Izici zabantu abangokwesiprofetho
Uyini umprofethi vele?
Umprofethi umuntu okhuluma nabantu egameni likaNkulunkulu. Umprofethi wazisa intando kaNkulunkulu, wabizela abantu kuNkulunkulu, futhi waxwayisa abantu ngesahlulelo sikaNkulunkulu ngezinto ezimbi abazenzayo. Abaprofethi nabo babevame ukusetshenziswa nguNkulunkulu ukumemezela izehlakalo ezizokwenzeka esikhathini esizayo. Isibonelo, abaprofethi abaningi eTestamenteni Elidala bashumayela ngokuza kukaMesiya.
Umlomo kaNkulunkulu
Ngakolunye uhlangothi abaprofethi babengabantu abangajwayelekile. Abazange baveze imicabango yabo nemibono yabo, kodwa umyalezo othile ovela kuNkulunkulu ngaleso sikhathi. Babe uhlobo oluthile lomlomo kaNkulunkulu ukuze uNkulunkulu akwazi ukukhuluma nabantu ngomprofethi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, abaprofethi nabo babengabantu abajwayelekile kakhulu abanezizinda ezihluke kakhulu.
Isibonelo, u-Amose wayengumfuyi wezimvu omsulwa, kuyilapho u-Isaya evela emndenini ophakeme. Kepha noma ngabe abaprofethi babehluka kanjani, kunento eyodwa ebisebenza kubo bonke: nguNkulunkulu obakhetha ukuba bakhulume nabantu ngabo.
Yini abaprofethi ababekhuluma ngayo?
Abaprofethi babesetshenziswa nguNkulunkulu ukwazisa abantu ukuthi Akenelisekanga ngendlela abaphila ngayo. Sasivame ukufunda eBhayibhelini ukuthi abantu bakwa-Israyeli abamlaleli uNkulunkulu, futhi umprofethi wabe esenomsebenzi wokwenza abantu babone ukuthi babesendleleni engafanele.
Isibonelo, abaprofethi abaningi bakhombisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzobajezisa abantu uma bengabuyeli endleleni yokuphila uNkulunkulu ayecabanga ngayo. UNkulunkulu usebenzisa abaprofethi ukukhuthaza abantu ezikhathini ezinzima. Uma nje abantu bethembela kuNkulunkulu, konke kuzolunga.
Akuwona umsebenzi olula
Ngokuqinisekile abaprofethi abaningi babengekho lula. Babekhulumela uNkulunkulu, kepha umyalezo ovela kuNkulunkulu awuzange wamukelwe ngokubonga. Lokhu futhi kaningi bekuba nemiphumela kulesi sithunywa. Ngaleyo ndlela uJeremiya uvalelwe esibayeni futhi uhlekiswa ngaye. Abantu abakwazanga ukwazisa nokwamukela umyalezo. UNkulunkulu utshela uHezekeli ukuthi kumele akhulume nabantu, kodwa uNkulunkulu wakwenza kwacaca kuye ukuthi abantu ngeke bamlalele.
U-Ezekiel ofanayo unikezwa umsebenzi wokukhombisa ngezenzo ezingokomfanekiso ukuthi uNkulunkulu akanelisekile ngabantu. Uhlobo lweshashalazi lomgwaqo. Kufanele abhake ukudla kwakhe kubulongwe benkomo ngenkathi elele ngohlangothi lwesobunxele izinsuku ezingama-390 nasandleni sakhe sokudla izinsuku ezingama-40.
Umlando omfushane wabaprofethi beBhayibheli
Esikhathini sokuqala, sibona abaprofethi benza ngamaqembu . Babonakala ngezingubo zabo (ijazi elinoboya nebhande lesikhumba, njengaku-2 AmaKhosi 128; bheka uMat. 3: 4), baphila ngezipho futhi bahambahamba. Ukwenza kwabo kubandakanya umculo nokudansa, okwenza injabulo lapho umprofethi ezwa ukuxhumana noNkulunkulu. USawule wenzeka futhi lapho ehlangana nabaprofethi (1 Sam. 10, 5-7).
