By St. Athanasius weAlexandria
Chapter 3
Saka iye (Antonius) akapedza makore angangoita makumi maviri, achizvisimbisa. Uye mushure meizvi, apo vazhinji vaive nechido chinopisa uye vachida kukwikwidzana nehupenyu hwake, uye apo vamwe vevazivikanwi vake vakauya vakamanikidza gonhi rake, ipapo Antony akabuda sekubva kune imwe nzvimbo tsvene, akapinzwa muzvakavanzika zvedzidziso uye akafemerwa neumwari. Uye kekutanga akazviratidza ari munhare yake kuna avo vaiuya kwaari.
Zvino vakati vachimuona vakashamisika kuti muviri wake wakange wafanana, nekuti wakange usina kukodzwa nekusafamba, kana kupera simba nekutsanya, nekurwa nemadhimoni. Aive sezvavaimuziva vasati vagara nhaka.
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Nevazhinji vaivapo vakange vachirwara nezvirwere zvemuviri, Ishe wakaporesa naye. Uye vamwe akabvisa mweya yakaipa uye akapa Antony chipo chekutaura. Uye saka akanyaradza vazhinji vakanga vachichema, uye vamwe, vakanga vavengi, akachinja kuva shamwari, achidzokorora kune vose kuti havafaniri kusarudza chinhu munyika pane rudo rwaKristu.
Nekutaura navo uye nekuvarayira kuti vayeuke zvinhu zvakanaka zveramangwana uye vanhu vakaratidzwa kwatiri naMwari, uyo asina kurega Mwanakomana Wake, asi akamupa nokuda kwedu tose, akanyengetedza vazhinji kuti vagamuchire upenyu hwemamongi. Uye saka, dzimba dzemamongi dzakaonekwa zvishoma nezvishoma mumakomo, uye renje rakagarwa nemamongi vakasiya hupenyu hwavo pachavo ndokunyoresa kuti vagare kudenga.
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Rimwe zuva, mamongi ose paakauya kwaari achida kunzwa shoko kubva kwaari, akati kwavari mumutauro weCoptic: “Magwaro Matsvene akakwana kutidzidzisa chinhu chiri chose. Asi zvakanaka kuti tikurudzirane mukutenda uye tichisimbisana neshoko. Iwe sevana huya undiudze sababa zvaunoziva. Uye ini, ndiri mukuru kwauri, ndichagoverana newe zvandinoziva uye zvandakawana kubva muruzivo rwokuzviwanira.”
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"Pamusoro pazvo, kutarisirwa kwekutanga kwenyu mese kunofanirwa kuve: paunotanga, kwete kuzorora uye kusaodzwa mwoyo mukushanda kwako. Uye musati: “Tachembera mukuzvinyima. Asi zuva nezuva wedzerai kushingaira kwenyu, sokunge makava kutanga. Nokuti upenyu hwose hwomunhu hupfupi zvikuru kana huchienzaniswa nenguva dzinouya. Saka hupenyu hwedu hwese hapana kana huchienzaniswa nehupenyu husingaperi. "
“Uye zvinhu zvese zviri munyika zvinotengeswa nezvazvinokodzera, uye munhu wese anotsinhana sezvaanoda. Asi vimbiso yehupenyu husingaperi inotengwa nechinhu chiduku. Nokuti matambudziko enguva ino haana kuenzana nokubwinya kuchazoratidzwa kwatiri munguva inouya”.
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“Zvakanaka kufunga nezvemashoko omuapostora uyo akati: ‘Ndinofa zuva nezuva.’ Nokuti kana tichiraramawo sokunge tinofa zuva nezuva, hatizotadzi. Mashoko aya anoreva: kumuka zuva nezuva, tichifunga kuti hatizorarami kuti tione manheru. Uye zvakare, kana tagadzirira kurara, ngatifungei kuti hatizomuki. Nekuti chimiro chehupenyu hwedu hachizivikanwe uye chinotungamirwa neProvidence ”.
“Kana tive nemafungiro aya uye tichirarama seizvi mazuva ese, hatizotadza, kana kuchiva zvakaipa, kana kutsamwira munhu, kana kuzviunganidzira pfuma panyika. Asi kana tichitarisira kufa zuva nezuva, tinenge tisina pfuma uye tinokanganwira munhu wose zvose. Uye isu hatingamborambi tiine mafaro asina kuchena, asi tichatsauka kubva pairi kana ichipfuura, tichirwa nguva dzose uye tichirangarira zuva rekutongwa kunotyisa.
