Iimpawu zabantu besiprofeto
Uyintoni na umprofeti?
Umprofeti ngumntu othetha nabantu egameni likaThixo. Umprofeti wazisa intando kaThixo, wabiza abantu babuyele kuThixo, kwaye wabalumkisa abantu ngomgwebo kaThixo ngezinto ezimbi abazenzayo. Abaprofeti babedla ngokusetyenziswa nguThixo ukwazisa ngeziganeko eziza kwenzeka kwixesha elizayo. Umzekelo, abaprofeti abaninzi kwiTestamente eNdala bashumayela ngokuza kukaMesiya.
Umlomo kaThixo
Kwelinye icala abaprofeti babengabantu abangaqhelekanga. Abakhange babonakalise izimvo zabo nezimvo zabo, kodwa umyalezo othile ovela kuThixo ngeli xesha. Babeluhlobo lomlomo lukaThixo ukuze uThixo akwazi ukuthetha nabantu ngomprofeti. Kwelinye icala, abaprofeti babengabantu nje abaqhelekileyo abaneemvelaphi ezahlukileyo.
Umzekelo, uAmos wayengumfuyi weegusha ococekileyo, ngelixa uIsaya wayevela kusapho olukumgangatho ophezulu. Kodwa akukhathaleki ukuba babebaninzi kangakanani na abaprofeti, inye into esebenza kubo bonke: nguThixo obanyulileyo ukuba bathethe ebantwini ngabo.
Babethetha ngantoni abaprofeti?
Abaprofeti babesetyenziswa nguThixo ukwazisa abantu ukuba akanelisekanga yindlela abaphila ngayo. Sihlala sifunda eBhayibhileni ukuba abantu bakwa-Israyeli abamthobeli uThixo, kwaye ke umprofeti wayenomsebenzi wokwenza abantu babone ukuba bakumendo ongalunganga.
Umzekelo, abaprofeti abaninzi babonisa ukuba uThixo uza kubohlwaya abantu ukuba ababuyeli kwindlela uThixo awayecinga ngayo. UThixo usebenzisa abaprofeti ukukhuthaza abantu ngamaxesha anzima. Ukuba kuphela abantu bathembele kuThixo, konke kuya kulunga.
Ayingomsebenzi olula
Ngokuqinisekileyo abaprofeti abaninzi babengekho lula. Bathetha egameni likaThixo, kodwa umyalezo ovela kuThixo awuzange ufumaneke ngombulelo. Oku kwakuhlala kuneziphumo kulo mthunywa. Ngaloo ndlela uYeremiya uvalelwe ehokweni kwaye uhlekiswa ngaye. Abantu abanakuwuxabisa kwaye bawamkele umyalezo. UThixo uxelela uHezekile ukuba makathethe nabantu, kodwa kwangoko uThixo uyenza icace kuye into yokuba abantu abayi kummamela.
Kwalo Hezekile unikwa umsebenzi wokubonisa ngezenzo ezingumfuziselo ukungoneliseki kukaThixo ngabantu. Uhlobo lwethiyetha yesitalato. Kufuneka abhake ukutya kwakhe kubulongwe benkomo ngelixa elele ngecala lasekhohlo kangangeentsuku ezingama-390 nakwisandla sakhe sasekunene kangangeentsuku ezingama-40.
Imbali emfutshane yabaprofeti beBhayibhile
Kwimeko yokuqala, sibona abaprofeti besenza ngokwamaqela . Babonakala ngesinxibo sabo (ingubo yoboya kunye nebhanti yesikhumba, njengakwi-2 Kumkani 128; jonga kuMat. 3: 4), bahlala kumalizo kwaye bajikeleza. Ukusebenza kwabo kubandakanya umculo kunye nomdaniso, ukudala ukonwaba apho umprofeti waziva edibana noThixo. USawule ukwenzeka xa edibana nabaprofeti (1 Sam. 10, 5-7).
