Migodi ya Mfumu Solomo (gawo 15)

Miyambo 18,10 limati: “Dzina la Yehova ndilo linga lolimba; olungama amathawira kumeneko natetezedwa. Zimatanthauza chiyani? Kodi dzina la Mulungu lingakhale bwanji linga lolimba? N’cifukwa ciani Solomo sanalembe kuti Mulungu mwiniyo ndiye linga lolimba? Kodi tingathamangire bwanji ku dzina la Mulungu ndi kupeza chitetezo kwa iye?

Mayina ndi ofunika m’dera lililonse. Dzina likunena zambiri za munthu: jenda, fuko komanso mwina udindo wandale wa makolo kapena fano lawo la pop panthawi yomwe mwana wawo anabadwa. Anthu ena ali ndi dzina lotchulidwira lomwe limanenanso za munthu ameneyu - kuti ndi ndani komanso ndani. Kwa anthu okhala ku Near East wakale, dzina la munthu linali ndi tanthauzo lalikulu kwambiri; momwemonso ndi Ayuda. Makolo ankaganizira kwambiri za dzina la mwana wawo ndipo ankapemphera za dzina la mwana wawoyo n’cholinga choti akwaniritse zimene dzina lake likunena.” Mayina ndi ofunikanso kwa Mulungu. Tikudziwa kuti nthawi zina amatha kusintha dzina la munthu akakumana ndi zinthu zomwe zikusintha moyo wake. Maina Achihebri kaŵirikaŵiri anali kufotokoza mwachidule za munthuyo, kusonyeza amene munthuyo ali kapena amene adzakhala. Mwachitsanzo, dzina lakuti Abramu linakhala Abrahamu (tate wa mitundu yambiri ya anthu) kotero kuti anakhoza kunena kuti iye ndiye tate wa ambiri ndi kuti Mulungu akugwira ntchito kupyolera mwa iye.

Mbali imodzi yamakhalidwe a Mulungu

Mulungu amagwiritsanso ntchito mayina achiheberi podzifotokoza. Lililonse la mayina ake ndi kufotokoza mbali zina za khalidwe lake ndi umunthu wake. Iwo amafotokoza kuti iye ndi ndani, zimene wachita ndipo nthawi yomweyo ndi lonjezo kwa ife. Mwachitsanzo, dzina limodzi la Mulungu lakuti Yahweh Shalom limatanthauza kuti “Ambuye ndiye mtendere” (Richter [malo]]6,24). Iye ndi Mulungu amene amatipatsa mtendere. Kodi muli ndi mantha? Kodi ndinu osakhazikika kapena opsinjika maganizo? Ndiye mukhoza kukhala ndi mtendere, chifukwa Mulungu Mwiniwake ndiye mtendere. Ngati Kalonga wa Mtendere akhala mwa inu (Yesaya 9,6; Aefeso 2,14), adzakuthandizani. Imasintha anthu, imachepetsa mikangano, imasintha zovuta komanso imachepetsa malingaliro ndi malingaliro anu.

In 1. Mose 22,14 Mulungu amadzitcha kuti Yahweh Jire "Ambuye amaona". Mukhoza kufika kwa Mulungu ndi kumudalira. Munjira zambiri, Mulungu amafuna kuti mudziwe kuti amadziwa zosowa zanu ndipo akufuna kukwaniritsa. Zomwe muyenera kuchita ndikumufunsa. Bwererani ku Miyambo 18,10: Solomo akunena pamenepo kuti zonse zonenedwa za Mulungu kupyolera mu dzina lake - mtendere wake, kukhulupirika kwake kosatha, chisomo chake, chikondi chake - zili ngati linga lolimba kwa ife. Nyumba zachifumu zamangidwa kwa zaka masauzande kuti ziteteze anthu am'deralo kwa adani awo. Makomawo anali aatali kwambiri ndipo pafupifupi osatha. Zigawenga zitalowa m’dzikolo, anthu anathawa m’midzi ndi m’minda yawo n’kupita ku nyumba yachifumuyo chifukwa ankadziwa kuti kumeneko kunali kotetezeka. Solomo analemba kuti olungama amathamangira kwa Mulungu. Simunayende mopupuluma pamenepo, koma simunataye nthawi, ndipo munathamangira kwa Mulungu, ndipo munapulumutsidwa ndi Iye. Kutetezedwa kumatanthauza kutetezedwa ndi kutetezedwa ku chiwembu.

