Kodi zofukiza ndi chiani? Kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwake m'Baibulo komanso m'chipembedzo

Frankincense ndi chingamu kapena utomoni wa mtengo wa Boswellia, womwe umagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga mafuta onunkhira ndi zofukizira.

Liwu Lachihebri lofukizira ndi labonah, lomwe limatanthawuza "zoyera", kutanthauza mtundu wa chingamu. Mawu achi Chingerezi kufukiza amachokera ku mawu achi French omwe amatanthauza "zofukiza zaulere" kapena "kuyaka kwaulere". Amadziwikanso kuti rabara olibanum.

Zofukiza mu Baibulo
Amuna anzeru kapena anzeru adayendera Yesu Kristu ku Betelehemu ali ndi chaka chimodzi kapena ziwiri. Mwambowu udalembedwa mu uthenga wabwino wa Mateyu, womwe umanenanso za mphatso zawo:

Ndipo m'mene analowa mnyumba, anaona mwana ndi Mariya amace, nagwa, namgwadira: ndipo m'mene anatsegula chuma chawo, anampatsa iye ndi mphatso; golide, zonunkhira ndi mure. (Mateyo 2:11, KJV)
Buku la Mateyo lokha ndi lomwe limalemba za nkhaniyi. Kwa Yesu wachichepere, mphatsoyi imayimira umulungu wake kapena udindo wake monga mkulu wa ansembe, popeza zofukizira zinali gawo lofunikira kwambiri pakudzipereka kwa Yahweh m'chipangano chakale. Chiyambire kukwera kwake kumwamba, Kristu wakhala mkulu wa ansembe kwa okhulupirira, ndikuwapemphererabe ndi Mulungu Atate.

Mphatso yodula ya mfumu
Zonunkhiritsa zinali zinthu zodula kwambiri chifukwa zimasonkhanitsidwa kumadera akutali a Arabia, North Africa ndi India. Kutola utomoni wa lubani inali njira yowononga nthawi. Wokolayo adasula chidutswa chotalika mainchesi 5 pamtengo wamtengo wobiriwira, womwe udakula pafupi ndi miyala yamiyala m'chipululu. Kwa miyezi iwiri kapena itatu, nthunzi imatuluka mumtengowo ndikuuma "misozi" yoyera. Wokololayo amatha kubwerera ndi kufufuta makhwalalawo, ndi kutolera utomoni wamphumphu womwe unakola pachitsamba pa tsamba la kanjedza lomwe linali pansi. Chingamu chowumacho chimatha kutsitsidwa kuti ichotse mafuta ake onunkhira bwino, kapena kupsinjidwa ndi kuwotchedwa ngati zofukiza.

Zofukiza zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ndi Aigupto akale pamiyambo yawo yachipembedzo. Mitengo yaying'ono yamtunduwu yapezeka pa amayi. Ayudawo ayenera kuti adazikonzekeretsa pamene anali akapolo ku Aigupto chisanachitike. Malangizo atsatanetsatane amomwe mungagwiritsire ntchito moyenera zofukiza akupezeka mu Ekisodo, Levitiko ndi Numeri.

Zosakaniza zinaphatikizanso magawo ofanana a zonunkhira za stacte, onycha ndi galbanum, zosakanizidwa ndi zofukiza zabwino komanso zokometsedwa ndi mchere (Ekisodo 30:34). Mwa lamulo la Mulungu, wina akadagwiritsa ntchito mafuta awa ngati mafuta onunkhira, sakadapulumutsidwa kwa anthu awo.

Zofukiza zimagwiritsidwabe ntchito pamiyambo ina ya Tchalitchi cha Roma Katolika. Utsi wake umaimila mapemphelo a okhulupilika amene adakwera kumwamba.

Mafuta ofunikira
Masiku ano zonunkhira ndi mafuta ofunikira otchuka (nthawi zina amatchedwa olibanum). Amakhulupirira kuti amachepetsa kupsinjika, kusintha kugunda kwa mtima, kupuma komanso kuthamanga kwa magazi, kuwonjezera chitetezo cha mthupi, kuchepetsa ululu, kuchiritsa khungu lowuma, kusintha zizindikiro za ukalamba, kuthana ndi khansa komanso mapindu ena ambiri .