Wolemba St. Anastasius waku Sinai, wolemba zachipembedzo, yemwe amadziwikanso kuti Anastasius III, Metropolitan wa ku Nicaea, adakhala m'zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chitatu.
Funso 16: Pamene mtumwiyo akunena kuti maulamuliro a dziko lapansi aikidwa ndi Mulungu, kodi izi zikutanthauza kuti wolamulira aliyense, mfumu ndi bishopu amadzutsidwa ndi Mulungu?
Yankho: Malinga ndi zimene Mulungu ananena m’Chilamulo, “ndipo ndidzakupatsani abusa a m’mitima yanu.” ( Yer. 3:15 ) N’zoonekeratu kuti akalonga ndi mafumu amene ali oyenerera ulemu umenewu amaikidwa ndi Mulungu; pomwe amene sali oyenera, amaikidwa pa anthu osayenera molingana ndi kusayenera kwawo, mwa chilolezo cha Mulungu kapena chifuniro chake. Imvani nkhani zina za izi.
Pamene Phocas wankhanzayo anakhala mfumu ndi kuyamba kukhetsa mwazi kudzera mwa wakupha Vosonius, mmonke wa ku Constantinople, amene anali munthu woyera ndi wolimba mtima kwambiri pamaso pa Mulungu, anatembenukira kwa Iye ndi kuphweka, nati: “Ambuye, iye mfumu?” Ndipo atabwereza zimenezi kwa masiku ambiri, yankho linachokera kwa Mulungu loti: “Chifukwa sindinapeze wina woipayo.”
Panali mzinda wina wochimwa kwambiri kuzungulira Thebaid, momwe munachitika zinthu zambiri zoipa ndi zonyansa. Mumzinda uwu, wokhalamo woipa kwambiri adagwa mwadzidzidzi m'chikondi chabodza, adapita, adameta tsitsi lake ndikuvala chizolowezi cha amonke, koma sanasiye kuchita zoyipa zake. Chifukwa chake zidachitika kuti bishopu wa mzindawo adamwalira. Mngelo wa Ambuye anaonekera kwa munthu woyera, nati kwa iye, “Pita ukakonze mzindawo kuti asankhe bishopu wochokera kwa anthu wamba.” Munthu woyerayo anapita nakachita zimene analamulidwa. Ndipo atangoikidwa amene adachokera paudindo wa anthu wamba, ndiye kuti wamba yemweyo amene tamutchula, m’maganizo mwa (bishopu watsopano) mudadza maloto ndi kudzikweza. + Kenako mngelo wa Yehova anaonekera kwa iye n’kumuuza kuti: “N’chifukwa chiyani ukudzikuza wekha, watsoka? Simunakhale bishopu chifukwa munali woyenera unsembe, koma chifukwa mzindawu ndi woyenera kukhala bishopu wotere.”
Chifukwa chake, ngati muwona mfumu yosayenera ndi yoyipa, mfumu, kapena bishopu, musadabwe, kapena kudzudzula chitsogozo cha Mulungu, koma phunzirani ndi kukhulupirira kuti chifukwa cha machimo athu taperekedwa kwa opondereza otere. Koma ngakhale zili choncho, sitichoka ku zoipa.
Gwero: Φιλοκαλία τῶν Νηπτικῶν καί Ἀσκητῶν (Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Σιναΐτης), τόμ. 13Β, Ε.Π.Ε., pa. “Γρηγοριος ὁ Παλαμᾶς”, Thessaloniki 1998, p. 225 ndi.
