By St. Athanasius waku Alexandria
Chapter 3
Kotero iye (Antonius) anakhala pafupifupi zaka makumi awiri, akudzilimbitsa yekha. Ndipo zitatha izi, pamene ambiri anali ndi chikhumbo choyaka moto ndipo ankafuna kupikisana ndi moyo wake, ndipo pamene ena mwa anzake anabwera ndikukakamiza chitseko chake, ndiye Antony anatuluka ngati kuchokera ku malo opatulika, anayambitsa zinsinsi za chiphunzitso ndi ouziridwa ndi Mulungu. Ndiyeno kwa nthawi yoyamba anadzionetsa yekha kuchokera ku linga lake kwa iwo amene anabwera kwa iye.
Ndipo pamene anamuona, anazizwa kuti thupi lace liri m'menemo, kuti silinanenepa ndi kusasunthika, kapena kufooketsedwa ndi kusala kudya ndi kumenyana ndi ziwanda. Iye anali monga iwo ankamudziwa iye asanakhale hermitage.
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Ndipo ambiri a iwo amene analipo amene anali kudwala matenda, Ambuye anawachiritsa kudzera mwa iye. Ndipo ena anachotsa mizimu yoipa ndi kupatsa Antony mphatso ya kulankhula. Ndipo kotero iye anatonthoza ambiri amene anali achisoni, ndi ena, amene anali adani, iye anasandulika mabwenzi, kubwereza kwa onse kuti iwo sayenera kusankha chilichonse padziko lapansi kuposa chikondi cha Khristu.
Mwa kulankhula nawo ndi kuwalangiza kuti akumbukire zinthu zabwino za m’tsogolo ndi umunthu wosonyezedwa kwa ife ndi Mulungu, amene sanalekerere Mwana wake, koma anam’pereka chifukwa cha ife tonse, anasonkhezera ambiri kuvomereza moyo wa amonke. Ndipo chotero, nyumba za amonke zinawonekera pang’onopang’ono m’mapiri, ndipo m’chipululumo munali anthu amonke amene anasiya moyo wawo waumwini ndi kulembetsa kukakhala kumwamba.
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Tsiku lina, amonke onse atabwera kwa iye n’kufuna kumva mawu ochokera kwa iye, iye anawauza m’chinenero cha Chikoputiki kuti: “Malemba Opatulika ndi okwanira kutiphunzitsa chilichonse. Koma nkwabwino kwa ife kulimbikitsana wina ndi mnzake m’chikhulupiriro, ndi kudzilimbitsa tokha ndi mawu. Inu, monga ana, bwerani mudzandiuze monga atate zimene mukudziwa. Ndipo ine, pokhala wamkulu kwa inu, ndikugawana nanu zomwe ndikudziwa komanso zomwe ndapindula kuchokera ku zokumana nazo.
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"Koposa zonse, chisamaliro choyamba cha inu nonse chiyenera kukhala: mukayamba, osapumula komanso kuti musataye mtima pantchito zanu. Ndipo musanene kuti: “Takalamba ndi kudzimana. Koma tsiku lililonse onjezerani changu chanu mowonjezereka, ngati kuti munayamba mwayamba kumene. Pakuti moyo wa munthu ndi waufupi kwambiri pouyerekezera ndi zaka zimene zikubwera. Choncho moyo wathu wonse si kanthu pouyerekeza ndi moyo wosatha.”
"Ndipo chilichonse padziko lapansi chimagulitsidwa pamtengo wake, ndipo aliyense amasinthanitsa ngati. Koma lonjezo la moyo wosatha linagulidwa ndi kanthu kakang’ono. Pakuti zowawa za nthawi ino sizilingana ndi ulemerero umene udzaonetsedwa kwa ife m’tsogolo”.
