Abramu mwamsanga asonyeza kuti chikhulupiriro chake mwa Yehova sichiri chopanda ntchito. Mwanjira ina yake, Mulungu tsopano ‘awonekera’ kwa Abramu. (Machitidwe 7:2-4) Yehova akulamula: “Tuluka m’dziko lako, ndi kwa abale ako, ndi ku nyumba ya atate wako, kunka ku dziko limene ndidzakusonyeza iwe; ndipo ndidzakuyesa iwe mtundu waukulu, ndipo ndidzakudalitsa iwe, ndi kubukitsa dzina lako; nukhale iwe mdalitso; ndipo ndidzadalitsa amene akudalitsa iwe; ndi kutemberera iye amene akutemberera iwe; ndipo mwa iwe adzadalitsidwa mabanja onse a dziko lapansi.”—Genesis 12:1-3.

Kuvomereza ku Kuitanako

Kusiya Uri wopita patsogolo? Nkulekeranji, popeza kuti nyumba mu Uri kwenikweni ziri timagulu ta nyumba za njerwa zosanjikizana zikumazungulira malo amodzi apakati ochitira maseŵera zikumakhala ndi zipinda zomafika ku 14! Nchosadabwitsa kuti wolemba mbiri wa chiFrench Henri Gaubert anachipeza icho chovuta kukhulupirira kuti Abramu akanasiya “nyumba yake ku Uri ndi zipinda zake zokongoletsedwa ndi makama ndi makushoni, malo ake okhalamo osangalatsa, ozizirira m’nyengo yotentha ndi otentha m’nyengo yachisanu, nyumba yake yosungiramo zinthu yodzazidwa bwino, chitsime chake chamadzi ozizira.” Kusiya zinthu zonsezi ndi kutenga moyo monga woyendayenda? Chosakhulupirika!

Ndipo bwanji ponena za ziwalo za banja la Abramu—ena kumasalira kumbuyo? Mu Middle East, maunansi oterowo ali amphamvu kotero kuti kuchoka ku banja la munthu kuli kulakwa kofikira ku chilango cha imfa. Kodi ndimotani mmene Abramu akanayembekezeredwa kusiya zonsezi kumbuyo kaamba ka malonjezo wamba? Indedi, kodi ndimotani mmene Mulungu akanapangira munthu ameneyu—yemwe analibe mwana pa nthaŵiyo—“mtundu waukulu”? Kodi ndi kuti kumene kuli dziko lolonjezedwa limeneli?

Ngakhale ndi tero, Abramu ali mwamuna wachikhulupiriro ndipo ali ndi “chikhazikitso cha zinthu zoyembekezeredwa.” (Ahebri 11:1) Iye amadziŵa kuchokera ku zochitika kale—monga ngati Chigumula cha dziko lonse—kuti mawu a Mulungu nthaŵi zonse amakhala owona. Abramu sali wovutitsidwa maganizo chifukwa chakuti sakudziŵa kwenikweni ndimotani, ndi liti, kapena ndi kuti kumene malonjezo aumulungu amenewo adzakwaniritsidwa. Kwa iye, osati nyumba yokondeka, moyo wachisungiko, kapena ngakhale unansi wa banja ziri za mtengo wapatali koposa unansi wa Yehova. Kwa Abramu, motero, pangangokhala chosankha chimodzi: Kumvera Mulungu ndi kuchoka mu Uri!

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(Onani m’magazini yeniyeni kuti mumvetse izi)

Ulendo wa Abrahamu

Uri

Harana

Karikemesi

KANANI

Nyanja ya Mediterranean

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Based on a map copyrighted by Pictorial Archive (Near Eastern History) Est. and Survey of Israel

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Firate pafupi ndi Uri

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Harana lerolino

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Firate pafupi ndi Karikemesi