22/03/2024
*Umqhele wameva*
UMBUZO
Ithini * kanye * komqhele wameva?
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Ngemva kokulingwa kukaJesu mbumbulu nokubhaxabulwa okwalandela, nangaphambi kokuba abethelwe esiphambanweni, amasosha amaRoma “ umqhele wameva awubeka ekhanda Lakhe.* Babeka induku esandleni sakhe sokunene baguqa phambi kwakhe bamklolodela. ‘Bayede, nkosi yabaJuda!’ bethi” ( Mathewu 27:29 ; bheka noJohane 19:2-5 ). Nakuba umqhele wameva wawuyoba buhlungu ngokwedlulele, umqhele wameva *wawuwukugcona* kunokuba wawuphathelene nobuhlungu. Nansi “iNkosi yamaJuda” ishaywa, ikhafulelwa, futhi ithukwa amasosha amaRoma okungenzeka ukuthi asezingeni eliphansi.
Umqhele wameva wawuwukuphothulwa kokubhuqa kwabo, uthatha uphawu lobukhosi, umqhele, futhi *uwenze into ebuhlungu nelulazayo.*
KumaKristu, umqhele wameva uyisikhumbuzo sezinto ezimbili: (1) *UJesu wayeyinkosi, futhi uyinkosi ngempela. Ngolunye usuku, indawo yonke iyokhothama kuJesu ‘njengeNkosi yamakhosi noMbusi wababusi’* ( IsAmbulo 19:16 ) . Lokho amasosha amaRoma ayekusho njengokubhuqa, empeleni kwakuwumfanekiso wezindima ezimbili zikaKristu, *eyokuqala esokuba inceku ehluphekayo (Isaya 53), neyesibili eyokunqoba iNkosi enguMesiya* (IsAmbulo 19). (2) UJesu wayezimisele ukubekezelela ubuhlungu, ukuthukwa namahloni, konke ngenxa yethu. Umqhele wameva, nokuhlupheka okwakuhambisana nawo, sekudlule isikhathi eside, futhi uJesu manje usewutholile umqhele omfanele. “Kepha siyambona lowo owenziwe waba phansi isikhashana kunezingelosi, okunguJesu, ethweswe umqhele wenkazimulo nodumo ngenxa yokuhlupheka kokufa, ukuze ngomusa kaNkulunkulu ezwe ukufa ngenxa yabo bonke.” 9, kugcizelelwe).
Kukhona okunye okufanekisela okufakwe emqhele wameva. Ngenkathi u-Adamu no-Eva bona, beletha ububi nesiqalekiso emhlabeni, ingxenye yesiqalekiso phezu kwesintu “…uqalekisiwe umhlabathi ngenxa yakho; uyakudla kuwo ngobuhlungu zonke izinsuku zokuhamba kwakho; uyakukuvezela ameva namakhakhasi…” (Genesise 3:17-18, kugcizelelwe). Amasosha amaRoma engazi athatha into yesiqalekiso ayenzela umqhele lowo owayezosikhulula kuleso siqalekiso. “UKristu wasihlenga esiqalekisweni somthetho, ngokuba yisiqalekiso ngenxa yethu, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Baqalekisiwe bonke abalengiswa emthini” (KwabaseGalathiya 3:13). UKristu, ngomhlatshelo wakhe ophelele ohlawulelayo, usikhulule esiqalekisweni sesono, iva eliwuphawu lwaso. Nakuba wawuhloselwe ukuba inhlekisa, umqhele wameva wawuwuphawu oluhle kakhulu lokuthi uJesu ungubani nalokho azokufeza.