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“Ndi bwino kuganizira mawu a mtumwi amene ananena kuti: ‘Ndimafa tsiku lililonse. Chifukwa tikakhalanso ndi moyo ngati timafa tsiku ndi tsiku, sitidzachimwa. Mawu awa akutanthauza: kudzuka tsiku lililonse, kuganiza kuti sitidzakhala ndi moyo kuti tione madzulo. Ndiponso, pamene tikonzekera kugona, tiyeni tiganize kuti sitidzauka. Chifukwa chikhalidwe cha moyo wathu sichidziwika ndipo chimatsogoleredwa ndi Providence ".
“Pamene tili ndi maganizo otere ndi kukhala otere masiku onse, sitidzachimwa, kapena kukhala ndi chilakolako choipa, kapena kukwiyira wina aliyense, kapena kudzikundikira chuma padziko lapansi. Koma ngati timayembekezera kufa tsiku lililonse, tidzakhala opanda katundu ndipo timakhululukira aliyense. Ndipo sitidzasunga konse zosangalatsa zodetsedwa, koma tidzazipatuka zikatidutsa, kumenyana nthawi zonse ndi kukumbukira tsiku la chiweruzo chowopsya.
“Ndipo, poyambira ndikuyenda njira ya wopindula, tiyeni tiyesetse kufikira zomwe zili mtsogolo. + Ndipo asabwerere ngati mkazi wa Loti. Pakuti Yehova ananenanso kuti: “Palibe amene agwira chikhasu n’kubwerera m’mbuyo sayenera ufumu wakumwamba.”
“Musachite mantha mukamva za ukoma, ndipo musadabwe nawo mawuwo. Chifukwa sichili kutali ndi ife ndipo sichinalengedwe kunja kwa ife. Ntchitoyo ili mwa ife ndipo ndi yosavuta kuichita ngati tikufuna. Ahelene amasiya dziko lawo ndi kuwoloka nyanja kuti akaphunzire sayansi. Komabe, sitifunika kusiya dziko lathu chifukwa cha ufumu wakumwamba, kapena kuwoloka nyanja chifukwa cha wotithandiza. Chifukwa Yehova anatiuza kuyambira pachiyambi kuti: “Ufumu wakumwamba uli mkati mwanu.” Chotero ukoma umangofuna chikhumbo chathu.'
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Ndipo kotero, pamapiri amenewo panali amonke mu mawonekedwe a mahema, odzaza ndi makwaya aumulungu, omwe ankaimba, kuwerenga, kusala kudya, kupemphera ndi mitima yokondwa ndi chiyembekezo chamtsogolo ndikugwira ntchito kuti apereke zachifundo. Analinso chikondi ndi mgwirizano pakati pawo. Ndipo ndithudi, zikhoza kuwonedwa kuti ili ndi dziko losiyana la kuopa Mulungu ndi chilungamo kwa anthu.
Pakuti panalibe wosalungama ndi wolakwiridwa, panalibe dandaulo la wamisonkho, koma kusonkhana kwa anthu okhawo ndi lingaliro limodzi la ukoma kwa onse. Chotero, pamene wina anaonanso nyumba za amonke ndi dongosolo labwino chotero la amonke, iye anafuula nati: “Mahema ako akongolatu, Yakobo, mokhalamo wako, Israyeli; Monga zigwa zamthunzi, ngati minda yozungulira mtsinje; + Komanso ngati mitengo ya aloe + imene Yehova anaibzala padziko lapansi, + ngati mikungudza pafupi ndi madzi. ( Num. 24:5-6 ).
Chapter 4
Pambuyo pa Mpingo anaukira chizunzo chimene chinachitika mu ulamuliro wa Maximinus (emp. Maximinus Daya, note ed.). Ndipo pamene ofera chikhulupiriro anabweretsedwa ku Alexandria, Antony nayenso anawatsatira, akuchoka m’nyumba ya amonkeyo n’kunena kuti: “Tiyeni tikamenyane, chifukwa akutiitana, kapena tiyeni tiwone omenyanawo.” Ndipo anali ndi chikhumbo chachikulu chokhala mboni ndi wofera chikhulupiriro pa nthawi yomweyo. Ndipo posafuna kugonja, anatumikira oulula machimo m’migodi ndi m’ndende. Changu chake chinali chachikulu kulimbikitsa otchedwa omenyana m’bwalo lamilandu kukhala okonzekera kupereka nsembe, kulandira ofera chikhulupiriro ndi kutsagana nawo kufikira pamene anafa.
