UmBuso KaZimu Wathoma Nini Ukubusa?​—Ingcenye 1

‘FUNISISA,’ UKWAZI UKUZWISISA

UThemba: Sipho, ngizithabele iingcoco zaqobe esibe nazo zeBhayibheli.a Lokha nasigcina ukukhuluma waphakamisa umbuzo malungana nomBuso kaZimu. Wabuza ukuthi kubayini aboFakazi bakaJehova bakholelwa bonyana umBuso wathoma ukubusa ngo-1914.

USipho: Iye, bengifunda enye yeencwadi zenu, begodu ithe umBuso kaZimu wathoma ukubusa ngo-1914. Lokho kwangenza ngaba nekareko, khulukhulu njengombana nithi nisekela iinkolelo zenu eBhayibhelini.

UThemba: Iye, kunjalo.

USipho: Uyazi ngilifundile nami iBhayibheli, kodwana angikhumbuli ngibona lapho kukhulunywa khona ngo-1914. Ngangena ku-Inthanethi ngenza irhubhululo “ngo-1914” eBhayibhelini. Akhenge ngifumane litho ngendaba le eBhayibhelini.

UThemba: Ngithanda ukukubuka Sipho ngeenzathu ezimbili. Sokuthoma, ngesokuthi ulifunde loke iBhayibheli. Lokho kutjengisa ukuthi ulithanda kwamambala iliZwi lakaZimu.

USipho: Iye, ayikho into engafaniswa nalo.

UThemba: Nami ngiyavuma. Kwesibili, ngifuna ukukubuka ngokuya eBhayibhelini newufuna ipendulo yombuzwakho. Wenze lokho iBhayibheli elisikhuthaza bona sikwenze nalithi: ‘Funisisa,’ ukwazi ukuzwisisa.b Kuhle ukwenza umzamo loyo.

USipho: Ngiyathokoza. Nami ngiyafuna ukuragela phambili ngifunda. Eqinisweni, ngenze irhubhululo khudlwana ngafumana ilwazi ngo-1914 encwadini ebegade siyifunda le. Ikhuluma ngebhudango ikosi eyaba nalo—ebelimalungana nomuthi omkhulu owaquntwa wabuye wakhula godu namkha into ethi ayifane nalokho.

UThemba: Ya, uqinisile. Isiphorofidweso sitlolwe kuDanyela isahluko 4. Sikhuluma ngebhudango iKosi uNebukadinetsari weBhabhiloni eyaba nalo.

USipho: Kunjalo. Ngisifunde ngasibuyelela kanengi isiphorofidweso. Kodwana eqinisweni, angikabi ukuthola bona sihlangana njani nomBuso kaZimu namkha umnyaka ka-1914.

UThemba: Kuhlekuhle, Sipho, ngitjho nomphorofidi uDanyela bekangakuzwisisi ngokuzeleko lokho aphefumulelwa bona akutlole!

USipho: Utjho njalo?

UThemba: Iye, kuDanyela 12:8, uthi: “Ngezwa kodwana akhange ngizwisise.”

USipho: Okutjho bona akusingimi kwaphela. Lokho kungenza ngizizwe ngcono khulu.

UThemba: Iqiniso likukuthi uDanyela bekangazwisisi ngombana bekungakabi sikhathi sokobana uZimu ambulele abantu bona bazwisise ngokupheleleko iimphorofido ezisencwadini kaDanyela. Kodwana nje, esikhathini sethu, singakghona ukuzizwisisa ngokuzeleko.

USipho: Kubayini utjho njalo?

UThemba: Lalela lokho esikufunda evesini elilandelako. UDanyela 12:9 uthi: “Amezwi la kufuze ahlale ayifihlo abe avalwe ngokugitjwa bekube sikhathi sokuphela.” Yeke iimphorofidwezi zizokuzwisiseka ngokukhamba kwesikhathi, hlangana ‘nesikhathi sokuphela.’ Njengombana sizokucoca ngazo esifundweni sethu seBhayibheli, boke ubufakazi butjengisa bona siphila hlangana nesikhatheso.c

USipho: Yeke, ungangihlathululela isiphorofido sakaDanyela?

UThemba: Ngizokulinga ngawo woke amandlami.

