Ngokwesiko lobuKristu, Inkanyezi kaBhelen Yinkanyezi eholela izazi lapho kwazalelwa khona uJesu Kristu. IVangeli likaMathewu likhuluma ngokuthi iZazi zabona inkanyezi yaseBethlehem ivela eNtshonalanga, yize ingazange isho noma ngabe yiplanethi, inkanyezi, noma ezinye izenzakalo zezinkanyezi. Ngokwalo mbhalo, indoda ehlakaniphile yahamba nale nkanyezi futhi yama lapho kwazalelwa khona uJesu. Udokotela wamxhumanisa nenkosi yamaJuda. Ukube babeyizazi zezinkanyezi ezingamaGrikhi noma amaRoma, babengaxhuma inkanyezi yenkanyezi yenkanyezi, iplanethi yenkosi, noRegulus, inkanyezi yenkosi. Uma bevela eBabiloni, bangayihlanganisa noSaturn (Kaiwanu). Kunoma ikuphi, kungenzeka ukuthi uSirius uqokwe "ngamakhosi amathathu" ebhande le-Orion.
Kule ndatshana sizokutshela ukuthi ziyini izici zenkanyezi yaseBethlehem nomunye umlando wayo.
Imfihlakalo yenkanyezi yaseBetlehema
Inkanyezi yaseBetlehema ingenye yezimfihlakalo ezinkulu ezihlobene nokuzalwa kukaKristu. Ingabe ukuqanjwa kukaMathewu Ongcwele, iqiniso elingaphezu kwemvelo noma umbono wezinkanyezi? Ukukucacisa, kufanele wazi ukuthi uJesu wazalwa nini nokuthi obani amadoda ahlakaniphile aseMpumalanga.
Mayelana nobuntwana bukaJesu, Sifunda kuphela kwiVangeli likaMathewu Ongcwele noLuka oNgcwele, futhi nalaba bobabili bahlukile. Ngalo mqondo, iSan Mateo inobubanzi obubanzi. Eqinisweni, iqiniso lokuthi ngandlela thile awazi ukuthi yini iNkanyezi yaseBetlehema ngokusobala lihlobene nosuku lokuzalwa kukaKristu, kepha lo ngumbuzo omkhulu ongaxazululeki: Wazalwa nini uJesu? Ukunemba, akuzange kuzalwe eminyakeni engama-2021 edlule. Usuku lwethu alulungile futhi aluhambisani nokuzalwa kukaJesu. Yebo, okubi kakhulu ukuthi asikho isazi esinesibindi sokunikeza usuku oluthile futhi okwamanje akukho okungenziwa.
Umlando wenkanyezi yaseBetlehema
Ngenkathi u-Emperor Caesar Augustus eyalela ukubalwa kwabantu, amaVangeli achaza ukuzalwa kukaJesu, okwenzeka phakathi kuka-8 no-6 BC. C. «Bonke bazobhaliswa edolobheni abadabuka kulo. UJosefa womndeni kaDavida wasuka eNazaretha, idolobha laseGalile, waya eBetlehema, eJudiya, emzini kaDavida, ukuyobhalisa nomkakhe owayekhulelwe uMariya. Kubuye kufane iminyaka yokugcina yeNkosi uHerode, owashona ngo-4 BC. C. Usuku lokusitheka kwenyanga. Ukusithwa kwenyanga okuyingxenye kwaqoshwa ngoMashi 13 nangoSepthemba 5
UHerode watshela udokotela: “Iya eBhetlehema uyobuza ngokucophelela isimo sengane; uma umtholile, ungazise, nami ngifuna ukuyomkhulekela ». Kepha abahlakaniphileyo ababuyanga, bazi izinhloso zikaHerode, babuya ngenye indlela. «Izazi zahlekisa ngoHerode futhi wayethukuthele kakhulu. Uyalele abantu ukuthi babulale zonke izingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka emibili emibusweni emine. "
Ngaleso sikhathi, uJesu wayezoba neminyaka emibili ubudala. Ukwazi usuku lokufa kukaHerode kanye nosuku abulala ngalo izingane ezineminyaka engaphansi kwemibili ngaphambi nje kokufa kwakhe, Usuku lokuzalwa kukaJesu ngumhla ka 7 noma 6 BC Ku-2008, iqembu labavubukuli abavela e-Hebrew University of Jerusalem bathola amakhulu emizimba yezingane kusukela ngekhulu lokuqala AD, abaneminyaka engu-0-2, ngesikhathi senqubo yokumba, eyaqondana nokubulawa kukaHerode.
