebutho labalungileyo nezingelosi, ivakashele uMama wayo ongcwele.
Ngaphambi kokuba iNkosi Yethu ihambe ensimini nalo lonke leli butho elibusisiwe, umhlangano wonke wahlabelela ingoma yokubonga eNkosini. Lokhu kunqoba kwathatha cishe ihora; kangangokuthi ngabona ukuthi kwase kucishe kube ihora lesibili lapho lo mhlangano omuhle unyamalala engadini. Ngesikhathi sokuvuka kweNkosi yethu kwavela ukusa, kwathi lapho iNkosi Yethu iphuma ensimini, ilanga lase liphumile imizuzu embalwa. Wayesethuthuke emjahweni wakhe ukuze abone okwenzeka ekuvukeni koMsindisi.
Ukuvakasha kokuqala iNkosi yethu ekhazimulayo eyakwenza ekuphumeni kwengadi kwaba sendlunkulu, lapho eya khona masinyane kunokucabanga, ukuvakashela uMariya ohloniphekile nongcwele, iNcasakazi Ebusisiwe, unina. Wamvakashela njengoNkulunkulu weqiniso nomuntu weqiniso nongafi. Injabulo iNkosi yethu eyamnika yona ekunqobeni kwakhe
uvuko, lwalulingana nobuhlungu obukhulu ayebuzwile phansi esiphambanweni. Ezinsukwini ezingamashumi amane iNkosi Yethu eyachitha emhlabeni, isikhathi esiningi yayinaye ngomzimba nangomphefumulo. Kwakungadingeki ngalokhu ukuthi iNcasakazi Ebusisiwe ihlale yodwa futhi ingenamuntu, ngoba iNkosi yethu yazenza ingabonakali, futhi yenza ukuba ingabonakali eNcasakazini Ebusisiwe umhlangano wonke wezingelosi nababusisiweyo, ababeyilandela yonke indawo.
Ukuvela kukaJC kubaphostoli bakhe.
Akazange azenze ongabonakali kubaphostoli. Wenza iziboniso eziningana kubo, njengoba iVangeli lisho, lapho wazibonakalisa kubo ngendlela yomuntu, emisa ukukhazimula kobukhosi bakhe, ebazisa ubuntu bakhe obungcwele, exoxa ngokujwayelana nabo, ebaqinisekisa, impela, ukuthi wayevukile ngempela, ebatshela ukuthi bangesabi, ukuthi wembethe umzimba wakhe ongcwele, inyama namathambo, kanjalo efakazela kubo ukuthi uvusiwe ngempela. INkosi yethu yabavakashela konke lokhu ukuze itshale futhi impande kubo ukukholwa, okwakusebuthakathaka kakhulu kwabanye.
Abesifazane abangcwele baya ethuneni. Izingelosi zisusa itshe. Uvalo onogada. Izingelosi zimemezela kwabesifazane abangcwele ukuthi uJC uvukile.
Lapho lomhlangano wodumo usuka engadini, abesifazane ababeya ethuneni, futhi ababehlongoza ukugqumisa isidumbu esingcwele soMsindisi wethu ongcwele, base bezofika ngokushesha. UNkulunkulu wathumela izingelosi zabo
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memezela lezi zindaba ezinhle nezinhle zokuvuka koMsindisi wethu othandekayo. Wavumela enye yezingelosi zakhe ukuba ibonakale kubaqaphi ukuze ibethuse futhi ibethuse. Ngaso leso sikhathi laba nogada bezwa umsindo omkhulu uvela etsheni, izingelosi zaligingqa zaphuma emnyango wethuna. Kulomsindo kwenezelwa ukuzamazama komhlaba, okwakukhulu kakhulu,
ikakhulukazi ensimini naseJerusalema, ukuthi kwakungekho muntu owayengema. Onogada bawiswe phansi sebeshonile. Lapho nje sebephelile ukwesaba kwabo, babaleka ensimini, futhi abesifazane abangcwele bafika khona. Kulapho-ke izingelosi zathi kubo: Nina-ke ningesabi lutho, ningesabi, ngokuba siyazi ukuthi nifuna uJesu waseNazaretha; kepha akasekho lapha, uvukile njengokusho kwakhe; hambani nitshele uPetru nabanye abaphostoli, nibaqinisekise ukuthi bayakumbona eGalile, njengokuba ebathembisile.
§. III.
Umkhuba owafundiswa iNkosi Yethu kuDadewethu Wokuzalwa KukaJesu, futhi wathathwa ku-Pasion yakhe, ukuze unikele kakhulu ekukhululeni imiphefumulo esesihlanzweni.
INkosi yethu ingazisile indlela okufanele kukhululwe ngayo imiphefumulo eSihlanzweni” Kungemithandazo emifushane ngisho nangezifiso ezenziwe enhliziyweni yakhe, ngenjongo nokuhlonipha izimfanelo zokufa kwakhe okungcwele. uthando. UNkulunkulu wazisa kimi isifiso esisodwa kuphela esenziwe ngothando nangokunakekela ukuze kuhlonishwe izimfihlakalo ezinhlanu ezidabukisayo, ethatha isikhathi nesikhathi imfihlakalo nesifiso ngasinye, futhi enikeza konke iNkosi Yethu eyahlupheka futhi yakhuthazelela nakho konke ukulunga kwayo, ukuze ikhulule imiphefumulo yasePurgatory, noma eyodwa ngokukhethekile, yayifaneleka ngokungenamkhawulo ekutholeni ukukhululwa kwayo ngokushesha.
Kungasiphi isikhathi iNkosi yethu ifundisa lo mkhuba kuDade.
Lesi yisikhathi lapho uNkulunkulu anginika khona ulwazi lwalokhu kuzinikela.
Owayeyindela washona. Owayezongena esitokisini sakhe ngemva kwakhe wayesaba umufi, wangincenga ukuthi ngihambe ngiyolala khona inyanga yonke. Ngobunye ubusuku, ngavuka phakathi kwamabili, ngemvume yommeli wami kanye noMphathi wami, futhi ngaqala ukuthandaza, ngibhekene neSakramente Elingcwele, ngizihlanganisa enhliziyweni nasemqondweni nezindela ezaziphindaphinda amacansi. Ngokujwayelekile ubusuku iNkosi Yethu eyayibuphawulele ukuba ngithandaze, ikakhulukazi ebusuku kusukela ngoLwesine kuya kuLwesihlanu, yayivame ukungixwayisa ukuba ngivuke; futhi ngahlala ngithandaza kwaze kwaba yisikhathi lapho
INkosi yethu yangenza ngazi ukuthi kufanele ngibuyele embhedeni. Kwakungobunye balobu busuku lapho iNkosi Yethu yangifundisa khona lokhu kuzinikela, okuthathwe othandweni lwayo olungcwele, ngokuthanda imiphefumulo yasePurigatory, futhi kwenzeka kanje:
Kuqhamuke indela eshonile icele ukuthi ayikhulekele.
Ngemva kokuthola imvume yeNkosi Yethu ukuba ngihambe ngiyoqhubeka nokuphumula kwami, ngasukuma emthandazweni wami, futhi ngaphendukela eceleni kombhede ukuze ngilale. Ngabona ngamehlo omzimba nomphefumulo umufi enobuso bakhe, njengasesikhathini sokuphila kwakhe, nasezimpahleni zakhe zasebusuku, owayehlale ezibeka phambi kwami ukuze angivimbe ukuba ngingene embhedeni, engithuka ngokuthi selokhu ngasukuma ngavuka. wayengamthandazelanga. Ngajika embhedeni ukuze ngilale; kwakuhlezi kuphambi kwami ukungivimbela ukuthi ngingene kukho.
Lapho ngikubona lokhu, ngabhekisa kimi eNkosini Yethu, ngathi kuyo: Nkosi, ngivumele ngihlale isikhashana ngithandazela lomufi, ngaphambi kokuba ngilale. Cha, kuphendula Nkosi Yethu, ngifuna ulale. Lapho esaphambi kwami, iNkosi Yethu yathi kimi: “Mthinte ngesandla sakho. Wayesangifulathele. Ngelula isandla sami ngokwesaba okukhulu, kodwa ngokholo, futhi ngibeka lonke ithemba lami kuNkulunkulu, okubonakala sengathi ubukhona bakhe kimi buzwakala, ngaphandle kokumbona nganoma iyiphi indlela. Ngabona umufi kuphela. Lapho ngicabanga ukuthi ngibeka isandla sami emhlane wakhe futhi ngimthinta, angizange ngithinte lutho, futhi ngokushesha njengokucabanga kwami wabe eseceleni kwami, wanginika ithuba. Ngalala phansi masinyane, futhi lapho ngisembhedeni, ngaphansi kokukhanya kwenyanga okuhle. owangena esitokisini, futhi owawunokukhanya okucishe kufane nokwasemini, ngambona ezungeza umbhede wethu, futhi enza imizamo yokugibela kuwo. Kwakungalesi sikhathi lapho iNkosi Yethu yangifundisa khona lomthandazo omfushane wemiphefumulo esePurigatory engisanda kukhuluma ngawo. Lo Nkulunkulu wobuhle wathi kimi: “Nikela kuBaba Wami Ongunaphakade, ngalomphefumulo, konke engahlupheka ngakho futhi ngakubekezelela emfihlakalweni ebuhlungu yomthandazo wami eNsimini Yeminqumo futhi nginikele ngakho ngothando nangobunye Ngahlupheka. Ngalala ngithandaza lomthandazo, ngithe ngivuka kwaba wafundisa lomthandazo omfishane wemiphefumulo esePurigatorini engisanda kukhuluma ngawo. Lo Nkulunkulu wobuhle wathi kimi: “Nikela kuBaba Wami Ongunaphakade, ngalomphefumulo, konke engahlupheka ngakho futhi ngakubekezelela emfihlakalweni ebuhlungu yomthandazo wami eNsimini Yeminqumo futhi nginikele ngakho ngothando nangobunye Ngahlupheka. Ngalala ngithandaza lomthandazo, ngithe ngivuka kwaba wafundisa lomthandazo omfishane wemiphefumulo esePurigatorini engisanda kukhuluma ngawo. Lo Nkulunkulu wobuhle wathi kimi: “Nikela kuBaba Wami Ongunaphakade, ngalomphefumulo, konke engahlupheka ngakho futhi ngakubekezelela emfihlakalweni ebuhlungu yomthandazo wami eNsimini Yeminqumo futhi nginikele ngakho ngothando nangobunye Ngahlupheka. Ngalala ngithandaza lomthandazo, ngithe ngivuka kwaba usuku.
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§. IV.
Ukungabaza okunamandla kukaDadewethu Wokuzalwa KukaJesu ukuba abhale izinto ezingavamile. Isexwayiso uyasithola ngale ndaba evela eNkosini Yethu futhi kusukela lapho Intombi Engcwele Kakhulu.
Ukulalela uDade, nakuba engafuni ukuba abantu babhale.
Baba, ngikwazisa ukwenyanya okungaphezu kwemvelo enginakho, nengilokhu nginakho, ukubhala izimfihlo ezingavamile uNkulunkulu angithululele zona, engizithwele ekusithekeni kukanembeza wami. Naphezu kobunzima engibuzwayo ekwenzeni abantu ukuba babhale, ngaso sonke isikhathi, ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, ngaphandle kwalokho ngingeke ngenze lutho, ngibabhalele noma nini lapho uMsindisi wami ongcwele kanye nabavuma izono zami bengiyalile; nakuba ekwenyanyeni nasezinhlungwini kwenezelwa isilingo sikadeveli, esihlale singiholela ekubeni ngingabhali, ngesizathu sokuthi lokhu kubhala kuzoba yimbangela yokonakala kwami.
Uzincoma ngethemba lokuthi ngeke esaphoqeleka ukuthi abhale. Intando kaNkulunkulu iyakuphikisa. Izihlamba ezenziwe kuye yiNtombi Engcwele.
Njengoba kade ngibhala, kuyamthokozisa uMsindisi wami ongcwele ukunginika isikhathi eside, ngisho neminyaka eminingana ilandelana, kangangokuthi sengikholwe izikhathi eziningana ukuthi kwase kuphelile, nokuthi iNkosi enhle ayizange ifune okwengeziwe kimi. bhala; okwangiduduza kakhulu. Esikhathini samanje, lapho nginabantu ababhala khona, kunezinsuku ezine noma ezinhlanu kuphela engicabange kakhulu kunangaphambili ukuthi ngangingasakwenzi; okwangiduduza kakhulu, lapho engibona ngikhululwe kanjalo ebuhlungwini bami nakweminye izinhlungu eziningana ezivela lapho.
Kodwa ngeshwa! isizani indoda ehlongoza? Lo Nkulunkulu wobuhle ubeka ngokwezimiso zentando yakhe engcwele, nangokuthanda kwakhe.
Nakhu okwenzeke kimi kulezi zinsuku ezimbalwa ezedlule, kuthinta intando kaNkulunkulu mayelana nemiBhalo. UNkulunkulu ungenze ngazi kakhulu kunakuqala ukuthi kwakuyintokozo yakhe nentando yakhe engcwele ukuthi ngisabhala. Kulolu daba, iNcasakazi eBusisiwe yangitshela ukuthi ibingathanda ukuba ngibhale imininingwane ethile engazisa ngayo ngezimfihlakalo zayo, ikakhulukazi.
kulokho okucatshangelwa kwakhe okukhazimulayo; futhi ungenza uhlobo lwehlazo: Kanjani, ndodakazi yami; wathi kimi, awuzange ukhulume ngami emibhalweni yakho! wawungenakho okulotshiwe ezintweni eziningana ezihlukahlukene enganazisa zona, mina, enganithatha ngaphansi kwesivikelo sami kusukela ebuntwaneni benu, futhi engangivame ukuphambukisa ukulwa okunzima nezilingo amademoni ayefuna ukunivusela zona ! Uzokwazi kuphela kwelinye izwe, ndodakazi yami, ukunakekela okuthile enganginakho ngawe, kanye nomusa wokuvikela engakuthola kuwe eNdodaneni yami engcwele.
Ngamangala ngamahloni nokudideka phambi kweNcasakazi. Ngacela intethelelo eNkosini Yethu kanye naseNcasakazini Ebusisiwe ngakho konke ukungabongi nokungathembeki engangikwenzile phakathi nayo yonke inkambo yokuphila kwami, kanye nokuqaphela okuncane enganginakho kothando nobubele bukamama omuhle kangaka. Ngethembisa ukuthi ngizothembeka ngokwengeziwe; Ngazinikela kuye ukuze enze kimi akuthandayo; futhi ngamncenga, naphezu kokungafaneleki kwami, ukuba angangilahli, futhi angikhulekele eNdodaneni yakhe ethandekayo, ukuze ingithethelele zonke izono zami. Ngamethembisa ukuthi ngizomlalela kuze kube sekupheleni kwempilo yami, nokuthi ngizomenza abhale ngalokho okumkhathazayo, futhi engizokwazi ukuthi kungaba yinzuzo enkulu ekukhazimuliseni uNkulunkulu nasekusindisweni kwemiphefumulo. .
Ukuvela kweNkosi yethu ehlambalaza uDade ngendaba efanayo.
Ngalolo suku ungcwele abonakala kimi, ngemva kwamahora ambalwa iNkosi yethu yabonakala kimi ngesihloko esifanayo. Wangazisa ukuthi kunezinto ezimbalwa ngaphakathi kwami ezavela kuye futhi engangizifihla, ngenza sengathi zazingekho isidingo. Wangibonisa, isihloko ngesihloko, izindaba ezihlukene ayefuna ngizibhale phansi, kanye nomusa nomusa eminingana umama wakhe ongcwele ayengenzele kona, futhi wangitshela ukuthi wayengiphathise esivikelweni sakhe . .
Uthembisa konke ukulalela iNkosi Yethu, emele ngokuzithoba kuye ukunengeka kwakhe. Impendulo evela eNkosini Yethu. Ukucasuka kwakhe kungumusa omkhulu.
Ngethembisa iNkosi Yethu konke ukuzithoba nokulalela, ngimele Yona, ngokudideka okukhulu nokuzithoba okukhulu, izinhlungu kanye nokunengeka okwakufanele ngibhale. Nakhu iNkosi yethu inginika yona: “Uyazi yini, mtanami, ukuthi ukunengeka kungumusa engi
ngikunike, nomusa okhethekile engikuphe wona, emkhulekweni kaMama wami ongcwele kakhulu, owenza ukuba, ngomusa wami, nifaneleke ngokulalela kwenu. Ngaphandle kwalobo buhlungu, ngaphandle kwalowomusa ohambisana nawe ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho ubhala, udeveli, owayeqaphile kusukela ekuqaleni ukuze anikhululele isilingo esisabekayo, ejatshuliswa inkanuko yokuzidla nokuzikhukhumeza, ubeyokhukhumala inhliziyo yakho nenhliziyo yakho. cabangani ngokuyize, ngesikhathi sezinto ezingavamile enginazise zona. Ubeyakuninika isilingo nesifiso esingavamile sokuba nezinto ezikhangayo ezilotshiweyo nezaziwe ngazo, okuthe ngenkanuko ebihlale inyakaziswa kini, ubeyakuxutsha neyakhe, akwenze nibone okusha. izinto. Bheka, ngane yami, lapho ubuyoba khona!
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Yeka ukulwa, yeka inhlabamkhosi, kanye nokuthi kungakanani ukuhlasela okuyingozi lomoya wokulahlwa obungaletha kuwe! Lobu buhlungu engininike bona, obusahambisana nokudideka okuthile, lokhu kwenyanya zonke izinto ezibonakala zingaphezu kokujwayelekile, kanye nesifiso eninaso sokufihlakala emehlweni abantu, konke lokhu kukuvikela esilingweni esingesihle enginaso. ngisanda kumemezela kuwe. »
UDade, engene ngobuhlungu, uzilahla ngokuphelele ku-NS
Ngawa phambi kweNkosi kunanini ngaphambili, ngokwanda kwehlazo, ukudideka nobuhlungu, ngokuba ngingabongi kakhulu kuNkulunkulu naseNcasakazini Engcwele, nangokukhononda izikhathi eziningi ngobuhlungu engabuzwa ngibhala. Ngizidela ngokuphelele ezandleni zeNkosi Yethu, ngakho konke afuna ukukubhala naphezu kokunengeka kwami.
ISIQEPHU VI.
Imininingwane emisha kanye nesengezo kulokho u-Sister of the Nativity ayekubhale emiqulwini yokuqala yenguquko, imiphumela yayo kanye nenqubekela phambili yayo. Izilingo
njalo ekhohlakele kuze kube sekupheleni komhlaba ukuze abhubhise ukholo ku-JC futhi agumbuqele iBandla lakhe.
Izikhawu zokuthula eBandleni, zisamile naphezu kwemizamo yabo. Ukunqoba kwakhe, kanye nokuguqulwa okukhazimulayo phakathi kwezitha zakhe ezinkulu ngisho naphakathi kwezenzo zoMphik' ukristu. Ezinye izimo zokubusa koMphikukristu. Ukuwa kwakhe. isiphetho sabahambisana naye.
§. I.
Ukufa kukaLouis XVI. Injabulo Yakhe eZulwini.
UDade uyazi ngokufa kukaLouis XVI eminyakeni emibili ngaphambili. Imithandazo yakhe yokumchezukisa.
Nakhu engizokubika lapha ngokufa kweNkosi yethu ethandekayo nethandekayo uLouis XVI, iNkosi yaseFrance, nangenjabulo umphefumulo wayo onayo ezulwini ngomusa kaNkulunkulu. Ngolunye usuku lapho ngikhuleka phambi kweSakramente eliNgcwele, iNkosi yangitshela ukuthi iNkosi yayizobulawa. Mina, lapho ngizwa lezi zindaba ezibuhlungu, ngancenga ngokukhulu ukuzithoba iNkosi Yethu ukuthi ingakuvumeli lokhu ukuba kwenzeke. Kusukela kulezi zindaba ezibuhlungu, engazifunda eminyakeni emibili ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe, enhliziyweni yami ngiye ngagcina imfihlo ejulile ngalelishwa elingaka, ngingatsheli muntu. Ngathandaza ngokungaphezi kuNkulunkulu ukuba aphambukise le ndebe kimi nakulo lonke elaseFrance; kodwa imithandazo yami yayibuthakathaka kakhulu ukuthi uNkulunkulu angangiphendula.