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Ndipo woweruzayo ataona kusaopa kwake ndi anzakewo, komanso changu chawo, analamula kuti pasapezeke amonke m’bwalo lamilandu, kapena kukhala mumzindawo. Kenako anzake onse anaganiza zobisala tsiku limenelo. Koma Antony anavutitsidwa pang'ono ndi izi kotero kuti anatsuka ngakhale chovala chake, ndipo tsiku lotsatira anaima patsogolo, akudziwonetsera yekha kwa bwanamkubwa mu ulemu wake wonse. Onse anazizwa ndi ichi, ndipo kazembe, popita iye ndi gulu lake la asilikali, adawonanso. Antony anaima chilili osaopa, kusonyeza kulimba mtima kwathu kwachikristu. Chifukwa ankafuna kukhala mboni komanso wofera chikhulupiriro, monga tanenera pamwambapa.
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Koma chifukwa chakuti sakanatha kukhala wofera chikhulupiriro, ankaoneka ngati munthu wolira maliro. Komabe, Mulungu anam’sunga kaamba ka ubwino wa ife ndi ena, kotero kuti mu kudzimana kumene anaphunzira m’malemba, iye anakhala mphunzitsi wa ambiri. Chifukwa kungoyang’ana khalidwe lake, ambiri anayesa kutsanzira moyo wake. Ndipo pamene chizunzocho chinatha ndipo bishopu wodala Peter adakhala wofera chikhulupiriro (mu 311 - note ed.), ndiye adachoka mumzinda ndikupumanso ku nyumba ya amonke. Kumeneko, monga momwe zimadziwika bwino, Antony adachita kudziletsa kwakukulu komanso kovutirapo.
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Ndipo kotero, atapuma pa yekha, ndi kupanga izo ntchito yake kukhala nthawi ndithu kuti iye sanawonekere pamaso pa anthu, kapena analandira aliyense, anadza kwa iye kazembe dzina lake Martinianus, amene anasokoneza mtendere wake. Mkulu wankhondo ameneyu anali ndi mwana wamkazi amene anali kuzunzidwa ndi mizimu yoipa. Ndipo pamene ankadikirira kwa nthawi yaitali pakhomo ndi kupempha Antony kuti atuluke kuti apemphere kwa Mulungu mwana wake, Antony sanalole kuti chitseko chitsegulidwe, koma anasuzumira kuchokera pamwamba ndipo anati: "Man, n'chifukwa chiyani mukundipatsa. mutu wotero ndi kulira kwanu? Ine ndine munthu ngati inu. Koma ngati mukhulupirira Khristu, amene ndimamutumikira, pitani mukapemphere, ndipo monga mwakhulupirira, zidzakhala choncho.” Ndipo Martinian, akukhulupirira nthawi yomweyo ndikutembenukira kwa Khristu kuti amuthandize, adachoka ndipo mwana wake wamkazi adatsukidwa ndi mzimu woyipa.
Ndipo ntchito zina zambiri zodabwitsa zinachitidwa mwa iye ndi Ambuye, amene amati: “Pemphani, ndipo adzakupatsani! ( Mat. 7:7 ). Chotero kuti popanda iye kutsegula chitseko, ambiri a odwalawo, mwa kukhala kokha pafupi ndi malo ake okhala, anasonyeza chikhulupiriro, anapemphera mowona mtima, ndipo anachiritsidwa.
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Koma chifukwa anadziona yekha kusokonezedwa ndi ambiri ndipo sanasiyidwe kukhala mu hermitage, monga iye anafuna monga mwa luntha lake, komanso chifukwa ankaopa kuti akhoza kunyada ndi ntchito zimene Ambuye anali kuchita kudzera mwa iye, kapena kuti. wina angamuganizire chinthu choterocho, adaganiza ndipo adanyamuka kupita ku Upper Thebaid kwa anthu omwe samamudziwa. Ndipo anatenga mkate kwa abale, anakhala m'mphepete mwa mtsinje wa Nailo, ndipo anali kuyang'ana ngati ngalawa ikadutsa kuti akwere ndi kupita naye.
