St. Tikhon Zadonsky
26. Mlendo kapena woyendayenda
Aliyense amene wasiya kwawo ndi kwawo ndi kukakhala kudziko lachilendo ndi mlendo ndi woyendayenda kumeneko, monga momwe Russian yemwe ali ku Italy kapena kudziko lina ali mlendo ndi woyendayenda kumeneko. Momwemonso Mkristu, wochotsedwa ku Dziko la Atate wakumwamba ndikukhala m’dziko lamavutoli, mlendo ndi woyendayenda. Mtumwi woyera ndi okhulupirika ananena za zimenezi kuti: “Kuno tilibe mzinda wokhalitsa, koma tikuyembekezera zam’tsogolo.” (Aheb. 13: 14). Ndipo Davide Woyera anavomereza kuti: “Ndine mlendo kwa Inu ndi mlendo, monga makolo anga onse.” (Sal. 39: 13). Ndipo akupempheranso kuti: “Ndine mlendo padziko lapansi; musandibisire malamulo anu.” (Sal. 119: 19). Woyendayenda, wokhala kudziko lachilendo, amayesetsa kuchita ndi kukwaniritsa zomwe adadzera kudziko lachilendo. Choncho Mkhristu, woyitanidwa ndi mawu a Mulungu ndi kukonzedwanso mwa Ubatizo woyera ku moyo wosatha, amayesetsa kuti asataye moyo wosatha, umene pano pa dziko lapansi wapezedwa kapena kutayika. Woyendayenda amakhala m'dziko lachilendo ndi mantha aakulu, chifukwa ali pakati pa alendo. Mofananamo, Mkhristu amene akukhala m’dziko lino, monga ngati ali m’dziko lacilendo, amacita mantha ndi kusamala zinthu zonse, monga mizimu yoipa, ziŵanda, ucimo, zithumwa za dziko lapansi, anthu oipa ndi osaopa Mulungu. Aliyense amapeŵa woyendayendayo ndi kuchoka kwa iye, monga ngati akuchokera kwa wina osati iye ndi mlendo. Mofananamo, okonda mtendere onse ndi ana a m’nthaŵi ino amapatutsa Mkristu wowona, kusamuka ndi kudana naye, monga ngati kuti sali wawo ndi wotsutsana nawo. Yehova akulankhula za izi: “Mukadakhala a dziko lapansi, dziko lapansi likadakonda zake za lokha; Ndipo popeza simuli a dziko lapansi, koma Ine ndinakusankhani inu mwa dziko lapansi, chifukwa cha ichi likudani inu” (Yohane 15:19). Nyanja, monga amati, sikhala ndi mtembo mkati mwake, koma imalavula. Kotero dziko losasinthika, monga nyanja, limatulutsa mzimu wopembedza, ngati wakufa kudziko lapansi. Wokonda mtendere ndi mwana wokondedwa kwa dziko, pamene wonyoza dziko ndi zilakolako zake zokondeka ali mdani. Woyendayenda sakhazikitsa chilichonse chosasunthika, ndiko kuti, kulibe nyumba, minda, kapena china chilichonse chonga ichi, kudziko lachilendo, kupatulapo chomwe chili chofunikira, popanda zomwe sizingatheke kukhalamo. Chotero kwa Mkristu wowona, chirichonse m’dziko lino ndi chosasunthika; zonse m’dziko lino, kuphatikizapo thupi lenilenilo, zidzasiyidwa. Mtumwi woyera akulankhula za ichi: “Pakuti sitinatenga kanthu poloŵa m’dziko lapansi; N’zoonekeratu kuti sitingaphunzirepo kanthu.” (1 Tim. 6: 7). Conco, Mkristu woona safuna ciliconse m’dzikoli kupatulapo cofunika, ndipo anauza mtumwiyo kuti: “Pokhala ndi cakudya ndi cobvala, tikhale okhutila ndi zimenezi.” ( 1 Tim. 6: 8). Woyendayenda amatumiza kapena kunyamula zinthu zosunthika, monga ndalama ndi katundu, kupita nazo ku Dziko la Makolo ake. Chotero kwa Mkristu wowona, zinthu zosunthika m’dziko lino, zimene angatenge ndi kupita nazo m’mbadwo wotsatira, ziri ntchito zabwino. Iye amayesa kuwasonkhanitsa kuno, akukhala m’dziko, monga wamalonda wauzimu, katundu wauzimu, ndi kuwabweretsa iwo ku Dziko la Atate wake wakumwamba, ndi kuwonekera nawo limodzi ndi kuwonekera pamaso pa Atate wa Kumwamba. Yehova amatilangiza za zimenezi, Akristu kuti: “Mudzikundikire nokha chuma m’Mwamba, pamene njenjete kapena dzimbiri sizingawononge, ndipo mbala sizingathyole ndi kuba.” ( Mateyu 6:20 ) Yehova amatilangiza kuti: Ana a m'nthawi ino amasamalira thupi lakufa, koma mizimu yopembedza imasamalira moyo wosafa. Ana a m’nthaŵi ino amafunafuna chuma chawo chanthaŵi ndi chapadziko lapansi, koma anthu opembedza amalimbikira zinthu zamuyaya ndi zakumwamba ndi kulakalaka madalitso oterowo amene “palibe diso linawona, khutu silinamve, ndipo palibe chimene chinalowa mu mtima wa munthu.” ( 1 ] . 