"Izipho zeMagi" okanye "Ukudumisa amaMagi" - khankanya kwiVangeli likaMateyu, ibali elaliwayo malunga nabalumkani ababeza kunqula umntwana uYesu ngezipho ezikhethekileyo. AmaKristu kunye namaKatolika abhiyozela esi siganeko ngoJanuwari 6 njengoSuku lwe-Epiphany, nangona kwimixholo kule mihla iyahluka.
Ngubani oMagi?
"Magi" iguqulelwe ukusuka kwisiGrike - "umama", uHerodotus wachaza kwimibhalo yakhe ukuba aba bantu - abameli besizwe samaMedi - i-caste ekhethekileyo, eyayijongene nenkolo yabantu bonke. Ngubani onguMagi eBhayibhileni? KwiTestamente Endala bayabhekiswa njengabahlakaniphileyo kunye nabadlali abahamba phambili, behlala phakathi kwamaMedesi namaPersi, kunye neTestamente eNtsha malunga namaMagi kuphela ngexesha elibhaliweyo xa beqaphela ukuba umntwana onyana uYesu njengoKumkani wamaYuda. Ngokwesiko, abaculi baveza abathathu bamagqirha kufuphi neBogomladenets ngabantu abaneminyaka ehlukeneyo:
- umfana osele-Afrika;
- umntu oqolileyo nguYurophu;
- Umntu omdala onobuhlungu obuninzi obomvu-ukubukeka kwaseMpumalanga.
Izipho zeMagi - iBhayibhile
Ngubani oMagi kunye nezipho zawo? Kwiingxelo zeBhayibhile, zisacacisiwe, njengabo ookumkani abathathu bamazwe abaye baqonda igunya lomlawuli omtsha wakwaYuda. Izipho ezingcwele zaMagi zinemfundo emithathu, ngoko ibali libandakanya abaceli abathathu. Nangona kubhalwe kwiSt. Augustine noJohn Chrysostom kuthiwa iMagi yayishumi elinambini, ezinye iimbali zibiza inamba enkulu.
Kwamanye amazwe aseYurophu, umhla apho abalawuli beza kunqula uYesu, ubizwa ngokuba ngumthendeleko wookumkani abathathu, eSpeyin, nangomhla kaJanuwari 5, ukulungiswa kwamagorha. Ngokumalunga nomhla apho kufika uMagi eBhetelehem, kukho iinguqu ezininzi:
- Ngokweziko ze-Orthodoxy - emva kweentsuku ezilishumi elinambini kwiKrismesi .
- Ngokweziganeko zecawa zaseMpuma, iinyanga zadlula emva kweKrismesi.
- Kwincwadi yeVangeli-uMateyu-ngaphezu kweminyaka emibini ukususela ngosuku lokuzalwa komntwana kaThixo.
Yintoni eyayizisa u-magi kuYesu?
Umfundi kaKristu, uMateyu, uchaza ukuba iMagi ibusa kude kumazwe asempuma. Xa babona inkwenkwezi yaseBhetelehem esibhakabhakeni, babecinga ukuba ngumqondiso kwaye bamlandela. Xa beza eYerusalem, banquma ukubuyela kumlawuli olawulayo uHerode ukuze bafumane indlela yokufumana uKumkani wamaYuda omtsha. Akakwazanga ukuphendula, kwaye yena ngokwakhe wacela oomlingo ukuba amzise apho wayekho, ngokuqinisekileyo ukuze ambulise. Abalawuli balandela ukukhanya kwebusuku eBhetelehem, apho bafumana khona iNtombi uMariya kunye noYesu omncinci.
Yintoni eyasondeza imilingo kuThixo? Zonke izifundo zengqungquthela zibaluleka ngokukhethekileyo:
- igolide - ukubonakaliswa kwamandla;
- isiqhumiso - isipho kuNyana kaThixo;
- imore - ukuqaphela ukuba uKristu usaphila.
Iziphi izipho zaMagi zithetha ntoni?
Izipho zakwaMagi uKristu - zihlonishwa ngabo bonke abakholwayo, indlu engcwele, umsebenzi oyingqayizivele wobugcisa bamakhosi amandulo. Ezi zi-28 zeetambo zegolide, ezifakwe kwi-pattern yasekuqaleni, izazinzulu zichaza njengendlela yamandulo ye-filigree ne-granules. I-Zern iibhola ezincinci zegolide ezikhupha phezulu kwiplani kwaye zenze zibe zicebile. Umzekelo walo naluphi uhlukile, kwaye zonke iifom zintathu kunye ne-quadrangular. Kwimanani yeejometri zifakwe iintambo zesilivere kunye nemithandathu engamashumi amabini eqhumiso nemore.
Izipho uMagi ezilethwe kuYesu zifaka ubungqina bokuba izazi zasendulo zazibona ngoko nangoko: uKumkani wenkosi kaYuda wabonakala. Ngoko ke, bakhetha izipho ezibizayo nangaphambi kokuba babone umntwana kaThixo. Kwisimboli sezipho, abantu bahlala bebona isikhumbuzo esivela kuThixo kuba bantu ukuba abaprofeti baxela ukuzalwa koNyana kaThixo bachaza inyaniso. Kukhona inguqulelo, okutsho ukuba izipho zaMagi zaqala isithethe sokutshintshana izipho kwiKrisimesi, kwaye kamva-ukuzinikela kwintsana.
Yayiyiphi igama likaMagi owazisa izipho?
Amagama kaMagi ayeza kuKrestu omncinci atyathwa kwi-kristina ye-Italiya yaseSan Apolinar: UCaspar, uMelkior noBelshazzar. Enye yeengcamango iphinda ichaze umlindi wesine, u-Artabon. Iingcali zenzululwazi zikholelwa ukuba ookumkani abathathu bafumana la magama kuphela nge-Middle Ages. Kungenxa yokuba phakathi kwezinye iintlanga, owamnqula uYesu, abalawuli babizwa ngokuthi:
- UAbimeleki, Okhozat, Fikol - phakathi kwamaKristu okuqala;
- Gormisd, Yazgerd, Peros - phakathi kwamaSiriya;
- Apellikon, Ameri neDamasko - phakathi kwamaGrike;
- IMagala, iGiligala noSerakin - evela kumaYuda
Ziziphi izipho zaMagi?
Imithetho ithi izipho ezifunwa nguMagi uYesu iNdombikazi kaMariya zanikela kwiindawo zaseYerusalem zamaKristu, kwaye kamva iiplate zegolide zathunyelwa ethempelini likaHagia Sophia eConstantinople. Ngokukhawuleza ukuba isixeko satshatywe yiTurkey ngekhulu le-15, iNkosana yaseSerbia uMaria Branković yakwazi ukuthabatha indawo yase-Athos, apho yagcinwa khona iminyaka engamahlanu kwiindwendwe zaseSt. Paul. Kuba iimpahla zenza ityeya ekhethekileyo, ngamanye amaxesha izipho zaMagi ziziswa kwiitempile ezidumiweyo zehlabathi, ukuze banqulethwe ngamakholwa.