Ngo-April 26, 1521, uLuther wahamba eWorms. Amafu asabekayo ayisitha indlela yakhe. Kodwa lapho ephuma ngesango lomuzi, inhliziyo yakhe yagcwala injabulo nokudumisa. 'USathane ngokwakhe,' esho, 'wavikela inqaba kaPapa; kodwa uKristu wenze isikhala esikhulu. UDeveli kwadingeka avume ukuthi uMesiya unamandla amakhulu."

“Ingxabano yaseWorms,” kubhala umngane womshisekeli wenguquko, “yasondeza abantu kude nakude. Njengoba umbiko wayo usakazeka kulo lonke elaseYurophu—eScandinavia, ezintabeni zaseSwiss Alps, emadolobheni aseNgilandi, eFrance nase-Italy—abaningi bathatha ngentshiseko izikhali ezinamandla eziseZwini likaNkulunkulu.”

Ukusuka EmaWorms: Ukwethembeka nge-caveat eyodwa

Ngehora leshumi uLuther walishiya idolobha nabangane ababemphelezele baya eWorms. Amadoda agibele amahhashi angamashumi amabili kanye nesixuku esikhulu baphelezela inqola baya ezindongeni.

Ohambweni olubuyayo oluvela eWorms, wanquma ukuphinde abhalele uKaiser ngoba wayengafuni ukuvela njengevukela-mbuso enecala. “UNkulunkulu ungufakazi wami; uyayazi imicabango,' esho. “Ngizimisele ngenhliziyo yami yonke ukulalela uMhlonishwa, ngokuhlonishwa noma ehlazweni, empilweni noma ekufeni, ngesixwayiso esisodwa: lapho kuphambene neZwi likaNkulunkulu eliphilisayo. Kuzo zonke izindaba zebhizinisi zokuphila unobuqotho bami obungenakwephulwa; ngoba lapha ukulahlekelwa noma inzuzo ayihlangene nensindiso. Kodwa kuphambene nentando kaNkulunkulu ukuzithoba kubantu ezindabeni zokuphila okuphakade. Ukulalela okungokomoya kuwukukhulekela kweqiniso futhi kufanele kugcinelwe uMdali.”

Uphinde wathumela incwadi ecishe ifane nokuqukethwe okufanayo emazweni ombuso, lapho afingqa khona okwenzeka eWorms. Le ncwadi yawathinta ngokujulile amaJalimane. Babona ukuthi uLuther wayephathwe kabi kakhulu umbusi nabefundisi abaphakeme, futhi bavukela kakhulu ukuzenza okuzidlayo kobupapa.

Ukube uCharles V wayeqaphela ukubaluleka kwangempela embusweni wakhe womuntu onjengoLuther—indoda eyayingenakuthengwa noma ithengiswe, engeke idele izimiso zayo ngenxa yomngane noma isitha—wayeyomazisa futhi amhloniphe kunokuba amlahle futhi xwaya.

Ukugasela njengomsebenzi wokuhlenga

ULuther waya ekhaya, ethola ukuhlonishwa kuzo zonke izizinda zokuphila endleleni. Izicukuthwane zesonto zamukela le monki ngesiqalekiso sikapapa, futhi izikhulu zezwe zayihlonipha indoda eyayivinjelwe umbuso. Wanquma ukuphambuka emzileni oqondile ukuze avakashele iMora, indawo kayise azalelwa kuyo. Umngane wakhe u-Amsdorf kanye nenqola bahamba naye. Bonke abanye baqhubeka baya eWittenberg. Ngemva kokuphumula kosuku olunokuthula nezihlobo zakhe - lokho okwahluke kakhulu ezinxushunxushwini nezingxabano zase-Worms - waqala uhambo lwakhe.

Njengoba inqola idlula emhosheni, abahambi bahlangana nabagibeli bamahhashi abahlanu ababehlome bephelele, bezifihle ubuso. Ababili babamba u-Amsdorf kanye nenqola, abanye abathathu uLuther. Ngokuthula bamphoqa ukuthi ehle, bamjikijela ijazi le-knight futhi bamfaka ehhashini elengeziwe. Bese bededela u-Amsdorf kanye nenqola bahambe. Bobahlanu bagxumela ezihlalweni banyamalala ehlathini elimnyama nesiboshwa.

Bahamba ezindleleni ezimazombezombe, kwesinye isikhathi baya phambili, kwesinye isikhathi bahlehla, ukuze babalekele noma yimuphi umxoshi. Lapho kuhwalala bathatha umzila omusha futhi badlulela phambili ngokushesha nangokuthula emahlathini amnyama, cishe angenakunyakaziswa beya ezintabeni zaseThuringia. Lapha iWartburg yabekwa esihlalweni sobukhosi esiqongweni esasingafinyelelwa kuphela ngomqansa nonzima. ULuther wangeniswa ezindongeni zale nqaba ekude ngabathumbi bakhe. Amasango anzima avaleka ngemuva kwakhe, amfihla ukuthi angabonwa nangolwazi lwezwe langaphandle.

