- UVesta wayengunkulunkulukazi weziko nomlilo ongcwele ezinganekwaneni zamaRoma.
- AmaVestals ayengabapristikazi abaphethe ukugcina umlilo uvutha ethempelini labo.
- Inkolo yamaVesta yayiyisihluthulelo enkolweni yamaRoma kwaze kwaba yilapho kufika ubuKristu.
Inganekwane yamaRoma yeVesta Ingenye yezinto ezithakazelisa kakhulu ezinganekwaneni zamaRoma, njengoba isitshela ngonkulunkulukazi wekhaya, umlilo ongcwele kanye nomndeni. UVesta, ogama lakhe elilingana nenganekwane yamaGreki elithi Hestia, wayengomunye wonkulunkulu abahlonishwa kakhulu eRoma, futhi inkolo yakhe yayihlobene eduze nenkolo. ukuzinza kwedolobha. Ngokungafani nabanye onkulunkulu, uVesta wayengavamile ukuvezwa esesimweni somuntu, umlilo ongcwele wethempeli lakhe uwuphawu oluyinhloko lokuba khona kwakhe.
Lesi sihloko sihlola ngokuningiliziwe umlando kanye nenkolo ye-Vesta, kanye nokubaluleka kwe- Ama-Vestals, abapristikazi abaphethe ukuqapha umlilo wabo ongcwele. Sizophinde sixoxe ngobuhlobo bukaVesta nabanye onkulunkulu, indima yakhe ekusungulweni kweRoma nokuthi inkolo yakhe yanyamalala kanjani lapho kufika ubuKristu.
Wayengubani uVesta?
Vesta kwaba unkulunkulukazi wekhaya, iziko nempilo yasekhaya enkolweni yamaRoma. Indodakazi kaSaturn no-Ops, wayengudadewabo kaJupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Juno kanye noCeres. Ngokwezinganekwane, uVesta waba ngowokuqala ukudliwa nguyise ngesikhathi ezalwa futhi waba ngowokugcina uJupiter, okumenza abe uthunjana futhi omdala kunabo bonke onkulunkulu.
Esinye sezici zayo eziyinhloko kwaba ukuzibophezela ebuntombini. Ekhangwe ubuhle bakhe, u-Apollo noNeptune bazama ukumnqoba, kodwa uVesta wenqaba zonke iziphakamiso zabo futhi wacela uJupiter ukuba amvumele ahlale eyintombi nto kuze kube phakade. UJupiter wasamukela isicelo sakhe futhi ngokubuyisela wazinikezela ekunakekeleni amakhaya namathempeli, waba umvikeli womlilo ongcwele.
Umlilo ongcwele kanye nezingubo
Umlilo owavutha ku Ithempeli leVesta Engqungqutheleni yamaRoma yayifanekisela ukuzinza nokuqhubeka komuzi. Ababephethe ukugcina umlilo bekungabase izintombi ze-vestal, abefundisikazi abakhethwa njengabantwana ukuba bakhonze unkulunkulukazi iminyaka engamashumi amathathu.
AmaVestals ajabule amalungelo ayingqayizivele Emphakathini wamaRoma: babengekho ngaphansi kwegunya lanoma yimuphi umuntu, babekwazi ukulahla impahla yabo futhi bejabulela inhlonipho enkulu. Nokho, isifungo sabo sobumsulwa sasiphelele futhi ukwehluleka ukusilalela kwakunesijeziso sokufa, ngokuvamile ngokungcwatshwa bephila.
Imikhosi enikezelwe kuVesta
Esinye sezehlakalo zenkolo ezibaluleke kakhulu zokuhlonipha uVesta kwaba I-Vestalia, obanjwe kusukela ngoJuni 7 kuya ku-15. Phakathi nalo mkhosi, omatron baseRoma babehamba bengagqokanga zicathulo ukuya ethempelini likaVesta beyokwenza iminikelo nokucela ukuvikelwa kwemizi yabo. Ekupheleni komkhosi, kwakwenziwa isiko lokuhlanza ithempeli futhi kwakubhekwa njengebika elibi kwaze kwaba yilapho imfucumfucu ilahlwa eTiber.
Ukwehla kwehlelo le-Vesta
Phakathi namakhulu eminyaka, ihlelo likaVesta lahlala lingelinye elibaluleke kakhulu eRoma. Nokho, ngokufika kobuKristu kanye nokuvinjelwa okuqhubekayo kwamahlelo amaqaba, ithempeli likaVesta lavalwa ngo-391 AD ngomyalo woMbusi uTheodosius I. AmaVestals ahlakazwa futhi umlilo ongcwele ucinywe phakade, okuphawula ukuphela kwenkathi emlandweni wamaRoma.
UVesta wayengunkulunkulukazi oyisisekelo esikweni lamaRoma, enesibopho sokuvikela ikhaya nomndeni ngomlilo wakhe ongcwele. Inkolo yakhe, egcinwe amaVestals, yagqama ngokubaluleka kwayo enkolweni ukuzinza kombuso waseRoma. Ngokudlondlobala kobuKristu, ukukhulekelwa kwakhe kwanyamalala, kodwa ifa lakhe lisekhona emlandweni nasezinganekwaneni zaseRoma lasendulo.
