ULIMI ISpanishi Isi-Albania Isi-Amharic Isi-Arabhu Isi-Armenia Isi-Aymara Isi-Efik Isi-Estonia Isi-Ewe Isi-Igbo Isi-Iloko Isi-Indonesia Isi-Osset Isi-Otetela Isi-Ukraine Isi-Umbundu IsiBemba IsiBhunu IsiBulgaria IsiCatalan IsiCebuano IsiChewa IsiCreole SaseHaiti IsiCroatia IsiCzech IsiDangme IsiDanishi IsiDashi IsiFinishi IsiFulentshi IsiGa IsiGeorgia IsiGreki IsiGuarani IsiHebheru IsiHiligaynon IsiHungary IsiJalimane IsiJapane IsiKazakh IsiKikaonde IsiKikongo IsiKikuyu IsiKiluba IsiKimbundu IsiKinyarwanda IsiKirghiz IsiKirundi IsiKongo IsiKorea IsiKwangali IsiKwanyama IsiLingala IsiLithuania IsiLozi IsiLuganda IsiLuo IsiMacedonia IsiMalagasy IsiMalta IsiMaya IsiMoore IsiMyanmar IsiNepali IsiNgabere IsiNgisi IsiNorway IsiNtaliyane IsiNyaneka IsiNzema IsiPapiamento (Sase-Aruba) IsiPapiamento (SaseCuraçao) IsiPedi IsiPolishi IsiPutukezi IsiQuechua (SaseBolivia) IsiRashiya IsiRomania IsiSango IsiSerbia IsiSerbia (SesiRoma) IsiShayina SesiMandarin (Esenziwe Lula) IsiShayina SesiMandarin (Sezinhlamvu Zakudala) IsiShona IsiSinhala IsiSlovak IsiSlovenia IsiSranantongo IsiSuthu (SaseLesotho) IsiSwahili IsiSwahili (SaseCongo) IsiSwidi IsiTagalog IsiTatar IsiThai IsiTigrinya IsiTonga IsiTshiluba IsiTsonga IsiTswana IsiTumbuka IsiTurkey IsiTwi IsiVenda IsiVietnam IsiXhosa IsiYoruba IsiZuluEMINYAKENI edlule, izinkantolo ezweni elithile eliseNtshonalanga zamukela ubufakazi obuyiphutha ngokumelene namadoda amabili ayesolwa ngokubulala futhi zakhipha isigwebo sokuba abulawe. Lapho kutholakala ukuthi lobo bufakazi buyiphutha, abameli basebenza kanzima futhi bakhulula oyedwa kula madoda ayesegwetshiwe. Kodwa laba bameli abachwepheshile abakwazanga ukusiza indoda yesibili—yayisibulewe kakade.Njengoba kungase kube namaphutha anjalo kunoma yisiphi isimiso somthetho, iBhayibheli liyanxusa: “Ubulungisa—ubulungisa yibo okufanele ubuphishekele.” (Duteronomi 16:20) Lapho abahluleli benza ngobulungisa izakhamuzi ziyazuza. UMthetho kaNkulunkulu wanika ama-Israyeli asendulo isimiso somthetho esisekelwe ekungakhethini nasekungenzelelini. Ake siwuhlole lo Mthetho ukuze sibone ukuthi “zonke izindlela [zikaNkulunkulu] ziwubulungisa” yini.—Duteronomi 32:4.ABAHLULELI ‘ABAHLAKANIPHILEYO, ABAQONDAYO NABANOLWAZI’Izidingo zabantu zifezwa kahle uma abahluleli bewenza kahle umsebenzi wabo, bengenzeleli futhi bemelene nenkohlakalo. UMthetho kaNkulunkulu awunika ama-Israyeli wawubonisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubazisa kakhulu abahluleli abanjalo. Besaqala nje uhambo lwasehlane, uMose watshelwa ukuba afune “amadoda anekhono, esaba uNkulunkulu, amadoda athembekile, azonda inzuzo engalungile” ukuba akhonze njengabahluleli. (Eksodusi 18:21, 22) Eminyakeni engamashumi amane kamuva, uMose waphinde wagcizelela isidingo ‘samadoda ahlakaniphileyo naqondayo nanolwazi’ ukuze ahlulele abantu.—Duteronomi 1:13-17.Emashumini eminyaka kamuva, inkosi yakwaJuda uJehoshafati * yayala abahluleli: “Qikelelani kwenikwenzayo, ngoba anahluleleli umuntu kodwa uJehova; futhi ukanye nani endabeni yokwahlulela. Manje ingebhe ngoJehova mayibe phezu kwenu. Qaphelani nithathe isinyathelo, ngoba kuJehova uNkulunkulu wethu akukho ukungalungi noma ukukhetha noma ukwamukela isifumbathiso.” (2 IziKronike 19:6, 7) Ngaleyo ndlela inkosi yakhumbuza abahluleli ukuthi uma ubandlululo noma umhawu kuthinta izinqumo zabo, uNkulunkulu wayeyobajezisa nganoma imuphi umphumela omubi owawuyoba khona.Lapho abahluleli bakwa-Israyeli bephila ngaleyo mithetho ephakeme, isizwe sasizizwa