Upendo ni Utimilifu wa Sheria Insha juu ya Maadili - Martin Bucer ...
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Juu <strong>ya</strong> Kuapa katika N<strong>ya</strong>kati za Agano Jip<strong>ya</strong> 87<br />
<strong>wa</strong>le <strong>wa</strong>lifany<strong>wa</strong> makuha<strong>ni</strong> pasipo kiapo; bali yeye, pamoja na kiapo, k<strong>wa</strong> yeye<br />
aliyem<strong>wa</strong>mbia, B<strong>wa</strong>na ameapa, <strong>wa</strong>la hataghairi, ndiwe kuha<strong>ni</strong> hata milele, k<strong>wa</strong><br />
mfano <strong>wa</strong> Melkizedeki); basi k<strong>wa</strong> kadri hii Yesu ameku<strong>wa</strong> mdhami<strong>ni</strong> <strong>wa</strong> agano<br />
lililo bora zaidi” (Ebr. 7:20-22). Ukuha<strong>ni</strong> <strong>wa</strong> Kilawi <strong>wa</strong>weza kukoma k<strong>wa</strong><br />
sababu hauku<strong>wa</strong> umeasisi<strong>wa</strong> milele k<strong>wa</strong> kiapo, laki<strong>ni</strong> ukuha<strong>ni</strong> <strong>wa</strong> Yesu hauwezi<br />
kukoma k<strong>wa</strong> sababu umeti<strong>wa</strong> muhuri k<strong>wa</strong> kiapo milele.<br />
M<strong>wa</strong>ndishi yule yule anaeleza kiapo cha Mungu kama ifuatavyo, “K<strong>wa</strong> maana<br />
<strong>ni</strong> hakika k<strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong>tu kuapa k<strong>wa</strong> mkuu, na kiapo k<strong>wa</strong> ajili <strong>ya</strong> uthibitisho <strong>ni</strong><br />
mwisho <strong>wa</strong> mabishano kati <strong>ya</strong>o. Hivyo Mungu, akikusudia kuonesha k<strong>wa</strong><br />
wingi k<strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong>rithi <strong>wa</strong> ima<strong>ni</strong> kutobadilika k<strong>wa</strong> shauri lake, ambalo k<strong>wa</strong>lo<br />
haiwezeka<strong>ni</strong> k<strong>wa</strong> Mungu kudangan<strong>ya</strong>, tuweze ku<strong>wa</strong> na faraja imara, sisi<br />
tuliokimbilia ku<strong>ya</strong>shika matumai<strong>ni</strong> <strong>ya</strong>liyowek<strong>wa</strong> mbele yetu” (Ebr.<br />
6:16-18). ‘Kutobadilika k<strong>wa</strong> shauri lake’ <strong>ni</strong> ‘fasili’ bora <strong>ya</strong> kiapo.<br />
Katika Isa<strong>ya</strong> 45:23-24, Mungu anafasili kiapo chake kama ‘neno’ ambalo<br />
‘halitarudi’. Zab. 110:4 inatuambia, “B<strong>wa</strong>na ameapa, <strong>wa</strong>la hataghairi”, Zab.<br />
132:11 asema, “BWANA amem<strong>wa</strong>pia Daudi neno la kweli, hatarudi nyuma”, na<br />
katika Zab. 119:106 Daudi asema, “Nimeapa nami <strong>ni</strong>taifikiliza…”<br />
Mungu aweza kubadili fikra <strong>ya</strong>ke, hata baada <strong>ya</strong> ku<strong>wa</strong> ameshafan<strong>ya</strong> tamko,<br />
kama kitabu cha Yona kinavyodhihirisha. Mara moja aapapo, hata iweje,<br />
hatabadili neno lake!<br />
Matamko <strong>ya</strong> kinabii <strong>ya</strong>siyofung<strong>wa</strong> na kiapo cha ki-Mungu <strong>ya</strong>weza<br />
kusitish<strong>wa</strong> au kubadilish<strong>wa</strong>. Unabii <strong>wa</strong> Yona ku<strong>wa</strong> Ninawi utaharibi<strong>wa</strong> katika<br />