Ngemva kokufa kweNkosi, iyazi ukuthi iyabusa ezulwini.
Ngemva kweminyaka engaphezu kwemibili lesi sishayo esibulalayo nesiqalekisiweyo seza, esahlaba inhliziyo yami ngenkemba yobuhlungu nomunyu; kodwa ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemva kwalezi zindaba ezibuhlungu, iNkosi Yethu yabonakala kimi yathi: “Jabula, ndodakazi yami! Nganihlupha ngokufa kweNkosi yenu, kodwa ngize ukuzoniduduza ngalokhu
izindaba ezinhle: uyakhazimula, uyanqoba, neNkosi embusweni wami; Ungu
umqhele. Ngamnika intonga negceke elingunaphakade: intonga yakhe nomqhele wakhe awuyikuphucwa kuye. »
§. II.
Umbono kanye nencazelo yesihlahla esihle kakhulu, esinezimpande ezine ezinkulu, umfanekiso wokungahloniphi osongela ukucindezela iBandla. Imizamo yabantwana beBandla yokugawula nokusiphula lesi sihlahla.
Umbono wesihlahla esikhulu esinezimpande ezine.
Nakhu uJehova angazisa kimi ngokuphenduka: uMoya kaJehova wangibonisa umuthi omude kakhulu nomkhulu kakhulu; yanamathela emhlabathini, lapho yagxilwa khona ngezimpande ezine ezinkulu njengemiphongolo: ezintathu zalezi zimpande zavela emhlabeni futhi zakha njengezintathu ezintathu, noma ezintathu, ukuze zisekele lesi sihlahla esikhulu; impande yesine yayisenhliziyweni yomuthi, futhi yangena yajula kakhulu emathunjini omhlaba nezinye izimpande ezintathu, kangangokuthi omunye wayengathi bakhipha amandla abo namandla abo ebubini bukaSathane besihogo. umoya weNkosi wangitshela.
Buyini ubulukhuni bamagxolo awo, namagatsha awo anqunyiwe ngokwengxenye. Ancike eBandleni ukuze aligxobe.
Lesi sihlahla sasingenamaqabunga noma uhlaza; amagxolo awo ayefana nensimbi yenganono, futhi ayeqinile ngokufanayo. Ngatshelwa ukuthi lokhu kusho ukuthi umoya wakhe wawuyohlale unempi. Lesi sihlahla esikhulu sasiphakeme kangangokuthi ngangingakwazi ukubona inkomishi (1); yayincike ohlangothini olulodwa, ukuze ngobukhulu bayo obumangalisayo iveze njengendlela enkulu umuntu angahamba ngayo kulesi sihlahla. Kwakukhona, ngaphansi kokuncika kwalesisihlahla, iBandla elikhulu nelihle; lomuthi wagoba phezu kwawo njengokungathi uyawuchoboza futhi awubhubhise. Umoya weNkosi wangitshela ukuthi kwakungeke kube njalo, ukuthi wayezoligcina iBandla lakhe, nokuthi wayeyolisekela kuze kube sekupheleni kwamakhulu eminyaka; ukuthi ingacindezelwa, kodwa ukuthi, naphezu kokushushiswa, yayizokhula kakhulu.
(1) Phezulu.
Lesi sihlahla sanqunywa amagatsha; kodwa sasishiye izinyawo ezimbili noma ezintathu
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lamagatsha, ukuze angagawulwanga phansi esihlahleni, futhi awazange anqunywe ngendlela efanayo. Lezo ezaziphezu komthambeka zazisikwa zibe yiphaseji kulesi sihlahla. Ngabona abantu abaningi abesaba uNkulunkulu, ngisho nabanye engangibazi, behla benyuka kulesi sihlahla. Ngisabona abasebenzi beseduze, bephethe amapiki, izimbazo namanye amathuluzi amaningana, njengoba besesimweni sokumsiphula nokumnquma.
Nakhu okwashiwo iNkosi kimi: la magatsha asikiwe ayemelela le mpi eyayivumele phakathi nezwe laseFrance, njengokungathi uziphindiselela, ngobulungisa bakhe, kulabo abangamhloniphi lesi sihlahla esingumfanekiso kanye nokumelela kwabo. Ngabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ngalempi yamathumbu, ehlangene naleyo yemiqhele yangaphandle, angazi ukuthi mingaki imiphefumulo, yabaziqhenyayo nabanonya kakhulu ebubini, eyaphonswa phansi kwalasha wesihogo. “Bheka, usho uJehova kimi, ukuthi ngidlala kanjani nababi; ngikhipha kuyo inkazimulo yami ngobulungisa bami.
Imizamo engenamsebenzi yeBandla lonke esenzweni kanye nemikhuleko yokugawula nokusiphula lesi sihlahla. Uyonqunywa, kodwa ngeke asishulwe.
Ngabuza Nkosi Yethu ukuthi bafunani laba abehla benyuka kulesi sihlahla; waphendula: "Bayakhuphuka bayondlala futhi bahlele izintambo ezinkulu, ezinamathiselwe ekhabetheni lalesi sihlahla ukuze basihehe sisuke lapho sincike khona phezu kweBandla." Khona-ke iNkosi Yethu yangenza ngazi ngendlela ecace kakhudlwana konke okwakuphathelene nalesi sihlahla, yathi kimi: “IBandla lonke limatasatasa lokugawula lesi sihlahla; singathanda ukusiphula, kodwa angifuni. Abathembekile bayangincenga ngemikhuleko yabo kanye nokububula kwabo okuthinta inhliziyo yami; izinyembezi zabo ziyakuzwakala. Ngizothuthukisa isikhathi sokugawula lesi sihlahla; kodwa, kuyintando yami, izonqunywa kuphela ezingeni eliphansi. Uyabona, yengeza iNkosi,
indlela bonke laba bantu abampofu abayaluza ngayo, abaningi babo abaphansi kwesihlahla namathuluzi okusiphula? kodwa uyabona, imizamo yabo iyize, akukho lutho abangayenza. Kuyintando yami ebavimbayo. Ngiyabazi ulaka nobulukhuni bale mimoya emibi, elukhuni ukwedlula amagxolo alesi sihlahla lapho imbazo ingangeni khona; kodwa ngizakwenza isimangaliso ngomusa wami. Ngaphandle kwami amadoda akukho angakwenza. »
Kungaleso sikhathi lapho engazi khona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi konke kuzophela. Kodwa nini? Angazi nhlobo. UNkulunkulu uzofinyeza isikhathi evumelana nemithandazo yeBandla elingcwele; kodwa angazi noma kuseduze noma kude.
Ingobani imiphefumulo emikhuleko nemizabalazo yayo ethinta inhliziyo kaNkulunkulu futhi imholele ekuletheni isikhathi lapho isihlahla sizogawulwa ngaso.
Ngabona kuNkulunkulu abantu abamithandazo yabo yathinta inhliziyo kaNkulunkulu, futhi bamenzela uhlobo oluthile lobudlova obungcwele, lapho lo Nkulunkulu wesisa, ongelutho ngaphandle kothando, azivumela ukuba ashukunyiswe. Ngazi ngokukhethekile ukuthi ngabapristi abalungile ababubulayo futhi abakhuleka ngaphansi kwejoka lokuzisola, bezihlanganisa nabafel’ ukholo abangcwele bosuku lwethu, abakhuleka ngentshiseko yomusa waphezulu, omsulwa futhi ophelele. Bekhothame phambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu, ebunyeni neWundlu likaNkulunkulu elahlupheka ngenxa yethu, bakhala becela umusa kuMdlali weBandla.
Ngisabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi lezi zisebenzi, namathuluzi azo, zimelela izimpi ezenzelwe injongo enhle, ngezinhloso ezinhle, nangemithetho esemthethweni. Kodwa uNkulunkulu uyakwenqabela ukubulala nokubulala okwenziwa ngokukhohlisa noma ubutha, ngamafuphi noma yiluphi uhlobo lokuphanga. Lokhu okweqisayo, esikhundleni sokuqhubekisela phambili ukukhululwa kwethu, kubambezele.
Ngisabona kuNkulunkulu abantu beBandla Elingcwele, abasasemseni, benyakaza, futhi ngokuthula okukhulu benza futhi balwa ngezikhali zomoya, ukuze bagawule umuthi ngemikhuleko yabo, emelelwe yilezi zintambo ezihambisana nazo. bayasidonsa isihlahla ekuthambekeleni kwaso, ukuze singaqhubeki sicindezela iBandla elingcwele. Ngibona uNkulunkulu njengebutho lezempi elingcwele, elisebenza ngezindlela ezimbili, kodwa nganhliziyonye. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, abapristi, amadoda nabesifazane benkolo, futhi bonke abantu bakaNkulunkulu, abalwa ngezikhali ezingokomoya, futhi abaye bahlangana ngesikhathi esifanayo namabutho abantu bakaNkulunkulu, ngubani, ngakolunye uhlangothi , nilwele isizathu esihle. Ngisabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi kufanele bonke balwe ndawonye ukulwa okuhle kokukholwa, kodwa lahlekelwa
hhayi isibindi, esihlale sinezikhali zethemba ezandleni, kanye nothando lukaJC enhliziyweni, ngenxa yothando olulwa nalo.
Kudingeka ukubekezela nokusebenza ngesibindi, kuze kufike ihora leNkosi.
Masibekezele isikhathi eside. Uma iNkosi iphuza ukusisiza, masizithobe entandweni yayo engcwele nethandekayo, futhi sithembe ngokuqinile ukuthi maduze uzofika. Yebo uyeza, ngiyaphinda ngithi kini: Asimlinde uJehova, singavilaphi kodwa ngokusebenza silwele uthando lwakhe. Nakuba singeke senze lutho ngaphandle kwakhe ukuba nathi, futhi nakuba singathemba impumelelo kuphela lapho isikhathi sakhe sesifikile, akazifuni izinceku ezingamagwala, eziphelelwa yizinhliziyo, futhi ubuvila bazo obungakwazi ukwenza.
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ukubambezela umsebenzi wakhe kunokuba awuqhubekisele phambili. Masiziduduze futhi; lapho ihora leNkosi lifika, njengoba yathembisa ukuthi uzokwenza lesisimangaliso esihle, konke kuzolunga.
§. III.
Ngemva kwesikhathi eside impela, umuthi uyagawulwa. Ukunqoba nokuthula kweBandla okwesikhashana. Ukuguqulwa kwabaningi babashushisi bakhe. Ukholo ludlulela emazweni amaningi.
Ngokuphazima kweso uNkulunkulu uzogawula umuthi omkhulu. Injabulo yeBandla, ezodlulela emazweni amaningana.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi kuyofika isikhathi lapho lesi sihlahla esikhulu, manje esisibona singalungile kakhulu ebubini nasenkohlakalweni, futhi esithela izithelo ezinobuthi neziyizifo kuphela, siyogawulwa. Lapho ihora leNkosi liyoba khona
lapho efika, uzomisa lowoSathane onamandla ohlomile ngomzuzwana, futhi awuwise lowomuthi omkhulu, ngokushesha kunoDavide omncane awise umdondoshiya omkhulu uGoliyati. Khona kuyakuthiwa: thokozani, abenzi bokubi banqotshiwe ngamandla engalo kaJehova enamandla onke. Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi umama wethu iBandla Elingcwele liyongena emibusweni eminingi, nasezindaweni lapho ayengasekho khona amakhulu eminyaka. Iyothela izithelo ngobuningi, njengokungathi iziphindiselela ngenxa yentukuthelo yayo eyobe ibhekane nayo ngokucindezelwa kokungahloniphi nokushushiswa kwezitha zayo.
Imiphumela kanye nezimbangela ukushushiswa of the impious ngokumelene Church.
Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ukushushiswa kusakazeke kanjani kude kakhulu, futhi kanjani, njengomlilo oqothulayo, kuqede yonke into ezindaweni ezithile, futhi kubangele, ngezinhlansi zakho, amalangabi amaningi kwamanye amazwe amaningi lapho kubonakala sengathi akufanele angene. Kodwa, ngithini? UNkulunkulu uyamangalisa! uvumela ongamhloniphiyo ukuba enze isikhathi nomaphi lapho ububi bakhe obubhubhisayo bumholela khona, nobubi bakhe ngisho noJehova uyozuza udumo lwakhe. Ngibona ekukhanyeni kweNkosi, ukuthi ukukholwa kanye nenkolo engcwele kwaba buthaka cishe kuyo yonke imibuso yobuKristu. UNkulunkulu wabavumela ukuba bagwazwe ngentonga yababi, ukuze baphaphame ebuthongweni babo; futhi ngemva kokuba uNkulunkulu esenelise ubulungisa bakhe, uyothulula umusa ngobuningi eBandleni lakhe; uzokwandisa ukukholwa,
Ukufutheka kwabantwana beBandla emva kokukhululwa kwabo. Ukuguqulwa kwabashushisi abaningana.
Ngibona bonke abantu abampofu, bekhathele ubunzima nobunzima uNkulunkulu abathumele bona, bevevezela ngenjabulo nenjabulo uNkulunkulu azoyithela ezinhliziyweni zabo. Bazakuthi: Nkosi, uthele ezinhliziyweni zethu intokozo lamandla obutsha; asisakuzwa ukukhandleka, noma ukukhathala, noma ukushushiswa esikubekezelele.
IBandla, ngokholo nothando lwalo, lizovutha kakhulu futhi lichume kakhulu kunakuqala. Lomama olungile uyobona izinto eziningi ezishaqisayo, nakubashushisi bakhe, abayofika baziphonse ezinyaweni zakhe, bambone futhi bacele intethelelo kuNkulunkulu ngawo wonke amacala kanye nakho konke ukucasuka abakwenzile kuye. Lomama ongcwele uyobamukela ku-charity ye-JC Yebo, lo mama omuhle, othintwe izithembiso zabo zokuba ngabaphenduki beqiniso nabaqotho benhliziyo ezisolayo; uthobekile futhi uphukile ngenxa yobuhlungu,
zonke izimpilo zabo, bazokwamukela laba abaphendukile abampofu esifubeni sabo. Ngeke isababheka njengezitha zayo, kodwa iyobabeka phakathi kwabantwana bayo.
Isikhathi salokhu kuthula kweBandla, okuzohambisana nokwesaba okuthile. Izimpi ezivamile. Izinguquko Emithethweni Yomphakathi.
Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi iBandla lizojabulela ukuthula okujulile isikhathi esithile, okubonakala kimi njengesikhathi eside, isivumelwano sizoba side ngalesi sikhathi, kunokuba kuzoba phakathi kwamanje nokwahlulelwa okuvamile, ngezikhathi zokuvukela umbuso. . Lapho sisondela ekwahluleleni jikelele, kulapho ukuvukela iBandla kuzofinyezwa khona; futhi ukuthula okuyokwenziwa kamuva nakho kuyakuba kufushane, ngoba sizoqhubekela phambili ekupheleni kwesikhathi, lapho kungeke kusaba khona isikhathi sokusisebenzisa, noma esokwabalungileyo ukwenza okuhle noma esonakeleyo. ukwenza okubi.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi iBandla lizobuyiselwa, futhi ngishilo ukuthi liyojabulela ukuthula okude impela, kodwa kusese kancane ngokwesaba, ngoba lizobona izimpi eziningi, izikhathi eziningi, phakathi kwamakhosi amaningi nezikhulu zemibuso. Ukuthula kwalezi zimpi kuzoba kufushane, futhi kuzoba nezinxushunxushu emithethweni yemiphakathi.
§. IV.
Izimpande ezine ezinkulu zivele zihlume amahlumela azo. Umbono wesihlahla esihle seBandla kanye nezihlahla ezine eziphuma ezimpandeni zokuqala. Ukuhlasela okusha kweBandla, okulinqobayo.
Ngakho ngithe ngenhla isihlahla sizogawulwa; kodwa njengoba izonqunywa kuphela ezingeni eliphansi, izimpande ezine zizohluma ububi bazo obujwayelekile, obuyoba kubi kakhulu kunakuqala. Ngasho futhi ngenhla ukuthi ukuthula kweBandla, lapho selibuyisiwe, kulokhu kuzothatha isikhathi eside. Mayelana nezimpande ezine, ngazibona, cishe eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu edlule (1), ngale ndlela.
(1) Udade washo lokhu kungakapheli u-1798, unyaka ashona ngawo. Ngakho-ke umbono akhuluma ngawo wenzeka, cishe ngonyaka we-1768.
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Umbono wesihlahla esihle esimele iBandla, kanye nezihlahla ezine ezinkulu eziphuma ezimpandeni ezine zesihlahla sokuqala, umfanekiso wokungahloniphi. IBandla libagawule ngonyawo.
UMoya kaJehova wangiholela entabeni ende, lapho ngabona khona umuthi omkhulu, ugcwele amagatsha, ugcwele izimbali nezithelo ngezinhlobo eziningi, nohlaza lwawo oluhle, nobungqabavu bawo, nobuhle bezinhlobonhlobo zezithelo zaso. ukubona ukubuka okubabazekayo. Amafidi ayishumi nanhlanu noma angamashumi amabili ukusuka kulesi sihlahla esihle, ngabona amajezi amane ekhuphuka esuka phansi ebhekene, eyisikwele, futhi amafidi amane noma amahlanu ngokuhlukana. Ngokuphazima kweso bobane bakhula ngokulingana, bephushela izinkomishi zabo phezulu kwalesi sihlahla esihle esinezithelo, futhi baba sikhulu njengethanga, saba luhlaza kakhulu, futhi saqondana njengemicibisholo. Masinyane ngezwa abantu abaningana bekhuluma, ababesesihlahleni esigcwele izithelo, futhi abathi: Nazi izilwane zasendle ezizosibekela isihlahla sethu; akumelwe bashiywe, ngoba babi futhi izithelo zabo ziba kakhulu. Ngaso leso sikhathi, kwavela abasebenzi abawasaha phansi.
Kwaziswa kimi ukuthi lesisihlahla esikhulu nesinhle, esithwelwe izithelo, sasimele iBandla, nokuthi lezi zimila ezine engangizibonile zikhula, futhi zibhubhisa masinyane, zaziyizitha zeBandla, okwathi ngemva kokubunjwa bafihle amaphrojekthi abo namaqhinga abo, bangashesha ukufika ngokukhuthala okukhulu bezohlasela umama wethu iBandla elingcwele, elimelwe yilesihlahla esihle. Ngisabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi izimpande ezine zalo muthi ziwumfanekiso omele isizwe. (1)
(1) UDadewethu uhlukanisa ngokucacile izinto ezimbili lapha: 1 ° amajethi amane aphuma ezimpandeni ezine, ezimele izitha zeBandla noma abaholi babangahloniphi; I-2 ° izimpande ezine ezifihliwe ngaphansi komhlaba, ezikhomba isixuku, abantu (noma lokho akubiza ngokuthi isizwe , ngokwegama elisetshenziswe ngesikhathi sakhe), abazivumela ukuba badukiswe futhi bakhohliswe abantu abangamhloniphi. Lokhu kuphawula kuzoba wusizo kakhulu ekuqondeni okulandelayo.
Ukuthuthukiswa kombono ongokwesiprofetho. Amacebo ayimfihlo akha iBandla ngomshoshaphansi. Izitha zeBandla ziyazibonakalisa kungazelelwe. Uyawalahla esifubeni sakhe.
Nakhu futhi engikubona ekukhanyeni kukaNkulunkulu, ezikhathini ezizayo, okusho ukuthi, ngokuhamba kwamakhulu eminyaka, ukusuka lapha kuya ekwahluleleni okuvamile.
IBandla lisazohlupheka kakhulu. Ukuhlasela kokuqala okuzodingeka akwenze ngemva kwalokhu abhekene nakho manje kuzovela emoyeni kaSathane, oyomvusela izinhlaka nezinhlangano. Kuyoba khona nalabo abazocasha ezindaweni ezingaphansi komhlaba ukuze benze izinhlelo zabo zobuSathane. Bayosebenzisa ngisho nodeveli, ubuciko bemilingo nemilingo, futhi konke lokhu ekuthukutheleni kwabo nasebubini babo, ukuhlasela iBandla, nokuqeda nokubhubhisa inkolo. Bazobe sebevela ngokuzumayo, futhi cishe ngokushesha njengoba ngabona amajethi amane ephuma emhlabathini, lapho ayecashe khona. Bazobe sebebonisa imisebenzi yabo, futhi ngalokho sizobona amaphrojekthi abo kanye nobubi babo bobusathane.
