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371 kuchokera pantchito yotsatiraBuku la Nehemiya, limodzi mwa mabuku 66 a m’Baibulo, mwina ndi limodzi mwa mabuku amene anthu ambiri saliona. Lilibe mapemphero ochokera pansi pamtima ndi nyimbo monga Psalter, mulibe nkhani zazikulu za chilengedwe monga Bukhu la Genesis.1. Mose) ndipo palibe mbiri ya Yesu kapena zamulungu za Paulo. Komabe, monga mawu ouziridwa a Mulungu, ndi ofunika chimodzimodzi kwa ife. Nkosavuta kunyalanyaza pamene tikuwerenga Chipangano Chakale, koma tingaphunzire zambiri kuchokera mu bukhuli – makamaka za mgwirizano weniweni ndi moyo wachitsanzo.

Buku la Nehemiya lili m’gulu la mabuku a mbiri yakale chifukwa kwenikweni limalemba zochitika zofunika kwambiri m’mbiri ya Ayuda. Limodzi ndi bukhu la Ezara, limasimba za kubwezeretsedwa kwa mzinda wa Yerusalemu, umene unagonjetsedwa ndi kuwonongedwa ndi Ababulo. Bukuli ndi lapadera kwambiri chifukwa linalembedwa ndi munthu woyamba. Tikuphunzira m’mawu a Nehemiya mwini mmene munthu wokhulupirikayu anamenyera nkhondo anthu ake.

Nehemiya anali ndi udindo waukulu m’bwalo la Mfumu Aritasasita, koma anasiya mphamvu ndi mphamvu m’nyumbamo n’cholinga choti athandize anthu ake, amene anali kukumana ndi tsoka lalikulu ndi manyazi. Iye analoledwa kubwerera ku Yerusalemu kukamanganso malinga a mzindawo amene anawonongedwa. Khoma la mzinda lingawoneke ngati losafunika kwa ife lero, koma mkati 5. Zaka mazana ambiri Kristu asanakhalepo, kumangidwa kwa mpanda wa mzindawo kunali kofunikira kwambiri pa kukhazikikako. Mzinda wa Yerusalemu, womwe unali likulu la kulambira kwa anthu osankhidwa a Mulungu, unali wabwinja ndiponso wosatetezedwa, unachititsa Nehemiya chisoni chachikulu. Iye anapatsidwa njira zomangiranso mzindawu kukhala malo oti anthu azikhalamo n’kumalambira mopanda mantha. Komabe, kumanganso Yerusalemu sikunali kophweka. Mzindawu unazunguliridwa ndi adani amene sanasangalale kuti Ayuda atsala pang’ono kufalikiranso. Iwo anaopseza kuti adzawononga modabwitsa nyumba zimene Nehemiya anamanga kale. Zinali zofunika kukonzekeretsa Ayuda ku ngoziyo.

Nehemiya iye mwini akusimba kuti: “Ndipo kunali, kuyambira pamenepo theka la anthu anga anagwira ntchito yomangayo, koma theka lina linakonza mikondo, zikopa, mauta ndi zida, niima kumbuyo kwa nyumba yonse ya Yuda yomanga linga. Amene ankasenza katundu ankagwira ntchito motere:

Anagwira ntchito ndi dzanja limodzi, ndipo ndi dzanja limodzi anagwira chidacho.” (Nehemiya 4,10-11). Izi zinali zovuta kwambiri! Kuti amangenso mzinda umene Mulungu anasankha, Aisiraeli ankafunika kusinthana kusankha anthu omanga komanso kuika alonda oti aziwateteza. Anayenera kukhala okonzeka kuthamangitsa chiwembucho nthawi iliyonse.

Padziko lonse pali Akristu ambiri amene ali pangozi ya chizunzo nthaŵi zonse chifukwa cha mmene amakhalira ndi chikhulupiriro chawo. Ngakhale anthu amene sakhala pa ngozi tsiku lililonse angaphunzire zambiri pa utumiki wa Nehemiya. Ndi bwino kuganizira mmene tingatetezere wina ndi mnzake, ngakhale pamene zinthu sizikuipiraipira. Pamene tigwira ntchito yomanga thupi la Khristu, dziko limakumana nafe ndi kukanidwa ndi kukhumudwa. Monga Akristu, tiyenera kukhala ndi anthu amalingaliro ofanana ndi kuwachirikiza.

