Ipasika emnandi

I-Easter sisikhumbuzo sokuvuka kukaYesu Kristu emva kokubethelelwa emnqamlezweni. Ibanjwa ngeCawa yokuqala emva komhla wama-21 kuMatshi okanye inyanga epheleleyo ngokwekhalenda kaGregory. Ngumnyhadala wesintu kumazwe aseNtshona amaKristu.

I-Ista yeyona mbhiyozo ibalulekileyo kubuKristu. Ngokutsho kweBhayibhile, uYesu, unyana kaThixo, wazalelwa emkhombeni. Xa wayeneminyaka engamashumi amathathu, wakhetha abafundi abalishumi elinesibini ukuba baqale ukushumayela. Kangangeminyaka emithathu enesiqingatha, waphilisa izifo, washumayela, wagxotha imimoya, wanceda bonke abantu abasweleyo, waza waxelela abantu inyaniso yobukumkani bamazulu. Kwada kwafika ixesha elicwangcisiweyo nguThixo, uYesu Kristu wangcatshwa ngumfundi wakhe uYudas, wabanjwa waza wabuzwa imibuzo, wabethelelwa emnqamlezweni ngamajoni aseRoma, waza waxela kwangaphambili ukuba uza kuvuka kwiintsuku ezintathu. Ngokuqinisekileyo, ngomhla wesithathu, uYesu wavuka kwakhona. Ngokutsho kwengcaciso yeBhayibhile, “UYesu Kristu ngunyana wokuzalwa. Emva kokufa, ufuna ukukhulula izono zehlabathi aze abe yintlambululo yehlabathi”. Yingakho i-Ista ibaluleke kangaka kumaKristu.

AmaKristu akholelwa oku: “Nangona uYesu wabethelelwa emnqamlezweni njengombanjwa, akafanga kuba wayenetyala, kodwa ukuze ahlawulele ihlabathi ngokwecebo likaThixo. Ngoku uvukile kwabafileyo, oko kuthetha ukuba uphumelele ekuhlawuleleni thina. Nabani na okholelwa kuye aze avume izono zakhe kuye unokuxolelwa nguThixo. Kwaye uvuko lukaYesu lumele ukuba woyisile ukufa. Ke ngoko, nabani na okholelwa kuye unobomi obungunaphakade kwaye unokuba noYesu ngonaphakade. Kuba uYesu usaphila, ukuze akwazi ukuva imithandazo yethu kuye, uya kunyamekela ubomi bethu bemihla ngemihla, asinike amandla aze enze yonke imihla izaliswe lithemba.”