Indaba 106

Abapostoli Batjhaphululwa Ejele

QALA lapha ingilozi ibambe umnyango wejele iyawuvula. Amadoda akhululwako la bapostoli bakaJesu. Akhe sibone bonyana kubayini bafakwe ejele.

Sekusikhatjhana solo umoya ocwengekileko wathululelwa phezu kwabafundi bakaJesu. Ngilokhu okwenzekako: UPitrosi noJwanisi baya etempelini eJerusalema ngemva kwamadina. Hlanu komnyango wetempeli bekunendoda eyabelethwa isirhole. Abantu gade bayithwala qobe langa bayise etempelini bona iyokubawa imali kilabo abeze etempelini. Neyibona uPitrosi noJwanisi yababawa bona bayiphe okuthileko. Khuyini abapostoli egade bazoyenza?

Bajama babona indoda etlhuwisako le. UPitrosi wathi kiyo: ‘Imali anginayo, kodwana ngizakupha lokho enginakho. Egameni lakaJesu, sikima ukhambe!’ UPitrosi wabamba indoda le ngesandla sokudla, msinyana yeqa yathoma ukukhamba. Lokha abantu nababona lokhu, barareka bebathaba ngesimangaliso esihlesi.

UPitrosi wathi: ‘Mamandla kaZimu owavusa uJesu kwabafileko esenze ngawo isimangaliswesi.’ Yena noJwanisi basakhuluma, abadosiphambili bekolo bafika. Basilingeka khulu ngombana uPitrosi noJwanisi gade batjela abantu bonyana uJesu uvusiwe kwabafileko. Ngalokho-ke bababamba babafaka ejele.

Ngelanga elilandelako abadosiphambili bekolo baba nomhlangano omkhulu. UPitrosi noJwanisi nendoda abayipholisako balethwa lapho. Abadosiphambili bekolo babuza bathi: ‘Isimangaliswesi nisenze ngawaphi amandla?’

UPitrosi wabatjela bonyana bakwenze ngamandla kaZimu owavusa uJesu kwabafileko. Abapristi akhenge bazi bona benzeni, ngombana bebangakwazi ukuphika bona isimangaliso esihlesi senzeka kwamambala. Ngalokho-ke bakhalima abapostoli bonyana bangasakhuluma ngoJesu, ngemva kwalokho babalisa bakhamba.

Ngokukhamba kwamalanga abapostoli baragela phambili batjhumayela ngoJesu bapholisa nabagulako. Iindaba zemmangaliswezi zarhatjheka kiyo yoke indawo. Ngalokho neenqubuthu ezivela eemzini ebhode iJerusalema zaletha abagulako kubapostoli bona babapholise. Lokhu kwenza abadosiphambili bekolo baba nomona, babamba abapostoli babafaka ejele. Kodwana akhenge bahlale isikhathi eside lapho.

Phakathi kobusuku ingilozi kaZimu yavula umnyango wejele njengombana ubona lapha. Ingilozi yathi kibo: ‘Khambani niye etempelini, niragele phambili nikhulume nabantu.’ Ekuseni ngelanga elilandelako, lokha abadosiphambili bekolo bathuma abantu ejele bona bayokuthatha abapostoli, babafumana bangekho. Ngokukhamba kwesikhathi amadoda la abafumana batjhumayela etempelini abaletha ewolweni leSanhedrini.

Abadosiphambili bekolo bathi kibo: ‘Sanikhalima bonyana ningasakhuluma ngoJesu. Kodwana senirhatjhe ifundisweni kilo loke iJerusalema.’ Abapostoli baphendula bathi: ‘Kumelwe silalele uZimu njengombusi kunabantu.’ Ngalokho baragela phambili batjhumayela “iindaba ezimnandi.​” Akusiso isibonelo esihle okufuneka sisilandele?

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