NgoAprili 26, 1521, uLuther wayishiya iWorms. Wasitha indlela yakhe ngamafu. Kodwa ekuphumeni kwakhe ngesango lesixeko, intliziyo yakhe yayizaliswe luvuyo nendumiso. ‘USathana ngokwakhe,’ watsho, ‘wayikhusela inqaba kaPopu; ke yena uKristu wenze indawo ebanzi. Umtyholi kwafuneka avume ukuba uMesiya unamandla ngakumbi. ”

Umhlobo womhlaziyi ubhala athi: “Ungquzulwano lwaseWorms lwabangela ukuba abantu basondele nakude. Njengoko ingxelo yayo yayisasazeka kulo lonke elaseYurophu—ukuya kutsho eScandinavia, kwiiAlps zaseSwiss, kwizixeko zaseNgilani, eFransi naseItali—abaninzi bathabatha ngentumekelelo izixhobo ezikhulu zeLizwi likaThixo.”

Ukuhamba kwiNtshulube: Ukunyaniseka ngecaveat enye

Ngentsimbi yeshumi uLuther wayishiya idolophu nabahlobo bakhe ababempheleke ukuya eWorms. Amadoda angamashumi amabini akhwele amahashe kunye nesihlwele esikhulu sakhapha inqwelo ukuya eludongeni.

Ekubuyeni kwakhe eWorms, wagqiba kwelokuba abhalele uKaiser kwakhona kuba wayengafuni ukubonakala njengomvukeli onetyala. “UThixo ulingqina lam; uyazazi iingcinga,' watsho. “Ndizimisele ngentliziyo yam yonke ukuthobela uMhlekazi, ngembeko okanye ngentlonipho, ebomini okanye ekufeni, ngencam enye: xa ichasene neLizwi likaThixo eliphilisayo. Kuyo yonke imicimbi yobomi ndinokunyaniseka okungapheliyo; kuba apha ilahleko okanye inzuzo ayinanto yakwenza nosindiso. Kodwa kuchasene nokuthanda kukaThixo ukuthobela abantu kwimicimbi yobomi obungunaphakade. Ukuthobela ngokomoya lunqulo lokwenyaniso yaye kufanele kugcinelwe uMdali.”

Ukwathumele neleta ephantse ibe nomxholo ofanayo kumazwe asebukhosini, apho wayeshwankathela okwenzeka eWorms. Le leta yawachukumisa kakhulu amaJamani. Babona ukuba uLuther wayephathwe ngokungekho sikweni ngumlawuli nabefundisi abaphakamileyo, yaye bavukela kakhulu ukuzigwagwisa kukapopu.

Ukuba uCharles V wayeliqonda ixabiso lokwenene kubukumkani bakhe bomntu ofana noLuther—indoda eyayingenakuthengwa okanye ithengiswe, eyayingayi kuncama imigaqo yayo ngenxa yomhlobo okanye utshaba—wayeya kumxabisa waza wamzukisa kunokuba amgwebe aze amgwebe. xwaya.

Ugqogqo njengomsebenzi wokuhlangula

ULuther wagoduka, efumana imbeko kuzo zonke iinkalo zobomi endleleni. Izidwangube zecawa zayamkela le monki phantsi kwesiqalekiso sikapopu, yaye amagosa ehlabathi ayizukisa indoda eyayivalwe umlomo. Wagqiba ekubeni aphambuke kwindlela echanekileyo yokutyelela iMora, indawo yokuzalwa kayise. Umhlobo wakhe u-Amsdorf kunye nomkhweli wamkhapha. Bonke abanye baqhubeka besiya eWittenberg. Emva kokuphumla kosuku olunoxolo nezizalwane zakhe - into eyahluke ngayo kwisiphithiphithi kunye neengxabano zaseWorms - waphinda waqala uhambo lwakhe.

Njengoko inqwelo yayidlula kwintlambo, abahambi badibana nabakhweli abahlanu ababexhobe bexhobile, bezigqume ubuso. Ababini bambamba uAmsdorf kunye nenqwelo, abanye abathathu uLuther. Ngokuthe cwaka bamnyanzela ukuba ehle, bagibisela isambatho somkhosi emagxeni akhe kwaye bamkhwelisa kwihashe elongezelelweyo. Emva koko bamyeka u-Amsdorf kunye nomqhubi wenqwelo. Bobahlanu batsibela kwiisali kwaye banyamalala kwihlathi elimnyama kunye nebanjwa.

