Upendo ni Utimilifu wa Sheria Insha juu ya Maadili - Martin Bucer ...
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76 Schirrmacher, <strong>Insha</strong> <strong>juu</strong> <strong>ya</strong> <strong>Maadili</strong><br />
mujibu <strong>wa</strong> mafundisho <strong>ya</strong> Nabii k<strong>wa</strong> haki, fikra nzito, hukumu na kweli. 99<br />
Katekisimu <strong>ya</strong> Heidelberger, baada <strong>ya</strong> kukataa viapo vyote v<strong>ya</strong> uongo, (Mas<strong>wa</strong>li<br />
<strong>ya</strong> 99-100), kimaelezo hurejea k<strong>wa</strong> Mathayo 5:34-36 na Yakobo 5:12 katika<br />
mas<strong>wa</strong>li <strong>ya</strong> 101-102,<br />
S<strong>wa</strong>li: Yawezekana mtu m<strong>wa</strong>dilifu kula kiapo k<strong>wa</strong> Jina la Mungu?<br />
Jibu: Ndiyo, <strong>wa</strong>kati mamlaka zinakihitaji k<strong>wa</strong> raia <strong>wa</strong>ke au <strong>wa</strong>kati<br />
(vinginevyo) <strong>ni</strong> muhimu ili kutunza na kuendeleza utukufu <strong>wa</strong> Mungu na k<strong>wa</strong><br />
wema <strong>wa</strong> jira<strong>ni</strong> <strong>wa</strong> mtu. K<strong>wa</strong> ku<strong>wa</strong> kula viapo kama hivyo huthibitish<strong>wa</strong><br />
katika Neno la Mungu, na hivyo kinatumi<strong>wa</strong> barabara na <strong>wa</strong>takatifu katika<br />
Agano la Kale.<br />
S<strong>wa</strong>li: Yawezekana mtu kuapa k<strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong>takatifu au k<strong>wa</strong> viumbe<br />
wengine?<br />
Jibu: Hapana, k<strong>wa</strong> ku<strong>wa</strong> kiapo cha kisheria <strong>ni</strong> rufaa k<strong>wa</strong> Mungu,<br />
mchunguzi pekee <strong>wa</strong> Moyo, kuthibitisha ukweli na ku<strong>ni</strong>adhibu, <strong>wa</strong>kati<br />
<strong>ni</strong>napoapa k<strong>wa</strong> uongo; hakuna kiumbe kistahilicho utii huo. 100<br />
Ibara <strong>ya</strong> 22. 1-7 <strong>ya</strong> Ukiri <strong>wa</strong> Westminster, 1647 unahitimisha,<br />
Kiapo cha kisheria <strong>ni</strong> sehemu <strong>ya</strong> ibada <strong>ya</strong> kidi<strong>ni</strong>, <strong>wa</strong>kati k<strong>wa</strong> tukio<br />
hilo, mtu aapaye kimsingi humwita Mungu kushuhudia kile alichokitamka au<br />
kuahidi; na kumhukumu k<strong>wa</strong> mujibu <strong>wa</strong> ukweli au uongo <strong>wa</strong> kile alichoapa.<br />
Jina la Mungu pekee <strong>ni</strong> lile ambalo k<strong>wa</strong>lo <strong>wa</strong>tu hupas<strong>wa</strong> kuapa na<br />
hivyo linapas<strong>wa</strong> kutumika k<strong>wa</strong> hofu takatifu na utii; k<strong>wa</strong> hiyo kuapa k<strong>wa</strong><br />
ubatili au k<strong>wa</strong> haraka haraka bila kufikiri k<strong>wa</strong> kutumia jina hilo lenye utukufu<br />
na kuogof<strong>ya</strong>, au kuapa kabisa k<strong>wa</strong> kitu kingine chochote, <strong>ni</strong> dhambi, na<br />
<strong>ya</strong>pas<strong>wa</strong> kuchuki<strong>wa</strong>. Hata hivyo, katika suala la uzito na muda, kiapo kina<br />
<strong>wa</strong>ranti* <strong>ya</strong> Neno la Mungu, chi<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ya</strong> Agano Jip<strong>ya</strong> vilevile na lile la Kale;<br />
hivyo kiapo cha kisheria kinachowek<strong>wa</strong> na mamlaka <strong>ya</strong> kisheria, k<strong>wa</strong> mambo<br />
hayo, chapas<strong>wa</strong> kufany<strong>wa</strong>. Yeyote alaye kiapo, anapas<strong>wa</strong> kikamilifu<br />
kuthami<strong>ni</strong> uzito <strong>wa</strong> tendo hilo muhimu, na hivyo kutotamka chochote bali kile<br />
anachoshawishika kikamilifu ku<strong>wa</strong> ukweli. Wala mtu yeyote asijifunge yeye<br />
mwenyewe k<strong>wa</strong> kiapo k<strong>wa</strong> kitu chochote bali lile lililo jema na la haki, na lile<br />
analoami<strong>ni</strong> ku<strong>wa</strong> hivyo, na lile awezalo kuamua kulifan<strong>ya</strong>. Hata hivyo <strong>ni</strong><br />
dhambi kukataa kula kiapo kinachogusa jambo lolote lililo jema na la haki,<br />
lililowek<strong>wa</strong> na mamlaka <strong>ya</strong> kisheria.<br />
Kiapo kinapas<strong>wa</strong> kuchukuli<strong>wa</strong> katika hali <strong>ya</strong> ka<strong>wa</strong>ida na <strong>ya</strong> <strong>wa</strong>zi kabisa <strong>ya</strong><br />
maneno, pasipo mashaka au kuficha jambo katika akili. Hatuwezi kula kiapo ili<br />
kutenda dhambi; bali k<strong>wa</strong> kila jambo lisilo dhambi linalopas<strong>wa</strong> kuchukuli<strong>wa</strong>,<br />
hutufunga ili tutende, inga<strong>wa</strong> k<strong>wa</strong> majeraha <strong>ya</strong> mtu mwenyewe; <strong>wa</strong>la halipaswi<br />
kuvunj<strong>wa</strong> hata kama limefany<strong>wa</strong> k<strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong>zushi au <strong>wa</strong>paga<strong>ni</strong>.<br />
99 “The Articles of Religion”, The Common Book of Prayer (London: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, LTD 1956).<br />
100 Reformieter Bund, ed. Der Heidelberger Kathechismus (Neukirchen, German: Buchhandlung des<br />
Erziehungsbundes, 1934), kk. 56- 57.