Pokambirana ndi Nikodemo, Yesu anatchula kufanana kochititsa chidwi pakati pa njoka m’chipululu ndi iye mwini: “Monga Mose anakwezera njoka m’chipululu, chotero Mwana wa munthu ayenera kukwezedwa motero, kuti yense wakukhulupirira iye akhale nawo moyo wosatha.” Johannes 3,14-15 ndi).
Kodi Yesu akutanthauza chiyani pamenepa? Yesu akutenga nkhani ya m’Chipangano Chakale yonena za anthu a Israyeli. Aisrayeli anali m’chipululu ndipo anali asanalowe m’dziko lolonjezedwa. Iwo analephera kupirira ndipo anadandaula kuti: “Anthuwo anakwiya panjira ndipo analankhula motsutsana ndi Mulungu ndi Mose kuti: “N’chifukwa chiyani munatitulutsa m’dziko la Iguputo kuti tidzafere m’chipululu? Pakuti pano mulibe mkate kapena madzi, ndipo tanyansidwa ndi chakudya chochepa’chi”4. Mose 21,4-5 ndi).
Kodi mana ankatanthauza chiyani? “Onse anadya chakudya chofanana chauzimu, namwa chakumwa chofanana chauzimu; pakuti adamwa mwa thanthwe lauzimu lakuwatsata; koma thanthwelo ndiye Kristu” (1. Akorinto 10,3-4 ndi).
Yesu Khristu ndiye thanthwe, chakumwa chauzimu, ndipo chakudya chauzimu chomwe adadya chinali chiyani? Anali mana, buledi, amene Mulungu amagwetsa ponsepo pa msasa wa Israeli. Chinali chiyani icho? Yesu akuyimira mana, ndiye mkate weniweni wochokera kumwamba. Aisrayeli ananyoza mkate wakumwamba, ndipo chinachitika nchiyani?
Zokwawa zapoizoni zinabwera, zinaluma, ndipo anthu ambiri anafa. Mulungu akulangiza Mose kupanga njoka yamkuwa ndi kuipachika pamtengo. “Choncho Mose anapanga njoka yamkuwa ndi kuikweza pamwamba. Ndipo munthu akaluma njoka, anayang’ana pa njoka yamkuwayo, nakhalabe ndi moyo.4. Mose 21,9).
Aisraele anali osayamika ndipo samazindikira zomwe Mulungu amawachitira. Iwo anali atayiwala kuti anawapulumutsa ku ukapolo ku Igupto kudzera mu miliri yozizwitsa ndikuwapatsa chakudya.
Chiyembekezo chathu chokha chili pamakonzedwe ochokera kwa Mulungu, osati kuchokera pazomwe timachita koma kuchokera kwa amene wakwezedwa pamtanda. Liwu loti "kukwezedwa" ndi liwu loti Yesu adapachikidwa ndipo ndi mankhwala okhawo kwa anthu onse komanso kwa anthu osakhutitsidwa a Israeli.
Njoka yamkuwa inali chabe chizindikiro chomwe chidapangitsa machiritso kuthupi kwa Aisraeli ena ndikuloza kwa Mmodzi yekha, Yesu Khristu, yemwe amapereka machiritso auzimu kwa anthu onse. Chiyembekezo chathu chokha chopewa imfa chimadalira kutchera khutu kumene Mulungu adapanga. Tiyenera kuyang'ana ndi kukhulupirira mwa Mwana wa Munthu, amene wakwezedwa, kuti tipulumutsidwe kuimfa ndikupatsidwa moyo wosatha. Uwu ndi uthenga wabwino womwe umalembedwa mu nkhani yokhudza kuyendayenda kwa Israeli mchipululu.
Ngati inu, owerenga okondedwa, mwalumidwa ndi njoka, yang'anani kwa Mwana wa Mulungu amene adaukitsidwa pamtanda, mukhulupirireni iye, ndipo mudzalandira moyo wosatha.
ndi Barry Robinson