ULIMI Aukan ISpanishi Isi-Acholi Isi-Albania Isi-Amharic Isi-Arabhu Isi-Armenia Isi-Aymara Isi-Azerbaijani Isi-Azerbaijani (SesiCyrillic) Isi-Efik Isi-Estonia Isi-Ewe Isi-Iban Isi-Ibanag Isi-Iceland Isi-Igbo Isi-Iloko Isi-Indonesia Isi-Isoko Isi-Oromo Isi-Osset Isi-Otetela Isi-Ukraine Isi-Umbundu Isi-Urhobo Isi-Uruund IsiBaoule IsiBashkir IsiBatak (SaseKaro) IsiBatak (SaseToba) IsiBemba IsiBhunu IsiBiak IsiBicol IsiBislama IsiBulgaria IsiCambodia IsiCatalan IsiCebuano IsiChewa IsiChiyao IsiChokwe IsiChol IsiChuvash IsiCreole SaseHaiti IsiCreole SaseMauritius IsiCreole SaseSeychelles IsiCroatia IsiCzech IsiDangme IsiDanishi IsiDashi IsiDigor IsiDrehu IsiFiji IsiFinishi IsiFon IsiFulentshi IsiGa IsiGarifuna IsiGeorgia IsiGreenland IsiGreki IsiGuarani IsiGujarati IsiGun IsiHausa IsiHebheru IsiHiligaynon IsiHindi IsiHiri Motu IsiHmong (isiWhite) IsiHungary IsiJalimane IsiJapane IsiJava IsiKabiye IsiKannada IsiKaren (isiS'gaw) IsiKazakh IsiKikamba IsiKikaonde IsiKikongo IsiKikuyu IsiKiluba IsiKimbundu IsiKinyarwanda IsiKirghiz IsiKiribati IsiKirundi IsiKisonge IsiKongo IsiKorea IsiKurdish Kurmanji (SesiCyrillic) IsiKwangali IsiKwanyama IsiLhukonzo IsiLingala IsiLithuania IsiLomwe IsiLozi IsiLuganda IsiLunda IsiLuo IsiLuvale IsiMacedonia IsiMacua IsiMalagasy IsiMalay IsiMalayalam IsiMalta IsiMam IsiMambwe-Lungu IsiMapudungun IsiMarathi IsiMaya IsiMazatec (SesiHuautla) IsiMongolia IsiMoore IsiNahuatl (SaseGuerrero) IsiNahuatl (SaseNyakatho YePuebla) IsiNahuatl (SesiHuasteca) IsiNavajo IsiNdebele IsiNdebele (SaseZimbabwe) IsiNdonga IsiNepali IsiNgangela IsiNgisi IsiNias IsiNiue IsiNorway IsiNtaliyane IsiNyaneka IsiNyanja IsiNzema IsiPangasinan IsiPapiamento (Sase-Aruba) IsiPapiamento (SaseCuraçao) IsiPedi IsiPersia IsiPidgin SaseSolomon Islands IsiPolishi IsiPutukezi IsiQuechua (Sase-Ancash) IsiQuechua (Sase-Ayacucho) IsiQuechua (SaseBolivia) IsiQuechua (SaseCuzco) IsiRashiya IsiRomania IsiRunyankore IsiRutoro IsiSamoa IsiSango IsiSaramacca IsiSerbia IsiSerbia (SesiRoma) IsiShayina SesiMandarin (Esenziwe Lula) IsiShayina SesiMandarin (Sezinhlamvu Zakudala) IsiShona IsiSidama IsiSinhala IsiSlovak IsiSlovenia IsiSranantongo IsiSuthu (SaseLesotho) IsiSuthu (SaseNingizimu Afrika) IsiSwahili IsiSwahili (SaseCongo) IsiSwati IsiSwidi IsiTagalog IsiTahiti IsiTamil IsiTelugu IsiTetun Dili IsiThai IsiTigrinya IsiTiv IsiTojolabal IsiTok Pisin IsiTonga IsiTonga (SaseMalawi) IsiTshiluba IsiTshwa IsiTsonga IsiTswana IsiTumbuka IsiTurkey IsiTwi IsiTzeltal IsiTzotzil IsiVenda IsiWallis IsiWaray-Waray IsiWayuunaiki IsiWolaita IsiXhosa IsiYoruba IsiZande IsiZulu Kurdish Kurmanji (Caucasus) Mbunda Quichua (Imbabura)EPraslin, eSeychelles, lapho uJenene Gordon athola khona lokho akubiza ngokuthi ingadi yase-Edene ngo-1881Ipharadesi! Lapho sibona izikhangiso zezingadi ezinhle ezinjengepharadesi, siba nesifiso sokuya kulezo zindawo ukuze siziphumulele kuzo futhi sikhohlwe izinkinga esinazo. Kodwa njengoba sazi, lapho sibuyela emakhaya ngemva kokungcebeleka okunjalo, izinkinga