“Uye saka, tichitanga nekufamba munzira yemubatsiri, ngatiedzei zvakanyanya kusvika kune zviri kumberi. Ngakurege kuva nomunhu anodzoka semukadzi waRoti. Nokuti Ishe akatiwo: “Hakuna munhu anoti kana aisa ruoko rwake pagejo akadzokera shure, akafanirwa noumambo hwokudenga.
“Musatya kana muchinzwa nezvekunaka, uye musashamiswa neshoko. Nekuti haisi kure nesu uye haina kusikwa kunze kwedu. Basa riri matiri uye riri nyore kuita kana tichida chete. VaHellene vanosiya nyika yavo voyambuka makungwa kuti vadzidze sainzi. Zvisinei, hatifaniri kusiya nyika yedu nokuda kwoumambo hwedenga, kana kuyambuka gungwa nokuda kwomubatsiri. Nokuti Jehovha akatiudza kubva pakutanga kuti: “Umambo hwokudenga huri mamuri.” Saka kunaka kunongoda chido chedu chete.'
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Uye saka, pamakomo iwayo paiva nemamongi ari muchimiro chematende, akazara nekwaya dzoumwari, vaiimba, vaiverenga, vaitsanya, vainamata nemwoyo inofara netariro yeramangwana uye vaishanda kuti vape zvipo. Vaivawo norudo nokubvumirana pakati pavo. Uye zvamazvirokwazvo, zvaigona kuonwa kuti iyi inyika yakaparadzana youmwari kuna Mwari nokururamisira kuvanhu.
Nokuti pakanga pasina kusarurama kana kuitirwa zvisakarurama, pasina kunyunyuta kwomuteresi, asi kuungana kwoutere nomufungo mumwe nokuda kwoukuru kuna vose. Naizvozvo, apo mumwe munhu akaona dzimba dzemamongi zvakare uye iyi nhevedzano yakanaka kudaro yamamongi, akadanidzira ndokuti: “Akanaka sei matende ako, Jakobho, ugaro hwako, Israeri! Semipata ine mumvuri uye samapindu akapoteredza rwizi. Uye semiti yeharosi, yakasimwa naJehovha panyika, semisidhari pedyo nemvura. ( Num. 24:5-6 ).
Chapter 4
Mushure mezvo paChechi yakarwisa kutambudzwa kwakaitika panguva yekutonga kwaMaximinus (emp. Maximinus Daya, note ed.). Uye apo vafiri kutendeka vakaunzwa kuAlexandria, ipapo Antony akavateverawo, achisiya imba yemamongi achiti: “Ngatiendei tinorwa, nokuti vari kutidana, kana kuti ngatizvionerei varwi pachedu.” Uye akanga ane chishuvo chikuru chokuva chapupu nomufiri kutendeka panguva imwe cheteyo. Uye asingadi kukanda mapfumo pasi, akabatira vanoreurura mumigodhi nomumatirongo. Kushingairira kwake kukuru kukurudzira vainzi varwi mudare kugadzirira chibayiro, kugamuchira vafiri kutenda uye kuvaperekedza kusvikira vafa.
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Uye mutongi achiona kusatya kwake uye kweshamwari dzake, pamwe chete nokushingaira kwavo, akarayira kuti hapana mumwe wemamongi aifanira kuuya mudare, kana kugara muguta zvachose. Ipapo shamwari dzake dzose dzakasarudza kuvanda zuva iroro. Asi Antony akanetseka zvishoma neizvi zvekuti akatogeza nguo yake, uye zuva rakatevera akamira pamberi, achizviratidzira kuna gavhuna mukuremekedzwa kwake kwose. Vanhu vose vakashamiswa nazvo; uye mubati, achipfuura neboka rake, akazvionawo. Antony akamira asingatyi, achiratidza ushingi hwedu hwechiKristu. Nokuti aida kuva chapupu uye mufiri kutendeka pachake, sezvatataura pamusoro apa.
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Asi nemhaka yokuti akanga asingagoni kuva mufiri kutendeka, airatidzika somunhu aichema nokuda kwaikoku. Zvisinei, Mwari akamuchengetedza kuti tibatsirwe isu nevamwe, kuitira kuti mukuzvinyima kwaakanga adzidza kubva mumagwaro, aigona kuva mudzidzisi wevakawanda. Nokuti nokungotarisa maitiro ake, vakawanda vakaedza kutevedzera mararamiro ake. Uye apo kutambudzwa kwakazomira uye bhishopi akaropafadzwa Peter akava mufiri kutendeka (muna 311 - note ed.), akabva asiya guta ndokudzokerazve kuimba yemamongi. Ikoko, sezvinonyatsozivikanwa, Antony akapinda mukuzvinyima kukuru uye kwakatonyanya kuoma.
