Kodi Malemba Opatulika amati chiyani za ndalama?

Kodi Baibo Imaphunzitsanji Zokhudza Ndalama? Kodi ndi tchimo kukhala wolemera?

Liwulo "ndalama" limagwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi 140 mu King James Bible. Ma Synonyms monga golide amalembedwa maulendo 417 ndi dzina, pomwe siliva amatchulidwa mwachindunji nthawi mazana atatu ndi makumi atatu. Ngati titchulanso zochuluka za chuma m'Baibulo, titha kuona kuti Mulungu ali ndi zambiri zankhani zandalama.

Ndalama zakhala zikukwaniritsidwa m'njira zambiri m'mbiri yonse. Yakhala ikugwiritsidwa ntchito kukwaniritsa zofuna za anthu komanso ngati chida chothandiza kuti miyoyo ya anthu ambiri ikhale yolakwika. Kufunafuna chuma kwadzetsa mavuto osaneneka ndi zowawa kudzera m'mitundu yonse yauchimo.

Dyera limawonedwa ndi ena kuti ndi amodzi mwa "machimo oyipa" omwe amatsogolera kumachimo enanso. Ndalama zakhala zikugwiritsidwanso ntchito kuti zichepetse kuvutika kwa ena ndikupereka chifundo ndi chiyembekezo kwa iwo omwe akusowa.

Anthu ena amakhulupirira kuti ndi zachisoni kuti Mkristu akhale ndi ndalama zambiri kuposa momwe amafunikira pa moyo. Ngakhale okhulupilira ambiri alibe chuma chambiri, ena ndi olemera kwambiri.

Mulungu, monga Wolemera kwambiri wopezeka, sikuti amatsutsana ndi akhristu omwe ali ndi kutukuka kwambiri kuposa momwe amafunikira kukhalapo. Chomwe akufuna kudziwa ndi momwe timagwiritsira ntchito ndalama komanso ngati kukhala ndi zochuluka kumachotsa kwa iye.

Omwe amadziwika kuti ndiotchulidwa m'Baibulo ndi Abulahamu. Anali wolemera kwambiri kotero kuti anali wokhoza kuchirikiza amuna 318 ophunzitsidwa bwino kwambiri ngati akapolo ake ndi ankhondo ake (Genesis 14:12 - 14). Yobu anali ndi chuma chambiri mayesero ambiri asanamulande chilichonse. Mayeso ake atatha, komabe, Mulungu adamudalitsa chifukwa chochulukitsa kawiri zomwe anali nazo (Yobu 42:10).

A King David adapeza ndalama yayitali mzaka zambiri, pomwe amwalira, adapereka kwa mwana wake Solomoni (motsutsana naye munthu wolemera kwambiri yemwe adakhalako). Anthu ena ambiri omwe adasangalala kwambiri ndi Yakobo, Yosefe, Danieli ndi Mfumukazi Esitere omwe anali ndi chuma.

Chochititsa chidwi, tanthauzo la Bayibulo la munthu wabwino limaphatikizapo kufikira ndalama zokwanira kusiya cholowa m'mibadwo yamtsogolo. Solomoni akuti, "Munthu wabwino amasiyira ana a ana ake chuma, ndipo chuma cha wochimwa chimaperekedwa kwa olungama" (Miyambo 13:22).

Mwina chifukwa chachikulu chopezera ndalama ndikuti titha kuthandiza ovutika, monga ovutika, omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala osowa ndalama chifukwa cha zinthu zomwe sangathe kuzisintha (Miy. 19:17, 28:27). Tikakhala owolowa manja ndi kupatsa ena, timapanga Mulungu kukhala "mnzathu" ndipo timapindula m'njira zosiyanasiyana (3: 9-10, 11:25).

Ndalama, ngakhale ingagwiritsidwe ntchito ngati chida chochitira zabwino, ikhozanso kutivulaza. Bayibulo limavumbula kuti chuma chitha kutinyenga ndikutichotsera Mulungu, zitha kutitsogolera kukhulupilira zabodza kuti chuma chimatiteteza pamavuto (Miyambo 10: 15, 18: 11).

Solomoni adanena kuti chuma chathu chonse sichingatiteteze mkwiyo ukabwera (11: 4). Iwo amene amakhulupirira kwambiri ndalama adzagwa (11: 28) ndipo zofuna zawo ziwonetsedwa ngati zachabe (18: 11).

Akhristu omwe adalitsidwa ndi ndalama zochuluka ayenera kugwiritsa ntchito kuti achite bwino kwambiri padziko lapansi. Ayeneranso kudziwa kuti Bayibulo limafotokoza zinthu zina, monga bwenzi lokhulupirika (Miy. 19:14), dzina labwino komanso mbiri (22: 1), komanso nzeru (16: 16) sizingagulidwe konse.