Upendo ni Utimilifu wa Sheria Insha juu ya Maadili - Martin Bucer ...
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Din <strong>ni</strong> Ni<strong>ni</strong>? 63<br />
DINI NI NINI? (1993)<br />
Katika Hotuba Mlima<strong>ni</strong> Yesu anasema, “Hakuna mtu awezaye kutumikia<br />
mab<strong>wa</strong>na <strong>wa</strong>wili; k<strong>wa</strong> maana atamchukia huyu, na kumpenda huyu; ama<br />
atashikamana na huyu, na kumdharau huyu. Hamwezi kumtumikia Mungu na<br />
mali” (Mat. 6:24). Tafakuri maki<strong>ni</strong> inaonesha <strong>wa</strong>zi ku<strong>wa</strong> Yesu anapinga zaidi<br />
<strong>wa</strong>tu <strong>wa</strong>naoishi tu k<strong>wa</strong> ajili <strong>ya</strong> mali; anailinga<strong>ni</strong>sha na di<strong>ni</strong> iliyo kinyume na<br />
ima<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ya</strong> Kibiblia.<br />
Kama angeona mali ku<strong>wa</strong> mungu pekee <strong>wa</strong> yule asiye Mkristo, anasema<br />
k<strong>wa</strong>mba t<strong>wa</strong>weza kum<strong>wa</strong>budu Mungu mmoja tu, Mungu <strong>wa</strong> Biblia au uungu<br />
‘mali’. Hata hivyo mali hu<strong>wa</strong>kilisha, sio uungu tu, bali pia fedha, utajiri na mtaji.<br />
Katika masimulizi <strong>ya</strong> Luka, Yesu ameoa<strong>ni</strong>sha mali na fedha itumi<strong>wa</strong>yo katika<br />
biashara (Luka 16:9-10) kuonesha ku<strong>wa</strong> 'Di<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ya</strong> Mali' <strong>ya</strong>weza kuchukua nafasi<br />
<strong>ya</strong> ima<strong>ni</strong> katika Mungu <strong>wa</strong> Biblia. Hilo lawezekanaje? Ima<strong>ni</strong> k<strong>wa</strong> fedha haina<br />
miungu, haina makuha<strong>ni</strong> na haina mahekalu - hatuwezi kuona hayo japo k<strong>wa</strong><br />
uchache. Hata hivyo, <strong>ni</strong> di<strong>ni</strong> isiyo na mungu, (‘A-theistic’ religion) di<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ya</strong> ukana<br />
uungu, di<strong>ni</strong> ‘a’-pasipo ‘theos’-mungu. Je, B<strong>wa</strong>na analinga<strong>ni</strong>sha vitu<br />
visivyolinga<strong>ni</strong>sh<strong>wa</strong>? Je, ‘Mungu’ si suala la kidi<strong>ni</strong> na ‘Mali’ suala la kiuchumi?<br />
Jibu linaonesha matokeo muhimu k<strong>wa</strong> ku<strong>wa</strong> linahusika na s<strong>wa</strong>li la ziada, “Di<strong>ni</strong><br />
<strong>ni</strong> Ni<strong>ni</strong>?” Katika Biblia, di<strong>ni</strong> sio <strong>wa</strong>zo la kinadharia. K<strong>wa</strong>mba <strong>ni</strong> vuguvugu*,<br />
aideolojia au mtindo <strong>wa</strong> maisha unaojichukulia wenyewe ku<strong>wa</strong> <strong>ni</strong> di<strong>ni</strong> au sio<br />
di<strong>ni</strong>; si kitu muhimu, s<strong>wa</strong>li <strong>ni</strong>, amali zipi zilizo kamilifu (sio tu za kikanu<strong>ni</strong>)<br />
zinazoongoza maisha yetu hasa.<br />
Jambo hili <strong>ni</strong> sa<strong>wa</strong> pia katika ima<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ya</strong> Mungu <strong>wa</strong> Maandiko. S<strong>wa</strong>li sio k<strong>wa</strong>mba<br />
mtu ‘anaami<strong>ni</strong>’ k<strong>wa</strong>mba Mungu yupo. Katika Maagano yote, <strong>wa</strong>zo la ‘kuami<strong>ni</strong>’<br />
huonesha ‘kutumai<strong>ni</strong>’, ‘ku<strong>wa</strong> na ima<strong>ni</strong> katika’, ‘kuchukulia ku<strong>wa</strong> <strong>ni</strong> enye<br />
kutegeme<strong>wa</strong>’. Iki<strong>wa</strong> tunaami<strong>ni</strong> katika Mungu, tunamchukulia Yesu ku<strong>wa</strong><br />
mwenye kutegeme<strong>wa</strong> kikamilifu, tunachukua k<strong>wa</strong> umaki<strong>ni</strong> yote aliyo<strong>ya</strong>sema na<br />
kumfan<strong>ya</strong> kama Mwumba na Mwokozi, na kuimarisha maisha yetu k<strong>wa</strong><br />
kulingana na uwezo <strong>wa</strong>ke na amri zake.<br />
Vilevile di<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ni</strong> kitu chochote kinachoshindana na ima<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ya</strong> Maandiko.<br />
Ninategemea kitu ga<strong>ni</strong> k<strong>wa</strong> ukamilifu? Kipi kinacho<strong>ya</strong>pa maisha <strong>ya</strong>ngu<br />
umuhimu na maana? Kipi kinachota<strong>wa</strong>la moyo <strong>wa</strong>ngu? Kipi <strong>ni</strong> mamlaka kamili<br />
k<strong>wa</strong>ngu? Kipi <strong>ni</strong> kipimo changu? Kipi <strong>ni</strong>nachopenda zaidi? Kipi <strong>ni</strong> msingi <strong>wa</strong><br />
matak<strong>wa</strong> <strong>ya</strong>ngu?<br />
K<strong>wa</strong> m<strong>wa</strong>nga <strong>wa</strong> mas<strong>wa</strong>li ha<strong>ya</strong>, inaku<strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong>zi ku<strong>wa</strong> mali <strong>ya</strong>weza kushindana na<br />
Mungu. Sio fedha yenyewe <strong>wa</strong>la matumizi <strong>ya</strong>ke <strong>ya</strong>nayotofautisha umungu mali,<br />
bali “kupenda fedha” (2 Tim. 6:10). Fedha au tunavyomiliki k<strong>wa</strong> ujumla –