Bahamba ngeendlela ezijijekileyo, maxa wambi bebheka phambili, maxa wambi bebuya ngasemva, ukuze babaleke nabani na obasukelayo. Ngokuhlwa bathabatha indlela entsha baza badlulela phambili ngokukhawuleza nangokuthe cwaka phakathi kwamahlathi amnyama, aphantse abe ngagaxelekanga ukuya kwiintaba zaseThuringia. Apha iWartburg yabekwa etroneni kwincopho eyayinokufikelelwa kuphela ngomnqantsa nonzima. ULuther wangeniswa kwiindonga zale nqaba isemagqagaleni ngabathimbi bakhe. Amasango anzima avalwa emva kwakhe, amfihla ukuba angabonwa nangolwazi lwehlabathi langaphandle.

Umhlaziyi akazange awele ezandleni zotshaba. Umlindi wayekujongile ukushukuma kwakhe, kwaye njengoko uqhwithela lwalusongela ukugqabhuka phezu kwentloko yakhe engakwazi ukuzikhusela, intliziyo enyanisekileyo nenobubele yakhawuleza yamhlangula. Kwakucacile ukuba iRoma yayiya kwaneliswa kukufa kwakhe kuphela; yindawo yokuzimela kuphela eyayinokumsindisa kumazipho engonyama.

Emva kokuba uLuther emkile eWorms, igqwetha likapopu lafumana umyalelo ochasene naye ngokutyobela notywino lomlawuli. Kulo myalelo wasebukhosini, uLuther wabhengezwa “njengoSathana ngokwakhe, ozenze umntu kumkhwa wemonki.” Kwayalelwa ukuba umsebenzi wakhe uyekwe ngemilinganiselo efanelekileyo. Ukumnika ikhusi, ukumnika ukutya okanye isiselo, ukumnceda okanye ukumxhasa ngamazwi okanye ngezenzo, esidlangalaleni okanye ngasese, kwakwalelwe ngokungqongqo. Ufanele ahluthwe naphi na aze anikelwe kwabasemagunyeni - kwakunjalo nakubalandeli bakhe. impahla yayiza kuhluthwa. Imibhalo yakhe ifanele ichithwe. Ekugqibeleni, nabani na owayenobuganga bokwaphula lo mthetho wayeza kuvalwa kuRhulumente.

I-Kaiser yayithethile, i-Reichstag ivume ummiselo. Lonke ibandla labalandeli bamaRoma laba nemihlali. Ngoku isiphelo soHlaziyo sasitywiniwe! Isihlwele esasineenkolelo sakhwankqiswa yinkcazelo yoMlawuli ngoLuther njengoSathana efakwe kwisambatho semonki.

Ngeli lixa lomngcipheko, uThixo wenzela umkhonzi wakhe indlela yokuphuma. UMoya oyiNgcwele wayishukumisa intliziyo yoMnyuli waseSaxony wamnika ubulumko becebo lokusindisa uLuther. UFrederick wayemazisile umhlaziyi ngoxa wayeseseWorms ukuba inkululeko yakhe yayinokunikelwa okwexeshana ngenxa yokhuseleko lwakhe noHlaziyo; kodwa kwakungachazwanga ukuba njani. Isicwangciso somvoti saphunyezwa ngentsebenziswano yabahlobo bokwenene, yaye ngobuchule nobuchule obuninzi kangangokuba uLuther wahlala efihliwe ngokupheleleyo kubahlobo neentshaba. Kokubini ukubanjwa kwakhe nendawo awayezifihle kuyo yayingaqondakali kangangokuba kangangexesha elide noFrederick wayengazi apho wayesiwe khona. Oku kwakungeyonjongo: okoko umvoti wayengazi nto ngendawo awayekuyo uLuther, wayengenakutyhila nto. Wayeqinisekile ukuba umhlaziyi ukhuselekile, yaye oko kwakwanele kuye.

Ixesha lokuyeka kunye neenzuzo zalo

Kwadlula intwasahlobo, ihlobo, nekwindla, kwaza kwafika ubusika. ULuther wayesabambekile. U-Aleander kunye namanye amalungu eqela lakhe bavuya ngokucima ukukhanya kwevangeli. Kunoko, uLuther wazalisa isibane sakhe kuvimba ongatshiyo wenyaniso, ukuze sikhanye ngokuqaqamba ngakumbi ngexesha elifanelekileyo.

Kwakungekho ngenxa yokhuseleko lwakhe kuphela awathi uLuther wakhutshwa kwinqanaba lobomi boluntu ngokolungiselelo lukaThixo. Endaweni yoko, ubulumko obungenasiphelo boyisa zonke iimeko kunye neziganeko ngenxa yezicwangciso ezinzulu. Asikokuthanda kukaThixo ukuba umsebenzi Wakhe ube nesitampu somntu omnye. Abanye abasebenzi babeza kubizelwa emfazweni xa uLuther engekho ukuze bancede ukulungelelana kuHlaziyo.

