Mateyu 6: Ulaliki wa pa Phiri

393 Mateyu 6 ulaliki wa pa phiriYesu amaphunzitsa muyezo wapamwamba wa chilungamo womwe umafuna kukhala ndi mtima wachilungamo mkati. Ndi mawu okhumudwitsa, amatichenjeza za mkwiyo, chigololo, malumbiro, ndi kubwezera. Akuti tiyenera kukonda adani athu (Mateyu 5). Afarisi ankadziwika ndi malangizo okhwima, koma chilungamo chathu chiyenera kukhala chabwino kuposa cha Afarisi (zimene zingakhale zodabwitsa tikaiŵala zimene poyamba ulaliki wa paphiri unalonjeza za chifundo). Chilungamo chenicheni ndicho mkhalidwe wamumtima. M’mutu wachisanu ndi chimodzi wa Uthenga Wabwino wa Mateyu, tikuona Yesu akumveketsa bwino nkhani imeneyi mwa kutsutsa chipembedzo monga chionetsero.

Chikondi mwachinsinsi

“Chenjerani ndi kupembedza kwanu, kuti mungakuchite pamaso pa anthu kuti akuone; ngati mutero mulibe mphotho ndi Atate wanu wa Kumwamba. + Choncho, popereka zachifundo, musalole kuti lizimbidwe pamaso panu, + ngati mmene amachitira onyenga m’masunagoge ndi m’misewu, kuti anthu aziwatamanda. Indetu ndinena kwa inu, Iwo analandira kale mphotho yawo” ( vv. 1-2 ).

M’tsiku la Yesu panali anthu amene ankadzionetsera chifukwa cha chipembedzo. Iwo ankaonetsetsa kuti anthu aziona ntchito zawo zabwino. Analandira kuzindikirika kwa ichi kuchokera kumbali zambiri. Ndizo zonse zimene amapeza, akutero Yesu, pakuti chimene iwo amachita ndi kungochita chabe. Nkhawa yawo sinali kutumikira Mulungu, koma kuoneka bwino pamaso pa anthu; maganizo oti Mulungu sadzawalipira. Makhalidwe achipembedzo angaonekenso lerolino m’maguwa, m’ntchito ya maudindo, potsogolera phunziro la Baibulo kapena m’nkhani za m’manyuzipepala a tchalitchi. Wina akhoza kudyetsa osauka ndi kulalikira uthenga wabwino. Kunja kumawoneka ngati utumiki wowona mtima, koma maganizo angakhale osiyana kwambiri. “Koma pamene upereka zachifundo, dzanja lako lamanzere lisadziwe chimene dzanja lako lamanja likuchita, kuti mphatso zako zachifundo zingabisike; ndipo Atate wako wakuona m’tseri adzakubwezera iwe” ( vv. 3-4 ).

N’zoona kuti “dzanja” lathu silidziwa chilichonse chokhudza zochita zathu. Yesu anagwiritsa ntchito mawu ophiphiritsa ponena kuti kupereka mphatso zachifundo sikungofuna kudzionetsera, kaya kupindulira ena kapena kudzitamandira. Timachita zimenezi chifukwa cha Mulungu, osati kufuna kwathu. Sitiyenera kuonedwa ngati mmene zilili kuti zachifundo zizichitika mwachinsinsi. Yesu ananena kale kuti ntchito zathu zabwino ziyenera kuonekera kuti anthu atamande Mulungu (Mat 5,16). Cholinga chake ndi pa kawonedwe kathu, osati pa mphamvu zathu zakunja. Cholinga chathu chiyenera kukhala kuchita ntchito zabwino ku ulemerero wa Mulungu, osati kudzipezera ulemerero.

Pemphero mwachinsinsi

Yesu ananenanso zofanana ndi zimenezi ponena za pemphero: “Ndipo pamene mupemphera, musakhale ngati onyenga, amene amakonda kuimirira m’masunagoge ndi m’mphambano za misewu ndi kupemphera kuti anthu awaone. Indetu ndinena kwa inu, Iwo analandira kale mphotho yawo. Koma iwe popemphera, lowa m’chipinda chako, nutseke chitseko, nupemphere kwa atate wako ali mobisika; ndipo Atate wako wakuona m’tseri adzakubwezera iwe” ( vv. 5-6 ). Yesu sakupanga lamulo latsopano loletsa kupemphera pagulu. Nthawi zina ngakhale Yesu ankapemphera pamaso pa anthu. Mfundo yake ndi yakuti sitiyenera kupemphera kuti anthu atione, komanso tisamapemphere poopa kuti anthu angatione. Pemphero limalambira Mulungu ndipo sikutanthauza kudzionetsera bwino.