Umshisekeli wenguquko wayengazange awele ezandleni zezitha. Unogada wayebukele umnyakazo wakhe, futhi njengoba isivunguvungu sisongela ukwehlela ekhanda lakhe elalingakwazi ukuzivikela, inhliziyo yeqiniso nehloniphekile yagijima yamkhulula. Kwakusobala ukuthi iRoma yayiyokwaneliswa ukufa kwakhe kuphela; indawo yokucasha kuphela eyayingamsindisa ezinzipho zebhubesi.

Ngemva kokuhamba kukaLuther eWorms, inxusa likapapa lalithole umyalo omelene naye ngokusayinwa kombusi nophawu lombuso. Kulo mthetho wombuso, uLuther wagxekwa ngokuthi "uSathane ngokwakhe, ozifihlile njengomuntu ngomkhuba wendela." Kwayalwa ukuba umsebenzi wakhe umiswe ngezinyathelo ezifanele. Ukumnika indawo yokukhosela, ukumnika ukudla noma okuphuzwayo, ukumsiza noma ukumsekela ngezwi noma ngesenzo, esidlangalaleni noma ngasese, kwakungavunyelwe ngokuphelele. Kufanele athathwe noma yikuphi futhi anikezwe iziphathimandla - okufanayo nakubalandeli bakhe. impahla yayizothathwa. Imibhalo yakhe kufanele ichithwe. Ekugcineni, noma ubani owayeba nesibindi sokwephula lo mthetho wayezovinjelwa eReich.

I-Kaiser yayikhulumile, i-Reichstag yayisivumile lesi sinqumo. Lonke ibandla labalandeli baseRoma lajabula. Manje isiphetho seNguquko sase sivalwe uphawu! Isixuku esinezinkolelo-ze sathuthumela lapho uMbusi echaza uLuther njengoSathane embethe ingubo yendela.

Kulelihora lobungozi, uNkulunkulu wenzela inceku yaKhe indlela yokuphuma. UMoya oNgcwele washukumisa inhliziyo yoMkhethi waseSaxony futhi wamnika ukuhlakanipha kwesu lokusindisa uLuther. UFrederick wayemazise umguquli eseseWorms ukuthi inkululeko yakhe ingase inikelwe isikhathi esithile ukuze avikeleke kanye naleyo yeNguquko; kodwa kwakungabonisiwe ukuthi kanjani. Isu lomvoti lasetshenziswa ngokubambisana kwabangane bangempela, futhi ngobuhlakani obukhulu nekhono kangangokuthi uLuther wahlala efihlekile kubangane nasezitheni. Kokubili ukuthunjwa kwakhe nendawo yakhe yokucasha kwakungaqondakali kangangokuthi isikhathi eside ngisho noFrederick wayengazi ukuthi uthathwephi. Lokhu kwakungeyona inhloso: inqobo nje uma umvoti engazi lutho ngokuthi uLuther ukuphi, wayengeke aveze lutho. Wayeqinisekise ukuthi umshisekeli wezinguquko wayephephile, futhi lokho kwakwanele kuye.

Isikhathi sokuhlehla kanye nezinzuzo zako

Kwadlula intwasahlobo, ihlobo, nekwindla, nobusika bafika. ULuther wayesabambekile. U-Aleander kanye namalungu eqembu lakhe bajabule ngokucisha ukukhanya kwevangeli. Kunalokho, uLuther wagcwalisa isibani sakhe enqolobaneni engapheli yeqiniso, ukuze sikhanye ngokukhazimula okukhulu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.

Akukhona nje ukuphepha kwakhe kuphela ukuthi uLuther wakhishwa esiteji sempilo yomphakathi ngokokuqondisa kukaNkulunkulu. Kunalokho, ukuhlakanipha okungenamkhawulo kwanqoba zonke izimo nezenzakalo ngenxa yezinhlelo ezijulile. Akuyona intando kaNkulunkulu ukuthi umsebenzi Wakhe uthwale isigxivizo somuntu oyedwa. Ezinye izisebenzi zaziyobizelwa empini lapho uLuther engekho ukuze zisize ekulinganiseni iNguquko.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngawo wonke umnyakazo wokulungisa kunengozi yokuthi uzololongwa kakhulu ngokobuntu kunobuNkulunkulu. Ngoba lapho umuntu ejabulela inkululeko evela eqinisweni, ngokushesha ukhazimulisa labo uNkulunkulu abamisile ukuba bagqashule amaketanga amaphutha nezinkolelo-ze. Bayanconywa, batuswe futhi bahlonishwe njengabaholi. Ngaphandle kwalapho bethobeke ngempela, bezinikele, abangenabugovu, futhi abangenakonakala, baqala ukuzizwa bengancikile kuNkulunkulu futhi baqale ukuzethemba. Ngokushesha bafuna ukulawula izingqondo zabo futhi balinganisele onembeza, futhi bafinyelele ekuziboneni cishe njengokuphela komzila uNkulunkulu akhanyisela ngawo ibandla lakhe. Umsebenzi wezinguquko uvame ukubambezeleka yilo moya wabalandeli.

