Kurwa nkhondo ya Chipurikano

126 • Kurwa nkhondo yiweme ya Chipurikano

kumanya mphambano pakati pa utesi na unenesko.” Nanga wuri murwani wakukhumba kumuthyani na kumupwetekani kwizira mu utesi wake, uryarya, mwachipurikano mungabathereska. Kwizira mukusambira kuchita makora, pachoko pachoko, tikukura na kumanya kurwa nkhondo makora na kutonda murwani withu. Timanyenge mphambano pakati pa uweme na uheni (Bahebberi 5.11-14). Tikwenera kopa chara. Apo tikujitorera mahomwa ghose, tikwenera kusambira unenesko wa Mazgu gha Chiuta, na kukhara mwakuyana na ukaboni wa Chiuta pa ise, tikhomenge mukabiro kithu. Satana wayezgenge kuti wamugongoweskeni na kumuwezgerani Nyuma, kwene wachimbirenge usange mukujika na pemphero. Pachanya pa vyose, yezgani kuchita makora munthowa zinu zose. Lurombo murubike panthazi chomene mwakuti mujizengere lubigho mwakuti Satana wabevye nkhongono pa imwe. Kasi vingachitika wuri vyantheura ivi? Pakuti murwani withu wakutebeteska chomene utesi ndipo ndiwo wakukhumba kuti tipurikane na kumukayikira Chiuta, chirwero chithu chikuru chomene ndi (Mahomwa ghithu ghakurwerana na murwani withu) kukoreska unenesko. Wakupurikana wari yose wakwenera kuvwara mahomwa ghose, kukhara wakutcheba kuwutesi wenewuwo Satana wakwiza nawo na kujikirana nayo nyengo zose pakukoreska ivyo Yesu wari kuyowoya. Kasi ntchivichi pa umoyo winu icho pasono chikukhmbikwa kughanaghanirapo chomene na kurangurukirapo kwakuyana na unenesko, kufumira mukusambizgika na Mazgu gha Chiuta. Ntchivichi icho mukuwona kuti chikukoleranako chara na Mazgu gha Chiuta? Labiskani pa fundo zitatu izo Paulosi wakuyowoya pakukhara umoyo wakutonda na kukhara mu wunenesko: Kuti ndimo mukamusambilira Khristu chara. Nadi mukamupurika, ndipo unenesko uwo uri mwa Khristu. Ntheura muwukemo mu mendero gha kare gha munthu winu mukorobere mweneuyo wakajananganga na makhumbiro ghake. Mitima yinu na maghanoghano ghinu vikwenera kuzgoka kuba vipya. Kukwenera kuba na munthu mupya mukati mwinu, mweneuyo wari kurengekera mu chikozgo cha Chiuta, ndipo wakujirongora yekha mu urunji, na mukupaturika kwenuko kukufuma mu unenesko. ~ Thomas á Kempis. Richard J. Foster and James Bryan Smith, Eds. Devotional Classics: Revised Edition: Selected Readings for Individuals and Groups. Renovare, Inc. (HarperCollins Publishers), New York. 1993. p. 152.

~ Karata wa Paulos ku Baefeso 4.20-24