“Zoŵaŵa Zoyamba”

11, 12. Kodi nkhondo yoyamba yadziko inali kokha “zoŵaŵa zoyamba” m’njira yotani?

¹¹ Mavesi oyambirira a ulosi wa Yesu akumaliza ndi mawu akuti: “Ndizo zonsezi zoŵaŵa zoyamba.” Ndithudi zimenezi zinali zowona ponena za nkhondo yoyamba yadziko. Kutha kwake mu 1918 sikunadzetse mtendere wa nthaŵi yaitali. Iyo posapita nthaŵi inatsatiridwa ndi zochitika zankhondo zochepa koma zowopsa mu Itiyopiya, Libya, Spanya, Rasha, Indiya, ndi maiko ena. Ndiyeno panadza nkhondo yowopsa yachiŵiri ya dziko lonse, imene inapha asilikali ndi alaiya okwanira 50 miliyoni.

¹² Ndiponso, mosasamala kanthu za mapangano amtendere a apa ndi apo ndi kuima kaye m’kumenyana, mtundu wa anthu ukali pankhondobe. Mu 1987 kunasimbidwa kuti nkhondo zazikulu 81 zinamenyedwa chiyambire 1960, zikumapha amuna, akazi, ndi ana 12 555-000. Chaka cha 1987 chinakhala ndi nkhondo zochuluka zomamenyedwa koposa chaka china chirichonse chapapitapo m’mbiri yolembedwa.¹ Ndiponso, kukonzekera nkhondo ndi ndalama zowonongeredwa pankhondo, tsopano zimafika pachionkhetso chapafupifupi $1 000 000 000 000 pachaka, kusokoneza chuma cha padziko lonse.² Ulosi wa Yesu wonena za ‘mtundu wa anthu kuukirana ndi mtundu wina ndi ufumu ndi ufumu wina’ ukukwaniritsidwadi. Kavalo wofiira wankhondo akupitirizabe kuthamanga kochititsa mantha kudutsa padziko lonse lapansi. Koma bwanji ponena za mbali yachiŵiri ya chizindikiro?

14. Kodi ndinjala zazikulu zotani chiyambire 1914 zimene zakwaniritsa ulosi wa Yesu?

¹⁴ Kodi nkothekera kuti ulosi umenewu ukukwaniritsidwa lerolino, pamene maiko ambiri afikira pamuyezo wapamwamba kwambiri wokhalira ndi moyo? Kuyang’ana mofulumira padziko lonse lathunthu sikukusiya chikaikiro chirichonse ponena za yankho. Mogwirizana ndi mbiri, njala zachititsidwa ndi nkhondo ndi masoka achilengedwe. Pamenepo, nkosadabwitsa, kuti, zaka za zana lathu lino, zimene zakhala ndi masoka ndi nkhondo zokulira, zakanthidwa mobwerezabwereza ndi njala. Mbali zambiri za dziko lapansi zakanthidwa ndi masoka motere chiyambire 1914. Lipoti lina likundandalika njala zazikulu zoposa 60 chiyambire 1914, m’maiko okhala motalikirana kwambiri monga ngati Grisi, Netherlands, U.S.S.R., Nigeria, Chad, Chile, Peru, Bangladesh, Bengal, Kampuchea, Itiopiya, ndi Japan.³ Zina za njala zimenezi zakhala kwazaka zingapo ndipo zachititsa imfa za mamiliyoni ochuluka.

Zivomezi

17. Kodi ndichivomezi chosakaza chotani chimene chinachitika mwamsanga pambuyo pa 1914?

¹⁷ Pa January 13, 1915, pamene nkhondo yoyamba yadziko inali ndi miyezi yoŵerengeka chabe, chivomezi chinagwedeza Abruzzi, Italiya, ndipo chinatenga miyoyo ya anthu 32 610. Tsoka lalikulu limeneli likutikumbutsa kuti nkhondo ndi njala mkati mwa kukhalapo kwa Yesu zikatsagana ndi kanthu kenanso: “Kudzakhala . . . zivomezi m’malo akutiakuti.” Monga momwe kunaliri ndi nkhondo ndi njala, chivomezi cha pa Abruzzi chinali kokha “zowawa zoyamba.”a