Nangona kunjalo, xa isiprofeto seBhayibhile sivela kwiqela labaprofeti lisiya umntu ozimeleyo iinkcazo zemincili ziyawa. Umprofeti uxela nje ukuba iNkosi uThixo ithethile kuye. Indlela yokuthetha iphantsi ngokupheleleyo kwinto ayithethileyo uThixo. Aba bodwa, abangasazaziyo njengabaprofeti bamaqela (bona, umzekelo, impendulo engeyiyo yomprofeti uAmos ku-Am. 7, 14), benza isiprofeto esiqhelekileyo, esiquka isiprofeto Isibhalo kuba benze inyathelo lokubhala iziprofeto zabo.
Oku kubhalwa ikakhulu kukukhalaza kwisimo sengqondo sokwala sabaphulaphuli ukwamkela umyalezo abaziswe nguThixo egameni (bona, umzekelo, ukusebenza kuka-Isaya ku-Isa. 8, 16-17). Ngale ndlela amazwi esiprofetho agcinelwa isizukulwana esilandelayo. Oku ngokwendalo kukhokelele ekukhuleni okungaphaya kokubhaliweyo koko sikwaziyo ngoku njengabaprofeti. Ukusuka kwesi siprofeto samandulo, UMoses ijonge emva, emva kokuthinjelwa eBhabheli kuthathwa njengomprofeti kwaye ngenene ingoyena mkhulu kubo bonke abaprofeti, njengakwiDuteronomi 34.10.
Ngokwenene, yonke imbali yakwaSirayeli itolikwa njenge ngokulandelelana kwabaprofeti: ukuqala ngokuzityhila kukaThixo ngqo kwiNtaba yeSinayi, bekusoloko kukho abalamli, abaprofeti, uMoses waba ngowokuqala kubo (yiyo ke loo nto: Dut. 18,13- 18). (van Wieringen iphepha 75-76)
Isiprofeto samandulo sikhula ngokupheleleyo ku-Israyeli ngenkulungwane ye-8. Kwimeko nayiphi na into, malunga nabaprofeti abaprofeto kunye nemiyalezo yabo ihanjisiwe. Babizwa ngokuba 'ngabaprofeti bezibhalo'. Kwinkulungwane ye-8 uAmos noHoseya kwenzeka kuMantla akwa-Israyeli: uAmos ngokugxeka kwakhe ngokuqatha ukuphathwa gadalala kwabantu; UHoseya kunye nomnxeba wakhe onomdla wokunyaniseka kwindibano yokuqala yeNkosi ngexesha lentlango. Kubukumkani basezantsi bakwaYuda, uIsaya uvela kungekudala emva koko. Ngokubambisana noMikha, unika inkcazo yakhe yemfazwe okwangoku eyenziwa ngukumkani waseSiriya no-Israyeli ngokumelene neYerusalem.
UIsaya uphazamisana nezopolitiko, njengaphambi kwakhe uEliya noElisha. Ubiza uAhazi kwaye emva koko uHezekiya makangathembeli kwiAsiriya nase-Egypt, kodwa kuphela eNkosini. Ngo-721 ubukumkani baseNyakatho buwa kwaye iYerusalem iyarhangqwa. Iziprofeto zikaMika zikwangumtyholwa obukhali wenkohliso kunye nokuphathwa gadalala. Ulwimi lwakhe ludlakadlaka kunolo luka-Amosi. Kuye, isiqinisekiso ekuphela kwaso ngekamva likaSirayeli kukuthembeka kwiNkosi. Ngaphandle koko yonke into iphelela kwintshabalalo. Kwanetempile ayiyi kusinda.
