Mphatso ya umayi

220 mphatso ya umayiKumayi ndi chimodzi mwa ntchito zazikulu kwambiri m’chilengedwe cha Mulungu. Izi zinandibwereranso pamene ndinali kuganiza kuti ndipatse chiyani mkazi wanga ndi apongozi anga pa Tsiku la Amayi. Ndimakumbukira bwino mawu amene mayi anga ananena pamene ankakonda kuuza ine ndi azilongo anga mmene ankasangalalira kukhala mayi athu. Popeza kutibala ife zikanamupangitsa iye kumvetsetsa chikondi ndi ukulu wa Mulungu mu njira yatsopano kotheratu. Ndinangoyamba kumvetsa zimenezo pamene ana athu omwe anabadwa. Ndimakumbukirabe mmene ndinadabwa pamene ululu wa pobereka wa mkazi wanga, Tammy, unasanduka chimwemwe chochititsa mantha pamene anatha kunyamula mwana wathu wamwamuna ndi wamkazi m’manja mwake. M’zaka zaposachedwapa ndimachita mantha ndikaganizira za chikondi cha amayi. Zoonadi pali kusiyana kwa mtundu wa chikondi changa ndipo ife ana tinakumananso ndi chikondi cha abambo athu mwanjira ina.

Polingalira za unansi ndi mphamvu za chikondi cha amayi, sindikudabwa konse kuti Paulo anaphatikiza umayi m’mawu ofunika kwambiri onena za pangano la Mulungu ndi anthu, monga momwe anachitira mu Agalatiya. 4,22-26 (Luther 84) zotsatirazi zikulemba:

“Pakuti kwalembedwa kuti Abrahamu anali ndi ana aamuna aŵiri, mmodzi wobadwa mwa mdzakazi, ndi winayo mwa mkazi waufulu. Koma mmodzi wa mdzakaziyo anabadwa monga mwa thupi, koma mmodzi wa mfuluyo anabadwa mwa lonjezano. Mawu amenewa ali ndi tanthauzo lakuya. Pakuti akazi awiriwo akuimira mapangano awiri: mmodzi wa ku phiri la Sinai, amene amabala ukapolo, ndiye Hagara; pakuti Hagara atanthauza phiri la Sinai, m’Arabiya, ndi fanizo la Yerusalemu wamakono, wokhala ndi ana ake muukapolo. Koma Yerusalemu wakumwamba ali mfulu; ndiye amayi athu.”

Monga tawerenga kale, Abrahamu anali ndi ana aamuna awiri: Isake kuchokera kwa mkazi wake Sara ndi Ismayeli kuchokera kwa mdzakazi wake Hagara. Isimaeli anabadwa mwachibadwa. Koma kwa Isake, chozizwitsa chinafunikira chifukwa cha lonjezo, popeza kuti amayi ake Sara sanalinso msinkhu wobala. Chotero chinali chifukwa cha kuloŵerera kwa Mulungu kuti Isake abadwe. Yakobo anabadwa kwa Isake (dzina lake linasinthidwa kukhala Israyeli) ndipo chotero Abrahamu, Isake ndi Yakobo anakhala makolo a anthu a Israyeli. Pamenepa nkofunika kunena kuti akazi onse a makolo akale atha kukhala ndi ana kokha kupyolera mu mphamvu ya uzimu ya Mulungu. Mzera wa mibadwo umatsogolera ku mibadwo yambiri kwa Yesu, Mwana wa Mulungu, yemwe anabadwa munthu. Chonde werengani zomwe TF Torrance analemba za izi:

Chida chosankhidwa cha Mulungu m’dzanja la Mulungu ku chipulumutso cha dziko lapansi ndi Yesu wa ku Nazarete, amene anachokera pachifuwa cha Israyeli – koma sanali chida chabe, koma Mulungu mwini. umunthu wathu wamkati ndi wake Kuchiritsa zofooka ndi kusamvera kwake ndi kubwezeretsa chiyanjano chamoyo ndi Mulungu mu njira ya chigonjetso kupyolera mu chiyanjanitso cha Mulungu ndi anthu.