2:9). Iwo amayang’ana pa chuma ichi, chosaoneka ndi chosamvetsetseka mwa chikhulupiriro, ndipo amanyalanyaza chirichonse cha dziko lapansi. Ana a nthawi ino akuyesera kukhala otchuka padziko lapansi. Koma Akristu oona amafunafuna ulemerero kumwamba, kumene kuli Dziko Lawo. Ana a m’nthawi ino amakongoletsa matupi awo ndi zovala zosiyanasiyana. Ndipo ana a ufumu wa Mulungu amavala mzimu umene sufa ndipo amavala mogwirizana ndi malangizo a mtumwi Paulo akuti, “chifundo, kukoma mtima, kudzichepetsa, chifatso, kuleza mtima.” (Akol. 3: 12). + Chotero ana a nthawi ya pansi pano ndi opusa ndi amisala, + chifukwa amayang’ana chinthu chimene sichili chabe. Ana a Ufumu wa Mulungu ndi ololera ndi anzeru, chifukwa amasamala za moyo wosatha umene uli nawo. N’zotopetsa munthu woyendayenda kukhala m’dziko lachilendo. Chotero n’zotopetsa ndi zomvetsa chisoni kwa Mkristu wowona kukhala m’dziko lino. M'dziko lino ali paliponse mu ukapolo, m'ndende ndi malo othamangitsidwa, monga ngati anachotsedwa ku Dziko la Atate wakumwamba. “Tsoka kwa ine,” anatero Davide Woyera, “kuti moyo wanga wautali wakukhala m’ndende” (Sal. 119: 5). Kotero oyera ena amadandaula ndi kuusa moyo pa izi. Woyendayenda, ngakhale kuti kumakhala kotopetsa kukhala kudziko lachilendo, komabe amakhala moyo chifukwa cha kusowa komwe adasiya kudziko lakwawo. Mofananamo, ngakhale kuli kwachisoni kwa Mkristu wowona kukhala m’dziko lino, malinga ngati Mulungu akulamula, iye ali ndi moyo ndi kupirira kuyendayenda kumeneku. Woyendayendayo nthawi zonse amakhala ndi dziko la makolo ake ndi nyumba yake m'maganizo ndi m'maganizo mwake, ndipo akufuna kubwerera kudziko la makolo ake. Ayuda, pokhala m’Babulo, nthaŵi zonse anali ndi dziko la makolo awo, Yerusalemu, m’maganizo ndi m’makumbukiro awo, ndipo anakhumba ndi mtima wonse kubwerera ku Dziko la kwawo. Chotero Akristu owona m’dziko lino, monga pa mitsinje ya Babulo, amakhala ndi kulira, akumakumbukira Yerusalemu wakumwamba—Dziko la Atate wakumwamba, ndi kukweza maso awo kwa ilo ndi kuusa moyo ndi kulira, ndipo akufuna kubwera kumeneko. “N’chifukwa chake tikubuula, pofunitsitsa kuvala malo athu okhala kumwamba,” anadandaula motero mtumwi Paulo polankhula ndi Akhristu okhulupirika (2 Akor. 5: 2). Kwa ana a m’nthawi ino, okonda dziko lapansi, dziko lili ngati dziko la makolo ndi paradaiso, choncho safuna kulekana nalo. Koma ana a Ufumu wa Mulungu, amene analekanitsa mitima yawo ndi dziko lapansi ndipo akupirira zowawa zamtundu uliwonse m’dziko, akufuna kudza ku Dziko limenelo. Kwa Mkristu woona, moyo m’dziko lino si kanthu koma kuvutika kosalekeza ndi mtanda. Pamene woyendayenda abwerera ku Dziko la Abambo, kunyumba kwake, banja lake, anansi ake ndi mabwenzi amakondwera naye ndikulandira kubwera kwake kotetezeka. Chotero, pamene Mkristu, atamaliza kuyendayenda m’dziko, afika ku Dziko la Atate wakumwamba, Angelo onse ndi onse okhala kumwamba amakondwera pa iye. Woyendayenda yemwe wabwera ku Dziko la Abambo ndi kwawo amakhala motetezeka ndikukhazikika. Chotero Mkristu, atalowa m’Dziko la Atate wakumwamba, amadekha, amakhala mosungika ndipo saopa kalikonse, amasangalala ndipo amasangalala ndi chisangalalo chake. Kuchokera apa mukuona, Mkristu: 1) Moyo wathu m’dziko lino ndi wongoyendayenda ndi kusamuka, monga mmene Yehova amanenera kuti: “Ndinu alendo ndi osamuka pamaso panga” (Lev. 25: 23). 