Egameni likaYise, nelikaNdodana, nelikaMoya oNgcwele. Amen. Kwangathi umusa weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, nothando lukaNkulunkulu uBaba, nokuhlanganyela kukaMoya oNgcwele kungaba nani nonke kulo mthandazo wethu wokukhumbula u-Benjamin Đại Dương Vo.
Nkosi, sihawukele. Kristu, sihawukele. Nkosi, sihawukele.
Ake sicabange ngento esiyenza nsuku zonke ekhishini lethu. Cabanga ngenkomishi yetiye noma isitsha sokudla. Siyazihlanza lezi zinto, akunjalo? Sifuna zikhanye, zibe mhlophe, zibukeke kahle eshalofini. Kodwa yini ebaluleke kakhulu? Ingabe ukuthi inkomishi icwebezela kanjani ngaphandle, noma ukuthi ihlanzeke kangakanani ngaphakathi lapho sithela khona into esizoyiphuza? Uma inkomishi inhle kakhulu ngaphandle kodwa inenhlabathi noma ukungcola ngaphakathi, ngeke size siphuze kuyo. Ubuhle bangaphandle buyisithombe nje; iqiniso lisezansi, lapho amehlo abantu engavamile ukufika khona.
Namuhla eVangelini likaMathewu, uJesu ukhuluma amazwi abukhali kubabhalisi nabaFarisi. Ubabiza ngokuthi 'bazenzisi'. Uthi kubo: 'Nihlanza ingaphandle lenkomishi nelesitsha, kodwa ngaphakathi kugcwele ukuphanga nokuzitika.' Lona umfanekiso onamandla kakhulu. UJesu akakhulumi ngezitsha zasekhishini ngempela; ukhuluma ngathi. Ukhuluma ngezinhliziyo zethu. Usitshela ukuthi uNkulunkulu akabheki lokho okubonwa ngamehlo abantu kuphela, kodwa ubheka lokho okusekujuleni komoya.
Uma sibheka impilo ka-Benjamin Vo, sibona umfana owayenokukhanya okubili: ukukhanya kwengqondo okwakubonwa yiwo wonke umuntu, nokukhanya kwenhliziyo okwakwaziwa yilabo abasondelene naye kakhulu. U-Ben wayehlakaniphe ngokumangalisayo. Wayengu-'photocopy' kayise, u-Alan, hhayi nje ngokubukeka kodwa nangesifiso sokufunda. Cabanga nje, umfana oneminyaka eyishumi nane ehlolisisa umhlaba we-AI, i-DevOps, ne-cloud infrastructure—izinto abantu abadala abazithola zinzima. Lokhu kwakuyingaphandle elihle, impumelelo ebonakalayo, 'inkomishi' eyayicwebezela ngobuhlakani.
Kodwa namuhla, uJesu usimema ukuba sibheke 'ngaphakathi'. Futhi yilapho u-Benjamin ayemuhle kakhulu khona. Ngaphakathi kuleyo nkomishi yokuphila kwakhe, kwakukhona ubumsulwa. Kwakukhona inhliziyo eyayithi 'ngizama konke okusemandleni'. Kwakukhona umoya owawukhala lapho ubona ubaba wakhe ehlanganisa iminyaka engamashumi amane, ngenxa yokwesaba ukumlahlekela. Lowo mzwelo owenzeka ngaphakathi kumfana oneminyaka eyishumi nambili ukhombisa ukuthi 'ingaphakathi' lakhe lalinothile kangakanani ngothando nangesisa.
Sekuphele izinyanga ezimbili manje. Kusukela ngalelo langa lika-June 13, 2026, isikhathi sibonakala sengathi sishintshile. Izinyanga ezimbili zokungaboni ukumamatheka kuka-Ben. Izinyanga ezimbili zokungamuzwa ekhuluma ngezindiza ze-Boeing 737 noma ngezinhlelo zakhe ze-'Con Chim Airlines'. Kufanele sikhulume iqiniso: lobu buhlungu abunciphile. Kunalokho, buzwa kakhulu manje ngoba umsindo womhlaba usuyancipha, kusele ukuthula okubuhlungu endlini. Usizi lufana nolwandle; kwesinye isikhathi lupholile, kodwa kwesinye isikhathi amagagasi alo asishaya ngamandla lapho singalindele.
Kwesinye isikhathi, kulo mnyama wosizi, inhliziyo iqala ukuzisola. Mhlawumbe u-Alan no-Thao niyazibuza: 'Ingabe sikhuluphele ngokwanele? Ingabe kukhona esikuphuthelwe?' ... Lalelani uJesu namuhla. Ukhuluma ngokuhlanza ingaphakathi. U-Ben wayesenziwe mhlophe nguNkulunkulu. Cabanga ngalelo phupho u-Alan owaba nalo mhlaka-25 ku-June. U-Ben wayemi lapho, engenalo ihembe, ebukeka eqine kakhulu, ekwazi ukuphefumula ngokukhululeka. Wathi: 'Ba ơi, test nào con cũng qua hết'—'Baba, zonke izivivinyo ngiziphumelele'.
