Sapay Nga Ipalubos ti Dios iti Panagsagaba?
Sapay Nga Ipalubos ti Dios iti Panagsagaba?
Sapay Nga Ipalubos ti Dios iti Panagsagaba?
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Ibaga ni Jesu Cristo cadatayo a <strong>ti</strong> nacaibaonanna iramanna <strong>ti</strong> panangidatunna cadatayo i<strong>ti</strong>nawadwad a biag (Juan 10:10). Ibaga cadatayo <strong>ti</strong> Salmo 16:11 a “<strong>ti</strong> tulongmo [<strong>Dios</strong>] mangtedi<strong>ti</strong> agnanayon a rag-o.” Ipalgac met <strong>ti</strong> Biblia no casano <strong>ti</strong> panangpalag-an <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> cadagi<strong>ti</strong>dadagsentayo ken no casano a <strong>ti</strong> panangpabang-arna dumtengto i<strong>ti</strong> maysa nga aldaw i<strong>ti</strong> enteroa lubong. Ibagana met cadatayo i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>empo i<strong>ti</strong> ad-adayo pay a masangoanan inton natalipupos <strong>ti</strong>panagpucaw amin a panagsagaba.Ngem saan a casta <strong>ti</strong> casasaad <strong>ti</strong> sangcataoan i<strong>ti</strong> daytoy a panawentayo.Naawatan ni Jesus a <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba saan a maisina a paset daytoy pisical a biag. Impalagipnacadagi<strong>ti</strong> pasurotna a “Ditoy lubong adda latta pacariribocanyo” (Juan 16:33).Saan Pay A Pumanaw Ti <strong>Panagsagaba</strong>Agpadpada a pagdas-alan <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba dagi<strong>ti</strong> nabacnang ken napanglaw, relihioso ken saan,bassit ken dackel. I<strong>ti</strong> daytoy a biag nagistay tunggal maysa mapadasanna dayta. Dagi<strong>ti</strong> parparicut <strong>ti</strong>sakit ken salun-at casla gugoranda <strong>ti</strong> caaduan a tao i<strong>ti</strong> dadduma a <strong>ti</strong>empo wenno i<strong>ti</strong> sabali.Cadagi<strong>ti</strong> sigsiglo a naglabas dagi<strong>ti</strong> sacsakit <strong>ti</strong> nangpataud i<strong>ti</strong> nacaro a saem ken ut-ot. Ngemnupay adu <strong>ti</strong> nagdur-asan <strong>ti</strong> seyensia <strong>ti</strong> medicina ket casta unay <strong>ti</strong> cadackel <strong>ti</strong> imma<strong>ti</strong>ddogan <strong>ti</strong>minangay a panagbiag ammotayo a mataytayo pay laeng. Imbes i<strong>ti</strong> panangpaababa cadagi<strong>ti</strong>macapapatay a sacsakit <strong>ti</strong> biagtayo cadagidi nasapsapa a tawtawen, ita adu cadatayo <strong>ti</strong> pumosayi<strong>ti</strong> ad-adu a tawen babaen cadagi<strong>ti</strong> macaparigat a sacsakit cas i<strong>ti</strong> canser ken sakit <strong>ti</strong> puso. Adudagi<strong>ti</strong> macapucaw i<strong>ti</strong> panunotda adayo pay sacbay <strong>ti</strong> pannacarunot <strong>ti</strong> bagida.Cadagi<strong>ti</strong> nacurcurapay a nasion, <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba ken pannacatay gapu cadagi<strong>ti</strong> sacsakit acaaduan mabalin a maa<strong>ti</strong>pa nacadacdackel <strong>ti</strong> pagnaanna a pangidas-alanna i<strong>ti</strong> nacaro a panagrigatken kinaay-ay-ay.Ti kinabarbaridad isut macagapu i<strong>ti</strong> adu a panagsagaba <strong>ti</strong> panunot ken <strong>ti</strong> bagi. Awanen<strong>ti</strong> macaibaba i<strong>ti</strong> tao i<strong>ti</strong> narungsot a kinadawel no di i<strong>ti</strong> gubat, ket <strong>ti</strong> tao cancanayon latta acadangdangadangna <strong>ti</strong> padana a tao. Idi sumagmamano a tawen <strong>ti</strong> naglabasen dagi<strong>ti</strong> mannurat i<strong>ti</strong>pacasaritaan <strong>ti</strong> lubong, da Will ken Ariel Durant insuratda nga i<strong>ti</strong> 3,421 a tawtawen i<strong>ti</strong> naisurat apacasaritaan <strong>ti</strong> lubong “268 laeng <strong>ti</strong> saan a nacakita i<strong>ti</strong> gubat” (The Lessons of History, 1968, p. 81).Ti gubat saan laeng a pagtaudan <strong>ti</strong> patay ken macaidalit a sugsugat cadagi<strong>ti</strong> pagbabacalanno dipay saem <strong>ti</strong> puso, pannacadadael <strong>ti</strong> familia ken kinapanglaw. Mangimula cadagi<strong>ti</strong> bucbukel<strong>ti</strong> panaggiginnura nga agpaut i<strong>ti</strong> adu a sigsiglo. Impadto ni Jesus a <strong>ti</strong> panawen apaman a sacbay<strong>ti</strong> panagsublina macaimatang i<strong>ti</strong> cadackelan a panagsagaba i<strong>ti</strong> isuamin a <strong>ti</strong>empo, caaduanna <strong>ti</strong>agtaud i<strong>ti</strong> gubat (Mateo 24:6, 21-22).Calpasan <strong>ti</strong> kinaalingget dagidi gubgubat idi umuna a gudua <strong>ti</strong> maica-20 a siglo ken <strong>ti</strong>sangalubongan a pannacawarawara nga inaramidda, ninanam <strong>ti</strong> sangcataoan <strong>ti</strong> minangay apannacabang-ar gapu ta dagi<strong>ti</strong> gubgubat nanipud idin nagdas-alda cadagi<strong>ti</strong> naipattopattoc a luglugari<strong>ti</strong> nataoan a casasaad a mangidiaya i<strong>ti</strong> adu nga agpaut a namnama nga agpaay i<strong>ti</strong> masacbayan.Sadino Ti Cancanayon <strong>Nga</strong> Addat’ <strong>Panagsagaba</strong>Idissuor <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba i<strong>ti</strong> cadackelan a panangdidigrana cadagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao a nacurapay cadagi<strong>ti</strong>dipay nagdur-as a pagilian. Cadagi<strong>ti</strong> adu a pagilian dagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao marigatanda pay a maaddaan2
i<strong>ti</strong> umanay a canenda. Napaliiw <strong>ti</strong> Current Events magasin a di pulos agpa<strong>ti</strong>ngga <strong>ti</strong> panagbisin:“Mapattapatta a 800 riwriw dagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao – caaduan cadacuada dagi<strong>ti</strong> ubbing – agsagabada i<strong>ti</strong>panagsamay <strong>ti</strong> cancanayon a bisin,” ken “35,000 dagi<strong>ti</strong> ubbing a matay inaldaw-aldaw caspagbanagan dagi<strong>ti</strong> casasaad a naisinggalut i<strong>ti</strong> nacurapay a pannangan.”“Ta cancanayon nga adda dagi<strong>ti</strong> napanglaw i<strong>ti</strong> dennayo...” kinuna ni Jesus (Mateo 26:11).Nacadagdagsen <strong>ti</strong> kinapudnona a daytoy saan laeng a cadagi<strong>ti</strong> naisulinec a kinapanglaw idiayAfrica, Asya ken La<strong>ti</strong>na America, no di ket ngangani sadinoman a lugar. Ti macagapu i<strong>ti</strong> adaddaa kinadakes <strong>ti</strong> caadda <strong>ti</strong> nacaro a panagcurang i<strong>ti</strong> pannacataraon caaduan daytoy a kita <strong>ti</strong>panagsagaba ket maliclican.Kinaawan calidad dagi<strong>ti</strong> poli<strong>ti</strong>co, kinaruker dagi<strong>ti</strong> pangpangulo, gubat ken napardas apanagadu dagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao ken panagcurang <strong>ti</strong> taraon rubrubanda <strong>ti</strong> panagbisin. Saan a husto a wagas<strong>ti</strong> panagtalon ken kinacurang <strong>ti</strong> pagiluganan ken sistema <strong>ti</strong> panagiwaras <strong>ti</strong> canen isu dagitoy <strong>ti</strong>mangtulong i<strong>ti</strong> nacaro a panagcurang ken panagbisin nga aramid-tao. Casta met nga adda pasetnga ipaay dagi<strong>ti</strong> casasaad a di-matengngel <strong>ti</strong> tao.Ti bisin ken sakit isudat paricut a dumegdegdeg uray no adda agballigi a maipacat a mabiit apangpagin-awa. Impadto ni Jesus i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>empo <strong>ti</strong> riribuc a dipay dimdimteng a mapasamac cadagi<strong>ti</strong>“maudi nga al-aldaw” a pacairamanan <strong>ti</strong> sapasap a panagbisin. Impadtona dagi<strong>ti</strong> “panagbisin,ang-angol, ken