Nsolo Khumi Nacixanu
Bveserani Uphungu, Tawirani Cilango
1. (a) Thangwi yanji ife tonsene tisafuna uphungu na cilango? (b) Kodi ndi mbvunzo upi unafunika ife kudinga?
PA TYAGO 3:2 Biblya isalonga: “Ife tonsene tinadawisa pa pinthu pizinji.” Tingakwanise kunyerezera maulendo mazinji adacimwana ife kukhala ntundu wa munthu unalongwa m’Mafala a Mulungu. Natenepa tisatawira kuti Biblya isalonga undimomwene munalonga iyo kuti: “Bvesera malangiro [peno uphungu] mbutawira pinasandikwa iwe, unadzakhala munthu wa nzeru.” (Misangani 19:20) Mokhonda penula, tacita masasanyiro m’umaso wathu towera kuubveranisa na pipfunziso pya Biblya. Kodi tisatawira tani, mphapo, Nkristu nzathu angatipasa uphungu m’pinthu pyakuthonyeka?
2. Kodi tisafunika kucitanji tingatambira uphungu?
2 Anango asatawira m’kuyesera kuthawa mulando, m’kucepesa kukula kwa nseru udasosa iwo, peno m’kupasa mulando anango. Mbwenye mphyadidi kubvesera uphungu na kuuphatisira. (Ahebere 12:11) Mwandimomwene, nee munthu mbodzi asafunika kudikhira ungwiro kwa anango, kupasa uphungu nzidzi onsene m’pinthu ping’ono peno m’pinthu pyakuti Biblya isasiya kuti munthu asankhule ekha. Kusiyapo pyenepi, panango munthu anapasa uphungu hadanyerezera makhundu onsene a nseru tayu, na anewa angakwanise kupangizwa kwa munthu na cilemedzo. Mbwenye m’nsolo uno, tendeni tinyerezere kuti uphungu peno cilango cinapaswa ife ndi cakuthema, cakubulukira m’Biblya. Kodi munthu asafunika kutawira tani?
Pitsanzo Pyakuticenjeza
3, 4. (a) Kodi ndi ninji pinagumanika m’Biblya pyakuti pingakwanise kutiphedza kukulisa maonero adidi a uphungu na cilango? (b) Kodi Mambo Sauli atawira tani uphungu, na pyenepi pyambwereseranji?
3 M’Mafala a Mulungu musagumanika pyakugumana napyo pyandimomwene pya anthu adatambira uphungu wakufunika kwa iwo. M’midzidzi inango, uphungu waperekerwa na cilango. Mbodzi wa anthu anewa ndi Mambo Sauli wa Israele. Iye asiya kubvera Yahova pakuthimbana na dzinza ya Amaleke. Aamaleke akhadapingiza anzakazi a Mulungu, na Yahova atonga kuti Aamaleke afudzirwetu pabodzi na mikumbi yawo yonsene. Mbwenye Mambo Sauli alekerera mambo wa Amaleke na pifuyo pyawo pyadidi.—1 Samwele 15:1-11.
4 Yahova atuma mprofeta Samwele towera akalange Sauli. Kodi Sauli atawira tani? Iye alonga kuti abvera pidapangwa iye pyakufudza Aamaleke mbwenye atonga kusiya wamaso mambo wawo. Mbwenye pyenepi pikhaphonyana na ntemo wa Yahova. (1 Samwele 15:20) Sauli ayesera kupasa mulando mbumba thangwi yakulekerera mikumbi, mbalonga: ‘ndatoweza pikhafuna mbumba thangwi ya kuigopa.’ (1 Samwele 15:24) Iye akhadzudzumika kakamwe na umbirimi wace, mbafika pakuphemba kuti Samwele ansimbe pamaso pa mbumba. (1 Samwele 15:30) Pakumalisa, Yahova akhonda Sauli ninga mambo.—1 Samwele 16:1.