Pamene anali kuganiza motere, mawu anadza kwa iye kuchokera pamwamba: "Antonio, ukupita kuti ndipo chifukwa chiyani?". Ndipo iye, atamva liwulo, sanachite manyazi, chifukwa adazolowera kutchedwa mwanjira imeneyo, ndipo adayankha kuti: "Chifukwa makamu sandisiya ndekha, chifukwa chake ndikufuna kupita ku Upper Thebaid chifukwa cha mitu yambiri. zimene ndachititsa anthu kuno, makamaka chifukwa chakuti amandipempha zinthu zimene sindingakwanitse.” Ndipo liwulo linati kwa iye: “Ngati ukufuna kukhala ndi mtendere weniweni, pita tsopano mozama m’chipululu.”
Ndipo pamene Antony anafunsa kuti: “Koma ndani adzandionetsa njira, chifukwa sindikumudziwa?”, mawuwo anamulozera kwa Aarabu ena (A Copt, mbadwa za Aigupto akale, amadzisiyanitsa ndi Aarabu onse ndi mbiri yawo. ndi chikhalidwe chawo, not.), amene anali akukonzekera kuyenda njira iyi. Akupita ndi kuwayandikira, Antony anawapempha kuti apite nawo kuchipululu. Ndipo iwo, monga ngati mwa dongosolo la chiwongolero, adamulandira bwino. Anayenda nawo masiku atatu usana ndi usiku mpaka anafika paphiri lalitali kwambiri. Madzi abwino, okoma ndi ozizira kwambiri, anatuluka pansi pa phirilo. Ndipo kunja kunali munda wathyathyathya wokhala ndi mitengo ya kanjedza yochepa imene imabala zipatso popanda chisamaliro cha munthu.
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Anthony, wobweretsedwa ndi Mulungu, anakonda malowo. Chifukwa apa ndi malo omwe uja adalankhula naye m'mphepete mwa mtsinje adamuwonetsa. Ndipo poyamba analandira mkate kwa anzake, anakhalabe m'phiri yekha, wopanda wina ndi iye. Chifukwa pomalizira pake anafika pamalo amene anazindikira kuti ndi kwawo. Ndipo Arabu iwowo, ataona changu cha Antony, ndiye mwadala adadutsa njirayo ndikumubweretsera mkate ndi chisangalalo. Koma analinso ndi chakudya chochepa koma chotchipa cha mitengo ya kanjedza. Chotero, abale atamva za malowo, iwo, mofanana ndi ana amene amakumbukira atate wawo, anasamala kuwatumizira chakudya.
Komabe, Antony atazindikira kuti anthu ena anali kuvutika ndi kuvutikira chifukwa cha mkate umenewu, iye anamvera chisoni amonkewo, ndipo anaganiza mumtima mwake ndipo anapempha ena mwa amene anabwera kwa iye kuti amubweretsere khasu ndi nkhwangwa ndi tirigu. Ndipo zitamfikitsa zonsezi, anayendayenda m’dziko mozungulira phiri, napeza kamalo kamene kaliko koyenera kutero, nayamba kulima. Ndipo popeza anali ndi madzi okwanira kuthirira, anafesa tirigu. Ndipo ankachita zimenezi chaka chilichonse kuti apeze zofunika pamoyo wake. Iye anali wokondwa kuti mwanjira imeneyi sangatope aliyense ndiponso kuti m’zonse anali wosamala kuti asalemetse ena. Pambuyo pake, ataona kuti anthu ena akubwerabe kwa iye, anabzalanso phala, kuti mlendoyo apumule pang’ono pa khama lake pa ulendo wovutawo.