Komabe, wina angatsutse kuti izi zimagwira ntchito kwa anthu "olungama". Kenako pamabwera maganizo onga akuti “Sindili wabwino mokwanira. Ine sindine woyera chotero. Ndimalakwitsa zambiri. Malingaliro anga ndi odetsedwa ... ”Koma dzina lina la Mulungu ndi Yahweh Tsidekenu“ Yehova chilungamo chathu ”(Yeremiya 3)3,16). Mulungu amatipatsa ife chilungamo chake kudzera mwa Yesu Khristu, amene anafera machimo athu, “kuti mwa Iye tikhale chilungamo cha pamaso pa Mulungu” ( Yoh.2. Akorinto 5,21). Choncho sitiyenera kuyesetsa kukhala olungama patokha, chifukwa timayesedwa olungama kudzera mu nsembe ya Yesu, ngati tidzinenera tokha. Chotero, m’nthaŵi zosatsimikizirika ndi zoopsa, mukhoza kupita patsogolo mulimbikitsidwa ndi masitepe olimba mtima, ngakhale pamenepo, makamaka pamene simukudziona kukhala wolungama.

Zobisalira zabodza

Timalakwitsa kwambiri tikapita kumalo olakwika pofuna chitetezo. Vesi lotsatira la Miyambo limatichenjeza kuti: “Chuma cha wolemera chili ngati mudzi wolimba kwa iye; Izi sizikugwira ntchito kwa ndalama zokha, koma ku chirichonse chomwe chikuwoneka kuti chingatithandize kuchepetsa nkhawa zathu, mantha ndi nkhawa za tsiku ndi tsiku: mowa, mankhwala osokoneza bongo, ntchito, munthu wina. Solomo akusonyeza—ndipo kuchokera mu chokumana nacho chake iye chotero amadziŵa bwino kwambiri—kuti zinthu zonsezi zimangopereka chisungiko chonyenga. Chilichonse kupatulapo Mulungu amene timayembekezera chisungiko sichidzakhoza kutipatsa zimene timafunikiradi. Dzina lake ndi Atate ndipo chikondi chake ndi chopanda malire komanso chopanda malire. Mungakhale naye paubwenzi waumwini ndi wachikondi. Pamene mukukumana ndi mavuto, pempherani kwa iye podziŵa kuti adzakutsogolerani “chifukwa cha dzina lake” ( Salmo 2 )3,3). Mufunseni kuti akuthandizeni kumvetsa kuti iye ndi ndani.

Zaka zambiri zapitazo, pamene ana anga anali aang'ono kwambiri, kunali mphepo yamkuntho usiku. Mphezi zinaomba pafupi ndi nyumba yathu moti magetsi anatha. Anawo anachita mantha kwambiri. Ali mozungulira iwo mphezi idawomba mumdima ndipo phokoso lamabingu lidamveka, adatiyitana ndikutithamangira mwachangu momwe angathere. Usikuwo tinakhala ngati banja pabedi lathu laukwati, ndipo ine ndi mkazi wanga tinanyamula ana athu mwamphamvu m'manja mwathu. Anagona mwachangu, ndikukhulupirira kuti zonse zikhala bwino chifukwa amayi ndi abambo anali atagona nawo.

Mosasamala kanthu za zomwe mukukumana nazo, mutha kupumula ndi Mulungu ndikudalira kuti ali nanu ndipo wakugwirani m'manja mwake. Mulungu amadzitcha kuti Yahweh Shammah (Ezekieli 48,35) ndipo izi zikutanthauza kuti “Ameneyu ndiye Yehova”. Palibe malo amene Mulungu sali ndi inu. Analipo m’mbuyomu, ali m’masiku anu ano, ndipo adzakhalanso m’tsogolo mwanu. Iye ali nanu nthawi zabwino ndi zoipa. Iye ali nthawi zonse pambali panu. Thawirani kwa iye chifukwa cha dzina lake.

ndi Gordon Green


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