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Imali
Ngaba imali yingcambu yazo zonke iintlobo zobubi?
“Ukuthanda imali yingcambu yazo zonke iintlobo zobubi.” —1 Timoti 6:10.
OKO KUTHETHWA NGABANTU
Imali yingcambu yazo zonke iintlobo zobubi.
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“Ukuthanda imali”—kungekhona uqobo lwayo—kuko okuyingcambu “yazo zonke iintlobo zobubi.” EBhayibhileni, uKumkani uSolomon owayesisityebi wachaza iintlobo ezintathu zobubi ezidla ngokwenzeka kubantu abathanda imali. Ixhala: “Indyebo yesityebi ayisivumeli ukuba silale.” (INtshumayeli 5:12) Ukunganeliseki: “Umthandi nje wesilivere akayi kwaneliswa yisilivere, nabani na othanda indyebo akaneliswa yingeniso.” (INtshumayeli 5:10) Ukuba semngciphekweni wokwaphula umthetho: “Ongxamela ukuzuza ubutyebi akayi kuhlala emsulwa.”—IMizekeliso 28:20.
Inceda ngantoni imali?
‘Imali iyakhusela.’ —INtshumayeli 7:12.
OKO KUTHETHWA NGABANTU
Imali ikunika ukhuseleko nolonwabo.
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Ubuxoki bokuba imali ikwenza wonwabe ize ikunike ukhuseleko yingcamango nje ebangelwa ‘ngamandla akhohlisayo obutyebi.’ (Marko 4:19) Nangona kunjalo, “kuzo zonke izinto yimali ethethayo.” (INtshumayeli 10:19) Ngokomzekelo, ngemali unokuthenga izinto eziyimfuneko ukuze uphile—njengokutya namayeza.—2 Tesalonika 3:12.
Kwakhona imali inokukunceda unyamekele intsapho yakho. Kangangokuba iBhayibhile ithi: “Ukuba nabani na akabalungiseleli abo bangabakhe, ngokukodwa amalungu endlu yakhe, ngokuqinisekileyo ulukhanyele ukholo yaye mbi ngaphezu kongakholwayo.”—1 Timoti 5:8.
Unokuyisebenzisa njani imali ngobulumko?
‘Hlala phantsi kuqala, ubale iindleko.’
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Sebenzisa imali ngendlela emkholisayo uThixo. (Luka 16:9) Kububulumko ukusebenzisa imali kakuhle nangokunyanisekileyo. (Hebhere 13:18) Ukuze uphephe ingozi yokuzama ukuphila ngaphaya kwamandla akho, ‘musa ukuba ngumthandi wemali.’ —Hebhere 13:5.
Nangona iBhayibhile ingathi masingabi nawo amatyala, ilumkisa ithi: “Obolekayo ngumkhonzi kumntu obolekisayo.” (IMizekeliso 22:7) Kulumkele ukuthenga kwanto nje oyinqwenelayo, kuba “wonk’ ubani ongxamayo ngokuqinisekileyo usingisa ekusweleni.” (IMizekeliso 21:5) Kunoko, ‘bekela bucala okuthile kuvimba ngokwengeniso oyizuzileyo,’ uze wonge imali onokuyisebenzisela izinto ezibalulekileyo. —1 Korinte 16:2.
IBhayibhile ikhuthaza ukuba ‘siqhelisele ukupha.’ (Luka 6:38) Abantu abafuna ukukholisa uThixo bamele babe nesandla esivulekileyo, kuba “uThixo uthanda umphi ochwayitileyo.” (2 Korinte 9:7) Ngoko ke, “[musa] ukulibala ukwenza okulungileyo nokwabelana ngezinto nabanye, kuba uThixo uyakholiswa yimibingelelo enjalo.”—Hebhere 13:16.