April 2026 – Bruno Loyiso | Ngaba ukhe waziva ngathi awulunganga ngokwaneleyo? Okanye ngathi kukho into ebomini bakho ephukileyo, kwaye nokuba uzama kangakanani na, awukwazi ukuyilungisa?
Uninzi lwethu luyayazi loo mvakalelo. Sizama ngakumbi, sizibophelela ukwenza ngcono, sitshintsha indlela esiziphatha ngayo, sithemba ukuba izinto ziya kutshintsha. Kodwa sihlala sibuyela kwindawo enye, neepateni ezifanayo, neempendulo ezifanayo, neempazamo ezifanayo. Kubonakala ngathi kukho into enzulu ngaphakathi kuthi engalunganga.
UPawulos uchaza lo mzabalazo ngokunyaniseka okukhulu: “Andiziqondi, kuba ndifuna ukwenza okulungileyo, kodwa andikwenzi. Endaweni yoko, ndenza oko ndikuthiyileyo” (KwabaseRoma 7:15, NLT). Le asiyongxaki yakudala kuphela. Yinto yabantu bonke. Siyazi okulungileyo, kodwa kukho into esitsala umva rhoqo.
Iphasika iqala kanye apha. Hayi kubantu abanazo zonke izinto zilungile, kodwa kubantu abazi ukuba azilunganga.
Umyalezo wePasika awukho kuthi ukuba sizilungise ukuze sifike kuThixo. Kukuba uThixo weza kuthi. NgoYesu, uThixo wangena kweli hlabathi lethu elophukileyo, kwiingxaki zethu, nasekusileleni kwethu. “Kodwa uThixo ubonise uthando lwakhe olukhulu kuthi ngokuba uKristu wasifela sisengaboni” (KwabaseRoma 5:8, NLT). Njengoko uJohn Stott ecacisa, ingxaki ayikho kuphela kwizinto esizenzayo ezingalunganga, kodwa kukho into enzulu ngaphakathi kuthi esingakwazi ukuyilungisa ngokwethu, kwaye umnqamlezo yimpendulo kaThixo kuloo ngxaki (Stott 1986).
Emnqamlezweni, uYesu wathwala izono zethu, ityala lethu, nehlazo lethu, kwanolo luvo olunzulu lokuba asanelanga. “Wahlabeka ngenxa yezono zethu, watyunyuzwa ngenxa yeziphoso zethu… kwaye ngezilonda zakhe siphilisiwe” (Isaya 53:5, NLT). Le yintengiselwano enkulu. UYesu uthatha oko sifanele ukukufumana, ukuze thina sifumane into esingazange siyifanele: uxolelo, ukwamkelwa, nobudlelwane obutsha noThixo.
Kodwa iPasika ayipheli emnqamlezweni. UYesu wavuka kwabafileyo. Oku kuthetha ukuba asibambekanga. “Nabani na ongokaKristu ungumntu omtsha. Ubomi obudala budlulile; ubomi obutsha buqalile!” (2 KwabaseKorinte 5:17, NLT). Njengoko uTim Keller esitsho, siphukile ngakumbi kunokuba sicinga, kodwa sithandwa ngakumbi kunokuba sakha sathemba (Keller 2008). Ipasika ayithethi nje uxolelo, kodwa utshintsho lokwenyani.
Ndikubonile oku ebomini bam. Kudala ndibona ipateni kwiintsebenziswano zam nabanye. Ndandisoloko ndingena kwiingxabano ezifanayo. Ndandisoloko ndisebenzisa amazwi ahlekisayo anehlazo elincinci ngaphakathi, indlela yokuzikhusela ukuze ndingabi yeyokuqala ukwenzakala. Kodwa endaweni yokukhusela ubudlelwane bam, oko kwakuwonakalisa kancinci kancinci. Nokuba ndandizama kangakanani, ndandiphinda ndibuyela kwezo pateni zifanayo. Ekugqibeleni ndavuma inyani: andinakuzilungisa ndedwa. Ndiyamfuna uYesu. UPawulos ubuza umbuzo ofanayo: “Ngubani oya kundikhulula kule meko yokuphila ilawulwa sisono nokufa?” aze aphendule, “Makabongwe uThixo! Impendulo ikuYesu Kristu iNkosi yethu” (KwabaseRoma 7:24–25, NLT).
Kodwa olu tshintsho lwenzeka njani? IBhayibhile isinika umfanekiso olula kodwa onzulu: “Njengoko sijonga uzuko lweNkosi, siyatshintshwa sibe njengaye” (2 KwabaseKorinte 3:18, NLT). Utshintsho aluzi ngokuzama ngakumbi, kodwa ngokusondela ngakumbi. Xa sichitha ixesha noYesu, ebukhoneni bakhe, kwiLizwi lakhe, ekuthuleni nasemthandazweni, ubomi bakhe buqala ukuguqula obethu.
Ipasika isimema ukuba singakholelwa nje, kodwa siphendule. Siyeke ukuzama ukuzilungisa sodwa, size kuThixo ngokunyaniseka. Samkele ubabalo lwakhe. Siqale ukuhamba naye. Kwaye simvumele ukuba asiguqule ngaphakathi.
Kweliphi icala lobomi bakho usazama ukuzilungisa wedwa? Kwaye ingaba ingakhangeleka njani into yokuma kancinci, ujike kuYesu, uze umvumele aqalise ukusebenza kuwe?
Ngamana ithemba lePasika lingakufumana kanye apho ukhoyo, likukhokelele ebomini obutsha.
Izalathiso
Stott, John. 1986. The Cross of Christ. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
Keller, Timothy. 2008. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. New York: Dutton.
The Holy Bible. New Living Translation. 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015. Tyndale House Foundation. https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/New-Living-Translation-NLT-Bible/. Accessed 23 March 2026.