ginggined cadagi<strong>ti</strong> nadumaduma a lugar” (Mateo 24:7).Ang-angol <strong>ti</strong> sakit – masansan a cacuycuyogna <strong>ti</strong> panagbisin. No agdissuor dagi<strong>ti</strong>managdadael a ginggined, aglalo cadagi<strong>ti</strong> napanglaw a nasion, dagi<strong>ti</strong> naracrac a daldalan kenrangrangtay pagsardengenda <strong>ti</strong> panagayus <strong>ti</strong> taraon nga agturong cadagi<strong>ti</strong> nadidigra a luglugar.Saan a mabayag rugiananen dagi<strong>ti</strong> sacsakit ken bisin <strong>ti</strong> mangpapatay cadagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao.Nupaydagi<strong>ti</strong> gubgubat agparangda cadagi<strong>ti</strong> daulo <strong>ti</strong> pagiwarnac, <strong>ti</strong> bilang dagi<strong>ti</strong> matay agsipud cadagi<strong>ti</strong>panagdadangadang dagi<strong>ti</strong> armada bassit laeng no maidilig cadagi<strong>ti</strong> matay i<strong>ti</strong> sakit. Sigun cadagi<strong>ti</strong>dadduma a pammattapatta, <strong>ti</strong> AIDS, maminsangapulo a daras <strong>ti</strong> patayenna idiay laeng Africangem dagi<strong>ti</strong> matay cadagi<strong>ti</strong> gubgubat i<strong>ti</strong> entero a lubong.Ti Tao Igaggagarana Ti Agiwaras I<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Panagsagaba</strong>Nupay ta nacadacdackel <strong>ti</strong> bilang dagi<strong>ti</strong> matay gapu i<strong>ti</strong> kinacurang <strong>ti</strong> taraon ken sacsakit, <strong>ti</strong>nacaro a kinaagum mangidateng <strong>ti</strong> ad-adu pay a panagsagaba. Ti panangadipen, cas pangarigan,isut duogan ken naipagarup a napucawen nga aramid, ngem agtalinaed a maysa a canser cadagi<strong>ti</strong>adu a pagilian.Ti Current Events ipalawagna dagi<strong>ti</strong> numero: “...Ad-adu ngem 200 riwriw dagi<strong>ti</strong> adipen ngaagbibiag ditoy lubong cadagitoy nga aldaw – ad-adu ngem i<strong>ti</strong> aniaman a <strong>ti</strong>empo i<strong>ti</strong> pacasaritaan <strong>ti</strong>lubong. Ti magasin Time inlanadna a “sagsangapulo a riwriw dagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao i<strong>ti</strong> aglawlaw <strong>ti</strong> lubong,agraman dagi<strong>ti</strong> ubbing cas caubing <strong>ti</strong> innem a tawen, dagi<strong>ti</strong> agtartrabaho nga adipen – napeggadken nacaal-alas a casasaad a masansan <strong>ti</strong> 18-oras nga aldaw <strong>ti</strong> panagtrabahoda, mapangpang-ordaken maabusarda i<strong>ti</strong> secsual.”Adu pay, nupay saanda a mapilpilit, dagi<strong>ti</strong> agbibiag i<strong>ti</strong> nagistay kina-adipen, naipalabogdacadagi<strong>ti</strong> casasaad <strong>ti</strong> economia ken a<strong>ti</strong>ddug nga oras <strong>ti</strong> panagtrabaho idinto ta bassit-usit <strong>ti</strong>matgedanda a pagbiagda. Dagita cacasta a casasaad racrakenda <strong>ti</strong> espiritu <strong>ti</strong> tao. Sirmataenyoman i<strong>ti</strong> biag nga awanan <strong>ti</strong> rag-o, i<strong>ti</strong> kina-adda nga awan a pulos <strong>ti</strong> panangnamnama ken3
panangnanam dagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao i<strong>ti</strong> bassit a ragsac a macangngeg i<strong>ti</strong> napintas a musica, <strong>ti</strong> ragsac <strong>ti</strong>nasayaat nga angaw, <strong>ti</strong> panangricna i<strong>ti</strong> baro a cawes wenno <strong>ti</strong> liwliwa i<strong>ti</strong> natalged a pagtaengan.Ti kinaagum ginasgasut dagi<strong>ti</strong> di-mapuotan a wagwagas a macapapatay. Dagi<strong>ti</strong> agtagtagilacoibanbandoda dagi<strong>ti</strong> tagilacoda a macadadael i<strong>ti</strong> salun-at ket pagangayanna patayendatayo. Dagi<strong>ti</strong>agpabpabuya ken dagi<strong>ti</strong> pagbuyaan idurdur-asda dagi<strong>ti</strong> agbucbucod, napa-langguad a wagas<strong>ti</strong> panagbiag a pacaipamaysaan i<strong>ti</strong> di-agbayag a ragsac nupay ta i<strong>ti</strong> camaudianan dadaelenda <strong>ti</strong>personal a panaglangenlangen ken perdienda dagi<strong>ti</strong> gundaway para <strong>ti</strong> napaut a kinaragsac. Dagi<strong>ti</strong>dadduma a negocio, pammartuatan ken gobierno sabidonganda <strong>ti</strong> angin, daga ken danum cadagi<strong>ti</strong>sabidong kemical a mangipangta i<strong>ti</strong> salun-at ken talingengen. Agtultuloy latta <strong>ti</strong> listaan.Agbaliw Cadi I<strong>ti</strong> Ladawan?Idi immay ni Jesu Cristo ditoy daga dua a melinia <strong>ti</strong> napalabasen, nakitana i<strong>ti</strong> bingaynai<strong>ti</strong> rigat. Naimatanganna <strong>ti</strong> casasaad dagi<strong>ti</strong> naicarsia nga agcucutel, dagi<strong>ti</strong> balo a macasapuli<strong>ti</strong> tulong ken dagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao nga agmauyong. Casta unay <strong>ti</strong> panangngaasina ket nag<strong>ti</strong>gnay amangpabang-ar i<strong>ti</strong> kinacacaasida.Narangarang i<strong>ti</strong> pangicaso ken panangngaasi ni Jesus idi silalayang <strong>ti</strong> panagsangitna idiumasideg i<strong>ti</strong> Jerusalem i<strong>ti</strong> camaudian <strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>empona (Lucas 19:41-44). Masirmatana <strong>ti</strong> rigat ngaidateng <strong>ti</strong> gubat i<strong>ti</strong> ingungotenna a siudad ken dagi<strong>ti</strong> tattaona idi 70 CC (Calpasan Ni Cristo) <strong>ti</strong>panagalsa dagi<strong>ti</strong> Judio agbanag i<strong>ti</strong> pannacalacub <strong>ti</strong> siudad, ket nacaal-alingget <strong>ti</strong> nagbanaganna.Indariragna a paset <strong>ti</strong> nacaibaonanna <strong>ti</strong> “panangagasna cadagi<strong>ti</strong> masacsakit,panangwayawayana cadagi<strong>ti</strong> balud, pannacakita manen dagi<strong>ti</strong> bulsec, pannacaruc-at dagi<strong>ti</strong>maparparigat” (Lucas 4:18). I<strong>ti</strong> casta a <strong>ti</strong>empo dipay napagteng para <strong>ti</strong> amin a sangcataoan, ngemicarcari <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> a gibusannanto <strong>ti</strong> sapasap a panagsagaba inton agturay ni Cristo i<strong>ti</strong> sangaribu atawen ket pucawennanto ida a namecpeclan (Pal<strong>ti</strong>ing 21:4).Cadagi<strong>ti</strong> sumarsaruno a pahina ductalantayo no casano ken inton caano <strong>ti</strong> pannacapasamacdaytoy. Ngem, tapno maawatan no casano <strong>ti</strong> panaggibus <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba, masapul amaawatantayo no casano <strong>ti</strong> panagrugina – ken no sapay nga agtultuloy.<strong>Sapay</strong> A Ti Agay-ayat A <strong>Dios</strong> <strong>Ipalubos</strong>na I<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Panagsagaba</strong>Ti taga-Britania a mannurat [<strong>ti</strong> pacasaritaan <strong>ti</strong> lubong] Paul Johnson insuratna maipapan i<strong>ti</strong>maysa cadagi<strong>ti</strong> cadackelan a paricut teolohical i<strong>ti</strong> librona The Quest for God. “Inapec a <strong>ti</strong> paricut<strong>ti</strong> kinadakes ad-adu <strong>ti</strong> abugenna a managpanunot a tattao nga umadayo i<strong>ti</strong> relihion ngem <strong>ti</strong>aniaman a sabali a kinaricut” insuratna (1996, p. 61).Adu a tao <strong>ti</strong> mama<strong>ti</strong> a no <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> napaypayso nga isu <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> ayat ken asi pagrebbengannababaen <strong>ti</strong> mismo a cababalin ken principiona nga a<strong>ti</strong>paen <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba ditoy lubong. Mangteddaytoy i<strong>ti</strong> nasayaat a saludsod. <strong>Sapay</strong> a di bumallaet <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> a manga<strong>ti</strong>pa i<strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba?Ti kinadakes nga ipalubos <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>, ken dagi<strong>ti</strong> didigra a pilienna a saan nga a<strong>ti</strong>paen, iturongna<strong>ti</strong> adu [a tattao] a mangriri i<strong>ti</strong> kinasirib, kinaimbag ken uray i<strong>ti</strong> caadda <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>. Dagi<strong>ti</strong> daddumanga ateista ibagada <strong>ti</strong> kinaagpayso <strong>ti</strong> kinadakes cas casayaatan a rasonda i<strong>ti</strong> panagsisinnuppiatmaipapan i<strong>ti</strong> caadda <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>. Insawang ni Julian Huxley a <strong>ti</strong> caadda <strong>ti</strong> kinadakes “isut pangcarit i<strong>ti</strong>cababalin-moral <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>” (Religion Without Revela<strong>ti</strong>on, 1957, p. 109).4