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Koma pachiyambi, nyama zochokera m’chipululu, zimene zinkabwera kudzamwa madzi, nthawi zambiri zinkawononga mbewu zake zimene ankalima komanso zofesedwa. Antony modzichepetsa anagwira chilombo chimodzi n’kuwauza onse kuti: “N’chifukwa chiyani mukundichitira zoipa pamene sindikuvulazani? Chokani, ndipo m’dzina la Mulungu musayandikire malo awa!” Ndipo kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, ngati kuti anachita mantha ndi lamulo, iwo sanayandikirenso malo.
Motero ankakhala yekha mkati mwa phirilo, akumathera nthaŵi yake yaulere ku pemphero ndi kuchita maseŵera olimbitsa thupi auzimu. Ndipo abale amene anamtumikira anamfunsa iye, nadza mwezi ndi mwezi kudzamtengera azitona, ndi mphodza, ndi mafuta a nkhuni. Chifukwa anali kale nkhalamba.
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Tsiku lina amonke anamupempha kuti atsikire kwa iwo kuti akawachezere kwa kanthaŵi, iye anayenda limodzi ndi amonke amene anabwera kudzakumana naye, ndipo iwo anasenzetsa mkate ndi madzi pa ngamira. Koma m’chipululumo munalibe madzi, ndipo munalibe madzi akumwa, koma m’phiri lokhalo limene iye amakhala. Ndipo chifukwa chakuti m’njira munalibe madzi, ndipo kunali kotentha kwambiri, onse anadziika pangozi. Choncho, atazungulira malo ambiri osapeza madzi, sanathenso kupita patsogolo ndipo anagona pansi. Ndipo adaisiya ngamira, ali otaya mtima.
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Komabe, mkuluyo, powona aliyense ali pangozi, anali ndi chisoni kwambiri ndipo mu chisoni chake anachoka pang'ono kwa iwo. Kumeneko anagwada, napinda manja ake nayamba kupemphera. Ndipo pomwepo Ambuye anaturutsa madzi pamene anaimirira kupemphera. Chotero, atamwa, onse anatsitsimuka. Ndipo anadzaza mitsuko yao, nafunafuna ngamila, naipeza. Zinachitika kuti chingwecho chinakulungira mwala n’kukakamira pamalopo. Pamenepo anamtenga, nammwetsa, namuika mitsukoyo, nayenda njira yotsala wosavulazidwa.
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Ndipo atafika ku nyumba za amonke zakunja, onse adamuyang'ana ndikumupatsa moni ngati bambo. Ndipo iye, ngati kuti wabweretsa chakudya kuchokera m’nkhalango, anawalonjera ndi mawu achikondi, monga alendo akulandidwa moni, ndipo anawabwezera mothandizidwa. Ndipo panalinso chisangalalo paphiripo ndi mpikisano wa kupita patsogolo ndi chilimbikitso m’chikhulupiriro chofanana. Komanso, iyenso anasangalala, poona, mbali imodzi, changu cha amonke, ndi mlongo wake, amene anali wokalamba mu unamwali komanso anali mtsogoleri wa anamwali ena.
Patapita masiku angapo anapitanso kumapiri. Ndipo ambiri anadza kwa Iye. Ngakhale ena amene anali kudwala analimba mtima kukwera. Ndipo kwa amonke onse amene anadza kwa iye, iye anapereka uphungu wosalekeza uwu: Kukhulupirira Yehova ndi kumkonda, kupeŵa maganizo odetsedwa ndi zokondweretsa zathupi, kupeŵa kulankhula zopanda pake ndi kupemphera kosaleka.
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Ndipo m’chikhulupiriro chake anali wakhama ndi woyenerera kotheratu kuyamikiridwa. Pakuti iye sanalankhule konse kapena ndi schismatics, otsatira a Meletius, chifukwa iye anadziwa kuyambira pachiyambi njiru yawo ndi mpatuko wawo, ndipo iye sanalankhule mwaubwenzi ndi Amanichaeans, kapena ndi ampatuko ena, koma mpaka pamene anawalangiza, kuganiza. ndi kulengeza kuti ubwenzi ndi kulankhulana nawo ndi zoipa ndi kuonongeka kwa mzimu. Momwemonso adanyansidwa ndi mpatuko wa Ariya, ndipo adalamula onse kuti asawayandikire, kapena kuvomereza chiphunzitso chawo chabodza. Ndipo pamene anadza kwa Iye ena a misala a Ariya, Iye, m'mene adawayesa, nawapeza kuti anali oipa, anawatulutsa m'phiri, nanena kuti mawu awo ndi maganizo awo anali oipa kuposa ululu wa njoka.
