Ufumu wa Mulungu uli pafupi

697 Ufumu wa Mulungu uli pafupiPamene Yesu anali kukhala m’dera lamapiri la Galileya, m’chipululu cha Yudeya, Yohane M’batizi anapempha kuti anthu atembenuke kwambiri: “Tembenukirani kwa Mulungu! Pakuti ufumu wakumwamba wayandikira.” (Mat 3,2 Chiyembekezo kwa nonse). Anthu ambiri ankakayikira kuti iye ndi amene mneneri Yesaya ananena zaka zambirimbiri m’mbuyomo. Podziwa kuti anali kukonza njira ya Mesiya, Yohane anati: “Ine sindine Khristu, koma ndinatumidwa patsogolo pake. Iye amene ali naye mkwatibwi ndiye mkwati; koma bwenzi la mkwati, alikuyimilira ndi kumvera iye, akondwera kwakukulu ndi mawu a mkwatiyo. Chisangalalo changa tsopano chakwaniritsidwa. Iye ayenera kukula, koma ine ndichepe.” ( Yoh 3,28-30 ndi).

Yohane ataponyedwa m’ndende, Yesu anadza ku Galileya ndi kulalikira Uthenga Wabwino wa Mulungu. Mfumu Herode Antipa ndinamva zonsezi chifukwa pa nthawiyo dzina la Yesu linali pakamwa pa anthu onse. Anatsimikiza kuti: Ndi Johannes amene ndinamudula mutu. Tsopano wabwerera, wamoyo. Iye mwiniyo analamula kuti Yohane amangidwe ndi kuikidwa m’ndende pofuna kusangalatsa Herodiya, mkazi wa m’bale wake Filipo. Yohane M’batizi anam’dzudzula poyera chifukwa choloŵa naye ukwati wosaloledwa. Herodiya, amene tsopano anali wokwatiwa naye, anapsa mtima ndi udani ndipo sanafune china china kuposa kupha Yohane, koma sanachite mantha chifukwa Herode ankalemekeza kwambiri Yohane. Pamapeto pake, Herodiya anapeza imodzi
mwayi wokwaniritsa cholinga chawo. Herode anakonza phwando lalikulu pa tsiku la kubadwa kwake, phwando lalikulu la akulu onse, ndi akuluakulu onse a asilikali, ndi olemekezeka onse a ku Galileya. Pa nthawiyi, Herodiya anatumiza mwana wake wamkazi Salome m’bwalo la mpira kuti akondweretse mfumu ndi kuvina kwake. Kuvina kwake konyansa, kodzutsa mtima kunakondweretsa Herode ndi iwo akukhala naye patebulo, nampangitsa iye kupanga lonjezano lodzitamandira ndi lofulumira: adzampatsa iye chirichonse akafuna, kufikira theka la ufumu wake, nalumbirira kwa icho. Salome anawafunsa mai ake zoti awapemphe. Nkhaniyi ikutha ndi chifaniziro chonyansa cha mutu wa Yohane Mbatizi mu mbale (Marko 6,14-28 ndi).

Tikayang'anitsitsa tsatanetsatane wa nkhaniyi, tikhoza kuona momwe anthu a m'nkhaniyi adatsekeredwa. Pali Herode, iye ndi mfumu yachiŵiri mu Ufumu wa Roma kuyesera kudzionetsera kwa alendo ake. Mwana wake wopeza watsopano Salome adavina momukwiyitsa ndipo amatengeka ndi chilakolakocho. Iye wakodwa mumsampha - ndi zilakolako zake zosayenera, ndi khalidwe lake lodzikuza pamaso pa alendo ake, ndi omwe ali ndi mphamvu omwe amamulamulira. Sakanatha kusiya theka la ufumu wake ngakhale atafuna!

Salome wagwidwa ndi zilakolako za ndale za amayi ake ndi kufuna kuphana ulamuliro. Wakodwa mu zilakolako za kugonana, zomwe amazigwiritsa ntchito ngati chida. Anagwidwa ndi abambo ake opeza omwe adaledzera omwe amamugwiritsa ntchito kusangalatsa alendo ake.

Nkhani yaifupi, yomvetsa chisoniyi imasonyeza malo a anthu omwe amawotchedwa mkati mwa nthawi yochepa ndi kunyada, mphamvu, chikhumbo ndi chiwembu. Chiwonetsero chochititsa mantha chomaliza cha imfa ya Yohane M’batizi chikusonyeza zipatso zankhanza za ufumu wadziko lapansi umene ukuchepa mphamvu.

Mosiyana ndi ufumu wa dziko lino, Yesu analalikira uthenga wabwino wa ufumu wa Mulungu kuti: “Nthawi yakwanira, ndipo ufumu wa Mulungu wayandikira. Lapani (bwererani kwa Mulungu) ndi kukhulupirira Uthenga Wabwino! (Marko 1,14).

Yesu anasankha ophunzira ndi kuwatuma kukalalikira uthenga wabwino kwa nkhosa zotayika za nyumba ya Isiraeli kuti: “Ufumu wakumwamba wayandikira. Chiritsani odwala, ukitsani akufa, konzani akhate, tulutsani ziwanda. Munalandira kwaulere, patsani kwaulere.” (Mat 10,7-8 ndi).

Mofanana ndi khumi ndi awiriwo, Yesu amatitumiza kukalalikira uthenga wabwino ndi chisangalalo ndi ufulu. Timagawana nawo dongosolo lake lodziŵikitsa Yesu mokoma mtima kwa anthu anzathu kudzera mu mzimu wa chikondi, kumvera Mawu a Mulungu ndi kumutumikira. Kukwaniritsidwa kwa ntchitoyi kuli ndi mtengo wake. Kunena zoona, pali nthawi zina pamene timaona kuti tili m’mavuto chifukwa chakuti tikufikira pa zonyenga zopanda pake za m’dzikoli ndi kuchita zinthu zotsutsana ndi Mulungu wachikondi. Koma kodi nthawi zonse timalimbikitsidwa kutsatira chitsanzo cha Yohane ndi Yesu cha kulalikira choonadi mosatopa?

Iye amene alandira ndi kukhulupirira Mwana, alandira zonse pamodzi ndi Iye, moyo wokwanitsidwa, wosadziwa mapeto. Ufulu weniweni umapezeka mwa kugonjera Mfumu yowona, Yesu Kristu, osati kwa olengeza a m’nthaŵi zamakono kapena chinyengo cha kudzilamulira ndi kudzikuza. Mzimu Woyera apitirize kukukumbutsani za ufulu umene muli nawo mwa Yesu Khristu.

lolembedwa ndi Greg Williams