Ngakhale Oyera amaopa imfa

Msirikali wamba amafa wopanda mantha; Yesu anafa mwamantha ". Iris Murdoch adalemba mawu omwe, ndikukhulupirira, amathandizira kuwunikira malingaliro osavuta kwambiri a momwe chikhulupiriro chimachitikira kufikira imfa.

Pali lingaliro lodziwika lomwe limakhulupirira kuti ngati tili ndi chikhulupiriro cholimba sitiyenera kukhala ndi mantha aliwonse oyenera kufa, koma m'malo mwake yang'anani modekha, mwamtendere komanso chiyamikiro chifukwa sitingachite mantha ndi Mulungu kapena moyo. Khristu anagonjetsa imfa. Imfa imatitumiza kumwamba. Nanga bwanji mukuopa?

Izi ndizowona, momwe zimakhalira ndi azimayi ambiri ndi amuna, ena okhala ndi chikhulupiriro ndi ena opanda. Anthu ambiri amakumana ndi imfa ali ndi mantha ochepa. Mbiri za oyera mtima zimapereka umboni wokwanira wa izi ndipo ambiri a ife tidatsalira pamanda a anthu omwe sadzavomerezedwa koma omwe adakumana ndi imfa yawo modekha komanso mopanda mantha.

Chifukwa chiyani Yesu anali amantha? Ndipo zikuwoneka kuti zinali. Atatu mwa Mauthenga Abwino amamufotokozera Yesu china chilichonse koma chokhazikika komanso chamtendere, monga magazi otuluka thukuta, maora omwe aphedwaawa. Mu uthenga wabwino wa Maliko amamufotokoza kuti ali ndi nkhawa pomwe akumwalira: "Mulungu wanga, Mulungu wanga, mwandisiyiranji ine?"

Kodi pali chiyani pamenepa?

Michael Buckley, wa ku California Yesuit, nthawi ina adakhala ndi nyumba yotchuka momwe adakhazikitsa kusiyana pakati pa momwe Socates adachitira ndi imfa yake ndi momwe Yesu adachitira ndi ake. Mapeto a Buckley atha kutidabwitsa. Socates akuwoneka kuti akumana ndi imfa molimba mtima kuposa Yesu.

Monga Yesu, a Socates nawonso adaweruzidwa kuti aphedwe. Koma adakumana ndi imfa yake modekha, mopanda mantha, akutsimikiza kuti munthu woyenera sayenera kuopa kuweruza anthu kapena kufa. Anakambirana modekha ndi ophunzira ake, ndikuwatsimikizira kuti sanachite mantha, kudalitsa, kumwa chakumwa chija ndikufa.

Ndipo Yesu, mmalo mwake? Maora akumayandikira kuti aphedwe, adamva kuwawa kwa ophunzira ake, adalumbira magazi ndi zowawa ndipo mphindi zochepa asanamwalire adalira mokuwa ndi zowawa chifukwa akumva kuti wasiyidwa. Tikudziwa, zowona, kuti kulira kwake kusiyidwa sikunali mphindi yomaliza. Pambuyo pa nthawi yopsinjika ndi mantha ija, adatha kupereka mzimu wake kwa Atate wake. Mapeto ake, panali bata; koma, m'mbuyomu, panali nthawi yovutikira yomwe idamumva kuti yasiyidwa ndi Mulungu.

Ngati wina saganizira za zovuta zamkati za chikhulupiriro, zodabwitsazo, sizikutanthauza kuti Yesu, wopanda chimo ndi kukhulupirika, ayenera kulumbira magazi ndi kulira m'masautso ammbuyo atatsala pang'ono kufa. Koma chikhulupiriro chenicheni sichikhala nthawi zonse monga chimawonekera kunja. Anthu ambiri, ndipo nthawi zambiri makamaka iwo amene ali okhulupirika kwambiri, amakumana ndi mayeso omwe amazindikira kuti usiku wamoyo.

Kodi usiku wamoyo ndi chiyani? Ndi mayeso operekedwa ndi Mulungu m'moyo momwe ife, modabwitsa komanso zopsinjika, sitingathenso kulingalira za kukhalapo kwa Mulungu kapena kumva Mulungu m'njira iliyonse yothandizika m'miyoyo yathu.

Pankhani yakumverera kwamkati, izi zimamveka zokayikira, ngati kusakhulupirira kuti kuli Mulungu. Yesetsani momwe tingathere, sitingaganizire kuti Mulungu aliko, kupatula kuti Mulungu amatikonda. Komabe, monga amanamizira amanenera komanso monga Yesu mwini akuchitira umboni, uku sikuti kutaya chikhulupiriro koma zenizeni za chikhulupiriro chokha.

Kufikira nthawi ino m'chikhulupiriro chathu, takhala tikugwirizana ndi Mulungu makamaka kudzera mu zithunzi ndi malingaliro. Koma zifanizo ndi malingaliro athu okhudza Mulungu si Mulungu .Nthawi zina, kwa anthu ena (ngakhale sizikhala za aliyense), Mulungu amachotsa zithunzi ndi malingaliro ake ndikutisiya opanda kanthu komanso owoneka achikondi, ovula zithunzi zonse zomwe Tidalenga za Mulungu. Ngakhale izi ndizowunikiratu, zimadziwika ngati mdima, masautso, mantha ndi kukayikira.

Ndipo chifukwa chake titha kuyembekeza kuti ulendo wathu wakuimfa komanso kukumana kwathu pamaso ndi Mulungu zimatha kubweletsanso kuwonongeka kwa njira zambiri zomwe takhala tikuganizira komanso kumva za Mulungu.ndipo izi zibweretsa kukayikira, mdima ndi mantha m'miyoyo yathu.

Henri Nouwen amapereka umboni wamphamvu wa izi polankhula za imfa ya amayi ake. Amayi ake anali mayi wachikhulupiriro champhamvu ndipo tsiku lililonse ankapemphera kwa Yesu kuti: "Ndiloleni ndikhale ndi moyo ngati inu ndipo ndiloleni kufa ngati inu".

Podziwa kuti mayi ake anali ndi chikhulupiriro chachikulu, Nouwen amayembekeza kuti kuzungulira pogona pake kukhala kokhotakhota komanso momwe chikhulupiriro chimachitikira ndi imfa mopanda mantha. Koma amayi ake anali ndi nkhawa kwambiri komanso anali ndi mantha asanamwalire ndipo izi zidasiyira chidwi Nouwen mpaka atawona kuti pemphero losatha la amayi ake lidayankhidwa. Adapemphera kuti afe monga Yesu - ndipo adatero.

Msirikali wamba amafa wopanda mantha; Yesu anafa mwamantha. Ndipo, modabwitsa, azimayi ndi amuna ambiri achikhulupiriro amatero.