Gwiritsani ntchito mphatso ya nthawi

gwiritsani mphatso ya nthawi yathuPa September 20, Ayuda ankachita chikondwerero cha Chaka Chatsopano, chomwe chinali ndi matanthauzo angapo. Imakondwerera chiyambi cha kuzungulira kwa chaka, kukumbukira kulengedwa kwa Adamu ndi Hava, komanso kukumbukira kulengedwa kwa chilengedwe, chomwe chimaphatikizapo chiyambi cha nthawi. Ndikuwerenga za mutu wa nthawi, ndinakumbukira kuti nthawi ilinso ndi matanthauzo angapo. Chimodzi ndi chakuti nthawi ndi chuma chogawidwa ndi mabiliyoni ndi opemphapempha. Tonse timakhala ndi masekondi 86.400 patsiku. Koma popeza sitingathe kuisunga (simungathe kupitirira kapena kuchotsa nthawi), funso likubwera: "Kodi timagwiritsira ntchito bwanji nthawi yomwe tili nayo?"

Mtengo wa nthawi

Podziwa kufunika kwa nthawi, Paulo analimbikitsa Akhristu ‘kuwombola nthawi’ (Aef. 5,16). Tisanaone tanthauzo la vesili, ndikufuna ndikugawireni ndakatulo yomwe ikufotokoza kufunika kwa nthawi:

Dziwani kufunika kwa nthawi

Kuti mudziwe phindu la chaka, funsani wophunzira amene walephera mayeso ake omaliza.
Kuti mudziwe kufunika kwa mwezi, funsani mayi amene wabereka mwana asanabadwe.
Kuti mudziwe kufunika kwa sabata, funsani mkonzi wa nyuzipepala yamlungu ndi mlungu.
Kuti mudziwe kufunika kwa ola limodzi, funsani okonda kudikirira kuti awonane.
Kuti mudziwe phindu la miniti, funsani munthu amene waphonya sitima, basi, kapena ndege.
Kuti mudziwe mtengo wachiwiri, funsani munthu amene wapulumuka ngozi.
Kuti mudziwe phindu la millisecond, funsani munthu yemwe adapambana mendulo ya siliva pamasewera a Olimpiki. Nthawi sikuyembekezera aliyense.
Sonkhanitsani mphindi iliyonse yomwe mwatsala, chifukwa ndiyofunika.
Gawani ndi winawake wapadera ndipo zidzakhala zofunikira kwambiri.

(Wolemba sakudziwika)

Kodi nthawi imagulidwa bwanji?

Ndakatulo iyi ikufikitsa ku mfundo mogwirizana ndi nthawi yomwe Paulo akupanga mofanana kwambiri mu Aefeso 5. Pali mau awiri mu Chipangano Chatsopano amene anamasuliridwa kuchokera ku Chigriki monga kugula. Limodzi ndi agorazo, lomwe limatanthauza kugula zinthu pamsika wabwinobwino (agora). Wina ndi exagorazo, kutanthauza kugula zinthu kunja kwake. Paulo akugwiritsa ntchito liwu lakuti exagorazo mu Aef. 5,15-16 ndi kutilangiza kuti: “Samalani ndi makhalidwe anu; usachite chopusa, koma yesetsa kukhala wanzeru. Tengani mwayi uliwonse kuti muchite zabwino mu nthawi yovutayi” [New Life, SMC, 2011]. Baibulo lotembenuzidwa ndi Luther la 1912 limati “muwombole nthawi.” Zikuoneka ngati Paulo akufuna kutilimbikitsa kuti tiwombole nthawi kunja kwa ntchito za msika.

Sitikudziwa bwino mawu oti "kugula". Mu bizinesi zimamveka ngati "kugula zopanda kanthu" kapena "kulipiritsa". Ngati munthu sakanatha kubweza ngongoleyo, akanapangana pangano kuti adzilembetse ngati akapolo kwa munthu amene wamangayo mpaka kubweza ngongoleyo. Utumiki wawo ukanathanso kutha msanga ngati wina wabweza ngongoleyo m’malo mwawo. Pamene wobwereketsa adagulidwa kuti asagwiritsidwe ntchito mwanjira imeneyi, njirayo inkadziwika kuti "kuwombola kapena kuwombola."

Zinthu zamtengo wapatali zitha kutulutsidwa - monga tikudziwira kuchokera kumalonda lero. Kumbali imodzi, Paulo akutiuza kuti tigwiritse ntchito kapena kuwombola nthawi. Kumbali inayi, kuchokera pamalingaliro a malangizo a Paulo, tikuwona kuti tiyenera kukhala otsatira a Yesu. Paulo akutiuza kuti timvetsetse kuti tiyenera kuganizira za Iye amene anatigulira nthawi. Kukangana kwake sikutaya nthawi kuchita zinthu zina zomwe zimatilepheretsa kuyang'ana kwa Yesu ndi ntchito yomwe adatiitanira.

Pansipa pali ndemanga ya Aefeso 5,16 kuchokera mu Voliyumu 1 ya “Wuest’s Word Studies in the Greek New Testament :

"Gulani" limachokera ku liwu lachi Greek exagorazo (ἐξαγοραζω), kutanthauza "kugula". M’chigawo chapakati chogwiritsiridwa ntchito pano, limatanthauza “kudzigulira kaamba ka iwe wekha kapena kaamba ka phindu lako.” Mophiphiritsira, limatanthauza “kugwiritsa ntchito mwanzeru ndi mopatulika mpata uliwonse kaamba ka ntchito yanzeru ndi yopatulika ya kuchita zabwino,” kotero kuti changu ndi kuchita zabwino monga njira. malipiro omwe timapeza nthawi" (Thayer). "Nthawi" si chronos (χρονος), kutanthauza "nthawi yotere", koma kairos (καιρος), "nthawi yoyenera kuwonedwa ngati nthawi yabwino, yanthawi yake, yanthawi yake komanso yabwino". Munthu sayenera kuyesetsa kugwiritsa ntchito bwino nthawi monga choncho, koma kugwiritsa ntchito mwayi umene wapezeka.

