Isikhumbuzo sikaMariya Oyingcwele, iNdlovukazi

Bazalwane abathandekayo kuKristu,

Ake ume kancane ... ubuke emoyeni. Ubuke phezulu esibhakabhakeni esiluhlaza lapho izinyoni ezincane zindiza ngokukhululeka, noma lapho inyoni enkulu yensimbi—isindiza yomoya—idabula khona amafu, ishiya umzila omhlophe ozolile. Kukhona okuthile okumangalisayo ngokusuka emhlabeni udlule ngenhla kwezintaba nemifula. Uma usemgqeni ophakeme wamafu, zonke izinto ezisemhlabeni ezibukeka zizinkulu nezisindayo—izakhiwo ezide, imigwaqo egcwele umsindo, izinkathazo nezinqumo zosuku—konke kubukeka kuncane kakhulu. Emoyeni, zonke izinto ziyafana, futhi okusele kuphela kukhanya okuphakeme nesibhakabhaka esingenamkhawulo.

Namuhla, kule njabulo yokukhumbula uMariya Oyingcwele njengeNdlovukazi yaseZulwini, izifundo zethu zisisa endaweni ebonakalayo ethinta inhliziyo. Esifundweni sokuqala, umprofethi u-Ezekiyeli usithatha asiyise eSango elibheke ngasEmpumalanga sethempeli. Uyabona inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ivela ngasempumalanga, inomsindo onjengokuduma kwamanzi amaningi, futhi umhlaba wonke ukhanya ngokukhanya kwayo. U-Ezekiyeli uwela phansi ngobuso bakhe, ezizwa emncane kakhulu phambi kwaleyo nkazimulo enkulu. Kodwa uMoya uyamphakamisa, umyise egcekeni elingaphakathi, bese ezwa izwi elithi: “Ndodana yomuntu, lena indawo lapho kuyoba khona isihlalo sami sobukhosi, indawo lapho ngizobeka khona amathende ezinyawo zami; lapha ngiyohlala phakathi kwabantwana baka-Israyeli kuze kube phakade.”

Bese sithola ukuqhathanisa okufanele eVangelini likaMathewu namuhla. UJesu ukhuluma nezihlwele nabafundi bakhe ngababhalisi nabaFarisi. Uthi basezihlalweni zikaMose. Kodwa bazithandela ukuhlala ezihlalweni eziphakeme emadilini, nasezindaweni ezihloniphekile emagcekeni emithandazo. Bathanda ukubizwa ngokuthi 'Rabbi', bathanda ukugqoka amaphaphe amade nemichilo emikhulu ukuze babonwe ngabantu. Thina bantu ngokuvamile sicabanga ukuthi ubukhosi bukusihlalo esiphakeme, emabhotonisini okuziphakamisa, nasezithonjaneni zomhlaba zokufuna ukudunyiswa. Kodwa uJesu uphendula lonke lolu hlelo somhlaba sibukeka sibheke phezulu ngezinyawo, bese uthi: “Omkhulu phakathi kwenu uyoba ngumsebenzi wenu. Lowo oziphakamisayo uyowehliswa, kodwa lowo ozithobayo uyowuphakanyiswa.”

Ithini le ndaba kithi namuhla? Yisiphi isihlalo saseZulwini uMariya naso asitholayo? UMariya akazange afune isihlalo sobukhosi ngokugqoka ingubo ekhazimulayo ngesikhathi somhlaba. Akazange acele abantu ukuba bambize ngokuthi ndlovukazi ngenkathi ehamba ezindleleni zaseNazaretha. Wathi: “Ngingumfanakazi weNkosi.” Inhliziyo yakhe yayiyisango elibheke ngasEmpumalanga—isango elivulekele uNkulunkulu kuphela, lapho inkazimulo yeNkosi ingena khona ingenasiphithiphithi nomsebenzi wokuzikhukhumeza. Ngenxa yokuba inhliziyo yakhe yayithobeke phansi, uNkulunkulu wamxhasa wamxhumanisa nenkazimulo engasoze yaphela. Waba iNdlovukazi ngoba waba ngomncane kulabo abakhonzayo.

Ake size kuleli qiniso elibuhlungu esibhekene nalo namuhla. Sekuphele cishe izinyanga ezimbili manje—kusukela ngalelo langa la ngo-June 13, 2026—kusukela Benjamin Vo wakhishwa phakathi kwethu. Izinyanga ezimbili. Kumndeni wakhe, kumama uThao, kubaba uAlan, nakumfowabo uRyan, lezi zinyanga ezimbili azikho njengemihla eyejwayelekile ekhalendeni. Zifana nokuhamba kancane endlini engenalutho, lapho yonke into isakhuluma ngaye. Ukhuni lomnyango, ihhovisi lapho ayehluza khona ikhodi yezinhlelo zekhompuyutha, ijezi elisasilele, nobuthongo obungafiki ebusuku. Izikhathi zokuqala zomhlaba zimnandi kakhulu uma sibheka ukuthi umfana owayenomqondo ojulile njengaye akasekho lapha kithi ngenyama.

