Chithunzi chanu

648 kudzijambulaNtchito yayikulu ya wojambula Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) adalemeretsedwa ndi chojambula chimodzi. Chithunzi chaching'ono "Munthu Wakale Ndi Ndevu", yemwe mlengi wake sankadziwika kale, tsopano akhoza kufotokozedwa momveka bwino ndi wojambula wotchuka wa ku Dutch, adatero katswiri wodziwika wa Rembrandt Ernst van de Wetering ku Amsterdam.

Pogwiritsa ntchito njira zamakono zojambulira, asayansi anafufuza chojambula cha Rembrandt. Chodabwitsa kwambiri n’chakuti, sikaniyo inasonyeza kuti pansi pa chithunzicho panalinso chojambula china, chomwe chikhoza kukhala chithunzithunzi cha wojambulayo, chomwe sichinamalizidwe. Zikuoneka kuti Rembrandt anayamba ndi kudzijambula yekha ndipo kenako anagwiritsa ntchito chinsalucho kupenta nkhalambayi ndi ndevu.

Mbiri yakale ingatithandize kuzindikira zolakwa zimene timachita poyesa kumvetsa Mulungu. Ambiri aife tinakula timakhulupirira kuti Mulungu ali ngati chifaniziro chooneka - munthu wokalamba wa ndevu. Umo ndi momwe ojambula achipembedzo amawonetsera Mulungu. Sitimangoganiza kuti Mulungu ndi wokalamba, komanso ngati munthu wamoyo wakutali, wowopseza, wosasunthika komanso wokwiya msanga pamene sititsatira miyezo yake yosatheka. Koma kaganizidwe kameneka ka Mulungu kakufanana ndi chithunzi cha munthu wokalamba amene amabisa chithunzi chake.

Baibulo limatiuza kuti ngati tikufuna kudziwa kuti Mulungu ndi wotani, tiyenera kungoyang’ana kwa Yesu Khristu: “Yesu ndiye fanizo la Mulungu wosaonekayo, wobadwa woyamba kusanachitike chilengedwe chonse.” ( Akolose. 1,15).
Kuti tidziwe zoona zenizeni za mmene Mulungu alili tiyenera kuyang’ana pansi pa mfundo zodziwika bwino zokhudza Mulungu ndi kuyamba kuona Mulungu akuwululidwa mwa Yesu Khristu. Tikachita izi, chithunzi chowona ndi chosakondera ndi kumvetsetsa kwa Mulungu kudzaonekera. Tikatero m’pamene tingadziŵe zimene Mulungu amatiganizira. Yesu anati: “Ndakhala ndi inu nthawi yonseyi, koma sunandidziwa, Filipo? Amene wandiwona ine waona atate. Ndiye unena bwanji kuti: Tiwonetseni Atate? (Yohane 14,9).

Ndi Yesu yekha amene amatisonyeza mmene Mulungu alili. M’malo mokhala munthu wotalikirana naye, anasonyeza kuti Mulungu – Atate, Mwana ndi Mzimu Woyera – amatikonda kotheratu. Mulungu sali Kumwamba kwinakwake, akuyang'ana mwaukali pa ife ndipo ali wokonzeka kutimenya ndi kulanga. “Musachite mantha, kagulu ka nkhosa inu! Pakuti anakomera atate wanu kukupatsani ufumu” (Luka 12,32).

Baibulo limatiuza kuti Mulungu anatumiza Yesu kudziko lapansi chifukwa chokonda dziko - osati kuti adzaweruze anthu, koma kuti alipulumutse. «Ambuye sazengereza lonjezano, monga ena achiyesa kuchedwa; koma ali wopirira ndi inu, ndipo safuna kuti wina atayike, koma kuti onse alape”2. Peter 3,9).

Zigawo za kusamvetsetsana zikangotha, chifaniziro cha Mulungu chimadziwonetsera yekha yemwe amatikonda kuposa momwe tingaganizire. “Chimene atate wandipatsa ndi chachikulu kuposa chilichonse, ndipo palibe amene angachichotse m’manja mwa atate wanga.” (Johannes. 10,29).

Kudzera mwa Yesu timasonyezedwa mtima weniweni wa Mulungu kwa ife. Timamuona mmene iye alili, osati kwinakwake ndipo alibe mkwiyo kapena kutisasamala. Iye ali pano nafe, wokonzeka pamene titembenukira kuti tilandire kukumbatira kwake mwachikondi, monga momwe Rembrandt amasonyezera m’chithunzi chake china, Kubwerera kwa Mwana Wolowerera.

Vuto lathu ndi loti tili m'njira zathu. Timagwiritsa ntchito mitundu yathu ndikujambula mizere yathu. Nthawi zina tikhoza kuchotseratu Mulungu pachithunzichi. Paulo anati: “Ife tonse tikuonetsa ulemerero wa Yehova ndi nkhope zathu zosaphimbidwa, ndipo tikusandulika kukhala chifaniziro chake kuchokera ku ulemerero wina kupita ku wina mwa Ambuye amene ndi mzimu.”2. Akorinto 3,18). Pansi pa zonsezi, Mzimu Woyera umatipanga ife chifaniziro cha Yesu yemwe ali chithunzi cha Atate. Pamene tikukula mwauzimu, chithunzi ichi chiyenera kuonekera mowonjezereka. Musalole zithunzi zina kukulepheretsani kuona kuti Mulungu ndi ndani kapena mmene Mulungu amakuonerani. Yang'anani pa Yesu, yemwe yekha ali chithunzi chaumwini cha Mulungu, chifaniziro chake.

ndi James Henderson