Inkeddeng ni Huxley nga awan i<strong>ti</strong> nadiosan a pammal<strong>ti</strong>ing ken <strong>ti</strong> nadiosan a Mammal<strong>ti</strong>ing.(Para i<strong>ti</strong> pammanecnec a talaga a napaypayso <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ken <strong>ti</strong> ebolusion falso, kiddawenyo <strong>ti</strong> libre alibretami Ti Cangatoan a Saludsod Ti Biag: Adda Cadi <strong>Dios</strong>? ken Panamarsua Wenno Ebolusion:Nasken Cadi No Ania <strong>ti</strong> Pa<strong>ti</strong>enyo?<strong>Sapay</strong> nga ipalubos <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> kinadakes? Siasinoman a nacaricna i<strong>ti</strong> ut-ot wennonacapadas i<strong>ti</strong> didigra masdaaw maipapan i<strong>ti</strong> daytoy. Dagi<strong>ti</strong> teolohiano, filosofo, mannarita [<strong>ti</strong>pacasaritaan <strong>ti</strong> lubong] ken seyen<strong>ti</strong>sta <strong>ti</strong>ning<strong>ti</strong>ngi<strong>ti</strong>ngda daytoy a banag. Utobentayo <strong>ti</strong> dadduma apangngeddengda.Ti Dakes A <strong>Dios</strong> Maibusor I<strong>ti</strong> Naimbag A <strong>Dios</strong>Ti gnos<strong>ti</strong>co a mannursuro a ni Marcion idi maicadua a siglo, naidarirag nga ere<strong>ti</strong>co gapucadagi<strong>ti</strong> pamingminganna, pa<strong>ti</strong>enna nga “adda agsinsinnalip a dua a <strong>Dios</strong>: maysa, <strong>ti</strong> naranggasa mammarsua ken mangmangted-linteg i<strong>ti</strong> Daan a Tulag; <strong>ti</strong> sabali, <strong>ti</strong>-di-ammo a <strong>Dios</strong> <strong>ti</strong> ayat kenasi a nangibaon ken ni Jesus a manggatang i<strong>ti</strong> pannacaisalacan manipud i<strong>ti</strong> Mammarsua a <strong>Dios</strong>”(Webster Encyclopedia, One Volume edi<strong>ti</strong>on, 1985, p. 561).I<strong>ti</strong> pamingmingan ni Marcion <strong>ti</strong> mangmangted-linteg a <strong>Dios</strong> isut makinrebbeng i<strong>ti</strong> caadda <strong>ti</strong>ut-ot ken kinadakes, ket <strong>ti</strong> trabaho <strong>ti</strong> Mangisalacan isu <strong>ti</strong> panangispalna i<strong>ti</strong> lubong manipud i<strong>ti</strong> utotken kinadakes a pinataud dayta a <strong>Dios</strong>. Daytoy biddut a panagkita binaliwan ken pinasayaatdagi<strong>ti</strong> dadduma ket nagin-inut a nagramut i<strong>ti</strong> uneg <strong>ti</strong> bagi <strong>ti</strong> doctrina <strong>ti</strong> cadackelan-nga-ayus<strong>ti</strong> iglesia, a <strong>ti</strong> panangguyugoyna <strong>ti</strong> nangtaraken i<strong>ti</strong> riribuc ken di-pagkikinnaawatan aginggacadagitoy nga aldaw.Adu dagi<strong>ti</strong> mangipagarup a bumallaet a mangdusa <strong>ti</strong> napungtot a <strong>Dios</strong> tunggal bumaddectayoi<strong>ti</strong> ruar <strong>ti</strong> uges, idinto ta <strong>ti</strong> kinaagpaysona sapasap <strong>ti</strong> panangipalubosna cadatayo nga agsagabacas nagbanagan <strong>ti</strong> mismo a kinaimbucodan, curang-panangmatmat a cababalintayo (kitaenyo<strong>ti</strong> Jeremias 2:19; 10:23). Caaduan <strong>ti</strong> tao <strong>ti</strong> di-macabigbig a <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> saan a mismo a bumallaettunggal agbasoltayo; a dagi<strong>ti</strong> linlinteg espiritual nga insaadna nga ag<strong>ti</strong>g<strong>ti</strong>gnay maipatpatungpallatta a mangted i<strong>ti</strong> pannusa no labsingentayo ida.Aramid Cadi Daytoy Ti <strong>Dios</strong>?Dagi<strong>ti</strong> mannurat [<strong>ti</strong> pacasaritaan <strong>ti</strong> lubong] nagsursuratda maipapan i<strong>ti</strong> daytoy casla agsupadia lubong a pinarsua <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ngem napno i<strong>ti</strong> kinadakes. Napaliiw ni Arnold Toynbee a taga-Britania a “maysa cadagi<strong>ti</strong> pangngeddeng nga inyaon dagi<strong>ti</strong> nataoan nga agbuybuya i<strong>ti</strong> morala kinadakes <strong>ti</strong> Universo ket daytoy siled nga ayan dagi<strong>ti</strong> nacaal-alingget a bambanag saan amabalin nga aramid <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>” (A Study of History, abridged version, 1957, Vol. X, p. 300).Bigbigen ni Toynbee a caaduan cadagi<strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba <strong>ti</strong> lubong gapuanan dagi<strong>ti</strong> naranggasnga agtuturay. Ipakita <strong>ti</strong> Nasantoan a Surat a mabalinan <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> mangiccat cadagi<strong>ti</strong> dakes atattao i<strong>ti</strong> turayda (Daniel 2:21). Pinagpacumbaba ken innicatna ni Ari Nebucadnesar <strong>ti</strong> Babilonia,<strong>ti</strong> cabilegan nga agturay i<strong>ti</strong> daydi a panawenna. Nacadacdackel <strong>ti</strong> turay ni Nebucadnesar ta“pinabitayna <strong>ti</strong> siasinoman a kinayatna” (Daniel 5:18-19). Nupay casta impababa <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ketnaawan <strong>ti</strong> panangguyugoy [turay]na i<strong>ti</strong> pito a tawen.<strong>Sapay</strong> ngarud a saan a sansanen <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> nga aramiden daytoy? Ni Nebucadnesar, idicaarngedan ken capalangguadanna, pinataudna laeng <strong>ti</strong> bassit a paset <strong>ti</strong> rigat nga indas-al dagi<strong>ti</strong>dadduma a dictador nga agtuturay i<strong>ti</strong> daytoy capanawenantayo.5
Ni Fisicista Paul Davies, ut-utobenna <strong>ti</strong> daytoy bangir <strong>ti</strong> pagsisinnuppiatan a kinaimbagmaibusor i<strong>ti</strong> kinadakes. Ut-utobenna i<strong>ti</strong> pagsasaritaan no sapay a <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>, no napaypayso aMannacabalin-amin, basta bumallaet la coman ket pasardengenna amin a kinadakes. “Siwayawayacadi <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> a manga<strong>ti</strong>pa i<strong>ti</strong> kinadakes?” Nasdaawan ni Davies. “No Mannacabalin-amin, wen.<strong>Sapay</strong> ngarud nga agkibaltang a mangaramid?” (God and The New Physics, 1983, p. 147).Adda rason <strong>ti</strong> saludsod ni Davies. Awanan-gaway cadi <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> sangoanan <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba?No Isu ket adda, sapay a saan nga ag<strong>ti</strong>gnay a mangiccat cadagi<strong>ti</strong> dakes ken ut-ot <strong>ti</strong> rabaw <strong>ti</strong>daga? Macariribuc dagi<strong>ti</strong> salsaludsod, ngem saan a gapu i<strong>ti</strong> kinaricut <strong>ti</strong> pannacaawat cadacuada.Macapaalusaisda gapu ta dagi<strong>ti</strong> sungbat saan a cas i<strong>ti</strong> pagayatantayo.Ti kinapudno daytoy a banag pilitennatayo a mangbaliw cadagi<strong>ti</strong> capanunotantayomaipapan i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ken <strong>ti</strong> planona ken panggepna para cadatayo. Inton maawatantay dagidiay,maawatantayto nga adda rason <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> dina panag<strong>ti</strong>gnay itan.I<strong>ti</strong> Dacdackel A Panggep?