IBHUDANGO LAKANEBUKADINETSARI

UThemba: Kokuthoma, akhe ngikuhlathululele ngokurhunyeziweko lokho iKosi uNebukadinetsari eyakubona ebhudangweni layo. Bese sikhuluma ngalokho elikutjhoko.

USipho: Kulungile.

UThemba: Ebhudangweni, uNebukadinetsari wabona umuthi omkhulu isitlhori sawo sifikelela ezulwini. Wezwa isithunywa sakaZimu silayela bona umuthi uquntwe. Nanyana kunjalo, uZimu wathi imirabhawo esehlabathini iliswe. Ngemva ‘kweenkhathi ezibuyelelwe kalikhomba’ umuthi uzokukhula godu.d Ekuthomeni isiphorofidwesi besimalungana neKosi uNebukadinetsari ngokwakhe. Nanyana bekayikosi eveleleko—njengomuthi owakhula wafikelela ezulwini—waquntwa “iinkhathi ezibuyelelwe kalikhomba.” Uyakhumbula bona kwenzekani?

USipho: Awa, angisakhumbuli.

UThemba: Kulungile. IBhayibheli lithi uNebukadinetsari walahlekelwa mkhumbulwakhe iminyaka elikhomba. Hlangana nesikhatheso, akhenge asabusa njengekosi. Kodwana ekupheleni kweenkhathi ezibuyelelwe kalikhomba, wabuyelwa mkhumbulwakhe, wathoma ukubusa.e

USipho: Bekube nje, ngiyakuzwisisa lokho okutjhoko. Kodwana lokhu kuhlangana njani nomBuso kaZimu kunye nomnyaka ka-1914?

UThemba: Akhe nginabe kancani, isiphorofidwesi sizaliseka kabili. Ukuzaliseka kokuthoma, kwenzeka ngesikhathi ukubusa kweKosi uNebukadinetsari kuthikaziseka. Ukuzaliseka kwesibili kwathikazisa nokubusa kwakaZimu. Yeke, kuzaliseka kwesibili kwesiphorofido okuhlobana nomBuso kaZimu.

USipho: Wazi njani ukuthi ukuzaliseka kwesibili kwesiphorofido ngikho okumalungana nomBuso kaZimu?

UThemba: Kokuthoma, sifumana isibonakaliso esiphorofidwenesi. Ngokuvumelana noDanyela 4:17, isiphorofido sanikelwa ‘ukuze woke ophilako azi bonyana ongoPhezulu unamandla phezu kwemibuso yabantu: Unikela ukubusa kunanyana ngubani amthandako.’ Uwatjhejile amezwi athi, ‘imibuso yabantu’?

USipho: Iye, athi ‘ongoPhezulu unamandla phezu kwemibuso yabantu.’

UThemba: Uqinisile. Ucabanga bona ngubani “ongoPhezulu”?

USipho: Ngicabanga ukuthi nguZimu

UThemba: Uphendule kuhle. Yeke lokho kusitjela bona isiphorofidwesi asisi malungana noNebukadinetsari kwaphela. Sibandakanya ‘nombuso wabantu.’ Begodu lokho kunengqondo, khulukhulu nasiqala umongo wesiphorofidwesi.

USipho: Utjho ukuthini?

UMONGO OYIHLOKO WENCWADI

UThemba: Qobe, incwadi yeBhayibheli kaDanyela iveza isihloko sendaba. Ikhuluma kanengi ngokuhlonywa komBuso kaZimu ngaphasi kokubusa kweNdodanakhe, uJesu. Ngokwesibonelo, akhe sibuyele emuva siphenye izahluko ezimbalwa. Ngibawa ufunde uDanyela 2:44.

USipho: Kulungile. Ithi: “Khona emalangeni wamakhosi lawo, uZimu wezulwini uzakujamisa umbuso ongasoze wapheliswa namkha udluliselwe kabanye abantu. Uzakutshidlha bewuphelise yoke imibuso eminye, kodwana wona uzakujama nini nanini.”

UThemba: Ngiyathokoza. Ucabanga bona iveseli likhuluma ngomBuso kaZimu?

USipho: Hmm. Angiqiniseki.

