Upendo ni Utimilifu wa Sheria Insha juu ya Maadili - Martin Bucer ...
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32 Schirrmacher, <strong>Insha</strong> <strong>juu</strong> <strong>ya</strong> <strong>Maadili</strong><br />
B<strong>wa</strong>na, <strong>wa</strong>la si k<strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong>nadamu, mkijua <strong>ya</strong> ku<strong>wa</strong> mtapokea k<strong>wa</strong> B<strong>wa</strong>na ujira <strong>wa</strong><br />
urithi. Mnamtumikia B<strong>wa</strong>na Yesu” (Kol. 3:23-24).<br />
“Heshima <strong>ya</strong> kazi haitoka<strong>ni</strong> na kile ufan<strong>ya</strong>cho bali k<strong>wa</strong> <strong>ni</strong><strong>ni</strong><br />
unakifan<strong>ya</strong>. K<strong>wa</strong> sababu <strong>ya</strong> agizo la utumishi lililotole<strong>wa</strong> na Mungu na tabia<br />
<strong>ya</strong> utumishi katika kazi kuelekea k<strong>wa</strong> jira<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ya</strong>ko, kazi yenye ufundi kidogo<br />
kabisa <strong>ni</strong> yenye thama<strong>ni</strong> sa<strong>wa</strong> na kazi “itumiayo akili sana”’. 46<br />
Watu wengi <strong>wa</strong>nalilaumu Agano Jip<strong>ya</strong> k<strong>wa</strong> sababu linaamuru <strong>wa</strong>tum<strong>wa</strong> ku<strong>wa</strong><br />
<strong>wa</strong>fan<strong>ya</strong>kazi wema (mfano, Tito 2:9-11; Efe. 6:5-9; Kol. 3:22-4:1; 1 Tim. 6:1-2;<br />
1 Pet. 2:18-25; 1 Kor. 7:21-24). Tumekwishasikia sababu za malaumu hayo.<br />
Mtu hufan<strong>ya</strong> kazi k<strong>wa</strong> ajili <strong>ya</strong> Mungu, sio k<strong>wa</strong> ajili <strong>ya</strong> m<strong>wa</strong>jiri. Huu <strong>ni</strong> uhuru<br />
halisi! “Ninyi <strong>wa</strong>tum<strong>wa</strong>, <strong>wa</strong>tii<strong>ni</strong> hao ambao k<strong>wa</strong> mwili <strong>ni</strong> b<strong>wa</strong>na zenu, katika<br />
mambo yote, si k<strong>wa</strong> utum<strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong> macho, kama <strong>wa</strong>jipendekezao k<strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong>nadamu,<br />
bali k<strong>wa</strong> unyofu <strong>wa</strong> moyo, mkimcha B<strong>wa</strong>na” (Kol. 3:22). Hakuna kazi chafu au<br />
mba<strong>ya</strong> katika Biblia, isipoku<strong>wa</strong> kazi au zile taaluma ambazo moja k<strong>wa</strong> moja<br />
zinakataz<strong>wa</strong> na Mungu kama ukahaba. M<strong>wa</strong>jiri m<strong>wa</strong>nadamu sio mtoaji halisi <strong>wa</strong><br />
mishahara, bali M<strong>wa</strong>jiri Mkuu <strong>wa</strong> Uumbaji. K<strong>wa</strong> sababu <strong>ni</strong> Mungu pekee,<br />
M<strong>wa</strong>jiri pekee, atoaye ujira k<strong>wa</strong> haki, <strong>ni</strong> lazima <strong>wa</strong>ajiri <strong>wa</strong>nadamu <strong>wa</strong>fanye<br />
vivyo hivyo.<br />
Paulo yule anayetuambia <strong>wa</strong>tum<strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong>we <strong>wa</strong>fan<strong>ya</strong>kazi <strong>wa</strong>zuri anaandika: Kila<br />
mtu na akae katika hali ileile ambayo aliku<strong>wa</strong> nayo alipoit<strong>wa</strong>. Je! Uliit<strong>wa</strong> u<br />