“Ndipo popemphera musabwebwebwebwebwebwebwebwebwebwebwebwebwebwebwebwebwelekolekone. pakuti ayesa kuti adzamveka ngati alankhula mau ambiri. Choncho musafanane nawo. Pakuti Atate wanu akudziwa zimene mukufuna musanapemphe” ( vv. 7-8 ). Mulungu amadziwa zosowa zathu, koma tiyenera kumupempha (Afilipi 4,6) ndi kulimbikira ( Luka 18,1-8 ndi). Kupambana kwa pemphero kumadalira Mulungu, osati ife. Sitiyenera kufikira kuchuluka kwa mawu kapena kumamatira ku nthawi yochepa, kapena kukhala ndi malo apadera a pemphero, kapena kusankha mawu abwino. Yesu anatipatsa chitsanzo cha pemphero losavuta. Itha kukhala chitsogozo. Mapangidwe ena amalandiridwanso.

“Chotero inu muzipemphera motere: Atate wathu wakumwamba! Dzina lanu liyeretsedwe. Ufumu wanu udze. Kufuna kwanu kuchitidwe, monga kumwamba chomwecho pansi pano” ( vv. 9-10 ). Pempheroli limayamba ndi matamando osavuta - palibe chovuta, mawu ongofuna kuti Mulungu alemekezedwe komanso kuti anthu amvere chifuniro chake. “Mutipatse ife lero chakudya chathu chalero” (v. 11). Apa tikuvomereza kuti moyo wathu umadalira Atate wathu Wamphamvuyonse. Ngakhale kuti tingapite kusitolo kukagula buledi ndi zinthu zina, tiyenera kukumbukira kuti Mulungu ndi amene amachititsa zimenezi. Timadalira iye tsiku lililonse. “Ndipo mutikhululukire mangawa athu, monga ifenso tikhululukira amangawa athu. Ndipo musatitengere kokatiyesa, koma mutipulumutse kwa woyipayo” (vv. 12-13). Sikuti timangofunikira chakudya, timafunikiranso unansi ndi Mulungu—unansi umene nthaŵi zambiri timaunyalanyaza ndipo n’chifukwa chake timafunika kukhululukidwa. Pempheroli limatikumbutsanso kuti tizichitira ena chifundo tikamapempha Mulungu kuti atichitire chifundo. Tonse sindife zimphona zauzimu - timafunikira thandizo laumulungu kuti tikane mayesero.

Apa Yesu akumaliza pempherolo ndipo potsiriza akuwonetsanso udindo wathu wokhululukirana wina ndi mnzake. Tikamvetsetsa bwino momwe Mulungu alili wabwino komanso momwe zolakwa zathu zilili zazikulu, m'pamenenso tidzamvetsetsa kuti timafunikira chifundo komanso kukhululukira ena (ndime 14-15). Tsopano izo zikuwoneka ngati chenjezo: "Sindidzachita izi mpaka mutachita izo." Vuto lalikulu ndi ili: Anthu sadziwa kukhululuka. Palibe aliyense wa ife amene ali wangwiro, ndipo palibe amene amakhululuka ndi mtima wonse. Kodi Yesu akufuna kuti tichite chinthu chimene ngakhale Mulungu sangachite? Kodi n'zotheka kuti tikhululukire ena popanda malire, pamene iye anaika chikhululukiro chake kukhala ndi zifukwa zake? Ngati Mulungu anaika chikhululukiro chake kukhala ndi malire pa kukhululukira kwathu, ndipo ifenso tichita chimodzimodzi, sitingakhululukire ena kufikira iwo atatikhululukira. Tikhoza kuyima pamzere wopanda malire womwe susuntha. Ngati chikhululukiro chathu chazikidwa pa kukhululukira ena, ndiye kuti chipulumutso chathu chimadalira pa zimene timachita – pa ntchito zathu. Chifukwa chake, mwaumulungu komanso mwakuchita, timakhala ndi vuto tikamawerenga Mateyu 6,14Tengani -15 kwenikweni. Pa nthawiyi tikhoza kuwonjezera pa mfundo yakuti Yesu anafera machimo athu tisanabadwe n’komwe. Lemba limati iye anakhomerera machimo athu pa mtanda ndi kuyanjanitsa dziko lonse kwa Iye.

