NGESIKHATHI esemhlabeni, uJesu wenza izinto ezazitshengisa ubuntu bukaYise kanye lendlela enza ngayo izinto. Wathi: “Kangenzi lutho engizicabangela lona, kodwa izinto lezi engizikhulumayo ngazifundiswa nguBaba . . . Ngihlala ngisenza izinto ezimthokozisayo.” (UJohane 8:28, 29; KwabaseKholose 1:15) Indlela uJesu ayephatha ngayo abesifazana isitshengisa indlela uJehova ababona ngayo lafuna baphathwe ngayo.

Izikhwicamfundo ziyavuma ukuthi indlela uJesu ayephatha ngayo abesifazana yayingafanani lendlela ababephathwa ngayo ngesikhathi kubhalwa amaVangeli. UJesu yena wayebaphatha njani? Umbuzo oqakathekileyo nanku: Imfundiso yakhe ingenza ukuthi abesifazana bangacindezelwa yini esikhathini lesi esiphila kiso?

UJesu wayebaphatha njani abesifazana?

Abakhokheli benkolo yamaJuda babesithi ukukhuluma lomuntu wesifazana kwakungenza ukuthi umuntu acine elele laye. Abesifazana kwakungamelanga bahambe bekhuluma lamadoda kumbe bahambe bengazivalanga ebusweni ngoba kwakuthiwa bangabalinga ukuthi balale labo. Kodwa uJesu yena wathi amadoda kwakumele azithibe futhi abahloniphe abesifazana kulokuthi bangakhulunyiswa.—UMathewu 5:28.

UJesu waphinda wathi: “Loba ngubani ochitha umtshado ehlukane lenkosikazi yakhe abesetshada lomunye umfazi, uyaphinga futhi kathembekanga kuyo.” (UMakho 10:11, 12) UJesu wayengavumelani lemfundiso yaboRabi eyayivumela amadoda ukuthi ehlukane labomkabo “ngaloba yisiphi isizatho.” (UMathewu 19:3, 9) AmaJuda amanengi ayecabanga ukuthi akukubi ukuthi indoda iyelala labanye abafazi. ORabi babesithi akwenzeki ukuthi amadoda kuthiwe ayaphinga, abesifazana yibo kuphela okwakungathiwa benza njalo! Elinye iBhayibhili lithi, “Ngesikhathi uJesu esithi amadoda lawo ayaphinga, wayesenza ukuthi abesifazana babelesithunzi futhi bahlonitshwe.”

Imfundiso kaJesu inceda njani lamuhla? Emabandleni aboFakazi bakaJehova, abesifazana bazixoxela bekhululekile lamadoda. Abesabi ukuthi amadoda azabakhangela ngendlela engayisiyo ngoba amadoda angamaKhristu afundiswa ukuthi abone ‘abesifazana asebekhulile, njengabonina; abesifazana abasesebatsha, njengabodadewabo, babe msulwa kukho konke.’—1 KuThimothi 5:2.

UJesu wayengavumelani lemfundiso yaboRabi eyayikhangelela phansi abesifazana. Yena wayebafundisa futhi ebakhuthaza ukuthi bakhulume lokho abakucabangayo. Ngesikhathi uJesu eyala ukuthi uMariya ayepheka, wayetshengisa ukuthi umsebenzi wabesifazana ayisiwo wokupheka kuphela kodwa labo kumele bafundiswe. (ULukha 10:38-42) Indlela udadewabo kaMariya uMatha aphendula ngayo uJesu ngemva kokufa kukaLazaro itshengisa ukuthi laye wasizakala ngokulalela uJesu efundisa.—UJohane 11:21-27.

Imibono yabesifazana yayiqakatheke kakhulu kuJesu. Ngalesosikhathi abesifazana abanengi ababengamaJuda babecabanga ukuthi ukuze bathokoze kwakumele babe lomntwana ongumfana, futhi babengathokoza kakhulu nxa umntwana lowo engaba ngumphrofethi. Ngesikhathi omunye owesifazana ememeza esithi: “Siyathokoza isisu esakuthwalayo!” uJesu wathatha lelothuba ukuthi amchathekele amazwi ayezamnceda. (ULukha 11:27, 28) Impendulo kaJesu yayitshengisa ukuthi ukulalela iLizwi likaNkulunkulu kwakuqakatheke kakhulu ukwedlula lokho okwakutshiwo ngabantu ngalesosikhathi.—UJohane 8:32.

Imfundiso kaJesu inceda njani lamuhla: Labo abafundisayo ebandleni bayabalalela abesifazana nxa bephendula. Bayabahlonipha abesifazana asebekhululile ngenxa yokuthi bayisibonelo esihle futhi ‘bafundisa kuhle.’ (KuThithusi 2:3) Bayabathemba ekutshumayeleni izindaba ezinhle zoMbuso kaNkulunkulu.—IHubo 68:11; khangela ibhokisi elithi “ Umphostoli UPhawuli Wabalela Yini Abesifazana Ukuthi Bakhulume?” elisekhasini 9.

Endulo abantwana abangamankazana babengaqakathekiswa njengabangabafana. I-Talmud ivumelana lombono lo ngoba ithi: “Uyathokoza lowo ozele abafana, kodwa uqalekisiwe lowo ozele amankazana.” Abanye abazali babesithi umntwana oyinkazana ungumthwalo yikho babemendisa, bambhadalele ilobolo. Babesithi babengeke badinge usizo lwakhe lanxa sebegugile.

