Mutsvene wezuva raJanuary 15: iyo nyaya yaSaint Paul the Hermit

(anenge 233 - anenge 345)

Hazvizivikanwe zvatinoziva chaizvo nezve hupenyu hwaPaul, kuti hwakanaka sei, uye kuti chaihwo sei.

Paul anonzi akazvarwa kuEjipitori, uko kwaakaita nherera aine makore gumi nemashanu. Aive zvakare ane tsika uye akazvipira jaya. Munguva yekutambudzwa kwaDecius muEgypt mugore ra15, Paul akamanikidzwa kuhwanda mumba meshamwari. Kutya kuti mukuwasha angamutengesa, akatizira kubako murenje. Zano rake raive rekudzoka kana kutambudzwa kwapera, asi kutapira kwekusurukirwa uye kufungisisa kwedenga kwakamugutsa kuti agare.

Akaramba achigara mubako iro kwemakore makumi mapfumbamwe akatevera. Chitubu chiri padyo chakamupa kuti anwe, muchindwe wakamupa mbatya uye chikafu. Mushure memakore makumi maviri neimwe yekugara yega, shiri yakatanga kumuunzira hafu yechingwa zuva rega rega. Asingazive zvaiitika munyika, Pauro akanamata kuti nyika ive nzvimbo irinani.

Saint Anthony weEgypt anopupura kuhupenyu hwake hutsvene uye kufa. Achiedzwa nepfungwa yekuti hakuna munhu akashandira Mwari murenje kwenguva yakareba kupfuura iye, Anthony akatungamirirwa naMwari kuti awane Paul uye amuzive semunhu akakwana kupfuura iye. Gunguwo musi iwoyo rakauya nechingwa chakazara pachinzvimbo chehafu yenguva dzose. Sekufanotaura kwakaita Paul, Anthony aizodzoka kunoviga shamwari yake nyowani.

Zvinofungidzirwa kuti angave nemakore gumi nemaviri ekuberekwa paakafa, Paul anozivikanwa saiye "wekutanga". Mutambo wake unopembererwa kuMabvazuva; inoyeukwawo mutsika dzeCoptic neArmenian yemisa.

Kufungisisa

Kuda kwaMwari uye nhungamiro zvinoonekwa mumamiriro ehupenyu hwedu. Tinotungamirwa nenyasha dzaMwari, isu takasununguka kupindura nesarudzo dzinotiswededza padyo uye dzotiita kuti tiwedzere kuvimba naMwari akatisika. Sarudzo idzi dzimwe nguva dzingaite sedzinotiendesa kure nevavakidzani vedu. Asi pakupedzisira ivo vanotitungamira kudzoka kune zvese munamato nekudyidzana chirairo.