Kumbali imodzi, Mateyu 6 akutiphunzitsa kuti kukhululuka kwathu kumawoneka ngati kuli koyenera. Kumbali ina, Malemba amatiphunzitsa kuti machimo athu akhululukidwa kale - zomwe zingaphatikizepo tchimo lolephera kukhululukidwa. Kodi malingaliro awiriwa angagwirizane bwanji? Ife mwina sitinamvetse mavesi a mbali imodzi kapena mbali inayo. Tsopano titha kuwonjezeranso mfundo ina ku mfundo zimene Yesu kaŵirikaŵiri anagwiritsira ntchito mawu okokomeza m’zokamba zake. Ngati diso lako likunyengerera, ulikolowole. Pamene mukupemphera, lowani mu chipinda chanu chaching'ono (koma Yesu sanali kupemphera nthawi zonse m'nyumba). Popatsa osowa, dzanja lako lamanzere lisadziwe chimene lamanja likuchita. Osatsutsa munthu woyipa (koma Paulo adachita). Osanena zambiri kuposa inde kapena ayi (koma Paulo anatero). Musamatchule aliyense bambo - komabe, tonse timatero.

Kuchokera apa tikutha kuona kuti mu Mateyu 6,14-15 Chitsanzo china cha kukokomeza chinagwiritsidwa ntchito. Zimenezi sizikutanthauza kuti tingazinyalanyaze—Yesu ankafuna kusonyeza kufunika kokhululukira ena. Ngati tikufuna kuti Mulungu atikhululukire, ifenso tiyenera kukhululukira ena. Ngati tikufuna kukhala mu ufumu umene tinakhululukidwa, tiyenera kukhala nawo mofananamo. Monga momwe timafunira kukondedwa ndi Mulungu, tiyeneranso kukonda anthu anzathu. Ngati tilephera mu izi, sizidzasintha chikhalidwe cha Mulungu kukhala chikondi. Zoona zake n’zakuti, ngati tikufuna kukondedwa, tiyenera kutero. Ngakhale zikumveka ngati zonsezi zimatengera kukwaniritsidwa kwa chinthu chofunikira, cholinga cha zomwe zanenedwa ndikulimbikitsa chikondi ndi kukhululuka. Paulo anafotokoza zimenezi monga malangizo akuti: “Loleranani wina ndi mnzake, ndi kukhululukirana eni okha, ngati wina ali nacho chifukwa pa mnzake; monga Yehova anakukhululukirani, inunso mukhululukireni.” (Akolose 3,13). Ichi ndi chitsanzo; sichofunikira.

M’Pemphero la Ambuye timapempha chakudya chathu chatsiku ndi tsiku, ngakhale (nthawi zambiri) tili nacho kale m’nyumba. Mofananamo, timapempha kuti atikhululukile ngakhale kuti tinacilandila kale. Kumeneku ndi kuvomereza kuti tinalakwa ndipo kumakhudza ubale wathu ndi Mulungu, koma ndi chidaliro chakuti Iye ndi wokonzeka kutikhululukira. Ndi mbali ya tanthauzo la kuyembekezera chipulumutso monga mphatso osati chinthu chimene tingayenerere chifukwa cha zimene tachita.

Kusala mobisa

Yesu akulankhula za khalidwe lina lachipembedzo: “Pamene musala kudya, musamawoneke owawa ngati onyengawo; pakuti abisa nkhope zao kudzionetsera pamaso pa anthu ndi kusala kudya kwao. Indetu ndinena kwa inu, Iwo analandira kale mphotho yawo. Koma iwe posala kudya, dzola mutu wako, ndi kusamba nkhope yako, kuti usadzionetsere wekha kwa anthu, koma kwa Atate wako amene ali mseri; ndipo Atate wako wakuona m’tseri adzakubwezera iwe” ( vv. 16-18 ). Tikamasala kudya, timatsuka ndi kupesa tsitsi lathu monga mmene timachitira nthawi zonse, chifukwa timabwera pamaso pa Mulungu osati kudzakopa anthu. Apanso chigogomezero chiri pa khalidwe; sikukopa chidwi mwa kusala kudya. Munthu akatifunsa ngati tikusala kudya, tikhoza kuyankha moona mtima, koma tisayembekezere kuti adzafunsidwa. Cholinga chathu si kukopa chidwi, koma kufunafuna kuyandikira kwa Mulungu.

Pa nkhani zonse zitatu, Yesu anatchula mfundo yofanana. Kaya tipereka zachifundo, kupemphera kapena kusala kudya, zimachitika “mobisika”. Sitifuna kukopa anthu, koma sitiwabisiranso. Timatumikira Mulungu ndi kulemekeza Iye yekha. Iye adzatipatsa mphoto. Mphotho, mofanana ndi ntchito yathu, ingakhale yachinsinsi. Ndi zenizeni ndipo zimachitika mogwirizana ndi ubwino wake waumulungu.

