Mutsvene wezuva raZvita 26: nyaya yaStefano Musande
Mutsvene wezuva raZvita 26
(A.d. 36)
Nyaya yaSanto Stefano
“Sezvo huwandu hwevadzidzi hwairamba huchiwedzera, maKristu aitaura chiGiriki akanyunyuta pamusoro pevaKristu vanotaura chiHebheru, vachiti chirikadzi dzavo dzaiverengerwa mukugoverwa kwezuva nezuva. Saka vane Gumi neVaviri vakadana nharaunda yevadzidzi ndokuti: 'Hazvina kunaka kuti isu tirege shoko raMwari kushumira patafura. Hama, sarudzai pakati penyu varume vanomwe vanoremekedzwa, vazere neMweya uye nehungwaru, vatinozoisa kuno kubasa iri, isu tichizvipira kumunamato uye nehushumiro hweshoko ”. Chirevo ichi chakagamuchirwa nenharaunda yese, saka vakasarudza Stefano, murume azere nekutenda uye neMweya Mutsvene… ”(Mabasa 6: 1-5).
Mabasa eVaapositori anoti Stefano aive murume azere nenyasha nesimba, aiita zvishamiso zvikuru pakati pevanhu. Vamwe maJuda, nhengo dzesinagoge revaRoma vakasununguka, vakapokana naStefano, asi havana kurarama zvinoenderana nehungwaru nemweya waaitaura nawo. Vakakurudzira vamwe kuti vape pomero yekumhura Mwari. Akatorwa akaunzwa pamberi peSanihedrini.
Mukutaura kwake, Stefano akarangarira kutungamirirwa kwaMwari kuburikidza nenhoroondo yevaIsraeri, pamwe nekunamata zvidhori nekusateerera kwevaIsraeri. Akazotaura kuti vatambudzi vake vairatidza mweya mumwe chete. “… Unogara uchipikisa Mweya Mutsvene; imi makangofanana nemadzitateguru enyu "(Mabasa 7: 51b).
Kutaura kwaStephen kwakamutsa hasha muboka revanhu. “Asi iye, azere neMweya Mutsvene, akatarisisa kudenga akaona kubwinya kwaMwari uye naJesu amire kuruoko rwerudyi rwaMwari, ndokuti, 'Tarisai! Ndinoona matenga akavhurika uye Mwanakomana wemunhu amire kuruoko rwerudyi. yaMwari.… Vakamukanda kunze kweguta vakatanga kumutaka namabwe. … Apo pavakataka Stefano, akadanidzira achiti, "Ishe Jesu, gamuchirai mweya wangu." … 'Ishe, musavapa mhosva yechivi ichi' ”(Mabasa 7: 55-56, 58a, 59, 60b).
Kufungisisa
Stefano akafa saJesu: kupomerwa zvisina mhosva, kwakatungamira kurusununguko nekuti akataura chokwadi asingatyi. Akafa aine maziso ane chivimbo akatarisa kuna Mwari uye nemunamato wekuregerera pamuromo wake. Rufu "runofadza" ndirwo runotiwana mumweya mumwe, kunyangwe kufa kwedu kune rugare sokwaJoseph kana kune chisimba saStefano: kufa neushingi, kuvimba kwakazara neruregerero rudo.