Ekulondekeni kwaseWartburg, uLuther waphumula isikhashana futhi ejabule ngebanga elikude nesiphithiphithi sempi. Esezindongeni zenqaba wabuka amahlathi amnyama nhlangothi zonke, wabe esebhekisa amehlo akhe esibhakabhakeni wababaza, 'Ukuthunjwa okumangalisayo! Ekuthunjweni ngokuzithandela kodwa nokho ngokumelene nentando yami!’ ‘Ngithandazeleni,’ ubhalela uSpalatin. “Angifuni lutho ngaphandle kwemithandazo yakho. Ungangihluphi ngalokho okushiwoyo noma okucatshangwayo ngami emhlabeni. Ekugcineni sengizophumula."

Ukuba sodwa nokuba seceleni kwalentaba kwaba nesinye isibusiso esiyigugu kumshisekeli wenguquko. Ngakho impumelelo ayizange iye ekhanda lakhe. Wayekude kakhulu nokusekelwa komuntu, akazange agcwaliswe uzwela noma indumiso, okuvame ukuholela emiphumeleni ebuhlungu. Nakuba uNkulunkulu kufanele athole lonke udumo nenkazimulo, uSathane uqondisa imicabango nemizwa kubantu abangamathuluzi kaNkulunkulu nje. Umbeka phakathi nendawo bese ephazamisa ukuhlinzeka okulawula zonke izigigaba.

Nansi ingozi kuwo wonke amaKristu. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zitusa kangakanani izenzo ezinhle, zokuzidela zezinceku zikaNkulunkulu ezithembekile, uNkulunkulu kuphela okufanele akhazinyuliswe. Konke ukuhlakanipha, ikhono kanye nomusa umuntu anakho uthola kuNkulunkulu. Konke ukudunyiswa kufanele kuye.

Ukwanda kokukhiqiza

ULuther akazange aneliswe ukuthula nokuphumula isikhathi eside. Wayesejwayele ukuphila kokusebenza nokuphikisana. Ukungasebenzi kwakungabekezeleleki kuye. Ngalezo zinsuku zodwa wayefanekisa isimo seBandla. Waba nomuzwa wokuthi akekho owayemi phezu kwezindonga futhi akha iSiyoni. Waphinda wazicabangela. Wayesaba ukuthi uzosolwa ngobugwala uma engase athathe umhlalaphansi emsebenzini, azisole ngokuvilapha nokuvilapha. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, nsuku zonke wenza izinto ezazibonakala zinamandla angaphezu kwavamile. Uyabhala: »Ngifunda iBhayibheli ngesiHebheru nesiGreki. Ngingathanda ukubhala incwadi yesiJalimane ngokuvuma izono ngendlebe, ngizoqhubeka nokuhumusha amaHubo futhi ngihlanganise iqoqo lezintshumayelo ngokushesha ngemva kokuthola engikufunayo eWittenberg. Usiba lwami alupheli.”

Nakuba izitha zakhe zazizincoma ngokuthi uthulisiwe, zamangazwa ubufakazi obuphathekayo bokuqhubeka kwakhe nomsebenzi. Inani elikhulu lezincwadi ezivela epeni lakhe lasakazwa kulo lonke elaseJalimane. Cishe unyaka wonke, evikelekile olakeni lwazo zonke izitha, wayala futhi wakhuza izono ezazidlangile zosuku lwakhe.

Wenza nenkonzo ebaluleke kakhulu kubantu bakubo ngokuhumushela umbhalo wokuqala weTestamente Elisha olimini lwesiJalimane. Ngale ndlela, amazwi kaNkulunkulu ayengaqondwa nabantu abavamile. Manje usungazifundela wonke amazwi okuphila neqiniso. Waphumelela ngokukhethekile ekususeni wonke amehlo kuPapa waseRoma aye kuJesu Kristu, iLanga Lokulunga.

kusukela Izimpawu Zezikhathi, October 11, 1883