“All I want is a little respect!”
“Into engiyifunayo nje inhlonipho!”
Inhlonipho yinhle angithi? Iyayalwa eMbhalweni izikhashana ( Roma 13:7; Efesu 5:33; 1 Thesalonika 5:12; 1 ekaPhethro 2:18; 1 ekaPhethro 3:15). Futhi imiswe njengesibonelo esidinga ukulandelwa izikhathi eziningi (Makhu 15:43; 1 Thimothewu 2:9; 1 Thimothewu 3:2; 1 ekaPhethro 3:1-2). ukungabibikho kwenhlonipho ekahle kuyingxenye futhi yesizathu, noma umphumela, wokwahlulelwa eMIbhalweni (Idutheronimi 28:49-50; Isillilo 5:11-12). Ngakho inhlonipho isenzo esihle sobunkulunkulu esibusisekile maqondana nesimilo.
Kodwa, njengazozonke izimilo, uma isibukeka njengelungelo kunokuba umsebenzi okumele wenziwe, lapho-ke kuba kubi. “ into engiyifunayo nje inhlonipho” kusebenzisa ngenkohliso inhliziyo ehlose kakhulu ukuhlonishwa ngendlela yokuthi izokhombisa ukungahloniphi okukhulu ukuthi iyithole. “Into engiyifunayo yinhlonipho” intshiseko yenhliziyo ngokuphelele ezisungulela lokho uMbhalo okufundisayo ngenhlonipho. Ngisho nezwe liyakubona lokhu ngendlela encane ngenkolelo yayo ethi “inhlonipho uyayisebenzela”
Ukunezezela isingcizelelo esingokweBhayibheli kulenkolelo yezwe “inhlonipho iyanikezelwa”. Ukuhlonipha ukuphatha omunye ngendlela enhle kakhulu, ngangokuthi lowo omunye ngeke abe ngisho nomcabango othi “engikudingayo nje kubona yinhlonipho”. Umuntu ohloniphekile ngokwangempela akakuphoqeleli ukuba ahlonishwe. Inhlonipho ayisebenzi ngezinhlangothi ezimbili,kodwa ngohlangothi olulodwa. Umuntu ohlonipha omunye angamphatha kahle kakhulu omunye ngisho noma lowo muntu engafanelwe ukuphathwa kanjalo. Kanjalo, nomuntu ongenanhlonipho ngeke aze amphathe kahle omunye umuntu ngisho kuthiwa lowo muntu ufanelwe yinhlonipho enkulu.
Ukugxila ekufanelweni yinhlonipho, noma ukuvumelana nokunikezela inhlonipho ngokufaneleka komuntu akusiyo indlela engokweBhayibheli yokucabanga ngenhlonipho leyo. Kanjalo, inhlonipho ngokusemqoka ayisiyo into enhle yokuhlola omunye umuntu , kodwa yindlela enhle yokuphatha omunye umuntu.
Ukuhlonipha abanye njengoba wena ufuna ukuhlonishwa yindlela engamukeleka yokubeka ngamazwi ahlukile umthetho otholakala kuMathewu 7:12!inhlonipho wumsebenzi okumele wenziwe, akusilona iliungelo. Zibuze lokhu, “ Uma into nje engiyifunayo kuyinhlonipho, ngiyaqhubeka yini ngihloniphe noma iyangilahlekela inhlonipho?”