Woyera wa tsiku la Disembala 5: nkhani ya San Saba

Tsiku lopatulika la Disembala 5
(439 - Disembala 5, 532)

Mbiri ya San Saba

Wobadwira ku Kapadokiya, Sabas ndi m'modzi mwa makolo akale olemekezedwa kwambiri pakati pa amonke a ku Palestina ndipo amadziwika kuti ndi m'modzi mwa omwe adayambitsa monasticism yaku Eastern.

Pambuyo paubwana wosasangalala womwe amamuzunza ndikuthawa kangapo, Sabas pomaliza adathawa m'nyumba ya amonke. Pomwe abale ake amayesetsa kumunyengerera kuti abwerere kwawo, mnyamatayo adayamba kukopeka ndi moyo wachipembedzo. Ngakhale anali monk womaliza mnyumbamo, adachita bwino kwambiri.

Ali ndi zaka 18 anapita ku Yerusalemu, kukayesa kuphunzira zambiri za kukhala kwayekha. Posakhalitsa adapempha kuti avomerezedwe ngati wophunzira wa malo osungulumwa odziwika akumaloko, ngakhale poyamba amamuwona ngati wachichepere kwambiri kuti sangakhale ndekha. Poyamba, Sabas amakhala m'nyumba ya amonke, komwe amagwira ntchito masana ndipo amakhala nthawi yayitali akupemphera. Ali ndi zaka 30, adapatsidwa chilolezo chokhala masiku asanu mlungu uliwonse kuphanga lakutali, ndikupemphera ndikugwira ntchito zamanja monga madengu oluka. Pambuyo pa kumulangiza, Saint Euthymius, Sabas adasamukira kuchipululu pafupi ndi Yeriko. Kumeneko adakhala zaka zingapo kuphanga pafupi ndi mtsinje wa Cedron. Chingwe chinali njira yake yolowera. Zitsamba zakuthengo pakati pa miyala zinali chakudya chake. Nthawi ndi nthawi amunawo ankamubweretsera chakudya ndi zinthu zina, pomwe amayenera kupita kutali kuti akamwe madzi.

Ena mwa amunawa adabwera kwa iye ali ndi chidwi chofuna kukhala naye payekha. Poyamba iye anakana. Koma patangopita nthawi pang'ono atasiya kulapa, otsatira ake adakwera kupitilira 150, onse omwe amakhala mnyumba zazing'ono zomwe zidakhala mozungulira tchalitchi, chotchedwa laura.

Bishopu adalimbikitsa a Sabas osafuna, omwe anali azaka makumi asanu zoyambirira, kuti akonzekeretse unsembe kuti athe kuthandiza gulu lawo lachigololo mu utsogoleri. Pogwira ntchito ngati abbot pagulu lalikulu la amonke, nthawi zonse amadzimva kuti akuyitanidwa kuti akhale moyo wololera. Chaka chilichonse, nthawi yonse ya Lent, amawasiya amonke ake kwa nthawi yayitali, nthawi zambiri kuwasautsa. Gulu la amuna 60 adachoka kunyumba ya amonke, ndikukakhazikika pamalo owonongeka. Sabas atamva za zovuta zomwe anali kukumana nazo, adawapatsa mowolowa manja chakudya ndikuwona kukonzedwa kwa tchalitchi chawo.

Kwa zaka zambiri Saba adayenda ku Palestina, kulalikira za chikhulupiriro choona ndikubwezeretsa ambiri ku Tchalitchi. Ali ndi zaka 91, poyankha pempho lochokera kwa Patriarch of Jerusalem, Sabas adayamba ulendo wopita ku Constantinople molumikizana ndi kupanduka kwa Asamariya komanso kuponderezedwa kwawo kwachiwawa. Anadwala ndipo atangobwerera kumene adamwalira kunyumba ya amonke ku Mar Saba. Masiku ano amonkewa akukhalabe ndi amonke a Eastern Orthodox Church ndipo Saint Saba amadziwika kuti ndiimodzi mwazodziwika bwino kwambiri zamatsenga oyamba.

Kulingalira

Ndi ochepa mwa ife omwe timagawana ndi Sabas kufuna phanga lachipululu, koma ambiri a ife nthawi zina timakhumudwa ndi zomwe ena akufuna nthawi yathu. Sabas amamvetsetsa izi. Atamaliza kukhala yekhayekha, gulu linayamba kumuzungulira, ndipo adakakamizidwa kuti akhale mtsogoleri. Imakhala chitsanzo cha kuwolowa manja moleza mtima kwa aliyense amene amafuna nthawi ndi mphamvu zake kwa ena, ndiko kuti, kwa tonsefe.