Popeza kuti nthawi siingathe kuganiziridwa kuti ndi chinthu chimene chingagulidwe kwenikweni, timatengera mawu a Paulo mophiphiritsa, amene kwenikweni amanena kuti tiyenera kugwiritsa ntchito bwino lomwe mmene zinthu zilili. Tikamatero, nthawi yathu idzakhala ndi cholinga komanso tanthauzo lalikulu, ndipo ‘idzakhalanso ndi phindu.

Nthawi ndi mphatso yochokera kwa Mulungu

Monga mbali ya chilengedwe cha Mulungu, nthawi ndi mphatso kwa ife. Ena ali ndi zambiri ndipo ena ali ndi zochepa. Chifukwa cha kupita patsogolo kwa zamankhwala, chibadwa chabwino, ndi madalitso a Mulungu, ambiri a ife tidzakhala ndi moyo kupitirira zaka 90 ndipo ena kupitirira 100. Posachedwapa tinamva za mwamuna wina ku Indonesia amene anamwalira ali ndi zaka 146! Zilibe kanthu kuti Mulungu watipatsa nthawi yochuluka bwanji, chifukwa Yesu ndi Mbuye wa nthawi. Kupyolera mu Kubadwanso Kwinakwake, Mwana Wamuyaya wa Mulungu anabwera kuchokera ku umuyaya kupita ku nthawi. Chifukwa chake, Yesu amakumana ndi nthawi yolengedwa mosiyana ndi ife. Nthawi yathu yolengedwa ili ndi nthawi yochepa, pamene nthawi ya Mulungu kunja kwa chilengedwe ilibe malire. Nthawi ya Mulungu sinagawidwe m’zigawo, monga momwe zilili ndi ife, m’zaka zakale, zamakono ndi zam’tsogolo. Nthawi ya Mulungu nayonso ili ya khalidwe losiyana kotheratu - mtundu wa nthawi umene sitingathe kuumvetsa. Chimene tingachite (ndipo tiyenera) kuchita ndicho kukhala m’nthaŵi yathu ndi chidaliro chotsimikizirika chakuti tidzakumana ndi Mlengi ndi Mombolo wathu m’nthaŵi yake, kosatha.

Musagwiritse ntchito molakwika kapena kuwononga nthawi

Tikamalankhula mophiphiritsa za nthawi ndi kunena zinthu monga “osataya nthawi,” tikutanthauza kuti tingataye kugwiritsa ntchito bwino nthawi yathu yamtengo wapatali. Zimenezi zimachitika tikalola munthu wina kapena chinachake kutiwonongera nthawi yathu pa zinthu zimene zilibe phindu kwa ife. Izi zikufotokozedwa mophiphiritsa, tanthauzo la zomwe Paulo akufuna kunena kwa ife: "Mugule nthawi". Tsopano akutilangiza kuti tisamagwiritse ntchito molakwa kapena kuwononga nthaŵi yathu m’njira zimene zingatichititse kulephera kupereka zinthu zofunika kwa Mulungu ndi kwa Akristufe.

M’nkhani ino, popeza ili ponena za “kugula nthaŵi,” tiyenera kukumbukira kuti nthaŵi yathu inayamba kuwomboledwa ndi kuwomboledwa mwa chikhululukiro cha Mulungu kupyolera mwa Mwana wake. Tikatero timapitirizabe kugula nthaŵi mwa kugwiritsira ntchito bwino nthaŵi yathu kuti tithandizire kukulitsa unansi wathu ndi Mulungu ndi wina ndi mnzake. Kugula nthawi kumeneku ndi mphatso ya Mulungu kwa ife. Pamene Paulo analembera Aefeso 5,15 akutilangiza kuti “tiyang’ane mosamalitsa pa moyo wathu, osati monga opanda nzeru, koma monga anzeru,” iye amatilangiza kugwiritsa ntchito mipata imene nthaŵiyo imatipatsa yolemekeza Mulungu.

Ntchito Yathu "pakati pa Nthawi"

Mulungu watipatsa nthawi yoyenda mu kuunika kwake, kutenga nawo mbali mu utumiki wa Mzimu Woyera pamodzi ndi Yesu, kupititsa patsogolo ntchitoyo. Kuti tichite zimenezi timapatsidwa “nthawi ya pakati pa nthawi” ya kudza koyamba ndi kwachiwiri kwa Khristu. Ntchito yathu panthawi ino ndi kuthandiza ena kufunafuna ndi kudziwa Mulungu ndi kuwathandiza kukhala ndi moyo wachikhulupiriro ndi chikondi ndi chidaliro chotsimikizika kuti pamapeto pake Mulungu wagulitsa zolengedwa zonse, zomwe zimaphatikizapo nthawi. Pemphero langa ndi lakuti mu GCI tiwombole nthawi imene Mulungu watipatsa pokhala mokhulupirika ndi kulalikira uthenga wa chiyanjanitso cha Mulungu mwa Khristu.

Pothokoza mphatso za Mulungu kuyambira kalekale,

Joseph Tsoka

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