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Uye saka, mushure mokunge aenda kune imwe nzvimbo, uye achiita basa rake kuti apedze nguva kuitira kuti arege kuonekwa pamberi pevanhu, kana kugamuchira chero munhu, mumwe mukuru wemauto ainzi Martininus akauya kwaari, uyo akamuvhiringidza. Murwi uyu aive nemwanasikana aitambudzwa nemweya yakaipa. Uye sezvo akamirira kwenguva refu pamusuwo uye achikumbira Antony kuti abude kuti anyengeterere mwana wake kuna Mwari, Antony haana kubvumira musuwo kuti uzarurwe, asi akadongorera mukati kubva kumusoro ndokuti: “Iwe murume, unondipei. musoro kudai nekuchema kwako? Ndiri munhu akaita sewe. Asi kana uchitenda muna Kristu, wandinoshumira, enda unonyengetera, uye sezvaunotenda, zvichava saizvozvo.” Uye Martinian, achitenda pakarepo uye akatendeukira kuna Kristu kuti abatsirwe, akaenda uye mwanasikana wake akacheneswa kubva kumweya wakaipa.
Uye mamwe mabasa mazhinji anoshamisa akaitwa naye naIshe, uyo anoti: “Kumbirai uye muchazvipiwa! ( Mat. 7:7 ). Kuitira kuti pasina iye aizarura suo, vazhinji vavaitambura, kupfurikidza nokungogara bedzi pamberi pokugara kwake, vakashandisa kutenda, vakanyengetera zvapachokwadi, uye vakaporeswa.
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Asi nekuti akazviona avhiringidzwa nevazhinji uye haana kusiiwa kuti agare muhermita, sezvaaida maererano nekunzwisisa kwake, uye nekuti aitya kuti angazvikudza nemabasa aiitwa naIshe kubudikidza naye, kana kuti mumwe munhu angamufungira zvakadaro, akafunga ndokusimudzira kuenda kuUpper Thebaid kuvanhu vaisamuziva. Akatora chingwa kuhama, akagara pasi pamahombekombe eNairi, akatarira kana chikepe chingapfuura napo, kuti apinde nacho, ndokuenda naye.
Paakanga achifunga nenzira iyi, inzwi rakauya kwaari richibva kumusoro: "Antonio, uri kuenda kupi uye nei?". Uye iye, achinzwa inzwi, haana kunyara, nokuti akanga ajaira kudanwa nenzira iyo, uye akapindura nemashoko: "Nekuti mapoka evanhu haandisiyi ndiri ndoga, saka ndinoda kuenda kuUpper Thebaid nekuda kwemarwadzo mazhinji emusoro. chandakonzera nevanhu vari pano, uye kunyanya nekuti vanondikumbira zvinhu zvandisingakwanise kuita.” Uye inzwi rakati kwaari: “Kana muchida kuva norugare chairwoirwo, pindai zvino mukati-kati megwenga.”
Uye Antony paakabvunza kuti: "Asi ndiani achandiratidza nzira, nekuti ini handimuzivi?", Inzwi rakabva ramuendesa kune mamwe maArabu (maCopt, zvizvarwa zvevaIjipita vekare, vanozvisiyanisa kubva kumaArabu nenhoroondo yavo. uye netsika dzavo, nyora mupepeti.), avo vakanga vachangogadzirira kufamba nenzira iyi. Achienda akasvika kwavari, Antony akavakumbira kuti vaende navo mugwenga. Uye ivo, sokunge nekuraira kwekutarisira, vakamugamuchira zvakanaka. Akafamba navo kwemazuva matatu nousiku hutatu kusvikira vasvika pagomo refu kwazvo. Mvura yakachena, inotapira uye inotonhora zvikuru, yakabuda pasi pegomo. Uye kunze kwakanga kune munda wakati sandara une michindwe mishomanene yaibereka michero isingatarisirwi nomunhu.
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Anthony, akaunzwa naMwari, akada nzvimbo yacho. Nokuti iyi ndiyo nzvimbo yaakanga aratidzwa naIye akanga achitaura naye pamahombekombe erwizi. Pakutanga, akagamuchira chingwa kubva kune vaaiva navo, akagara mugomo ari oga, asina munhu. Nekuti akazosvika panzvimbo yaakaona semusha wake. Uye maArabu pachavo, pavakaona kushingairira kwaAntony, vakabva vapfuura nemaune nzira iyo ndokumuvigira chingwa nemufaro. Asi aivewo nechikafu chishoma asi chakachipa chemumichindwe. Naizvozvo, apo hama dzakaziva nezvenzvimbo yacho, ivo, kufanana navana vanorangarira baba vavo, vakatarisira kuvatumira zvokudya.