Ukongeza, kuyo yonke intshukumo yohlengahlengiso kukho ingozi yokuba iya kubunjwa ngakumbi ngobuntu kunobuthixo. Kuba xa ubani evuyela inkululeko evela enyanisweni, ngokukhawuleza ubani uzukisa abo uThixo abamiseleyo ukuba baqhawule imixokelelwane yenkohliso neenkolelo. Bayanconywa, banconywe kwaye bahlonitshwe njengeenkokeli. Ngaphandle kokuba bathobeke ngokwenene, bazinikele, bangazingci, yaye abanakonakala, baqalisa ukuziva bengaxhomekekanga kangako kuThixo baze baqalise ukukholosa ngeziqu zabo. Kungekudala bazama ukulawula iingqondo zabo baze banciphise izazela zabo, baze bazibone phantse njengekuphela kwejelo uThixo alidlulisela ngalo ukukhanya kwicawa yakhe. Umsebenzi wohlaziyo udla ngokulityaziswa ngulo moya wabalandeli.

EseWartburg enqabisekile, uLuther waphumla okwethutyana yaye wonwabile kumgama wokuxinezeleka kwedabi. Ukusuka kwiindonga zenqaba wajonga amahlathi amnyama macala onke, emva koko wajika amehlo akhe esibhakabhakeni waza wadanduluka, 'Ukuthinjwa okumangalisayo! Ekuthinjweni ngokuzithandela kodwa ngokunxamnye nokuthanda kwam!’ ‘Ndithandazeleni,’ ubhalela uSpalatin. “Andifuni nto ngaphandle kwemithandazo yakho. Ungandikhathazi ngezinto ezithethwayo okanye ucinga ngam emhlabeni. Ekugqibeleni ndingaphumla."

Ukuba wedwa nokuba ngasese kwale ntaba kwakunenye intsikelelo exabiseke ngakumbi kumhlaziyi. Ngoko ke impumelelo ayizange iye entlokweni yakhe. Wayeyixhasa yonke le nkxaso yomntu, akazange abe novelwano okanye indumiso, nto leyo edla ngokukhokelela kwimiphumo emibi. Nangona uThixo efanele afumane lonke uzuko nozuko, uSathana ulathisela iingcinga neemvakalelo kubantu abazizixhobo nje zikaThixo. Umbeka embindini kwaye uphazamisa ukubonelela okulawula zonke iziganeko.

Apha kukho ingozi kuwo onke amaKristu. Enoba banokuzixabisa kangakanani na izenzo ezibekekileyo nezizincama zabakhonzi bakaThixo abathembekileyo, nguThixo kuphela omele azukiswe. Bonke ubulumko, amandla kunye nobabalo umntu analo ulufumana kuThixo. Yonke indumiso mayiye kuye.

Ukwanda kwemveliso

ULuther akazange aneliswe luxolo nokuphumla ixesha elide. Wayebuqhelile ubomi bomsebenzi kunye neengxabano. Ukungasebenzi kwakunganyamezeleki kuye. Ngezo ntsuku zobulolo wayefanekisela imeko yeCawa. Wayevakalelwa kukuba akukho mntu wema phezu kweendonga waza wayakha iZiyon. Waphinda wazicingela. Wayenoloyiko lokuba angatyholwa ngobugwala xa ethe warhoxa emsebenzini, waza wazityhola ngokuba livila kwaye uyonqena. Kwangaxeshanye, yonke imihla wayesenza izinto ezazibonakala zinamandla angaphaya kwawomntu. Ubhala athi: »Ndifunda iBhayibhile ngesiHebhere nesiGrike. Ndingathanda ukubhala incwadi yesiJamani ngesivumo sendlebe, ndiya kuqhubeka nokuguqulela iiNdumiso kwaye ndiqulunqe ingqokelela yeentshumayelo kamsinya nje ndakuba ndikufumene oko ndikufunayo eWittenberg. Usiba lwam alupheli.”

Ngoxa iintshaba zakhe zazizicengezela ngelithi uthulisiwe, zamangaliswa bubungqina obubambekayo bokuqhubeka kwakhe esebenza. Inani elikhulu lemibhalo ephuma kwipeni yakhe yajikeleza kulo lonke elaseJamani. Phantse unyaka, ekhuselwe kwingqumbo yazo zonke iintshaba, waluleka waza wazikhalimela izono ezazigqugqisile ngomhla wakhe.

Kwakhona wanikela eyona nkonzo ibalulekileyo kubantu belizwe lakhe ngokuguqulela umbhalo wantlandlolo weTestamente Entsha kwisiJamani. Ngale ndlela, ilizwi likaThixo lalinokuqondwa nangabantu abaqhelekileyo. Ngoku ubunokuzifundela onke amazwi obomi nenyaniso. Waphumelela ngokukodwa ekuguquleni onke amehlo kuPopu waseRoma ukuya kuYesu Kristu, iLanga loBulungisa.

ukusuka Imiqondiso Yamaxesha, ngo-Oktobha 11, 1883