IJerusalem ijongene nentlekele ngenkulungwane ye-7. Iziprofeto zikaZefaniya, uNahum noHabhakuki zikhokela le nkqubo. Kodwa ngakumbi ezo zikaYeremiya, ezenzeka de kwaba sisiqingatha sokuqala senkulungwane ye-6 phakathi kookumkani bokugqibela bakwaYuda. Ngokuphindaphindiweyo isilumkiso sinokuvakala ukuba inye kuphela impendulo kwingxaki: ukuthembeka eNkosini. Kwi-587 into engenakuphepheka yenzekile: ukutshatyalaliswa kweYerusalem kunye netempile yayo kunye nokugxothelwa kwenxalenye enkulu yabemi eBhabheli.
Ukuthinjelwa eBhabheli, kanye njengemfuduko kunye nokupheliswa komnqophiso, ngumzuzu ophambili kwimbali kaSirayeli. Ngaphezulu kwesiganeko esinye sembali, uba yinto ephilayo, enenkumbulo. Ngendlela ebuhlungu kodwa engafumani bumba, uSirayeli uyazi iNkosi yakhe kunye naye ngendlela entsha. INkosi ayibophelelwanga etempileni, esixekweni, kwilizwe okanye ebantwini. U-Israyeli, kwelakhe icala, ufunda ukukholelwa ngaphandle kokubanga naliphi na ilungelo. Ehleli ngasemilanjeni yaseBhabheli, phesheya, iyakuhlaziya kwaye ifunde ukuthembela kuThixo kuphela.
Nje ukuba loo ntlekele yokutshatyalaliswa kunye nokugxothwa iyinyani, ithoni yabaprofeti abaninzi iyatshintsha. UHezekile, owayephila ngexesha likaYeremiya nowashumayela phakathi kwabathinjiweyo, ngoku uza kubakhuthaza kwaye abenze bazithembe. Uyabanceda ukuba bamelane nelahleko yomhlaba kwaye ngakumbi itempile. Kwakhona umprofeti ongaziwayo, obizwa ngokuba ngu-deutero-Isaiah, ubhengeza umyalezo wakhe wentuthuzelo ngela xesha: impumelelo yokuqala yokumkani wasePersi uKoreshi nomgaqo-nkqubo wakhe wokuxolelanisa nenkolo ngumqondiso kuye wenkululeko ezayo nokubuyela e-Yerusalem.
Ukususela esiphelweni sokuthinjwa, abaprofeti bayalandelelana ngaphandle kwamaxesha achanekileyo. UHagayi noZekariya bahamba namalinge okuqala okubuyisela itempile. Umprofeti wesithathu ongaziwayo ovela kwisikolo sika-Isaya, u-trito-Isaya, uthetha nababethinjwe eJerusalem. Emva koko kuza uMalaki, uObhadiya, uYoweli.
Ukuphela kwesiprofeto seBhayibhile kuqala ngekhulu lesi-3. U-Israyeli ngoku akanamangqina asemthethweni kwilizwi likaThixo. Ngokuthe ngcembe abantu bajonge phambili ekubuyeni kwabaprofeti okanye ekuzeni komprofeti (cf. Dt 18, 13-18). Olu lindelo lukho kwiTestamente eNtsha. UYesu uqondwa njengalo mprofeti kwakufuneka eze. Icawe yokuqala, ngendlela, ibone ukuvuselelwa kwesiprofetho. Nangona bonke befumana umoya njengenzaliseko yesiprofeto sikaJoweli (cf. iZenzo 2,17-21), abanye babizwa ngokucacileyo ngokuba ngabaprofeti.
Bangabaguquleli belizwi likaThixo kwibandla lamaKristu. Ukuprofetha kusenokwenzeka ukuba kunyamalale ngohlobo lwayo olusemthethweni, ngethamsanqa, iBandla liyabazi abantu ngawo onke amaxesha abathi, ngokuhambelana nabaprofeti beBhayibhile, bahlaziye ngokumangalisayo umnikelo kaThixo kunye nokukwazi ukuwuphendula. (CCV iphepha 63-66)
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