sivikelekile futhi silondekile. Kodwa uMthetho kaNkulunkulu wawubuye ube nezimiso eziningana ezazisiza abahluleli ukuba benze izinqumo zokungakhethi, ngisho nasezimweni ezinzima kakhulu. Yiziphi ezinye zalezo zimiso?IZIMISO EZAZIHOLELA EZINQUMWENI ZOKUNGAKHETHINakuba abahluleli abakhethiwe kwakufanele kube amadoda ahlakaniphile nafanelekayo, kwakungafanele benze izahlulelo ngokuncika emakhonweni abo nasekuhlakanipheni kwabo. UJehova uNkulunkulu wabanikeza izimiso noma iziqondiso ezaziyobasiza benze izinqumo ezilungile. Nazi ezinye iziqondiso ezanikezwa abahluleli bakwa-Israyeli.Phenyisisani. NgoMose, uNkulunkulu wayala abahluleli bakwa-Israyeli: “Lapho nilalela icala phakathi kwabafowenu, kumelwe nahlulele ngokulunga.” (Duteronomi 1:16) Abahluleli bangakhipha isahlulelo esifanele kuphela uma bewazi wonke amaqiniso endaba. Ngenxa yaleso sizathu uNkulunkulu wayala labo ababesingatha izindaba zomthetho: “Kumelwe futhi ufune, uphenye futhi ubuzisise.” Abahluleli enkantolo kwakufanele baqiniseke ukuthi indaba yowonile “itholakala iyiqiniso” ngaphambi kokuqhubeka necala.—Duteronomi 13:14; 17:4.Lalelani ubufakazi bofakazi. Okushiwo ofakazi kwakubaluleke kakhulu ophenyweni. UMthetho kaNkulunkulu wawuthi: “Akekho ufakazi oyedwa okufanele avukele umuntu nganoma isiphi isiphambeko noma isono, kunoma isiphi isono angase asenze. Indaba kufanele iqine ngomlomo wofakazi ababili noma ngomlomo wofakazi abathathu.” (Duteronomi 19:15) UMthetho kaNkulunkulu wayala ofakazi: “Ungawukhulumi umbiko ongelona iqiniso. Ungabambisani nomubi ngokuba ngufakazi oceba ubudlova.”—Eksodusi 23:1.Qinisekani ukuthi ofakazi bakhuluma iqiniso. Isigwebo sokuqamba amanga enkantolo sasinzima kakhulu kubo bonke abahilelekile: “Abahluleli kumelwe baphenyisise, futhi uma lo fakazi engufakazi wamanga futhi eye wamangalela umfowabo ngecala lamanga, kumelwe futhi nenze kuye njengoba nje ayecebé ukwenza kumfowabo, nisuse okubi phakathi kwenu.” (Duteronomi 19:18, 19) Ngakho, uma umuntu ayeqamba amanga enkantolo ukuze athathe ifa lomunye, kwakumelwe alahlekelwe elakhe ifa. Uma ayeqamba amanga azokwenza kubulawe umuntu ongenacala, wayeyojeziswa ngokuthi kubulawe yena. Lesi siqondiso sasishukumisa ofakazi ukuba bakhulume iqiniso.Yahlulelani ngokungakhethi. Lapho sebethole bonke ubufakazi, abahluleli babecabangisisa ukuze bakhiphe isahlulelo. Kuleli qophelo, umniningwane obalulekile woMthetho kaNkulunkulu wawube usubaluleka ngokukhethekile: “Ungambandlululi umuntu ophansi, futhi ungakhethi ubuso boyisikhulu. Kufanele wahlulele umhlobo wakho ngobulungisa.” (Levitikusi 19:15) Kuwo wonke amacala, abahluleli kwakufanele bahlulele udaba ngeqiniso, hhayi ngokubukeka kwangaphandle noma ngesikhundla salabo abahilelekile.Lezi zimiso, ezashiwo ngokucacile emakhulwini eminyaka eMthethweni kaNkulunkulu owanikwa ama-Israyeli, zingaba usizo namanje ezinkantolo zanamuhla. Uma zilandelwa, angagwenywa amaphutha kanye nokungabi nabulungisa okwenzeka ekwahluleleni.Ukube bekulandelwa uMthetho kaNkulunkulu ngabe awenzeki amaphutha okungabi nabulungisaABANTU ABABEZUZA EBULUNGISENI BEQINISOUMose wabuza ama-Israyeli: “Yisiphi isizwe esikhulu esineziqondiso ezilungile nezinqumo zokwahlulela njengawo wonke lo mthetho engiwubeka phambi kwenu namuhla?” (Duteronomi 4:8) Ngempela, asikho esinye isizwe esasithola lezo zinzuzo. Ngesikhathi kubusa iNkosi uSolomoni, eyenza ngokuvumelana nemithetho kaNkulunkulu iseyintsha, abantu “bahlala ngokulondeka,” benokuthula futhi bechuma, “bedla bephuza bejabula.”