Zvisinei, Antony paakaona kuti vamwe vanhu vaivapo vakanga vachitamburira uye vachitamburira chingwa ichi, akanzwira tsitsi mamongi, akafunga mumwoyo make ndokukumbira vamwe vevaiuya kwaari kuti vamuunzire badza nedemo negorosi. Zvino izvi zvose zvakati zvaunzwa kwaari, akapota nenyika yose gomo, akawana nzvimbo duku, yakanga yakafanira izvozvo, akatanga kurima. Uye zvaakanga ane mvura yakakwana yokudiridza, akadyara gorosi. Uye izvi akazviita gore negore, achiwana chokurarama nacho kubva pazviri. Akafara kuti nenzira iyi aisazobhowekana nemunhu uye kuti pane zvese aingwarira kuti asaremedza vamwe. Zvisinei hazvo, aona kuti pane vanhu vakanga vachiri kuuya kwaari, akadyarawo sadza, kuti muenzi ambozorora zvishoma parwendo rwake rwakaoma.
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Asi pakutanga, mhuka dzemugwenga, dzaiuya kuzonwa mvura, dzaiwanzokuvadza zvirimwa zvake zvaanenge arima uye akadyarwa. Antony nounyoro akabata chimwe chemhuka dzacho ndokuti kwadziri dzose: “Nei muchindikuvadza ini ndisingakuvadzii? Enda uye nezita raMwari usaswedera pedyo nenzvimbo idzi!” Uye kubva panguva iyoyo zvichienda mberi, sekunge vaitya nekuraira, havana kuzoswedera pedyo nenzvimbo.
Saka aigara ega mukati megomo, achipa nguva yake yekusununguka kukunamata uye kurovedza muviri. Hama dzaimushandira dzakamukumbira kuti dziuye kuzomuvigira maorivhi nenyemba namafuta ehuni mwedzi mumwe nomumwe. Nokuti akanga atova murume mukuru.
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Pane imwe nguva akumbirwa namamongi kuti aburukire kwavari ndokuvashanyira kwechinguvana, iye akafamba namamongi akauya kuzosangana naye, uye vakatutira chingwa nemvura pangamera. Asi gwenga iri rakanga risina mvura zvachose, uye pakanga pasina mvura yokunwa, kunze kwegomo chete raaigara. Uye nemhaka yokuti kwakanga kusina mvura munzira yavo, uye kwaipisa zvikuru, vose vakazviisa mungozi yokuzvipinza mungozi. Naizvozvo, pashure pokunge vatenderera munzvimbo dzakawanda uye vasina kuwana mvura, havana kuzokwanisa kuenda mberi vakarara pasi. Vakarega ngamera ichifamba, vasina tariro.
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Zvisinei, murume mukuru, achiona munhu wose ari mungozi, akashungurudzika zvikuru uye mukurwadziwa kwake akabva padiki kwavari. Ipapo akapfugama, akapeta maoko ake ndokutanga kunamata. Pakarepo Ishe akaita kuti mvura idzutuka paakanga amire achinyengetera. Saka, mushure mekunwa, vese vakamutsiridza. Vakazadza zvirongo zvavo, vakatsvaka ngamera, vakaiwana. Ipapo tambo yakamonera ibwe ndokunamatira panzvimbo iyo. Ipapo vakamutora, vakamunwisa, vakamugadzika zvirongo, vakaenda nenzira yose vasina kukuvadzwa.
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Zvino paakasvika kumamongi ekunze, vese vakamutarisa ndokumukwazisa sababa. Uye iye, sokunge akanga auya nezvokudya kubva musango, akavakwazisa namashoko oushamwari, sezvo vaenzi vanokwaziswa, uye ovadzorera nebetsero. Uye zvakare pakanga pane mufaro pagomo nemakwikwi nokuda kwefambiro mberi nekurudziro mukutenda kwavose. Uyezve, akafarawo, achiona, kune rumwe rutivi, kushingaira kwemamongi, uye kune rumwe, hanzvadzi yake, akanga akwegura ari mhandara uye aivawo mutungamiriri wemamwe mhandara.