Kepha uma sicabanga ngoBenjamin, asicabangi ngomuntu owayefuna ukuziphakamisa noma ukubheka izihlalo eziphakeme zomhlaba. Inhliziyo yakhe yayigcwele ubumsulwa obunobumnandi nobulula obukumangalisayo. Cabanga nje ngalokho kuhlakanipha kwakhe okumangalisayo: ngenkathi eneminyaka eyishumi nane kuphela, wayesebenza ngezinhlelo ezijulile zobuchwepheshe bamakhompyutha nobuwena bomoya we-AI. Kodwa chofoza enhliziyweni yakhe ... yini eyayimjabulisa kakhulu? Yini eyayimenza ahleke aze amamatheke ngenjabulo engangokuthi inhliziyo yakhe iyagcwala? Khumbula imizuzu lapho wayehlezi nomzali wakhe, babukela izinyoni nezindiza ezedlula esibhakabhakeni. U-Ben wayethanda izindiza ngokujulile, ikakhulukazi i-Boeing 737. Wayehlale ebuza, ebukela amandla nesivinini sakho. Futhi sikhumbula leyo ngxoxo encane, emnandi kakhulu, lapho ekhuluma ngombono wakhe omncane wokusungula inkampani yakhe yezindiza abeyibiza ngokuthi 'Con Chim Airlines'—Inkampani Yezindiza YeZinyoni! Lapho ekhuluma ngayo, wayengasho ngenhloso yokuziqhenya noma yokuba ngumphathi omkhulu; wayehleka, amamatheke, inhliziyo yakhe egcwele injabulo elula njengomntwana oza kuye uJesu.

U-Benjamin Vo wazi ukuthi ubukhosi bangempela abukho ekutheni abantu bakubize ngokuthi 'Mfundisi' noma 'Rabbi'. Ubukhosi bangempela buphakathi kwenhliziyo eyaziyo ukuthamba, eyaziyo ukuhleka nomndeni, eyaziyo ukuthanda ngaphandle kwemibandela. Ngakho-ke, xa uJesu ethi eVangelini namuhla: “Lowo ozithobayo uyowuphakanyiswa,” sibona ngokusobala ukuthi uBen usele kuleyo nkazimulo yeNkosi engene ngesango ngasEmpumalanga.

Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba sibheke phezulu emathembeni aselimangalisayo, kufanele simise lapha kuleli lungelo lethu lokuzwa ubuhlungu. Akulungile ukushesha ukudlula inxeba ngaphandle kokulinika isikhathi. Inkathazo engaphakathi enhliziyweni kababa nomama ayizipheli ngokuvunyelwa ngamazwi ambalwa. Kukhona ubusuku lapho u-Alan no-Thao bezwa ubuhlungu obunzima enhliziyweni, bakhiphe izinyembezi, babuze ngokuthula: *Kungani?* Kungani lo mfana omncane, ogcwele ukukhanya nobuso obumamathekayo, wathathwa ethubeni elingaka? Izinyembezi zenu zinegunya. UNkulunkulu akasoli izinyembezi zenu. UJesu ngokwakhe wakhala emathuneni kaLazaru. Wayazi ukuthi uzomvusa, kodwa wakhala ngenxa yokuthi ubuhlungu bomuntu buqinisile futhi bubuhlungu empeleni.

Sthembo esijulile soMkrestu asisukeli ekuphikeni ubuhlungu, kodwa ekuvumeleni uJesu angene phakathi kwalobo buhlungu. Izikhathi eziningi, abazali bezwa inkinga eyesele ngaphakathi enhliziyweni—usizi olunomsindo omncane oluthi: *Ube kukhona yini okuthile engaphuthelwa ngakho? Ingabe bengingasindisa umntwana wami ukube ngenza okuthile okuhlukile?* ... Yizwani leli zwi lanamuhla ngokujula okukhulu! Lapho abafundi bebuza uJesu ngomuntu owazalwa eyimpumputhe ukuthi 'ngubani owana, uyena noma abazali bakhe?', uJesu waphendula ngokucacile wathi: “Akuyena owana, wala nabazali bakhe” (Johane 9:3). Yizwani nina Alan no-Thao, nomndeni wonke uzwe leli zwi namuhla: Lokhu ukuhlupheka akukho ngenxa yekhono enaliphuthela, noma ngenxa yamaphutha omuntu. Ukugula akusikho ukuhlawuliswa kwavela kuNkulunkulu, njalo uNkulunkulu kathengi usizi ebantwaneni bakhe. Sukani kulelo tshe elisindayo lomzwangedwa owonakalisa inhliziyo! Nenze konke ngokugcwele ngokuthando olungenamkhawulo. UNkulunkulu uyanisusa kulo lonke usizi lokuzisola. Nimhlanzekile phambi kwakhe, futhi umthetho wakhe kuphela ngowothando.