—1 AmaKhosi 4:20, 25.Ngokudabukisayo, ekugcineni ama-Israyeli amshiya uNkulunkulu wawo. Ngomprofethi uJeremiya, uNkulunkulu wathi: “Bheka! Balé lona kanye izwi likaJehova, banakuhlakanipha kuni?” (Jeremiya 8:9) Umphumela waba ukuthi iJerusalema laba “umuzi onecala legazi” ogcwele ‘izinto ezinengekayo.’ Ekugcineni labhuqwa futhi lahlala lingamanxiwa iminyaka engu-70.—Hezekeli 22:2; Jeremiya 25:11.Umprofethi u-Isaya waphila ngesikhathi sezinkinga emlandweni wakwa-Israyeli. Lapho ebheka emuva, washukumiseleka ukuba amemezele iqiniso ngoJehova uNkulunkulu noMthetho waKhe: “Lapho kukhona izahlulelo zakho ngomhlaba, abakhileyo ezweni elikhiqizayo ngokuqinisekile bayofunda ukulunga.”—Isaya 26:9.U-Isaya wajabula lapho ephefumulelwa ukuba aprofethe ngokubusa kweNkosi enguMesiya, uJesu Kristu, wathi: “Ngeke ahlulele ngokwanoma yikuphi okubonakala emehlweni akhe, noma amane asole ngokwento ayizwe ngezindlebe. Uyokwahlulela abantu abaphansi ngokulunga, futhi uyosola ngobuqotho ngenxa yabantu abamnene basemhlabeni.” (Isaya 11:3, 4) Yeka amathuba amahle avulekele bonke abayoba izikhonzi zeNkosi enguMesiya lapho sekubusa uMbuso kaNkulunkulu!—Mathewu 6:10.^ isig. 6 Igama elithi Jehoshafati lisho ukuthi “UJehova Ungumahluleli.”Ingabe UMthetho KaNkulunkulu Wawugunyaza Ukuziphindiselela?Amazwi aseBhayibhelini athi “iso ngeso, izinyo ngezinyo,” aye abangela izimpikiswano. (Eksodusi 21:24) Abanye abantu bathi lawo mazwi abonisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyakuvumela ukuziphindiselela. Kodwa ukucabanga okunjalo kuphambana nomyalo kaNkulunkulu othi: “Ungaphindiseli noma ubambele amadodana abantu bakini igqubu.” (Levitikusi 19:18) Pho-ke, kufanele siwaqonde kanjani lawo mazwi ka-Eksodusi?U-Eksodusi 21:22 usitshela ngamadoda amabili alwayo, enye ibe isilimaza owesifazane okhulelwe, ibangele ukuba abelethe kungakabi isikhathi. Uma umama nomntwana bephila, umyeni walowo wesifazane wayengavunyelwe ukuba aziphindiselele. Kunalokho, indoda elimaze owesifazane kwakufanele ‘ihlawuliswe ngokwalokho umyeni wowesifazane ayokubeka phezu kwayo; futhi kwakumelwe ikukhokhe kubahluleli.’ Ngamanye amazwi, abahluleli enkantolo yibona ababenza isinqumo sokuba lowo oshaye owesifazane ahlawule kumyeni wakhe. Uma lowo wesifazane noma ingane yakhe ifa kuleyo ngozi, bona labo bahluleli babeyokhipha isahlulelo sokuba leyo ndoda ibulawe.Esimweni esinjalo, abahluleli, hhayi olinyaziwe, babeyosebenzisa isimiso esithi “umphefumulo ngomphefumulo, iso ngeso, izinyo ngezinyo . . . ” (Eksodusi 21:23, 24) Leso simiso sasikhumbuza abahluleli ukuthi akufanele beqise noma bakhiphe isijeziso esingafanele. Isazi seBhayibheli uRichard Elliott Friedman sithi: “Isimiso esiyinhloko siwukuthi isijeziso kufanele silingane necala singalokothi seqise.”Yini eyenza abantu bacabange ukuthi uMthetho kaNkulunkulu ubagunyaza ukuba baziphindiselele? Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi kuMathewu 5:38, 39, sithola amazwi kaJesu athi: “Nizwile ukuthi kwathiwa, ‘Iso ngeso nezinyo ngezinyo.’ Nokho, mina ngithi kini: Ningamelani nomubi; kodwa noma ubani okushaya ngempama esihlathini sesokunene, mphendulele nesinye futhi.” Kubonakala sengathi ngosuku lukaJesu, abanye abefundisi benkolo base behlanganise ‘nomthetho wokuziphindiselela’ emithethweni yabo edluliselwa ngomlomo ukuze bavumele ukuziphindiselela. Nokho, uJesu wakwenza kwacaca ukuthi imfundiso enjalo yayingasekelwe eMthethweni kaNkulunkulu awunika u-Israyeli.Kukanjani ubulungisa bukaNkulunkulu buyimfanelo esenza simthande?
