Ingabe Amakhosi Asaphupha?
Ezikhathini zasendulo, amaphupho ayengalahlwa njengensalela yengqondo. Ayeqondwa njengemiyalezo yaphezulu—amathuluzi okubusa, ukuqondisa, nesixwayiso. Lapho uFaro ephupha, wabiza uJosefa. Lapho uNebukadinesari ephupha, wabiza uDaniyeli. Lamakhosi awazange awathathe kalula amaphupho; bazibona njengemiqulu yokuqonda evela ezulwini.
Incazelo kaJosefa yephupho likaFaro yasindisa iGibhithe kanye nezizwe ezizungezile endlaleni ( Genesise 41:25–36 ). UDaniyeli, emi phambi kukaNebukadinesari, akazange nje achaze iphupho—wembula umugqa wesikhathi ongokwesiprofetho wemibuso, kusukela eBhabhiloni kuya eRoma ( Daniyeli 2:31–45 ). Lawa maphupho ayengezona izimpawu ezingacacile—ayenokunemba komlando nokunemba kwaphezulu.
Kodwa amakhosi asaphupha na?
Ingabe omongameli, ababusi, nabaholi banamuhla basayithola le miyalezo? Impendulo ithi yebo. Amaphupho awapheli. UNkulunkulu akazange athule. “Ngokuba uNkulunkulu ukhuluma kanye, yebo, nakabili, kepha umuntu akakuboni. Ephusheni, ngombono wasebusuku…” (Jobe 33:14–16). Amaphupho asalokhu eyisimiso sikaNkulunkulu sakudala nesisebenzayo sokuxhumana.
UmShumayeli uyasitshela, “Iphupho livela ngobuningi bebhizinisi” ( UmShumayeli 5:3 ). Leli vesi ngokuvamile aliqondwa kahle. Akusho ukuthi amaphupho awasho lutho, kodwa lokho kuphila nomoya kuxhumene kangangokuthi okuhlangenwe nakho kwethu kuba yizitsha zesambulo. Ukuba matasa kwempilo yomuntu kungase kushukumise amaphupho, kodwa uNkulunkulu usakhetha ukukhuluma ngawo. Umbuzo awukona ukuthi siyaphupha yini—kodwa ukuthi siyakwazisa yini lokho esikuphuphayo.
Namuhla, abaholi baphupha buthule. Abasazimemezeli kubahumushi; bazigcina ekusithekeni noma bazithulise ngomcabango ophusile. Ezikhathini zasendulo, amakhosi ayezungeza izazi, ababoni, nabaprofethi—hhayi nje ukwenza umcimbi, kodwa ukuze baphile. Namuhla, sinabeluleki bezombangazwe, abahlaziyi bezezimali, nosomaqhinga bezempi—kodwa bambalwa abatolika ngokomoya.
Uphi uDaniyeli othi, “Kukhona uNkulunkulu ezulwini owembula izimfihlakalo” ( Daniyeli 2:28 )? Uphi uJosefa othi: “Izincazelo akuzona ezikaNkulunkulu na?” ( Genesise 40:8 )? Ukungabi bikho kwabahumushi abanjalo kwenze abaningi bakulahla lokho uzulu asakusho.
Ngichaze izinkulungwane zamaphupho—omongameli, ochwepheshe, abefundisi, nabantu abavela kuzo zonke izigaba zokuphila. Into eyodwa iyaguquguquka: iphupho ngalinye lihlukile, futhi iphupho ngalinye linomyalezo. IzAga ziyasitshela, “Kuludumo lukaNkulunkulu ukufihla indaba; ukuphenya indaba kuludumo lwamakhosi.” ( IzAga 25:2 , NIV ) Amaphupho angase acashe, kodwa incazelo yembula.
Abaningi bayabuza ukuthi kungani amaphupho engasacaci. Akunjalo ngoba uNkulunkulu uyekile ukukhuluma—kungenxa yokuthi siyekile ukuhlonipha izwi Lakhe. Lapho uNebukadinesari elazisa iphupho lakhe, uNkulunkulu wamnikeza isambulo semibuso yesikhathi esizayo. Lapho uFaro ecabangela iphupho lakhe, uNkulunkulu wathumela umkhululi ukuze avimbele indlala. Kodwa namuhla, amaphupho ancishiswa abe yimicabango engokwengqondo noma akhohlwe ngokuphelele ekuseni.
Lokhu kuwubizo kubo bonke abaholi: ningathulisi izwi likaNkulunkulu lasebusuku. Kungenzeka ukuthi uhamba ngenqubomgomo, uhola amazwe, noma uphethe ezomnotho—kodwa usaphupha. Futhi uma wenza kanjalo, kungenzeka ukuthi izulu liyabiza.
IBhayibheli lithi: “Abadala benu bayakuphupha amaphupho, nezinsizwa zenu zibone imibono.”— Joweli 2:28 . Lezi akuzona nje izithembiso ezisankondlo—ziyizibonelo ezingokwesiprofetho. UNkulunkulu usakhuluma ngamaphupho. Usaqoka otolika. Usabusa ngesambulo. Umehluko kuphela phakathi kwenkosi yayizolo nomholi wanamuhla ukubaluleka. Amaphupho abalulekile. Omunye uyabaziba.
Sekuyisikhathi sokubuyela ezindleleni zeseluleko saphezulu. Ngoba amakhosi asaphupha. Futhi uNkulunkulu usakhuluma.
– Umphostoli Humphrey M Daniels