<strong>Sapay</strong> a saan a basta iparit <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> kinadakes? Tapno maawatan <strong>ti</strong> sungbat, ammirisen-tayo<strong>ti</strong> pagbanagan nga idateng <strong>ti</strong> casta nga aramid.I<strong>ti</strong> pannacaawat no sapay nga ipalubos <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> kinadakes ken <strong>ti</strong> pagbanaganna apanagsagaba masapulna <strong>ti</strong> capunganayan a pannacaawat i<strong>ti</strong> maysa cadagi<strong>ti</strong> naindaclan a sagut <strong>ti</strong><strong>Dios</strong> – casta met no casano i<strong>ti</strong> di-agsarday a panangabuso <strong>ti</strong> tao i<strong>ti</strong> dayta a parabur.Ti sagut isu <strong>ti</strong> siwawayawaya a pagayatan – wenno cas i<strong>ti</strong> nalatac a pannacaawagna,wayawaya i<strong>ti</strong> panagpili. Inted <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> daytoy a wayawaya cadagidi immuna a tattao a nagannaccadatayo, da Adan ken Eva, idi panamarsua. Ngem i<strong>ti</strong> panaglabas dagi<strong>ti</strong> milenia [rinibu atawtawen] pinanecnecantayo <strong>ti</strong> kinaliwaytayo a manarawidwid i<strong>ti</strong> daytoy napateg a sagut ken <strong>ti</strong>nacadacdackel a pagannungantayo.Cas i<strong>ti</strong> panangilawlawag <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> duogan nga Israel, <strong>ti</strong> wayawaya nga agaramid i<strong>ti</strong>panagpili masapul unay i<strong>ti</strong> panangidur-as i<strong>ti</strong> nalinteg a cababalin (Deuteronomio 30:15-19). Noawan <strong>ti</strong> wayawaya nga agpili, agbalintayo a casla <strong>ti</strong>r<strong>ti</strong>ris, a <strong>ti</strong> cababalintayo naisaaden ken dimabalbaliwanenwenno maidictar amin nga ibinsabinsa <strong>ti</strong> addat’ruar a bileg a cas i<strong>ti</strong> Mismo a <strong>Dios</strong>.Ngem saan a casta <strong>ti</strong> ranta <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>. Adda naisupadi a namnamana cadatayo gapu i<strong>ti</strong>nangatngato a panggepna para cadatayo. Tarigagayanna a pilientayo i<strong>ti</strong> panagtulnog Kencuananga aggapu i<strong>ti</strong> puso. Cayatna <strong>ti</strong> sigagagar a panagayat ken panagragsactayo cadagi<strong>ti</strong> pammategken pagrucodanna, a naibatay i<strong>ti</strong> dua a pangringbawan a principio – <strong>ti</strong> panangayattayo Kencuanai<strong>ti</strong> amin a pusotayo ken panangayattayo cadagi<strong>ti</strong> sabsabali [a tattao] a cas <strong>ti</strong> panagayattayo i<strong>ti</strong>bagitayo (Mateo 22:35-40).Cas makitatayto, <strong>ti</strong> panangpili i<strong>ti</strong> panagtulnogtayo i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ken panagsursuro i<strong>ti</strong>panagayattayo cadagi<strong>ti</strong> sabali idinto ta adda wayawayatayo nga agaramid i<strong>ti</strong> casumbangirnanapangruna para i<strong>ti</strong> masacbayan nga isagsagana <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> para cadatayo.Nagduduma A Tucad Ti Panagaramid I<strong>ti</strong> PangngeddengCadagi<strong>ti</strong> amin a parsua nga inaramid <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>, to tao laeng <strong>ti</strong> macainsayo i<strong>ti</strong> siwawayawayaa pagayatan. Dagi<strong>ti</strong> nababbaba a kita <strong>ti</strong> biag, cas cadagi<strong>ti</strong> micorobio ken insecto, naisaaden <strong>ti</strong>6
pannignayda cadagi<strong>ti</strong> nasinnunuo a wagas cadagi<strong>ti</strong> nasinnunuo a panagricnada. Ag<strong>ti</strong>gnayda amayannurot i<strong>ti</strong> aglawlawda ket ngangani awan a pulos <strong>ti</strong> nawayawaya a baelda nga agaramid i<strong>ti</strong>pangngeddeng a cas i<strong>ti</strong> maaramid <strong>ti</strong> tao.Dagi<strong>ti</strong> pannignay dagi<strong>ti</strong> naricricut <strong>ti</strong> biagda a kita, cas cadagi<strong>ti</strong> mammalia [animales], ad-addanga iturayan <strong>ti</strong> naisiguden a panunotda [ins<strong>ti</strong>nct], nupay ta macaaramidda met cadagi<strong>ti</strong> casisiguda pangngeddeng no pag<strong>ti</strong>gnayanda i<strong>ti</strong> addat’ruar a mangpa<strong>ti</strong>gnay cadacuada ken <strong>ti</strong> mayannurot apanag<strong>ti</strong>gnayda cadagi<strong>ti</strong> casasaad [<strong>ti</strong> aglawlawda].Ti laeng tao i<strong>ti</strong> addaan <strong>ti</strong> napadur-as a puot i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>empo. Cuna <strong>ti</strong> Eclesiastes 3:11 a <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>“inniccannatayo i<strong>ti</strong> tarigagay a mangammo i<strong>ti</strong> masacbayan.” I<strong>ti</strong> sabali a pannao, mabalintayo apanunoten i<strong>ti</strong> masacbayan. Macaaramidtayo cadagi<strong>ti</strong> adayot’ madanonna a pangngeddeng kenmaplanotayo <strong>ti</strong> biagtayo cadagi<strong>ti</strong> bulbulan ken tawtawen a masacbayan a panagbiagtayo.Adalentayo met <strong>ti</strong> naglabas; adda puottayo i<strong>ti</strong> pacasaritaan [<strong>ti</strong> lubong]. Masursurotayo dagi<strong>ti</strong>lecsion cadagi<strong>ti</strong> padpadastayo ken capadasan dagi<strong>ti</strong> sabsabali. Cadagi<strong>ti</strong> amin a pisical a pinarsua<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> <strong>ti</strong> laeng tao <strong>ti</strong> inniccanna i<strong>ti</strong> bael nga agaramid cadagi<strong>ti</strong> umun-una a pangngeddeng.Tinabas <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> dagi<strong>ti</strong> nataoan a parsua nga agaramid cadagi<strong>ti</strong> panagpili. Nupay casta, ditaypulos nasursuro no casano <strong>ti</strong> panagaramid i<strong>ti</strong> agtultuloy a nasirib ken naparbeng a pannacaammonga agpili. Casta met a ditay nasursuro no casano <strong>ti</strong> kinasamay <strong>ti</strong> pannarawidwidtayo cadagi<strong>ti</strong>ricricna, <strong>ti</strong>g<strong>ti</strong>gnay ken tartarigagaytayo ken dagi<strong>ti</strong> panangallucoyda cadagi<strong>ti</strong> pangngeddengtayo.Ti Immuna A Panangipacat I<strong>ti</strong> Wayawaya <strong>Nga</strong> AgpiliTi wayawayatayo nga agpili no aniat’ cayatttayo nga aramiden mabalin nga agbanag i<strong>ti</strong>naimbag wenno dakes nga aramid. Inniccannatayo <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> agpadpada a panangidiaya i<strong>ti</strong> tulongi<strong>ti</strong> padatayo a tao ken <strong>ti</strong> wayawaya nga ag<strong>ti</strong>gnay i<strong>ti</strong> cabucbucodan a wagwagas a macadangrancadatayo ken dagi<strong>ti</strong> sabsabali.Masansan nga ipacattayo <strong>ti</strong> wayawayatayo nga agpili cadagi<strong>ti</strong> biddut a wagas, ket apitentayodagi<strong>ti</strong> bungana – i<strong>ti</strong> langa dagi<strong>ti</strong> di-ninamnama a pannusada. Saan a cabarbaro daytoy; damo anapasamac idiay Hardin <strong>ti</strong> Eden cada Adan ken Eva.Nangisaad <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> <strong>ti</strong> dua a cayo i<strong>ti</strong> uneg <strong>ti</strong> minuyongan. Maysa <strong>ti</strong> cayo <strong>ti</strong> biag ken <strong>ti</strong> sabali<strong>ti</strong> cayo <strong>ti</strong> pannacaammo i<strong>ti</strong> naimbag ken dakes (Genesis 2:9). Imbaga <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ken ni Adan amabalinna <strong>ti</strong> mangan i<strong>ti</strong> immun-una, ngem saan a mangan i<strong>ti</strong> naud-udi: “Imbagana i<strong>ti</strong> lalaki,‘Mabalinmo <strong>ti</strong> mangan i<strong>ti</strong> bunga <strong>ti</strong> uray ania a cayo i<strong>ti</strong> hardin malacsid <strong>ti</strong> bunga <strong>ti</strong> cayo amangted i<strong>ti</strong> pannacaammo i<strong>ti</strong> naimbag ken i<strong>ti</strong> dakes. Masapul a dimo canen <strong>ti</strong> bunga dayta acayo; no manganca, matayca i<strong>ti</strong> dayta nga aldaw’” (versiculo 16-17).Cas ilawlawag <strong>ti</strong> libro <strong>ti</strong> Pal<strong>ti</strong>ing, iladawan <strong>ti</strong> cayo <strong>ti</strong> biag nga i<strong>ti</strong> panagtulnog i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>agturong i<strong>ti</strong> camaudianan i<strong>ti</strong> agnanayon a biag (Pal<strong>ti</strong>ing 2:7; 22:1-2). Ti sabali a cayo, <strong>ti</strong> cayo<strong>ti</strong> pannacaammo i<strong>ti</strong> naimbag ken dakes – iladawanna <strong>ti</strong> panangiwacsi i<strong>ti</strong> wagas [dalan] <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>.Daytoy a pili agtungpalto i<strong>ti</strong> ipapatay.Ni Eva, babaen i<strong>ti</strong> pannulisog <strong>ti</strong> uleg, impacatna a simamaag <strong>ti</strong> wayawaya <strong>ti</strong> pagayatanna ketnaallilaw (2 Corinto 11:3). Inrasonanna i<strong>ti</strong> panangicalilisna i<strong>ti</strong> pannursuro <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>. Nupay ta ibagani Apostol Pablo cadatayo a saan a naallilaw ni Adan (1 Timoteo 2:13-14), pinalubosanna <strong>ti</strong>asawana a nangguyugoy kencuana a makiraman kencuana nga agsukirda i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> (Genesis 3:17).7
Ti entero a pannacaammo ni Adan cadagi<strong>ti</strong> pannignayna isut nangpacaro i<strong>ti</strong> panagbasolnapara i<strong>ti</strong> napasamac. Isu <strong>ti</strong> ad-adda a pinabasol <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ngem ni Eva. Numan pay casta, nag<strong>ti</strong>pondaa nangpili i<strong>ti</strong> panangipangag ken panangsurotda i<strong>ti</strong> uleg (Genesis 3:1-6), nga insalaysay dagi<strong>ti</strong>Escritura a cas Diablo ken Satanas (Pal<strong>ti</strong>ing 12:9).Inapit da Adan ken Eva <strong>ti</strong> bunga <strong>ti</strong> basolda. Imbaga <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> cadacuada a mataydanto– ket napasamac a casta – ngem <strong>ti</strong> dagus a nagbanaganna pinapanaw <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ida i<strong>ti</strong> hardin ketlinapdanna ida i<strong>ti</strong> cayo <strong>ti</strong> biag.Ita magnada a bucbucod i<strong>ti</strong> naricut a lubong (Genesis 3:22-24). Naba<strong>ti</strong>da i<strong>ti</strong> bucodda anagettangan a sirib – <strong>ti</strong> bucodda a pangngeddeng (versiculo 6). Manipud i<strong>ti</strong> dayta a punto <strong>ti</strong> biagiramanna i<strong>ti</strong> ladingit, ut-ot ken bannog gapu i<strong>ti</strong> panagsukirda a maibusor i<strong>ti</strong> nacalawlawag apannursuro <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> (versiculo 16-19).Naisaad I<strong>ti</strong> TabasCalpasan <strong>ti</strong> mano a ribu a tawtawen insurat ni Apostol Pablo a “naituding nga agbalin ngaawan serserbi <strong>ti</strong> amin a naparsua” ken “ i<strong>ti</strong> nacatagabuanda a panagrupa” (Roma 8:20-21). Awanpanagalindua nga ipatpatuldona dagi<strong>ti</strong> casasaad a nagrugi cadagi<strong>ti</strong> paspapasamac idiay Eden.Nanipud idin “Nagbasol amin a tao” (Roma 3:23; 5:12) ket inapitda dagi<strong>ti</strong> pannusa a natgedan daAdan ken Eva.Adu <strong>ti</strong> tao a manggura i<strong>ti</strong> Biblia agsipud ta iramanna nga isalaysay dagi<strong>ti</strong> dakes a cadawyandagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao. Iraman ida i<strong>ti</strong> Nasantoan a Surat gapu ta isu <strong>ti</strong> pacasaritaan i<strong>ti</strong> managbasol a wagas<strong>ti</strong> biag a pinili <strong>ti</strong> tao idi inidiaanna dagi<strong>ti</strong> bilbilin <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ket inapitna dagi<strong>ti</strong> napataud a bungana.Impal<strong>ti</strong>ing <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> pannacaisurat dagi<strong>ti</strong> lecsion i<strong>ti</strong> Daan a Tulag tapno macasursurotayocadagi<strong>ti</strong> padpadas dagi<strong>ti</strong> sabsabali (1 Corinto 10:6, 11). Nupay ta iraman <strong>ti</strong> Baro a Tulag <strong>ti</strong>cacasta a lecsion para cadatayo, <strong>ti</strong> caaduan a pacaituronganda i<strong>ti</strong> mensahe maipapan i<strong>ti</strong> Pagarian<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ken <strong>ti</strong> naimbag a damag i<strong>ti</strong> panangibaon <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> Anacna a mangisalacan cadatayocadagi<strong>ti</strong> bas-basoltayo (Juan 3:16). Ipalgacna met no casanonto i<strong>ti</strong> panagsardeng <strong>ti</strong> panagsagabaken panagladingit.Ti Panagpili Cadagi<strong>ti</strong> Bendision Wenno Pannacailunod<strong>Nga</strong>nngani 2,500 tawen <strong>ti</strong> naglabasen calpasan da Adan ken Eva, indatag <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong>mamatmatan a pacabang-aran dagi<strong>ti</strong> Israelita i<strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba. Inrugi <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> <strong>ti</strong> nakipagtrabahocadacuada idi baludda pay laeng idiay Egipto. Incarina a saanna la a wayawayaan ida i<strong>ti</strong>pannacaadipenda no dipay ket iccanna ida i<strong>ti</strong> gundaway nga agbalin a pagtuladan a nasion acayat dagi<strong>ti</strong> sabsabali a pagulidanan (Deuteronomio 4:5-8).Cas paset <strong>ti</strong> catulagan <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> cadacuada, agbalindanto a managtulnog a tattaona (Exodo 19:5). Binilinna ida cadagi<strong>ti</strong> sangapulo a napangruna a puntos <strong>ti</strong> agnanayon, espiritual a lintegna– dagi<strong>ti</strong> Sangapulo a Bilin (Exodo 20). Nangted cadacuada cadagi<strong>ti</strong> nainayon a linlinteg kenpagannurotan, nga intay masaracan cadagi<strong>ti</strong> libro nga insurat ni Moises (dagi<strong>ti</strong> Pentateuk).I<strong>ti</strong> dayta a linteg, kinunana cadacuada, “Tungpalenyo ida a sipapasnac tapnomaiparangarang cadagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao cadagi<strong>ti</strong> sabali a pagilian <strong>ti</strong> kinasiribyo. Inton madamagda amindagitoy a linteg, cunadanto, ‘Masirib ken mannacaawat unay daytoy a naindaclana a nasion!’”(Deuteronomio 4:6).8
