5 Kunendzaba Yini Kutsi Sithandaza Nini Futsi Kuphi?

KULICINISO kutsi uye wanaka kutsi tinkholo letinyenti tiye takha tindlu letiyinkimbinkimbi lapho tithandaza khona. Tiphindze tibe netikhatsi letihleliwe tekuthandaza. LiBhayibheli liyayibeka yini imincele endzabeni yekuthandaza, lokukutsi sikhatsi nobe indzawo lokufanele sithandaze kuyo?

LiBhayibheli liyasho kutsi kunetikhatsi letitsite lapho kufaneleka khona kuthandaza. Ngembikwekudla nebalandzeli bakhe, Jesu wathandaza, wabonga Nkulunkulu. (Lukha 22:17) Nalapho bafundzi bakhe bahlangana kute bakhonte Nkulunkulu, bebathandaza ndzawonye. Ngako-ke, bachubeka nalomkhuba lebesekukadze wentiwa emasinagogeni emaJuda kanye nasethempelini eJerusalema. Nkulunkulu abehlose kutsi lithempeli libe “yindlu lapho kuthandaza khona tonkhe tive.”—Makho 11:17.

Lapho tinceku taNkulunkulu tihlangene futsi tithandaza ndzawonye, imithandazo yato iba nemiphumela. Nangabe lelo cembu limunye kuloko lelikucelako futsi nemthandazo lowentiwa esikhundleni salo uvumelana netimiso teliBhayibheli, Nkulunkulu uyajabula. Lomthandazo ungase umbangele kutsi ente intfo lokungenteka abengakahlosi kuyenta. (Hebheru 13:18, 19) BoFakazi BaJehova bathandaza njalo emihlanganweni yabo. Siyakumema kutsi ute eHholweni leMbuso lelisedvutane nawe kute utewutivela leyo mithandazo.

Nobe kunjalo, liBhayibheli alibeki mincele endzabeni yekuthandaza, lokukutsi sikhatsi nobe indzawo lokufanele kuthandazwe kuyo. EBhayibhelini, sifundza ngetinceku taNkulunkulu lebetithandaza ngetikhatsi nasetindzaweni letehlukehlukene. Jesu watsi: “Kepha wena nawuthandaza, ngena endlini yakho uvale umnyango, uthandaze kuYihlo losekusitsekeni, khona uYihlo lobona ekusitsekeni utawukunika umvuzo.”—Matewu 6:6.

Akajabulisi yini lawo mavi? Ecinisweni, nobe nini nawusendzaweni lesitsekile, ungathandaza kuMbusi wendzawo yonkhe, futsi utawukulalela nobe kanjani. Kuyacaca-ke kutsi kungani Jesu abehlala afuna kuba yedvwana kute athandaze. Ngalelinye lilanga, wacitsa busuku bonkhe athandaza kuNkulunkulu, afuna sicondziso sakhe esincumeni lesimatima lokwakufanele asente.—Lukha 6:12, 13.

Kunalamanye emadvodza nebesifazane lokukhulunywa ngabo eBhayibhelini labathandaza lapho kufanele bente tincumo letimatima nobe lapho bahlangabetana netinkinga letinkhulu. Bebathandaza baphumisela kantsi ngaletinye tikhatsi bebathandaza ngenhlitiyo. Bebaphindze bathandaze njengemacembu, kanye nalapho babodvwana. Intfo lebeyibalulekile nje kutsi bathandaza. Nkulunkulu ute ameme tinceku takhe kutsi ‘tithandaze tingayekeli.’ (1 Thesalonika 5:17) Utimisele kutsi abalalele ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi labo labenta intsandvo yakhe. Lesi akusiso yini simemo selutsandvo?

Kuliciniso kutsi kulelive leligcwele kungetsembeki, bantfu labanyenti bayatibuta mayelana nekubaluleka kwemthandazo. Nawe kungenteka utibuta nangu umbuto: “Umthandazo utawungisita yini vele?”

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