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Usuku 2: uMariya

Wayesemncane, eganisiwe, manje etshelwa ukuthi ukhulelwe. Ngaphezu kwakho konke lezi zindaba zethulwe yingelosi. Uyazi, izidalwa zomoya ezijwayele ukwethusa abantu.

Ngesikhathi uMariya ecubungula lezi zindaba, singacabanga nje ukuthi kwakwenzekani ekhanda lakhe. Ingabe umndeni wakhe wawuzomlahla? Ngabe abantu abasedolobheni bangenza ukucabanga nokuhleba? Ngabe uJosefa uzokukholwa noma yikuphi kwalokhu? Ingabe wayezokwaliwa? Kuhlukaniswe? Noma kubi kakhulu?

Kodwa umcabango uMariya akhetha ukuhlala kuwo kwakungewona owokwesaba kepha owokholo: “Ngiyincekukazi yeNkosi. Kwangathi konke okushilo ngami kungagcwaliseka ”(uLk. 1:38). Kamuva, lapho uMary evakashela umzala wakhe u-Elizabeth, owokugcina uthi ngoMariya: “Ubusisiwe wena ngoba ukholwa ukuthi iNkosi izokwenza lokho eyakusho” (v. 45).

Kungakuhle ukusho ukuthi impendulo yethu ejwayelekile ekwesabeni njalo iyimpendulo kaMariya: iculo lokudumisa nokulindela ngethemba. Kepha masibe ngokoqobo. Ukwesaba kungena ezingqondweni nasemiphefumulweni yethu njengokuhamba kancane kwefu elimnyama ngaphambi kwesiphepho. Uphendula kanjani? Ukuhlehla? Hlukanisa? Bamba ukwesaba kwakho eduze kwesifuba sakho bese uvunguze kube "yini-uma" engapheli?

Ake sibheke impendulo kaMary. Ngemuva kokuthi uMary evakashele u-Elizabeth, wabheka uNkulunkulu engomeni eyaziwa ngokuthi iMagnificat (okusho ukuthi “umphefumulo wami ukhazimulisa iNkosi”). Kunezinto ezimbalwa kule ngoma ezisizayo njengoba ufuna ukuzibeka ethembeni lapho uvalo luzungeza:

• Umariya waqala ngokudumisa. Ingoma yonke imayelana nokucula inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu, futhi noma uMariya mhlawumbe wayenemibuzo eminingi kakhulu mayelana nokuthi kusho ukuthini ukuzala uMsindisi womhlaba, wavula ngokujabula esikhundleni sokukhathazeka
• Umariya wakhumbula ingxenye yakhe endabeni kaNkulunkulu.Evesini 48, uMary wathi: "Ngoba waqaphela incekukazi yakhe ephansi, futhi kusukela manje kuqhubeke zonke izizukulwane zizothi ngibusisiwe." Umariya wayazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayephethe; Nguye owamdala futhi wamnika amandla. Wayeyindalo Yakhe, futhi leso sikhumbuzi savumela uMariya ukuthi agxile eqinisweni lokuthi ungubani nokuthi ungubani. Ukhunjuzwe ukuthi ingxenye yakhe yendaba bekungeyona ukuphela kwendaba.
• Umariya wakhumbula ubuhle nokulunga kukaNkulunkulu. UUmariya akazange nje acabange ngezibusiso uNkulunkulu azinikeza noma izithembiso Azenza ku-Israyeli; uzindle ngokuthi uNkulunkulu uzobuye abuyisele kanjani izinto ezingalungile emuva kwesokudla (vv. 51-53).

Umariya waqeda ukwesaba ngokudumisa. Wabeka eceleni ukungazethembi ngeqiniso lokuthi uNkulunkulu wayengubani, ekhumbula indima yakhe endabeni Yakhe. Futhi wabheka emuva ukukhathazeka ngokwenqatshwa noma inhlebo, ekhumbula ukuthi wayekhonza uNkulunkulu wobulungiswa.

Futhi ngenxa yalokho, uMary wayenethemba. Nawe ungakwenza.

Imibuzo Yokuzindla:

• Uzizwe nini weqiwa ukwesaba? Uphendule kanjani?
Ucabanga ukuthi uMariya wazizwa kanjani lapho ingelosi iletha lezi zindaba?
• Ucabanga ukuthi uMariya wazizwa kanjani lapho ingelosi iletha lezi zindaba?
• Impendulo kaMariya ezindabeni zikaNkulunkulu ingakukhuthaza kanjani kulo Khisimusi?