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Ndipo pamene pa nthawi ina Ariya ananena zabodza kuti iye ankaganiza chimodzimodzi ndi iwo, ndiye iye anakwiya ndi kukwiya kwambiri. Kenako anatsika m’phirimo, chifukwa anaitanidwa ndi mabishopu ndi abale onse. Ndipo pamene iye analowa Alexandria, iye anadzudzula Arian pamaso pa aliyense, kunena kuti uyu anali mpatuko otsiriza ndi kalambulabwalo wa Wokana Kristu. Ndipo adawaphunzitsa anthu kuti Mwana wa Mulungu si cholengedwa, koma kuti Iye ndi Mawu ndi Nzeru ndipo ali mu chikhalidwe cha Atate.
Ndipo onse anasangalala kumva munthu wotero akutemberera mpatuko wotsutsana ndi Khristu. Ndipo anthu amumzindawu adakhamukira pamodzi kuti akawone Antony. Agiriki achikunja, ndi odzitcha ansembe iwo eni, anadza ku tchalitchi ndi kunena kuti: “Tikufuna kuona munthu wa Mulungu.” Chifukwa aliyense anamuuza choncho. + Ndipo chifukwa kumenekonso Yehova anayeretsa anthu ambiri ku mizimu yoipa kudzera mwa iye ndi kuchiritsa amene anali misala. Ndipo ambiri, ngakhale anthu achikunja, ankangofuna kukhudza munthu wokalambayo, chifukwa ankakhulupirira kuti akapindula nazo. Ndipo ndithudi m’masiku oŵerengeka amenewo anthu ochuluka anakhala Akristu monga momwe iye anali asanaonepo aliyense kukhala m’chaka chathunthu.
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Ndipo pamene anayamba kubwerera, ndipo ife tinatsagana naye, titafika pachipata cha mzindawo, mkazi wina anafuula pambuyo pathu kuti: “Tadikirani, munthu wa Mulungu! Mwana wanga wamkazi akuzunzidwa kwambiri ndi mizimu yoipa. Dikirani, ndikukupemphani, kuti ndisavulale ndikathamanga. Atamva izi, natipempha, mkuluyo adavomera ndikusiya. Ndipo pamene mkaziyo anayandikira, mtsikanayo anadzigwetsa pansi, ndipo Antony atapemphera ndi kutchula dzina la Khristu, mtsikanayo anadzuka atachira, chifukwa mzimu wonyansa unali utamuchokera. Kenako mayiyo anadalitsa Mulungu ndipo onse anayamika. Ndipo anakondwera, namuka ku phiri monga ngati ku nyumba yace.
Zindikirani: Moyo uwu unalembedwa ndi St. Athanasius Wamkulu, Archbishop wa Alexandria, chaka chimodzi pambuyo pa imfa ya Rev. Anthony Wamkulu († January 17, 356), mwachitsanzo mu 357 pempho la amonke akumadzulo kuchokera ku Gaul (d. France) ndi Italy, komwe bishopu wamkulu anali ku ukapolo. Ndilo gwero lolondola kwambiri la moyo, zochita, zabwino ndi zolengedwa za St. Anthony Wamkulu ndipo linachita mbali yofunika kwambiri pakukhazikitsa ndi kutukuka kwa moyo wa amonke Kummawa ndi Kumadzulo. Mwachitsanzo, Augustine m’buku lake lakuti Confessions akulankhula za chisonkhezero champhamvu cha moyo uno pa kutembenuka kwake ndi kusintha kwa chikhulupiriro ndi umulungu.