5. Kodi ndi ninji cidacitikira Mambo Oziya mudakhonda iye uphungu?
5 Mambo Oziya wa ku Yuda ‘aleka kukhulupira Mbuya, Mulungu wache, mbapita ekhene mu nyumba yakuchena towera kapisiramo makala akununkhira [peno lubani].’ (2 Pya dziko ya Israele [Mbiri] 26:16) Mbwenye anyantsembe ndiwo basi akhatawiriswa na mwambo kupisa lubani. Mudayesera nkulu wa anyantsembe kukhondesa Oziya, mambo atawira mwakuipirwa. Kodi ndi ninji cidacitika? Biblya isalonga: “Matanya atoma kubuluka ku nkhope kwache . . . thangwi Mbuya akhadamuonesa nyatwa. Adzamale mambo Oziya akhala na matanya mpaka ntsiku ya kufa kwache.”—2 Pya dziko ya Israele 26:19-21.
6. (a) Thangwi yanji Sauli na Oziya akhonda kutawira uphungu? (b) Thangwi yanji kukhonda uphungu ndi nyatwa ikulu lero?
6 Thangwi yanji pyakhala pyakunensa kwa Sauli na Oziya kutawira uphungu? Thangwi ikulu ikhali umbirimi, mbodzi na mbodzi akhapiona kukhala wakufunika kakamwe. Azinji asapidzesera kutsukwala thangwi ya nkhaliro unoyu. Iwo asabva kuti kutawira uphungu kusapangiza kufewa kwawo peno kusaphingiza dzina yawo. Mbwenye umbirimi ndi kufewa. Umbirimi usaphimbira manyerezero a munthu mbuncitisa kukhonda tawira ciphedzo cinapereka Yahova kubulukira m’Mafala ace na gulu yace. Natenepa, Yahova asacenjeza: “Kugaya kunadzesa ucherengi, kuphanira kunadzesambo kugwa.”—Misangani 16:18; Aroma 12:3.
Kutawira Uphungu
7. Kodi ndi pipfunziso pipi pyadidi pinakwanisa ife kupfunza kubulukira m’njira idatambira Mose uphungu?
7 M’Malemba musagumanikambo pitsanzo pyadidi pya ale adatawira uphungu, na tingakwanise kupfunza kubulukira mwa ipyo. Nyerezerani Mose, adapaswa uphungu na tebzwalace thangwi ya njira ikhafunika iye kutsalakana basa ikulu ikhali na iye. Mose abvesera tebzwalace na m’nzidzi uneule aphatisira uphungu unoyu. (Eksodo 18:13-24) Maseze Mose akhali na utongi ikulu, thangwi yanji iye atawira uphungu? Thangwi iye akhali wakucepeseka. “Mose akhali munthu wa ntima wakukhurudzika, nkhabebve munthu unango pantsi pano ninga iye.” (Numero 12:3) Thangwi yanji kukhurudzika ndi kwakufunika? Sofoniya 2:3 asapangiza kuti kukhurudzika peno kucepeseka kusabveka umaso.
8. (a) Kodi ndi madawo api adacita Davide? (b) Kodi Davide atawira tani mudasandikwa iye na Natane? (c) Kodi madawo a Davide ambwereseranji?
8 Mambo Davide acita upombo na Betsabe na ayesera kuubisa m’kucitisa kuti mamuna wa Betsabe, Uriya, aphiwe. Yahova atuma mprofeta Natane kuti akalange Davide. Davide atcinyuka na m’nzidzi ubodzi ene atawira: “Ndadawa kuli Mbuya.” (2 Samwele 12:13) Maseze Mulungu atawira kusandikika kwa Davide, iye mbadathabuswa na pyakubwereswa pya kudawa kwace. Yahova ampanga kuti cida peno supada nee ‘mbidamalabve tayu pa dzinza yace,’ akazace mbadapaswa kwa “unango” na mwana adabalwa kubulukira ku upombo wace ‘mbadadzafa.’—2 Samwele 12:10, 11, 14.
9. Kodi tisafunika kukumbukanji tingapaswa uphungu peno tingalangwa?
9 Mambo Davide akhadziwa maphindu akutawira uphungu wadidi. M’nzidzi unango iye apereka takhuta kwa Mulungu thangwi ya kutumiza munthu kuti ampase uphungu. (1 Samwele 25:32-35) Kodi ife ndife tenepambo? Khala ndi tenepa, nee tinadzalonga peno kucita pinthu pizinji pyakuti pingakwanise kutitsukwalisa. Kodi ndiye tani tingagumanika m’makhaliro akuti angaticitise kupaswa uphungu peno kulangwa? Tendeni tikumbuke kuti ceneci ndi cipangizo ca kufuna kwa Yahova, anafuna kuti tikhale mwadidi kwenda na kwenda.—Misangani 3:11, 12; 4:13.
