4. Sitawucoca ngani kulesihloko?

⁴ Nguyiphi-ke indlela lokulindzeleke kutsi belusi labangemaKhristu baphatse ngayo timvu? Emalunga elibandla ayacelwa kutsi ‘alalele labo labaholako’ emkhatsini wawo. Labadzala labangemaKhristu baphindze bakhutsatwe kutsi ‘bangatenti emakhosi etikwalabo labalifa laNkulunkulu.’ (Heb. 13:17; fundza 1 Phetro 5:2, 3.) Labadzala lababekiwe bangawuhola kanjani umhlambi ngaphandle kwekutenta emakhosi etikwawo? Ngalamanye emavi, labadzala bangatinakekela njani tidzingo tetimvu ngaphandle kwekulisebentisa kabi ligunya Nkulunkulu labanikete lona njengobe bababonisi?

9. Nguyiphi indlela yekucabanga Jesu lokwadzingeka kutsi ayilungise?

⁹ Umbono waJesu ngekuba ngumelusi wemhlambi waNkulunkulu bewehlukile kulowo waJakobe naJohane. Labaphostoli lababili baticelela sikhundla lesiphakeme eMbusweni. Kodvwa Jesu wayilungisa indlela yabo yekucabanga, watsi: “Niyati kutsi babusi betive bayatiphakamisa futsi tikhulu tibusa ngekucindzetela. Akusinjalo ngani, ngobe nobe ngubani lofuna kuba mkhulu emkhatsini wenu kufanele abe yinceku yenu.” (Mat. 20:25, 26) Labaphostoli bekufanele babalekele lomkhuba lomubi wekufuna ‘kutenta emakhosi’ kulabanye baphostoli.

10. Jesu ufuna labadzala bawuphatse njani umhlambi, futsi ngusiphi sibonelo lesabekwa nguPawula kulendzaba?

¹⁰ Jesu ulindzele kutsi labadzala labangemaKhristu baphatse umhlambi ngendlela naye lawuphatsa ngayo. Kufanele bahlale bakulungele kutenta tinceku kulabakholwa nabo, hhayi kutenta emakhosi etikwabo. Umphostoli Pawula bekatfobekile ngobe watjela emadvodza lamadzala asebandleni lase-Efesu watsi: “Nati kahle kutsi bengiphila njani ngesikhatsi nginani kusukela ngelilanga lekucala lengefika ngalo esifundzeni sase-Asiya, ngikhonta iNkhosi ngekutfobeka lokukhulu.” Lomphostoli bekanesifiso sekutsi labo bazalwane basite labanye ngekutimisela nangekutitfoba. Watsi: “Nginikhombise kanyenti kutsi kufanele nisite lababutsakatsaka.” (Imis. 20:18, 19, 35) Pawula watjela baseKhorinte kutsi bekangasiyo inkhosi ekukholweni kwabo. Kunaloko, abesisebenti lebesikanye nabo kute bajabule. (2 Khor. 1:24) Pawula wabekela labadzala balamuhla sibonelo lesihle sekutfobeka nekusebenta ngekutimisela.

“TIBONELO EMHLAMBINI”

13, 14. Ngutiphi tindlela lomdzala langawubekela ngato sibonelo umhlambi?

¹³ Ngemuva kwekucela emadvodza lamadzala ebandleni kutsi ‘angatenti emakhosi etikwalabo labalifa laNkulunkulu,’ umphostoli Phetro wawacela kutsi ‘abe tibonelo emhlambini.’ (1 Phet. 5:3) Lomdzala angawubekela njani sibonelo umhlambi? Cabanga ngetintfo letimbili lokufanele tentiwe yindvodza ‘lefisa kuba ngumbonisi.’ Kudzingeka kutsi abe yindvodza “lenengcondvo lebhadlile.” Nangabe lomdzala anemndeni, kufanele awengamele kahle ngobe “nangabe indvodza ingakhoni kwengamela likhaya layo, ingalinakekela njani-ke libandla laNkulunkulu?” (1 Thim. 3:1, 2, 4, 5) Kute kuyifanele kuba ngumbonisi, indvodza kufanele ibe nengcondvo lebhadlile, iticondze kahle timiso taNkulunkulu nekutsi ingatisebentisa njani ekuphileni kwayo. Kufanele ingabi nemawala, ingatatateli ekukhipheni sehlulelo. Emalunga elibandla nakakubona loku lesesicoce ngako ayabetsemba labadzala.

¹⁴ Babonisi bangawabekela lesinye sibonelo lesihle emaKhristu labakanye nawo, ngekuhola emsebentini wekushumayela. Jesu wababekela sibonelo labadzala kulendzaba. Kushumayela tindzaba letimnandzi teMbuso bekuyincenye lebalulekile emsebentini waJesu wasemhlabeni. Wakhombisa bafundzi bakhe kutsi lomsebenti wentiwa njani. (Mak. 1:38; Luk. 8:1) Esikhatsini setfu, kuyabakhutsata bamemeteli kushumayela nalabadzala, kubona inkhutsalo yalabadzala kulomsebenti losindzisa kuphila nekufundza tindlela tekufundzisa kubo. Inshisekelo yebabonisi, kutimisela nekunikela ngesikhatsi nemandla abo ekushumayeleni tindzaba letimnandzi nanobe bahlale bamatasatasa, kukhutsata libandla lonkhe kutsi nalo lilingise inshisekelo yabo. Labadzala bangaphindze babekele bazalwane babo sibonelo lesihle ngekulungiselela nekuhlanganyela ngetimphendvulo emihlanganweni yelibandla nangekwenta leminye imisebenti lefaka ekhatsi kuhlanta nekunakekela liHholwa LeMbuso.—Ef. 5:15, 16; fundza Hebheru 13:7.