Kodwa-ke, lapho isiprofetho seBhayibheli siqala ukusuka eqenjini labaprofethi kuye umuntu ngamunye , izincazelo ezijabulisayo ziyawa. Umprofethi ubika nje ukuthi iNkosi uNkulunkulu ikhulumile naye. Ukuthi lokho kukhuluma kungaphansi kangakanani kwalokho uNkulunkulu akukhulumile. Laba bodwa, abangasazazi njengabaprofethi bamaqembu (bona, isibonelo, impendulo engemihle yomprofethi u-Amose ku-Am. 7,14), bakha isiprofetho sakudala, esifaka nesiprofetho umbhalo ngoba benze isinyathelo sokubhala iziphrofetho zabo.
Lo mbhalo ngokuyinhloko ungumbhikisho omelene nesimo sengqondo sokwenqaba sabalaleli babaprofethi ukwamukela isigijimi abasilethele uNkulunkulu (bheka, isibonelo, ukusebenza kuka-Isaya ku-Isa. 8,16-17). Ngale ndlela amagama ayisiprofetho nawo agcinelwa isizukulwane esilandelayo. Lokhu ngokwemvelo kwaholela ekukhuleni okuqhubekayo kwemibhalo yalokho esikwaziyo njengabaprofethi. Kulesi siprofetho sakudala, UMose kubhekwe emuva, ngemuva kokudingiswa eBhabhiloni kuthathwa njengomprofethi futhi empeleni umkhulu kunabo bonke abaprofethi, njengakuDuteronomi 34.10.
Ngempela, wonke umlando wakwa-Israyeli uhunyushwa njengolandelana lwabaprofethi: ukuqala ngokuzibonakalisa kukaNkulunkulu ngqo eNtabeni iSinayi, bekulokhu kukhona abaxhumanisi, abaprofethi, uMose ayengowokuqala kubo (ngakho: Duteronomi 18,13- 18). (van Wieringen amakhasi 75-76)
Isiprofetho sakudala sikhula ngokuphelele kwa-Israyeli kusukela ngekhulu lesi-8. Kunoma ikuphi, kumayelana nabaprofethi iziphrofetho nemiyalezo yabo ethuliwe. Babizwa ngokuthi 'abaprofethi bemibhalo'. Ngekhulu lesi-8 u-Amose noHoseya kwenzeka eNyakatho yakwa-Israyeli: u-Amose ngokugxeka kwakhe okunzima kokuhlukunyezwa komphakathi; UHoseya ngesifiso sakhe sothando lokuthembeka ekuhlanganeni kwasekuqaleni kweNkosi ngesikhathi sogwadule. Embusweni wakwaJuda oseningizimu, u-Isaya uvela ngemuva nje kwalokho. Ngokubambisana noMicha, unikeza incazelo yakhe yempi okwamanje eqhutshwa yinkosi yaseSiriya no-Israyeli ngokumelene neJerusalema.
U-Isaya uphazamisa ezombusazwe, njengabanduleli bakhe u-Eliya no-Elisha. Ubiza u-Ahazi futhi ngemuva kwalokho uHezekiya ukuthi angathembeli e-Asiriya naseGibhithe, kodwa athembele eNkosini kuphela. Ngo-721 uMbuso waseNyakatho uyawa futhi iJerusalema livinjezelwe. Iziphrofetho zikaMika nazo ziyicala elibukhali layo yonke inkohlakalo nokuhlukunyezwa. Ulimi lwakhe ludlangile kunalolo luka-Amose. Kuyena futhi, okuwukuphela kwesiqinisekiso ngekusasa lika-Israyeli ukuthembeka eNkosini. Ngaphandle kwalokho konke kuphelela ekubhujisweni. Ngisho nethempeli ngeke lisindiswe.
