Umsebenzi-nenjongo yoMbutho wooMama

Umsebenzi-nenjongo yoMbutho wooMama iku “lungiselela amabhinqa iintsikelelo zobomi banaphakade” Kutsho uLinda K Burton, Umongameli Jikelele woMbutho wooMama.¹ Kungo kholo, usapho, kunye noncedo esizibandakanya nalo kwi “nxanye abalulekileyo Kumsebenzi”²

Umbutho wooMama “lele thutyana kwaye lelomsebenzi wokomoya,” utsho uCarole M. Stephens Umcebisi Wokuqalakwi Mbutho wooMama kwa Bongameli Jikelele. “yinto ebisenziwa ngamabhinqa kwintsuku zoMsindisi, kwaye kuko esiqhubeka sikwenza.”³

Njengoko sijonga kwi bhinqa lomMsamariya equleni, owashiya imbiza yakhe yamanzi waza wabaleka eyokuxelela abanye ukuba uYesu ngumprofeti (bonaYohane 4:6–42 Okanye ku Phebe, owaye nceda abanye ngovuyo kubomi bakhe bonke (bona Abase Roma 16:1–2, Sibona imizekelo yamabhinqa kwintsuku zoMsindisi abathatha inxaxheba ekuzeni kuye uKrestu. Nguye osivulela indlela kubomi banaphakade (bona Yohane 3:16

Njengoba sijonge kodade abangovulindlela bethu eNauvoo, Illinois, abadibanela kwa Sarah Kimball ngo 1842 ukuseka umbutho ongo wabo, sibona icebo lika Thixo loku zisa Umbutho wooMama lubala kwaye limgcamnye nobubingeleli. Emveni uEliza R. Snow wabhala Umgaqo-siseko, umprofethi uJoseph Smith wawujonga kwakhona. Wabona ukuba inkonzo ayikagqitywa ukubunjwa de amabhinqa abe acwangcisiwe. Uye wathi ukuba Inkosi iwamkeleumnikelo wawo kodwa kukhona okungcono. “Ndiyakumisa abafazi ngaphantsi kobubingeleli emva kwepatheni yobubingeleli” watsho.⁴

Umbutho wooMama ayi lilo nje alinye iqela lamabhinqa azama ukwenza okulungileyo ehlabathini. Yona yahlukile. Yinto ayahlukileyo. Yayi ‘yinto engcono’ ngoba yayi cwangciswe ezantsi kwegunya lobubingeleli. Ucwangciso lwalu linyathelo lwemfuneko ekuthyilweni kwemisebenzi ka thixo emhlabeni.”⁵