Kodwa-ke, bazozibonakalisa besebenzisa imishini ezoheha izingqondo ezifuna ukwazi kanye namadoda enkolo encane. Ngamaqhinga abo bayozama ukuzifaka ezingqondweni zabo, futhi babonise wonke umuntu ukuthi izindlela zabo zilungile futhi zinengqondo kuwo wonke umqondo womuntu. Lokhu kufanekiselwa amahlumela amane engawabonayo, aphenduka imithi emine emincane ebukeka kahle, eqondile, eqondile, emile kahle, enohlaza oluhle. Bonke bayoba nokubukeka kokuphumelela ekukhohliseni kahle, futhi bazokholelwa ukuthi benza intuthuko enkulu ngobubi babo. Kambe umoya kaSathane ungamenzani uNkulunkulu nxa efuna ukumketula ! Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ukubusa kwabo, noma kunalokho iphrojekthi yabo
ngeke kuthathe isikhathi eside. UMoya oNgcwele, obusa umama wethu iBandla eliNgcwele, uyokwenza kwaziwe ezinganeni zakhe ukuthi zingamadlozi nabakhohlisi abafuna ukubayenga. Khona-ke iBandla liyonquma ngokukhanya kukaMoya oNgcwele, ukuthi lezi yizihlahla ezimbi nezilwane zasendle, eziyothela izithelo ezibabayo kuphela, futhi okufanele zigawulwe futhi zigawulwe ngokushesha.
Kodwa-ke, banesikhathi esanele sokuwina abantu abambalwa ephathini yabo.
Ngibona ngalokhu kuNkulunkulu ukuthi izinhlelo zabo zizohlehliswa ngokushesha.
Kodwa uma ngisho ngokushesha, akukhona ukuthi ngifuna ukusikisela ukuthi kuzophela inyanga, unyaka. Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi lokhu kungase kuqhubeke iminyaka eminingana eyengeziwe, futhi angiboni ukuthi iBandla licindezelwe kubefundisi balo, noma enkonzweni yabo engcwele. Kodwa ngeshwa bazobe bebaningi abantu bobulili obubili, abazovuma ukukhohliswa imilingo yabo. Bayozikholelwa izaga zabo ezingamanga kangangokuthi bazoqala ukuzilandela.
§. V.
Ababi baphinde bacashe ngaphansi komhlaba, futhi babhale izincwadi eziyingozi. Intuthuko yabo esheshayo necashile. Ubuzenzisi bukaDeveli babangane babo. Ngokuziqhenya ngempumelelo yabo, baphuma ezindaweni zabo zokuhlehla, futhi bakhohlise abantu ngobuhle babo obungamanga nobusobala.
Ukumangala nokuhlupheka kweBandla, elihlangana emkhandlwini futhi ekugcineni lithole ubuzenzisi babo.
Ababi baphinde bahoxa eziphasejini ezingaphansi komhlaba, baqambe imisebenzi yokuyenga abantu.
Lezi ziphuphutheki zizothatha umhlalaphansi futhi zingabe zisavela emphakathini: kodwa zizobamba imihlangano yasebusuku, futhi, njengezilwane zasendle, zizohlala phansi ekujuleni kwamahlathi. Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi izinkulumo zabo ezimbi zizobaholela ekubhaleni amapheshana ambalwa, abazowadlulisela kulabo beqembu labo elibi, abayoba nalo.
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izincwadi. Bayoba khona abantu abanjalo yonke indawo; kuzoba nabaningana emadolobheni nasemizaneni; kuyoba khona abanye emaphandleni futhi cishe yonke indawo eduze nendawo lapho bayovinjwa khona. Laba bantu ababi, ngenxa yesithakazelo, bayobasebenzela kakhulu ebubini babo, ngokubanikeza, kulezi zindawo zokubalekela ezicashile, ngokudla nazo zonke izinto ezidingekayo. Bazoletha kulabo ababambisene nabo konke okuzofaneleka ukwenziwa kwemisebenzi yabo, futhi bazobuya nawo wonke amapheshana abazobe bewaqambe ngomoya kaSathane futhi azogcwaliswa ngazo zonke izinhlobo zokuzinikela okuhle, izinto ezintsha kanye nezintsha. izindaba ezingamanga abazozikhangisa njengeziyiqiniso. Lezi zindaba ziyohlala zigxeka inkolo. Ngaphandle kwezincwajana ukuthi
yemisebenzi, abazobe sebeyinyathelise ngozakwabo, futhi abazoyisabalalisa kubantu abaziyo ukuthi bazoyithanda .
Imuphi umonakalo owenziwa yilezi zincwadi? Inqubekelaphambili efihliwe yokuyenga .
O! Yeka umonakalo abayowenza ngalezi zincwadi eziqalekisiwe, abayozibabaza ngonya kubo bonke abazifundayo noma abazizwa zifundwa! ububi obuthelelanayo ukwedlula isifo! Konke lokhu kuhweba okubi kuzohlala isikhathi eside ngaphandle kokuvela ngaphandle; konke kuzokwenzeka ngokuthula, futhi kuzositshekelwa imfihlo engenakuphulwa
: njengomlilo ovutha lapho ufa (1) usuka phansi, futhi obhebhetheka ngaphandle kokuphakamisa ilangabi lawo, lobu bubi buyosakazeka endaweni enkulu nasemazweni amaningi, futhi kuyoba yingozi kakhulu eBandleni Elingcwele, ukuthi thina ngeke ngokushesha aphawule yonke imililo yakhe.
(1) Ngokuthula, kancane kancane, ngokungabonakali.
Labo abakhohlisiwe, ngokwesaba ukutholwa yiBandla, bakha phakathi kwabo isu elinengekayo lokuzenzisa.
Ngaleli qhinga, njengoba ngiphinda futhi, lizohlala isikhathi eside, bazokwenza konke okusemandleni ukufihla eBandleni. Kodwa lapho abanye abapristi bebona, emadolobheni noma emaphandleni ukuthi abanye bathunqa kulo mlilo oqalekisiweyo, bayakuvukela abantu abayoqaphela ubunye bokuzinikela kubo, futhi abayozehlukanisa ngisho nakancane emasikweni amahle. weBandla Elingcwele.
Nali-ke iqhinga elizosetshenziswa uSathane, kanye nesiyalezo esiqalekisiwe esiyonikezwa yilaba bangane abaneshwa: Bayothi qaphela, ukuze ubonakale futhi utholwe. Kodwa uma kwenzeka siqaphela okuthile futhi sikhathazeke, masiqaphele, ngisho noma sibeka izimpilo zethu engozini, singasho ukuthi kumayelana nani, futhi sithole imfihlo yethu kumuntu. Kodwa kunalokho masizenze silalele abefundisi, njengabantwana abancane abangenakuphikiswa nokungakwazi ukuzisiza. Masizithobe ngokubukeka; asivume ngokuthanda kwethu, sisondele emasakramenteni ngokubona komvuma wethu. Uma esikhathaza ngento ethinta imfihlo yethu, kumele simmelele ukuthi asinalwazi ngokuphelele ngaleli phuzu, futhi senze njengabantu esingabazi, sengathi lolu daba aluvamile kithi. Uma esiqinisekisa ngokuthile, esibonwa ukuthi sikwenza, noma ngezwi elithile esizwiwe silikhuluma, futhi esingafumana ngisho nofakazi kulo, akufanele siphikisane, kodwa senze ngokuthula, futhi ngobumnene; ngisho sivume into uma thina
bayaqiniseka ngokusobala; ukusho ukuthi sinephutha, ukuthi kuvela ekungazini kwethu nasekuntuleni kwethu imfundo; ukuthi asicabangi ukuthi siyalimaza; ukuthi sizithobe eBandleni nasezikhonzini zalo, njengakuNkulunkulu uqobo lwakhe, nokuthi silungele ukwenza zonke izijeziso esizobekwa phezu kwazo : kanjalo siyakugwema ukumangalelwa kwabo, futhi bayosicabangela kahle. . Ngalokho, kuyodingeka ukuphawula ngokubukeka ukuzisola okukhulu kwamaphutha ethu, futhi kwandiswe ngisho naphezu kwenhlawulo umuntu ayosibekela yona.
Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi amasathelayithi kaSathane, okucashile, njengoba sengishilo, endaweni engaphansi kanye nasezindaweni ezingaziwa, ayoba abaholi baso sonke lesi sizwe esibi engisanda kukhuluma ngaso, azomisa umthetho wamanga abawashoyo. bayokubiza ngokuthi okungenakuvinjelwa : bayofundisa futhi babuse njengabashayamthetho bakaSathane.
Abayengi bagcina bephumile ezindaweni zabo zokuhlehla. Ukuhlupheka okukhulu kweBandla.
Lapho bebona ukuthi sebezuze idlanzana labafundi elicishe lilingane nenani elidingekayo ukuze kugcwaliswe umbuso, bayobe sebezitshela ukuthi: Kumelwe sibonakale futhi sibonisa izinhloso zethu ezinhle. Khona-ke lezi zimpisi eziphangayo ziyakuphuma emihumeni yabo, zimbozwe izikhumba zezimvu; bayoba yizimpisi zangempela ezinolaka nezilambile, ezilungele ukushwabadela imiphefumulo. O ngidabukela kanjani iBandla elingcwele! O, yeka indlela okuyomelwe lihlupheke ngayo ezandleni zezitha zalo! liyohlaselwa futhi lihlaselwe nhlangothi zonke, abafokazi, abakhonza izithombe, ngisho nabantwana balo, abayodwengula izibilini zalo njengezinyoka, futhi bahlanganyele nezitha zalo ukulwa nalo.
O mama ongcwele ohluphekile, kakhulu ngokufelwa ngabantwana bakhe kunangenxa yakhe! Yebo, naphezu kokungahloniphi, amaqhinga akhe nokukhaphela kukaSathane, lo mama omuhle, esekelwa uMoya oNgcwele,
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iyohlala kuze kube usuku lokwahlulelwa, njengoba ngikwazile kuNkulunkulu, futhi njengoba ngenza ukuba kulotshwe, ngenxa yokulalela, komunye umqulu, eminyakeni eminingi edlule :
yingakho ngibeke lapha kuphela lokho engikholwa wukuthi angizange ngikufake kokunye, nalokho engikwaziyo kusukela kuNkulunkulu ngalolu daba.
Bayakhohlisa futhi bayenge ngobuhle babo bamanga, futhi bafihle imfundiso yabo eqalekisiweyo.
Ngiyabika lapha ukuthi lesi sizwe esikhohlakele sizozibonakalisa kanjani ekusondeleni kwaso eBandleni Elingcwele. Umuntu uzobona, uzozwa ngemikhuba yokuzinikela, kanye ne-austerities yenani elikhulu labantu. Umuntu uzobona izakhamuzi zasemadolobheni ziphana kakhulu abampofu, ngisho nokunikeza izizumbulu zemali eBandleni. Akugcinanga lapho, bazodayisa ngisho nezimpahla zesizwe sabo, nokwenza kwaziwe emphakathini ukuthi bazihlubula cishe yonke into ukuze benze isisa. Bazonikeza imvume yokwakha izibhedlela, izindlu zezindela, abanye edolobheni elilodwa, kanti abanye kwelinye. Bazosungula amabandla nemiphakathi; okuzokwenza umonakalo omkhulu eBandleni, ngokubonakala kobungcwele kanye nothando abayolithinta. Ama-rector amaningi (1), ukuzinikela.
Abapristi abaningana bayobabaza intshiseko yabo: ngisho nababhishobhi bayokhohliswa. Ekuqaleni bayogcina umthetho wabo oqalekisiwe ufihliwe, ozobhalwa, usayinwe futhi ugunyazwe yibo bonke abahambisana nabo. Bazoshicilela lo mthetho oqalekisiwe eminyakeni embalwa kuphela ngaphambi kokufika koMphik'ukristu, kanye nezincwadi ezimbi lapho kuzophawulwa khona indlela yokugcina umthetho wabo. Bayofihla yonke imibhalo yabo kubantu beBandla Elingcwele; kuyoba khona lesi sizwe esibi kuphela esiyozifunda, ngisho nasezindaweni ezicashile nezingaphansi komhlaba, laba bazenzisi abayobe bezigcinele lokhu kufundwa.
(1) Siyazi ukuthi eBrittany abapristi babizwa ngamagama abefundisi .
Ukumangala kweBandla elibuthana emkhandlwini, liyala ukuba libaqondise, futhi ekugcineni lithole ubuzenzisi babo.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi abapristi nazo zonke izikhonzi zeNkosi zizomangala ngoshintsho olungaka, ngaphandle kokuba kube nezimishini nezintshumayelo eziningi kunokuvamile. Kuyoba khona izikhonzi zeNkosi, okuyothi, sebekhanyiselwe kakhulu ngoMoya oNgcwele, bayobanjwa ukwesaba, bengaqiniseki ukuthi konke lokhu kuyokwenzeka kanjani, nokuthi yini eyophumela emlilweni omkhulu kangaka, oyobhebhetheka kanjalo. isivinini esikhulu.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi abefundisi abalungile, abahlale beholwa nguMoya oNgcwele, ababhishobhi abakhulu nababhishobhi, bayobiza umkhandlu ukuze babonisane phakathi kwabo. Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi kuzonqunywa uMoya oNgcwele, ukubheka abantu abadume kakhulu besizwe sabo; ukuba babekwe abalindi ngasese ukuba bahlole ukuziphatha kwabo, emini nasebusuku. Ngeke sithathe isikhathi eside singakatholi izinto eziningi ezisolisayo, ezizofakazela ukuthi babenegqubu neBandla, futhi siyoqiniseka ukuthi bangabakhohlisi nabazenzisi. Ikakhulukazi ngenxa yekhono nokuqapha kwabantu abanomthwalo wemfanelo wokuziqondisa, ezinye izincwadi zathathwa kubantu ababezigcine zifihlwe kahle. Ngakho, uNkulunkulu uyovumela ukuba zembulwe ngokuphelele, futhi ngeke kusaba nokungabaza, njengoba iNkosi yethu isho eVangelini layo elingcwele, ukuthi isitha safika ebusuku sizohlwanyela ukhula phakathi kwembewu enhle ensimini yeBandla. O Nkulunkulu! kubuhlungu bani nakukuyaluza okungakanani umama wethu iBandla Elingcwele, lapho ebona ngokuzuma intuthuko yabo, izinga labo, nemiphefumulo eminingi kangangokuthi bayobe sebedonseleka ephathini yabo!
Inani elikhulu lemiphefumulo ekhohlisiwe; ngenxa yokukhangwa kwabo.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi kusukela ngesikhathi beqala ukuzimemezela eBandleni, kuze kube yisikhathi iBandla lithola ukuthi, yisizwe esibi. Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi kusukela esikhathini lapho beyophuma emigedeni yabo, kuze kufike isikhathi lapho iBandla liyobona ububi babo, kuzodlula isikhathi eside, mhlawumbe ingxenye yekhulu leminyaka, ngaphezulu noma ngaphansi, angikwazi ukukusho kahle. Phakathi naso sonke lesi sikhathi umsebenzi wabo wobudemoni kanye nokuzenzisa kwabo okubi, okuyobenza babukeke njengabangcwele, kuzoheha inqwaba yemiphefumulo ekuvukeni kwabo; ukuze lo msebenzi wobubi ukhule njalo, futhi uqhubeke kuze kube sekupheleni komhlaba, njalo sishushisa umama wethu iBandla elingcwele .
Ngiyaphinda futhi ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi abantu abakhohliswa kakhulu ngamaqhinga kadeveli noma ngobuqili bababi kuyoba yilabo abathi, bentengantenga okholweni, babe nokholo olufile ezinhliziyweni zabo kuphela, okungukuthi yithi, ngaphandle kokuqina nangaphandle komsebenzi, futhi okuzokwenza ngaphezu kwalokho kube nomuzwa wemvelo eyonakele, umoya welukuluku, ukulunywa, kanye nokukhathazeka okuthile kwenkanuko yemvelo, yolwazi noma yokufunda yonke into kwenzeka kulezi zindaba ezimnandi zenkolo.
Njengoba, njengoba ngike ngasho, phakathi kwamanje nokwahlulelwa akusoze kwabonakala inkohliso engaka ngaphansi kombala wenkolo, ukuzinikela okungaka nobungcwele ngokubukeka nedumela, njengoba futhi ngibona laba bazenzisi, engibakhulumayo, bekhuphuka. phezu kwabazidlayo, futhi egcwele ukuzidla nokubukisa
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Lusifa, yenza izinkulumo ezinhle; bayoheha kubo yonke imiphefumulo eyize engisanda kukhuluma ngayo, futhi ephethe cishe igama lobuKristu kuphela. Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi bazogijimela kuzo zonke lezi zinto ezintsha futhi bazovuma ukubanjwa kalula nangendlela enamandla kunabadobi ababamba izinhlanzi ngoseyili babo (1).
(1) Isikebhe sokudoba.
Indlela yokugwema ukuyenga.
Namanje ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ukuze kugwenywe amashwa amaningi ngosizo lomusa, umuntu kufanele abambelele ngokungenakuvinjelwa ekukholweni, angakhathali ukulwa nezitha zakhe, ame aqine njengedwala phakathi kolwandle.ngolaka olushaya phezu kwalo. zonke izinhlangothi zamagagasi alo, zihlale zikhumbula izinkolelo zayo zokuqala, ukuze umthetho ongcwele nongcwele we-JC uhlale usekela kwethu kanye nokubusa kokuziphatha kwethu kuze kube sekugcineni kokububula kwempilo yethu.
Egameni likaNkulunkulu, masixoshe ezingqondweni zethu yonke ilukuluku kanye nayo yonke inkanuko yakho konke ukuzinikela okumangalisayo okubukeka kahle. ngaphandle, futhi elikhanya emehlweni omhlaba ngaphansi kombala wobungcwele nobungcwele. Ngenxa yothando lukaNkulunkulu, masilahle zonke lezi zinto ezintsha ezingajwayelekile kanye nobunye, futhi siqhubekisele phambili umsebenzi wensindiso yethu ngokwesaba nangokuthuthumela. Masibeke ukholo lwethu, uthando lwethu nethemba lethu kuNkulunkulu nakumama wethu iBandla elingcwele, futhi masicashe njengamatshwele ngaphansi kwamaphiko esivikelo sakhe esingcwele: akasoze asilahla, futhi uyohlala esiza. ezikhathini ezidabukisayo neziyingozi kakhulu, ngaphandle kwalapho thina ngokwethu simshiya kuqala, njengabantwana abangabongiyo nabahlubukayo, sigijime siyohlangana nezitha zakhe futhi silwe naye .
§. VI.
Izindlela zomoya ezisetshenziswa iBandla encithakalweni enkulu kangaka. Inani elikhulu lemiphefumulo ekhohlisiwe liyaguqulwa. Ukufutheka nokwenya kwabazenzisi; imfundiso yabo enengekayo. Bazobonisana nabaholi babo.
Ukuguqulwa okukhaliphile kwabaningi babaholi nabalandeli bakaSathane, ababa osanta ngisho nabafel’ ukholo.
IBandla liyala ukuzila, udwendwe, imithandazo yomphakathi, izimishini, njll.
Yilokhu okuyokwenzeka lapho abazenzisi bebona ukuthi iBandla elingcwele seliyitholile inzondo yabo. Ngokushesha nje lapho iBandla seliqaphela lesi sizwe esikhohlakele esiyokhohlisa abathembekile ngaphansi kwesigubuzelo nemibala yokuzinikela, kuyovela isiyaluyalu esithile eBandleni Elingcwele, nomzwelo ongeke nokho uqhume phezulu. Kodwa ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi iBandla, ukwazisa ngempela indaba yokuhlupheka kwalo, liyozihlomisa ngokuphelele ngezikhali zalo zomoya. Ukuzila ukudla, udwendwe kanye nemithandazo yomphakathi kuyohlelwa; ukuthunywa kuzokwenziwa cishe kuwo wonke amadolobha nasemaphandleni, amahora angamashumi amane azosungulwa ezindaweni eziningana; abashumayeli bayokhathala ukukhuluma izwi likaNkulunkulu; futhi, kuleli phuzu, kuyobonakala sengathi umusa kaNkulunkulu uyobasekela, njengokungathi abakhathali. Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ezintshumayelweni zabo bayohlala bethinta leli phuzu elibi lobuzenzisi, ngaphandle kokuthi, nokho, bagagule muntu; bazokhipha amaqiniso ambalwa nokho, bagweme ukunika noma ubani ithuba lokuhlazeka.
