San Girolamo, Mutsvene wezuva remusi wa30 Gunyana
(345-420)
Nyaya yeSan Girolamo
Vazhinji vasande vanorangarirwa nekuda kwehumwe hunhu hwakanaka kana kuzvipira kwavakaita, asi Jerome anowanzoyeukwa nekuda kwemamiriro ake akaipa! Ichokwadi kuti aive nehasha uye aiziva kushandisa vitriolic peni, asi kuda kwake Mwari nemwanakomana wake Jesu Kristu kwaive kwakanyanya zvinoshamisa; Chero ani aidzidzisa kukanganisa aive muvengi waMwari uye wechokwadi, uye St. Jerome akamutevera nepeni yake ine simba uye dzimwe nguva yekutsvinya.
Akanga ari kunyanya nyanzvi yeMagwaro, achishandura yakawanda yeTestamente Yekare kubva muchiHebheru. Jerome akanyorawo tsinhiro idzo sosi huru yekufemerwa kweMagwaro kwatiri nhasi. Akanga ari mudzidzi anoshingairira, mudzidzi akangwara, munyori ane mukurumbira wetsamba, uye chipangamazano kumamongi, mabhishopi uye papa. St. Augustine akati nezvake: "Izvo Jerome asingazive, hapana munhu anofa akamboziva".
St. Jerome inonyanya kukosha pakuita shanduro yeBhaibheri yainzi Vulgate. Haisi iro rakanyanya kutsoropodza Bhaibheri, asi kugamuchirwa kwaro neChechi kwave nerombo rakanaka. Sokutaura kunoita imwe nyanzvi yazvino, "Hakuna murume pamberi paJerome kana pakati pevanhu venguva yake uye nevarume vashoma kwazvo kwemazana emakore akawanda akange anyatsokwanisa kuita basa iri." Dare reTrent rakakumbira chinyorwa chitsva uye chakarurama cheVulgate ndokuchizivisa icho chinyorwa chechokwadi chinofanira kushandiswa muChechi.
Kuti aite basa rakadai, Jerome akazvigadzirira zvakanaka. Aive mudzidzisi wechiLatin, chiGiriki, Chihebheru uye chiKaldhea. Akatanga kudzidza kwake kumusha kwake Stridon muDalmatia. Mushure mekudzidziswa kwake kwekutanga, akaenda kuRome, nzvimbo yepakati yekudzidza panguva iyoyo, uye kubva ipapo kuenda kuTrier, kuGerman, uko nyanzvi iyi yainyanya kuratidza. Akapedza makore akati wandei munzvimbo imwe neimwe, achigara achiedza kutsvaga vadzidzisi vakanyanya. Akamboshanda semunyori akasarudzika waPapa Damasus.
Mushure mezvidzidzo zvekugadzirira, akafamba zvakanyanya muPalestine, achicherekedza poindi yega muhupenyu hwaKristu nenzvimbo yekuzvipira. Akavanzika sezvaaive, akapedza makore mashanu ari mugwenga reChalcis kuti azvipe kumunamato, kutendeuka uye kudzidza. Pakupedzisira, akagara muBheterehema, kwaaigara mubako raifungidzirwa kuti ndiko kwakazvarirwa Kristu. Jerome akafa muBheterehema uye zvisaririra zvemutumbi wake zvino zvakavigwa muBasilica yeSanta Maria Maggiore muRome.
Kufungisisa
Jerome aive murume akasimba uye akananga. Aive nehunhu nemichero isingafadzi yekushoropodza asingatyi uye nezvinetso zvetsika zvemurume wese. Akange asiri, sekutaura kwevamwe, anoyemura mwero mune zvakanaka uye nekupesana nezvakaipa. Aive akagadzirira kutsamwa, asi zvakare akagadzirira kunzwa kuzvidemba, zvakatonyanya kunyanya kukanganisa kwake kupfuura kwevamwe. Papa anonzi akacherekedza, achiona mufananidzo waJerome achizvirovera pachipfuva nedombo, "Wakafanira kutakura dombo riya, nekuti dai pasina iro Chechi ingadai isina kukugadza"