26 Godu nasithi ubuya ebantwini, sesaba abantu ngombana bayakholwa bonyana uJwanisi gade amphorofidi.”
Ngubani onevalo nowesabako ngaye kobana ungabeze ukhulume amanga, bewungasangikhumbula, namkha ucabange ngalokho na? Awusangesabi ngombana ngithule isikhathi eside na?
Kanti beniphumele ukuyokubonani na? Kghani ukubona umphorofidi? Iye, ngiyanitjela nabona okudlula umphorofidi.
UHerode wafuna ukubulala uJwanisi, kodwana gade esaba abantu ngombana bebathatha uJwanisi bonyana umphorofidi.
Isiqubuthu saphendula sathi: “Lo nguJesu omphorofidi obuya eNazaretha eseGalile.”
Umbhabhadiso kaJwanisi ubuyaphi na? Ubuya ezulwini namkha ebantwini na?” Bacocisana babodwa ngendaba le, bathi: “Nasithi ubuya kuZimu, uzasibuza bonyana alo kubayini singakholwa.
Yeke bamphendula bathi: “Awa, asazi.” Yeke wathi kibo: “Nami-ke angekhe nganitjela bona ligunyabani engenza ngalo izintwezi.”
Yeke balinga ukufumana indlela yokumbamba. Kodwana bebesaba isiqubuthu ngombana abantu bebathatha uJesu njengomphorofidi.
Alo, kghani sithi, ‘Ebantwini’ ”? Gade besaba abantu ngombana boke bebasithi uJwanisi mphorofidi wamambala.
Nje-ke bafuna indlela yokumbamba ngombana bebazi bonyana ukhulume umfanekiso lo ngabo. Kodwana bebesaba isiqubuthu, yeke bamsukela bakhamba.
ngombana uHerode ubegade esaba uJwanisi begodu amvikela ngokwazi bona uyindoda elungileko necwengileko. Yeke bekuthi uHerode nezwa uJwanisi akhuluma, arareke khulu kodwana ubegade athanda ukumlalela.
Abafundisi bomthetho nabaphristi abakhulu bafuna indlela yokumbamba khonokho ngombana bebasazi bona ukhulume umfanekiso lo alunganise kibo. Kodwana bebesaba abantu.
Godu sathi, ‘Ebantwini’, abantwaba bazosikhanda ngamatje boke nje ngombana sele bakholwa bonyana uJwanisi bekamphorofidi.”
Abaphristi abakhulu nabafundisi bomthetho bebafuna indlela yokususa uJesu ngombana begade besaba abantu.
UJwanisi bekanjengesibani, sivutha sikhanyisa, navuma isikhatjhana ukuzitika ngomkhanyo wakhe.
Ababelethi bayo batjho lokhu ngombana gade besaba amaJuda, ngebanga lokobana amaJuda besele enze isiqunto bona nanyana ngubani ovuma bona uJesu unguKrestu uzakurijwa ngesinagogini.
Yeke induna yakhamba nabalindithempeli bayobathatha babaletha. Akhange basebenzise amandla ngombana gade besaba bona abantu bangabakhanda ngamatje.