Ngaba UThixo Unalo Igama?
Impendulo esuka eBhayibhileni
Bonke abantu banamagama. Ngaba ayilindelekanga ke into yokuba noThixo abe negama lakhe? Ukubiza abantu ngamagama abo kubonisa ubuhlobo. Ngaba asimele senze into efanayo kubuhlobo bethu noThixo?
EBhayibhileni uThixo uthi: “NdinguYehova. Lilo elo igama lam.” (Isaya 42:8) Nangona ebizwa ngamagama amaninzi, njengelithi ‘Thixo uSomandla,’ “Nkosi enguMongami,” nelithi ‘Mdali,’ uvave abantu abamnqulayo ngokubavumela ukuba bambize ngegama lakhe.—Genesis 17:1; IZenzo 4:24; 1 Petros 4:19.
Iinguqulelo ezininzi zeBhayibhile zinalo igama likaThixo elibhalwe kwiEksodus 6:3. Le vesi ithi: “Ndandidla ngokubonakala kuAbraham, uIsake noYakobi njengoThixo uSomandla, kodwa andizazisanga kubo ngegama lam elinguYehova.”
UYehova ligama likaThixo lesiXhosa ebelisetyenziswa kangangeminyaka. Nakuba abaphengululi abaninzi bekhetha ukusebenzisa igama elithi “Yahweh,” elona gama laziwayo nguYehova. Inxalenye yokuqala yeBhayibhile ayizange ibhalwe ngesiXhosa, kodwa yabhalwa ngesiHebhere, ulwimi olufundwa ukusuka ngasekunene ukusa ngasekhohlo. Kolu lwimi, igama likaThixo livela liziiconsonant ezine, יהוה. Aba nobumba bane besiHebhere—abaguqulelwe ngokuthi YHWH—babizwa ngokuba yiTetragrammaton.
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IZINTO EZIBALULEKILEYO EZIFUNDISWA YIBHAYIBHILE
Ngaba UThixo Unalo Igama?
UThixo unezibizo ezininzi, ezinye zazo nguSomandla, uMdali nesithi Nkosi. Kodwa igama likaThixo lisetyenziswa ngaphezu kwezihlandlo eziyi-7 000 eBhayibhileni.
KUCACISWA IIVESI ZEBHAYIBHILE
Kucaciswa UIsaya 42:8 —“NDIYINKOSI”
Leliphi igama uThixo awakhetha ukuzibiza ngalo?
IMIBUZO YEBHAYIBHILE IYAPHENDULWA
Unamagama Amangaphi UThixo?
Abantu abaninzi basenokucinga ukuba amagama afana ‘noAllah’, ‘uEl Shaddai,’ ‘uYehova-yire, ‘uAlfa no-Omega ngamagama kaThixo.’ Kutheni ibalulekile into yokuba simbize njani uThixo?
IMIBUZO YEBHAYIBHILE IYAPHENDULWA
Ngubani UYehova?
Is he the God of just one people, such as the Israelites?
INKCAZELO ENGAKUMBI NGATHI
Cela Ukufundelwa IBhayibhile
Fumana izifundo zeBhayibhile simahla ngexesha nakwindawo ekulungeleyo.