Imbaga <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> cadagi<strong>ti</strong> Israelita nga adda wayawayada nga agpili i<strong>ti</strong> dua a wagas <strong>ti</strong>panagbiag. “Awagac <strong>ti</strong> langit ken <strong>ti</strong> daga a mangsacsi i<strong>ti</strong> pilienyo. Pagpiliencayo i<strong>ti</strong> biag wennopatay, i<strong>ti</strong> bendision wenno i<strong>ti</strong> lunod. <strong>Nga</strong>rud, pilienyo <strong>ti</strong> biag tapno agbiagcayo ken dagi<strong>ti</strong>caputotanyo. Ayatenyo <strong>ti</strong> APO a <strong>Dios</strong>yo, agtulnog ken agtalinaedcayo a napudno Kencuana ta Isu<strong>ti</strong> biagyo ken naunday nga al-aldawyo...” (Deuteronomio 30:19-20).Impacaammona cadacuada a no agtulnogda apitenda <strong>ti</strong> adu a bendision (Deuteronomio 28:2), ngem no agsukirda mailunodda (versiculo 15). Adu dagi<strong>ti</strong> lunlunod nga imbaga <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ngaagtaud i<strong>ti</strong> kinasukir (versiculo 15-68) a maipada cadagi<strong>ti</strong> ut-ot ken panagsagaba a nangracraccadagi<strong>ti</strong> cabaroanan a nasion. Adu cadagitoy a riribuc <strong>ti</strong> mangsamay i<strong>ti</strong> entero a nasion. Adudagi<strong>ti</strong> personal a panagrigat, agpada a pisical ken i<strong>ti</strong> panunot.Nacaledleddaang ta, <strong>ti</strong> Israel nagsukir ket inapitna <strong>ti</strong> nabuntuon a rigat nga impadto <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>.Nairaman cadagitoy dagi<strong>ti</strong> didigra i<strong>ti</strong> panagtalon, kinapanglaw, parparicut <strong>ti</strong> familia, dakes asalun-at, crimen ken kinarungsot, pannacaabac militar ken camaudianna pannacabalud.Calpasan <strong>ti</strong> nawa<strong>ti</strong>wat-a-sigsiglo i<strong>ti</strong> panangpadpadasda i<strong>ti</strong> wayawaya nga agpili – nga i<strong>ti</strong> lasudnacancanayon latta a pilienda <strong>ti</strong> di-mangicaso i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ket inkeddengda nga aramiden dagi<strong>ti</strong>bambanag i<strong>ti</strong> bucodda a wagas – naisublida manen i<strong>ti</strong> casasaad i<strong>ti</strong> nailian a pannacaadipen.Gapu Ken Samay: Masansan A Lisian A KitaenMasansan a padasen <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> nga ipasimudaag i<strong>ti</strong> tao <strong>ti</strong> nasken unay a principio a tunggalsamay adda gapuna. Ngem adda ricuttayo a mangammo i<strong>ti</strong> kinapudno, ket agtultuloy <strong>ti</strong>panagsagabatayo i<strong>ti</strong> macaidalit a samay dagi<strong>ti</strong> salungasingtayo.Maipatuldotayo nga adu cadagi<strong>ti</strong> pannacadidigra ken panagsagabatayo agtaudda cadagi<strong>ti</strong>bucod-a-nataoan a <strong>ti</strong>g<strong>ti</strong>gnay ken pangngeddengtayo. I<strong>ti</strong> lubong <strong>ti</strong> wayawaya <strong>ti</strong> panagpili, <strong>ti</strong>dadduma a pili di-bumurong nga agturong i<strong>ti</strong> macadangran ken naut-ot a pagbanagan.Dagi<strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>g<strong>ti</strong>gnay agbungada. Adu <strong>ti</strong> tao a mangbigbig i<strong>ti</strong> pagsasao, “Apitento <strong>ti</strong> tao <strong>ti</strong> aniamannga imulana,” ngem dida ammo a naggapu daytoy i<strong>ti</strong> Biblia (Galacia 6:6-7). Rinibu a tawtaweni<strong>ti</strong> naglabasen idi maysa cadagi<strong>ti</strong> gagayyem ni Job – a saanen a ganggannaet i<strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba– napaliiwna “a dagi<strong>ti</strong> agaramid i<strong>ti</strong> dakes, dakes met la <strong>ti</strong> apitenda” (Job 4:8).No ammirisentayo <strong>ti</strong> banag <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba, adu <strong>ti</strong> masursurotayo no surotentayo a taluntonendagi<strong>ti</strong> paspasamac cadagi<strong>ti</strong> nagtaudanda. Ti Proverbio 23 ballaagannatayo nga utoben-tayodagi<strong>ti</strong> nawa<strong>ti</strong>wat-a-pagbanagan dagi<strong>ti</strong> pannignaytayo: “Makita <strong>ti</strong> nanakem <strong>ti</strong> dumteng a riribucket liclicanna, ngem sumaracusoc <strong>ti</strong> nengneng ket agabawi calpasanna” (Proverbio 22:3).No birukentayo dagi<strong>ti</strong> cadackelan a gapu <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba, masansan a saantayon a cumitai<strong>ti</strong> ad-adayo ngem <strong>ti</strong> mismo a bagitayo – i<strong>ti</strong> kina-entero dagi<strong>ti</strong> pangngeddeng ken <strong>ti</strong>g<strong>ti</strong>gnay <strong>ti</strong>tunggal tao ken <strong>ti</strong> sangcataoan. I<strong>ti</strong> maysa a wagas wenno sabali, i<strong>ti</strong> basol gagangay nga isu <strong>ti</strong>capunganayan a cagagapu, ket <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba i<strong>ti</strong> samayna.Dagi<strong>ti</strong> Cagagapu I<strong>ti</strong> RigatDagi<strong>ti</strong> nasion ken tunggal tao agsagabada i<strong>ti</strong> adu a rigat gapu <strong>ti</strong> kinanengneng kenkinasukirda cadagi<strong>ti</strong> isu met laeng nga espiritual a linlinteg <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> a nagsukiran dagi<strong>ti</strong> Israelita.9
Dagi<strong>ti</strong> bilbilin <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> sibibiag a linlinteg, nga addaan sangalubongan a pannacaipacat, a mangtedi<strong>ti</strong> bendision para <strong>ti</strong> kinatulnog ken pannusa para kinasukir.Dagi<strong>ti</strong> napal<strong>ti</strong>ingan a sasao <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ibagana cadatayo a dagi<strong>ti</strong> mangayat i<strong>ti</strong> lintegnamaaddaanda i<strong>ti</strong> “naindaclan a cappia” (Salmo 119:65), ngem naricut <strong>ti</strong> dalan <strong>ti</strong> kina-awan lintegken <strong>ti</strong> saan a mapagtalcan (Proverbio 13:15).Ipatuldo <strong>ti</strong> Biblia dagi<strong>ti</strong> adu a naririgat a padpadas <strong>ti</strong> tao cas nagbanagan i<strong>ti</strong> basol. Maysaa pagarigan i<strong>ti</strong> casta isu <strong>ti</strong> panagraut-militar. Nagsurat ni Apostol San<strong>ti</strong>ago maipapan i<strong>ti</strong> puon<strong>ti</strong> naigaman a panagririri: “Ania <strong>ti</strong> pagtaudan dagi<strong>ti</strong> panagaapa ken panagriririyo? Aggapudacadagi<strong>ti</strong> dakes a tarigagay a canayon nga agbibinnusor i<strong>ti</strong> unegyo. Calicagumanyo <strong>ti</strong> maaddaancadagi<strong>ti</strong> bambanag ngem diyo matagicua ida, ket sidadaancayo a pumatay. Naagumcayo ngemawan magun-odyo, isut gapuna a makiriri ken makicabilcayo. Diyo maala <strong>ti</strong> cayatyo gapu tadicay met agdawat i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>” (San<strong>ti</strong>ago 4:1-2).Dagitoy a sasao maipacatda cadagi<strong>ti</strong> nasion casta met cadagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao, yantangay dagi<strong>ti</strong>nasion basta bunggoy laeng dagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao nga cumitkita i<strong>ti</strong> bucodda a pagimbagan. Dagi<strong>ti</strong>dumarup a nasion mapanda makigubat ta nayonanda <strong>ti</strong> bileg, kinatalged ken kinabacnangda.Ti panagaramidda i<strong>ti</strong> casta, iwalinda <strong>ti</strong> linteg, moralidad ken cappia. Pumapatay kenmangdangranda tapno ipadur-asda <strong>ti</strong> pagimbaganda, ipacatda <strong>ti</strong> principio a <strong>ti</strong> bileg-agbalin-alintegken <strong>ti</strong> pagsasao a <strong>ti</strong> mangabac cucuana <strong>ti</strong> masamsam.Naawatan ni Will Durant daytoy a nataoan a pagduyosan idi insuratna: “Dagi<strong>ti</strong> pagtaudan<strong>ti</strong> gubat pareho met laeng cadagi<strong>ti</strong> pagtaudan <strong>ti</strong> panagsasalisal dagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao: panagala [i<strong>ti</strong>sanicua], kinabileg ken kinapalangguad; <strong>ti</strong> panagayat i<strong>ti</strong> canen, daga, materiales, sungrod-crudo,kinapangulo” (The Lessons of History, 1968, p. 81).Ngem, dagi<strong>ti</strong> nasion a sitatallaugod a mangpili i<strong>ti</strong> kinarungsot, agraman <strong>ti</strong> gubat, masansana tawidenda <strong>ti</strong> [kinadacsang]gasat dagi<strong>ti</strong> pagilian a pinarmecda. Naawatan ni Jesus