UMuhammad noJoseph Smith: Abaprofeti bakaThixo, okanye iZaphuli-mthetho?
Emva kokubanjwa, uYesu wasiwa kuqala kuAnas, umkhwe kaKayafa umbingeleli omkhulu, emva koko kuKayafa. Kwingxelo yeendaba ezilungileyo zikaYohane sixelelwa ukuba kwenzeka ntoni emva koko- Bamsusa ngoko uYesu kuKayafa, bamsa kwindlu yerhuluneli; Ke bona abangenanga endlwini yerhuluneli, ukuze bangadyobheki, ukuze bayidle ipasika. Waphuma ke uPilato waya kubo, wathi, Nimisa tyala lini na kuye lo mntu? Baphendula bathi kuye, Ukuba ebengenguye umenzi wobubi yena, singe singamnikelanga kuwe. Uthe ke uPilato kubo, Mthabatheni nina, nimgwebe ngesiko lenu. Athi ngoko amaYuda kuye, Akuvumelekile kuthi ukuba sibulale umntu; ukuze ilizwi likaYesu lizaliseke awalithethayo, eqondisa ukuba kukufa kuni na abeza kufa ngako. Wabuya ngoko wangena uPilato endlwini yerhuluneli, wambiza uYesu, wathi kuye, Wena unguye na uKumkani wamaYuda? Umphendule uYesu, wathi, Uyithetha le nto iphuma kuwe, wayixelelwa ngabanye ngam, sini na? Waphendula uPilato wathi, Kanene, mna ndingumYuda na? Luhlanga lwakowenu nababingeleli abakhulu abakunikeleyo kum; Ingaba wenze ntoni?' Waphendula uYesu wathi, Ubukumkani bam asibubo obeli hlabathi; Ukuba ubukumkani bam bebuphuma kweli hlabathi, abakhonzi bam ngebalwa, ukuze ndinganikelwa kumaYuda; ngoku ke ubukumkani bam asibobalapha. (KuYohane 18: 28-36)
UYesu weza emhlabeni ukuze anikele ngobomi bakhe njengentlawulelo yethu. Wawufezekisa umthetho ekungekho namnye unokuwenza. Wahlawula ixabiso elipheleleyo lokusikhulula kwisono sethu sokufa ngokomoya nangokwenyama. Wasivulela indlela yokuba sixolelaniswe ngonaphakade. Wayengafuni ukuba izicaka Zakhe zibambe ebantwini zibabulale, njengoJoseph Smith no-Muhammad bobabini.
Xa befunda ngobomi kunye neemfundiso zabaprofeti bobuxoki, ngokungathandabuzekiyo bafunyanwa bezama ukumisela ubukumkani babo emhlabeni. Badla ngokufuna abantu ukubalandela nangayiphi na indleko. Bobabini uMuhammad noJoseph Smith bafuna ulawulo olukhulu ebantwini. Zininzi izinto ezifanayo phakathi kwala madoda mabini. Kude bangafuni ukuba abakhonzi babo balwe, bobabini baba ziinkokheli zomkhosi wabo (UJohnson 22). Ngokufana neengxaki zikaJoseph Smith nabantu baseMissouri, iingxaki zikaMuhammad kunye namaYuda zaya zisiba mbi emva kokuba amaSilamsi ehlasele kubo ezisa intshabalalo (I-Spencer 103). Ngokufana noJoseph Smith, uMuhammad wafumana "imithetho" eyahlukeneyo okanye "imiyalelo" evela kuAllah ngokususela kwiimeko ezimbi awazifumanayo. Emva kokuhlasela abakhweli beQuraysh, uMuhammad wagweba ukuya emfazweni kunye nabo emva kokufumana "isityhilelo" sokulwa ngokuqatha kunye Zimisele iintshaba zabo (I-Qur'an 47: 4) (ISpencer 103-104). UJoseph Smith wevakala esithi e-Far-West, eMissouri ukuba lalifikile ixesha lokuba abaNgcwele bavuke bathathe ubukumkani, ngekrele loMoya, kwaye ukuba bekungenjalo ngekrele lamandla, nokuba icawe kaMormoni yayi Obo bukumkani buthethwe nguDaniel obobofanele bonke obo bukumkani. UJoseph Smith walumkisa ngelithi abantu mabamshiye yedwa, okanye uya kuyenza ibe nye yegazi ukusuka kwiiNtaba zeRocky ukuya kwiLizwe laseMaine (I-Hunt ye-217). Kwaxelwa ukuba eJackson County, eMissouri, iiMormoni ziya kuthi zixelele abahlali baseMissouri yonke imihla ukuba banqunyulwe, kwaye imihlaba yabo yanikwa amaMormon ukuba babe nelifa, kwaye ukuba le nto yayiza kwenziwa yingelosi etshabalalisayo, okanye ii-Mormon ngqo phantsi kolwalathiso lukaThixo (I-Hunt ye-129). Esi yayisisimo sengqondo sokukhukhumala esikhokelela ngokungathandabuzekiyo kuMormoni-Ukudibana kweNtlanga. Kukho ubungqina obubhaliweyo obuchaswe ubungqina obucacisa ngokucacileyo ukuba ama-Mormon phantsi kokhokelo lukaJoseph Smith babenetyala lokugwenxa, ukubulala, ukutshisa, ukuphanga, ukugqekeza, kunye ne-larceny (Ukuzingela ngo-193-304).
UYesu akazange abe yinkokeli yomkhosi wabantu baKhe. Weza njengeMvana kaThixo eyaprofetwayo ukuba inikele ngobomi bayo ngenxa yothando lwayo ngehlabathi. UYesu uthanda wonke umntu. UYesu uyabathanda abo bamaziyo kwaye abamlandelayo, kunye nabo balandela abanye abaprofeti nabafundisi. Ukuba ungumlandeli kaJoseph Smith okanye uMuhammad, ungayijonga indlela ahluke ngayo uYesu kula madoda mabini? Ngaba ungaba nesibindi sokujonga ubungqina bembali yobomi bukaJoseph Smith noMuhammad? Ngaba ungayijonga into enokwenzeka yokuba indlela eya kuThixo abayimisileyo ingangabi yeyona ichanekileyo? UYesu wathi ngaye: Ndim indlela, ndim inyaniso, ndim ubomi. Akukho namnye uzayo kuBawo, engezi ngam. (KuYohane 14: 6)
Njengomntu iminyaka emininzi ehlonipha uJoseph Smith njengomprofeti kaThixo wokwenyani, ngenxa yokuba iinkokheli zeCawa kaMormoni zazifundisa ngaye, ndingakucela ukuba ucinge ngaphandle kwebhokisi. Sebenzisa ubuhlakani bakho kunye nesizathu sokufumana inyaniso ngoJoseph Smith no-Muhammad. Ngelishwa, umbutho kaMormoni uyaqhubeka nokupapasha i-propaganda malunga neenkokeli zabo ezisisiseko; nangona kunjalo, ubungqina bembali bukwangqina ngokucacileyo ukuba wayesisaphuli-mthetho. Emva kokujonga ubungqina malunga nala madoda, thatha ngokwakho isigqibo malunga nento omele uyikholelwe.
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Ukuzingela, uJames E. ISt.
UJohnson, uEric. UJoseph Smith kunye noMuhammad. Draper: UMphathiswa woPhando lweMormonism, 2009.
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