Nehemiya ndi anthu ake anatsimikizira kuti anali atcheru ndi okonzeka nthaŵi zonse kukhala okonzeka kulimbana ndi vuto lililonse—kaya ndi kumanga mzinda wa anthu a Mulungu kapena kuuteteza. Iwo sanafunsidwe kwenikweni kuchita zimenezo chifukwa chakuti iwo anali oyenerera bwino ntchitoyo, koma chifukwa chakuti ntchitoyo inayenera kuchitidwa.

Pakhoza kukhala ochepa pakati pathu amene amamva kuitanidwa kuchita zazikulu. Mosiyana ndi anthu ambiri a m’Baibulo, Nehemiya sanatchulidwe mwachindunji. Mulungu sanalankhule naye kudzera m’chitsamba choyaka moto kapena m’maloto. Iye anangomva za vutolo ndipo anapemphera kuti aone mmene angathandizire. Kenako anapempha kuti apatsidwe ntchito yomanganso Yerusalemu - ndipo anamulola. Iye anachitapo kanthu kuti atetezere anthu a Mulungu. Mwa njira imeneyi, pamene tsoka ladzidzidzi litisonkhezera kuchitapo kanthu, Mulungu angatitsogolere kuchita zimenezo mwamphamvu mofanana ndi mtambo woima njo ngati chipilala kapena mawu ochokera kumwamba.

Sitidziwa nthawi yomwe tidzaitanidwa ku utumiki. Sizinawonekere kuti Nehemiya akanakhala woyenerera kusankhidwa: sanali womanga nyumba kapena womanga. Anali ndi udindo wamphamvu pa ndale, umene anausiya popanda kutsimikiza kuti wapambana chifukwa cha kufunikira. Anakhala ndi cholinga chimenechi chifukwa ankakhulupirira kuti chifuniro cha Mulungu ndi njira zake pakati pa amitundu zinatanthauza kuti anthu ayenera kukhala ku Yerusalemu, kumalo ndi nthawi inayake. Ndipo iye ankaona kuti cholingacho chinali chofunika kwambiri kuposa chitetezo ndi ubwino wake. Nehemiya nthawi zonse ankakumana ndi zinthu zatsopano. Pa nthawi yonse ya Kumanganso, adatsutsidwa kuti athetse mavuto ndi kubwezeretsanso anthu ake.

Ndikaganizira mmene tonsefe timavutikira kutumikirana. Zimandikumbutsa kuti nthawi zambiri ndimaganiza kuti munthu wina osati ine angachite bwino kundithandiza pazochitika zina. Komabe, buku la Nehemiya limatikumbutsa kuti monga gulu la Mulungu timaitanidwa kuti tizisamalirana. Tiyenera kukhala okonzekera kuika pambali chitetezo chathu ndi kupita patsogolo kwathu kuti tithandize Akristu osoŵa.

Zimandidzaza ndi chiyamiko chachikulu ndikamva kuchokera kwa abale ndi antchito omwe akudzipereka kuthandiza ena, kaya mwa kudzipereka kwawo kapena zopereka zawo - kusiya chikwama chosadziwika cha chakudya kapena zovala pakhomo la banja losowa kapena kuyitana kwa wina oyandikana nawo osowa pa chakudya chamadzulo - onse amafunikira chizindikiro cha chikondi. Ndikusangalala kuti chikondi cha Mulungu chimadutsa mwa anthu ake kupita kwa anthu! Kudzipatulira kwathu ku zosoŵa zotizungulira kumasonyeza njira ya moyo yachitsanzo yeniyeni imene timakhulupirira m’mikhalidwe iriyonse imene Mulungu watiika m’malo oyenera. Njira zake nthawi zina zimakhala zachilendo pankhani yothandiza ena ndikubweretsa kuwala pang'ono m'dziko lathu lapansi.

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