IJeriko lomuzi waseBhayibhelini ePalestina

Yini eyaziwa ngalesi dolobha? Ngolimi lwesiRashiya inkulumo ethi "amapayipi aseJeriko" afakiwe. Kusho ukukhala okukhulu okufanekisela inhlekelele. Siyazi nokuthi iJeriko yidolobha lasendulo kunazo zonke ePalestina, futhi, mhlawumbe, emhlabeni wonke. Abavubukuli bathole ukuthi kule ndawo abantu baphila iminyaka eyizinkulungwane eziyishumi! IJeriko nayo iyathakazelisa ngokwezindawo: indawo engamamitha angu-250 ngaphansi kolwandle. Lona umuzi ojulile eMhlabeni. Futhi-ke, kufanele sivule iBhayibheli, njengoba sisheshe sithole lokho okushiwo yiJeriko.

ETestamenteni Elidala kukhulunywa ngaye ezincwadini: Duteronomi, AbaHluleli, 2 IziKronike, uJoshuwa. Kodwa eVangelini idolobha leBhayibheli lasePalestine nalo alikhohlwa. Sondela kuye, iNkosi yethu imphulukise impumputhe kusukela ekuzalweni. Efaka izindonga zomuzi endleleni eya eJerusalema, uJesu Kristu wahlangana noZakewu, owayengumfana omncane, ngakho wakhuphukela emkhiwaneni ukubona uMesiya ngenxa yabantu abazungezile. Ngendlela, lesi sihlahla sisaphila, futhi siboniswa sizimisele.

"Konke lokhu kuyiqiniso," - kusho indoda engakholelwa eBhayibhelini. Bakusho ukuthini nge "City of Palms" (ngokusho kwencwadi eyodwa, ngakho igama lomuzi waseJeriko) amaqiniso, okungukuthi, ubufakazi obubonakalayo? Ngempela, ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19, lapho ukufika kokuqala kwaseBrithani kweBrithani kufika edolobheni leBhayibheli, lalimele umzana wesifundazwe onokuthula. Ososayensi be-English ngo-1868 baye baqongelela kancane. Ngemva kweminyaka engama-40 enye i-expedition yafika emzaneni, okwamanje ihlanganisa amaJalimane. Lo mhlangano, oholwa ngumvubukuli u-E. Sellin, waqala ukumba ngokujulile. Ngenxa yalokho, ngo-1908, ososayensi bathola udonga lwedolobha lasendulo.

Namuhla, ngenxa yemizamo yabavubukuli, idolobha leBhayibheli lasePalestina liye laveza izingxenye ezingu-23 zemiphakathi eyashiyiwe. Ukuhlala kokuqala entshonalanga yesikwele semakethe yeJeriko lanamuhla kungokwama-Millennium BC. E. Kodwa lokhu akubalulekile: ukulungiswa kwakungeyona isiteji sama-nomads zasendle, kodwa idolobha. Lokhu kuboniswa umbhoshongo onamandla wamamitha ayisishiyagalombili, ovela esikhathini se-Neolithic yangaphambili ye-ceramic. Ukuhlelwa kweBronze Age (7300 BC) kwashukumisa ososayensi ngobukhulu bezinqaba zomuzi. Kungenakwenzeka ukukholelwa ukuthi izindonga ezinamandla ezinjalo zingakhiwa ngabantu abangabazi insimbi.

Kunezici eziningi eziseJeriko zesikhathi esizayo: i-necropolis yenkathi yeHalkolite, amanxiwa okuhlala kwasebusika kweNkosi uHerode, isigodlo somkhuba wama-Arab wekhulu le-7. Kodwa yini esivumela ukuthi sithi iJeriko liwumuzi waseBhayibhelini ePalestina? Okokuqala, kuwumthombo entabeni iTel-as-Sultan, ebizwa ngokuthi isihluthulelo sika-Elisha. Encwadini Yesibili YamaKhosi (2: 19-22) sifunda ukuthi konke kwakungcono kulo muzi, kodwa amanzi kuwo ayengalungile. Umprofethi u-Elisha waphonsa usawoti lapho, okwenza umthombo ofanele ukuphuza. Futhi hhayi kude nomuzi okhuphuka entabeni uJesu Kristu azila ukudla izinsuku ezingu-40 futhi wahendwa nguDeveli.

Kodwa "amacilongo aseJeriko" asho ukuthini? Incwadi kaJoshuwa isitshela ukuthi amaJuda asendulo anquma ukuthatha le ndawo enhle kakhulu e-oasis, ngoba athembise ukusekela uJehova. Ibutho lahaqa umuzi waseBhayibhelini ePalestina futhi yaqala ukushaya ngamandla futhi ikhiphe ukukhala kwempi. Ngenxa yalokho, isisekelo esinamandla saqinisa futhi ama-Israyeli abulala bonke abakhileyo ngaphandle kwalabo abasebenzisana nabo noHahabi uRahabhi. Ingabe lo mlando ongeyena unakho ukuqinisekiswa okubonakalayo? Ngempela, udonga olunamandla lomuzi omkhulu (amahekthe angu-17, okungazwakalayo esikhathini esidala) lwawa kanyekanye ezindaweni eziningana. Kodwa isizathu salokhu kwakungeyona icilongo, kodwa ukuzamazama komhlaba.