UMBONO WEBHAYIBHILI
Ubuhle
Indlela ocabanga ngayo ngobuhle yiyo engatsho ukuthi uzathokoza yini loba hatshi.
Kuyini okwenza ubuhle sibuthande kangaka?
Ukuthi ingqondo ikuhluza njani ukuthi okuhle yikuphi akwaziwa. IBhayibhili lalo alikutsho ukuthi lokhu kwenzakala njani kodwa elisitshela khona yikuthi uNkulunkulu wasidala silobuntu obufanana lobakhe yikho lathi sithanda okuhle. (UGenesisi 1:27; UmTshumayeli 3:11) Imizimba yethu wayibumba ngendlela emangalisayo. Ngenxa yalokho umhubi wasendulo wathi: “Ngiyakudumisa [Nkulunkulu] ngokuthi ngabunjwa ngesimanga esesabekayo.”—AmaHubo 139:14.
Inengi lamuhla lilombono ongaqondanga ngobuhle okubangelwa yilokho abakubona kuma-TV lakumamagazini. Ibhuku elithi Body Image elikhuluma ngokubukeka komzimba, nxa libika ngokuhlola okwenziwa emazweni ase-Europe lithi abanye “bacabanga ukuthi ukuma komzimba yikho okuqakatheke kakhulu njalo okungenza umuntu athokoze.” Umcabango onjalo wenza abantu bakhohlwe into eyisiqokoqela, inhliziyo.—1 USamuyeli 16:7.
Indaba yokuma komzimba ikhulunyelwa kakhulu kwabesifazane njalo isuka ihlanganiswe lendaba zemacansini. Umbiko we-American Psychological Association (APA) oka-2007 uthi “kuma-TV, ku-inthanethi, izingoma lakwezinye izindawo kukhuthazwa abesifazane ukuthi bakhange kwezemacansini.” IBhayibhili lisitshela ukuthi singayivumeli imikhuba enjalo futhi lisinika lezizatho ezinhle zokwenza lokhu.—KwabaseKholose 3:5, 6.
“Ubuhle benu kabungaveli ekuziceciseni kwangaphandle . . . , kodwa kumele bube ngobangaphakathi kwenu, ubuhle obungapheliyo bomoya omnene lothuleyo, oligugu elikhulu emehlweni kaNkulunkulu.”—1 UPhetro 3:3, 4.
Kungani kuqakathekile ukuba lombono oqondileyo?
Nxa kukhulunywa ngendaba yokubukeka abanye bathi, “Nxa umuhle zigqaje ngakho!” Ezindaweni lapho umcabango lo ojayeleke khona uthola abasakhulayo abangamankazana “sebefuna ukubukwa ngabantu ngendlela abakhangeleka ngayo,” kubika i-APA. Umcabango onjalo uyabalimaza abanye. Indaba le isiluhlupho emphakathini lakwezempilakahle, i-APA ize ithi “lokhu kulempumela eminengi ebuhlungu.” Lokhu “kwenza umuntu angazithandi . . . , azeyise, kuphazamise indlela adla ngayo kanti njalo kumenza ahlale ekhathazekile.”
“Xotsha ukukhathazeka enhliziyweni yakho ulahlele kude izinhlupheko zomzimba wakho, ngoba ubutsha lamadlabuzane kuyize.”—UmTshumayeli 11:10.
Kufanele sibukhangele njani ubuhle?
IBhayibhili lithi ubuhle buhambelana lokwenza ‘okufaneleyo.’ (1 KuThimothi 2:9) Abathobekileyo kabatshoni becabanga ngobuhle babo loba bebukisa ngabo. Esikhundleni salokho bacabanga ngendlela okungaphatha ngayo abanye, lokhu kwenza ukuthi bahlonitshwe njalo bamukelwe nguNkulunkulu. (UMikha 6:8) Abanjalo bathola abangane beqiniso lalabo abangatshada labo abangakhangeli ukubukeka komzimba kuphela kodwa abafuna umtshado othokozisayo lozahlala isikhathi eside.
Kulezizatho ezinhle ezenza iBhayibhili lisikhuthaze ukuthi sikhangele ubuhle ‘bangaphakathi.’ (1 UPhetro 3:3, 4) Ubuhle bangaphakathi abuphelelwa yisikhathi kodwa buqhubeka busakheka. IZaga 16:31 zithi: “Izinwele ezimhlophe zingumqhele wobukhulu, zizuzwa ngempilo elungileyo.” Labo abavuma ukuqondiswa liBhayibhili kungelani lokuthi banganani bathola ukuthokoza ngenxa yobuhle obungapheliyo bangaphakathi, isithunzi lokusuthiseka.
“Ukubukeka kuyakhohlisa, lobuhle buyaphela; kodwa umfazi owesaba uJehova kadunyiswe.”—IZaga 31:30.