zisuke zisasilindile.Noma kunjalo, kuhlale kusikhanga ukucabanga ngepharadesi. Sihlale sizibuza: ‘Ingabe ipharadesi liyinto esengqondweni kodwa engeke ibe khona? Uma kunjalo, kungani isikhanga indaba yepharadesi? Ingabe liyoke libe khona?’UMLANDO WEPHARADESIKusukela kudala, abantu abaningi bebelokhu befisa ukwazi ngepharadesi. Kwabaningi, ukuzwa iBhayibheli likhuluma ngengadi ‘eyayise-Edene, ngasempumalanga,’ yikho okwabenza bafisa ukwazi ngepharadesi. Yini eyenza leyo ngadi yathandeka? IBhayibheli liyasitshela: “UJehova uNkulunkulu wenza ukuba kumile emhlabathini yonke imithi efiselekayo emehlweni omuntu nefanelekele ukudliwa.” Leyo ngadi yayijabulisa futhi iyindawo enhle kakhulu. Okwakuhlaba umxhwele nakakhulu ukuthi kwakukhona “nomuthi wokuphila phakathi nensimu.”—Genesise 2:8, 9.Incwadi yeBhayibheli, uGenesise, ithi kwakunemifula emine kuleyo ngadi. Emibili yaleyo mifula isaziwa ngisho nanamuhla—iTigrisi (noma iHidekeli) kanye ne-Ewufrathe. (Genesise 2:10-14) Leyo mifula emibili inqamula e-Iraq eyayiyingxenye yePheresiya bese iyochithekela ePersian Gulf.Kuyaqondakala ukuthi ipharadesi liyinto eyigugu ePheresiya. Ukhaphethe wasePheresiya wangekhulu le-16 osemnyuziyamu i-Philadelphia Museum of Art, ePennsylvania, eMelika udwetshwe isithombe sengadi ebiyelwe enezihlahla nezimbali ezinhle. Igama lesiPheresiya elisho “ingadi ebiyelwe” liphinde lisho “ipharadesi” futhi isithombe esidwetshwe kukhaphethi sibonisa lokho iBhayibheli elikushoyo ngobuhle nobukhazikhazi bengadi yase-Edene.Empeleni, ezilimini eziningi nasemasikweni akhona emhlabeni wonke kusaxoxwa ngendaba emayelana nepharadesi. Njengoba abantu befudukela ezindaweni ezehlukahlukene emhlabeni, bafaka imibono eyahlukene ngalokho ipharadesi eliyikho ngempela eyayisithonywe izinkolelo nezinganekwane ezazixoxwa ezindaweni abahlala kuzo. Ngisho nanamuhla abantu basachaza izindawo ezinhle emhlabeni njengezifana nepharadesi.UKUFUNA IPHARADESIKunabahloli bamazwe abathi sebeyitholile indawo lapho ipharadesi lalikhona. Ngokwesibonelo, lapho uCharles Gordon, owayengujenene webutho laseBrithani, evakashele eSeychelles ngo-1881 wakhangwa ubuhle beVallée de Mai kangangokuba wathi iyingadi yase-Edene, le ndawo manje ingelinye lamaGugu Omhlaba. Ngo-1492, lapho uChristopher Columbus ongumhloli wamazwe wase-Italy efika esiqhingini iHispaniola, manje esaziwa ngeDominican Republic neHaiti, wacabanga ukuthi wayeseduze kakhulu nokuthola indawo lapho ingadi yase-Edene yayikhona.Incwadi yomlando i-Mapping Paradise, inemininingwane yamabalazwe akudala angaphezu kuka-190, iningi lawo linezithombe zika-Adamu no-Eva bese-Edene. Phakathi kwawo kunebalazwe elingavamile elithathwe kuyikhophi eyenziwa eminyakeni engaphezu kuka-800 edlule yombhalo wesandla wakudala kaBeatus of Liébana. Ekuqaleni kwaleli balazwe kudwetshe ibhokisi elinepharadesi phakathi nendawo. Kunemifula emine egeleza isuka kulelo pharadesi iya emakhoneni amane alelo bhokisi, leyo mifula kuthiwa i-“Tigris,” i-“Eufrates,” i-“Pison” ne-“Geon”. Kuthiwa imelela