Tsaran ranar 26 ga Disamba: labarin Saint Stephen

Watan ranar 26 ga Disamba
(DC 36)

Labari na Santo Stefano

“Yayin da adadin almajirai ke ci gaba da ƙaruwa, Kiristocin masu jin Helenanci sun koka game da Kiristocin masu jin Ibrananci, suna cewa ana yin watsi da zawarawa game da rarrabawar yau da kullun. Don haka sha biyun suka kira taron almajiran suka ce: 'Ba daidai ba ne cewa mun yi watsi da maganar Allah mu yi hidima a teburin. ‘Yan’uwa, ku zabo daga cikinku mutum bakwai masu mutunci, cike da Ruhu da hikima, wadanda za mu danƙa musu wannan aikin, yayin da muke sadaukar da kanmu ga addu’a da hidimar kalmar”. Shawarwarin ta sami karbuwa ga dukkan jama'ar, don haka suka zabi Istifanas, mutum mai cike da bangaskiya da Ruhu Mai Tsarki ... ”(Ayukan Manzanni 6: 1-5).

Ayyukan Manzanni sun ce Istifanas mutum ne mai cike da alheri da iko, wanda ke yin manyan al'ajibai tsakanin mutane. Wasu yahudawa, membobin majami'ar 'yanci na Rome, sunyi jayayya da Istifanas, amma basuyi daidai da hikima da ruhun da yayi magana da shi ba. Sun lallashe wasu su sanya zargin sa a kansa. Aka ɗauke shi aka kai shi gaban Sanhedrin.

A cikin jawabin nasa, Istifanas ya tuna da ja-gorar Allah ta tarihin Isra’ila, da kuma bautar gumaka da rashin biyayya ga Isra’ila. Daga baya ya yi iƙirarin cewa masu tsananta masa suna nuna irin wannan halin. “… Kullum kuna adawa da Ruhu Mai Tsarki; ku ma kamar kakanninku suke ”(Ayukan Manzanni 7: 51b).

Jawabin na Stephen ya haifar da fushi a cikin taron. “Amma da aka cika shi da Ruhu Mai Tsarki, sai ya ɗaga kai sama, sai ya ga ɗaukakar Allah da Yesu tsaye a hannun dama na Allah, ya ce, 'Duba, na ga sama ta buɗe, andan Mutum kuma yana tsaye dama. na Allah.… Suka jefar da shi a bayan gari suka fara jifansa. Yayinda suke jifan Istifanus, sai ya ɗaga murya, "Ya Ubangiji Yesu, karɓi ruhuna." Lord 'Ya Ubangiji, kada ka riƙe wannan zunubin a kansu' ”(Ayukan Manzanni 7: 55-56, 58a, 59, 60b).

Tunani

Istifanus ya mutu kamar Yesu: an zarge shi ba da gaskiya ba, an kai shi ga hukuncin rashin gaskiya saboda ya faɗi gaskiya ba tare da tsoro ba. Ya mutu yana mai dogaro da idanun sa ga Allah kuma tare da addu'ar gafara a leɓunan sa. Mutuwar "mai farin ciki" ita ce wacce ta same mu a cikin ruhu ɗaya, ko mutuwarmu ta kasance ta lumana kamar ta Yusufu ko ta tashin hankali irin ta Istifanas: mutu da ƙarfin zuciya, cikakkiyar amincewa da ƙauna mai yafiya.