EyoMsi 2025 – Bruno Loyiso
Wonke umntu unqwenela uthando olungenasiohelo. Noxa kunjalo, olwethu uthando emhlabeni luhlala luxhomekeke kwiimeko. Luyatshintsha ngenxa yeengxaki, ukudana okanye inzuzo yomntu. Kodwa kungathini ukuba kanti kukho uthando oluhlala luhleli, oluhlala luthembekile nditsho naxa abantu besilela? IBhayibhile isinika igama lolu hlobo lothando: hesed.
Igama lesiHebhere hesed livela amaxesha angaphezu kwe-250 kwiTestamente eNdala. Lelinye lamagama atyebileyo eZibhalo, elithetha “uthando olusisigxina,” “inceba,” “ububele,” okanye “uthando oluthembekileyo.” IStrong’s Concordance (H2617) intsingiselo yalo kukuthembeka komnqophiso, ububele, nenceba. UMichael Card ulichaza eligama hesed ngokuthi “ligama elinzulu kakhulu kuba lichaza, imfihlelo engathethwayo yothando lukaThixo olunenceba noluthembekileyo” (Card 2018, 3). Xa uMoses edibana noThixo entabeni iSinayi, uThixo wazityhila nje: “NguThixo onenceba nobabalo! Ndicotha ukuqumba, kwaye ndigcwele uthando olusisigxina (hesed) nentembeko” (Eks. 34:6, NLT).
Ngaphaya Kothando Lwabantu
Uthando lwethu luhlala lubuthathaka. Sithanda abo basincedayo, kodwa siyakhubeka xa kufuneka sihlale sithembekile xa besona. Hesed yahlukile. Luthando lomnqophiso lukaThixo oluvela kubuntu baKhe, hayi ngenxa yokuba silufanele. Umbhali weNdumiso uphinda-phinda oku: “Bulela kuYehova, kuba ulungile! Uthando lwaKhe olusisigxina (hesed) luya kuhlala ngonaphakade” (Ndumiso 136:1, NLT). Ndithe ke, nakwixesha lokugweba okanye lokuthinjwa, hesed lukaThixo alupheli: “Uthando olusisigxina lukaYehova alupheli! Iinceba zaKhe azipheli. Uthembekile kakhulu; iinceba zaKhe zihlala zintsha qho imihla nge mihla” (IziLilo 3:22–23, NLT).
Kwithisisi yam malunga nokuhlaziywa kweWorcester, ndachaza hesed njengenye yeendonga ze “Hesed Home”—umzekelo wenkcubeko yokusebenza ngomanyano. Uluntu lunokuchuma kuphela xa inceba nokuthembeka lulawula ubomi balo kunye (Guntelach 2023, 112–118). Ngaphandle kwe hesed, ubudlelwane buwa ngenxa yoloyiko, ukungathembani kunye nokuzicingela.
Ukuphila iHesed
Kukanjani ukuba sinokuphila ihesed eWorcester, eMzantsi Afrika, okanye naphi na? Kuyakuthetha ukugcina izithembiso, nokuba kunzima. Kuyakuthetha ukuxolela xa sonzakele, ukubonisa inceba apho impindezelo ingathi yeyona ndlela ilula. Kuyakuthetha ukukhetha ukuthembeka emtshatweni, ukuthembeka kwezoshishino, kunye nokuthembeka kobunkokeli.
iHesed ikwabiza ukuba senze ngaphezulu kokunyanzelekileyo. Ikhuthaza ububele kubampofu, ukunyaniseka kubahlobo, kunye nobubele kubantu esingabaziyo. Ithetha ukungaphumi kuphele kwimimiselo, kodwa ukuphila uthando oluhamba umgama ongaphezulu. UMicah uyasishwankathela: “Bantu, uYehova ukwazisile oko kulungileyo. Kwaye oko akuthethayo kuvela kuwe: ukwenza okulungileyo, ukuthanda inceba (hesed), nokuhamba ngokuthobeka noThixo wakho” (Mika 6:8, NLT).
Cinga ukuba uluntu lwethu lungabonakala njani ukuba siphila hesed. Iintsapho ziya kuba ziindawo ezikhuselekileyo. Izikolo ziya kufundisa ingqondo ezihlakaniphileyo kunye neentliziyo ezinenceba. Amashishini aya kukhonza abantu, hayi inzuzo kuphela. Iingxabano zepolitiki nezamasiko ziya kuthomalala phantsi kwamandla othando oluthembekileyo.
Umngeni Wobuqu
Entliziyweni yethu kukho isidingo sothando olungapheliyo. UThixo sele esibonisile olo thando ngoKristu, owazinikela ngathi ndithe ke sasingenamfaneleko. Umngeni kukuvumela ihesed yaKhe ukuba ilawule izigqibo zethu kunye nezimvo zethu, ukuze ukuthembeka kwaKhe kubonakale kwiintshukumo zethu zemihla ngemihla.Lo ngumbuzo omele siwuthwale kule veki: UThixo undibiza ukuba ndibonise phi hesed—uthando oluthembekileyo nolunenceba—kubani na kuluntu lwam?
Iingxelo
Card, Michael. 2018. Inexpressible: Hesed and the Mystery of God’s Lovingkindness. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books.
Guntelach, Bruno. 2023. Reforming Worcester, South Africa: A Strategy to Establish a Culture of Communal Productivity. Executive Masters Thesis, University of the Nations.
Strong’s Concordance. n.d. “Hesed.” Entry H2617. Accessed 30 August 2025.
The Holy Bible. New Living Translation, 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/New-Living-Translation-NLT-Bible/. Accessed 30 August 2025.