Esizungu sobusuku obumnyama, ukuntuleka kwenduduzo yenyanga, isahluko esidabukisa kakhulu senkanyezi yami yasenyakatho iBhayibheli lembulekayo: uMlethi wokukhanya wasendulo, owake waba ingxenye yenkazimulo kanye nento ehlonishwa kakhulu, uye waquleka. . Yena, owayephethe ukuphelela nobuhle, wazihlobisa ngamatshe ayigugu akhazimulayo, ehamba ngobukhosi ezindaweni eziphakeme zasezulwini, umqaphi othembekile wokukhanya kwaphezulu.
Kodwa ukukhuphuka kwayo okuhlaba umxhwele kwahlehliswa kabuhlungu kwaba ukuwa okungapheli. Lesi silwane, esake saba uphawu lokuhlakanipha okungenakuqhathaniswa, sizilahlele endaweni emnyama ejulile yokuzigqaja nenkohlakalo. Njengenkosi ewile esigodlweni sayo sasezulwini, inhliziyo yayo iye yalahleka ebumnyameni obukhulu, ingcoliswe ubudlova obungachazeki namaqhinga amabi.
Umsindo omude wokuwa kwakhe wawunanela njengesililo esiyisimungulu, ukuvuka okubuhlungu kwabantu abafayo. Lowo owayekade engumbusi ongenakuphikiswa womhlaba manje useyisithunzi esidabukisayo. Umhlaba, owake waguqa lapho edlula emhlabeni, manje uphefumula impumuzo, futhi imvelo ngokwayo ibonakala ijabulela indawo yakhe.
Manje ulele ethuneni elishiyiwe nelingenagama, ingqikithi yakhe yaguqulwa yaba into enengekayo, umuntu ofayo ongafanele ukubhekwa. Sathane, leli yifa elidabukisayo le-Lightbringer yasendulo, igama manje elivusa ukwesaba kuphela . Labo abake bamesaba sebembheka ngengxube yozwelo nokwethuka.
“Ngabe nguye lo owake wabusa ngokuphakeme na?” labo ababona ukwehla kwakhe okulimazayo bayazibuza ngokumangala. Ingubo yokukhanya ebabazekayo uyise ayemthungele yona ngothando olukhulu, eyamenza wakhanya njengenkanyezi yokusa ekhanya kakhulu, manje isiminyanisiwe, igwinywa ubumnyama obungenathemba.
Izwe namuhla likhuluma ngokuthula kwakhe kwaphakade, isixwayiso esizwakala phakathi nesikhathi, isikhumbuzo sosizi. Ngisho nezinkanyezi ezikhanya kakhulu zingawa, futhi ubumnyama obukhulu bulindele labo abalahlekile. Futhi kulesi siphetho esidabukisayo, inhliziyo kaBaba osezulwini iphukile, isilonda esinganqamuki esilandisa ngobuhlungu obukhulu bothando olulahlekile, ubuhlungu obungabekezeleleki bukababa obone eyakhe indodana ayithandayo iphonseka kwalasha engenawo amanzi. buyela.
Futhi thina, bazalwane bakhe, sivalelisa ingunaphakade ngosizi olujulile noludabukisayo. Izinyembezi zigeleza ubuso bethu nobezingelosi zasezulwini, ezingofakazi bokubhubha kwakhe okuhamba kancane nokubuhlungu. Ngalesi sikhathi sokuvalelisa, izulu nalo libonakala lililela ukushonelwa indodana yalo ekhanyayo, inkumbulo manje eseyafiphala ekubeni khona kwayo.
Hamba kahle, Mthwali Wokukhanya wasendulo, ndodana njalo (futhi kuze kube phakade!) othandekayo kaBaba wethu osezulwini. Isikhathi sakho sobukhazikhazi nobukhazikhazi sishabalele, kwasala innanela yokwethuka okwakukhona, nokukhala kukababa okhala ngawe emazulwini.