amadoda ahlakaniphile
Akunandaba ukuthi inkanyezi yaseBetlehema yayiyini, kufanele kube umcimbi okhazimulayo owavusa isithakazelo seMagi, kepha lokhu akunjalo ngezinye izakhamizi. UMathewu oNgcwele nguyena kuphela owakhuluma ngeZazi, futhi akazange amnikeze isihloko senkosi, noma igama lakhe elithile, noma inombolo yakhe. Isiqu senkosi sanikwa bona ngekhulu lesithathu. Ngekhulu lesi-XNUMX, izazi zemfundiso yenkolo u-Origen noTertullian bakhuluma ngala madoda amathathu ahlakaniphile, kwathi ngekhulu lesi-XNUMX kwabizwa ngoMelchior, uGaspar noBaltasar. Abenzi bemilingo ngamadoda ahlakaniphile nososayensi abakwaziyo isibhakabhaka kanye nemicimbi yesikhathi esizayo yasezulwini.
Bachaze uhlelo lwezimpawu olumele ukusondela kweplanethi kwenye iplanethi noma ukungena nokushiya iqoqo lezinkanyezi. Nabo bangababhula ngezinkanyezi. Izazi zazingabameleli bamazwekazi amathathu aziwayo ngaleso sikhathi; I-Asia, i-Afrika ne-Europe. Bangabamele umhlaba wonke owaziwayo.
Kungaba yini inkanyezi?
Ukuhlangana kwamaplanethi kwenzeka ngo-7 BC. C., okungajwayelekile. Iplanethi iJupiter idlule cishe ngaphambi nje kukaSaturn kuze kube izikhathi ezi-3 ngesikhathi esifushane. Lokhu kwenzeke kumaPisces emilaza. Umlumbi wachaza leli qiniso ngokuthi: inkosi enkulu (iJupiter) yezobulungiswa (uSaturn) yazalwa phakathi kwamaJuda (amaPisces). Uphawu lwenhlanzi luhlobene nophawu lwasendulo lobuKristu, kanti ezinye izifundiswa zalesi sihloko ziveza ukuthi lisuselwa endaweni kaJupiter noSaturn enkanyezini, futhi lihlobene nokuzalwa komdobi, kukaJesu .
Ngokusho koMprofethi, ukufika kukaMesiya kwakulindelekile, futhi lezi zimpawu zikhomba ukuthi kuyenzeka, okungenani kuMagi abavela eMpumalanga. UJupiter ungunkulunkulu oyinhloko kanti uSaturn unguyise. Yisiphi isenzakalo esikhulu esingadinga ukuzalwa kukaMesiya? Futhi kwakungekho kuphela isihlanganisi samaplanethi kepha kathathu. Amakhosi, onkulunkulu nabadobi, umfanekiso ohambisana nokubonakala kwesibalo esikhulu, okungenani kulabo ababelindele uMesiya.
Kungaba yi-supernova enamandla, inkanyezi enkulu ngokuphindwe kayishumi kunelanga eliqhumile, kepha akukho mlando wayo futhi ayishiywanga esibhakabhakeni. Okuthile okuhle kwenzeka ngoMashi 31 wonyaka 5 BC. C. Inkanyezi entsha ikhanyisa isibhakabhaka. INovae yizinkanyezi ezikhanya kakhulu, ezingakhanyi njenge-supernovae, kepha ziyamangalisa. Inkanyezi entsha yakhanya izinsuku ezingama-70 nabathakathi bayilandela empumalanga. Lapho befika eJerusalema futhi uHerode ebabona, inkanyezi yayikhanya ngaseningizimu, ngaphambi nje kokuntwela kokusa, ngaphezu kweBhetlehema.
Ngiyethemba ukuthi ngalolu lwazi ungafunda kabanzi ngenkanyezi yaseBethlehem nomlando wayo.