San Girolamo, Woyera wa tsiku la 30 Seputembara
(345-420)
Nkhani ya San Girolamo
Oyera mtima ambiri amakumbukiridwa chifukwa cha ukoma kapena kudzipereka kwapadera komwe adachita, koma Jerome amakumbukiridwa nthawi zambiri chifukwa chakukwiya! Ndizowona kuti anali ndi mtima woyipa ndipo amatha kugwiritsa ntchito cholembera, koma kukonda kwake Mulungu ndi mwana wake Yesu Khristu kunali kwakukulu kwambiri; aliyense amene amaphunzitsa zolakwika anali mdani wa Mulungu ndi choonadi, ndipo St. Jerome amamutsata ndi cholembera chake champhamvu komanso nthawi zina chonyoza.
Iye makamaka anali wophunzira wa Lemba, akumasulira ambiri a Chipangano Chakale kuchokera ku Chiheberi. Jerome adalembanso ndemanga zomwe ndizomwe zimatilimbikitsa kwambiri masiku ano. Anali wophunzira waluso, wophunzira kwambiri, wolemba makalata wopambana, komanso mlangizi kwa amonke, mabishopu ndi papa. St. Augustine adanena za iye: "Zomwe Jerome sazidziwa, palibe munthu wakufa yemwe adazidziwapo".
St. Jerome ndiwofunikira makamaka pakupanga kutembenuza kwa Baibulo komwe kumatchedwa Vulgate. Si Baibulo losuliza kwambiri, koma kuvomerezedwa kwake ndi Tchalitchi kwakhala kopambana. Monga momwe katswiri wina wamaphunziro amakono ananenera, "Panalibe munthu wina asanakhalepo Jerome kapena pakati pa anthu am'nthawi yake komanso amuna ochepa kwambiri kwazaka zambiri pambuyo pake omwe anali oyenerera kugwira ntchitoyi." Bungwe la Trent linapempha kuti likhale ndi Vulgate yatsopano ndi yolondola ndipo inati ndi buku lovomerezeka kuti ligwiritsidwe ntchito mu Tchalitchi.
Kuti agwire ntchito yotereyi, Jerome adadzikonzekeretsa bwino. Iye anali mphunzitsi wa Chilatini, Chigriki, Chihebri ndi Chikaldeya. Anayamba maphunziro ake kwawo Stridon ku Dalmatia. Atamaliza maphunziro ake oyamba, adapita ku Roma, likulu la maphunziro panthawiyo, ndipo kuchokera kumeneko kupita ku Trier, Germany, komwe wophunzirayo anali wodziwika bwino. Wakhala zaka zingapo m'malo aliwonse, nthawi zonse kuyesera kupeza aphunzitsi abwino kwambiri. Nthawi ina anali mlembi wachinsinsi wa Papa Damasus.
Pambuyo pa maphunziro okonzekerawa, adayenda kwambiri ku Palestina, ndikuwonetsa gawo lililonse m'moyo wa Khristu ndi njira yodzipereka. Zachinsinsi momwe anali, adakhala zaka zisanu m'chipululu cha Chalcis kuti adzipempherere, kulapa ndikuphunzira. Pambuyo pake, adakhazikika ku Betelehemu, komwe amakhala kuphanga lomwe limakhulupirira kuti ndi komwe Khristu adabadwira. Jerome adamwalira ku Betelehemu ndipo mtembo wake watayika m'manda mu Tchalitchi cha Santa Maria Maggiore ku Roma.
Kulingalira
Jerome anali munthu wamphamvu komanso wowongoka. Iye anali ndi makhalidwe abwino ndi zipatso zosasangalatsa za kukhala wotsutsa wopanda mantha komanso mavuto onse abwinobwino amunthu. Sanali, monga ena anenera, osirira modekha pabwino komanso motsutsana ndi zoyipa. Anali wokonzeka kukwiya, komanso wokonzeka kumva chisoni, chokulirapo pazolakwa zake kuposa za ena. Papa akuti wawona, akuwona chithunzi cha Jerome akudzigunda pachifuwa ndi mwala, "Mukunena bwino kunyamula mwalawo, chifukwa popanda iwo Tchalitchi sichikadakuyikani pa udindo"