daytoyidi kinunana: “Idulinmo dayta campilanmo agsipud ta <strong>ti</strong> mangaramat i<strong>ti</strong> campilan matayto i<strong>ti</strong>campilan” (Mateo 26:52). Ti pacasaritaan [<strong>ti</strong> lubong] isut pacasaritaan <strong>ti</strong> panagsisinnublat dagi<strong>ti</strong>emperio a nangparmec ken naparmec. Naiculbo <strong>ti</strong> sangcataoan i<strong>ti</strong> di-agressat a pannacaulit dagitanga ar-aramid no agtalinaed latta i<strong>ti</strong> panangpilina i<strong>ti</strong> wagas i<strong>ti</strong> kinasurkirna i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>.Adda Pagbanagan Dagi<strong>ti</strong> PangngeddengAdu a kita <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba <strong>ti</strong> basta di-maliclican a pagbanagan dagi<strong>ti</strong> personal apangngeddeng. Cas pangarigan, cadagi<strong>ti</strong> adu a nagdur-as a nasion agtultuloy <strong>ti</strong> napattopattoc akinacurapay numan pay riniwriwriw a dolyar <strong>ti</strong> magasgasto a pangparmec i<strong>ti</strong> daytoy a paricut.Masansan a daytoy kinacurapay masurotan <strong>ti</strong> nagtaudanna cadagi<strong>ti</strong> pangngeddeng <strong>ti</strong> tao.Agsardeng dagi<strong>ti</strong> agad-adal, putdenda <strong>ti</strong> adalda ket ag<strong>ti</strong>nnagda laeng cadagi<strong>ti</strong> naricut a panggedani<strong>ti</strong> entero a panagbiagda, nababa a tangdan, kinarigat <strong>ti</strong> cuarta ken napaay nga ambision.Adu dagi<strong>ti</strong> agcabanuag naalicutegda i<strong>ti</strong> kinaderrep, riniwriwriw dagi<strong>ti</strong> dumalaga a agipasngayi<strong>ti</strong> ruar <strong>ti</strong> callaysa cadagi<strong>ti</strong> maladaga a didanto pulos makita dagi<strong>ti</strong> ammada. Ipakita dagi<strong>ti</strong>dagi<strong>ti</strong> panangadal a dagi<strong>ti</strong> ubbing a binaybay-an dagi<strong>ti</strong> ammada i<strong>ti</strong> nasapa nga edadda, ad-adu <strong>ti</strong>panagturongda cadagi<strong>ti</strong> druga, panaginum ken panagtabaco, masursuroda <strong>ti</strong> cababalin-kriminalken panagbalin i<strong>ti</strong> kinapalalo <strong>ti</strong> kinaderrepda, ket idas-alda <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba cadagi<strong>ti</strong> bagida kencadagi<strong>ti</strong> sabsabali a tattao.10
Adu dagi<strong>ti</strong> ubbing-nga-inna – masansan a di-nagcallaysa gapu ta dagi<strong>ti</strong> amma [dagi<strong>ti</strong>annacda] intarayanda <strong>ti</strong> pagannunganda – masaracanda <strong>ti</strong> bagbagida a naipalab-og i<strong>ti</strong> panggedana nababat’tandana idinto ta adda dagi<strong>ti</strong> ubbing a taraonanda ket mapilitanda nga agpannuraycadagi<strong>ti</strong> maipadawat cadacuada, masansan nga aggapu i<strong>ti</strong> gobierno wenno cadagi<strong>ti</strong> balay-<strong>ti</strong>-asi,tapno agbiagda.Daytoy a tabas maulit-ulit a di-agsarday cadagi<strong>ti</strong> nacurapay a caputotan nga agsasaruno– masansan a maigapu i<strong>ti</strong> ababa-a-panagkita cadagi<strong>ti</strong> personal a panagpili ken panag<strong>ti</strong>gnay.Salun-at Ken Dagi<strong>ti</strong> PiliSaan a maibaga dagi<strong>ti</strong> paricut i<strong>ti</strong> salun-at a mangdiddidigra cadatayo gapu cadagi<strong>ti</strong>pangngeddeng <strong>ti</strong> tunggal maysa cadatayo. Nacurapay <strong>ti</strong> pannangantayo, ditay mangwatwat,agibustayo cadagi<strong>ti</strong> macadangran nga an-anag ken ditay alluadan <strong>ti</strong> pannacadangrantayo kendagi<strong>ti</strong> sabsabali babaen cadagi<strong>ti</strong> disgracia. Adu dagi<strong>ti</strong> agsagaba i<strong>ti</strong> sakit <strong>ti</strong> panunot cas banag<strong>ti</strong> panaglabsing cadagi<strong>ti</strong> principio a mangituray cadagi<strong>ti</strong> pannakilangenlangen a silalawag ngaibaga <strong>ti</strong> Biblia.Dagi<strong>ti</strong> parparicut i<strong>ti</strong> pisical ken saycolohical agtaud i<strong>ti</strong> panagabuso cadagi<strong>ti</strong> arac kendadduma pay a druga. Dagi<strong>ti</strong> cacasta nga abusador dida laeng ipeggad <strong>ti</strong> pannacakissay <strong>ti</strong> tawen<strong>ti</strong> mismo a biagda, ngem dagi<strong>ti</strong> ug-ugalida mangicarangucong i<strong>ti</strong> dackel a pagdacsan dagi<strong>ti</strong>familia ken gagayyemda. Ad-adda pay a kinadacsanggasat, adu dagi<strong>ti</strong> abusador <strong>ti</strong> mairamancadagi<strong>ti</strong> acsidente a manglungpo wenno mangpapatay cadagi<strong>ti</strong> awanan-basol nga agtactacderlaeng i<strong>ti</strong> igid <strong>ti</strong> dalan.Na<strong>ti</strong>bker <strong>ti</strong> pammanecnec a <strong>ti</strong> pannacadangran i<strong>ti</strong> bagi agtaud i<strong>ti</strong> panagtabaco[panagsigarilyo]. Dagi<strong>ti</strong> sacsakit a mayugnay i<strong>ti</strong> panagpayubyob ipusayna <strong>ti</strong> 400,000 a biagtunggal tawen i<strong>ti</strong> Estados Unidos ken adu pay a riwriw i<strong>ti</strong> sangalubongan. Adu cadagita apannacatay <strong>ti</strong> nacasasaem ken nacapapaut. Sidadaantayo a mangaclon a <strong>ti</strong> casayaatan nga agaspara <strong>ti</strong> ladingit a pinataud <strong>ti</strong> panagpayubyob isu <strong>ti</strong> basta panangisardeng, ngem adu dagi<strong>ti</strong> nacaro<strong>ti</strong> pannacaigalutdan ket cagurada daytoy a solusion.Ti panagpayubyob maysa la cadagi<strong>ti</strong> adu a cadawyan a pagtaudan <strong>ti</strong> ut-ot. Insurat ni Dr. PaulMar<strong>ti</strong>n dagi<strong>ti</strong> casla di-macadangran nga ug-ugali maurnongda bayat <strong>ti</strong> panaglabas <strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>empo:“Nawadwad dagi<strong>ti</strong> cagagangayan a tabas dagi<strong>ti</strong> ug-ugali a mangpapatay cadagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao a maininuta ngem adu <strong>ti</strong> bilangda [dagi<strong>ti</strong> matay]” (The Healing Mind, 1997, p. 58).Masansan a no agaramidtayo i<strong>ti</strong> saan a nainsiriban a pangngeddeng i<strong>ti</strong> salun-atballaagannatayo <strong>ti</strong> bagitayo a nacaaramidtayo i<strong>ti</strong> dakes a panagpili. Napaliiw da Paul Brandken Philip Yancey nga “i<strong>ti</strong> nacakelkellaat nga apag dagi<strong>ti</strong> parparicut <strong>ti</strong> salun-at agtaud manipudcadagi<strong>ti</strong> ug-ugali <strong>ti</strong> panagpili a mangipakita i<strong>ti</strong> di-panangicaso cadagi<strong>ti</strong> nalawag a pagilasinan i<strong>ti</strong>bagi” (The Gift Nobody Wants, 1993, p. 226).Impalawag ni Dr. Brand nga “i<strong>ti</strong> dackel a panagiinnuman i<strong>ti</strong> nailian a salun-at, inrugina <strong>ti</strong> listaandagi<strong>ti</strong> nacaro nga ug-ugali a mayugnay cadagi<strong>ti</strong> parparicut <strong>ti</strong> salun-at a nacaro <strong>ti</strong> panangsamayda i<strong>ti</strong>salun-at dagi<strong>ti</strong> Americano. Inramanda <strong>ti</strong> sakit <strong>ti</strong> puso ken alta presion a pinacaro <strong>ti</strong> dagensen, ulser<strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>an, dagi<strong>ti</strong> canser a nayugnay i<strong>ti</strong> macasabidong nga aglawlaw, AIDS, STD, emfesima ken canser<strong>ti</strong> bara a nagtaud i<strong>ti</strong> panagpayubyob, pannacadangran <strong>ti</strong> sicog gapu <strong>ti</strong> panaginum <strong>ti</strong> ina i<strong>ti</strong> arac kendruga, diabetes ken dadduma pay a sakit a mayugnay i<strong>ti</strong> [di-husto] pannangan, narungsot a crimen,11
