Maphwando awiri

636 maphwando awiriMalongosoledwe ofala a kumwamba, kukhala pamtambo, kuvala chovala chausiku, ndi kuimba zeze alibe chochita ndi momwe malemba amafotokozera kumwamba. Mosiyana ndi zimenezo, Baibulo limafotokoza kumwamba kukhala chikondwerero chachikulu, chonga chithunzi champangidwe waukulu kwambiri. Pali chakudya chokoma ndi vinyo wabwino pagulu lalikulu. Ndilo phwando laukwati lalikulu kwambiri kuposa nthawi zonse ndipo limakondwerera ukwati wa Khristu ndi mpingo wake. Chikhristu chimakhulupirira kuti kuli Mulungu amene alidi wachimwemwe ndipo chikhumbo chake chachikulu ndicho kukondwerera nafe kwamuyaya. Aliyense wa ife analandira chiitano chake chaumwini ku phwando lachikondwerero limeneli.

Ŵerengani mawu mu Uthenga Wabwino wa Mateyu: “Ufumu wa Kumwamba uli ngati mfumu imene inakonzera ukwati mwana wake. Ndipo anatuma akapolo ace kukayitana oitanidwa ku ukwati; koma sanafuna kubwera. Anatumizanso akapolo ena, nati, Nenani kwa oitanidwawo, Taonani, ndakonza chakudya changa, ng’ombe zanga ndi ng’ombe zanga zaphedwa, ndipo zonse zakonzeka; bwerani ku ukwati! (Mateyu 22,1-4 ndi).

Tsoka ilo, sitikutsimikiza nkomwe kuvomera kuitanako. Vuto lathu ndi lakuti wolamulira wa dziko lino, Mdyerekezi, watiitaniranso kuphwando. Zikuwoneka kuti sitili anzeru mokwanira kuti tiwone kuti zikondwerero ziwirizi ndizosiyana kwambiri. Chosiyana chachikulu ndi chakuti pamene Mulungu akufuna kudya nafe, mdierekezi amafuna kutidyera ife! Lemba limafotokoza momveka bwino. “Khalani odzisungira, ndipo dikirani; pakuti mdani wanu Mdyerekezi, ngati mkango wobuma, akuyendayenda ndi kufunafuna wina akamlikwire.”1. Peter 5,8).

N’chifukwa chiyani zili zovuta chonchi?

Ndikudabwa chifukwa chake kuli kovuta kwa anthu kusankha pakati pa phwando la Mulungu ndi la Mdyerekezi, inde pakati pa Mulungu, Mlengi wathu, ndi Satana, amene akufuna kutiwononga. Mwina ndi chifukwa sitili otsimikiza kuti ndi ubale wamtundu wanji womwe tikufuna pamoyo wathu. Ubale wa anthu uyenera kukhala ngati phwando linalake. Njira yodyetserana ndi kumangana wina ndi mzake. Njira yomwe timakhalira, kukula, ndi kukhwima pamene tikuthandiza ena kukhala ndi moyo, kukula, ndi kukhwima. Komabe, pakhoza kukhala nthano ya udierekezi momwe timachitira ngati mizinga wina ndi mnzake.

Mlembi wachiyuda Martin Buber adanena kuti pali mitundu iwiri ya maubwenzi. Amalongosola mtundu umodzi ngati "I-You maubale" ndi wina "I-It maubale". Mu maubale a I-Inu, timachitirana mofanana. Timazindikirana, kuphunzira kuchokera kwa wina ndi mnzake ndikulemekezana monga ofanana. Mu maubale a I-id, kumbali ina, timakonda kuchitirana ngati anthu osafanana. Timachita zimenezo tikamaona anthu monga opereka chithandizo, magwero a chisangalalo, kapena njira zopezera phindu kapena cholinga.

Kudzikweza

Pamene ndikulemba mawuwa, munabwera munthu m'maganizo mwanga. Tiyeni timutchule Hector, ngakhale kuti si dzina lake lenileni. Ndine wamanyazi kunena kuti Hector ndi m’busa. Hector akalowa m'chipinda, amayang'ana mozungulira munthu wofunika. Pamene bishopu alipo, amafikira iye mwachindunji ndi kukambitsirana naye. Ngati meya kapena wolemekezeka wina alipo, ndi momwe zimakhalira. Zomwezo zimapitanso kwa wamalonda wolemera. Popeza sindine m’modzi, nthaŵi zambiri sankavutika kundilankhula. Zinandimvetsa chisoni kuona Hector akufota kwa zaka zambiri, pokhudzana ndi udindo komanso, ndikuwopa, malinga ndi moyo wake. Timafunikira maubale a I-Inu ngati tikufuna kukula. Maubale a I-id sali ofanana nkomwe. Ngati titenga ena ngati opereka chithandizo, chakudya chantchito, miyala yopondapo, tidzavutika. Moyo wathu udzakhala wosauka ndipo dziko lidzakhalanso losauka. Ine-iwe maubale ndi zinthu zakumwamba. Izi sizili choncho ndi maubale a I-It.