siku arobai<strong>ni</strong> (Yona 3:4) ulisitish<strong>wa</strong> baada <strong>ya</strong> <strong>wa</strong>tu <strong>wa</strong> Ninawi kutubu.<br />
Ukiachilia mbali malalamiko <strong>ya</strong>ke, Yona aliku<strong>wa</strong> akitambua kikamilifu<br />
k<strong>wa</strong>mba Mungu hutenda k<strong>wa</strong> njia hii, “…Nakuomba, Ee BWANA; sivyo<br />
hivyo <strong>ni</strong>livyosema hapo <strong>ni</strong>lipoku<strong>wa</strong> katika nchi <strong>ya</strong>ngu? Hii ndio sababu<br />
nalifan<strong>ya</strong> haraka kukimbilia Tarshishi; k<strong>wa</strong> maana nalijua <strong>ya</strong> ku<strong>wa</strong> wewe u<br />
Mungu mwenye neema, umejaa huruma, si mwepesi <strong>wa</strong> hasira, u mwingi <strong>wa</strong><br />
rehema, nawe hughairi maba<strong>ya</strong>” (Yona 4:2). Ni sa<strong>wa</strong> na Mungu am<strong>wa</strong>mbiapo<br />
Eli, “…Ni kweli nalisema <strong>ya</strong> ku<strong>wa</strong> nyumba <strong>ya</strong>ko, na nyumba <strong>ya</strong> baba <strong>ya</strong>ko<br />
itakwenda mbele zangu milele; laki<strong>ni</strong> sasa BWANA asema, Jambo hili na liwe<br />
mbali nami; k<strong>wa</strong> maana <strong>wa</strong>o <strong>wa</strong>nao<strong>ni</strong>heshimu <strong>ni</strong>ta<strong>wa</strong>heshimu, nao<br />
<strong>wa</strong>nao<strong>ni</strong>dharau <strong>wa</strong>tahesabi<strong>wa</strong> ku<strong>wa</strong> si kitu” (1 Sam. 2:30). Ahadi <strong>ya</strong> Mungu<br />
haiku<strong>wa</strong> na kanu<strong>ni</strong>, laki<strong>ni</strong> k<strong>wa</strong> ki<strong>wa</strong>ngo hiki, anaapa kiapo ( ‘Hilo liwe mbali<br />
nami’) ku<strong>wa</strong> nyumba Eli, bila kubadilika, lazima ifikie mwisho.<br />
Neema <strong>ya</strong> Mungu ipitayo fahamu zote inaelez<strong>wa</strong> katika ukweli<br />
k<strong>wa</strong>mba mara chache hutia muhuri matamko <strong>ya</strong>ke <strong>ya</strong> hukumu k<strong>wa</strong> kiapo,<br />
laki<strong>ni</strong> hufan<strong>ya</strong> hivyo mara nyingi k<strong>wa</strong> matamko <strong>ya</strong> neema, si tu katika agano<br />
na Nuhu, k<strong>wa</strong>mba hukumu ile haitaipata du<strong>ni</strong>a tena (M<strong>wa</strong>. 8:20-9:17). Kanu<strong>ni</strong><br />
ileile hufan<strong>ya</strong> kazi katika historia <strong>ya</strong> <strong>wa</strong>tu <strong>wa</strong> Israeli. Isa. 54:9-10 inahusisha<br />
vyote viwili k<strong>wa</strong> kila kimoja, “K<strong>wa</strong> maana jambo hili limeku<strong>wa</strong> kama maji <strong>ya</strong><br />
Nuhu k<strong>wa</strong>ngu; maana kama <strong>ni</strong>livyoapa <strong>ya</strong> k<strong>wa</strong>mba maji <strong>ya</strong> Nuhu ha<strong>ya</strong>tapita<br />
<strong>juu</strong> <strong>ya</strong> du<strong>ni</strong>a tena, kadhalika <strong>ni</strong>meapa <strong>ya</strong> k<strong>wa</strong>mba sitakuonea hasira, <strong>wa</strong>la<br />
kukukemea. Maana milima itaondoka, na vilima vitaondole<strong>wa</strong>; bali wema