AmaJubili kuyo yonke imibuso yamaKatolika. Ukuguqulwa kwemiphefumulo eminingi edukisiwe neyengwayo.
UBaba Ongcwele uPhapha, oyinhloko yeBandla elingcwele, uzogcoba iJubili kuyo yonke imibuso yobuKrestu. Imithandazo eminingi nemisebenzi eminingi emihle ngeke ibe yize. Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi lokhu kuzosusa ekukhohliseni imiphefumulo eminingi, ekholelwa ukuthi ilandela abaphelele kakhulu, yaziphonsela eqenjini elingalungile, futhi elizolilahla ngezintshumayelo ezizwile, futhi ngokushushiswa okuhle. abavuma icala abazobahlolisisa kahle enkantolo yenhlawulo. Kungale mikhuba enempilo kangangokuthi abavuma izono bazobopha imiphefumulo eminingi ezobe inyakaza futhi ilungele
nikelani eqenjini elingalungile, futhi eliyonamathela kunanini ngaphambili enkolweni naseNkololweni engcwele.
Ukuthukuthela nokweyisa abazenzisi ngokuzibona bedaluliwe ngokuphelele.
Isizwe esibi, ngaphandle kokubangela noma yini ukuba iqhume ngaphandle, siyofa ngokucasuka ngaphakathi kwaso: siyoqaphela lolu shintsho ngaphandle kokukwazi ukusho lutho; kodwa lapho laba bazenzisi bebuthene bonke ndawonye bazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi batholakele, bayothukuthelela phansi kwabo. Ngibabona beyiqulu lamabhubesi ngolaka nokuphelelwa yithemba, beshaya phansi ngonyawo, begedla amazinyo, bedwengula izinwele, beshayana ngezimpama, bethi: kuwukungahlakaniphi, kuwukukhaphela. Ngomqondo othile, bayobe beqinisile, ngoba ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi imiphefumulo ezophenduka futhi ilahle iqembu layo, iyobalahla eBandleni, futhi imemezele kulo iziphambeko zabo nokholo lwabo olubi; ukuze iBandla Elingcwele lingabe lisaba nakungabaza ngabo
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izilinganiso ezimbi. Bonke ongqongqoshe be-JC, njengoba bethola izinto ezintsha, bazohlomisa ngezikhali ezintsha ezingokomoya ukuze balwe nayo yonke imikhuba emibi.
Amaphutha abo, kanye necebo labo lokucekela phansi iBandla.
UNkulunkulu ungazise kimi amaphutha amaningana abazowafaka emthethweni wabo, ikakhulukazi lawo amayelana nokuNyama okuNgcwele kweZwi laphakade, elafakwa esibelethweni seNcasakazi uMariya, owaba ngumuntu ngokuhlangana nabantu bethu. imvelo, futhi ngalokho onguNkulunkulu weqiniso nomuntu weqiniso, uNkulunkulu nomuntu ngokuphelele. Kuyoba le mfihlakalo ethandekayo yenkolo yethu engcwele, ezohlaselwa ngobudlova kakhulu, futhi abazokwenza sengathi bayiqeda ngokuphelele. O imiphefumulo ejabulayo uNkulunkulu azoyinika umusa wokushushiswa nokufelwa ukholo ngenxa yeqiniso lale mfihlakalo ethandekayo! Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi kuzochitheka igazi eliningi eBandleni elingcwele ngenxa yala maqiniso amakhulu. Ngithi ngalamaqiniso amakhulu, ngaziphi izimfihlakalo ezingcwele
zifakwe emfihlakalweni ekhangayo yokuthatha isimo somuntu! Maye! Maye! Maye! kufanele, uma uNkulunkulu enomusa, sikhale izinyembezi zegazi, noma kunalokho sife ngenxa yobuhlungu, lapho sicabanga ukuthi abangamhloniphi bafuna ukuqeda le mfihlakalo enhle yokuthatha isimo somuntu kweZwi.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi bazothi bayasiqeda futhi basibhubhise ngokuphelele Umama weBandla eliNgcwele. Futhi ngempela, uma uNkulunkulu, njengoba esithembisile, engeke alisekele futhi alibuse ngoMoya wakhe oNgcwele, ingabe umama wethu omuhle iBandla elingcwele, umlingani kaJC, ubengeke aqedwe? futhi wayengamelana nolaka lwesihogo nolwabantu? Kuleli phuzu, ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi inhloso yabo kuyoba ukuqeda inkolo yethu engcwele ngokuphelele. Lo Mesiya ozenzisa bazozitshela ukuthi usezenze inhloko yenkolo yamaKrestu; kufanele sichithe konke akumisile futhi wakumisa emthethweni wabo ngokuziphatha kwabo. Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi zonke lezi sathelayithi ngeke zisafuna ukuhlupheka eBandleni Elingcwele, noma umpristi, noma umhlatshelo, noma i-altare, noma ukuvuma izono, noma ukuhlanganyela, nanoma yiliphi isakramente. Ngeke bafune kuvele uphawu lwenkolo yethu engcwele, AmaKristu.
Uzungu of the impious ekulahlekeni kwabo. Isinqumo sokuyobonisana nezinduna zabo edolobheni elidume kakhulu.
Ngisabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi emva kokucasuka nokuphelelwa ithemba kwalaba ababi ababebuthene ezindaweni zabo ngaphansi komhlaba, njengoba ngishilo ngenhla, nali itulo elibi abayolenza: Bayokhuluma bodwa bodwa: Ngeke sisakwazi ukwenza lutho oluhle ngokulandela umthetho. umthetho wethu; abefundisi basitholile, futhi nathi asisakwazi ukusebenzisa inkonzo yabo; bayasinqabela ukukhululwa. Sibona kahle ukuthi abasafuni ukuthi sixoxe nabanye, futhi sebelahlekelwe umbono omuhle ababenawo ngathi; ngakho-ke lapha ngokushesha silahlekelwa udumo nesithunzi yiwo wonke umuntu, kanye nathi yonke imindeni yethu. Siyaqaphela nokuthi abantu abavamile, esikhundleni sokusihlonipha, njengoba benza ngaphambili, bayasigwema ngomoya othile wokudelela. Ngakho nasi isixazululo bazothatha: Kufanele, bazothi, sithathe izeluleko nezeluleko emakhosini ethu, okungababhali bomthetho wethu kanye nabashayimthetho bethu. Icala libaluleke kakhulu.
Inkathazo novalo lwezikhulu nebandla lonke.
Ngenxa yalokho, bazohamba bayothola amakhosi nabaholi babo, abazofihlwa edolobheni elidume kakhulu. Lapho bayothola inani elikhulu
abangabambisene nabo, abazobe beye ezinduneni zabo ngesihloko esifanayo. Ngamunye wabo uzokhuluma izindaba zezwe lakhe, futhi ahlanganyele ukukhathazeka kwakhe nosizi lwakhe ngendaba yezithiyo iBandla Elingcwele eliyobe lizibekile emisebenzini yabo. Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi imibiko ehlukene abazoyenza kubaholi izobaphazamisa futhi ibethuse; ukwesaba kuyobamba izinhliziyo zabo, futhi, kuhlangene nokukhathazeka kukanembeza wabo, kuyobaphazamisa, futhi kugcwalise imicabango yabo ngezibonakaliso. Ngeke besakwazi ukuthi bazothini komunye nomunye futhi bazobuzana ngani. UNkulunkulu uyobavumela ukuba babe nokwesaba okunyantisayo ngomama wethu ongcwele weBandla. Bayokwesaba, futhi bayozitshela: Sizokwenzani? Sitholakele! Ngeke sisavunyelwa ukuhlala phakathi kwabathembekile, futhi, ngaphezu kwalokho,
Umusa ugqugquzela kwabaningi isifiso sokuzithoba eBandleni.
Umusa, lowo ngomusa kaNkulunkulu njalo ubheka ngisho nezoni ezinkulu kakhulu, uyobe usufuna ukubona ukuthi awukwazanga yini ukungena kunembeza wabo okhathazekile futhi othukile. Engikubonayo kuNkulunkulu ukuthi kuzoba nabaningana, kuleli qembu lamasathelayithi, abazokhuluma ngomphumela womusa ongcwele, ozosebenza kubo bengazi. Lolu wulimi abazolusebenzisa kulo mhlangano oneshwa, lapho wonke umuntu ezokhuluma ngaphandle kokuxazulula lutho. Izifundo, kanye nabaholi, bazohlukana ngemibono yabo yobuSathane. Kuzosungulwa amaqembu ahlukene ngokwemibono eyahlukene. Sizokwenza ama-cabals amancane, phambi kwabaholi, ngezinye izikhathi abangafuni ukulalela noma ukuphendula izicelo. Kuleli phuzu lapho umusa uyolibamba ukuze unqobe, ngokufaka lolu limi emilonyeni yabaningi: Sizokwenzenjani? sizoba yihlazo leBandla, uma singazinikeli hhayi
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ngenhliziyo eqotho: ngisho nabaholi bethu abanaso isibindi, futhi abasazi ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuthatha.
Bahlukane ngokuphana kwabanye babaleke bayoziphonsa esifubeni seBandla.
Kulo mhlangano obulalayo, labo abayoba nenjabulo yokuba nalemizwa ngomphumela womusa, bayofunana, futhi bayokwakha ibhande bahlukane. Bayokhuthazana, bathi: “Masingachithi isikhathi, masihambe manje, singabe sisalalela laba; masingakhathazeki ngokuthi kuyakuba yini kubo, nangezindlela abazakuzisebenzisa.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi umusa wakhe uveza imiphumela emangalisayo lapho uthola indlela yokungena enhliziyweni yesoni. Ngiyabona ukuthi kuleli qembu, lapho umusa uqala ukunqoba khona, kuyoba khona izinduna eziningana, izangoma eziningana kanye nezangoma eziningana, okuzothi ngesikhathi esifanayo zishiye lo mhlangano oneshwa. Lomusa waphezulu uyobe usubakhuthaza ngesibindi esikhulu, kangangokuthi uyobenza bavalelise okuphakade kwababi lapho behamba; futhi sengathi abasenakwesaba lutho, bayothi kubo ngokuzwakalayo: Yenzani ngokuthanda kwenu: ngoba thina, asisekho phakathi kwenu, futhi ngokushesha siya eBandleni ngenhliziyo eqotho nezisolayo. . Bese bebaleka ngelikhulu ijubane, hleze bavinjwe amasathelayithi .
Ubuqotho bokuguqulwa nokuzisola kwabo.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi leli butho elijabulayo, elihlanganiswe ngokuqinile ngomusa, futhi ngesikhathi esifushane kangako, lizoqonda ngqo lapho umusa ozoliholela khona. Ngize ngibone ukuthi ngeke abe nobunzima ekubonweni yiBandla Elingcwele ngokuphenduka ngokweqiniso, ngoba uMoya oNgcwele uzokhanyisela izikhonzi zeNkosi.
Lapho izoni eziphendukile sezizehlukanisile ngalendlela naleli qembu likaSathane, futhi sezihoxile ezindaweni zazo ezingaphansi komhlaba, laba bantu abaphendukayo abampofu bayogwema ngokucophelela ukuhlangana nabahambisana nabo, ngokwesaba nangokwesaba ukuthi bazophinde bababambe.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi laba abaphendukayo beqiniso bazothembeka emseni; ngakho uNkulunkulu uzoqhubeka ebavikela. UMoya oNgcwele uyokhanyisela izikhonzi zeBandla ngomusa oyisimangaliso, futhi uyobavimbela ngokuthi kubo: Ningesabi ukwamukela ukuphenduka kulezizoni ezimpofu ezizofika zizokhuluma kini. Abasezimpisi eziphangayo njengakuqala, ezimbozwe izikhumba zezimvu; ngeke besakulethela izikhwama zemali ukuze bavale ukuzenzisa kwabo; kodwa bayolala ezinyaweni zakho izinhliziyo zabo zidabukile, zithobekile futhi zidabukile ngobuhlungu ngenxa yokucasula uNkulunkulu.
Ukushisekela kwabo ukulungisa amahlazo abo. Ukuguqulwa okuningi kwenziwe ngesibonelo sabo nangamazwi abo. Isivuno sesibili, cishe sibe siningi njengesokuqala.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi yilowo nalowo walaba abaphendukayo uyoziveza kuqala kubaphathi bemizi noma basemaphandleni; ngeke besabe ukwenza kwaziwe, ngisho nasobala, lokho ababeyikho ngaphambili; bayokwamukelwa ngomusa omkhulu ezikhonzini zeNkosi. Laba abaphendukile abalungile, bebona ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubapha umusa ongaka, bayogcwala ukubonga nothando ngoNkulunkulu, kangangokuthi, ngokuphendula, ngamunye wabo uyobuyela emndenini wakhe ukuze akhuthaze omkabo, abantwana babo kanye nezinceku zabo. Ngeke bagcine lapho, bayohamba, njengabashumayeli abashumayela ngezwi eliphansi, ukuze bafundise abazali babo, abangane babo, nabo bonke abantu ababaziyo abaye banikela ngobuzenzisi. Umusa uzothela kakhulu kulo mcimbi kangangokuthi ukuguqulwa okuncomekayo kuzobonakala nhlangothi zonke, nezoni zigcwalisa amabandla ukuba zize enkantolo yokuzisola. Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi kuzofana nesivuno sesibili somusa kaMoya oNgcwele. Uzoguqulwa kulokhu okwesibili, ngenxa yezinkinga kanye nemikhuleko iBandla eliyoyenza, cishe izoni eziningi njengoba eyobe esephendulwe okokuqala yimishini, ukuzila kanye namajubili engikhulume ngawo.
Baba abangcwele, bona, abantwana babo, nabazukulu babo, futhi uNkulunkulu ubanika umusa wokufela ukholo.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi laba abaphendukayo beqiniso bayoba abangcwele, futhi bayoba nenjabulo yokuthi abantwana babo, kanye nabantwana babantwana babo, nabo bayoba njalo; futhi uNkulunkulu uyobanika umusa wokufela ukholo, ekusondeleni kokufika komphikukristu, lo mesiya ozenzisa.
Ukuziphatha okuncomekayo komusa ezoni ezinkulu. Ukuguqulwa kweqiniso kwenzeka ngokholo, ithemba kanye nothando.
Yilokhu okuzokhiqizwa umama wethu iBandla elingcwele, okuyothi, ngezikhali zakhe zomoya, kudonsele eNkosini isixuku esingenakubalwa semiphefumulo. Ngaphandle koquqaba lwezoni eziyoguqulwa ngezimishini, izintshumayelo kanye nenkantolo yokuzisola, yeka umusa onamandla ongeke uwuthole kuleli butho engisanda kukhuluma ngalo! Yebo, engikuthanda kakhulu lapha, futhi okungibeka eceleni kwami, wukubona izoni ezimpofu okuthi, ngobubi bazo namacala azo anqwabelene, zibe nonyawo olulodwa cishe esihogweni, ezizozithola ziphakathi komhlangano wezigebengu. njengabo, lapho beyozwa khona kuphela izinkulumo namaphrojekthi kaSathane, izinhlamba nezihlambalaza uNkulunkulu neBandla Elingcwele, nalapho bonke beyocasuka ngenxa yokuphelelwa ithemba, kuwukubona lezo zoni ezimpofu.
iguqulwe ngomusa. Yeka isimangaliso! Kuphakathi kwalomhlangano we-infernal lapho umusa uyofika uzethule kubo, futhi uzame, phakathi kwalokhu kudideka okungapheli, uma kungase kuvele ekukhanyeni ukungena ezinhliziyweni zabo. Lomusa waphezulu, ngobuhle bukaJ.
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Kungakhi ukunqoba okuzozuza umusa kusukela ekulweni kokuqala! Labo abazithoba kukho bayozithola ngalokho kakade sebehlangene ndawonye ukuze basebenzele ukuguqulwa kwabo okuphelele.
Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi umnyakazo wokuqala walomusa uzobaholela ekulahleni ngenhliziyo yonke umthetho wabo omubi, ubakhombise ukuthi bebenephutha nabahambisana nabo. Okwesibili, ngibona ubuhle bokukholwa, ithemba, kanye nothando luthatha izinhliziyo zabo: ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukusebenza lolo kholo, lobo buhle bungaphezu kwemizwa, obungokomoya, obungcwele, nobunkulunkulu, futhi obukhiqiza ubuhle obunjalo. izithelo, uyokwenza ingaphakathi lazoni abampofu, ngokushesha nje lapho sebemvulele umnyango wezinhliziyo zabo. Phakathi kobumnyama besihogo namademoni izinhliziyo zabo zizungezwe ngabo, lokhu kukholwa okuphilayo, njengomusa onqobayo, kuyavela ekukhanyeni, futhi kuletha ukucaca nokukhanya nomaphi lapho kuya khona, ngisho kuyo yonke ingaphakathi lomphefumulo. nasezingxenyeni zayo eziphakeme, futhi ikhipha amademoni ngobumnyama: inikeza ukuthula, ikhanyisela ingqondo, futhi iphakamisa ukuqonda ekwazini uNkulunkulu. Ngalolu lwazi uthinta inhliziyo, futhi amise isihlalo sakhe lapho ngethemba nothando; ngoba ngokujwayelekile lezi zimfanelo ezintathu azihlukaniseki, noma, uma zihlukene, ziba zintekenteke futhi zingabonakali, kangangokuthi zilahlekelwa, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, igama elithi ubuhle.
§. VII.
Ngemva kokuguqulwa kwabaningana babo abaholi bomhlangano ongengcwele bazinikela enkonzweni kaSathane. Uyabamemezela futhi abathembise umphikukristu njengomholi wabo. Izifungo
okungasebenziseka ngokumelene nomthetho we-JC Anti-Christian ofungiswe futhi wasayinwa. Ukuvukela okunyantisayo okuvela esihogweni ngokumelene neBandla.
Abantu abangamesabi uNkulunkulu abaphelelwe ithemba bacela usizo kuSathane. Isivikelo sikaNkulunkulu phezu kwabasanda kuguquka.
Ngiyaqhubeka ngibhala okuzokwenzeka ezikhathini ezizayo, futhi ngibuyela kulokho iqembu lamasathelayithi elizokwenza, lapho abaphenduki abangcwele engikhulume ngabo sebewushiyile umhlangano wabo: lezi zikhonzi zobubi zizokwenqatshelwa, ziphelelwe ithemba futhi ziphume ngokwabo. Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ngeke bakwazi ukwenza nokwenza amacebo abo obudeveli bebodwa. Kungakho, bengazi ukuthi iyiphi indlela okufanele bahambe ngayo, beyothi: “Masiye kuSathane; ngaphezu kwalokho nguye uqobo ophethe imisebenzi yethu, futhi osenza siphumelele yonke indawo. Bayosebenzisa umlingo, futhi balethe sathane nabo. Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi amademoni azodlana, futhi ayoba nesiyaluyalu esingapheli mayelana nabasanda kuguquka. Bayosizwa isivikelo sikaNkulunkulu phezu kwabo kangangokuthi ngeke ngeke babe namandla okubalinga ngendlela abebeyoba ngayo. Bazovinjelwa ngisho nokuziveza emhlanganweni wamasathelayithi abo, kuyilapho abasanda kuguquka bazobe bekhona.
UNkulunkulu ngeke afune ukuthi amademoni eze azophonsa imicibisholo yawo enobuthi ezinhliziyweni lapho umusa uyozalelwa kuphela.
Ukuvela kwamadimoni. Ulaka lwabo. Izihlamba ezibuhlungu abazenzayo kubasekeli babo.
