1, 2. Kuyini uJehova ayefuna kwenzakale ngosuku lwesikhombisa, kodwa kwenzakalani?

 NGEMVA kokudala abantu ngosuku lwesithupha, uJehova “wakhangela konke ayekwenzile, wakubona kukuhle kakhulu.” (UGenesisi 1:31) Kodwa ekuqaliseni kosuku lwesikhombisa u-Adamu lo-Eva balalela uSathane bahlamukela uJehova. Lanxa babeyizidalwa ezinhle kulazo zonke uJehova ayezidalile, baba lesono futhi babezacina befile. Lokhu kwakudanisa sibili.

² Kwakungakhanya angani lokho uJehova ayehlose ukuthi kwenzakale ngosuku lwesikhombisa kwakungeke kusaphumelela. Usuku lolu lwaluzathatha izinkulungwane zeminyaka njengezinye insuku eziyisithupha ezasezidlulile. UJehova wayethe usuku lolu lungcwele njalo wayefuna ukuthi ekupheleni kwalo wonke umhlaba ube usulipharadayisi elihlala abantu abangelasono. (UGenesisi 1:28; 2:3) Kodwa njengoba u-Adamu lo-Eva basebehlamukile kwakuzakwenzakala njani lokho? Wayezakwenzani uNkulunkulu? UJehova kwasekumele atshengise ukuthi ulenhlakanipho enkulu.

3, 4. (a) UJehova wayiveza njani inhlakanipho yakhe ngemva kokuhlamuka kuka-Adamu lo-Eva? (b) Kuyini esizakunanzelela nxa sesifunda ngenhlakanipho kaJehova?

³ UJehova kazange apholise amaseko. Wahle wagweba u-Adamu lo-Eva kanye loSathane, wasesitsho ukuthi uzalulungisa njani uhlupho lolu olwaselukhona. (UGenesisi 3:15) UJehova wayezawulungisa wonke umonakalo owawudalwe ngabahlamuki laba kodwa lokhu kwakuzathatha izinkulungwane zeminyaka. Icebo alibumbayo lilula kodwa liyamangalisa okokuthi singaqhubeka sifunda futhi sicabangisisa  ngalo okwempilo yethu yonke. Kanti njalo konke uJehova akuhlosileyo kuzakwenzakala. Uzaqeda isono lokufa kanye lazo zonke izinto ezimbi, anike abantu abathembekileyo impilo engapheliyo futhi engelanhlupho. Konke lokhu kuzakwenzakala usuku lwesikhombisa lungakapheli ukuze uJehova agcwalise injongo yakhe ngomhlaba langabantu ngaso kanye isikhathi asibekileyo!

⁴ Inhlakanipho kaJehova iyamangalisa sibili. Umphostoli uPhawuli wabhala wathi: ‘Ukuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu kujule kakhulu!’ (KwabaseRoma 11:33) Ukuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu kujule kakhulu okokuthi asingeke sikuzwisise ngokupheleleyo lanxa singaze sizame kangakanani. Ukwazi lokhu kumele kusenze sithobeke, sinanzelele ukuthi sibancane kakhulu kulaye. (UJobe 26:14) Kasiqaleni ngokuchasisa ukuthi iyini inhlakanipho kaNkulunkulu.

5, 6. Ukuhlakanipha lolwazi kungenelana njani futhi ulwazi lukaJehova lukhulu kangakanani?

⁵ Inhlakanipho kayifanani lolwazi. Amakhompiyutha angagcina ulwazi olunengi kodwa ngeke sithi ahlakaniphile. Lanxa kunjalo umuntu ngeke kuthiwe uhlakaniphile engelalwazi. (IZaga 10:14) Ngokwesibonelo nxa ufuna ukwelatshwa umkhuhlane othile, ungadinga umuntu ongelalwazi ngemithi yini? Kawungeke! Lokhu kutshengisa ukuthi umuntu kumele aqale abe lolwazi ukuze ahlakaniphe.