Kodi inuyo panokha mukukhala bwanji pa ubale wanu? Kodi mumamuchitira bwanji positi, munthu wotaya zinyalala, mwachitsanzo, wamalonda wachichepere wapasitolo yogulitsira zinthu zazikulu? Kodi mumawaona bwanji anthu amene mumakumana nawo kuntchito, kogula zinthu, kapena pocheza? Ngati mumayendetsa galimoto, mumawaona bwanji oyenda pansi, okwera njinga kapena oyendetsa galimoto ena? Kodi mumawaona bwanji anthu omwe ali otsika kwambiri kuposa inu? Kodi mumawachitira bwanji anthu ovutika? Ndichizindikiro cha munthu wamkulu kuti iyenso amapangitsa ena kudzimva kukhala okulirapo, pomwe iwo omwe ali ang'ono ndi opunduka mumzimu amakonda kuchita mosiyana.

Zaka zingapo zapitazo ndinali ndi chifukwa cholembera Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Ndinalandira kalata yolembedwa pamanja yochokera kwa iye imene ndimakondabe mpaka pano. Munthu ameneyu ndi wamkulu moti enanso angamve kukhala wamkulu. Chimodzi mwa zifukwa za kupambana kodabwitsa kwa bungwe lake la Truth and Reconciliation Commission ku South Africa chinali ulemu wosatsutsika umene ankasonyeza aliyense amene anakumana naye, ngakhale omwe ankawoneka kuti sakuyenera. Anapatsa aliyense ubale wa I-You. M’kalatayi anandipangitsa kudziona ngati ndine wofanana – ngakhale kuti sindine wotsimikiza. Anangochita phwando lakumwamba, pamene aliyense adzachita nawo phwando ndipo palibe amene adzakhala chakudya cha mikango. Ndiye tingatsimikize bwanji kuti nafenso tidzachita chimodzimodzi?

Mvetserani, yankhani ndikulongosola

Choyamba, tiyenera kumva chiitano cha Ambuye kwa ife. Timawamva m’malemba osiyanasiyana. Limodzi mwa malemba otchuka kwambiri likuchokera ku Chivumbulutso. Iye akutiitana kuti tilole Yesu kukhala m’miyoyo yathu: “Taona, ndaima pakhomo ndigogoda. Ngati wina amva mawu anga ndi kutsegula chitseko, ndidzalowa ndi kulandira sakramenti limodzi naye, ndipo iye ndi ine.” 3,20). Uku ndi kuyitanira kuphwando lakumwamba.

Chachiŵiri, titamva kuitana kumeneku, tiyenera kulabadira. Chifukwa Yesu waima pakhomo la mtima wathu, akugogoda ndi kuyembekezera. Sakuponya chitseko. Tiyenera kutsegula, kumuitanira pakhomo, kumulandira patebulo ngati Mombolo wathu, Mpulumutsi, bwenzi ndi mbale, asanalowe m'miyoyo yathu ndi mphamvu yake yochiritsa ndi yosintha.

M’pofunikanso kuti tiyambe kukonzekera phwando lakumwamba. Timachita izi mwa kuphatikizira maubale ambiri a I-You m'miyoyo yathu momwe tingathere, chifukwa chofunikira kwambiri chokhudza phwando lakumwamba, monga momwe Baibulo limaperekera, si chakudya kapena vinyo, koma maubale. Titha kukhazikitsa maubwenzi munthawi zosayembekezereka tikakhala okonzeka.
Ndiroleni ndikuuzeni nkhani yoona. Zaka zambiri zapitazo ndinapita kutchuthi ku Spain ndi gulu la anzanga ndi anzanga. Tsiku lina tikuyenda kunja kwa tauni ndipo tinasochera mopanda chiyembekezo. Tinakhala m’dambo losadziŵa mmene tingabwerere kumtunda. Njira yobwerera kumudzi komwe tidachokera inali kuti. Kuti zinthu ziipireipire, kunali madzulo ndipo usana unayamba kutha.

Mumkhalidwe wovutawu, tinazindikira za Mspanya wamkulu watsitsi lalitali yemwe anali kupita kwa ife kudutsa m’dambo. Anali wakhungu lakuda ndi wandevu ndipo ankavala zovala zosaoneka bwino komanso mathalauza akuluakulu ophera nsomba. Tinamuyitana n’kumupempha kuti atithandize. Ndinadabwa kwambiri, ndipo anandinyamula, n’kundigoneka paphewa lake, n’kupita nane kutsidya lina la moor mpaka anandikhazika pansi pa njira yolimba. Anachitanso chimodzimodzi kwa gulu lathu lililonse kenako n’kutisonyeza njira yoti tiziyendera. Ndinatulutsa chikwama changa chandalama ndikumupatsa ndalama. Sanafune aliyense wa iwo.

M’malo mwake, anagwira dzanja langa n’kundigwira. Anagwiranso chanza ndi anthu onse m’gululo asanatisiye bwinobwino. Ndikukumbukira mmene ndinalili wamanyazi. Ndinamupatsa ubale wa I-It ndipo adasintha ndikugwirana chanza kwa "I-You".

Sitinamuonenso, koma nthawi zambiri ndakhala ndikumuganizira. Ndikafika kuphwando lakumwamba, sindingadabwe kumpeza paliponse pakati pa alendo. Mulungu amudalitse. Adandiwonetsa njira - komanso m'njira zingapo!

Wolemba Roy Lawrence