Upendo ni Utimilifu wa Sheria Insha juu ya Maadili - Martin Bucer ...
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64 Schirrmacher, <strong>Insha</strong> <strong>juu</strong> <strong>ya</strong> <strong>Maadili</strong><br />
huongoza maisha yetu. Njia kuelekea kwenye utajiri hutuelekeza kwenye di<strong>ni</strong><br />
hii. Utajiri huongeza kila kitu – maadili, mahusiano yetu na <strong>wa</strong>tu wengine,<br />
maisha <strong>ya</strong> kila siku. Matumai<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ya</strong> kila mmoja, pia maana <strong>ya</strong> maisha <strong>ya</strong>ke<br />
hujikita katika fedha. Haijali k<strong>wa</strong> kweli <strong>ni</strong> kiasi ga<strong>ni</strong> mtu anamiliki – maski<strong>ni</strong><br />
k<strong>wa</strong> ka<strong>wa</strong>ida <strong>ni</strong> <strong>wa</strong>shiriki <strong>wa</strong> ajabu <strong>wa</strong> ima<strong>ni</strong> hii.<br />
Sasa tumeshaona k<strong>wa</strong>mba katika Biblia ima<strong>ni</strong> haihitaji ku<strong>wa</strong> na miungu,<br />
makuha<strong>ni</strong>, mahekalu au huduma, na hata kujiita yenyewe di<strong>ni</strong>, ili iwe hivyo.<br />
Umungu mali <strong>ni</strong> di<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ya</strong> kizushi isiyoonekana k<strong>wa</strong> urahisi ambayo <strong>ya</strong>onekana<br />
kama mtindo <strong>wa</strong> maisha <strong>wa</strong> ka<strong>wa</strong>ida, mwelekeo k<strong>wa</strong> mambo <strong>ya</strong> kiuchumi, na<br />
jambo binafsi. Ukweli <strong>ni</strong> k<strong>wa</strong>mba <strong>ni</strong> di<strong>ni</strong> iliyojificha, kama ambavyo <strong>wa</strong>kati<br />
mmoja Carl Bry alivyosema, <strong>ni</strong> di<strong>ni</strong> ambayo inafundisha k<strong>wa</strong>mba Kiumbe<br />
kisicho hai, kanu<strong>ni</strong> au aideolojia isiyoami<strong>ni</strong> Mungu <strong>ya</strong>weza kuchukua nafasi <strong>ya</strong><br />
Mungu <strong>wa</strong> Biblia katika mioyo yetu. 78<br />
Katika Biblia, kifungu kinachoeleza k<strong>wa</strong> kina jambo hili <strong>ni</strong> sura <strong>ya</strong> k<strong>wa</strong>nza <strong>ya</strong><br />
Warumi. Paulo anaeleza k<strong>wa</strong> <strong>ni</strong><strong>ni</strong> kuna hukumu ambayo sisi sote t<strong>wa</strong>pas<strong>wa</strong><br />
kuokole<strong>wa</strong> k<strong>wa</strong>yo na k<strong>wa</strong> <strong>ni</strong><strong>ni</strong> wote, pasipo udhuru, tuna<strong>wa</strong>jibika. Anaanza,<br />
“K<strong>wa</strong> maana ghadhabu <strong>ya</strong> Mungu imedhihirish<strong>wa</strong> kutoka mbingu<strong>ni</strong> <strong>juu</strong> <strong>ya</strong> uasi<br />
wote na uovu <strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong>nadamu <strong>wa</strong>ipingao kweli k<strong>wa</strong> uongo” (Rum. 1:18). Hasira<br />
<strong>ya</strong> Mungu inaelekez<strong>wa</strong> k<strong>wa</strong> 1. mtu kukosa uhusiano na Yeye, Ima<strong>ni</strong> isiyo na<br />
Mungu (Atheism/ukosa-Mungu) na 2. mtu kukosa uhusiano na mwenzake,<br />
ukosa – haki. Mitazamo hii miwili <strong>ya</strong> dhambi inashabihiana na Amri Kumi,<br />
ambazo k<strong>wa</strong>nza zinashughulika na uhusiano <strong>wa</strong> mtu na Mungu na kisha<br />
uhusiano <strong>wa</strong>ke na binadamu mwenzake. Binadamu aliye ta<strong>ya</strong>ri chi<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ya</strong><br />
ghadhabu <strong>ya</strong> Mungu, sio katika Hukumu <strong>ya</strong> Mwisho, anapinga kweli k<strong>wa</strong> uovu.<br />
Ni ukweli upi Paulo aumaa<strong>ni</strong>shao? “…k<strong>wa</strong> ku<strong>wa</strong> mambo <strong>ya</strong> Mungu<br />
<strong>ya</strong>nayojulikana <strong>ya</strong>meku<strong>wa</strong> dhahiri nda<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ya</strong>o, k<strong>wa</strong> maana Mungu<br />
ali<strong>wa</strong>dhihirishia” (Rum. 1:19). Ukweli hutegemea ukweli ku<strong>wa</strong> jambo fula<strong>ni</strong><br />
kuhusu Mungu laweza kujulikana.<br />
Laki<strong>ni</strong> hilo lapas<strong>wa</strong> kueleweka vipi? Ina maana ga<strong>ni</strong> k<strong>wa</strong>mba kila mmoja aweza<br />
kutambua <strong>juu</strong> <strong>ya</strong> Mungu? Biblia hufundisha k<strong>wa</strong>mba Mungu haoneka<strong>ni</strong>, sivyo?<br />
Paulo alilijua hili, na anaendelea, “K<strong>wa</strong> sababu mambo <strong>ya</strong>ke <strong>ya</strong>siyoonekana<br />
tangu kuumb<strong>wa</strong> ulimwengu <strong>ya</strong>naonekana, na kufahamika k<strong>wa</strong> kazi zake, <strong>ya</strong>a<strong>ni</strong>,<br />
uweza <strong>wa</strong>ke <strong>wa</strong> milele na Uungu <strong>wa</strong>ke” (Rum 1:20). Paulo hamaa<strong>ni</strong>shi k<strong>wa</strong>mba<br />
Mungu anaonekana katika umbo dhahiri, laki<strong>ni</strong> bado kuna kitu tuwezacho kujua<br />
<strong>juu</strong> <strong>ya</strong>ke. Tangu uumbaji, M<strong>wa</strong>nadamu aweza kuona na kujua (Neno la Kigriki<br />
huzungumzia <strong>juu</strong> <strong>ya</strong> ‘kufikiri’) k<strong>wa</strong>mba nafsi <strong>ya</strong> Mungu yenye nguvu zote zisizo<br />
kifa<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ni</strong> lazima iko nyuma <strong>ya</strong> Uumbaji. Kama usemi huu ulivyo: “Hakuna<br />
ki<strong>wa</strong>cho kutoka pasipo kitu”. Ulimwengu huu <strong>wa</strong> ajabu, ulio chi<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ya</strong> Wakati na<br />
Nafasi kama ulivyo, <strong>ni</strong> lazima uwe na m<strong>wa</strong>nzo. Fizikia hudhihirisha k<strong>wa</strong>mba<br />
78 Carl Christian Bry. Verkappte Religionen: Kritik des Kollektiven Wahns. Ehrenwirth: Muenchen, 1979<br />
(toleo-rudufu 1924)