⁶ UJehova ulolwazi olunengi futhi olungapheliyo. Njengoba ‘eyiNkosi yaphakade,’ nguye yedwa obelokhu ekhona kusukela nininini. (ISambulo 15:3) Ukubonile konke obekusenzakala. IBhayibhili lithi: “Akulanto edaliweyo efihlakeleyo phambi kwakhe, kodwa zonke izinto ziyakhanya futhi zisegcekeni emehlweni alowo okumele silandise kuye.” (KumaHebheru 4:13; IZaga 15:3) UJehova unguMdali yikho uzazi kuhle zonke izinto azidalileyo. Ukubonile konke abantu abakwenzileyo kusukela ngesikhathi ebadala. Uhlola inhliziyo yomuntu  munye ngamunye, akulalutho angaluboniyo. (1 ImiLando 28:9) UJehova uyathokoza nxa esibona sikhetha ngendlela etshengisa ukuthi sihlakaniphile ngoba wasidala silenkululeko yokuzikhethela. Kanti njalo ‘uyayilalela imithandazo’ yethu lanxa singakhuleka ngasikhathi sinye. (IHubo 65:2) UJehova kakhohlwa.

7, 8. UJehova utshengisa njani ukuthi uyazwisisa, ulokuqedisisa kanye lenhlakanipho?

⁷ UJehova kalalwazi kuphela kodwa uphinde abe lokuqedisisa. Akulalutho olumphicayo, konke nje uyakuhlolisisa abone ukuthi kungenelana njani. Uyenelisa ukuhlola ulutho abesesitsho ukuthi luhle loba lubi, luqakathekile kumbe aluqakathekanga. Ubona lezinto ezifihlakeleyo lokusenhliziyweni yomuntu. (1 USamuyeli 16:7) Ngakho uJehova uyazwisisa futhi uyaqedisisa. Lokhu kuqakatheke ukwedlula ukuba lolwazi kodwa inhlakanipho yona iqakatheke ukwedlula konke lokho.

⁸ Ukuze umuntu ahlakaniphe kumele abe lolwazi ngento ethile, ayizwisise kuhle abesesebenzisa lolo lwazi ukuthi enze okuhle. Yikho eBhayibhilini ibala elithi “ukuhlakanipha” lisitsho “ukwenza okuhle.” Inhlakanipho kaJehova iyasebenza yikho ephumelela kukho konke akwenzayo. UJehova wazi konke njalo uzwisisa yonke into yikho ehlala esenza izinqumo ezinhle futhi esenelisa ukwenza konke akuhlosileyo. Le yinhlakanipho emangalisayo sibili! UJesu wathi: “Ukuhlakanipha kukhanya ngemisebenzi yakho ukuthi kulungile.” (UMathewu 11:19) Kunjalo lokuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu. Konke akudalileyo ezulwini lasemhlabeni kutshengisa ukuthi ulenhlakanipho enkulu kakhulu.

9, 10. (a) UJehova utshengisa njani ukuthi ulokuhlakanipha okumangalisayo? (b) Indlela i-cell elenziwe ngayo itshengisa njani ukuthi uJehova uhlakaniphile?

⁹ Izikhathi ezinengi singabona into enhle siyayibuka sizibuze ukuthi ngubani owenze into enhle kangaka. Phela  ubuhle bento ethile buveza inhlakanipho yalowo owayenzayo. (U-Eksodusi 31:1-3) UJehova nguye onika abantu inhlakanipho enjalo futhi inhlakanipho yakhe yedlula khatshana eyabantu. INkosi uDavida yathi: “Ngiyakudumisa ngoba ngenziwe ngendlela emangalisayo. Imisebenzi yakho iyamangalisa, lokhu ngikwazi mhlophe.” (IHubo 139:14) Ukufunda ngendlela umuntu adalwe ngayo kuzasenza sibone ukuthi uJehova ulenhlakanipho emangalisayo.

¹⁰ Ngokwesibonelo umuntu uqalisa eli-cell elilodwa elibunjwa nxa iqanda likamama lihlangana lenhlanyelo evela kubaba. Masinyane nje ngemva kwalokho i-cell lelo liyaqalisa ukwehlukana libe ngama-cell amanengi. Umzimba womuntu ungaba lama-cell amancane kakhulu angamabhiliyoni lamabhiliyoni. Mancane okokuthi ama-cell angaba yi-10 000 angalingana lekhanda le-pin. Lanxa kunjalo linye ngalinye lidalwe ngendlela emangalisayo. Lenziwe ngobungcitshi ukwedlula loba yiwuphi umtshina owenziwe ngabantu. Abezesayensi bathi i-cell linjengedolobho eligonjolozelwe ngumduli, elilamagedi, lamafekithali, lemigwaqo, lezimota, lezinto zokukhulumisana, lendawo ezenza amagetsi, lezokulahlela izibi, lezikhali zokuzivikela kanye lesigodlo. I-cell lingenza elinye i-cell elifanana lalo xathu ngemva kwamahora amalutshwana nje!

