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Kuna Amali Kamilifu? 61<br />
<strong>wa</strong> kufikirika, ambaye, kama adhabu, <strong>ni</strong> lazima asukume jiwe kuelekea <strong>juu</strong> <strong>ya</strong><br />
mlima, k<strong>wa</strong> ku<strong>wa</strong> linaviringika kurudi nyuma bonde<strong>ni</strong> kabla <strong>ya</strong> kufikia lengo.<br />
“Nam<strong>wa</strong>cha Sisofo aki<strong>wa</strong> chi<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ya</strong> mlima! Mzigo <strong>wa</strong>ke utaendelea kuwepo tena<br />
na tena. Anatufundisha utii mkub<strong>wa</strong> ambao unakataa miungu, na anaendelea<br />
kuviringisha jiwe kuelekea kilele<strong>ni</strong>. Pia anaami<strong>ni</strong> k<strong>wa</strong>mba yote <strong>ni</strong> safi.<br />
Ulimwengu huu, usiojua mab<strong>wa</strong>na wowote, unaonekana kutoku<strong>wa</strong> usiozaa <strong>wa</strong>la<br />
kutoku<strong>wa</strong> usio na thama<strong>ni</strong> k<strong>wa</strong>ke. Kila kipande cha jiwe, kila kipande cha<br />
mlima huu <strong>wa</strong> milele, k<strong>wa</strong>ke yeye mwenyewe <strong>ni</strong> du<strong>ni</strong>a nzima. Vita dhidi <strong>ya</strong><br />
kilele cha mlima <strong>ya</strong>weza kuujaza moyo <strong>wa</strong> m<strong>wa</strong>nadamu. Ni lazima tumchukulie<br />
Sisofo kama mtu mwenye furaha”. 77<br />
Hivyo <strong>ni</strong> kusema, katika mtazamo <strong>wa</strong> Camus, Sisofo anaishi k<strong>wa</strong> chuki <strong>ya</strong>ke<br />
dhidi <strong>ya</strong> miungu. Asiyeami<strong>ni</strong> <strong>juu</strong> <strong>ya</strong> Mungu anapata maana <strong>ya</strong> maisha katika vita<br />
dhidi <strong>ya</strong> di<strong>ni</strong>. Hata hivyo, hiyo <strong>ni</strong> di<strong>ni</strong> ambayo yenyewe hu<strong>ya</strong>pa maisha maana.<br />
Hili huakisi hali yetu <strong>ya</strong> sasa. Ukataaji <strong>wa</strong> maadili <strong>ya</strong> Kikristo huibusha nafasi <strong>ya</strong><br />
mipango mip<strong>ya</strong> <strong>ya</strong> kimaadili, ambayo hushamiri <strong>juu</strong> <strong>ya</strong> amali mp<strong>ya</strong> <strong>ya</strong> maadili au<br />
kurithi amali za Kikristo zilizopotosh<strong>wa</strong>, laki<strong>ni</strong> k<strong>wa</strong> nguvu zinadai kutochukua<br />
amali kamilifu kabisa. Kama hesabu iwezavyo ku<strong>wa</strong>po k<strong>wa</strong> kufikiria tu ukweli<br />
usiothibitish<strong>wa</strong>, <strong>wa</strong> mlinganyo usiothibitish<strong>wa</strong>, “1+1=2” (ambao<br />
<strong>wa</strong>namahesabu <strong>wa</strong>nauita ‘axiom’-tamko linalokubalika bila kuthibitish<strong>wa</strong>),<br />
ndivyo mtu awezavyo kufikiri k<strong>wa</strong> kutumia udha<strong>ni</strong>fu. Ma<strong>wa</strong>zo yote <strong>ya</strong>nahitaji<br />
maamuzi <strong>ya</strong> kimaadili. Hivyo, kila mmoja <strong>ni</strong> M<strong>wa</strong>sisi <strong>juu</strong> <strong>ya</strong> vitu fula<strong>ni</strong>, ama<br />
sivyo angeku<strong>wa</strong> amehoji ma<strong>wa</strong>zo <strong>ya</strong>ke mwenyewe. T<strong>wa</strong>weza tu ku<strong>wa</strong><br />
<strong>wa</strong>vumilivu <strong>juu</strong> <strong>ya</strong> mambo ambayo ha<strong>ya</strong>tii mashaka mambo yetu <strong>ya</strong> kimsingi<br />
yenye kuheshimi<strong>wa</strong>. Kila m<strong>wa</strong>nadamu, hata Mkristo, hufikiria amali isiyotili<strong>wa</strong><br />
shaka, laki<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ni</strong> mwenye uvumilivu mkub<strong>wa</strong> au mdogo <strong>juu</strong> <strong>ya</strong> mambo mengine.<br />
Tunatofautiana tu kwenye amali kamilifu, sio kwenye ushikaji wetu <strong>wa</strong> mambo<br />
hayo. Wakristo ambao <strong>wa</strong>nashawishika k<strong>wa</strong> ima<strong>ni</strong> <strong>wa</strong>nakataa kukubalina na<br />
baadhi <strong>ya</strong> mambo tu, laki<strong>ni</strong> k<strong>wa</strong> ukamilifu <strong>wa</strong>nabadilika na <strong>ni</strong> <strong>wa</strong>vumilivu k<strong>wa</strong><br />
mambo <strong>ya</strong> wengine – <strong>wa</strong>kichukulia k<strong>wa</strong>mba <strong>wa</strong>naiami<strong>ni</strong> Biblia. Moja <strong>ya</strong><br />
mafundisho <strong>ya</strong> kimsingi <strong>ya</strong> udogma <strong>ya</strong> Maandiko <strong>ni</strong> k<strong>wa</strong>mba Mungu aliumba<br />
ulimwengu wenye aina mbalimbali na k<strong>wa</strong>mba hataki mfanano <strong>wa</strong> aina moja.<br />
Utaratibu <strong>wa</strong> ubu<strong>ni</strong>fu <strong>wa</strong> Mungu huruhusu uhuru mwingi kubadili maisha k<strong>wa</strong><br />
uhuru na kukuza ma<strong>wa</strong>zo map<strong>ya</strong>.<br />
Baada <strong>ya</strong> muhadhara kwenye Chuo Kikuu cha Bremen, m<strong>wa</strong>natheolojia <strong>wa</strong><br />
kiliberali na aliye Mbudha alisisitiza ku<strong>wa</strong> <strong>ni</strong>likosea k<strong>wa</strong> kuanza k<strong>wa</strong> dha<strong>ni</strong>o<br />
kamilifu. Waliami<strong>ni</strong> k<strong>wa</strong>mba <strong>ni</strong>napas<strong>wa</strong> kuheshimu mafundisho <strong>ya</strong> di<strong>ni</strong> zote<br />
kama vitu vilivyo kweli katika mitazamo <strong>ya</strong>o, k<strong>wa</strong> ku<strong>wa</strong> zote zina malengo<br />
sa<strong>wa</strong>.<br />
77 Imetafsiri<strong>wa</strong> kutoka katika Albert Camus, Der Mythos con Sisyphos: Ein Versuch ueber das Absurde.<br />
(Reinbek: 1959 1 ), uk. 101