Ngakho-ke amademoni, egcwele intukuthelo nolaka ngokumelene nezikhonzi zawo, ayofika encibilika emihumeni yawo njengombani wokuduma: abangamhloniphiyo, abangenawo umkhuba wokusondela ngale ndlela ngamademoni, bayofikelwa ukwesaba okukhulu. Amademoni ayobenza bazizwe begcwele intukuthelo yabo, futhi bayothi kubo: Ingabe kunjalo, amagwala namavila, ukuthi nimatasatasa izindaba zezwe lenu? Izanusi ezinkulu zizophendula: Kungani ningezi nina? Amademoni azowaphendula athi: Ukube besikwazi ukuza, besingeke silahlekelwe yizikhonzi zethu eziningi: konke kucishe kwalahleka phakathi kwethu; akudluli usuku, noma ihora, umuntu angasiphunyuki ngalo idumela nokuncenga lezi zihlubuki. Amadimoni azokwengeza: Asingamoshi isikhathi. Ngingakwazi, ngesibindi sami, ngamandla ami nangobuqhawe bami, ukunikhipha kwalasha eniwele kuwo nonke; phakamisa isibindi sakho, u-pusillanimous oyikho; ungenza ngibe namahloni
amasosha anjalo angilandelayo!... Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi amademoni azoqhumisa phezu kwawo imicibisholo evuthayo yokuqhosha, ukuzidla kanye nokugabadela, futhi azowaphilisa ngesibindi sobusathane; ukuze izingqondo nezinhliziyo zabo ezivutha kanjalo zithathe imizwa, ububi kanye nenzondo yodeveli.
Inkulumo kaSathane. Ubathembisa umphikukristu njengomholi wabo, futhi uthuthukisa amakhono akhe namandla akhe.
Khona-ke uSathane uzothi kuleli bandla: Singachithi isikhathi, kungenxa yalokhu kushaywa ngithanda ukuba ninqobe. Ngifuna ukucekela phansi zonke izizwe ezizomelana nathi; Ngifuna ukunenza amakhosi omhlaba wonke. Niyokhonzwa njengonkulunkulu; uyakuceba ngegolide nangesiliva, uyakuba nakho ngokomyalelo wakho, kube ngamaningi ngangesihlabathi solwandle; yimi engizama ukukunika kona. Ngizokunika umholi oyoba namandla ngezenzo nangamazwi, futhi oyophatha yonke isayensi ngokugqamile; Ngizoba inkosi yakhe mina. ngiyakumfundisa, ngimbambe kusukela ebuntwaneni bakhe: akayikuba neminyaka eyishumi, lapho eyakuba namandla, efundile kunani nonke, nalapho eyakuzibonakalisa ngomoya wakhe omkhulu nangezenzo zakhe ezihlakaniphile. okwenzayo bahlanganise bonke. Kusukela kule minyaka eyishumi ngizohamba naye emoyeni, ngizokwenza ngizokwenza njalo
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bheka yonke imibuso nemibuso yomhlaba; ngizamenza inkosi yawo wonke umuntu, njalo ngizamnika konke lokhu esandleni sakhe. Uyoba isifundiswa esiphelele kwezobuciko bempi; Ngizomenza iqhawe elinesibindi kanye nomnqobi omkhulu, oyozuza ukunqoba yonke indawo. Ekugcineni, ngiyomenza unkulunkulu, oyokhonzwa njengomesiya olindelwe.
Ngeke enze ngawo wonke amandla akhe aphelele, futhi ngeke abukise ngokunqoba kwakhe nokunqoba kwakhe, aze abe neminyaka engamashumi amathathu ubudala; kodwa ngaphambi kwalesosikhathi uzatshengisa amathalenta akhe ekusithekeni. Ngizonazisa nina eniyizikhonzi zami. Kusukela ebuntwaneni bakhe, niyombona njengenkosi yenu, futhi nimkhonze njengonkulunkulu wenu nomesiya wenu.
Udeveli, njengenani lezithembiso zakhe, ufuna ukuba bonke bazidele enkonzweni yakhe. Isivumelwano esibi naye.
USathane uzothi ebandleni: “Makholwa ezweni lakini nasemthethweni wenu, ziboneleni ukuthi niyini; bhekani esengikwenzele kona, nokuthi kungakanani ukunqoba engikwenza ukuba nikuzuze nsuku zonke, futhi naphezu kwalokho ningamakholwa futhi anibongi! Ngiyafuna futhi ngithi, njengenkosi, unginike isandla sakho, njengobufakazi bokuthi kusukela manje nonke niyazinikela ngenxa yami, esikhathini naphakade, ngokwethembeka okungagodliwe ukuze ningikhonze, ngikhonze izwe lenu, futhi ngizuze izikhonzi zami.
Bazokwenza isivumelwano, lapho idemoni liyozibophezela ukugcina izithembiso elizenza kubo, ngisho nokudlulela ngalé kwazo. Ningesabi, uzothi kubo, aniyikuswela lutho enkonzweni yami; noma yini oyifunayo uyakunikwa; uma udinga amabutho empi, ngiyakukunika wona masinyane. Bayohamba yonke indawo ukuze bakwenze unqobe futhi uzuze ukunqoba, inqobo nje uma ugcina izithembiso zakho ngokwethembeka okungenakuphulwa, futhi nokuthi awusoze wazenza unecala lokungabongi okufana nalokhu okwenze kimi. Ngingakuxolela ngakho kuphela njengoba ngizokubona uthembekile esikhathini esizayo.
Izifungo ezigcwalisekayo ngokumelene no-JC
Idemoni liyobe senezela: “Mabeze, kube yilowo nalowo afake isandla sakhe esivumelwaneni, afunge ukwethembeka kimi kuze kube sekufeni. Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi lezi zixhwanguxhwangu, zithuthwa ngentokozo futhi ziloyiwe izithembiso zamademoni, zijatshuliswa imibono nemibono ezikhohlisayo eziyokwakha emicabangweni yazo, futhi umfanekiso wazo othophayo uzokwandisa ukwesaba, ukwesaba nezinkathazo. abayobe behlangabezane nakho ngaphambili, bazohamba, ngokuthanda kwabo nangenhliziyo enkulu, ukuze basayine isivumelwano, futhi benze isifungo sokwethembeka kudemoni ukuphila kwabo konke. Bayothi nakulesi sangoma: Uma besinezimpilo eziyinkulungwane, besizozihlabela kuwe. Idemoni liyobaphendula lithi: Aninazo izimpilo eziyinkulungwane, njengoba nifisa, ngibafanele kahle; kodwa kunalokho ngifuna futhi mina ngiyanifuna futhi ukuba ningithande, nimzonde ngokuphelele uKristu enimbiza ngokuthi iNdodana yoPhezukonke; ukuthi ulahle zonke izimiso azimisa eBandleni lakhe; ukuthi labo phakathi kwenu ababhapathiziwe balahle ngokuphelele ukubhapathizwa kwabo nazo zonke izithembiso abazenze ngesifungo; ukuthi bonke abangakabhapathizwa, ziqukethe isifungo sokwethembeka, abazongiboleka ngaso, abangasoze baba .
Ngifuna futhi ngisho ngokuphelele ukuthi uzonda njengoba nami ngimzonda lo okuthiwa uNkulunkulu olwa nathi, futhi owenza sihlupheke kakhulu, ngisho nangeyakhe. Kuyadingeka, njengami, ukuba nakho ngenzondo nokwethuka, kanye nakho konke okuvela kuye; ukuze nishaye sengathi anilindele lutho kuye, nazi ukuthi mina ngiyinkosi yenu noNkulunkulu wenu; ngenze sengathi niyakungibuyisela esikhathini esizayo, namanje kusukela manje kuqhubeke ukukhuleka nokukhonza. uthando alufuna kuye. Kungifanele kakhulu nangokwengeziwe kunaye.
Niyabo, izikhonzi zami, ukuthi yini umehluko okhona phakathi kwezikhonzi zami nezakhe. Uzibekela umthetho oqinile ezinzwa nasemvelweni; ubafaka ekuhluphekeni okuqhubekayo, futhi njengomvuzo ubakhungathekisa ngezifo zomzimba nengqondo, futhi ubenze babekezelele zonke izinhlobo zokuhlupheka; nami, uyabona ukuthi ngikuphatha kanjani. Ngeke usho ukuthi nginguthisha oqinile futhi oqinile ngokwemvelo. Ngiyakududuza futhi ngiyakweseka ebuthakathakeni bakho . Angikushiyi ebumpofu, noma ekuthotshisweni kokweswela, njengoba eshiya eyakhe. Kunalokho, ngiyaninika futhi ngizoninika konke ngokuchichimayo .
Ngaleso sikhathi, udeveli, ngezinkulumo zakhe nangemicibisholo evuthayo uyodubula ezinhliziyweni zabo, uyokwenza kahle kakhulu, kangangokuthi bayokhulelwa inzondo engenakugwenywa ngoNkulunkulu, futhi ngokufutheka kwabo nangokufutheka kwabo bayobe sebelungele ukumbulala. abhubhise futhi abhubhise uNkulunkulu nabantu bakhe, uma bekwazi. Ekugcineni, izinhliziyo nezingqondo zabo ziyoba njengamademoni. Bayoba nentshiseko evuthayo, uthando lothando, nesifiso esikhulu sokwethembeka enkonzweni yabo; ukuze labo bomhlangano abangeke babe phakathi kwenhlangano yezangoma ezinkulu, basheshe bangene kuwo kanye
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ukwaneliseka okukhulu, nokwaneliseka okukhulu kwamademoni.
Lapho isivumelwano sesilotshiwe, sasayinwa, nezifungo zenziwe, ibandla libe njengenduna yezazi ezinkulu; futhi idemoni liyothi kubo ngomoya wenjabulo nokwaneliseka: Manje njengoba seningabangane bami beqiniso, nokuthi ubuhlungu enangizwisa bona esikhathini esidlule senithethelelwe. Nginenza nibe amakhosi azo zonke izidalwa futhi
lonke igunya lami; Ngininika amandla aphelele okubhalisa kule nkontileka bonke abazofuna ukwenza izithembiso enizenzile. Ngiyobe sengizibophezela ukuthi ngibanikeze umusa ofanayo kanye nezibusiso ezifanayo engikuthembise zona, inqobo nje uma ekuthembiseni kwabo umshado bathatha isifungo esinqunyiwe futhi basayine.
Umthetho omelene nobuKristu wenezelwa esivumelwaneni nezifungo okufanele zigcinwe. Iqukethe ini.
Kumanje, bangane bami, lapho kufanele sonke sidlale ekhonsathini. Ngibonise umthetho wakho, okufanele wengezwe esivumelwaneni esisanda kusenza, futhi okufanele ubekwe enhloko yalo mthetho, ukuze ube ngowokuqala ukubhekwa futhi usetshenziswe. Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi lo mthetho uzolethwa yizinhloko zebandla. Amademoni ngokwawo ayobeka lesi sivumelwano enhloko yomthetho wawo, futhi azokwengeza kulo mthetho noma yini ayithandayo, ngokuvumelana nomoya wawo wobuSathane.
Yilokhu engikubona kuNkulunkulu: Kulo mthetho oqalekisiweyo, uMesiya osekukade efiswa uzomenyezelwa, futhi kuyothiwa uyena yedwa okufanele sikholwe kuye, futhi kufanele simkhonze. Uyomenyezelwa ngabaprofethi nangezingelosi iminyaka embalwa (ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu kuzoba njengeminyaka emibili noma emithathu) ngaphambi kokuba azalwe. Angikwazi ukukubala lapha konke okuzoshiwo okuthophayo nokufeza okwengeziwe ngomuntu wakhe, ubuhle bakhe nengcebo yakhe. Uyoba njengokungathi uzungezwe ukucaca kwaphezulu, ocwebezela ngaphezu kwemisebe yelanga. Uyovela ephelezelwa inkantolo yasezulwini yezingelosi, eziyomlandela; wonke amalegiyona ezingelosi ayonikela ukukhulekela kwawo kuye njengenkosi yawo, futhi ayomkhulekela njengoNkulunkulu weqiniso uMninimandla onke, noMesiya owayefiswa futhi elindelwe kusukela ekuqaleni kwezwe. Kodwa kukho konke lokhu ngibona kuNkulunkulu kuphela iziphambeko ezenyanyekayo kanye nezenzo zokungathembeki ezichazekayo. Kuyoba amademoni amaningi, ngaphansi komfanekiso wezingelosi zokukhanya, azoprofetha ngokufika kwalo muntu wobubi; njengoba nje kuzakuba khona amalegiyona amadimoni azakuza amkhokhele futhi akhonze kuye UMesiya.
Okungizwisa ubuhlungu kakhulu ukuthi ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi lo mthetho oqalekisiweyo uzoqukatha izinhlamba eziningi nokusolwa ngoMsindisi wethu othandekayo. Uma bengingesabi ukucasula uNkulunkulu, bengingeke ngicabange ukuba nezinengiso ezinjalo zibhalwe phansi; Izikhohlakali zizozenza zaziwe ngolimi lwazo olungenanhlonipho noluhlazisayo. Nakhu abazokusho ngokuphathelene neZwi Elisenyameni. Bayothi ungumesiya wamanga nomthakathi, ongenwe usathane; ukuthi ungumbulali ogwetshelwe ukufa ngenxa yamacala akhe kanye nomthetho wakhe wamanga; ukuthi abantu abambalwa babengayifuni
qaphela uMesiya; ukuthi kungenxa yalokhu ukuthi bamahlulele futhi bamgwebela ukufa futhi babangela ukuba afele phakathi kwezigelekeqe ezimbili ngezandla zababulali; ukuthi yilesi sigebengu esibizwa ngokuthi uMesiya weqiniso olindelwe; ukuthi yingakho abantu abambalwa, ngaphansi kwesiqu esithi amaKristu, baye bathi bayawugcina lomthetho oqinile, obonakala usungulwe ukubhubhisa umuntu kuphela, kunokuba umenze aphile; ukuthi inani elikhulu lala maKristu liye laphuphutheka ngokwanele futhi layiziwula ngokwanele ukuba likholelwe kuye kanye nakho konke akumisile emthethweni wakhe omubi; ukuthi ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane baye bazisekela kule nkolelo engamanga neyize, nokuthi kuye kwatholakala abanye benenkani emibonweni yabo, kangangokuthi bakhetha ukufa;
Ukuvukela okwesabekayo kwabandulela umphikukristu, ngokumelene neBandla kanye namaKrestu. Ukushicilelwa komthetho wabo onengekayo.
Lezi zigebengu ziyogcwala amaKrestu alungile ngezithuko nezithuko, zisho izifungo neziqalekiso ezizokwenza izulu nomhlaba kuzamazame. Akusesona isikhathi sokuphikisa, bazothi, kufanele samukele lo mthetho omusha, osithembisa eminyakeni embalwa umesiya weqiniso ofisa kangaka, onothando olungaka ngabantu, futhi oyobagcwalisa ngomusa ongaka. nomusa: uma ningafuni ukuzinikela ngomusa omuhle, niyophoqeleka ukuba nenze kanjalo ngenkani, ngokuba ihora selifikile lapho ukunqotshwa komhlaba wonke kuyokwenziwa ngamandla nangenxa yeqiniso uMesiya. Masibhubhise, bayosho phakathi kwabo, konke lokhu okubizwa ngeBandla, futhi makungabe kusaba khona ukukhuluma kulo mesiya wamanga ezweni.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ngemva kokushumayeza abantu ngesobumnene bayokwenza ukuba amakhophi omthetho wabo wamanga abekwe ezimpambanweni zemigwaqo nasezingosini zemizi, futhi bayokwenza ukuba afundwe obala, kokubili phakathi kwezizwe. emadolobheni nasezindaweni zasemaphandleni: lapho-ke bayokhala futhi bachithe zonke izimfihlakalo zenkolo yethu engcwele, ikakhulukazi leyo yokuba sesimweni somuntu kweZwi; bayoyihleka usulu imikhosi yeBandla elingcwele futhi bayoyiphendula inhlekisa; bazophatha _
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kusukela ezinganekwaneni izimfihlakalo ezingcwele kanye nawo wonke amasakramente; khona-ke bayoshicilela zonke izinhlobo zokuhlushwa umuntu azobhekana nazo nalabo abayovinjelwa ukulandela umthetho we-JC, futhi abayokwenqaba ukulalela umyalo wabo.
Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba asebenzise ukuqina, amademoni ayovela ngaphansi komfanekiso wezingelosi zokukhanya, ukuze amemezele umesiya wawo weqiniso othenjisiwe; bayokhuthaza abantu ukuthi bakholelwe kuye, futhi balahle lo mprofethi wamanga obizwa ngokuthi uJesu. Bonke ubuciko babo namaqhinga abo azohlala iminyaka eminingana, ngaphambi kokuthi basebenzise ukuqina namasosha abo anobudemoni.
UDade uphetha i-akhawunti yakhe lapha, ngoba emiqulwini yokuqala ubike ngokushushiswa komphikukristu. UNkulunkulu uzolivikela ngokuyisimangaliso iBandla Lakhe kuze kube yilolu suku lokugcina lomhlaba.
Kungenzeki kimi ukuba ngikwazi ukubhala phansi konke engikubona kuNkulunkulu, mayelana nalokho okuqukethwe kulo mthetho oqalekisiweyo: yingakho-ke ngizomaka lapha kuphela izinto ezibaluleke kakhulu neziyimfuneko kakhulu, kakhulu njengakomunye. Umqulu, engangiwubhale eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili noma eyisishiyagalolunye edlule, uphawuleka ngokucace kakhudlwana ukuthi, kusukela ekufikeni komphikukristu eBandleni, leliBandla elingcwele liyohlala kuze kube uSuku Lokwahlulela, naphezu kwakho konke ukufutheka kwesihogo kanye nawo wonke amasathelayithi alo. Njengoba isihogo esivuthayo sivukela iBandla, iNkosi yethu izolisiza futhi ilivikele: kuyoba nenani labafel’ ukholo kuphela uJehova elimisile, hhayi oyedwa ngaphezulu noma ngaphansi. Uma isihogo sinabaprofethi bamanga, iNkosi iyoba nabaprofethi bayo beqiniso abayomemezela amaqiniso angcwele, futhi labo, ngesibani sokholo saphezulu, bayowagxilisa ezinhliziyweni zabathembekile beqiniso. Kuyothi lapho uNkulunkulu engeke aziyeke izimangaliso, ngisho nokunikeza ukuphila nokusekela abantwana beBandla lakhe, abayobe beswele kakhulu.
§. VIII.
Ukuwa okusabekayo nokwesabekayo komphik'ukristu kanye nabahambisana naye.
Ingelosi Enkulu uSaint Michael ithunyelwa ukuyohola iBandla. INkosi yethu uqobo ibonakala eBandleni layo ukuze iliqinise ekulweni.
Lapho umphikukristu, enqoba ukunqoba kwakhe empini ayomemezela ngokumelene neBandla, ezihlomisela ukulichoboza futhi aliqede, ngakho uyokholwa, uNkulunkulu uzothumela iNgelosi enkulu uMikayeli oNgcwele ukuba inhloko yeBandla lakhe, kanye namabutho ezingelosi. ngubani oyomhaqa; futhi ezinsukwini lapho iBandla liyobe selinabafel’ ukholo abaningi, iNkosi yethu uqobo iyobonakala eBandleni layo; uyoqinisa abathembekile ngokholo olukabili, futhi athi kubo: “Yibani nesibindi, bantwana bami abathandekayo; nilwe kahle: isibalo esikhulu sabafel’ ukholo namuhla sithweswe umqhele ezulwini; kusazoba nenani elimangalisayo eliphawulwe ezimisweni zami zaphakade, engisazilindile; futhi lapho bonke abafel’ ukholo, engizibekele bona, sebefikile kimi, ngiyokwenza ungabonakali kubo bonke omashiqela bakho; isandla sami esinamandla siyokufihla ezindaweni zokukhosela ezisithekile, lapho oyohlala khona kuze kube sekupheleni kwezwe, kuyilapho mina ngiyophonsa phansi futhi ngichoboze le ndoda yesono nalesi sizwe esiqalekisiwe sikaSathane kuze kube sekugcineni kwalasha wezwe. . »
Umphik' ukristu nababehambisana naye bancipha besuka phezulu kwamafu baya esihogweni.
Ngenxa yalokho, ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi amademoni ngeke esaba namandla emhlabeni; bayophonswa esihogweni nabo bonke abathakathi babo, nezazi zabo ezinkulu, nabo bonke abaholi balo mthetho oqalekisiweyo. Yebo, bonke bayobe sebenemvula cishe kusukela ekuphakameni kwamafu, lapho beyokholelwa khona ukuthi benyukela ezulwini njengonkulunkulu bekanye nenkosi yabo, abayokholelwa ukuthi unamandla kunabo bonke abanye onkulunkulu.