Tisafunika Kusakulira Makhaliro Akufunika Kakamwe
10. Kodi ndi nkhaliro upi udapangiza Yezu kuti ukhafunika kwa ale akhafuna kupita m’Umambo?
10 Towera tikhale na uxamwali wadidi na Yahova pabodzi na abale athu Acikristu, alipo makhaliro anafunika ife kuasakulira. Yezu athonya nkhaliro ubodzi mudalimirisa iye mwana mbodzi pakati pa anyakupfunzace mbalonga: “Mungakhonda kusanduzika, mbamulandana na ana, hamunadzapita n’dziko [peno m’umambo] ya kudzulu tayu. Mphapo, uyu anakhurudzika ninga mwana uyu, ndiye nkulu wa n’dziko ya kudzulu.” (Mateo 18:3, 4) Anyakupfunza a Yezu akhafunika kusakulira kucepeseka, thangwi iwo akhadapokanyisana m’kufuna kudziwa kuti mbani nkulu pakati pawo.—Luka 22:24-27.
11. (a) Kodi tisafunika kukhala akucepeseka pamaso pa ani, na thangwi yanji? (b) Khala ndife akucepeseka, kodi tinadzacitanji anango angatipasa uphungu?
11 Mpostolo Pedro alemba: “Imwe mwonsene, bveranani pyadidi na kuchepeseka, thangwi Mulungu anakhondera ale anachita umbirimi; mbwenye anapasa nkhombo ale anachepeseka.” (1 Pedro 5:5) Tisadziwa kuti tisafunika kucepeseka pamaso pa Mulungu, mbwenye lemba ineyi isapangiza kuti tisafunikambo kucepeseka pamaso pa anyakukhulupira anzathu. Tingacita tenepa, nee tinadzaipirwa tingapaswa maonero akuthema na anango mbwenye tinadzapfunza kubulukira mwa iwo.—Misangani 12:15.
12. (a) Kodi ndi nkhaliro upi wakufunika wakulandana kakamwe na kucepeseka? (b) Nakuti makhaliro athu angakwanise kukhuya anango, thangwi yanji tisafunika kuatsalakana?
12 Cinthu cakulandana kakamwe na kucepeseka ndi kutsalakana ukhali wadidi wa anango. Mpostolo Paulu alonga: “Munthu munthu aleke kusaka mpfuma yache mbasaka mpfuma ya andzache. . . . Imwe, mphapo, pa kudya, pa kumwa, na pa kuphata mabasa anu onsene musimbe Mulungu. Lekani kusosa andzanu nee Ayuda nee Agrego nee anthu a mu igreja [peno mpingo] ya Mulungu.” (1 Akorinto 10:24-33) Paulu hadalonga tayu kuti tisafunika kusiya pyakusankhula pyathu pyonsene, mbwenye atidembetera kuti tikhonde kucita nee cinthu cibodzi cakuti cingakwanise kukulumiza anango kucita pinthu pidapangwa iwo na cikumbuntima cawo kuti mphyakuipa.
13. Kodi ndi citsanzo cipi cinapangiza kuti tiri na nsambo wa kuphatisira uphungu wa m’Malemba?
13 Kodi musaikha ukhali wadidi wa anango padzulu pa pyakusankhula pyanu pyene? Tonsene tisafunika kupfunza kucita pyenepi. Pyenepi pingakwanise kucitwa m’njira zizinji. Ninga citsanzo, onani mabvaliro na makhunganyikiro. Pyenepi ndi pinthu pinaphataniza kusankhula kwathu nkati mwa pitsogolero pya Malemba pya kubvala kwakulemedzeka, unyai na kucena. Mbwenye mungadziwa kuti thangwi ya makuziro a anthu a m’cisa canu, mabvaliro na makhunganyikiro anu asacimwanisa anango kubvesera mphangwa za Umambo, kodi munacinja? Mwandimomwene, kuphedza anango kugumana umaso okhonda mala ndi kwakufunika kakamwe kupiringana kutsanzayisika.