Timazindikira Yesu mu nkhani ya Isake. Isake anabadwa kupyolera mu kulowerera kwa uzimu, pamene kubadwa kwa Yesu kumabwereranso ku kutenga pakati kwa uzimu. Isake anasankhidwa kukhala nsembe yothekera, koma Yesu kwenikweni ndi mwaufulu anali chitetezero chimene chinayanjanitsa anthu ndi Mulungu. Palinso kufanana pakati pa Isake ndi ife. Kulowererapo kwa uzimu mu kubadwa kwa Isake kumagwirizana ndi ife ndi kubadwa mwatsopano (kwa uzimu) kudzera mwa Mzimu Woyera. Izi zimatipanga ife abale anzake a Yesu (Yoh 3,3; pa 5). Sitirinso ana a ukapolo pansi pa lamulo, koma ana otengedwa, olandiridwa mu banja la Mulungu ndi ufumu wake ndi kukhala ndi cholowa chosatha kumeneko. Chiyembekezo chimenecho n’chotsimikizika.

Mu Agalatiya 4, Paulo anayerekezera pangano lakale ndi latsopano. Monga taŵerenga, akugwirizanitsa Hagara ndi anthu a Israyeli pansi pa pangano lakale pa Sinai ndi Chilamulo cha Mose, chimene sichinalonjezedwe chiŵalo chirichonse cha banja kapena choloŵa mu ufumu wa Mulungu. Ndi pangano latsopano, Paulo akulozera m’mbuyo ku malonjezo oyambirira (ndi Abrahamu) akuti Mulungu adzakhala Mulungu wa Israyeli ndi Israyeli anthu ake, ndipo kupyolera mwa iwo mabanja onse padziko lapansi ayenera kudalitsidwa. Malonjezo amenewa akukwaniritsidwa mu pangano la chisomo cha Mulungu. Sara anapatsidwa mwana wamwamuna, wobadwa monga wachibale wachindunji. Chisomo chimachita zomwezo. Kupyolera mu chisomo cha Yesu, anthu amakhala ana otengedwa kukhala ana a Mulungu okhala ndi cholowa chosatha.

Pa Agalatiya 4 Paulo akusiyanitsa Hagara ndi Sara. Hagara akugwirizanitsa Paulo ndi mzinda umene panthaŵiyo unali Yerusalemu, mzinda wolamulidwa ndi Aroma ndi lamulo. Sara, kumbali ina, akuimira “Yerusalemu wakumwamba,” mayi wa ana onse a chisomo cha Mulungu wokhala ndi cholowa. Cholowacho chimakhudza kwambiri kuposa mzinda uliwonse. Ndi “mzinda wakumwamba” (Chiv1,2) la Mulungu wamoyo” ( 1 Akor2,22) kuti tsiku lina lidzatsikira pa dziko lapansi. Yerusalemu wakumwamba ndi mudzi wathu, kumene unzika wathu weniweni umakhala. Paulo atcha Yerusalemu, amene ali kumwamba, mfulu; ndiye mayi wathu (Agalatiya 4,26). Olumikizidwa kwa Khristu ndi Mzimu Woyera, ndife nzika zaufulu ndipo timalandiridwa ndi Atate ngati ana ake.

Ndikuthokoza Mulungu chifukwa cha Sara, Rebeka ndi Lea, amayi a mafuko atatu oyambirira a mzera wa makolo a Yesu Khristu. Mulungu anasankha amayi amenewa, omwe anali opanda ungwiro, komanso Mariya, amayi a Yesu, kuti atumize Mwana wake padziko lapansi monga munthu ndipo anatitumizira mzimu woyera kuti ukhale ana a Atate wake. Tsiku la Amayi ndi nthawi yapadera yothokoza Mulungu wathu wachisomo chifukwa cha mphatso ya umayi. Tiyeni timuthokoze chifukwa cha amayi athu, apongozi ndi akazi athu - chifukwa cha amayi athu onse. Kumayi kulidi chisonyezero cha ubwino wodabwitsa wopatsa moyo wa Mulungu.

Wodzaza ndi chiyamiko cha mphatso ya umayi,

Joseph Tsoka

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