11, 12. (a) Kuyini okwenza ukuthi ama-cell angafanani futhi lokhu kuhambelana njani leHubo 139:16? (b) Ingqondo yomuntu itshengisa njani ukuthi ‘senziwe ngendlela emangalisayo’?

¹¹ Kodwa ayisiwo wonke ama-cell afananayo. Nxa ama-cell osane olungakazalwa eqhubeka esehlukana, aqalisa ukusebenza ngezindlela ezitshiyeneyo. Amanye ama-cell athumeza imilayezo esuka emzimbeni isiya engqondweni, kuthi amanye abe ngawamathambo, awemisipha, awegazi kumbe awamehlo. I-cell ngayinye ilesiphala solwazi okuthiwa yi-DNA esilemilayezo yonke efunakalayo eyenza ukuthi elinye i-cell lingafanani lamanye. UDavida wathi: “Amehlo akho angibona  ngiqalisa nje ukubunjwa esiswini sikamama, zonke izitho zomzimba wami zazibhaliwe ebhukwini lakho.”—IHubo 139:16.

¹² Ezinye izitho zomzimba zenziwe ngendlela enzima ukuzwisisa. Ngokwesibonelo, cabanga ngengqondo yomuntu. Abanye bathi akulamuntu ongazwisisa indlela ingqondo ebunjwe ngayo. Ilama-cell angaba yi-100 bhiliyoni athumeza imilayezo esuka engqondweni isiya emzimbeni. Inani lama-cell la lingalingana lelezinkanyezi ezisemthaleni wethu. I-cell ngalinye liyathumezelana imilayezo lamanye ama-cell ayizinkulungwane. Abezesayensi bathi ingqondo yomuntu iyenelisa ukugcina lonke ulwazi esingaluthola emabhukwini akuwo wonke ama-library emhlabeni futhi iyenelisa ukuqhubeka ingenisa olunye ulwazi. Lanxa sekuleminyaka eminengi izingcitshi zesayensi zihlola indlela ingqondo esebenza ngayo, ziyavuma ukuthi ngeke zakuzwisisa ngokugcweleyo ukuthi isebenza njani.

13, 14. (a) Ubunyonyo lezinye izidalwa kutshengisa njani ukuthi ‘kuhlakaniphile’ futhi lokhu kusifundisani ngoMdali wazo? (b) Ubulembu butshengisa njani ukuhlakanipha kukaJehova?

¹³ Kulokunye uJehova akudalayo okutshengisa ukuthi ulenhlakanipho emangalisayo. IHubo 104:24 lithi: “Minengi imisebenzi yakho Jehova! Yonke uyenze ngokuhlakanipha. Umhlaba ugcwele lokho okwenzileyo.” Inhlakanipho kaJehova iyakhanya kukho konke akudalileyo. Ngokwesibonelo iBhayibhili lithi ubunyonyo ‘buhlakaniphile.’ (IZaga 30:24) Indlela ubunyonyo obenza ngayo itshengisa ukuthi buhlelekile. Obunye ubunyonyo buyazenzela ukudla ikanti obunye bona bugcina izibungu ezenza ukudla. Ezinye futhi izidalwa zadalwa zisenelisa ukwenza izinto ezimangalisayo. Ngokwesibonelo impukane yenza izinto ezingeke zenziwe yindizamtshina, njengokuphapha nyovane. Inyoni zadalwa zisenelisa ukuphapha zisiya endaweni ezikhatshana ziqondiswa zinkanyezi lamandla ayimaginethi asemhlabeni.  Abezesayensi bachitha iminyaka eminengi behlola indlela izidalwa lezi ezidalwe ngayo. Lokhu kutshengisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu ulenhlakanipho emangalisayo sibili!

