U-Ruthe: Indaba Yothando LukaNkulunkulu OluhlengayoIsampula

Njengoba ufunda incwadi kaRuthe, cishe uyakholwa ukuthi uRuthe nguye owayehlengwa. Nakuba ngokungangabazeki lokho kuyiqiniso, kunomunye owahlengwa kakhulu kunoRuthe: uNawomi. URuthe noNawomi bobabili bathola izinguquko eziphawulekayo, kodwa ukuguqulwa kukaNawomi kungenye yezinto ezivelele kule ncwadi. Ukuhlengwa kwakhe kufanekisela ukuhlengwa kwabo bonke abathembela kuJehova.

Kuyo yonke indaba yakhe, u-Ruthe uyakhula ukuzethemba futhi uthola ukuphakama emphakathini. URuthe waqala le ndaba njengomMowabikazi, umfokazi oyiqaba ezweni angalazi, umfelokazi ompofu. Lapho ehlangana noBhowazi, wazichaza ‘njengophansi kunenceku. Ngemva kokukhothoza ensimini yakubo izinyanga ezimbalwa, uRuthe wayesenobuhlobo noBhowazi, futhi wamnakekela. Wazikhomba njengenceku kaBhowazi ngenkathi emcela ukuba amshade (yilokho akwenza uma ukugejile lokho). Ukushada noBhowazi kwakukhulise isikhundla sakhe sobudlelwane enkosikazini yomninindawo ocebile nendoda echazwa ngokuthi “efanelekayo.” Nokho, ukuguquka kukaRuthe akuzange kuphelele lapho. Wakhushulelwa kokuthile okuphakeme kakhulu kunonkosikazi ohlonishwayo nelungu lomphakathi. Ubalwa phakade phakathi kwabantu abahlonishwayo ohlwini lozalo lweNkosi. Kodwa incwadi kaRuthe ikhuluma ngokuhlengwa kukaNawomi.

Umvuthwandaba wokuhlenga kukaNkulunkulu uNawomi uqokomisa ukwethembeka nokunakekela kukaNkulunkulu kungakhathaliseki ukuthi wayesiphi isikhathi esidlule sikaNawomi. Ekupheleni kweSahluko 1, uNawomi wabuyela eBhetlehema njengomhambi ongenamali. Wayengenalutho ngokomoya, ngokwenyama, nangokomzwelo. Wathi “uJehova wayemenzele okumunyu.” Ekupheleni kwencwadi, uNaomi wayesegcwele ngokomoya, ngokwenyama nangokomzwelo. UNkulunkulu akazange amkhohlwe uNawomi. Umntwana womfana emathangeni akhe wakufakazela lokho. UNawomi, owayekhale kabuhlungu ngokungabi nayo indlalifa, manje wayesegone eyodwa. UNkulunkulu wayebuyisele ukulondeka kwakhe ngokwezimali nesimo emphakathini. Wayezele umbuthano ogcwele: kusukela eMara kuya kuNawomi, engenalutho futhi egcwele, kusukela kulahleko okungenamali kuya kukhokho wenkosi - inkosi enkulu kunazo zonke emlandweni wakwa-Israyeli. Wasuka esalukazini esingenamntwana esingenayo indlalifa kakhokho ka-Imanuweli, uNkulunkulu unathi, uJesu Kristu.

Ekugcineni, umlayezo kaRuthe siwumusa wothando kaNkulunkulu, oholela ekubuyiselweni nakwisibusiso - ngokomzimba nangokomoya. Yilokhu uNkulunkulu akwenzayo; Ubuyisela lokho isono nokuhlubuka okukuchithile. Singafunda enguqukweni kaNawomi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wethu uyaziqaphela izidingo zethu futhi uyikhathalela ngokujulile inhlalakahle yethu. Ukufa kukaKristu esiphambanweni kwabeka inhlalakahle yamakholwa ngaphambi Kwakhe.

Ukubuyiselwa okuhle kukaNawomi kuwuhlobo lwenguquko uNkulunkulu ayenzayo ezimpilweni zabo bonke abamethembayo njengeNkosi noMsindisi wabo. Sonke senza ukuguqulwa okufanayo: ukusuka kokubabayo kuye kokumnandi, okungenalutho kuya kokugcwele, ukuba ngaphandle komndeni kaNkulunkulu ekubeni abantwana bakaSomandla, izindlalifa kanye noKristu. Ngeke kusaba khona ukuguqulwa okungajwayelekile. Encwadini ethi UNkulunkulu Othembekile: I-Exposition on the Book of Ruth, USinclair Ferguson uthe, “Le yindlela kaNkulunkulu. Uthatha izinto ezibuthakathaka zaleli zwe futhi ngazo uyaphithiza izinto ezinamandla; ngezinto eziphansi nezidelelekile uyajabhisa abanamandla; futhi ngezinto ezingekho, uyaphambanisa izinto ezikhona.”

Ucabanga ukuthi ukuhlengwa kukaNawomi kwakukukhulu kunokuka Ruthe? Ingabe bakhona abantu empilweni yakho abangazuza ngokuzwa ngoshintsho lwakho?