Ake sibuyele embonweni wamaphupho. Sikhumbula iphupho ngomhlaka-23 ka-July 2026, lapho u-Alan amfumanisa khona uBen emehlweni engqondo. Bema ndawonye emgqeni bathola i-ice cream, bese uBenjamin uqobo ukhokhela i-ice cream yakhe neyakhe uyise. Cabanga ngalowo mzuzu! Kulelo phupho elincane eligcwele ukuthula, uBen akaceli lutho. Uyena onikeza uyise okumnandi. Uyena okhokhela uyise! Yilokho kanye okwenzeka emhlabeni kaMoya. U-Benjamin manje ukhona eDili laseZulwini phakathi kukaNkulunkulu, eceleni kuka-Saint Carlo Acutis, no-Mariya iNdlovukazi yaseZulwini. Akasesiye uMntwana odinga usizo lomhlaba; umfana okhule kakhulu, omile unomphela emoyeni kaNkulunkulu, obheka abazali bakhe nesandla esinesihlalo sokuthula, ethi: *“Ba, konke kuhle kakhulu lapha. Nginakekela nina manje.”*

Kuwe Alan no-Thao: Lapho nihlezi endlini ngokuthula, niphelelwa amandla, khumbulani ukuthi uBenjamin akasaphatheki ngokugula noma ubuhlungu. Injabulo yakhe manje inje ngokundiza kwezinyoni ezincane esibhakabhakeni esingapheli—i-'Con Chim' yakhe yangempela isindize eMbusweni kaYise. Inhliziyo yakhe ithole isihlalo sayo ehlala kuso phambi kweNkosi, eSango laNgakwisisekelo saseZulwini. Lithini izwi lakhe kini namuhla? *Hambani ngokuthula, nithandane, ninakekele usuku nosuku ngothando.* Ukuhlala kwenu niqine kumazwi kaJesu kuyindlela ezingcono kakhulu yokuhlonipha impilo kaBenjamin.

Kuwe Ryan, mfowabo omncane kaBen: Umfowenu uBen wayekuthanda kakhulu. Izikhathi enazichitha ndawonye—uhambo ngezimoto, amapaki, nokuhleka emakhaya—alezo zinto aziphelanga. Zisekhona enhliziyweni yakho. Lapho ukhula, lapho udlala, lapho ubona izindiza zedlula phezulu esibhakabhakeni, zitshele ukuthi uBen useceleni kwakho. Wayengafuni ukuthi uzizwe eyedwa. Ufuna ukuba ube nesibindi, ufunde ngenjabulo, ube ngumfana omuhle osiza abazali bakho, njengoba naye ayenza ngokuthobeka.

Sifisa ukuphonsa la mazwi nakubobonke ababukele bevela kude namuhla—ikakhulukazi abazali abathwele iziphambano ezisindayo zokugulelwa ezibhedlela, imindeni ekhala ngokuthula ebusuku, nabantwana abasezinhlungwini ezinkulu. UNkulunkulu akayikho kude nani. U-Ezekiyeli usitshela ukuthi inkazimulo yeNkosi igcwala ethempelini. Inhliziyo yakho, ngisho noma yephukile, iyithempeli likaNkulunkulu. INkosi ayihlali kuphela ezindaweni ezinhle zokuziphakamisa; ihlala ezinhliziyweni ezithobekile nezibuhlungu ukuze iziphakamise.

Uma uphuma ngomnyango namuhla, thatha into eyodwa encane ongayiphatha ngezandla zakho nangesifuba sakho: Uma ubona inyoni indiza ezibhakabhakeni noma umshini wendiza udlula phezulu, ungalokothi ubheke phezulu ngokudabuka kuphela. Bheka phezulu bese umamatheka kancane. Khumbula ukuthi emva kwawo wonke amafu nengqungquthela yomhlaba, kukhona isihlalo sikaNkulunkulu esigcwele ukuthula. Khumbula ukuthi ukuthobeka kukaMariya kwamenze waqokwa waba iNdlovukazi, nokuthi ubumsulwa bukaBenjamin bo bumshiye ekhanya eceleni kukaKristu.

Ungazami ukuthwala imithwalo esindayo njengoba kwenza ababhalisi nabaFarisi. Khululeka enhliziyweni yakho. Yiba ngumsebenzi womoya wothando kubantwana bakho nobakhelwane bakho. Yiba neqiniso elincane, ube nokuthobeka kukaJesu Kristu, obangene emhlabeni engazifuneli izihlalo zokudunyiswa, kodwa eze ukuzosebenzela nokunikeza impilo yakhe ngenxa yethu.

U-Benjamin Vo uphumule ngokuthula eMbusweni eZulwini, eceleni kuka-Saint Carlo Acutis, phansi kwengubo yokuvikelwa kaMariya Oyingcwele iNdlovukazi yaseZulwini. Amen.