Ekuseni kusekho, ugqirha wezempilo eWorcester uqala umsebenzi wakhe. Udinwe ngenxa yobusuku obudlulileyo, kodwa unyanga isigulana ngasinye ngembeko nangobubele, kwanabo bangenakuhlawula. Kwelinye icala ledolophu, utitshala unceda ngenyameko umntwana osalele ngasemva, nangona kungabikho mntu uya kuqaphela. Ezi zenzo zincinci, zidla ngokungabonwa. Kodwa emehlweni kaThixo zibonakalisa ubomi be-tsaddiq—omntu olilungisa.
Igama lesiHebhere tsaddiq (צַדִּיק) litolikwa ngokuthi “olilungisa” okanye “olilungileyo.” IStrong’s Concordance (H6662) lichaza umntu “olungileyo, olilungisa, ogcina umthetho.” Ebhayibhileni, itsaddiq ayingomntu olikholwa kuphela, koko ngumntu ophila ngobuqotho phambi kukaThixo nommelwane wakhe. “UYehova uyayazi indlela yabalungileyo (tsaddiqim), kodwa indlela yabangendawo uyabhubhisa” (Ndumiso 1:6, NLT). IziLilo zithi: “Abalungileyo (tsaddiq) bakhathalela amalungelo amahlwempu; abangendawo abakhathali tu” (IMizekeliso 29:7, NLT).
Ngaphaya kobomi bomntu ngamnye
Kuphando lwam lwe Reforming Worcester, ndathetha ne-22 tsaddiqim—amadoda nabafazi abalungileyo bakaThixo—kwisixeko sethu. Abaninzi bathetha ngemingeni yokuphila ngokunyanisekileyo kwinkcubeko ezele lurhwaphilizo, ukungalingani kunye nokwahlukana. Amabali abo aqinisekisa ukuba ubulungisa abuphelelanga kubomi bomntu ngamnye kuphela, koko bubandakanya ukwakha uluntu olunobulungisa nenceba (Guntelach 2023, 46–47).
UTim Keller ushwankathela ubizo lwabazi tsaddiqim ngala mazwi: “ngabo bazibeka emngciphekweni ukuze abanye baxhamle” (Keller 2010, 177). UAmy Sherman, encwadini ethi Kingdom Calling, wongeza ukuba ubulungisa buthetha ukuphatha ubizo lwethu ngendlela ekhuthaza okulungileyo koluntu (Sherman 2011, 18–20).
OyiTsaddiq ke ngoko akanguye umntu ozimela ehlabathini, koko ngulowo ungena kwiimfuno zalo ngenkolo nangesibindi.
Ukuphila njengeTsaddiq
Kubonakala njani oku eWorcester okanye eMzantsi Afrika namhlanje? Kubonakala ngokwala isixa sokunxulunyanwa, nokuba bonke bayasamkela. Kubonakala ngokuphatha abasebenzi ngobulungisa nokubahlawula ngexesha. Kubonakala ngokuzimasa amagumbi enkundla, amagumbi okufunda, iibhodi zolawulo kunye nekhitshi. Ngokuqinisekileyo uThixo ubukhathalele ubulungisa, inyaniso kunye nenceba kwiindawo zonke.
Tsaddiq uphila ngendlela enika abanye ithuba lokuphila. Iintsapho ziya kuxhamla xa abazali begcina izithembiso zabo. Izikolo ziyachuma xa ootitshala benkonzo ngobuqotho. Amashishini aya kuba ziindawo ezisikelelweyo xa inzuzo idibene nobulungisa. Uluntu luyahlaziywa xa abalungileyo bekhetha ukuphila, hayi nje ngenxa yabo, kodwa ngenxa yommelwane wabo.
Umngeni Wobuqu
Masibuyele kugqirha wezempilo notitshala. Izimvo zabo ezithuleyo zibonakalisa inyaniso enkulu: UThixo uhlaziya izixeko, hayi kuphela ngabalawuli okanye ngeenkqubo, kodwa ngamadoda nabafazi aqhelekileyo aphila njenge tsaddiqim.
UPawulos ubhala athi: “Ke ngoko masingadinwa kukwenza okulungileyo. Ngexesha elifanelekileyo siza kuvuna isivuno sosikelelo ukuba asiyeki” (Gal. 6:9, NLT).
Lo ngumbuzo oza kuwuthwala kule veki: UThixo undibiza phi ukuba ndizibeke emngciphekweni ukuze abanye baxhamle?
Iingxelo
Guntelach, Bruno. 2023. Reforming Worcester, South Africa: A Strategy to Establish a Culture of Communal Productivity. Executive Masters Thesis, University of the Nations.
Keller, Timothy. 2010. Generous Justice: How God’s Grace Makes Us Just. New York: Dutton.
Sherman, Amy L. 2011. Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books.
Strong’s Concordance. n.d. “Tsaddiq.” Entry H6662. 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.