I-Sparrow yobuKristu Iphupha leMpawu

Sparrow Christian Dream Symbol







Zama Isixhobo Sethu Sokuphelisa Iingxaki

Ungqatyana ongumKristu. Ungqatyana omncinci kodwa onekratshi yenye yeentaka eziqhelekileyo . Nangona kunjalo, ihlala ihoywa, amandla ayo athathwa ngokungakhathali. Nangona incinci, i-totem yongqatyana wezilwanyana zombini enamandla kunye nemveliso. Ukuzingisa kwakhe kunye nokunyaniseka kwakhe kusibonisa ukuba akufuneki sibemkhulu ukwenza umahluko. Kananjalo akufuneki sibe nezinto ezinkulu nezona zilungileyo ukuze amazwi ethu aviwe.

Umfuziselo wongqatyana ubonakalisa ukuzithemba ukuba umntu ngamnye kuthi kufuneka azive ngokwakhe ngaphandle kwemeko zangaphandle. La mandla kunye nokuthanda kwethu kuphakathi kweentliziyo zethu kwenye indawo, silindele ukuvuswa. Ezi ntaka zincinci zifuna ukuba sicule ingoma yomphefumlo wethu, njengoko zisenza.

Ukongeza ekusikhuthazeni ukuba sizithande, isikhokelo sokomoya sondlunkulu sikwabonisa ezinye iimpawu ezichwayitileyo nezinobubele, ezinje ngobuchule bokuyila, ekuhlaleni, ububele kunye nokubaluleka kokulula.

Oongqatyana ziitotem zeentaka ezazinexabiso elide lokomfuziselo elidlulileyo. Kwi-Bhritane yakudala, umzekelo, oongqatyana babonakalisa umoya wobungani bendlu. Ngokuhamba kwexesha, nangona kunjalo, ungqatyana waba luphawu lwabalimi kunye nabakumgangatho ophantsi. Oku kuyamangalisa xa ucinga ngendlela amaGrike akholelwa ngayo ukuba le ntaka incinci yayisisilwanyana sasekhaya sika-Aphrodite, isithixokazi sothando.

Iimpawu ezinxulumene nongqatyana

Inamandla, Ukudala, Nobungane, Ukuqhubeka, ukuthembeka, Ukulula, Unomdla, Ukudala, Phaphama, Uluntu, Isinikezeli

Oongqatyana eBhayibhileni

Igama lesiGrike elithi strou · thí · on linciphiso elithetha nayiphi na intaka, kwaye lisetyenziswa ngokukodwa koongqatyana. Iindidi ezahlukahlukeneyo zongqatyana (Passer domesticus biblicus) zininzi kwaSirayeli. Oongqatyana bahlala bomdaka kwaye babe ngwevu, bangxola kwaye banobuhlobo. Babonakaliswe ngengoma yabo okanye i-gorgeo kwaye bayathanda ukubhabha ukusuka endlwini, emthini okanye kwisebe apho bekhona emhlabeni kwaye babuyele kwakhona. Ukutya kwabo kubandakanya imbewu, izinambuzane kunye neentshulube. Indlunkulu yamaMoor (Passer hispaniolensis) ikwaninzi kumantla nakumbindi wakwaSirayeli.

Ekuphela kweembekiselo ezingqalileyo ezithetha ngoongqatyana eBhayibhileni zifumaneka kumazwi awathethwa nguYesu kuhambo lwakhe lwesithathu kwelaseGalili waza waliphinda malunga nonyaka kamva kubulungiseleli bakhe kwelakwaYuda. Nje ukuba akhankanye ukuba oongqatyana ababini bathengiswa ngengqekembe exabiso lincinci [ngokoqobo, iasarion, exabisa ngaphantsi kwedenariyo yaseMelika], okanye esithi ezintlanu zinokuthengwa ngeengqekembe ezimbini zexabiso elincinane, uYesu wathi nangona ezi ntaka zincinci zanikwa ixabiso elincinci, nangona kunjalo, akukho namnye kubo owela emhlabeni ngaphandle kolwazi lukaYise, akukho namnye kubo olityelweyo phambi koThixo. Emva koko wabakhuthaza abafundi bakhe ukuba bangoyiki, kuba wabaqinisekisa: Nixabiseke ngaphezu koongqatyana abaninzi. (Mat 10: 29-31; Luk 12: 6, 7.)