14. Thangwi yanji ndi kwakufunika kusakulira kucepeseka pabodzi na kutsalakana anango?
14 Yezu apereka citsanzo ca kucepeseka na kutsalakana anango, mbafika pakutsuka miyendo ya anyakupfunzace. (Jwau 13:12-15) Mafala a Mulungu asalonga pya iye: “Nyerezerani pana imwe pibodzibodzi ninga pidanyerezera Kristu Yezu. Kristu, pa kukhala iye Mulungu ene, hadanyerezera tayu kuti kukhala iye Mulungu ndi chinthu chache kakamwe. Mbwenye achepeseka mbakwata ubichu, achitika wakulandana na anthu, kwoneka kwache kukhali ninga kwa munthu. Achepeseka, mbatawira mpaka kufa.”—Afilipi 2:5-8; Aroma 15:2, 3.
Lekani Kukhonda Cilango Ca Yahova
15. (a) Kodi ndi macinjo api anafunika ife kucita towera tikhale na umunthu unakomeresa Mulungu? (b) Kodi ndi njira zipi zinaphatisira Yahova towera kutipasa uphungu na kutilanga?
15 Nakuti tonsene tisadawa, tisafunika kucinja manyerezero na makhaliro athu towera tipangize umunthu wa Mulungu wathu. Tisafunika kubvala “umunthu upswa.” (Akolose 3:5-14) Uphungu na cilango pisatiphedza kudzindikira mbuto zinafunika ife kucinja na macinjiro ace. Ncera ukulu wa cipfunziso cinafuna ife ndi Biblya. (2 Timoti 3:16, 17) Mabukhu akubulukira m’Biblya na misonkhano inasasanywa na gulu ya Yahova isatiphedza kuphatisira Mafala a Mulungu. Ngakhale tabva kale uphungu ubodzi ene, kodi tinadzadzindikira kuti tisaufuna na tinadzayesera kuuphatisira?
16. Kodi ndi ciphedzo canji cinapasa Yahova kwa mbodzi na mbodzi wa ife?
16 Na citsalakano cakufuna, Yahova asatiphedza m’nyatwa zathu. Mamiliyau a anthu aphedzwa na mapfunziro a Biblya apanyumba. Anyakubala asapasa uphungu na kulanga anawo towera kuaphedza kucalira makhaliro akuti angakwanise kuaphesa ntima. (Misangani 6:20-23) M’mpingo, kazinji kene anango asaphemba uphungu na maonero kwa atumiki adatamba pizinji towera athimizire kuwangisira kwawo m’basa ya m’munda. M’midzidzi inango, akulu a mpingo angakwanise kuphemba uphungu kwa akulu anzawo peno kwa anango adatamba pizinji m’utumiki. Ale ali na pitawiriro pyauzimu asaphatisira Biblya towera kuphedza ale anafuna ciphedzo, mbacita pyenepi na ntima wakukhurudzika peno nzimu wakupfulika. Mungapasa uphungu, imwembo ‘cenjerani gopa [munadzanyengezwa].’ (Agalata 6:1, 2) Inde, tonsene tisafuna uphungu na kusandikwa towera tilambire mwakuphatana Mulungu mbodzi basi wandimomwene.
Kubwerezera Pidapfunzwa
• Kodi Yahova asatiphedza tani mwakufuna kuona panafunika mbodzi na mbodzi wa ife kucinja?
• Thangwi yanji azinji asaona kukhala kwakunensa kutawira uphungu unafunika kwa iwo, na thangwi yanji ceneci si cinthu cadzenda tayu?
• Kodi ndi makhaliro api akufunika kakamwe anafuna kudzatiphedza kutawira uphungu, na Yezu aikha tani citsanzo m’makhaliro anewa?
[Foto pa tsamba 142]
Oziya akhonda uphungu na athaphula matanya
[Foto pa tsamba 142]
Mose aphindula m’kutawira uphungu udapaswa iye na Yetro