UThemba: Ok, tjheja bona lithi umBuso lo “uzakujama nini nanini.” Lokhu kuliqiniso ngomBuso kaZimu, kodwana ngekhe sakutjho lokhu ngemibuso yabantu, angithi?

USipho: Iye, khona kunjalo.

UThemba: Nasi esinye isiphorofido encwadini kaDanyela esikhuluma ngomBuso kaZimu. Sitlolwe kuDanyela 7:13, 14. Malungana nengomuso, isiphorofidwesi sithi: “Waphiwa ukubusa, iphazimulo nombuso, ukuze boke abantu, amalimi nezizwe zimlotjhe. Umbuswakhe ngewanini nanini begodu angeze wadlula nobukhosi bakhe bubukhosi obungeze babhujiswa.” Kukhona okuzwakala kujayelekileko esiphorofidwenesi?

USipho: Sikhuluma ngombuso.

UThemba: Uqinisile. Kungasi nanyana ngimuphi umbuso. Phawula bona sithi, umBuso lo uzakuba negunya phezu ‘kwabantu, amalimi nezizwe.’ Ngamanye amezwi, umBuso lo uzokubusa iphasi loke.

USipho: Bengingatjheji bona lokho kutjhiwo mtlolo, kodwana uqinisile.

UThemba: Tjheja godu okhunye okutjhiwo siphorofido: ‘Umbuswayo ngewanini nanini begodu angeze wadlula nobukhosi bayo bubukhosi obungeze babhujiswa’. Uyavuma na bona isiphorofidwesi sifana naleso esisifunde kuDanyela 2:44?

USipho: Iye, siyafana.

UThemba: Akhe sibuyekeze kafitjhazana ebesidemba ngakho bekube nje. Isiphorofido esikuDanyela isahluko 4 satlolwa bona abantu bazi ukuthi ‘ongoPhezulu unamandla phezu kwemibuso yabantu.’ Lokhu kukodwa kutjengisa ukuthi isiphorofidwesi ukuzaliseka kwakhona kukhulu kunaleso esibandakanya uNebukadinetsari. Kiyo yoke incwadi kaDanyela, sifunda ngokuhlonywa komBuso kaZimu ngaphasi kokurhola kweNdodanakhe. Ucabanga bona kunengqondo ukuphetha ngokuthi isiphorofido esikuDanyela isahluko 4 naso sinokuthileko malungana nomBuso kaZimu?

USipho: Ngicabanga njalo. Kodwana angikabi ukuthola ukuthi sihlangana njani no-1914.

“BEKUDLULE IINKHATHI EZIBUYELELWE KALIKHOMBA”

UThemba: Akhe sikhulume godu ngeKosi uNebukadinetsari. Ekuzalisekeni kwesiphorofido bekajanyelwe mumuthi. Ukubusa kwakhe kwathikaziseka lokha nakuquntwa umuthi watjhiywa iinkhathi ezibuyelelwe kalikhomba​—okutjho ukulahlekelwa mkhumbulwakhe isikhathi esithileko. Iinkhathi ezibuyelelwe kalikhomba zaphela lokha uNebukadinetsari abuyelwa mkhumbulwakhe, waraga nokubusa. Ekuzalisekeni kwesibili kwesiphorofido, ukuBusa kwakaZimu bekuzokuthikaziseka isikhathi esithileko​—kodwana ingasi ngombana uZimu ahlulekile.

USipho: Utjho ukuthini?

UThemba: Eenkhathini zeBhayibheli, amakhosi wakwa-Israyeli abusa eJerusalema bekufuze ahlale “esihlalweni sobukhosi bakaZimu.”f Bewajamela uZimu ekubuseni abantu bakhe. Yeke, ukubusa kwamakhosi lawo bekufanekisela ukubusa kwakaZimu. Nokho, ngokukhamba kwesikhathi, amanengi wamakhosi lawo akhenge amlalela uZimu, nabantu ebebababusa balandela iimbonelo zabo ezimbi. Ngebanga lokungalaleli kwama-Israyeli, uZimu wavumela bona bahlulwe yiBhabhiloni ngomnyaka ka-607. Ukusukela ngesikhatheso kuyaphambili, akhenge kusaba namakhosi ajamele ukubusa kwakaJehova eJerusalema. Ngomqondo loyo, ukubusa kwakaZimu kwathikaziseka. Uyakuzwisisa lokho engikutjhwileko bekube nje?

