‘Urayai Vasingatendi Mwari!’
VANHU vakamurangarira saasingatendi Mwari, munhu anotsvaka kudzivisa kunamata ndokuparadza vamwari vavo. Azvidzwa nokushorwa, iye akaunzwa pamberi pavo mugungano ravose. Apo gavhuna akabvunza, mumwe munhu ane chiremera wamakore 86 ezera akabuda ndokubvuma kuzivikanwa kwake. Zita rake rakanga riri Polycarp.
Gavhuna woruwa rweRoma Statius Quadratus akapfuurira namashoko, anoti: “Pika noungwaru hwaKesari; chinja ndangariro yako ndokuti, ‘Urayai vasingatendi kuvapo kwaMwari!’” Polycarp ipapo akatarira boka guru ravahedheni vasingateereri mutemo vakazadza nhandare. Achininira kwavari, iye akagomera, akatarira kudenga, uye akati: “Urayai vasingatendi kuvapo kwaMwari!” Zvamazvirokwazvo, ‘Urayai vasingatendi Mwari!’
Gavhuna woruwa ipapo akataura noukombi hukuru, achiti: “Pika uye ndinokusunungura; tuka Kristu.” Asi Polycarp akapindura, achiti: “Ini ndakabatira Iye kwamakore ane makumi masere namatanhatu, uye Iye haana kundiitira chakaipa. Ndinogona sei kuzvidza Mambo wangu uyo akandiponesa?”
Gadziriro ipapo dzakaitwa dzokuurawa kwomutana. Nyama yake yaifanira kupedzwa nomwoto. Neiko? Ndiani chaizvo akanga ari Polycarp? Uye ndizvinoitikai zvakatungamirira kurufu rwake?
Upenyu Hwapakuvamba hwaPolycarp
Polycarp akaberekwa munenge muna 69 N.V. muAsia Minor, paSmirna (guta romuzuva razvino uno reTurkey reIzmir). Sezvinoshumwa, iye akarerwa navabereki vechiKristu. Achikura kuva murume akatanhamara, Polycarp akakurumbira nokuda kworupo, kuzvinyima, kubata vamwe nomutsa, uye kufundwa kwokushingaira kwaMagwaro. Pashure penguva yakati iye akava mutariri muungano yapaSmirna.
Kwakashumwa kuti mumakore ake apakuvamba, Polycarp akashandisa mabanza okudzidza zvakananga kuvamwe vavaapostora. Muapostora Johane sezviri pachena akanga ari mumwe wavadzidzisi vake. Kutaura idi, Irenaeus anorondedzera kuti Polycarp “haana kungoraidzwa bedzi navaapostora, uye akava nesonganirano navazhinji vakanga vaona Kristu, asi akagadzwawo nokuda kweAsia navaapostora, muchechi iyo iri muSmirna kuva mutariri.” Tinongogona bedzi kufungidzira mufaro negutsikano izvo Polycarp akawana musonganirano inopfumisa yakadaro. Inofanira kuva yakamubetsera kumushongedzera nokuda kwomugove wake somutariri muungano.—Mabasa 20:28; 1 Petro 5:1-4.
Anotsigira Zvokwadi Huru
Kutarisira kwaPolycarp ungano kwakavamba mumakore anodenha okuwa pakutenda kwakadeya kutaurwa. (2 VaTesaronika 2:1-3) Iye sezviri pachena akanga achidisa kuzvishandisa amene nokuda kwavamwe. Nokudaro, apo Ignatius weAntiokia, Siria, achienda kukufira kutendeka kwake muRoma, akakumbira vaFiripi kutumira tsamba kuungano yokumusha kwake, Polycarp weSmirna akatarisira kuendeswa kwayo. Panguva iyoyo iye akatumira vaFiripi tsamba yake amene.