¹⁴ Izingcitshi zesayensi sezifunde okunengi ezintweni ezidaliweyo. Kulabomanjinela abenza izinto belingisela abakubona kokudaliweyo. Ngokwesibonelo, abanye abantu bamangaliswa yindlela ubulembu besayobe obubukeka ngayo. Kodwa omanjinela bona bafisa ukukopa indlela obenziwe ngayo. Phela ubulembu bungakhanya bungaqinanga kodwa kulobunye obuqine ukwedlula insimbi. Nxa ubulembu bungelukwa bube ngangomambule, bungenelisa ukubamba indizamtshina ephaphayo! Kuyakhanya ukuthi uJehova wenze izinto zonke lezi ‘ngenhlakanipho.’

15, 16. (a) Izinkanyezi zitshengisa njani ukuthi uJehova uhlakaniphile? (b) Izingilosi zitshengisa njani ukuthi uJehova ulenhlakanipho emangalisayo?

¹⁵ Inhlakanipho kaJehova ikhanya kuzo zonke izinto azidalayo. ESahlukweni 5 sifunde ukuthi izinkanyezi azizange ziphongufakwa nje emkhathini kodwa zihlelwe kuhle. UJehova wafaka “imithetho eqondisa izinto ezisemkhathini” ukuze ahlele izinkanyezi. Wazihlela zaba yimithala njalo imithala leyo ingamaqembu atshiyeneyo. (UJobe 38:33) UJehova ubiza izinkanyezi ngokuthi ‘libutho.’ (U-Isaya 40:26) Kodwa kulelinye ibutho elitshengisa ukuthi uJehova ulenhlakanipho.

¹⁶ ESahlukweni 4 sibonile ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubizwa ngokuthi “nguJehova wamabutho” ngoba nguye okhokhela zonke izingilosi. Lokhu kutshengisa ukuthi ulamandla. Kodwa  kuyiveza njani inhlakanipho yakhe? Khumbula ukuthi uJehova loJesu bahlala besebenza. (UJohane 5:17) Ngakho kumele ukuthi lezingilosi lazo zihlala zisebenza. Khumbula futhi ukuthi ziphakeme kulabantu, zilenhlakanipho enkulu futhi zilamandla amakhulu. (KumaHebheru 1:7; 2:7) Lanxa zilamandla kangako uJehova nguye ozinika imisebenzi yokwenza futhi ziyathokoza ngemisebenzi eziyenzayo. Bezilokhu zilalela ‘lokho akutshoyo’ futhi ‘zisenza intando yakhe’ okwamabhiliyoni eminyaka. (IHubo 103:20, 21) Lokhu kutshengisa ukuthi uJehova ulokuhlakanipha okukhulu!

17, 18. Kungani iBhayibhili lisithi uJehova ‘nguye yedwa ohlakaniphileyo’ njalo okwatshiwo nguPhawuli kusifundisani ngenhlakanipho kaJehova?

¹⁷ Nxa sibona bonke ubufakazi lobu, akusimangalisi ukuthi iBhayibhili lithi uJehova ‘nguye yedwa ohlakaniphileyo.’ (KwabaseRoma 16:27) NguJehova kuphela olenhlakanipho epheleleyo. Nguye uMthombo wayo yonke inhlakanipho. (IZaga 2:6) Lokhu yikho okwenza uJesu wathemba inhlakanipho kaJehova kulokuthi azithembe lanxa wayehlakaniphe ukwedlula zonke izidalwa.—UJohane 12:48-50.

¹⁸ Umphostoli uPhawuli wakhuluma ngokuhlakanipha kukaJehova wathi: “Inotho kaNkulunkulu lokuhlakanipha kwakhe kanye lolwazi lwakhe kujule kakhulu! Izahlulelo zakhe ngeke uzihlole uzizwisise ngokugcweleyo njalo ngeke sizazi zonke izindlela zakhe.” (KwabaseRoma 11:33) Amazwi la atshengisa ukuthi uPhawuli wayemangaliswa yinhlakanipho kaJehova. Ibala lesiGrikhi elihunyutshwe ngokuthi “ukujula” lihambelana lebala elisetshenziswa nxa kukhulunywa ngomgodi ongelamkhawulo. Ngakho ngeke siyizwisise inhlakanipho kaNkulunkulu njengoba nje singeke sizwisise ukuthi igodi elingelamkhawulo litshona lifike ngaphi. Ngeke sibe lolwazi olungangolukaJehova. (IHubo 92:5) Lokhu kwenza sibone ukuthi sibancane kakhulu kuye.

19, 20. (a) Kungani uJehova efananisa inhlakanipho yakhe lengqungqulu? (b) UJehova utshengise njani ukuthi uyenelisa ukubona ikusasa?

