Ibali elimnandi elinokufundisa abantwana ngobume bukaThixo. NguAlberto kunye noPatricia Rosenthal

Ixesha lokufunda: imizuzu emi-3

Kutshanje siye saba namava amnandi ngoLwesihlanu. Sayiqala ke iSabatha sonwabe kakhulu. Kweneke ntoni? Ngomnyango webalcony ndabona ibhabhathane libhabha ngokungaqhelekanga phantsi. Ndiphume ndachopha phantsi bendimbona ukuba ebezamana nentambo ezincangathi. Zagrogrisa ngokutshabalalisa elinye lamaphiko awo. Ummandla wee-eriyali ezilungileyo nawo wachaphazeleka. Isilwanyana esincinane sasingenakukwazi ukuzikhulula kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo siya kufa.

Ndandifuna ukunceda, kodwa ibhabhathane laphaphazela phantsi laza alizange lindivumele ukuba ndifike kulo. Emva koko umntu wandifowunela kwaye kwafuneka ndiyishiye indawo imizuzwana. Ukubuya kwam, ndajonga esi sidalwa sincinci sinexhala. Nantso ke! Ukudinwa kancinci. Kodwa wayephila!

Ndaguqa phambi kwakhe ndaza ndathandaza kuThixo ndisithi: “Nceda, Yehova, undinike isandla esomeleleyo ukuze ibhabhathane lizole! Ndincede ndisuse iintambo kuye!” Emva koko ngocoselelo ndaqalisa ukusebenza. Ndabamba iiwebhu kwaye ndaqala ukususa ngokucophelela imicu kwiphiko elichaphazelekayo. Kwaye khangela, emva kokuphaphazela kokuqala, isilwanyana esincinane sizolile ngokupheleleyo! Ibhabhathane ngequbuliso labonakala liqonda ukuba kukho indlela yokuphuma kulo.

Yayingaqhelekanga! Njengomguli omthembayo ugqirha wakhe, ngoku walinda ngoxolo into eyayiza kulandela. Ndamangaliswa ndaza ndachukumiseka ngokunzulu. Ndingalindelanga, ndakwazi ukubona ubukho bukaThixo kwesi sinambuzane sihle. Oku kwandenza ndathula kakhulu. Ndaqhubela phambili ngononophelo, ngononophelo olukhulu nobulumko.

Ngelo xesha umfazi wam uPatricia wangena kuloo ndawo. Wothuka kuba ekuqaleni wayendibona ngomva kuphela. Sikunye ngoku safumana inkululeko ecothayo yeli banjwa lincinane. Kancinci kancinci, loo nto ibulalayo yapheliswa. Hayi indlela eliethe-ethe ngayo ibhabhathane!

Ekugqibeleni iphiko lakhululeka. Ngoku intloko! Kwakhona ndathandazela ukuba uThixo andincede ndingonzakalisi ezo mvakalelo zibuthathaka. Ibhabhathane labona ukuba ngoku ngumcimbi wokukhulula imvakalelo yalo. Kwaye, khangela kwaye khangela, ngokungathi wayefuna ukunceda - nto leyo eneneni imeko! – wazityhala kwelinye icala ngelixa ndizama ukutsala umsonto ngobunono. Kwakubonakala ngathi ngabantu ababini abatsalelana kwincam enye yentambo. Ngaphandle kokuba yayiyinzwana encinci eyolula phambi kwamehlo ethu ngendlela engazange ibonwe ngaphambili ebomini bakhe.

Waza umsonto oncangathi wokugqibela wakhululeka! Ibhabhathane lalikhululekile! Kodwa ngaba wahlala engonwabanga? Sasivuya kakhulu. Wahlala engashukumi phambi kwethu okomzuzwana, emva koko wenyukela emoyeni waza waphaphatheka emka ngolonwabo. Savuya kakhulu! Kwakunzima ukuyichaza.

»Bhabha kakuhle, bhabhathane elithandekayo! UThixo wakudala ngokumangalisayo! Ukukhululile! Ngamana angasoloko ekugcina!”

“UYehova uya kunilwela, ke nina niya kuzola” ( Eksodus 2:14,14 ).