UNkulunkulu wazisa kimi izinhloso ezinhle kakhulu neziwubuSathane kanye nalawa masathelayithi. Bayokhuphukela ezulwini ngentokozo enkulu nangokunqoba okukhulu, ngamabomu ukuba bahambe bayokulwa noMuntu Ongunaphakade, baphakamise izihlalo zabo zobukhosi phezu kwakhe, futhi bambhubhise uma bethanda kanjalo, belwela inkazimulo efana nekaLusifa. Kungalesi sikhathi lapho uNkulunkulu eyothumela khona iNgelosi enkulu eNgcwele uMikayeli, yembethe amandla nobulungiswa bukaNkulunkulu, eyovela endaweni ephakeme yezulu phambi kwabo ngomoya osongelayo, futhi eyohlasela ukwesaba phakathi kwemimoya engapheli.
INkosi yethu izokwenza izwi layo lizwakale ngomoya weNgelosi eNgcwele uMikayeli oNgcwele, futhi izothi: Hamba, uqalekisiwe, wehlele ekujuleni kwalasha wesihogo. Khona manjalo umhlaba uzovuleka, futhi uzoletha umhosha owesabekayo womlilo namalangabi, lapho leli qembu elingenakubalwa liyowela phansi i-pell-mell, kanye nomthetho walo oqalekisiweyo, eliyowuthwala nawo, futhi konke kuzoya phansi. .ekwalasha wesihogo.
Umusa kaNkulunkulu kwabaningi abawela emgodini, amalangabi abo akhuphukela emoyeni.
LoNkulunkulu, ogcwele ubuhle nesihe, ngisho nangobulungisa bakhe uqobo, ufuna ukubonisa isihe kuzoni. Kuyoba khona abangeke babe yizigebengu njengalabo engikhulume ngabo, futhi abayobe benze umthetho oqalekisiweyo. LoMsindisi waphezulu uyobakhulula, futhi abavumele ukuba bawele kwalasha, futhi ngaphandle kokuzilimaza bona ngokwabo; okungeke kwenzeke ngaphandle kwesimangaliso.
Ngokushesha nje lapho abanye abaneshwa sebewele kwalasha, uNkulunkulu uyoqhumisa ubulungisa bakhe ngamalangabi, ayokhuphuka aphakame ngendlela amasathelayithi kaSathane ayobe esevukile. UNkulunkulu uzophawula ngalokhu ukuthi uzofuna ukuhlanza umoya ekungcoleni okuyobe usungenwe ngamacala alawa maqola, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ukwesabisa.
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labo abawele kwalasha, futhi babalahle emicabangweni yomusa nesihe loNkulunkulu wobuhle ayoba phezu kwabo. Lapho ilangabi selibhayizile imizuzu embalwa, liyophinde ligubuzelwe phansi kwalasha, futhi umhlaba uzophinde uvale. Kodwa lo mhlaba uyoba ngumlilo osabekayo; liyohlale limbozwe ubumnyama obukhulu, lapho kuyofika khona ukuzophephela ezihlahleni ezesabekayo, izinyoka, izimpungushe, ngamafuphi konke okunyantisa kakhulu emvelweni .
Ukwethuka kwamaKristu angakholwayo. Ukuguqulwa kwabanye ababehambisana nomphikukristu owawela eduze kwalasha. Ukuhlanekezela kwabanye.
AmaKristu ampofu azobe evumele ukumangala, noma ngokwesaba noma ngokukhohlisa kwedemoni, abazobe besayine lo mthetho oqalekisiwe futhi balahla i-JC, ukuba bahlanganyele enkonzweni yamademoni, bazobe beshaqekile. Bayogijima bethukile, abanye ngakolunye uhlangothi, abanye ngakolunye. Kule nhlekelele embi kakhulu, umusa weNkosi uyofuna labo abazofuna ukuwuthola; iyohamba ithole labo abawele kwalasha, futhi inani labo lingase likhuphukele kweyesithathu. Okunye okubili kokuthathu kuyobe sekuwele esihogweni. Ngaphezu kwengxenye yesithathu esele iyophendukela eNkosini,
futhi abanye bayokwala umusa. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, bayobuthana njengabampofu. Bayodla, baphuze, bajabule, futhi bayocabanga kuphela ukuchitha igolide nesiliva abanalo ngokuchichimayo. Ekudakweni kwabo bayothi: Kuyiqiniso ukuthi silahlekelwe ngumholi wethu; kodwa akunandaba, asifanga, futhi sinesikhathi esimnandi. Yini engenzeka kithi?
§. IX.
State of the Church and of the World ngemva kokuwa Umphik'ukristu.
Umhlaba usazoba khona iminyaka eminingi ngemva kokuwa komphikukristu.
Lapho umphikukristu kanye nabahambisana naye sebewele esihogweni, ukwahlulela ngeke kufike ngokushesha. Kuyoba khona abanye abazoyilinda usuku nosuku, futhi ngokuntula isineke okungaka, baze badinwe yisithukuthezi kulokhu kulinda. Kuyoba yiBandla Elingcwele eliyophelelwa amandla kulokhu kulindela; kodwa akekho umuntu ongakwazi futhi ongeke awazi unyaka noma usuku lapho indodana yomuntu iyofika khona ukwahlulela abaphilayo nabafileyo. Ngibona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi kusengaphela iminyaka eminingi ngaphambi kokuba indodana yomuntu ifike; kodwa angiboni ukuthi kuzoba iminyaka emingaki.
Ukujeziswa kwamahlubuka ngomusa.
Izixhwanguxhwangu iNkosi eyozishiyela ukuguqulwa, esikhundleni sokuba ziguqulwe, zonke ziyobuthana emzini omkhulu: ziyophinde zivuse amabutho azoshushisa iBandla. Kodwa nakhu okwashiwo iNkosi kimi: “Labo abavukela iBandla lami, ngizobachoboza ngobulungisa bami, futhi ngeke ngibayeke njengoba nje nomlilo ugwema amakhoba. Ngakho-ke laba abaneshwa bayoshabalala ebunzimeni babo, futhi iBandla Elingcwele liyophila emhlabeni ngokuthula okukhulu nangokuthula okukhulu .
Ukuguqulwa okuphelele kwalabo abayothembeka emseni.
Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi izoni ezimpofu ezivule izinhliziyo zazo emuseni zizoba ngokukhathazeka okukhulu kakhulu. Lezi zoni ezimpofu
bayokhumbula ezinye izinsalela zobuKristu nezokholo, umusa oyobangela ukuba zizalwe kabusha ezinhliziyweni zabo; kodwa bengazi ukuthi kuzoba njani ngomama wethu weBandla elingcwele, bayomfuna futhi ngeke bamthole. Khona-ke iNkosi yethu izothumela izingelosi zayo, eziyobafundisa ukuthi iBandla elingcwele alisoze labhujiswa, futhi ngeke libe khona; ukuthi uNkulunkulu ufuna bahlanganyele naye futhi baphendukele ngokuphelele eNkosini. Kuyothi lapho iBandla elingcwele libone abaphendukayo bephuthuma kuye bevela nhlangothi zonke bebuyela esifubeni sakhe. Siyozwa kuzo zonke izinhlangothi kuphela izinyembezi nokububula kokuzisola okubuhlungu kakhulu, kokubili kwabasanda kuguquka kanye nabathembekile beBandla, abayozinikela kuNkulunkulu ukuba benzele izoni ezimpofu ukuzisola, eziyobe zisola kakhulu, ukuze bayoba baningi abayofa ngobuhlungu. Bonke bayoba abangcwele, futhi ibandla labathembekile liyohlokoma ngokubonga, izindumiso nezibusiso abazinikela eNkosini.
§. X.
Isimo sokubusa komphikukristu akhohlwe nguDadewethu, futhi asilandisa lapha.
IRoma yahlasela. UPapa owafela ukholo nesihlalo sakhe balungiselela umphikukristu.
Nasi isimo engihlulekile ukusibika ngesikhathi nendawo. Ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi lapho abasekeli bomphikukristu beqala ukwenza impi, bayozibeka eduze kweRoma, lapho beyonqoba khona ngokunqoba kwabo phezu kwayo yonke imibuso nayo yonke imibuso eyoba nxazonke zalomuzi. Kunento eyodwa kulokhu engingenaso isiqiniseko sayo. Engikwaziyo ukuthi iRoma izoshabalala ngokuphelele, ukuthi uBaba Ongcwele uPapa uzofela ukholo, nokuthi isihlalo sayo sizolungiselelwa umphikukristu. Kodwa angazi noma lokhu kuzokwenziwa kancane ngaphambi komphikukristu ngabahambisana naye, noma ngomphikukristu uqobo, lapho engena emgudwini wokunqoba kwakhe.
Ngeke ngisasho ngalezi zinhlobo zezindaba, ikakhulukazi njengoba nginwebe kabanzi komunye umqulu, engangiwubhale lapho.
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iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye kuya kweyishumi. Ngabika kule ncwajana izinto ezimbalwa, ezingekho kwenye, ngoba uNkulunkulu wayenganginikanga ulwazi ngazo ngaleso sikhathi, futhi ikakhulukazi ngakho konke okuphathelene nomthetho omubi.
§. XI.
Lokho uDade akwaziyo kuNkulunkulu maqondana nesikhathi samanje.
Umbono owazisa kuDade umusa omkhulu uNkulunkulu awunikeza iBandla lakhe ngemithandazo kanye nokufaneleka kuka-JC obethelwe esiphambanweni.
Ngizothi lapha, ukuqeda lezi zindaba ezithinta izitha zeBandla, lokhu engikwaziyo kuNkulunkulu kulesi sikhathi samanje. Ngelinye ilanga uMoya kaJehova wangiholela entabeni ende. Ngabona ngaphansi kwamafu into enkulu enwetshiwe emoyeni, eyaqala ohlangothini olusempumalanga yeParis, futhi eyayizophelela eningizimu. Angikwazanga ukubona ubude bayo noma ukuphela kwayo ohlangothini olusempumalanga yeParis. Ububanzi bawo babucishe bube ngamatshe amane; wawumbozwe kusukela ekugcineni kuze kube sekugcineni ngezinkanyezi zegolide elicolekileyo nezesiliva elicolekileyo, zikhanya kakhulu kunezinkanyezi ngokuvamile. Ingemuva lalicace bha ukuze nami ngibone
ngaphezulu nangaphansi. Konke lokhu kwakufakwe ibhande elibanzi ngesandla nhlangothi zombili, nalo lalimbozwe futhi lifakwe amachashazi ezinkanyezi, nezinombolo ezimbalwa, nezinye izinto ezimbalwa engangizincoma, kodwa ngingakwazi ukwenza lutho ngazo. Konke lokhu kwasakaza ukukhanya okumhlophe okukhulu, okumsulwa okukhulu nokucace kakhulu, kangangokuthi kwakufana nalokho kwekristalu elihlanzekile...
Le ndaba kimi yayibonakala ilula kakhulu futhi isezulwini ngempela. Yayinganyakaziswa yimimoya, futhi yahlala izinzile. Ngajikiswa ngaseParis, futhi ngimatasatasa ngizindla ngokutuswa izinto eziningi ezihluke kakhulu nezinhle kakhulu, kangangokuthi angizange ngiqaphele ukuthi uZiqu-zintathu Ongcwelengcwele wayeseduze kwami. Ngiphendukela eningizimu, ukuze ngibone ukuthi konke kuphelela kuphi, ngabona umdwebo omkhulu futhi omuhle ulenga emoyeni, ekuphakameni kwale nto enhle kakhulu futhi ekhazimulayo, eyaphela phansi komdwebo.
Lo mdwebo wawumelela uZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele Nothandeka Kakhulu, uBaba Ongunaphakade egone indodana yakhe ethandekayo enamathiselwe esiphambanweni, noMoya oNgcwele esifubeni sakhe. UNkulunkulu ungenze ngazi ukuthi indodana yakhe ethandekayo yayithandazela iBandla lakhe elingcwele manje njalo njalo, egameni lesiphambano sakhe, ukufa kwayo okungcwele kanye nosizi lwayo, nokuthi engakubona kwakuwumfanekiso womusa nezibusiso azinikeze kuye. Bandla, ngenxa yemithandazo kanye nokufaneleka kokufa nothando lwendodana yakhe ethandekayo.
Ngaguqa ngamadolo. Ngikhothame phansi kukaZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele Kakhulu, ngamkhulekela; futhi ngizihlanganisa neNkosi Yethu, ngaqala ukuthandazela iBandla. Ngazithola ngishaqekile futhi ngikhungathekile ekujuleni kokungabi nalutho kwami, phambi kukaNkulunkulu; kwathi lapho ngisukuma emthandazweni wami, konke kwase kunyamalele. Lokhu kwenzeka kimi eminyakeni emithathu nengxenye edlule (1).
(1) Ngo-1794, noma ekuqaleni kuka-1795 ekugcineni.
Udade akanalo ulwazi ngomusa othize oshiwo ngumbono. Ukhuluma nje akucabangayo.
UNkulunkulu akazange angitshele ukuthi ngasiphi isikhathi lapho ayeyothululela umusa wakhe eBandleni lakhe, futhi wayezokwenza kube nokuthula. Nanku umcabango oza kimi lapha, futhi ongokwemvelo, okusho ukuthi, akuwona umphumela wokuphefumlelwa kwaphezulu, noma iyiphi indlela engavamile. Kimina kubonakala sengathi lokhu kungamemezela inkululeko yokukhulekela, nenjabulo umuntu ayithembayo, ukubona abefundisi befeza inkonzo yabo engcwele emaBandleni. Makabongwe uNkulunkulu! ngibonga uNkulunkulu.
Qaphela . — Ngabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi kwakuzokwenziwa umsebenzi wokukhumbula abapristi ababedingisiwe, ngenjongo yokubanikela futhi bababulale, ngokubadalula ngobudlova ekuhlaselweni kwempi; kodwa ngethemba ukuthi uNkulunkulu ngeke akuvumele.
Ngaphinde ngabona kuNkulunkulu, eminyakeni embalwa edlule, iVendée, futhi ngazithola ngilapho.
Ngalubona luwugwadule olusabekayo, olungahlalwa muntu, lubonisa kuphela izinsalela ezimbi zesibhicongo esenziwa lapho.
Ngaba le mibono emibili cishe ngesikhathi esisodwa; futhi njengoba ngibona ukuthi kukhona osekufeziwe, ngesaba kakhulu ukuthi okuphathelene nabapristi kuyofika ngeshwa ukuze kubulawe.
PHELA.
IZINCWADI EZISUKA
USISI WOKUZALWA,
Ku-M. Genet, kanye naku-M. le Roy, iDini lamaPilgrim, abavuma izono zakhe. (1)
Phila Jesu! Phila Jesu! Phila Jesu!
INCWADI YOKUQALA.
Ku-M. Genet.
Usisi amncenge ukuthi acashe kahle, bese ecela ukuthi amthumelele lokho amnike kona. Umemezela kuye ukuthi i-counter-revolution, uma kwenzeka, ayikwazi ukwenzeka ngokushesha njengoba umuntu ecabanga, nokuthi uNkulunkulu uthukuthelele iFrance.
Ubaba wami,
Ngifunde ngokukhulu ukujabula izindaba zempilo yakho. Ngiyancenga
(1) UM. le Roy, njengoba sazi, wayengumvumuli wezivumo zikaDadewethu Wokuzalwa KukaJesu kusukela ekuhambeni nangesikhathi engekho uM. Genet.
Lezi zincwadi, esizithole zingenalo usuku, ngokuqhathanisa ezikuqukethe nokulandelana kwezenzakalo kanye nalokho uM. Genet akushoyo ezindaweni eziningana emsebenzini wakhe, kubonakala ngathi zilotshiwe, eyokuqala ngo. 1793 (Bheka umqulu wokuqala, ikhasi 99 kanye neseq.); ezinye ezimbili, okusobala ukuthi zingezosuku olufanayo, ekuqaleni kuka-1798. (Bheka umqulu wesibili, ikhasi 492 kanye neseq.) zafinyelela kuMnu. Genet. (Bheka umqulu wesithathu, ikhasi 376 kanye neseq. )
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ukuthatha zonke izindlela zosuku ukuze ngikufihle kahle, ngoba nginovalo lokuthi izikhathi zizoba zimbi kakhulu kunalokho eziyikho. Kokunye, sonke kufanele sizilahlele eKumisweni okungcwele, nakunoma yini uNkulunkulu athanda ukuyenza ngathi.
Baba wangitshela ukuthi usenkingeni ukwazi ukuthi kufanele yini uthumele lokhu engikubeka ezandleni zakho. Nakhu engizokusho kuwe: Thumela, uma uthola indlela ephephile, kanye nabantu abazethembayo abangakwazi, ngekhono labo nokuqapha kwabo, ukwenza izinto zenzeke ngokuphepha. Ngiyazi ukuthi akekho okhululekile ezingozini nasezingozini ezingenzeka; kodwa futhi sibeke ithemba lethu eNkosini, futhi sikholwe ukuthi noma yini ayigcinayo iyogcinwa kahle. Ngakho-ke, Baba, uma ithuba elinjalo livela, ungalibali. Ngicabanga ukuthi uma kuba nokuxokozela, izingozi zizoba zikhulu kakhulu olwandle kunasemhlabeni.
Baba, nginezwi engizolikhuluma kuwe mayelana nalokho engikubonayo kuNkulunkulu. Angikwazi ukuzichaza kahle, ngoba uNkulunkulu ungenza ngibone ngokungaqondakali. Uma kukhona i-counter-revolution (angazi ukuthi iseduze noma ikude), ngikholwa ukuthi ngeke yenziwe ngokushesha njengoba umuntu angacabanga. Kuzoba nenkulumompikiswano enkulu phakathi kwamaqembu aphikisayo; futhi ngisho, lapho sikholelwa ukuthi izinkinga seziphelile, kuyoba khona ukuvukela okwesabekayo ngapha nangapha: kuyoba khona ngisho naphakathi kwezikhulu ezingamaKristu.
Baba, nakhu okunye ukuphawula: UNkulunkulu, ekhombisa ukucasuka ngokumelene neFrance, wathi kimi ngentukuthelo yakhe: "Ngizoyihlukanisa." Liyokwabelwa njengejazi elidala elidatshuliwe futhi ilahlwe. Angikuniki lokho njengokuqiniseka. Kungenzeka kangcono noma okubi kakhulu, noma kungenzeki nhlobo, ngoba ngibona ukuthi kuNkulunkulu ngokudideka kuphela (1)....
(1) Kusobala, ngawo wonke umongo kanye nokungaqiniseki kukaDadewethu, ukuthi la mazwi: Ngizohlukanisa iFrance , njll., yilawo kababa ocasukile, okuthi, ngentukuthelo yakhe, asongele kakhulu ukuthi ' akumele ngijezise. Ukuguquka kanye nokuphenduka kwezoni eziningana, imithandazo yemiphefumulo engcwele, ngisho nangokwengeziwe izimangaliso zesihe uNkulunkulu azisebenzisile evuna iFrance kusukela lolu songo lwashiwo eminyakeni engaphezu kwamashumi amabili nesithupha edlule, kufanele, kubonakala sengathi, kufanele kusiqinisekise.
INCWADI YESIBILI.
Ku-M. le Roy, umqondisi wePilgrim, ukuze adlulele ku-M. Genêt eNgilandi.
UDade uxoxa naye ngohambo ahlose ukulwenza oluya eSaint-Malo; imkhombisa isifiso asenaso sokuyojoyina uM. Genet eNgilandi; imtshela konke okwenzekile ngale ndaba phakathi kwakhe noMphathi wakhe futhi immaka ikakhulukazi bonke ubufakazi akholelwa ukuthi unabo bentando kaNkulunkulu yalolu hambo, phakathi kokunye umbono, lapho iNkosi yethu yenza kwazeke ukuthi lolu hambo wavinjelwa uthando lwemvelo kakhulu izidalwa ezazinalo ngaye, futhi okwakungaba yingozi kakhulu kuye ngokwakhe, uma wayengamlondolozanga ngomusa okhethekile; ekugcineni, uyamncenga ukuba angamazisi uMphathi wakhe ngalokho okuqukethwe kule ncwadi ende.
