The Chorus of God’s Character
UNkulunkulu unesimilo esihlaba umxhwele esingeke safaniswa nalutho. Kuneculo laMakhrestu elabhalwa ngonyaka ka1867 elizama ukwenza umbukiso ngezici zesimilo sikaNkulunkulu ezicishe zibe yindida kodwa ezihlangene kahle ngokuphelele. Liculwa ngoshuni othanda ukushesha, lelihubo ngempumelelo lisazisa liphinde lisikhunge ngobuhle bodumo lukaNkulunkulu.
“Immortal Invisible” by Walter Chalmers Smith (1867)
Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
Most blessèd, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious, thy great Name we praise.
Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
Nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might;
Thy justice like mountains high soaring above
Thy clouds which are fountains of goodness and love.
To all life thou givest—to both great and small;
In all life thou livest, the true life of all;
We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
And wither and perish—but nought changeth thee.
Great Father of glory, pure Father of light,
Thine angels adore Thee, all veiling their sight;
But of all Thy rich graces this grace, Lord, impart
Take the veil from our faces, the vile from our heart.
All laud we would render; O help us to see
’Tis only the splendour of light hideth Thee,
And so let Thy glory, Almighty, impart,
Through Christ in His story, Thy Christ to the heart.
Lelihubo alinayo ikhorasi, kodwa phakathi kwezinye iziqiniseko zesimilo sikaNkulunkulu eMbhalweni, kunekhorasi eziphindaphinda ngokungokwayo, cishe kube igama negama, izikhawu eziningana (Akekho umzalwane ophiwe ongakwazi ukulihlanganisa nalelihubo elingenhla). Lihamba kanje:
USimakade wadlula phambi kwakhe, wamemezela wathi: “USimakade! USimakade! UNkulunkulu onesihe nomusa, ophuza ukuthukuthela, novame ubumnene nokwethembeka,
I-Eksodusi 34:6
Emlandweni kulapha la kuqala khona ukuvela kwalelikhorasi elikhuluma ngesimilo sikaNkulunkulu. Lakhulunywa ngokuzwakalayo eNtabeni iSinayi kumprofethi uMose. Umongo walo ungesinye sezithembiso zikaNkulunkulu sokuxolela ngokuchichimayo, kanye kanye futhi esabumisile ubulungiswa kwizizukulwane zonke (Eksodusi 34:5-9).
lapho liphinda livela khona lelikhorasi ngesimilo sikaNkulunkulu kusosibeni lweNkosi uDavidw. Umongo kulokho ungesidingo (Ihubo 86:1) nange nkinga (Ihubo 86:7). Ngemuva kwesicelo somusa (Ihubo 86:6), uDavide uyabonga (Ihubo 86:12) nge…
Wena Nkosi unguNkulunkulu ohawukelayo,unomusa nokubekezela uvame ubumnene (noma-uthando oluthembekile)nokwethembeka.,
Amahubo 86:15
Ihubo 103 neHubo 145, futhi avela kwinhliziyo kaDavide, womabili aphinda indaba yezenzo ezinhle nesimilo esihle kwesimilo sikaNkulunkulu. Ngokungamangazi, lelikhorasi lesimilo sikaNkulunkulu litholakala kuwona womabili lamaHubo (uvesi 8 kuwona womabili)
USimakade unobubele nesihawu, uyephuza ukuthukuthela, uvame umusa (noma-uthando oluthembekile).
Ihubo 103:8
USimakade unobubele nobumnene,uyephuza ukuthukuthela, unomusa omkhulu (noma-uthando oluthembekile).
Ihubo145:8
Lelikhorasi ngesimilo sikaNkulunkulu livuselelel ulwazi lweqiniso ngoNkulunkulu kumprofethi uMose. Laliyiyona into egqamile ekundlinzeni okungokweBhayibheli kweNkosi uDavide. Ababili kubaprofethi abalandela ngemuva kukaMose baliphinda lelikhorasi nabo. Bakwenza lokhu ukuqinisekisa ukuxolela kukaNkulunkulu kulabo abazithola bebhekene nemiphumela yesono.
Dabulani izinhliziyo zenu, hhayi izingubo zenu,nibuyele kuSimakade uNkulunkulu wenu, ngokuba unomusa nesihawu, uyephuza ukuthukuthela,unesihe nothando olungenamkhawulo,uyaxolela angabe esajezisa.Ngubani owaziyo uma engabuya axolele, ashiye isibusiso emva kwakhe, kube ngumnikelo wokusanhlamvu nowokuphuzwayokuSimakade uNkulunkulu wenu na?
UJoweli 2:13-14
…Simakade, …. ngangazi kahle ukuthi Wena unguNkulunkulu onomusa, owephuza ukuthukuthela, unobubele obukhulu (uthando oluthembekile) , uyayithambisa inhliziyo yakho ungabe usakwenza okubi obukuhlosile.
UJona 4:2
Livumele lelikhorasi elingesimilo sikaNkulunkulu ngokunjalo likududuze nawe usahamba ngokuzithoba ngaphambi kukaNkulunkulu, udlinza ngokumangalisa kobunjalo besinqu Sakhe,ugcwele ulwazi lukaNkulunkulu wezulu nomhlaba!
*steadfast love– leliqoqwana lamagama kuma bhayibheli esizulu lichazwa njengomusa, ububele. Kulendawana lapho lamagama esuselwa kusteadfast love awavezi isithombe esiphelele salakho okuchazwa yileliqoqwana lamagama. Isithombe esinikwa yilama gama; uthando lukaNkulunkulu oluthembekile, olunokuthembeka okungenasiphelo eZwini lakhe nakubantu Bakhe, okukhuthazwa yisihle nobumnene okuKuye (Favorite Psalm, Volume III, Joel James, ikhasi 5). Kungakho ngenhla kunamagama akumabracket athi (uthando oluthembekile).