Mateyu 6: Ulaliki wa pa Phiri
Yesu amaphunzitsa muyezo wapamwamba wa chilungamo womwe umafuna mtima wamkati woona mtima kuchokera kwa ife. Ndi mawu odabwitsa, akutichenjeza za mkwiyo, chigololo, malumbiro, ndi kubwezera. Amatiuza kuti tiyenera kukonda ngakhale adani athu. (Mt 5)Afarisi ankadziwika ndi malangizo okhwima, koma chilungamo chathu chiyenera kukhala chabwino kuposa chawo (zomwe zingakhale zosokoneza kwambiri ngati tiiwala zomwe zinalonjezedwa kale mu Ulaliki wa pa Phiri zokhudza chifundo). Chilungamo chenicheni ndi nkhani ya mumtima. Mu chaputala chachisanu ndi chimodzi cha Uthenga Wabwino wa Mateyu, tikuona Yesu akufotokoza bwino mfundo imeneyi potsutsa chipembedzo ngati chiwonetsero chabe.
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 ).
Inde, "dzanja" lathu silidziwa chilichonse chokhudza zochita zathu. Yesu akugwiritsa ntchito mawu omwe akusonyeza kuti kupereka mphatso zachifundo si chifukwa chodzionetsera, kapena chopindulitsa ena kapena chodzitamandira. Timachitira izi chifukwa cha Mulungu, osati chifukwa cha mbiri yathu. Sitiyenera kutengedwa ngati zenizeni kuti chikondi chiyenera kuchitika mwachinsinsi. Yesu anali atanena kale kuti ntchito zathu zabwino ziyenera kuwoneka kuti anthu alemekeze Mulungu. (Mt 5,16)Cholinga chathu chikhale pa khalidwe lathu, osati momwe timaonekera kwa ena. Cholinga chathu chiyenera kukhala kuchita ntchito zabwino kuti Mulungu alemekezeke, osati kuti ife tidzilemekeze.
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, musamanene zinthu mobwerezabwereza ngati akunja, chifukwa amaganiza kuti adzamvedwa chifukwa cha mawu awo ambiri. Musafanane nawo, chifukwa Atate wanu amadziwa zomwe mukusowa musanapemphe” (vesi 7-8). Mulungu amadziwa zosowa zathu; komabe, tiyenera kumupempha. (Phil 4,6)...ndipo pitirizani nazo. (Lk 18,1-8)Kupambana kwa pemphero kumadalira Mulungu, osati ife. Sitiyenera kufikira mawu enaake kapena kutsatira nthawi yochepa, komanso sitiyenera kukhala ndi kaimidwe kapadera ka pemphero kapena kusankha mawu okongola. Yesu anatipatsa pemphero lachitsanzo—chitsanzo cha kuphweka. Lingakhale ngati chitsogozo. Mapangidwe ena nawonso ndi olandiridwa.
“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 pemphero ndipo akutchulanso udindo wathu wokhululukirana. Tikamvetsetsa bwino momwe Mulungu alili wabwino komanso kukula kwa zolephera zathu, tidzamvetsetsa bwino kuti tikufunika chifundo ndipo tiyenera kukhala okonzeka kukhululukira ena (vesi 14-15). Izi zikuwoneka ngati kukayikira: "Ndidzachita izi pokhapokha ngati mutachita zimenezo." Vuto lalikulu ndilakuti anthu si abwino kwambiri pakukhululukira. Palibe aliyense wa ife amene ali wangwiro, ndipo palibe amene amakhululukira mwangwiro. Kodi Yesu akutipempha kuti tichite chinthu chomwe ngakhale Mulungu sangachite? Kodi n'zotheka kuti tikhululukire ena mopanda malire, pomwe iye amaika zinthu ku chikhululukiro chake? Ngati Mulungu adapangitsa kuti chikhululukiro chake chizidalira chikhululukiro chathu, ndipo ifenso tinachita chimodzimodzi, ndiye kuti tikakhululukira ena pokhapokha atatikhululukira. Tikadakhala mumzere wopanda malire, wosasuntha. Ngati chikhululukiro chathu chimachokera pa kukhululukira ena, ndiye kuti chipulumutso chathu chimadalira zochita zathu—pa zochita zathu. Chifukwa chake, tili ndi vuto, pa zaumulungu komanso pazochitika, ngati titachita zimenezo. Matthäus 6,14-15 Taganizirani zenizeni. Pakadali pano, tingawonjezerepo lingaliro lakuti Yesu anafera machimo athu tisanabadwe nkomwe. Malemba amati anakhomera machimo athu pamtanda ndipo anayanjanitsa dziko lonse ndi iye mwini.
Kumbali ina, zimatiphunzitsa Matthäus 6kuti chikhululukiro chathu chikuwoneka kuti chili ndi malire. Kumbali ina, Malemba amatiphunzitsa kuti machimo athu akhululukidwa kale—zomwe zingaphatikizepo tchimo lolephera kukhululukira. Kodi malingaliro awiriwa angagwirizanitsidwe bwanji? Mwina sitinamvetsetse bwino mavesi mbali imodzi kapena omwe ali mbali inayo. Tsopano titha kuyambitsa ngati mfundo ina yoti Yesu nthawi zambiri ankagwiritsa ntchito mfundo yokokomeza m'mawu ake. Ngati diso lako likukhumudwitsa, lichotse. Mukapemphera, lowani m'chipinda chanu (koma Yesu sankapemphera nthawi zonse m'nyumba). Mukapatsa osowa, musalole dzanja lanu lamanzere kudziwa zomwe dzanja lanu lamanja likuchita. Musamatsutse munthu woipa (koma Paulo anatero). Musanene zoposa inde kapena ayi (koma Paulo anatero). Musatche aliyense atate—koma tonsefe timatero.
Kuchokera apa tikhoza kuona kuti mu Matthäus 6,14-15 Chitsanzo china cha kukokomeza chinagwiritsidwa ntchito. Izi sizikutanthauza kuti tingachinyalanyaze—Yesu anali kuchigwiritsa ntchito posonyeza kufunika kokhululukira ena. Ngati tikufuna kuti Mulungu atikhululukire, tiyenera kukhululukira ena. Ngati tikufuna kukhala mu ufumu umene takhululukidwa, tiyenera kukhala mogwirizana ndi zimenezo. Popeza tikufuna kukondedwa ndi Mulungu, tiyeneranso kukonda anthu anzathu. Kulephera kutero sikudzasintha umunthu wa Mulungu kukhala wachikondi. Chowonadi n’chakuti: ngati tikufuna kukondedwa, tiyenera kutero. Ngakhale kuti zingamveke ngati zonsezi zimadalira kukwaniritsidwa kwa lamulo loyambirira, cholinga cha zomwe zanenedwa ndikutilimbikitsa kukonda ndi kukhululukira. Paulo anazinena ngati malangizo akuti: “Loleranani wina ndi mnzake, ndi kukhululukirana wina ndi mnzake, ngati wina wa inu ali ndi chifukwa ndi mnzake; khululukirani monga Ambuye anakhululukira inu.” (Kol 3,13)Ichi ndi chitsanzo; si chofunika.
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