USipho: Ngicabanga njalo.

UThemba: Yeke umnyaka ka-607 waba kuthoma kweenkhathi ezibuyelelwe kalikhomba, namkha isikhathi lokha ukubusa kwakaZimu kuzokuthikaziseka khona. Ekupheleni kweenkhathi ezibuyelelwe kalikhomba, uZimu bekazokujamisa umbusi omutjha obekazokuba mjamelakhe​—kilokhu, bekuzokuba ngewezulwini. Kulapho-ke ezinye iimphorofido esifunde ngazo kuDanyela ebezizokuzaliseka khona. Yeke umbuzo ophakamako uthi: Zaphela nini iinkhathi ezibuyelelwe kalikhomba? Nasingaphendula umbuzo lo, singakghona ukuthola ukuthi umBuso kaZimu wathoma nini ukubusa.

USipho: Ngiyazwisisa. Akhe ngiqagele—iinkhathi ezibuyelelwe kalikhomba zaphela ngo-1914.

UThemba: Uqinisile! Ubethe khona.

USipho: Kodwana sikwazi njani lokho?

UThemba: Hlangana nekonzwakhe ephasini, uJesu waveza ukuthi iinkhathi ezibuyelelwe kalikhomba bezingakapheli.g Yeke kufuze bona bezisikhathi eside. Iinkhathi ezibuyelelwe kalikhomba zathoma eminyakeni emakhulu ngaphambi kokufika kwakaJesu ephasini, begodu zaragela phambili isikhathi esithileko bekwaba kulapho abuyela ezulwini. Khumbula godu bona lokho okutjhiwo ziimphorofido ezikuDanyela bekungakabi ukuzwisiseka bekwaba ‘sikhathi sokuphela.’h Okukarisako kukuthi ekupheleni kweminyaka yabo-1800, abafundi beBhayibheli abathembekileko batjhukumiseleka bona bazihlolisise ngokutjheja iimphorofidwezi. Bafumana umkhanyo wokubona ukuthi iinkhathi ezibuyelelwe kalikhomba bezizokuphela ngomnyaka ka-1914. Izenzakalo ezikulu zephasini zaqinisekisa bona umnyaka ka-1914 mbala bekuwumnyaka wokuthoma kokubusa komBuso kaZimu ezulwini. Bekumnyaka lapho iphasi lathoma khona amalanga wokuphela, namkha isikhathi sokuphela. Manjesi ngiyazi bona leli lilwazi elitjha kuwe ongacabanga ngalo . . .

USipho: Iye. Nakanjani ngizoyifunda godu khona ngizoyizwisisa kuhle.

UThemba: Ungatshwenyeki. Nami kungithathe isikhathi eside ukuzwisisa iimphorofidwezi nokuzaliseka kwazo. Kodwana okunganani, ngithemba bona ingcocwethu ikusizile wabona ukuthi aboFakazi bakaJehova basekela iimfundiso zabo ezimalungana nomBuso eBhayibhelini.

USipho: Uqinisile, uyazi iyangikara indlela osekela ngayo iinkolelo zakho eBhayibhelini.

UThemba: Nami ngiyabona ukuthi nawe unesifiso esifanako. Njengombana ngitjhwile, leli lilwazi elitjha nelinabileko kuwe bona ungacabanga ngalo ngasikhathi sinye. Kungenzeka useseneminye imibuzo. Ngokwesibonelo, sifundile ukuthi iinkhathi ezibuyelwe kalikhomba zihlobana njani nomBuso kaZimu nokuthi zathoma ngomnyaka ka-607. Kodwana sazi njani ukuthi iinkhathi ezibuyelelwe kalikhomba zaphela ngo-1914?i

USipho: Iye, yazi nami bengizibuza ngalokho.

UThemba: IBhayibheli ngokwalo liyasisiza sibone ngokunqophileko ubude beenkhathi ezibuyelelwe kalikhomba. Ungakuthabela bona sicoce ngesihlokweso ngokuzako na?j

USipho: Ngingakuthabela lokho.