"Izipho zakwaMagi" noma "Ukudumisa amaMagi" - zisho eVangelini likaMatewu, indaba eyaziwayo mayelana nabalusi abaza ukukhulekela umntwana uJesu ngezipho ezikhethekile. AmaKatolika namaKatolika bagubha lo mcimbi ngoJanuwari 6 njengoSuku lwe-Epiphany, nakuba ematheksthini lolu suku luhlukahluka.
Ubani amaMagi?
"Magi" ihunyushwa kusukela esiGrekini - "amakhosikazi," uHerodotus wachaza emibhalweni yakhe ukuthi laba bantu - abameleli besizwe samaMede - i-caste ekhethekile, eyayibophezela inkolo yabantu bonke. Bani amaMagi eBhayibhelini? ETestamente Elidala babizwa ngokuthi abahlakaniphileyo nabakhulumi, abahlala phakathi kwamaMede namaPheresiya, futhi eTestamente Elisha mayelana namaMagi kuphela lapho kubhalwa khona lapho bebona iNsana uJesu njengeNkosi yamaJuda. Ngokwesiko, abaculi babonisa amanga amathathu eduze naseBogomladenets ngabantu abaneminyaka ehlukene:
- insizwa emncintiswaneni we-Afrika;
- indoda evuthiwe yiYurophu;
- Indoda endala enombala obomvu-ukubukeka kwase-oriental.
Izipho zamaMagi - iBhayibheli
Bangobani abaMagi nezipho zabo? Ematheksthini eBhayibheli, asalokhu ekhulunywa, njengamakhosi amathathu alawo mazwe afika ekuqapheleni igunya lombusi omusha waseJudiya. Izipho ezingcwele zaMagi zinezihloko ezintathu, ngakho indaba yayihlanganisa abaceli abathathu. Nakuba emibhalweni kaSt. Augustine noJohn Chrysostom kukhonjiswe ukuthi amaMagi ayeyishumi nambili, ezinye izinganekwane zibiza inombolo enkulu.
Emazweni athile aseYurophu, usuku lapho ababusi beza khona ukukhulekela uJesu, kubizwa ngokuthi umkhosi wamakhosi amathathu, eSpain, ngisho nangomhla ka-5 Januwari, kulungiswa amahhashi amakhulu amakhulu. Ngokuphathelene nosuku lapho kufika uMagi eBhetlehema, kunezinguqulo eziningana:
- Ngokusho amasiko we-Orthodoxy - emva kwezinsuku eziyishumi nambili kusukela kuKhisimusi .
- Ngokusho kwezinganekwane zesonto laseMpumalanga, izinyanga zadlula uKhisimusi.
- EVangelini likaMusa-uMathewu - eminyakeni engaphezu kwemibili kusukela ngosuku lokuzalwa kukaNkulunkulu-ingane.
Yini ama-magi aletha kuJesu?
Umfundi kaKristu, uMathewu, uchaza ukuthi amaMagi abusa kude emazweni asempumalanga. Lapho bebona inkanyezi yaseBetlehema esibhakabhakeni, babheka njengesibonakaliso futhi bamlandela. Lapho befika eJerusalema, banquma ukuphendukela kuHerode umbusi obusa ukubusa ukuthola indlela yokuthola iNkosi entsha yamaJuda. Wayengakwazi ukuphendula, futhi yena ngokwakhe wacela lezi zindlovu ukuba zimtshele ukuthi wayekuphi, ngokusobala ukuze amkhonze. Ababusi balandela ukukhanya kwebusuku eBetlehema, lapho bathola khona uMariya uMariya noJesu omncane.
Yini ama-magi aletha kuNkulunkulu? Zonke izihloko ze-legend zithi kubaluleke kakhulu:
- igolide - ukumiswa kwamandla;
- impepho - isipho eNdodaneni kaNkulunkulu;
- imure - ukuqaphela ukuthi uKristu usaphila.
Iziphi izipho zaMagi zisho ukuthini?
Izipho zakwaMagi uKristu - zihlonishwa yibo bonke abakholwayo, indlu engcwele, umsebenzi oyingqayizivele wobuciko bamakhosi asezindaweni zasendulo. Lezi zingcezu ezingu-28 zezintambo zegolide, ezifakwe emaphethini okuqala, ososayensi bayichaza njengendlela yamandulo ye-filigree ne-granules. I-Zern yizinhlamvu ezincane zegolide ezihamba ngaphezu kweplate futhi zenze zibe zicebile. Iphethini yanoma yiliphi lalo lihlukile, futhi zonke izinhlobo ziyi-tatu ne-quadrangular. Kumanani wejometri afakwe izintambo zesiliva ngamasentimitha ayisithupha wempepho nemure.
Izipho uMagi ezalethwa kuJesu zifakazela ukuthi abelusi basendulo base beqaphela iqiniso: iNkosi yangempela yakwaJuda yabonakala. Ngakho-ke, bakhetha izipho ezibizayo ngisho nangaphambi kokuba babone uNkulunkulu-ingane. Esifanekiselweni sezipho, abantu abahlala ngesikhathi babona isikhumbuzo esivela kuNkulunkulu kubantu ukuthi abaprofethi babikezela ukuzalwa kweNdodana kaNkulunkulu bachaza iqiniso. Kukhona inguqulo, okuthiwa izipho zaMagi zaqala umkhuba wokushintshana izipho ngoKhisimusi, futhi kamuva - ukuzinikela ezinganeni ezisanda kuzalwa.
Yayiyini igama lamaGi oletha izipho?
Amagama amaMagi afika kuKhristu omncane atholakala esontweni lesonto lase-Italy laseSan Apolinar: uCaspar, uMelchior noBelishaza. Enye yezinganekwane futhi ikhuluma ngomlingo wesine, u-Artabon. Ososayensi bakholelwa ukuthi lawo makhosi amathathu athola lawa magama kuphela phakathi neMinyaka Ephakathi. Ngoba phakathi kwezinye izizwe owokuqala, owayekhulekela uJesu, ababusi babizwa ngokuthi:
- Avimeleki, Okhozat, Fikol - phakathi kwamaKristu okuqala;
- Gormisd, Yazgerd, Peros - phakathi kwamaSiriya;
- U-Apellikon, u-Ameri noDamaseku - phakathi kwamaGreki;
- Magalah, Gilgalah noSerakin - evela kumaJuda
Ziphi izipho zamaMag?
Izinganekwane zithi izipho ezibizwa ngokuthi iMagi uJesu uMariya uMariya zanikela emphakathini waseJerusalema wamaKristu, futhi kamuva amapulethi egolide athunyelwa ethempelini likaHagia Sophia eConstantinople. Ngokushesha nje lapho umuzi wawunqotshwa yiTurkey ngekhulu le-15, iNkosana yaseSerbia Maria Branković yakwazi ukuthatha indlu engcwele e-Athos, lapho yagcinwa khona iminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu endlini yezindela zaseSt. Paul. Ngokuba lezi zinto zenza umkhumbi okhethekile, ngezinye izikhathi izipho zaMagi zilethwe emathempelini adumile emhlabeni, ukuze zikhulekele ngamakholwa.