UJesu watshengisa ukuthi amankazana aqakathekile njengabafana ngoba wavusa indodakazi kaJayirosi njengoba nje wavusa indodana yomfelokazi waseNayini. (UMakho 5:35, 41, 42; ULukha 7:11-15) Ngemva kokwelapha owesifazana “owayeledimoni elaselimgulise okweminyaka engu-18” wambiza ngokuthi ‘yindodakazi ka-Abrahama’ futhi lokhu kwakungajayelekanga emibhalweni yamaJuda. (ULukha 13:10-16) Ngokutsho amazwi la uJesu wayetshengisa ukuthi owesifazana lo uqakathekile njengaye wonke umuntu futhi ulokholo.—ULukha 19:9; KwabaseGalathiya 3:7.

Imfundiso kaJesu inceda njani namuhla: Esinye isitsho se-Asia sithi: “Ukukhulisa umntwana oyinkazana kufanana lokuthelela ingadi kamakhelwane.” Obaba abangamaKhristu bona abacabangi njalo ngoba babanakekela kuhle bonke abantwababo kungelani lokuthi ngabafana kumbe ngamankazana. Abazali abangamaKhristu basebenza nzima ukuze bonke abantwababo bathole imfundo kanye lempilakahle.

Emithethwandaba yamaJuda, ubufakazi obabuphiwa ngowesifazana babuzifananela lalobo obabungaphiwa yisigqili. UJosephus, isazi sezembali wathi: “Ubufakazi obuphiwa ngabesifazana akumelanga buthenjwe ngenxa yendlela abadalwe ngayo.”

Kodwa uJesu yena wakhetha ukuthi abesifazana kube yibo abanika ubufakazi mayelana lokuvuswa kwakhe. (UMathewu 28:1, 8-10) Okudanisayo yikuthi abaphostoli abazange bakukholwe lokho okwatshiwo ngabesifazana laba lanxa babekhona ngesikhathi uJesu ebulawa futhi engcwatshwa. (UMathewu 27:55, 56, 61; ULukha 24:10, 11) Okwenza uJesu waqala ngokubonakala kwabesifazana yikuthi labo wayebabona befanele ukuthi baphe ubufakazi bokuvuswa kwakhe njengabo bonke nje abafundi bakhe.—ImiSebenzi 1:8, 14.

Imfundiso kaJesu inceda njani namuhla? Emabandleni aboFakazi bakaJehova, amadoda abekiweyo atshengisa ukuthi alendaba labesifazana ngokubalalela nxa beveza imibono yabo. Amadoda angamaKhristu lawo atshengisa ukuthi ‘ayabaqakathekisa’ omkawo ngokubalalela.—U-1 Phetro 3:7; UGenesisi 21:12.

Izimiso ZeBhayibhili Zenza Abesifazana Bathokoze

Nxa amadoda angalingisela uKhristu, abesifazana bayahlonitshwa futhi baphiwe inkululeko uNkulunkulu ayehlose ukuthi babe layo. (UGenesisi 1:27, 28) Amadoda angamaKhristu kawaziboni eqakatheke kakhulu ukwedlula omkawo, kodwa alandela lokho okutshiwo liBhayibhili, futhi lokhu kwenza omkawo bathokoze.—Kwabase-Efesu 5:28, 29.

UmkaYelena wakhulela endaweni eyayilodlakela futhi kwakujayelekile ukuthi indoda ithathe ngenkani umfazi eyayimfuna njalo abafazi babetshaywa, yikho laye wayemhlukuluza kakhulu umkakhe. UYelena wathi eseqalise ukufunda iBhayibhili wathi: “Engakufunda eBhayibhilini kwangiqinisa kakhulu ngoba ngasengibona ukuthi kwakulomuntu owayengiqakathekisa futhi engithanda kakhulu. Ngabona lokuthi umkami wayengatshintsha indlela ayengiphatha ngayo nxa laye wayengafunda iBhayibhili.” Ngokuya kwesikhathi umkakhe waqalisa ukufunda iBhayibhili futhi wabhabhathizwa waba nguFakazi kaJehova. “Umkami wayesengumuntu ozibambayo njalo safunda ukuthi kumele sithethelelane.” UYelena uphetha ngokuthi: “Izimiso eziseBhayibhilini zingincede ukuthi ngizizwe ngiqakathekile futhi ngivikelekile emtshadweni wethu.”—KwabaseKholose 3:13, 18, 19.

Banengi abesifazana abathokozayo njengoYelena ngenxa yokuthi bona labomkabo basebenzisa izimiso zeBhayibhili emitshadweni yabo. Bazizwa bekhululekile futhi behlonitshwa nxa belamanye amaKhristu.—UJohane 13:34, 35.

Amadoda labesifazana abangamaKhristu bayananzelela ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi balesono, bayindalo kaNkulunkulu ephila “impilo engelancedo.” Kodwa ngenxa yokuba ngabangane bakaNkulunkulu wabo olothando uJehova, balethemba ‘lokukhululwa ebugqilini bokonakala’ bathole “inkululeko ekhazimulayo yabantwana bakaNkulunkulu.” Leli lithemba elihle elilindelwe ngabomvu ngamadoda labesifazana abakhonza uNkulunkulu!—KwabaseRoma 8:20, 21.