Lawa mazwi anamandla amakhulu. Emhlabeni, sibheka izivivinyo zasemtholampilo, izivivinyo zesikole, noma izivivinyo zobuchwepheshe. Kodwa u-Ben usitshela ukuthi uphumelele isivivinyo esikhulu kunazo zonke: isivivinyo sothando. UJesu uthi eVangelini ukuthi into ebaluleke kakhulu 'ukwahlulela, nomusa, nokwethembeka'. U-Benjamin wayenomusa omangalisayo. Khumbulani lapho etshela abazali bakhe ukuthi uzimisele ukunikeza yonke imali yakhe esebhange lakhe elincane (piggy bank) ukuze asize umalume wakhe u-William owayegula. Akazange aliphule lelo bhange ngoba kwakungasadingeki, kodwa inhliziyo yakhe yayisivele ikhombisile ukuthi 'ingaphakathi' kwakuhlanzekile. Wayesevele ephumelele isivivinyo somusa.
Ngakho-ke, Alan no-Thao, susani lowo mthwalo wokuzisola. Benjamin akazange ahluleke, futhi nani anizange nehluleke. Ukugula akusikho isijeziso, futhi akukho lutho eningakwenza okwakungashintsha isikhathi uNkulunkulu amvulele ngaso umnyango wePharadesi. U-Ben usekhululekile manje. Usephumelele zonke izivivinyo zomhlaba, futhi manje uhleli eDili laseZulwini, lapho inkomishi yakhe igcwele injabulo engapheli.
Esifundweni sokuqala namuhla, uPawulu usikhuthaza ukuba 'sime siqinile'. Uthi: 'Nkosi yethu uJesu Kristu uqobo lwakhe noNkulunkulu uBaba wethu... osithandileyo wasipha induduzo yaphakade nethemba elihle ngomusa, makaqinise izinhliziyo zenu.' Leli ithemba esilidingayo manje. Ithemba lokuthi u-Benjamin Đại Dương Vo akalahlekile. Igama lakhe elithi 'Đại Dương' lisho ulwandle olukhulu. Noma ngabe lowo mthombo wamanzi (well) osembiwe egameni lakhe e-Vietnam uletha amanzi aphilayo kubantu abampofu, kukhombisa ukuthi uthando lwakhe lusaqhubeka lugeza umhlaba. U-Ben usayileyo 'inkomishi' ehlanzekile egcwele umusa kaNkulunkulu.
Kuwe Ryan, mfowabo omncane: Ngiyazi ukuthi uyamkhumbula umfowenu. Kodwa khumbula ukuthi uphumelele izivivinyo zakhe. Manje, ungelosi yakho ekubhekile. Lapho ubona izindiza esibhakabhakeni, noma lapho usebenza ngekhompyutha, yazi ukuthi u-Ben useceleni kwakho, emamatheka, ekuphusha ukuba nawe ube ngumfana onenhliziyo ehlanzekile.
Kubo bonke abazali abathwele ubuhlungu obufanayo, nabantwana abagulayo: UNkulunkulu uyanibona. Akabheki kuphela izinyembezi zomhlaba, kodwa ubheka uthando eninalo ngaphakathi. Ningaphelelwa yithemba. Izulu livulekile, futhi u-Benjamin no-Saint Carlo Acutis basikhulekela sonke.
Njengoba niphuma lapha namuhla, ngifuna nenze into eyodwa encane. Lapho ugeza inkomishi yakho yetiye noma isitsha sokudla kuleli sonto, yima kancane. Bheka ngaphakathi kuso. Zitshele ukuthi: 'Nkosi, njengoba ngihlanza lesi sitsha, hlanza inhliziyo yami ibe nomusa njengeka-Benjamin.' Khumbula ukuthi okubaluleke kakhulu akukhona lokho abantu abakubonayo ngaphandle, kodwa uthando esinalo ngaphakathi.
U-Benjamin Đại Dương Vo, umfana wethu ohlakaniphile nonomusa, uphumule ezandleni zikaYise. Usekhaya manje, lapho konke kucacile, lapho konke kuhlanzekile, futhi lapho uthando lungapheli. Amen.
For the intentions entrusted to Ben on our prayer wall:
Ngosizo loMsindisi futhi sifundiswe yimfundiso yaphezulu, silokotha sithi:
Baba wethu osezulwini, malingcweliswe igama lakho; umbuso wakho mawuze, intando yakho mayenziwe emhlabeni njengasezulwini. Siphe namuhla isinkwa sethu semihla ngemihla, usithethelele izono zethu, njengoba nathi sibathethelela abasonayo; ungasifaki ekulingweni, kodwa usikhulule ebubini. Amen.
Sengathi uNkulunkulu onika konke ukuthula angayibusisa le nyanga yesibili yokuhamba kuka-Benjamin, asiphe amandla okuhamba endleleni yothando lwakhe. Egameni likaYise, nelikaNdodana, nelikaMoya oNgcwele. Amen.
✝ May almighty God bless you: the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.