“IBhanile yeNkululeko,” Amabali eNcwadi kaMormoni (2023)
IBhanile yeNkululeko
Ukukhusela ilungelo lokukholelwa kuThixo
U-Amalikhaya waye liNifayithi elikhulu, nelomeleleyo. Yena wayefuna ukuba ngukumkani. Wathembisa ukubanika amandla abo babeye bamnceda. Abantu abaninzi babemthanda kwaye baye bazama ukwenza ukuba abanye bamlandele. U-Amalikhaya waye wakhokela abantu ukuba benze izinto ezingalunganga. Yena nabalandeli bakhe babefuna ukubulala abantu ababefundisa ngoYesu Krestu.
Umphathi-mikhosi uMoronayi, inkokheli yemikhosi yamaNifayithi, wayekholelwa kuYesu. Wayesazi ukuba amaNifayithi ayesikelelekile ngenxa yokuba ayegcina imiyalelo kaThixo. Yena wayenomsindo kakhulu kuba u-Amalikhaya wayekhokelela abantu kude kuThixo, ezama ukuba ngukumnkani, kwaye ezama ukonzakalisa abantu.
UMoronayi wakrazula isambatho sakhe. Waye wabhala kuso ukuba abantu kufuneka bakhumbule uThixo wabo, inkululeko yabo, neentsapho zabo. Wayixhoma kwisibonda waze wayibiza ngokuba yibhanile yenkululeko. UMoronayi wathandazela intsikelelo kaThixo Waye wabonisa amaNifayithi ibhanile yenkululeko waze wawacela ukuba amanyane naye ekulweni u-Amalikhaya.
Abantu banxiba izikrweqe zabo baze babalekela ku-Moronayi. Bona babekulungele ukulwela uThixo namakhaya wabo, iintsapho zabo, nenkululeko. Baye benza umnqophiso, okanye isithembiso esikhethekileyo, noThixo sokokuba baya kusoloko bemlandela Yena. Baze bazilungiselela ukuba balwe no-Amalikhaya.
Umkhosi kaMoronayi wawumkhulu. U-Amalikhaya wayesoyika. Waye wazama ukubaleka nabalandeli bakhe. Kodwa abanye babenexhala lokuba u-Amalikhaya wayesilwela izizathu ezingalunganga. Abaninzi babengasayi kumlandela kwakhona. Umkhosi kaMoronayi wanqanda abo babesalandela u-Amalikhaya, kodwa u-Amalikhaya negcuntswana labanye baye babaleka.
U-Amalikhaya waya kwilizwe lamaLeymenayithi. Yena wayefuna ukuba amaLeymenayithi amncedise ekulweni amaNifayithi. Emva koko wayezakuba nomkhosi omkhulu, nowomeleleyo. Waye wenza ukuba uninzi lwamaLeymenayithi abe nomsindo kumaNifayithi. Ukumkani wamaLeymenayithi waxelela onke amaLeymenayithi ukuba alungiselele ukulwa namaNifayithi.
Ukumkani wamthanda u-Amalikhaya. Waye wenza u-Amalikhaya enye yeenkokheli zakhe kumkhosi wamaLeymenayithi. Kodwa u-Amalikhaya wayefuna amandla angaphezulu kunalawo.
U-Amalikhaya waye wenza icebo lokuba alawule amaLeymenayithi. Wawuthatha wonke umkhosi wamaLeymenayithi. Waze wenza izicaka zakhe zibulale ukumkani kwaye zixoke ngokuba ngubani owenze lonto.
U-Amalikhaya waye wenza ngathi unomsindo kukuba ukumkani ebulewe. AmaLeymenayithi ayemthanda u-Amalikhaya. Waye watshata ukumkanikazi waze waba ngukumkani omtsha. Wayefuna ukuwalawula nawo amaNifayithi. Waye wathetha kakubi ngamaNifayithi ukuze amaLeymenayithi abenomsindo kuwo. Kungekudala, amaLeymenayithi amanizi ayefuna ukulwa nawo.
Ngeli lixa u-Amalikhaya wayefumana amandla ngokuxoka, uMoronayi waye walungiselela amaNifayithi ukuba athembe uThixo. Waye waxhoma ibhanile yenkululeko kuzo zonke iinqaba zelizwe ukwenzela ukuze abakhumbuze ngesithembiso sabo. Imikhosi kaMoronayi nayo yayizilungiselele imfazwe izixeko zamaNifayithi. Baye bakha iindonga kwaye bagrumba imisele ukwenzela ukuba izixeko zabo zibe nokhuseleko kwaye zomelele.
Xa ayezokulwa amaLeymenayithi, ayengakwazi ukungena kwizixeko zamaNifayithi. Aye athintelwa ziindonga kunye nemisele eyenziwa yimikhosi kaMoronayi. AmaLeymenayithi amaninzi aye afa xa ayehlasela amaNifayithi. U-Amalikhaya wayenomsindo kakhulu. Waye wathembisa ngokumbulala uMoronayi.
AmaNifayithi aye abulela uThixo ngokuwanceda nokuwakhusela. Aye azenza zakhuseleka ngakumbi izixeko zawo kwaye akha ezinye izixeko. Imfazwe namaLeymenayithi yaye yaqhubekeka, kodwa uThixo wamnceda uMoronayi nemikhosi yakhe ukuba bagcine amaNifayithi ekhuselekile. AmaNifayithi ayonwabile. Aye amthobela uThixo kwaye ahlala enyanisekile kuYe.