IJerusalema impela libhekene nenhlekelele ngekhulu lesi-7. Iziprofetho zikaZefaniya, uNahume noHabakuki ziqondisa le nqubo. Kepha ikakhulukazi lezo zikaJeremiya, ezenzeka kuze kube yingxenye yokuqala yekhulu lesi-6 phakathi kwamakhosi okugcina akwaJuda. Ngokuphindaphindiwe isexwayiso singezwakala ukuthi kukhona impendulo eyodwa kuphela enkingeni: ukwethembeka eNkosini. Ngo-587 kwenzeka okungenakugwemeka: ukubhujiswa kweJerusalema nethempeli lalo kanye nokudingiselwa kwabantu abaningi eBabele.
Ukudingiswa eBhabhiloni kufana nokuphuma nokuphela kwesivumelwano, kungumzuzu obalulekile emlandweni wakwa-Israyeli. Okungaphezu kwesenzakalo somlando esisodwa, uba ngumuntu ophilayo, onenkumbulo. Ngendlela ebuhlungu kepha engeyinyumba, u-Israyeli wazi iNkosi yakhe kanye naye ngendlela entsha. INkosi ayiboshelwe ethempelini, edolobheni, ezweni noma kubantu. U-Israyeli, yena, ufunda ukukholwa ngaphandle kokufuna ilungelo elithile. Ihlalwe yimifudlana yaseBabiloni, phesheya, izovuselela futhi ifunde ukuthembela kuNkulunkulu kuphela.
Lapho nje leyo nhlekelele yokubhujiswa nokudingiswa seyiqiniso, izwi labaprofethi abaningi liyashintsha. UHezekeli, owayephila ngesikhathi sikaJeremiya futhi oshumayela phakathi kwabadingisiwe, manje uzokhuthaza ikakhulukazi futhi afune ukuzethemba. Ubasiza ukuba babhekane nokulahleka komhlaba futhi ikakhulukazi ithempeli. Futhi umprofethi ongaziwa, obizwa ngokuthi u-deutero-Isaiah, umemezela umyalezo wakhe wenduduzo ngaleso sikhathi: impumelelo yokuqala yenkosi yasePheresiya uKoresi nenqubomgomo yakhe yokubuyisana iyisibonakaliso sayo senkululeko esiseduze futhi ibuyela eJerusalema.
Kusukela ekugcineni kokudingiswa, abaprofethi bayalandelana ngaphandle kokulandelana kwezikhathi okuqondile. UHagayi noZakariya bahambisana nemizamo yokuqala yokubuyisa ithempeli. Umprofethi wesithathu ongaziwa ovela esikoleni sika-Isaya, u-trito-Isaiah, ukhuluma nabathunjwa ababuyile eJerusalema. Bese kufika uMalaki, uObhadiya, uJoweli.
Ukuphela kwesiprofetho seBhayibheli kuqala ngekhulu lesi-3. U-Israyeli manje akanabo ofakazi abasemthethweni bezwi likaNkulunkulu. Kancane kancane abantu babheke phambili ekubuyeni kwabaprofethi noma ekuzeni komprofethi (cf. Dt 18,13-18). Lokhu kulindela kukhona naseTestamenteni Elisha. UJesu waziwa njengalomprofethi okwakumele eze. ISonto lokuqala, ngasendleleni, libone ukuvuselelwa kwesiprofetho. Yize bonke bethola umoya njengokugcwaliseka kwesiprofetho sikaJoweli (cf. Izenzo 2,17-21), abanye babizwa ngokusobala ngabaprofethi.
Bangabahumushi bezwi likaNkulunkulu bebandla lobuKristu. Ukuprofetha kungenzeka ukuthi kwanyamalala kusimo salo esisemthethweni, ngenhlanhla, iSonto lazi abantu ngazo zonke izikhathi okuthi, ngokuhambisana nabaprofethi beBhayibheli, bavuselele ngokumangazayo ukunikezwa kukaNkulunkulu namandla okuphendula kukho. (CCV amakhasi 63-66)
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