Mutsamba yaPolycarp kuvaFiripi, tinowana kusimbiswazve kwezvokwadi dzakati dzapaMagwaro. Iye anoparadzanisa Mwari naKristu, Baba noMwanakomana, uye anotaura kuti kuri “nokuda kwaMwari kupfurikidza naJesu Kristu” kuti tinowana ruponeso. Polycarp anonyevera pamusoro porudo rwemari uye anoyeuchidza varavi vake kuti zvifeve navarume vanovata navarume havasati vachizogara nhaka Umambo hwaMwari. (Enzanisa na 1 Timotio 6:10; 1 VaKorinte 6:9, 10.) Iye anobatanidzawo zano rokuti vadzimai vade varume vavo uye rokuti vakuru vave “vane ngoni navane tsitsi.” Vose vanokurudzirwa ku“va vanoshingaira mukurondwa kweicho chiri chakanaka.” Pakupedzisira, Polycarp anoteterera, kuti: “Mwari naBaba waShe wedu Jesu Kristu, uye Jesu Kristu Amene, uyo ari Mwanakomana waMwari, uye Muprista Mukuru wedu asingaperi, ngaakuvakei mukutenda nezvokwadi, uye muunyoro hwose, rupfave, shiviriro, mwoyo murefu, tsungiriro, uye rucheno.”
Polycarp akanokora mashoko norusununguko muMagwaro. Mutsamba yake kuvaFiripi, iye anongedzera kuna Mateo, Mabasa, VaRoma, 1 VaKorinte, 2 VaKorinte, VaGaratia, VaEfeso, 2 VaTesaronika, 1 Timotio, 1 Petro, uye sezvingabvira zvimwe zvikamu zvaMagwaro. Ikoku kunotipa ratidziro yokuti vakati vavaiti maKristu vakatsvaka kunamatira kunheyo dzapaMagwaro mukati menhambo yakaoma yapashure porufu rwavaapostora.
Basa Rake muSmirna
Smirna, guta rakare rapamhenderekedzo yegungwa reAsia Minor, yakanga iri nzvimbo yokutengeserana ine basa neinobudirira. Yakanga iriwo nzvimbo yokunamatwa kweHurumende. Somuenzaniso, madzimambo eRoma aitanhamariswa zvikuru kwazvo savamwari pamari nomumanyoro. Uzivi hworudzidziso rwenhema rwaisimudzirwa nechiremera chamambo.
Sezviri pachena, chiverengero chakati chaavo vaisonganirana neungano yeSmirna vakanga vari varombo mune zvokunyama. Asi pane imwe nguva, ivo vakarumbidzwa nokuda kwokuva vakapfuma mumudzimu. Kunofanira kuva kwaikurudzira sei kumaKristu omuSmirna kunzwa mashoko aJesu akanyorwa nomuapostora Johane! Akati Kristu ku“ngirozi,” kana kuti vatariri vakagadzwa, paSmirna: “Ndinoziva kutambudzika kwako nourombo hwako, asi uri mupfumi nokutuka kwaivo vanoti, tiri vaJudha, vasi ivo chaivo, asi isinagoge raSatani, usatya izvo zvauchatambudzika nazvo. Tarira, Dhiabhorosi wodokuisa vamwe venyu mutorongo, kuti muidzwe; muchatambudzika mazuva ane gumi. Uve wakatendeka kusvikira parufu, ndigokupa korona youpenyu.”—Zvakazarurwa 2:8-10.
Kupfuma kupi nokupi kwomudzimu uko kungave kwakapfuurira pakati pavaiti maKristu paSmirna pasina panikiro kwaiva noukama zvakananga netarisiro yakaisvonaka yavakuru veungano. Nhambo iyoyo yakanga iri imwe yokuparapatika kworudzidziso kune nyongano, uye mitezo yeungano yakabatira pakati pedzidziso namasekete zvinorwisana. Ndima yavo yokupupurira yakanga yakazara nomuitiro woudhemoni, kubatanidza uroyi noruzivo rwemitumbi yomudenga, uye nokudaro mugariro wacho wakanga uri wokusatenda Mwari.