Baba wami ,
Nginezeluleko engizokubuza zona mayelana nomama wethu. Ngihlose ukuya eSaint-Malo entwasahlobo ezayo, nezindela ezimbili engihlala nazo; kodwa nginesiqiniseko sokuthi uMphathi wami, lapho ngicela imvume yakhe, uzophikisa ngokusobala, futhi nginovalo lokuthi esikhundleni sokunginika, uzokwenqabela ngokuphelele. Nokho, nakhu engikubona kuNkulunkulu: Intando yakhe iwukuba ngiye lapho ngiyohlala khona kanye nalezi zindela ezimbili sisodwa, kulo mfelokazi ongcwele othembisa ukuthi ngeke asivimbele lutho, futhi asinikeze zonke izindlela zokugcina umthetho wethu. ngangokunokwenzeka. Sizohoxiswa emaphandleni, futhi sizoba nengadi enkulu ebiyelwe ngodonga endaweni yethu. Baba uyazi ukuthi asikho lapha njengoba sizobe sisemakhaya: sikhona lapha njengasemphakathini, ikakhulukazi esidlweni sakusihlwa, lapho sidla khona nabantu bomphakathi. Ngokuqondene nomthetho wethu, asikwazi ukuwugcina. Lapho kufanele sinciphe, senziwa ukuba sikhuluphele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, naphezu kokuba nanoma yikuphi, sichayeka ekuhanjelweni kwabantu usuku lonke, ngisho nakusihlwa; yini eyenza silahlekelwe
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cishe umkhuba wokuthula. Baba, ngokwalesi sethulo, uNkulunkulu nonembeza wami bayangiphoqa ukuba ngihambe lapha, lapho ngikhona ngokucindezelwa nangesidingo. Ngingathanda, uma kungenzeka, ukuba nesinkwa namanzi kuphela, futhi ngihoxiswe emhlabeni. Ngicela umbono wakho: ngitshele ukuthi yini okufanele ngiyenze, uma uMama wethu enginqabela ukuba ngihambe.
UBaba, ngaphandle kwezibopho zezithembiso zami nomthetho wami, engisanda kukhuluma ngawo kini, ngisenezinye izizathu ngasohlangothini lukaNkulunkulu ezingiphoqayo ukuba ngilandele intando yakhe, nokuziphatha koMphathi wakhe ongcwele, nomaphi lapho ekhona. ebona kufanele ukuthi angithathe. Lapha ngidalula imfihlo kuwe: Unyaka, noma mhlawumbe ngaphezulu, ngaphambi kokushiya umphakathi wakithi, uNkulunkulu wangazisile ukuthi u-MG wayezodabula eNgilandi, nokuthi kwakufanele ngidlule lapho futhi ukuze ngiyojoyina, futhi ngihlale ngaphansi kwakhe. isiqondiso, ngokuhlelwa komsebenzi ayenawo ezandleni zakhe.
Ngolunye usuku lapho ngingena esitokisini sikaMama wethu, weza futhi wathi kimi emamatheka: Dadewethu, uyafuna ukuya eNgilandi? ezinye izindela futhi ngingathanda ukuya lapho. Ngaphendula: Mama, ngabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi kufanele ngiye lapho, futhi ngiyofuna uMG Wayithatha ngokujulile impendulo yami; kodwa ukuthi ngihambe ngaphandle kwakhe, yilokho angafuni. Ngakho wonke amathuba ayengase avele okungenza ngihambe ngaleyo ndlela, wayengifihlela wona, futhi waqikelela kakhulu ukuthi awafihle kimi. Yingakho ebona kungafanelekile ukuthi ngiye eSaint-Malo.
Baba, kufanele ngizichaze ngokucacile. Ngaleyo ndlela iNkosi elungile yangivumela ukuba ngithole lokho uMama wethu ayecabanga ukuthi kwakufanelekile ukungifihla futhi angifihle. Enye yezindela engihlala nazo, engizethemba kakhulu, yathi kimi ngelinye ilanga imsulwa, ingazi ukuthi uMama wethu wayengangifihlele lutho: Udadewethu, uM. G unenhlonipho enkulu kimina .
ngawe, njengoba ekutholele intokazi yaseNgilandi, ezimisele ukukwamukela emzini wayo impilo yakho yonke, uphilile noma ugula. Le nkulumo yangimangaza kakhulu, ikakhulukazi njengoba lesi senzakalo sase sidlule iminyaka engaphezu kwemithathu. Ngabuza le ndela ukuthi ikufunde kanjani lokhu. Waphendula wathi umama uyitholile incwadi. Ngatshela le ndela ukuthi ngangingenalo ulwazi lokuthi (yini) eyayingitshela yona. Ngakuyeka lokho, ngingazi noma kuyiqiniso yini. Nokho, ngizitshela ukuthi: Ngizokwazi kumama wethu ukuthi kwenzakalani. Indaba isikhohliwe. Ngangineminyaka engaphezu konyaka ngaphandle
umtshele ngakho. Ekugcineni, ngolunye usuku ngizithola nginaye, ngamncenga, uma ebona kufanele, ukuba angitshele iqiniso ngento eyayingikhathaza.
Ekuqaleni wayengakhumbuli ukuthi ngambuza ukuthini; kodwa kwathi sengimxoxele lokho indela eyayingitshele khona, wavuma kimi ngobuqotho, wathi kimi: Dadewethu, le ntokazi eyayifuna ukuba nawe kwakungowesifazane ongumFulentshi owayethengise yonke impahla yakhe ukuze ayisebenzise. eNgilandi; MG...
wakhuluma naye esikhundleni sakho; wakwamukela ngenxa yesisa, futhi wayehlose ukuba noM. G njengomfundisi wakhe eNgilandi. Lapho ngizwa lezi
izinto ngasala ngimangele, ngibona ukuthi ngilahlekelwe yithuba elihle kangaka lokufeza intando kaNkulunkulu, engingazise ngayo ngenhla ngale ndaba.Umama ngamphendula, angizange ngibe nayo. alukho ulwazi lwalokhu. Bheka futhi ucabange ukuthi bekungaba yini inzuzo ukuthi umphefumulo wami ube ngaphansi kokuqondisa kuka-MG, lowo uNkulunkulu angenze ngithulule kuye zonke izimfihlo zikanembeza wami! Umama wethu wangiphendula: Dadewethu, le ntokazi yangibhalela izincwadi ezimbili emasontweni amabili, ukuze ithole ngaphambi kokuba ihambe ukuthi u-MG uphasile yini.
Kodwa njengoba ayenguMphathi wami, angizange ngilokothe ngimbuze ukuthi kwakunani ngami kulezi zincwadi. Waphinda futhi wathi kimi: Ukube wawuye eNgilandi, futhi ukube ngaya nawe lapho, oMphathi babezongixosha ngenxa yomphakathi. Ngokubona kahle ukuthi le ngxoxo ayimjabulisi, ngashintsha isihloko, ngamtshela ukuthi into isiphelile, ayisenaso isikhathi sokucabanga ngayo, nezithelo azisekho ngenkathi. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, angizange ngiphinde ngikhulume ngayo kuMama wethu. Ngakhuluma ngayo nendela kuphela eyangifundisa ngayo. Ngamsola ukuthi uvumelana nomama wethu: wavuma kimi, ngokungananazi, ukuthi wayengene mahhala, ukuthi wayengazi nhlobo ukuthi uMama wethu.
Baba, naphezu kwezinqumo engizithathile zokudela konke kuNkulunkulu, ngikhohlwe yikho konke, ngibeke udaba ezandleni zakhe, ikakhulu njengoba konke lokhu kuthinta umphathi wami, engingacabangi noma ngikhulume ngentando yakhe nangohulumeni wakhe. ukukhuluma, nokuthi kukimi, isihloko esincane, ukuzithoba nokulalela, ngiyavuma kuwe, Baba, ukuthi naphezu kwalezi zinqumo, ukuba uNkulunkulu akazange angisize ekungisizeni kwakhe bekuyoba ithuba kimi ungicunule kakhulu. Lapho ngicabangela isimo sezindaba esibuhlungu nesiyingozi
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kanembeza wami, ngaphandle kokukwazi ukuthola usizo ngaphandle kobuhle obumsulwa bukaNkulunkulu ukuze kusindiswe umphefumulo wami, naphezu kwami ngazizwa ngidangele, futhi izikhathi ezimbili noma ezintathu lomcabango wangena enhliziyweni yami wajula kangangokuthi ngahlala ngikhuluma; nokuthi ngicishe ngawela ebuthakathakeni. Ngokubona ukuthi imvelo ingibusa, ingene ngobuhlungu, ngaphakamisela inhliziyo yami esibhakabhakeni. Kukangaki uMsindisi wami othandekayo efika ukuzongiduduza ngamazwi akhe angcwele, engitshela ngaphezu kwakho konke ukuthi wayekwazi ngempela ukunginxephezela ngalokho isidalwa esingone ngakho; ukuthi wayengumqondisi wami, noMsindisi wami nensindiso yami!
Phakathi kwalezi zinsizi, kwamjabulisa uNkulunkulu ukungiduduza ngenye indlela.
Kwafika incwadi evela eSaint-Malo ivela kumfelokazi ongcwele esasizoyeka kuye. Wasinxusa ukuba size sihlale naye. Ngazizwa ngaphakathi kimi induduzo enkulu, nokunyakaza okwangenza ngazi ukuthi kwakuyintando kaNkulunkulu ukuba ngithathe uhambo. Khona-ke uNkulunkulu waphemba enhliziyweni yami ithemba eliqinisekile lokuthi konke akuzange kungilahlekele, futhi ngatshelwa ukuthi nganginesibindi esihle ngomkhuba wokushisekela inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu nokusindiswa kwemiphefumulo, futhi ikakhulukazi lowo engangiyifisa. kwadingeka ngithathele insindiso yami ngenxa kaNkulunkulu; ekugcineni, ukuthi kufanele ngizilahlele ekuqondisweni koMoya oNgcwele, ongasoze wangilahla. Lapha, kulokhu kukhanya engisanda kukhuluma ngakho kuwe, kuyinkomba yokuqala uNkulunkulu angenza ngayo ngibe nethemba lokuthi ngizokwazi,
Nansi enye inkomba engiyibona kuNkulunkulu. Baba, kwangathi ungakhumbula ukuthi lapho uzobona uM. de la Janière, ngakunikeza incwadi encane ngalobo busuku, eyayiqukethe imfihlo kanembeza wami. Ngamaka lapho intando kaNkulunkulu kanye nekaMama wakhe ongcwele ukuba ngibhale.
Nanku okutshiwo nguJehova kimi mayelana laloludaba: “Gcina imfihlo yami ibe yinsika enhliziyweni yakho, ungayivumbuli uze ukhulume ngokuzwakalayo encekwini yami. » Nakhu futhi lokho iNkosi eyakusho kimi: « Ngeke usalandisa ngonembeza wakho kowesifazane, ngisho nakuMkhulu wakho, ngaphandle uma ngikukhomba ngokuqondile ngesidingo esikhulu ngenxa yenkazimulo yami. Ngakho-ke lokho, baba, kuyinkomba yesibili okunginika ithemba elikhulu lokuthi ngizokhuluma no -M. G ngaphambili
ukufa.
Nansi eyesithathu engimangaza kakhulu. Ngazithola ngithuthwa umoya weNkosi ngayiswa endaweni ethile, nge
abantu ababili noma abathathu. Babeka esandleni sami ikhandlela lengcina elimhlophe elalinesisindo esingamakhilogremu amabili nengxenye, futhi elalishile ngaphezu kwengxenye; kodwa yacinywa yangabe isavutha. Ngiyatshelwa: Lelikhandlela ngelakho, ngelakho. Kwakunenotshi eyayisuka phansi iye phezulu, ishona phansi kakhulu kunaphezulu ukuze kuthi ngezansi kungene isithupha somuntu, kuthi phezulu kube nomkhondo omncane nje. Le notshi, ebingekho emgqeni oqondile, ibilokhu isonteka ukusuka kwesokudla kuya kwesokunxele ezindaweni. Ngabuza abantu enganginabo ukuthi kuyini lokho, nokuthi lolo phawu lokuhlola lusho ukuthini. Omunye wabo waphendula, engikhombisa ikhandlela: Le notshi yenziwe njenge-ivy, okuthi, uma inamathela esihlahleni,
Phakathi naleso sikhathi, iNkosi yethu yabonakala kimi, futhi abantu ababenami banyamalala. Ngazithola ngingedwa neNkosi Yethu, ngiphethe ikhandlela lami ngesandla. Ekukhathazekeni kwami, ngaphendukela kuye ngokuzithoba okukhulu, ngamkhombisa ikhandlela lami, ngathi kuye: Nkosi, ngicela ungifundise ukuthi lelikhandlela enginikezwe lona lisho ukuthini. ikhubazekile kangaka?
INkosi yethu, iphendukela kimi, yathi kimi: “Mntanami, uyayibona le notshi, eyenza umonakalo omkhulu kulelikhandlela; kusho uthando lwemvelo kanye nothando lwezidalwa ezinalo ngawe. Benze umonakalo omkhulu emphefumulweni wakho kunalolu phawu ekhandleleni lakho. INkosi yethu yazisa ngokukhethekile ukuthi kwakungesikhathi lapho babengifihlele khona izindlela abaziveza ukuze bahlanganyele nofakazi wami. Ngaqala ukudabuka, nokudabuka ngenxa yokweswela izibani eziningi kangaka nomusa ongaka ngenxa yenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu kanye nensindiso yami, engangicabanga ukuthi ngilahlekile futhi eyacinywa ngenxa yami, ngendlela yekhandlela lami ela icinyiwe.
INkosi yethu yathi kimi: “Ungakhathazeki ngokubona ikhandlela lakho licinywa. Ngomusa wami, uma uthembekile, kuyobusa. Yazi ngaphandle komusa wami, ogcine inhliziyo yakho ekuhlaselweni izidalwa ebezizokulethela ngobuciko bedimoni, ngabe zanele ukukucekela phansi. Kodwa kusukela wangcwelisa inhliziyo yakho kimi kusukela ebuntwaneni bakho, bengilokhu ngiyidonsela kimi, ngo
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umusa okhethekile ongenza ngibe inkosi yawo. Lomusa anazi; kodwa ngizokwazisa manje. Awunikwa bonke; yingakho kumele ungikweleta ukubonga okukhulu kanye nesibopho esikhulu. Yiwo lomusa ofune ukukuhoxisa njalo ezidalwa, njalo uphendulele inhliziyo yakho kimi. Yiwo kanye lomusa osekukaningi, ekuhambeni kwempilo yakho, ukuvikele ekuqamekeleni idimoni elikubekele lona ngothando nangenzondo yezidalwa.
Bheka, yengeza iNkosi, ukuthi uphawu lwekhandlela lakho lunyatheliswa kanjani. Ayikho into eyingozi ukwedlula lolu thando lwemvelo, olunamathela njenge-ivy, futhi oluzigxilisa ngendlela efanayo nophawu kulelikhandlela. Kodwa zonke izimpi owawuzilwela ngokumelene nezidalwa azizange zifinyelele enhliziyweni yakho, ngoba ngangihlale ngikudonsela kimi. »
INkosi yethu, ngaphambi kokuba ingishiye, ingenze ngabona, ngokukhanya okungaphezu kwemvelo, ngakolunye uhlangothi into yobukhulu bothando lwayo olumsulwa nenkazimulo yayo emsulwa, futhi ngakolunye uhlangothi ubuze nobuze obusabekayo bokuphila. uthando lwemvelo, oluhlukaniswe lobo buhle baphezulu obunguNkulunkulu. Kimina kwabonakala sengathi ngokombono uNkulunkulu ungenze ngabona kwalasha wezidalwa eziphila kuphela kulolu thando oluphazamisekile lwazo kanye nezidalwa. Ngaphandle kokukhuluma lapha ngalolu thando olungcolile nolobugebengu, ngibonile ukuthi ingxenye enkulu yezidalwa iyazehlukanisa noNkulunkulu nothando lwakhe, iphila kuphela ekuzijabuliseni kwayo nakuzo zonke izinjabulo zazo zemvelo nezomhlaba. INkosi yethu yangazi ukuthi uma ngikhuluma nezikhonzi zayo ngale ndaba, ebonakala ingenakuphela ngobukhulu bukaNkulunkulu,
Baba, nansi enye inkomba yokugcina. Ngike ngagula ngokuyingozi izikhathi eziningana, futhi ikakhulukazi ekuguleni kwami kokugcina ngaba nokuhlaselwa okunamandla kwesifuba; kodwa uNkulunkulu ngobuhle bakhe obumsulwa wangikhulula kukho ngosizo lwezithukuthuku eziningi ezathatha isikhathi esingaphezu kwenyanga. Manje ngizithola ngingumuntu ohluke ngokuphelele. Imfiva yami yaphela; Ngathola amandla emvelo ngaphakathi nangaphandle. Ukuyidla, ukuyiphuza, ukuyilala, konke kuyaqhubeka. Ngizizwa nginempilo enhle. Ngimangele, futhi angazi ukuthi iNkosi izongishiya kuze kube nini ngikulesi simo. Yilokhu okuzoboniswa yi-sequel.
Ku-M. Genet. - Konke lokhu engisanda kukubhala kwakungokukaMonsieur le Doyen; ngicela ukukudlulisele konke. Baba ngicela ungadlulisi ulwazi ngokulotshwe lapha kulamakhasi ayishumi nambili kwelakithi
UMfundisi uMama Abbess, ngoba akazi, ngesizathu esihle. Uma unokuthile okuhle kokungibhalela, thumela izincwadi zakho ku-M. le Doyen, ozongidlulisela zona...
INCWADI YESITHATHU.
Ku-M. Genet.
UDade ezwakalisa induduzo enkulu ayithola lapho ezwa ngezindaba zakhe; ihalalisela intshiseko yakhe ngenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu, futhi idlulisela kuye izinkathazo zakhe zikanembeza nokwesaba okucindezelayo anakho kokusolwa uNkulunkulu. Naphezu kwesidingo anaso sosizo lwakhe, uyamncenga ukuthi angazifaki engozini yokubuyela eFrance kuze kube yilapho ukuthula kubuyiselwe.
Ekugcineni uvuselela isifiso sakhe esinamandla sokuya eNgilandi, futhi uyamchazela ngakolunye uhlangothi ubunzima balolu hambo, futhi ngakolunye ukuzimisela kwakhe okunamandla ukwenza konke ukuze afeze intando kaNkulunkulu.
Ubaba wami,
Manje sengizimisele ukukhuluma nawe, ngisalindile uma ngike ngaba nenjabulo yokukhuluma nawe mathupha. Izincwadi ezimbili zokugcina enazibhalela uMama zangiduduza kakhulu, futhi zangisiza ekubuyiseleni impilo yami, ngokungazisa ukuthi usaphila futhi unempilo enhle. Maye! ngenkathi ngikuthandazela ngangingazi noma ngithandazela abaphilayo noma abangasekho. Lokhu kwangenza ngenza imihlatshelo engaphezu kwekhulu yokuhoxa entandweni kaNkulunkulu. Ungitshele ukuthi ngingakukhohlwa emithandazweni yami. Maye! ngingakukhohlwa kanjani, Baba, njengoba uJehova ekhuluma kimi ngawe? Ngethululela kini izimfihlo iNkosi eyayizibekile njengokungathi ibekwe enhliziyweni yami; wasebenzisa amathalenta eNkosi, ngosuku lokuhambela kwakhe uyolandisa kuye, amathalenta akho azuze ikhulu kwelilodwa. INkosi inihlanganise ngesibopho somusa wayo omsulwa, ezithakazelweni zothando lwayo olumsulwa kanye nenkazimulo yayo emsulwa, kanye nentshiseko yokusindiswa kwemiphefumulo, ngaphandle kwanoma iyiphi ingxube yomuntu.
Baba ungitshele ukuthi icala lami lihamba kahle. Kodwa ngeshwa! Nginesinye isilingo esingikhathaza kakhulu, nesikabani
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abameli bamelene nami. Bangimangalela, bayangilahla, bayangahlulela ngaphambi kokuba ngigwetshwe ngumahluleli omkhulu. Amacala empilo yami, konke ukungathembeki kwami kuNkulunkulu kusebenza njengobufakazi ngokumelene nami. Icala elibi kangaka ecaleni lami linjengobubi bobubi babo; bafungile ukubhujiswa kwami. Umphefumulo wami ohluphekayo nothukile unjengesivini kulesi simo lapho abedlula khona namasela bengenile khona, enza kuso umonakalo omkhulu nokucekela phansi; izibopho zalo mvini zihlulekile, okubangela ukuba iwe ezindaweni eziningana; idinga kakhulu ukuthenwa, futhi akekho ongatholakala oyenza; awutheli isithelo esihle, umila amagatsha kuphela; izitha zami ziyajabula lapho zibona izinhlupheko zami, futhi ngiyabona kuNkulunkulu ukuthi zingenza ngibe usulu, zithi phakathi kwazo: Masimhlwithe ezingalweni zothandiweyo wakhe; masimphonse kwalasha wethu, simthuke kuze kube phakade ngalokho akwenzile kuNkulunkulu wakhe. O, izwi elesabekayo nelilimazayo, okufanele lesatshwe ukwedlula ukufa okunonya kakhulu, okubi ukwedlula wonke amademoni, futhi kubi kakhulu kunesihogo ngokwaso!