 ¹⁹ Kulenye indlela uJehova atshengise ngayo ukuthi ‘nguye yedwa ohlakaniphileyo.’ Nguye kuphela owenelisa ukubona okuzakwenzakala esikhathini esizayo. Khumbula ukuthi uJehova ufananisa inhlakanipho yakhe lengqungqulu. Kulenye ingqungqulu elesisindo esingaba ngamakhilogremu amahlanu kodwa elamehlo amakhulu kulawomuntu. Ingqungqulu le iyenelisa ukubona izinto ezincane lanxa yona iyabe ikhatshana kakhulu! UJehova ngokwakhe wakhuluma ngengqungqulu wathi: “Amehlo ayo abona okukhonale khatshana.” (UJobe 39:29) Yikho loJehova laye uyenelisa ukubona izinto ezikhonale khatshana, izinto ezingakenzakali!

²⁰ IBhayibhili lileziphrofetho ezinengi ezitshengisa ukuthi uJehova uyenelisa ukubona okungakenzakali. UJehova wakhuluma ngokuthi ngobani ababezanqoba lokuthi yiziphi izizwe ezazizakuba lamandla lalezo ezazizanqotshwa. Wachasisa lokuthi izizwe lezo zazizanqoba njani. Ezinye iziphrofetho zakhulunywa kusasele iminyaka eminengi kakhulu ukuthi zigcwaliseke.—U-Isaya 44:25–45:4; UDanyeli 8:2-8, 20-22.

21, 22. (a) Kungani kungaqondanga ukucabanga ukuthi uJehova uyakwazi konke ozakhetha ukukwenza empilweni? Nika isibonelo. (b) Sazi njani ukuthi uJehova uyisebenzisa kuhle inhlakanipho yakhe?

 ²¹ Kodwa lokhu kutsho yini ukuthi uNkulunkulu usekubonile konke ozakhetha ukukwenza empilweni yakho? Abanye bakholwa ukuthi konke okwenzakalayo kuyabe kuhlelwe nguNkulunkulu. Kodwa lokho kuyabe sekusitsho ukuthi uNkulunkulu kenelisi ukuzibamba ukuthi angaboni okuzakwenzakala kusasa. Ngokwesibonelo nxa ulephimbo elimnandi lokuhlabela, ubungatshona uhlabela yini sonke isikhathi? Ngitsho sibili! Ngendlela efananayo uJehova uyenelisa ukubona okuzakwenzakala ngesikhathi esizayo kodwa uyakhetha ukuthi kuyini afuna ukukubona. Nxa ubengahlela izinto ezenzakala empilweni zethu, ubeyabe esesithathela inkululeko yethu yokuzikhethela. UJehova ngeke akwenze lokho ngoba ukuzikhethela yisipho asinika sona.—UDutheronomi 30:19, 20.

²² Okubi ukwedlula lokho yikuthi imfundiso leyo itsho ukuthi uJehova kalamusa futhi kasithandi. Kodwa lelo akusilo qiniso! IBhayibhili lifundisa ukuthi uJehova “uhlakaniphile enhliziyweni.” (UJobe 9:4; amabala angaphansi.) Lokhu akutsho ukuthi ulenhliziyo enjengeyomuntu kodwa iBhayibhili landise ukusebenzisa ibala leli nxa lichasisa lokho umuntu ayikho. Konke uJehova akwenzayo ukwenza ngenxa yokuthi uyasithanda. Ngakho lendlela asebenzisa ngayo inhlakanipho yakhe itshengisa ukuthi uyasithanda.—1 UJohane 4:8.

23. Kuyini okumele sikwenze njengoba sesikwazi ukuthi uJehova ulenhlakanipho emangalisayo?

²³ Kuyacaca-ke ukuthi singayithemba inhlakanipho kaJehova. UJehova ulokuhlakanipha okukhulu kakhulu yikho iLizwi likaNkulunkulu lisithi: “Themba uJehova ngenhliziyo yakho yonke, ungathembi okwakho ukuzwisisa. Mdinge kuzo zonke izindlela zakho, yena uzaqondisa izindlela zakho.” (IZaga 3:5, 6) Yikho-ke kasizimiseleni ukuqhubeka sifunda okunengi ngenhlakanipho kaJehova ukuze sisondele kuye.