Runowedzera kuutsinye hwavanhu vechihedheni rwakanga rwuri ruvengo rwakakasharara rwakaratidzirwa navaJudha. Apo kuurairwa kutendeka kwaPolycarp kwakaitika pana February 23, 155 N.V., vaJudha vanonyanyisa sezvinoshumwa vakabetsera nokuunganidzwa kwehuni. Ivo vakaita ikoku kunyange zvazvo kuuraya kwacho kwakaitika pazuva guru reSabata!
Ndivanaani Vasingatendi Mwari?
Polycarp akanga aronga kuramba ari muSmirna ndokutarisana nengozi apo vavengi vake vakamuvinga. Asi pakusvudziro yavamwe, iye akaenda kupurazi yaiva pedyopo. Apo kwaakanga ari kwakazivikanwa, iye akaramba kuenda zvakare kuti anzvenge avo vaimutsvaka asi akangoti: “Kuda kwaMwari ngakuitwe.”
Achipinda munhandare, Polycarp akamira pamberi pagavhuna neboka guru, rinotutuma. Sezvo gavhuna akaomerera mukumukurudzira kutaura rukudzo rwokunamata kuna Kesari, Polycarp akati nenzira iri pachena: “Ini ndiri muKristu . . . Kana muchida kuziva revo yechiKristu, munongofanira bedzi kududza zuva ndokunditeerera.” Gavhuna akapindura, kuti: “Edza zvibvumikiso zvako paboka.” Asi Polycarp akati: “Ndimi wandafunga kuti kungava kwakafanira kukukurukura, nemi nemhaka yokuti takadzidziswa kupa ruremekedzo rwose rwakafanira kumasimba nezviremera . . . chero bedzi kusingatibvumiranisi pane zvisina kufanira.” Chinguvana pashure paikoko Polycarp akapiswa kusvikira kurufu nemhaka yokuti haasati aizoramba Jesu Kristu.
Mugariro waPolycarp somuKristu ndichimwe chinhu Mwari oga anogona kuziva. Zvakadiniko nezvanhasi? Boka guru ramaKristu echokwadi harisatiwo richizoramba Kristu. Panzvimbo pezvo, ivo vanozivisa kuti iye ndiye Mambo waMwari wouMesia akaiswa pachigaro choumambo mudenga. Izvi Zvapupu zvaJehovha zvinoonesawo kuti tava kudokuona zadziko yamashoko ouporofita aJesu pamusoro pe“dambudziko guru,” chinoitika chine ngwavaira zvikurusa nyika isati ichizozivazve. Zvisinei, ikoku kunoratidzira kwete mugumo worudzi rwomunhu asi wouipi. Kupukunyuka kunobvira ndokupinda munyika itsva yakarurama yorugare norufaro.—Mateo 24:13, 21, 34, NW; 2 Petro 3:13.
Ndivanaani vaizosarudza zvavo kurwisana nenhume dzamashoko akanaka akadaro? Avo bedzi vasingatendi Mwari chaizvoizvo, kunyange kana ivo vane “chimiro chokuzvipira kwoumwari.” (2 Timotio 3:5, NW) Dzidziso dzenhema dzorudzidziso dzakapofumadza ndangariro dzavamwe, uye vazhinji vari “kupa ngwariro kukutaura nedzidziso zvakafuridzirwa zvinotsausa zvamadhemoni.” (1 Timotio 4:1, NW) MaKristu omuzuva razvino akatambura pasimba ravasingatendi Mwari, vamwe kusvikira papfundo rorufu. Asi vabatiri vakatendeka vaJehovha havasati vachizotongorasikirwa, nokuti chavo chichava chipo chokupedzisira chaMwari choupenyu husingagumi. Munguvayi, ava vazivisi vakatendeka voUmambo hwaMwari vanoramba vari varevereri vakasimba vezvokwadi yapaMagwaro.