Baba wami, lesi isiphambano sami kanye nesiphambano sami sangempela. Zonke iziphambano nezinhlungu amadimoni angizwise zona, futhi angazenza kimi ingunaphakade, ngisho noma uNkulunkulu engavumela ukuba zidedelwe ndawonye ngokumelene nami ngakho konke ukuhlushwa esihogweni; yebo, Baba, ngingasho ukuthi lesi bekungeke kube yisiphambano sami esikhulu kunazo zonke.
Kodwa, isiphambano sangempela esibamba inhliziyo yami, futhi esisindayo kimi, siwukwesaba ukuhlukaniswa noNkulunkulu wami, ukwesaba ukulahlekelwa uNkulunkulu wami. Lomcabango uwodwa ungaba namandla, kubukeka sengathi, wokuthatha impilo yami, uma uMsindisi wami ongcwele engezanga ukungisiza, ephakamisa isibindi sami ngokholo oluphilayo, eqinisa inhliziyo yami ngethemba elimnandi, futhi emduduza ngothando lwesisa sakhe. Ngakho, ngiqiniswa ngomusa, naphezu kwazo zonke izinhlekelele zami, ngiziphonse ngamakhanda ezingalweni zomusa omsulwa nobuhle obumsulwa bukaNkulunkulu, ngethemba lokuthi, nakuba ngenxa yezono zami ngifanelwe isihogo kuphela, ngeke angimoshe ngokungenasizo, futhi ukuthi ngeke angilahle kuze kube phakade .
Baba asikho isidingo sokuthi ngikutshele okuningi, ngibona sengathi uyasibona isimo esibuhlungu sikanembeza wami: ngicela
ziveze ukuze uzongisiza futhi ungisize ngesisa sakho. Ukube bekuyintando kaNkulunkulu, bengingamane ngife futhi ngifake ukuphila kwami engozini izikhathi eziyinkulungwane kunokuba ngifake ukuphila kwanoma yisiphi isikhonzi seNkosi engozini.
Ungalokothi ucabange ukubuyela eFrance uze uqiniseke ukuthi ukuthula kumiswe ngokuqinile .
Uma usufunde okungenhla (1), uzobona izimpawu zentando kaNkulunkulu phezu kwami, kanye nesifiso enginaso sokuyifeza, ngiyacela ukuPhatha okuNgcwele kunikeze izindlela.
(1) Incwadi ende yangaphambili, eyaqale yabhalelwa uM. le Roy, eyayizothunyelwa kuM. Genet.
Maye! okokuqala, eminyakeni engaphezu kwemihlanu edlule, wangibalekela, futhi mhlawumbe ngeke aphinde atholakale. Nokho, Baba, ngiyakuncenga ngothando lukaNkulunkulu, nensindiso yomphefumulo wami, ukuba ngenze umzamo omusha, ukuze ngibone ukuthi ukuhlinzeka okungcwele kunganginika yini, ngokuvikelwa kwakho nokunakekelwa kwakho okuhle, okukhulu kangaka. umusa. , kunokuba ningitholele isiphephelo esimpofu, ukube bekuyikhona lesibaya. Ah! ngingathanda kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ngabe ngikhona, noma ngabe nginesinkwa namanzi kuphela ngendlela encane, futhi kuphela ukusekela impilo engikholelwa ukuthi, ngeke ibe yinde.
Baba, engingathanda ukuba ngiyohlala namaKhatholika, futhi endaweni lapho ongaba nesisa sokuzongibona ngaphandle kobungozi empilweni yakho. Kodwa ngeshwa! uma ngicabanga ngaleli bhizinisi, ekuqaleni ngilibheka njengento engenakwenzeka kumuntu ompofu, oncishwe yonke into kangangokuthi uncike kukho konke ku-Providence kanye nesisa esimsulwa. Umuntu angalitholaphi itilosi elizongidlulisa mahhala, ngoba ngangingakwazi ukudla okwanele phakathi nohambo? Le micabango iyangidonsa, futhi ngezinye izikhathi ngicabanga ukuthi kuwumsangano ukufuna ukwenza lo msebenzi; nokho, ngikushiyela ekuhlakanipheni kwakho, futhi ngiyazidela entandweni engcwele kaNkulunkulu kanye nasezelulekweni zakho ezihlakaniphile. Uma ukholwa noma ubona ukuthi into ayinakwenzeka, ah! lokhu sekuphelile: e akunakwenzeka akekho oboshiwe. Akufanele nanini silinge uNkulunkulu, kodwa kunalokho silandele intando yakhe ngobumnene nangokubekezela, ngokwenkambo yemvelo yezinto, futhi singabi naso isikhathi sokulindela izimangaliso kuNkulunkulu; kodwa-ke, Baba, uma wazi ukuthi kuyintando kaNkulunkulu, masingadangali: Ngingakutshela ukuthi uma impilo yami iqhubeka nokuba yinhle, ngizithola ngisesimweni esihle njengoba nganginjalo ngenkathi ngisuka ezweni. umphakathi wami; futhi ungangabazi isibindi sami, ngenxa yomusa kaNkulunkulu ongiphilisayo, Ngingakutshela ukuthi uma impilo yami iqhubeka nokuba yinhle, ngizithola ngisesimweni esihle njengoba nganginjalo lapho ngishiya umphakathi wakithi; futhi ungangabazi isibindi sami, ngenxa yomusa kaNkulunkulu ongiphilisayo, Ngingakutshela ukuthi uma impilo yami iqhubeka nokuba yinhle, ngizithola ngisesimweni esihle njengoba nganginjalo lapho ngishiya umphakathi wakithi; futhi ungangabazi isibindi sami, ngenxa yomusa kaNkulunkulu ongiphilisayo, enikeziwe
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INkosi enhle mayingiphe umusa ukuze izixwayiso zakho zifinyelele kimi. Yebo, Baba, ngiyakutshela engikusho eNkosini: Inhliziyo yami ilungile, inhliziyo yami isilungele ukuya lapho intando kaNkulunkulu nokulalela kuyongiholela khona. Uma ngingahamba ngokushesha, akukho okuzongivimba: imvula, iqhwa, isithwathwa, ubusika obunzima, izingozi olwandle nasemhlabeni, anginendaba. isimo sezulu, inqobo nje uma kuyintando kaNkulunkulu, njengokungathi kusentwasahlobo emnandi lapho isimo sezulu sisivuna.
Baba, uma iNkosi enhle ingipha umusa wokuthi lo msebenzi omncane ufinyelele ezandleni zakho, ngiyakucela ukuba uvume ukuwuthola, uzongijabulisa kakhulu. Ngiyakhuleka eNkosini ukuba anigcine kakhulu othandweni lwakhe nasekushisekeleni inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu nokusindiswa kwemiphefumulo, nempilo enhle, edingekayo kakhulu emsebenzini wenu. Masikhuleke kuNkulunkulu ukuthi konke kufezeke eBandleni lonke ngokwentando yakhe engcwele. Ngiyakuncenga, Baba, qhubeka ungithandazela kuNkulunkulu, njengoba uyabona ukuthi nginesidingo esikhulu kangaka; ngikwenzela wena, futhi nginjalo,
Inceku yakho ezithobe kakhulu futhi elalela kakhulu, Dadewethu uDe La Nativité.
Isitifiketi sikaMadame de Sainte-Magdeleine, Ophakeme Wodade Wokuzalwa KukaJesu.
Ngiyaqinisa ukuthi lesi sithasiselo sikopishwe ngokunemba okukhulu, futhi sihlanganiswe nesoqobo, njengoba ngikwazile ukusithola. Ngobufakazi engisayina ngabo,
UMarie-Louise Le Breton De Sainte-Magdeleine, Inkolo YaseSaint Claire, Umhleli Wedolobha, eFougères, uMphathi wokugcina Wodade Wokuzalwa KukaJesu, owazi amaqiniso, ngemva kokuwafunda emlonyeni wakhe, futhi ngokuvamile kudala ngaphambi kwezenzakalo.
Ukuphela kwevolumu yesine neyokugcina.
ITAFULA
Kwezinto eziqukethwe kumqulu wesine.
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Inothi lomhleli... Ikhasi. -
I-ATIKILI I. Izimpawu ezimangalisayo zempilo kaDadewethu, ezilandiswa nguyena. 1
§. I. Ukukhanya okungavamile uDade akuthola kuNkulunkulu kusukela ebuntwaneni bakhe. Okuvelayo okwenziwe emphefumulweni wakhe ngeziyalezo zokuqala zikanina. ibid.
§. II. UDade, ngemva kokugcina imfihlo isikhathi eside konke uNkulunkulu ayesebenza kuye, uphoqelekile ukuthi akuthole futhi akubhale phansi. Imibhalo yakhe yokuqala iyashiswa, futhi ngemva kokushushiswa isikhathi eside, ahlupheka ngakho, usebhale 13 futhi .
§. III. INkosi yethu ibonakala kuDadewethu ngezindlela ezahlukene nangezindlela ezahlukene 35
§. IV. Amadimoni abuye abonakale kuSister ngezindlela ezahlukene. Umehluko phakathi kwezibonakaliso zikasathane kanye nalezo zeNkosi yethu . 46
§. V. Izimpi zikaDade ezimelene nezifiso nokuthambekela okungokwemvelo kwenhliziyo, ngemva nje kwenkonzo yenkolo 58
§. VI. Ezinye izimpi zikaSista ezimelene nezinkanuko, ikakhulukazi ezimelene nalezo zokuzigqaja 71
ISIQEPHU II. Intuthuko neziyalezo ezindabeni ezihlukahlukene osekukhulunywe ngazo emiqulwini eyandulelayo, isihogo, ukuphenduka, ubuhle bukaNkulunkulu ezoni eziphenduke ngobuqotho, inani elikhulu labalahlwayo, nokwahlulela kokugcina . 85
§. I. Imininingwane yokuhlushwa esihogweni kubekelwe imiphefumulo yasemhlabeni neyenyama. Ukonakala kwenhliziyo eyonakaliswe umoya wezwe . ibid.
§. II. Ukwesaba nokwesaba unembeza idimoni eliphefumulela uDade ukuthi limenze aphelelwe ithemba. Induduzo neziyalo azithola eNkosini Yethu. 97
§. III. Imibuzo yokuvuma izono. Inkonzo Yaphezulu Yabaphristi eNkantolo Yokuphenduka. Umusa nothando lukaNkulunkulu ezoni eziphenduka ngeqiniso 105
§. IV. Inani elikhulu labantu basemhlabeni abagijimela esihogweni nsuku zonke. Umusa omusha wokuguquka uNkulunkulu awunikeza izoni, ikakhulukazi ngokuzenza zixwayise ngokuthi ukwahlulela kwakhe kuyeza. Ukufa okungaphendukiyo kwabasemhlabeni 118
ISIQEPHU III. Ekupheleleni nasebuhleni bobuKristu, ikakhulukazi okholweni nasothandweni lukaNkulunkulu, izici ezibalulekilezensindiso 133
§. 1. Umbono lapho uDade efunda khona ukuthi ukuphelela kweqiniso kuhlanganisani ibid.
§. II. Ukubaluleka kokukholwa. Kusukela ebuntwaneni, uDade wathatha ukholo olumsulwa njengomthetho wokuziphatha kwakhe . 137
§. III. Wayekhuleka kanjani uDade empilweni yakhe yonke. Indlela yomthandazo ayifundiswa iNkosi Yethu !. 147
§. IV. Noma ubani ofuna ukubuyela kuNkulunkulu futhi ahambe ezinyathelweni zeNkosi Yethu kufanele azihole ngokholo nangothandolukaNkulunkulu 156
§. V. Ezinkanyisweni Zokukholwa 172 _
§. VI. Ekukholweni, ethembeni kanye nasesihe, izimfanelo ezibalulekile zensindiso 188
ISIGABA IV. Ekupheleleni okubizelwe kukho abantu abangcweliselwe kuNkulunkulu. Sifinyelela kude kangakanani isibopho sezifungo ezingokwenkolo? Ukuhlukunyezwa osekungene emiphakathini, kwabesilisa nabesifazane . Kufanele izindela ezikhishwe uguquko emiphakathini yazo ziziphathe kanjani emhlabeni 208
§. I. Imiphakathi yezenkolo yawa ekushisekeleni kwayo, futhi yaphendukezelwa ukuntula ubizo kanye nomoya wezwe ongeniswe kuyo. Obani imiphefumulo ethandwa kakhulu eNkosini Yethu eBandleni? ibid.
§. II. Imiphakathi ekhuthele futhi evamile. Umphefumulo wenkolo ukhuphuka kangakanani ngokugcina izifungo ngokwethembeka. Ukwakhiwa kwemiphakathi emisha ngamanani amancane kakhulu... 226
§. III. Kumanazaretha aphila izimpilo ezisivivi nezingaphelele. Izimbangela kanye nesijeziso sokuba sivivi kwabo... 249
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§. IV. Ngokudla kanye nokuhlukumeza abampofu, okulahlwa kakhulu ezindela nasezindela kunabantu bomhlaba. Ushushiso olutholwa umuntu othembekile ezifungweni zakhe, emphakathini ozephulayo. UNkulunkulu ufuna imiphakathi iguqulwe kanjani 255
§. V. Isifungo sobumpofu asimehluli okholwayo ekusizeni abampofu. Kwezinye izimo bayaphoqeleka. Eminye imithetho esebenzayo yokugcina lesi sifungo ngokuphelela 271
§. VI. Ukuziphatha okufanele kulandelwe emhlabeni yizindela uguquko oluphoqe ukuba lishiye izindela zabo. Imvunulo okufanele bayigqoke. Kulesi senzakalo uDade ubika izimo zokuhamba kwakhe nemithetho yokuziphatha iNkosi Yethu yona . 283
§.VII. Izindela ezisezweni kufanele zizigcine kanjani izifungo zazo. Izifungo zokulalela nobumpofu . 296
§. VIII. Ukuqhubeka kwesihloko esifanayo. Izifungo zobumsulwa nokuvala. Isiphetho ngesibopho sokulwela ukupheleliswa, kanye nobumpumputhe obudabukisayo bezindelakazi abangazinaki izifungo zabo zokulandela izimiso namasiko omhlaba. 319
ISIQEPHU V. Eminye Imininingwane Ngobuhlungu BeNkosi Yethu uJesu Kristu Ensimini Yeminqumo, NangoVuko Lwakhe. Iyasebenza ekukhululeni imiphefumulo Esihlanzweni. Isexwayiso sokuthi u-Sister of the Nativity uthola eNkosini yethu kanye ne- Blessed Virgin. 337
§. I. Izimo zobuhlungu bukaJesu Kristu. Izimbangela zobuhlungu bakhe. Ubukhulu bothando lwakhe emadodeni ibid .
§. II. Ukuvuswa kukaJesu Kristu nezimo zakhona. Izimanga ezenzeka ethuneni likaJesu Kristu ngesikhathi umphefumulo wakhe uhlangana nomzimba wakhe okhazimulayo. Ukungakwazi ukuchaza ngisho nokuqonda uthando oludlulele lukaNkulunkulukubantu 362
§. III. Umkhuba owafundiswa iNkosi Yethu kuDadewethu Wokuzalwa KukaJesu, futhi wathathwa ku-Pasion yakhe, ukuze unikele kakhulu ekukhululeni imiphefumulo esesihlanzweni. 382
§. IV. Ukungabaza okunamandla kukaDadewethu Wokuzalwa KukaJesu ukuba abhale izinto ezingavamile. Isexwayiso asithole ngale ndaba sivela eNkosini Yethu kanye neNcasakazi Kakhulu . 386
ISIQEPHU VI. Imininingwane emisha kanye nesengezo kulokho u-Sister of the Nativity ayekubhale emiqulwini yokuqala yenguquko, imiphumela yayo kanye nenqubekela phambili yayo. Imizamo eqhubekayo yababi kuze kube sekupheleni kwezwe yokucekela phansi ukukholwa kuJesu Kristu nokuketula iBandla lakhe. Izikhawu zokuthula eBandleni, zisamile naphezu kwemizamo yabo. Ukunqoba kwakhe, nokuguqulwa okukhazimulayo phakathi kwezitha zakhe ezinkulu kanye naphakathi kwalabo abahambisana nomphik'ukristu. Ezinye izimo zokubusa koMphikukristu. Ukuwa kwakhe. Isiphetho sabambisene nabo 392
§. I. Ukufa kukaLouis XVI. Injabulo yakhe ezulwini ibid .
§. II. Umbono kanye nencazelo yesihlahla esihle kakhulu esinezimpande ezine ezinkulu , umfanekiso wokungahloniphi osongela ukucindezela iBandla. Imizamo yabantwana beBandla yokugawula nokusiphula lesi sihlahla. 394
§. III. Ngemva kwesikhathi eside impela, umuthi uyagawulwa. Ukunqoba nokuthula kweBandla okwesikhashana. Ukuguqulwa kwabaningi babashushisi bakhe. Ukholo Lusakaza Emazweni Amaningi 401
§. IV. Izimpande ezine ezinkulu zivele zihlume amahlumela azo. Umbono wesihlahla esihle seBandla kanye nezihlahla ezine eziphuma ezimpandeni zokuqala.
Ukuhlasela okusha kweBandla, okulinqobayo . 405
§. V. Ababi bayacasha futhi endaweni engaphansi komhlaba, babhale izincwadi eziyingozi. Intuthuko yabo esheshayo necashile. Ubuzenzisi babangane babo. Ngokuziqhenya ngempumelelo yabo, baphuma ezindaweni zabo zokuhlehla, futhi bakhohlise abantu ngobuhle babo obungamanga nobusobala. Ukumangala nokuhlupheka kweBandla, elihlangana emkhandlwini futhi ekugcineni lithole ubuzenzisi babo. 410
§. VI. Izindlela zomoya ezisetshenziswa iBandla encithakalweni enkulu kangaka. Inani elikhulu lemiphefumulo ekhohlisiwe liyaguqulwa. Ukuthukuthela nenzondo yabazenzisi; imfundiso yabo enengekayo. Bazobonisana nabaholi babo.
Ukuguqulwa okukhaliphile kwabaningi babaholi nabalandeli bakaSathane, ababa abangcwele ngisho nabafel’ ukholo 423.
§. VII. Ngemva kokuguqulwa kwabaningana babo abaholi bomhlangano ongengcwele bazinikela enkonzweni kaSathane. Uyabamemezela futhi abathembise uMphikukristu njengomholi wabo. Izifungo ezigcwalisekayo ngoJesu Kristu. Umthetho omelene nobuKristu wafungiswa futhi wasayinwa. Ukuvukela okunyantisayo okuvela esihogweni ngokumelene neBandla....
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§. VIII. Ukuwa okusabekayo nokwesabekayo koMphik'ukristu kanye nabahambisana naye 452
§. IX. Isimo SeBandla kanye Nomhlaba ngemuva kokuwakoMphik'ukristu 457
§. X. Isimo sokubusa koMphikukristu asikhohlwa nguDadewethu, futhi asilandisa lapha 460
§. XI. Lokho uDade akwaziyo kuNkulunkulu maqondana nesikhathi samanje 461
Izincwadi ezivela ku-Sister of the Nativity, eziya ku-M. Genet, kanye neziya ku-M. le Roy, umqondisi we-Pilgrim, izivumo zakhe. - Incwadi yokuqala. Ku- M. Genet 465
Incwadi Yesibili. Ku-M. le Roy, umqondisi wePilgrim, ukuze adlulele ku-M. Genêt, eNgilandi 469
Incwadi Yesithathu. Ku- M. Genet 484
Isitifiketi esivela ku-Madame Sainte-Magdeleine, Isikhulu sikaDadewethu Wokuzalwa KukaJesu. 492
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