Chuma chakumwamba

Tiyeni tione kukondweretsa Mulungu. Tiyeni tichite chifuniro chake ndi kuyamikira mphoto zake kuposa mphoto zosakhalitsa za dziko lino. Kutamandidwa pagulu ndi njira yanthawi yochepa ya mphotho. Apa Yesu akulankhula za ephemerality ya zinthu zakuthupi. “Musadzikundikire nokha chuma padziko lapansi, pamene njenjete ndi dzimbiri ziwononga, ndi pamene mbala zimathyola ndi kuba. Koma mudzikundikire nokha chuma m’Mwamba, kumene njenjete ndi dzimbiri sizidya, ndi mbala siziboola ndi kuba.” ( Vs. 19-20 ) . Chuma chapadziko lapansi sichikhalitsa. Yesu akutilangiza kuti tigwiritse ntchito njira yabwino yopezera ndalama—kufunafuna mfundo za Mulungu zokhalitsa kudzera m’chifundo chachete, kupemphera mosadodoma, ndi kusala kudya mobisa.

Ngati titenga Yesu kwenikweni, wina angaganize kuti apanga lamulo loletsa kusunga ndalama zopuma pantchito. Koma kwenikweni zimakhudza mtima wathu - zomwe timaziona kukhala zofunika. Tiyenera kuyamikira mphoto zakumwamba kuposa chuma chathu chapadziko lapansi. “Pakuti kumene kuli chuma chako, mtima wako umakhalanso komweko” (v. 21). Ngati timaona kuti zinthu zimene Mulungu amaona kuti n’zofunika kwambili, mtima wathu udzatsogolelanso khalidwe lathu.

“Diso ndilo kuunika kwa thupi; Ngati maso ako ali oyera, thupi lako lonse lidzakhala lopepuka. Koma ngati diso lako lili loipa, thupi lako lonse lidzakhala lodetsedwa. Tsono ngati kuunika komwe kuli mwa iwe kuli mdima, mdimawo udzakhala waukulu ndithu!” ( vv. 22-23 ). Mwachionekere Yesu akugwiritsa ntchito mwambi wa m’nthaŵi yake ndi kuugwiritsa ntchito pa umbombo wa ndalama. Tikamaona zinthu moyenera, tidzaona mipata yochitira zabwino komanso kukhala owolowa manja. Komabe, tikakhala odzikonda ndi ansanje, timalowa mumdima wamakhalidwe - oipitsidwa ndi zizolowezi zathu. Kodi tikuyang'ana chiyani m'miyoyo yathu - kutenga kapena kupereka? Kodi maakaunti athu aku banki amapangidwa kuti azititumikira kapena amatitheketsa kutumikira ena? Zolinga zathu zimatitsogolera ku zabwino kapena kutisokoneza. Ngati m’kati mwathu muli oipa, ngati tingofuna mphoto za dziko lapansi, ndiye kuti ndife oipitsidwadi. Kodi chimatilimbikitsa ndi chiyani? Ndi ndalama kapena ndi Mulungu? “Palibe munthu angathe kutumikira ambuye awiri: kapena adzadana ndi mmodzi ndi kukonda winayo, kapena adzadziphatika kwa mmodzi ndi kunyoza winayo. Simungathe kutumikira Mulungu ndi Chuma” (v. 24). Sitingathe kutumikira Mulungu ndi maganizo a anthu pa nthawi imodzi. Tiyenera kutumikira Mulungu yekha popanda mpikisano.

Kodi munthu angatumikire bwanji chuma? Mwa kukhulupirira kuti ndalama zimam’bweretsera chimwemwe, zimam’pangitsa kuwoneka wamphamvu kwambiri ndi kuti akhoza kuziika kukhala zofunika kwambiri. Malingaliro awa ndi oyenera kwa Mulungu. Iye ndiye amene angatipatse chimwemwe, ndiye gwero lenileni la chisungiko ndi moyo; iye ndiye mphamvu imene ingatithandize kwambiri. Tiyenera kumulemekeza komanso kumulemekeza kuposa china chilichonse chifukwa ndiye woyamba.

Chitetezo chenicheni

Chifukwa chake ndinena kwa inu, Musadere nkhawa zomwe mudzadya ndi kumwa; ...mudzavala chiyani. Akunja amafunafuna zonsezi. pakuti Atate wanu wa Kumwamba adziŵa kuti muli nazo zosoŵa zonsezi.” ( Vs. 25-32 ) . Mulungu ndi Atate wabwino ndipo adzatisamalira akakhala wamkulu m’miyoyo yathu. Sitifunikira kudera nkhawa maganizo a anthu, komanso tisamade nkhawa ndi ndalama kapena katundu. “Funani choyamba ufumu wa Mulungu ndi chilungamo chake, ndipo zonse zimenezo zidzakhala zanu.” ( vesi 33 ) Tidzakhala ndi moyo wautali, kukhala ndi chakudya chokwanira, kusamalidwa bwino, ngati tikonda Mulungu.

Wolemba Michael Morrison


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