Kudala oongqatyana babethengiswa kwiimarike zoMbindi Mpuma, kwaye zisathengiswa nanamhlanje. Ukuzitya bazikha, bawela nge skewers zomthi kunye nezojiweyo (njenge nyama). Kumbhalo wamandulo kumthetho werhafu yomlawuli uDiocletian (301 CE), kuboniswa ukuba oongqatyana babezona zinexabiso eliphantsi kuzo zonke iintaka ababezisebenzisa njengokutya. (Light from the Ancient East, ebhalwe nguA. Deissmann, 1965, iphepha 273, 274.)

Ngelixa kukho iinguqulelo ezisebenzisa igama elithi ungqatyana kwiZibhalo zesiHebhere (Nd 84: 3; 102: 7; Mod [84: 4; 102: 8; DK, MK nabanye)), kubonakala ngathi ligama eliguqulela kulo ( I-tsip · poker) ibhekisa kwiintaka ezincinci ngokubanzi kwaye hayi ngokukodwa ku ungqatyana.

Intsingiselo yokomfuziselo woNqatyana

Njengomsebenzi, ungqatyana usifundisa ukuba siphaphe, sisebenze nzima kwaye sivelise. Kwindawo yazo yokuhlala yendalo, ezi ntaka zihlala zisebenza ukuqinisekisa ukonwaba kobomi bazo, ukuqokelela ukutya kunye nokuqokelela. Ukuba sifuna ukuphila ubomi obonwabisayo nobunobubele, isikhokelo sezilwanyana esingundlunkulu sigxininisa isidingo sokuba singabi ngabavila. Kufuneka sisebenzele le nto siyifunayo. Ngokufezekisa izinto esinokuzingca ngazo, siyakuqhubeka nokwandisa ukuzithemba kunye nokuziva sixabisekile.

Isimboli yoongqatyana luphawu olumangalisayo lokhuseleko kunye nokuthatha inxaxheba koluntu, kuba bafikelela kumandla abo ngamandla enyambalala yamanani. Oongqatyana abazizo iintaka ezizimeleyo, kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba banomdla okanye bayaswela. Ngokuchasene noko, ezi ntaka zinokuba ndlongondlongo ngendlela yazo. Babakhathalele ngokunzulu malunga noluntu lwabo, kwaye ke bayazibona izibonelelo zokusebenzisana kunye nezizathu ezifanayo. Amalungu osapho afundisana ukusebenzisana kunye nokwabelana ngoxanduva ngendlela elinganayo, into esinokufunda kuyo sonke.

Amaxesha amaninzi, siziva sikhathazekile kwaye sixoxa nabantu esihlala nabo, nabanye abantu ababalulekileyo okanye nabantu esisebenza nabo esivakalelwa ngathi basithatha ngathi. Intsingiselo engumfuziselo yongqatyana iyasikhuthaza ukuba sizikhusele, kodwa ikwagxininisa ukubaluleka kwemfesane kunye nokugxininisa ekusebenzisaneni njengeqela ukuzikhusela. Oongqatyana bayahamba, batye, baphumle kwaye bathathe inxaxheba kuyo yonke eminye imisebenzi yeqela, enokoyikisa kakhulu irhamncwa, nokuba likhulu kwaye linoburhalarhume kangakanani. Oku kusibonisa ukuba akufuneki sicinge ukuba sinabo kuphela emhlabeni. Siya kuba senza kakuhle xa sifunda kobu bomi bujolise ekuhlaleni.

Xa ungqatyana womoya wesilwanyana ubhabha ebomini bakho, kuyasicenga ukuba sazi ukuzithemba kwethu. Nangona sincinci, esi sidalwa sinokusebenza njengamandla amakhulu kuthi. Musa ukuzijongela phantsi kunye namandla akho. Endaweni yoko, tyhala isifuba sakho esigcwele amandla kunye neqhayiya elihle, ucula eyakho ingoma kwaye umatsha ukuya kwisigqi segubu lakho. Isikhumbuza ukuba kufuneka sizihloniphe kwaye senze ngesidima, isibonisa ukuba nento encinci njengongqatyana inokuphumelela kweli lizwe likhulu.

Njenge totem yezilwanyana, ungqatyana usixelela ukuba siphile ngovuyo, sinciphise uxinzelelo kunye nokungathandeki. Xa uphawu lwangqatyana luhamba rhoqo emaphupheni ethu, singaluthatha njengophawu lokubeka ukholo kuthi. Ukongeza, intaka ephuphayo inokuthetha ukuba kufuneka sihlolisise umthwalo wethu.

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Zibuze ukuba ucinga kakhulu okanye ukuba omnye umntu kwindawo yakho akayenzi eyakho imisebenzi yasekhaya. Ukubhabha phezulu kwaye sikhululekile, sonwabela umoya phantsi kwamaphiko ethu, kubalulekile ukuba sigcine imithwalo yokukhanya kuthi.

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