mtum<strong>wa</strong>? Usione <strong>ni</strong> viba<strong>ya</strong> laki<strong>ni</strong> kama ukiweza ku<strong>wa</strong> huru, afadhali<br />
kuutumia. K<strong>wa</strong> maana yeye aliyeit<strong>wa</strong> katika B<strong>wa</strong>na hali <strong>ya</strong> utum<strong>wa</strong>, <strong>ni</strong> huru <strong>wa</strong><br />
B<strong>wa</strong>na. Hivyo yeye aliyeit<strong>wa</strong> hali <strong>ya</strong> uhuru, <strong>ni</strong> mtum<strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong> Kristo. Mliumb<strong>wa</strong><br />
k<strong>wa</strong> thama<strong>ni</strong>; msiwe <strong>wa</strong>tum<strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong>nadamu (1 Kor. 7:20-23). Katika <strong>wa</strong>raka<br />
k<strong>wa</strong> Filemo<strong>ni</strong>, Paulo anajishughulisha na kufunguli<strong>wa</strong> k<strong>wa</strong> mtum<strong>wa</strong>. Je, huu <strong>ni</strong><br />
mkanganyiko? Hapana, k<strong>wa</strong> sababu Paulo anasema: “Laki<strong>ni</strong> kama ukiweza<br />
ku<strong>wa</strong> huru, afadhali kuutumia”. Laki<strong>ni</strong> mtum<strong>wa</strong> hahitaji kusubiri muda mrefu<br />
<strong>wa</strong> kuishi ili aweze kuishi maisha yenye matunda. Ameit<strong>wa</strong> na Mungu, ameit<strong>wa</strong><br />
k<strong>wa</strong> ajili <strong>ya</strong> ufalme <strong>wa</strong> mbingu<strong>ni</strong>, laki<strong>ni</strong> pia ameit<strong>wa</strong> k<strong>wa</strong> kazi <strong>ya</strong>ke. Sio kazi <strong>ya</strong><br />
mtum<strong>wa</strong> k<strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong>tu inayofan<strong>ya</strong> maisha <strong>ya</strong>ke ku<strong>wa</strong> yenye thama<strong>ni</strong> bali hali <strong>ya</strong>ke<br />
<strong>ya</strong> kuit<strong>wa</strong> na Mwumba na mkombozi <strong>wa</strong>ke.<br />
Nguvu ipen<strong>ya</strong>yo <strong>ya</strong> ima<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ya</strong> Kikristo katika historia inajikita katika ukweli huu.<br />
Mkristo aweza kumtumikia Mungu kama mtum<strong>wa</strong> pasipo kubadili hali <strong>ya</strong>ke <strong>ya</strong><br />
nje, na anaweza kupata uhuru na kujishughulisha k<strong>wa</strong> ajili <strong>ya</strong> kujikomboa na<br />
kubadili hali <strong>ya</strong>ke. Ana maisha kamili katika kila hali. K<strong>wa</strong> sababu ta<strong>ya</strong>ri anacho<br />
kila kitu, anaweza kubadili kila kitu.<br />
Katika Kol. 3:25 - 4:1 tunapata maonyo makali k<strong>wa</strong> mab<strong>wa</strong>na <strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong>tum<strong>wa</strong>.<br />
Wanakumbush<strong>wa</strong> majukumu <strong>ya</strong>o <strong>ya</strong> kisheria k<strong>wa</strong> sababu Mungu hana<br />
upendeleo k<strong>wa</strong> mtu. Mtum<strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong> Kikristo hata hivyo hahitaji kusubiri mpaka<br />
b<strong>wa</strong>na <strong>wa</strong>ke a<strong>wa</strong>po mwenye haki. Anaweza kuishi k<strong>wa</strong> mujibu <strong>wa</strong> makusudi <strong>ya</strong><br />
46 Emil Brunner. Das Gebot und die Ordnungen. Zwingli Verlag: Zuerich, 1939 4 . p. 373