Upendo ni Utimilifu wa Sheria Insha juu ya Maadili - Martin Bucer ...
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92 Schirrmacher, <strong>Insha</strong> <strong>juu</strong> <strong>ya</strong> <strong>Maadili</strong><br />
<strong>wa</strong> mambo hayo <strong>ni</strong> ubatizo, unao<strong>wa</strong>okoa <strong>ni</strong>nyi pia siku hizi; (siyo kuweka mbali<br />
uchafu <strong>wa</strong> mwili, bali jibu 124 la dhamiri safi mbele za Mungu), k<strong>wa</strong> kufufuka<br />
k<strong>wa</strong>ke Yesu” (1 Pet. 3:21).<br />
Unabii mmoja <strong>wa</strong> Agano la Kale unaunga<strong>ni</strong>saha toba na kiapo, “Kama ukitaka<br />
kurudi, Ee Israeli,…nawe utaapa hivi, Kama BWANA aishivyo, katika kweli, na<br />
katika hukumu, na katika haki ndipo mataifa <strong>wa</strong>tajibarikia katika yeye, nao<br />
<strong>wa</strong>tajitukuza katika yeye” (Yer. 4:1-2). Pia Ruthu anasisitiza kubadilish<strong>wa</strong><br />
k<strong>wa</strong>ke ku<strong>wa</strong> miongo<strong>ni</strong> m<strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong>tu <strong>wa</strong> Israeli (“Watu <strong>wa</strong>ko <strong>wa</strong>taku<strong>wa</strong> <strong>wa</strong>tu<br />
<strong>wa</strong>ngu, na Mungu <strong>wa</strong>ko ataku<strong>wa</strong> Mungu <strong>wa</strong>ngu”) k<strong>wa</strong> kiapo, “BWANA<br />
a<strong>ni</strong>tendee vivyo na kuzidi…” (Ruthu 1:16-17).<br />
Hivyo, Uapaji <strong>wa</strong> viapo k<strong>wa</strong> Mungu <strong>wa</strong>weza kuchukuli<strong>wa</strong> ku<strong>wa</strong> <strong>ni</strong> alama <strong>ya</strong><br />
<strong>wa</strong>tu <strong>wa</strong> Mungu. Kumb. 6:13 na 10:20 hutumia uapaji <strong>wa</strong> viapo katika jina la<br />
Mungu sa<strong>wa</strong>sa<strong>wa</strong> na “kutumikia” na “kumhofu” yeye. Isa. 48:1 inahusisha<br />
“kuapa k<strong>wa</strong> Jina” la B<strong>wa</strong>na na “kumkiri B<strong>wa</strong>na”. 125 Katika njia ileile, uabudu<br />
<strong>wa</strong> miungu <strong>ya</strong> uongo <strong>wa</strong>weza kufasili<strong>wa</strong> kama kukiri majina <strong>ya</strong>o, kuapa k<strong>wa</strong><br />
majina hayo, ku<strong>wa</strong>tumikia au kupiga magoti mbele zao (Yosh. 23:7). Kuapa k<strong>wa</strong><br />
miungu wengine inatazam<strong>wa</strong> kama uabudu sanamu na makosa mbele za B<strong>wa</strong>na<br />
(Yer. 5:7; Zef. 1:5-6; Am. 8:14). Manabii <strong>wa</strong>na<strong>wa</strong>on<strong>ya</strong> <strong>wa</strong>le wote ambao<br />
<strong>wa</strong>nao<strong>wa</strong>tumikia miungu wengine, <strong>wa</strong>si“ape kiapo, kusema, ‘Kama BWANA<br />
aishivyo’”.<br />
Hata kama Mafarisayo <strong>wa</strong>likosea tu k<strong>wa</strong> kuapa k<strong>wa</strong> vitu vingine, haitoshi kuapa<br />
k<strong>wa</strong> urahisi katika jina la Mungu. Kiapo <strong>ni</strong> lazima kiwe cha uami<strong>ni</strong>fu. Kuapa<br />
k<strong>wa</strong> uongo hulituka<strong>ni</strong>sha jina la B<strong>wa</strong>na (Law. 19:12) kama ambavyo Jina la<br />
Mungu lisivyopas<strong>wa</strong> kamwe na kabisa kutumi<strong>wa</strong> lisivyopas<strong>wa</strong> (Kut. 20:7;<br />
Kumb. 5:11). Moja k<strong>wa</strong> moja hii humaa<strong>ni</strong>sha k<strong>wa</strong>mba viapo vyote <strong>ni</strong> lazima<br />
vifanywe katika Jina la B<strong>wa</strong>na; viapo v<strong>ya</strong> uongo havina mbadala!<br />
Kiapo <strong>ni</strong> lazima kifanywe, “k<strong>wa</strong> moyo wote <strong>wa</strong> mtu” (2 N<strong>ya</strong>. 15:15), “katika<br />
kweli, na katika hukumu, na katika haki” (Yer. 4:2). Ni jambo ba<strong>ya</strong> kabisa kuapa<br />
“laki<strong>ni</strong> si katika kweli, <strong>wa</strong>la si katika haki” (Isa. 48:1). Kuapa “haraka haraka”<br />
au “k<strong>wa</strong> udanganyifu” kunahukumi<strong>wa</strong> k<strong>wa</strong> kurudi<strong>wa</strong>rudi<strong>wa</strong> (Law. 5:2-4; 19:12;<br />
Yer. 5:2; 7:9; Sef. 5:3-4; Mal. 3:5). Maandiko <strong>ya</strong>naendelea ku<strong>wa</strong>hukumu<br />
“<strong>wa</strong>danganyifu” (Yer. 7:9; Se. 5:3-4; Mal. 3:5; 1 Tim. 1:10). Jurgen Kuberski<br />
anaandika:<br />
Kubeba ushuhuda <strong>wa</strong> uongo kunazuili<strong>wa</strong> kabisa katika sheria <strong>ya</strong><br />
Agano la Kale: Kut. 20:16 (moja <strong>ya</strong> Amri Kumi!); Law. 19;11-12; Zab. 15:4;<br />
Yer. 5:2; 7:9; Hos. 10:4; Sef. 8:17; (Tazama udanganyifu dhidi <strong>ya</strong> Yesu katika<br />
Mat. 26:59 kk).<br />
124 Au ‘agano’. Tazama Alexander Schweizer. Hinabgefahren zur Hölle als Mythus ohne biblische Begründung<br />
durch Auslegung der Stelle 1. Petr. 3,17-22 nachgewiesen. (Zurch, Switzerland: Friedrich Schultheâ, 1868),<br />
uk. 36. Schweizer anatafsiri neno la Kigriki ‘eperotema’ kama ‘nadhiri’.)<br />
125 Inga<strong>wa</strong> katika kifungu iki nadhiri zao na ukiri <strong>wa</strong>o sio <strong>wa</strong> uami<strong>ni</strong>fu, hivyo <strong>ni</strong> <strong>wa</strong> dhambi. Jürgen Kuberski.<br />
“Darf ein Christ schwören?”, op. cit, uk. 147.
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