Mushure memazuva mashoma akaenda kumakomo zvakare. Zvino vazhinji vakauya kwaari. Kunyange vamwe vairwara vakashinga kukwira. Uye kumamongi ose aiuya kwaari, aigara achipa zano iri: Kutenda muna Jehovha uye kumuda, kuchenjerera pfungwa dzisina kuchena uye mafaro enyama, kudzivisa kutaura kusina maturo uye kunamata nguva dzose.
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Uye mukutenda kwake akanga achishingaira uye akafanira chose kuyemurwa. Nokuti haana kumbotaurirana nevanyengeri, vateveri vaMeretio, nokuti akanga achiziva kubva pakutanga uipi hwavo nokutsauka kwavo, uye haana kutaura noushamwari navaManichai kana navamwe vanyengeri, kunze kwokungovarayira, vachifunga. uye kuzivisa kuti ushamwari nekurukurirano navo kukuvadza nekuparadzwa kwemweya. Saka zvakare akavenga kutsauka kwevaArian, uye akaraira vese kuti vasaswedera kwavari, kana kugamuchira dzidziso yavo yenhema. Zvino kwakati kwasvika kwaari vamwe vevaArius vanopenga, akavaidza, akaona kuti vakanga vakaipa, akavabudisa mugomo, akati mashoko avo nemifungo yavo yakanga yakaipa kukunda uturu hwenyoka.
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Uye pane imwe nguva vaArian vakamupomera nhema kuti iye akanga achifunga zvakafanana navo, ipapo akatsamwa uye akatsamwa kwazvo. Akabva aburuka mugomo, nokuti aidanwa nemabhishopu nehama dzose. Uye paakapinda muArekizandriya, akashora maArian pamberi pemunhu wese, achiti iyi ndiyo yaive yekupedzisira kutsauka uye mutangiri weAntikristu. Uye akadzidzisa vanhu kuti Mwanakomana waMwari haasi chisikwa, asi kuti iShoko neUchenjeri uye ndewemusimboti waBaba.
Uye vose vakafara kunzwa murume akadaro achituka nhema pamusoro paKristu. Uye vanhu veguta vakaungana pamwechete kuzoona Antony. VaGiriki vechihedheni, nevaizviti vaprista vavo vamene, vakauya kuchechi vachiti: “Tinoda kuona munhu waMwari.” Nokuti munhu wose akamuudza kudaro. Uye nokuti ipapo Ishe akachenesa vazhinji kubva kumweya yakaipa kubudikidza naye uye akaporesa avo vaipenga. Uye vazhinji, kunyangwe mapegani, vaingoda kubata harahwa, nekuti vaitenda kuti vaizobatsirwa nayo. Uye zvechokwadi mumazuva mashoma iwayo vanhu vakawanda vakava vaKristu sezvaakanga asati amboona mumwe munhu achiitwa mugore rose.
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Paakatanga kudzoka, isu tikamuperekedza, patakasvika pagedhi reguta, mumwe mukadzi akashevedzera ari shure kwedu achiti: “Mira, munhu waMwari! Mwanasikana wangu anotambudzwa zvikuru nemweya yakaipa. Mirai ndinokukumbirai kuti ndisakuvara kana ndichimhanya. Achinzwa izvi, uye akakumbirwa nesu, mudhara akabvuma ndokumira. Zvino mukadzi wacho paakasvika, musikana akazviwisira pasi, uye pashure pokunge Antony anyengetera ndokutaura zita raKristu, musikana akamuka aporeswa, nokuti mweya wetsvina wakanga wabva maari. Amai vakabva varumbidza Mwari vanhu vese ndokutenda. Uye akafara, achienda kugomo sekunge kumba kwake.
Cherechedza: Hupenyu uhu hwakanyorwa naSt. Athanasius Mukuru, Archbishop weAlexandria, gore rimwe mushure mekufa kwaRev. Anthony the Great († Ndira 17, 356), kureva muna 357 pakukumbirwa kwemamongi ekuMadokero kubva kuGaul (d. France) neItaly, uko bhishopi mukuru aive muhutapwa. Ndiro rakanyatsoruramisa sosi yehupenyu, mabasa, hunhu uye zvisikwa zvaSt. Anthony Mukuru uye yakaita basa rakakosha kwazvo mukugadzwa nekubudirira kwehupenyu hwemamongi kuMabvazuva nekuMadokero. Somuenzaniso, Augustine mubhuku rake rinonzi Confessions anotaura nezvesimba guru rehupenyu huno pakutendeuka kwake nekuvandudzwa kwekutenda nekunamata.
