Siphrofetho 1. Kutamatama Kwemhlaba

“Kuyawuba nekutamatama kwemhlaba lokwesabekako.”—LUKHA 21:11.

● EHaiti, Winnie lonetinyanga letingu-16 budzala ukhishwa endlini ledzilikile. Licembu letintsatseli te-TV limvile ngalesikhatsi akhala kabuhlungu. Uyasindza kulokutamatama kwemhlaba, kodvwa batali bakhe abasindzi.

YINI LEVETWA NGEMACINISO? Nga-January 2010, ngesikhatsi kutamatama kwemhlaba lokunemandla langaba ngu-7.0 kuhlasela eHaiti, kwafa bantfu labangetulu kwa-300 000. Kantsi kutsiwa labatigidzi letingu-1.3 basala bete emakhaya. Nanobe kutamatama kwemhlaba lokwenteka eHaiti kwaba ngulokukhulu kakhulu, bekungasiko kwekugcina. Emkhatsini wa-April 2009 kanye na-April 2010, kube nekutamatama kwemhlaba lokukhulu lokungaba ngu-18 emhlabeni wonkhe.

NGUMUPHI UMBONO LOVAMILE? Akusiko kutsi kutamatama kwemhlaba sekunyenti, kodvwa ngesizatfu sebucwephesha balamuhla, sesikunaka kakhulu kwendlula bantfu bangesikhatsi lesengcile.

ULICINISO YINI LOMBONO? Cabanga nganali liciniso: LiBhayibheli aligcizeleli linani lekutamatama kwemhlaba lokutawukwenteka emalangeni ekugcina. Kodvwa litsi ‘kutamatama kwemhlaba lokwesabekako’ kutawukwenteka “etindzaweni letinyenti,” futsi lamuhla sekwenteka kakhulu.—Makho 13:8; Lukha 21:11.

WENA UTSINI? Siyakubona yini kutamatama kwemhlaba lokwesabekako njengobe liBhayibheli labiketela?

Kutamatama kwemhlaba kukodvwa kungase kungabi bufakazi lobenetisako bekutsi siphila emalangeni ekugcina. Kodvwa-ke, siphrofetho sekutamatama kwemhlaba akusiso kuphela lesigcwalisekako. Cabanga ngesiphrofetho sesibili.

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“Tsine [tati tekuma kwemhlaba] sikubita ngekutsi kutamatama kwemhlaba lokwesabekako. Kodvwa labanye bantfu batsi kumane kutinhlekelele nje.”—KEN HUDNUT, WE-U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

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