ukusakazeka kwenkolo yobuKristu emagumbini amane omhlaba. Izithombe ezinjalo zibonisa ukuthi nakuba ingadi yase-Edene yayingasaziwa ukuthi yayikuphi abantu babesabukhumbula ubuhle bayo.Umhayi wezinkondlo uJohn Milton, owazalwa eminyakeni engaphezu kuka-400 eyedlule, waziwa kakhulu ngenkondlo yakhe ethi Paradise Lost, (IPharadesi Lalahleka), ayisusela encwadini yeBhayibheli kaGenesise echaza ngesono sika-Adamu kanye nokuxoshwa kwakhe e-Edene. Kuleyo nkondlo wakhuluma ngesithembiso sokuthi abantu bazophila phakade emhlabeni, wathi: “Umhlaba uyoba ipharadesi.” Kamuva uMilton wabhala enye inkondlo eyayinesihloko esithi Paradise Regained (IPharadesi Libuye Latholakala).UKUSHINTSHA KOMBONOKuyacaca ukuthi indaba yepharadesi elalahleka itholakala kuwo wonke umlando wabantu. Pho kungani ingasanakiwe namuhla? Incwadi i-Mapping Paradise ithi kungenxa yokuthi “izazi zemfundiso yenkolo azisayinaki indaba yokuthi ipharadesi lalikuphi.”Iningi lamakholwa lifundiswa ukuthi ukuphila okuphakade liyokuthola ezulwini hhayi emhlabeni oyipharadesi. Nokho, encwadini yeHubo 37:29 iBhayibheli lithi: “Abalungile bayokudla ifa lomhlaba, futhi bayohlala kuwo kuze kube phakade.” Njengoba umhlaba wethu namuhla ungelona ipharadesi, yini esenza siqiniseke ukuthi lesi sithembiso siyogcwaliseka? *UMHLABA UZOBA IPHARADESIUJehova uNkulunkulu, owayenze iPharadesi, uthembisa ukuphinde abuyisele iPharadesi elalahleka. Uyokwenza kanjani lokho? Khumbula ukuthi uJesu Kristu wasifundisa ukuba sithandaze sithi: “Umbuso wakho mawuze. Intando yakho mayenzeke nasemhlabeni, njengasezulwini.” (Mathewu 6:10) Lowo Mbuso unguhulumeni womhlaba wonke oqondiswa uJesu Kristu oyobusa esikhundleni sabo bonke ababusi bomhlaba. (Daniyeli 2:44) Lapho sekubusa lowo Mbuso, intando kaNkulunkulu yokubuyisela ipharadesi emhlabeni ‘iyokwenzeka.’Umprofethi u-Isaya waphefumulelwa ukuba achaze ukuthi kuyoba njani ukuphila ePharadesi, lapho zonke izinkinga ezikhungethe abantu namuhla ziyobe zingasekho. (Isaya 11:6-9; 35:5-7; 65:21-23) Sikucela ukuba uthathe imizuzu embalwa ufunde le miBhalo engenhla eBhayibhelini lakho. Ukwenza kanjalo kuzokusiza uqiniseke ukuthi uNkulunkulu unokuthile azokwenzela abantu abalalelayo. Bonke abayobe bephila ngaleso sikhathi bayojabulela ukuba sepharadesi nokuba seduze noNkulunkulu, okuyizinto u-Adamu ezamlahlekela.—IsAmbulo 21:3.Yini esenza siqiniseke ukuthi isithembiso sePharadesi asilona iphupho? Isizathu ukuthi iBhayibheli lisitshela ukuthi: “Ngokuqondene namazulu, wona angakaJehova, kodwa umhlaba uwuniké abantwana babantu.” Isithembiso sePharadesi emhlabeni siyilokho “uNkulunkulu ongenakuqamba amanga, akuthembisa ngaphambi kwezikhathi ezimi njalo.” (IHubo 115:16; Thithu 1:2) Laze lamnandi lelo themba—ukuphila ePharadesi phakade!^ isig. 15 Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ngisho neKoran evesini 105 le-sura 21 Al-Anbiya’ [Abaprofethi], lithi: “Abalungile phakathi kwezikhonzi Zami bayodla ifa lomhlaba.”Isithembiso Somhlaba Oyipharadesi Sashintsha Ukuphila Kwami!
