Hupenyu hweVatsvene: San Policarpo, bhishopi uye akafira kutenda
San Policarpo, bhishopi uye akafira kutenda
c. 69-c. 155
Kukadzi 23 - Chirangaridzo (Chisarudzo chechirangaridzo kana zuva revhiki reLent)
Ruvara rwe Lituction: Tsvuku (Violet kana zuva revhiki reLent)
Patron yevanorwara nemhezi
Rufu runotyisa rwebhishopi anonzwisisika runogumisa iyo nguva yepashure pevaapositori
Bhishopi weKaturike anourayiwa noutsinye muTurkey. Mhondi yake inodaidzira "Allahu Akbar", ichiramba ichirova munhu wayo mumoyo, ichibva yadambura musoro wayo. Kune zvapupu kune chiito. Vashoma vapristi vemunharaunda uye akatendeka vanotya kwehupenyu hwavo. Papa kuRome vanoshamiswa uye vanonamatira mushakabvu. Zviuru zvishanu zvevanhu vanotora chikamu mumariro akasarudzika Misa. Chiitiko chakabvira kare? Aihwa.
Bhishopi akaurayiwa aive muFrance wechiFrenchan anonzi Luigi Padovese, papa wekuchema aive Benedict XVI uye gore raive 2010. Turkey inzvimbo ine njodzi kuna bhishopi weKaturike, angave ari bhishopi wePadovese kana musande nhasi, Bishop Policarpo. Kwerinopfuura mamirioni, iyo nzvimbo yeAnatolian yave iri yekutanga kwechiKristu chekuMabvazuva. Nguva iyoyo yakavapo kubva kumagumo. Makiromita mazana mashoma uye chiuru chimwe nemazana maviri nemasere makore avanopatsanura, kana pamwe vangabatana, bhishopi wePadovese pamwe na bhishopi Policarpo. Kunyangwe akapfurwa nebakatwa rinopinza reMuslimanhasi anofarira, kana kudururwa nebakatwa rakapotswa nemusoja wechiRoma, ropa rakaramba richingoyerera kubva mutsipa yemutungamiriri wechiKristu, uyo akawira munyika yakaoma.
Nhau dzekuuraiwa kwaSan Policarpo, bhishopi weSmirna, dzakapararira kure panguva yake, dzichiita kuti ave nemukurumbira muChechi yekutanga sezvazviri nhasi. Akatongerwa kutenda munenge muna 155 AD, mumwe wevashoma vakatanga kutenda avo kufa kwavo kunosimbiswa nemagwaro zvakanyatsonaka zvekuti aratidze kuti akaurayiwa pazuva chairo remabiko ake, Kukadzi 23. Polycarp anga aine makumi masere nemasere apo pakauya mhirizhonga pamusoro pechechi yemuno. Akamirira nokushivirira papurazi kunze kweguta kuti vaurayi vake vagogodza pamusuwo wake. Akazounzwa pamberi pemumiriri weRoma uye akarairwa kuti arambe Mwari. Fungidzira izvozvo. Ipfungwa dzinonakidza sei! Mukristu anopomedzerwa kusatenda kuti kuna Mwari ne "mutendi" wechihedheni. Ndiwo maitiro aive nemaRoma.
Vanamwari veRoma vaive zviratidzo zvekusarudzika pane zvinhu zvekutenda. Hapana munhu akafira kutenda kwavo. Hapana akarwira zvitendero zvavo, nekuti pakanga pasina zvitendwa. Vamwari ava vakaitira Roma zvinoitwa nemireza, nhetembo dzenyika, uye mazororo ehurumende, kurudzi rwazvino. Vakabatana naye. Vaive zviratidzo zvepasirese zvekuzvitutumadza kwenyika. Sezvinongoita munhu wese anomiririra rwiyo rwenyika, vanotarisana nemureza, vakaisa ruoko pamwoyo yavo uye voimba mazwi akajairwa, saka vagari veRoma vakakwirawo nhanho dzakakura dzematembere avo kumatombo mazhinji, vakaita chikumbiro uye vanopisira rusenzi atari yamwari wavo wavanofarira.
Zvaitoda hushingi hwehumambo kuna Polycarp nezviuru zvevamwe vaKristu vekutanga, kuti varege kukanda mashoma ezvinonhuwira murazvo wakatsva pamberi pamwari wechihedheni. Kune vaRoma, kusapisa rusenzi kwakadaro kwaive sekusvora mureza. Asi Polycarp akangoramba kupa chokwadi chezvaakanga anzwa kubva mumuromo weSt. John achiri murume mudiki, kuti muvezi anonzi Jesu, akange agara mavhiki mashoma kumaodzanyemba kweSmirna, aive amuka kuvakafa mushure mekuora kwake muviri rakaiswa muguva rakachengetedzwa. Uye izvi zvakaitika munguva pfupi yapfuura, mumazuva evasekuru vaPolycarp!
Polycarp aidada kufira iko kutenda kwaakange atora kuburikidza nekufunga kwakakodzera. Hunhu hwake semutungamiri wechiKristu hwaisanzwisisika. Akange adzidza kutenda kubva kune umwe wevaapositori vaIshe. Iye akange asangana nemabhishopi anozivikanwa eAntiokia, St. Ignatius, Ignatius paakapfuura nepakati peSmirna munzira yekuenda kwake kuRoma. Imwe yetsamba nomwe dzinozivikanwa dzeSanta Ignatius inotonyorerwa kuna Polycarp. Polycarp, Saint Irenaeus weLyon anotiudza, akamboenda kuRoma kunosangana naPapa pamubvunzo wekupfimbana kweIsita. Irenaeus akange aziva uye akadzidza kubva kuPolycarp apo Irenaeus aive mwana muAsia Minor. Tsamba yaPolycarp kuna vaFiripi yaiverengwa mumakereke muAsia sekunge yaive chikamu cheRugwaro, zvirinani kusvika kuzana rechina.
Yakanga iri murume ane mbiri yebvudzi rakachena, chapupu chipenyu chekupedzisira chizvarwa chevaapositori, maoko ake akasungwa kumashure kwake padanda uye akamira "kunge gondohwe rine simba" uku zviuru zvichidana ropa rake. Bishop Polycarp vakagamuchira zvakanaka izvo zvavasina kunyatsotsvaga. Muviri wake wakazopiswa mushure mekufa kwake uye akatendeka akachengeta mapfupa ake, iwo wekutanga muenzaniso wezvibodzwa wakakudzwa. Makore mashoma mushure mekufa kwaPolicarpo, mumwe murume anobva kuSmirna anonzi Pionio akaurayirwa mhosva yekucherechedzwa kufira kwaSan Policarpo. Chaizvoizvo nenzira iyi inowedzerwa, imwe mushure meimwe, iyo inobatana necheni yekutenda iyo inodarika kuburikidza nemazana emakore kusvika kuzuva ranhasi, iko ikozvino tinokudza San Policarpo sekunge takagara mukati mekusvika kwekuita munhandare iyo zuva rekutiza.
Great martyr San Policarpo, tiite isu zvapupu zvakasimba zvechokwadi mumashoko uye zviito, sekupupurira kwamakaita chokwadi muhupenyu hwenyu nerufu. Kuburikidza nekureverera kwako, unoita kuzvipira kwedu kunamato refu-refu, chirongwa chehupenyu, icho chinogara kusvikira hupenyu hwedu hwekutenda hwapera nerufu rwekutenda.