2) Dziko Lathu lenileni siliri pano, koma lili Kumwamba, ndipo chifukwa cha ilo tinalengedwa, kukonzedwanso ndi Ubatizo ndikuyitanidwa ndi Mau a Mulungu. 3) Ife, monga oyitanidwa ku madalitso akumwamba, sitiyenera kufunafuna zinthu zapadziko lapansi ndi kumamatira kwa izo, kupatula zomwe zili zofunika, monga chakudya, zovala, nyumba ndi zina. 4) Mwamuna wachikristu amene akukhala m’dziko alibe china chimene angakhumbe kuposa moyo wosatha, “pakuti kumene kuli chuma chako, mtima wako udzakhala komweko.” ( Mateyu 6:21 ) M’malo mwake, “pamene pali chuma chako; 5) Amene akufuna kupulumutsidwa ayenera kudzipatula yekha ku dziko lapansi mu mtima mwake mpaka moyo wake utachoka pa dziko lapansi.
27. Nzika
Tikuwona kuti m'dziko lino munthu, mosasamala kanthu komwe amakhala kapena komwe ali, amatchedwa wokhalamo kapena nzika ya mzinda umene ali ndi nyumba yake, mwachitsanzo, wokhala ku Moscow ndi Muscovite, wokhala ku Novgorod ndi Novgorodian, ndi zina zotero. Mofananamo, Akristu oona, ngakhale kuti ali m’dziko lino, komabe ali ndi mzinda m’Dziko la Atate wakumwamba, “wommisiri wake ndi Mmisiri wake ndiye Mulungu.” ( Aheb. 11:10 ) Mofananamo, Akristu oona ali m’dziko lino. Ndipo akutchedwa nzika za mzinda uno. Mzinda umenewu ndi Yerusalemu wakumwamba, umene Mtumwi Yohane anaona m’chivumbulutso chake: “Mzindawo unali golide woyenga bwino, wonga galasi loyera; khwalala la mudzi ndi golidi wowona, ngati galasi loonekera; ndipo mzindawo ulibe kusowa dzuwa kapena mwezi kuuunikira, pakuti ulemerero wa Mulungu uuunikira, ndipo Nyali yake ndi Mwanawankhosa.” ( Chiv. 21:18, 21, 23 ) Choncho, mzindawo ulibe kuwala kwa dzuwa kapena mwezi. M’misewu yake nyimbo yokoma imaimbidwa mosalekeza: “Aleluya!” (Onani Chiv. 19:1, 3, 4, 6 ). "Palibe chonyansa chidzalowa mumzinda uno, kapena aliyense wochita zonyansa ndi zonama, koma okhawo amene alembedwa m'buku la moyo la Mwanawankhosa" (Chiv. 21:27). “Kunja kuli agalu, ndi anyanga, ndi adama, ndi ambanda, ndi opembedza mafano, ndi yense wakukonda ndi kuchita kusayeruzika” ( Chiv. 22:15 ) Akristu oona amatchedwa nzika za mzinda wokongola ndi wowala umenewu, ngakhale kuti amangoyendayenda padziko lapansi. Kumeneko ali ndi malo awo okhala, okonzedwera iwo ndi Yesu Kristu, Mombolo wawo. Kumeneko amakweza maso awo auzimu ndi kuusa moyo chifukwa cha kuyendayenda kwawo. Popeza kuti palibe chodetsedwa chidzaloŵa m’mzinda umenewu, monga momwe taonera pamwambapa, “tidzikonzere tokha,” Mkristu wokondedwa, “ku chodetsa chonse cha thupi ndi cha mzimu, ndi kutsiriza chiyero m’kuwopa Mulungu,” mogwirizana ndi chilimbikitso cha atumwi ( 2 Kor. 7:1). Ndipo mulole ife tikhale mbadwa za mzinda wodala uwu, ndipo, popeza tachoka m’dziko lino, ife tikhale oyenera kulowamo, mwa chisomo cha Mpulumutsi wathu Yesu Khristu, kwa Iye kukhale ulemerero ndi Atate ndi Mzimu Woyera kwanthawizonse. Amene.
Magwero: St. Tikhon Zadonsky, “Chuma Chauzimu Chosonkhanitsidwa Padziko Lapansi.”
