ISIFUNDO 8
U-Abrahama NoSara Bamlalela UZimu
Eduze neBhabheli bekunedorobho elibizwa bona yi-Uri begodu abantu balapho bebalotjha abanye abozimu esikhundleni sakaJehova. Kodwana bekunenye indoda ebeyilotjha uJehova endaweni leyo. Ibizo layo bekungu-Abrahama.
UJehova wathi ku-Abrahama: ‘Phuma enarheni yekhenu, eenhlobeni zakho nendlini kayihlo uye enarheni engizakutjengisa yona.’ UZimu bewamthembisa wathi: ‘Ngizokwenza ube sitjhaba esikhulu, ngizokubusisa, ngizokwenza igama lakho libe likhulu.’
U-Abrahama bekangakwazi lapho uJehova amthumela khona kodwana bekamthemba uJehova. Yeke u-Abrahama, umkakhe uSara, ubabakhe uTerarhi nomzukulwakhe uLoti bathatha izinto zabo, balalela uZimu bathoma ikhambo labo elide.
U-Abrahama bekaneminyaka ema-75 nabafika enarheni uJehova ebekafuna baye kiyo. Beyibizwa ngokuthi yinarha yeKanana. Endaweni leyo, uZimu wenza isithembiso nasi ku-Abrahama: “Ngizokunikela isizukulwana sakho inarha le.” Kodwana u-Abrahama noSara besele baluphele begodu banganabantwana. Yeke, uJehova bekazosifeza njani isithembiso sakhe?
“Ngokukholwa, u-Abrahama . . . walalela ngokuthi aphume endawenekhabo watjhinga endaweni ebekazoyizuza njengelifa; waphuma, ngitjho nanyana bekangazi bona uyaphi.”—Hebheru 11:8