Unyana wam, gcina umthetho kayihlo, Ungawushiyi umyalelo kanyoko: Sibophe entliziyweni yakho amaxesha onke, uzinxibe emqaleni wakho (IMizekeliso 6:20-21)
Beka uyihlo, kunye nomama wakho, ukuze ube nexesha elide. Lowo ngumthetho nedinga leNkosi, Utata wethu. Ibalulekile eNkosini, ukuba uya kubathobela abazali bakho uze uzithobe kubo. Kutheni oku kubalulekile? Kuba abazali bangoonozakuzaku boBukumkani bamazulu. Bangabameli boThixo Osenyangweni. Xa ungabathobeli abazali bakho, kwaye musa ukuthobela intando yabo, ngoko unokumthobela njani uThixo kwaye uzinikele kuYe?
Xa ukhula kwaye ufuna ukuhamba ngendlela yakho. Xa ungabahloniphi abazali bakho, ngokungabathobeli nangokungakwenzi ukuthanda kwabo, Yiba nemvukelo kubo njl., ngoko xa ukhulile, kuya kuba nzima kunene kuni ukuzithoba kuYehova, nokumthobela, kwaye wenze ukuthanda kwakhe.
Logama nje intando yomntwana, ayiyi ‘kwaphuka’ ngexesha lobuntwana, umntwana uya kuhlala efuna ukwenza ukuthanda kwakhe. Intando yomntwana ingaba ngumqobo kubomi bakhe bonke. Ngoko ke kubalulekile njengomzali, ukukhulisa umntwana ekoyikeni uYehova; ELizwini lakhe, nokufundisa umntwana ukuthobela nokubalungisa.
Bathobele abazali bakho
Yeyakho, njengomntwana, kubalulekile ukuthobela abazali bakho. wuphulaphule umthetho kayihlo, nomyalelo kanyoko, eziphefumlelwe liLizwi. Sibophe entliziyweni yakho, usinxibe emqaleni wakho, ukuze bangakushiyi. Cinga ngazo yonke imihla, kwaye uhambe ngayo. Musani ukumka kubo.
Ufanele ukwazi, ukuba abazali bakho bayakuthanda, kwaye ndifuna okona kulungileyo kuphela. Kanye njengokuba uBawo esithanda, kwaye uye wasinika imiyalelo yakhe, kuba Yena usifunela okulungileyo kuphela kwaye usigcine ebubini.
‘Yibani yityuwa yehlabathi’