acsidente i<strong>ti</strong> lugan gapu <strong>ti</strong> pannacabartec. Dagitoy dagi<strong>ti</strong> sacsakit a pacasecnan dagi<strong>ti</strong> agcacalaing i<strong>ti</strong>salun-at i<strong>ti</strong> Estados Unidos” (Brand and Yancey, pp. 226-227).Apitentayo Ti ImulatayoNalawag coma <strong>ti</strong> paggibusanna. Adu dagi<strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba <strong>ti</strong> bunga dagi<strong>ti</strong> biddut a panagpili.Mangidiaya <strong>ti</strong> Biblia i<strong>ti</strong> pangiwanwan no casano coma <strong>ti</strong> panagbiagtayo. Ngem nanipud pay idicada Adan ken Eva inulit-ulittayon nga inidiaan i<strong>ti</strong> pannursuro <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ket indas-altayo <strong>ti</strong> nacaadadunga ut-ot ken ladingit i<strong>ti</strong> bagitayo.Mangidatag <strong>ti</strong> Biblia i<strong>ti</strong> pammagbaga maipapan <strong>ti</strong> amin a paset <strong>ti</strong> biag. Adu cadagi<strong>ti</strong>principiona <strong>ti</strong> mangipalgac no casano <strong>ti</strong> pananga<strong>ti</strong>pa – ken no dadduma mangpabang-ar – i<strong>ti</strong>panagsagaba. (Nagurnongcami <strong>ti</strong> adu cadagitoy a pangiwanwan i<strong>ti</strong> libreta a napauloan CasanoTi Panagandar Ti Biag [Making Life Work] a mangipakita a nasaysayaat <strong>ti</strong> panagandar dagi<strong>ti</strong>bambanag no basta ipacattayo dagi<strong>ti</strong> principio nga ipalgac <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> Saona. Dawatenyo<strong>ti</strong> copiayo i<strong>ti</strong> oficinami a caasitgan cadacayo, wenno alaenyo manipud i<strong>ti</strong> Website <strong>ti</strong>www.gnmagazine.org).Saantayo a mabalin <strong>ti</strong> agbiag a siwawayawaya i<strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba aginggat’ makicaycay-satayoi<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ken cadagi<strong>ti</strong> bilbilinna. “Anacco, dimo liplipatan dagi<strong>ti</strong> linlintegco. Italimengmo ditapusom dagi<strong>ti</strong> bilbilinco; ta napaut ken narang-ay <strong>ti</strong> panagbiag <strong>ti</strong> itedto kenca <strong>ti</strong> pannursuroc”(Proverbio 3:1-2, nainayon <strong>ti</strong> panangigunamgunam).No tungpalentayo <strong>ti</strong> pannursuro <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> nailian a tucad, makitatayo <strong>ti</strong> dagus ken nadarasa panagbaba <strong>ti</strong> crimen, sacsakit, panaggiginnura dagi<strong>ti</strong> nasion, pannacagamer <strong>ti</strong> tangatang kendaga, disgracia, sakit <strong>ti</strong> panunot, naracrac a familia, nadadael a panagcacadua ken adu a sabsabalia bambanag a pagtaudan <strong>ti</strong> panagladingittayo. Saan a naranggas wenno macapadagsen <strong>ti</strong> linteg <strong>ti</strong><strong>Dios</strong>. Isut linteg <strong>ti</strong> wayawaya (San<strong>ti</strong>ago 1:25)) a mangpucaw i<strong>ti</strong> caaduan nga ut-ot ditoy lubongno sapasap coma <strong>ti</strong> pannacatungpalna.Casano Ti Itataud Ti Imbag I<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Panagsagaba</strong>Ni Sigmund Freud nagtrabaho cas mammagbaga i<strong>ti</strong> pannacaispal dagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao i<strong>ti</strong> saycolohicala parparicutda. Nupay casta sipupudno <strong>ti</strong> panangaclonna nga adda pagpa<strong>ti</strong>nggaan <strong>ti</strong> tulongna.Impudnona nga “inagasanna <strong>ti</strong> rigrigat dagi<strong>ti</strong> neuro<strong>ti</strong>co {agsakit <strong>ti</strong> panunotda) ngem inlucatnamet cadacuada dagi<strong>ti</strong> gagangay a rigat <strong>ti</strong> biag” (Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death, 1973, p.271). Husto ni Freud: Awan <strong>ti</strong> casta a banag a cas i<strong>ti</strong> biag nga awanan i<strong>ti</strong> riribuc.Idinto ta ditay maliclican amin a panagsagaba, italimengtayo i<strong>ti</strong> panunottayo a mabalinken masansan a macapartuattayo cadagi<strong>ti</strong> naimbag a pagbanagan. Nalaclaca nga ibturan <strong>ti</strong>panagsagaba ken ut-ot no mingmingantayo ida a cas carit ngem i<strong>ti</strong> panangpanunottayo cadacuadaa cas di-masbaalan a lunod.Nag<strong>ti</strong>nnawintawidan a doctrina <strong>ti</strong> Makinlaud a cultura, ket husto nga adda dadduma a ricricuta pagimbagan ta macatulongda a mangpatangken cadatayo nga agbalin a nasaysayaat a tao.Nupay casta, ni mannurat Richard Kyle ipalagipna cadatayo a caaduan <strong>ti</strong> Europa, Britania kenEstados Unidos simrecda i<strong>ti</strong> calpasan-<strong>ti</strong>-Cris<strong>ti</strong>ano a panawen a “<strong>ti</strong> Cris<strong>ti</strong>anidad saanen nga isu <strong>ti</strong>mangisalaysay cadagi<strong>ti</strong> cultural a pammateg” (The Last Days Are Here Again, 1998, p. 25).12
Ti calpasan-<strong>ti</strong>-Cris<strong>ti</strong>ano a casasaad-<strong>ti</strong>-nakem iwacsina <strong>ti</strong> tradisional a biblical apamingmingan a <strong>ti</strong> kinarigat ken ut-ot – nupay di-macaay-ayo ken di-cayat – macapagbalini<strong>ti</strong> imbag i<strong>ti</strong> camaudianan. Dagi<strong>ti</strong> panangyebcas a cas i<strong>ti</strong> “Babaen <strong>ti</strong> na<strong>ti</strong>bker a panagtacderyomagun-odyo <strong>ti</strong> biag” wenno “Gapu <strong>ti</strong> panagibturyo, maisalacanyonto dagi<strong>ti</strong> bagiyo” (Lucas 21:19) ken “Masapul nga aglasattayo i<strong>ti</strong> adu a rigat i<strong>ti</strong> iseserrectayo i<strong>ti</strong> Pagarian <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>” (Aramid14:22), nupay ta pudno, saanen a nalatac <strong>ti</strong> pannacaaclonda.Silalawag nga isursuro <strong>ti</strong> Biblia a dagi<strong>ti</strong> rigrigat macapatanurda cadagi<strong>ti</strong> bunga a pagimbagan.Numan pay ta ni Cristo isu <strong>ti</strong> Anac <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>, “nasursurona <strong>ti</strong> agtulnog babaen dagi<strong>ti</strong> sinagabana.Idi naaramid nga awan pagcuranganna, nagbalin a pacaisalacanan nga agnanayon dagi<strong>ti</strong> aminnga agtulnog Kencuana” (Hebreo 5:8-9). Uray <strong>ti</strong> pacasaritaan sekyular macaited cadagi<strong>ti</strong>pagtuladan a tattao ken nasnasion a, babaen cadagi<strong>ti</strong> pacapilitan a casasaad, naparmecda dagi<strong>ti</strong>nariricut a casasaad i<strong>ti</strong> pannacaragpatda i<strong>ti</strong> kinadackel ken kinalatac. No dadduma <strong>ti</strong> maysa anaganetget a tao macaited i<strong>ti</strong> rissic a casapulan dagi<strong>ti</strong> nasion i<strong>ti</strong> panagibturda cadagi<strong>ti</strong> carigatan a<strong>ti</strong>empo ken i<strong>ti</strong> pananggun-odda cadagi<strong>ti</strong> naindayawan a bambanag.Ti Primo Ministro Sibibileg A Nagpaay I<strong>ti</strong> PagiliannaNapaliiw ni Apo John Keegan a pudno daytoy ken ni Winston Churchill ken i<strong>ti</strong> Britania idiMaicadua a Gubat Sangalubongan. Idi 1940, i<strong>ti</strong> las-ud <strong>ti</strong> casipngetan nga al-aldaw <strong>ti</strong> riribuc,situtured a nangacay cadagi<strong>ti</strong> maparparmec a tattao. “I<strong>ti</strong> panagsasaruno dagi<strong>ti</strong> naisangsangayana panagbitlana, a nagun-unnoy cadagi<strong>ti</strong> tattaona a pakiredendat’ nakemda ken <strong>ti</strong> masarsarita akinadackelda, intugotna <strong>ti</strong> Britania kencuana.” Babaen cadagi<strong>ti</strong> nabibileg a sasaona, “indagadagna<strong>ti</strong> pagayatanna ken arapaapna cadagi<strong>ti</strong> cacailianna” (U.S. News & World Report, May 29, 2000).Napa<strong>ti</strong>bkerda babaen <strong>ti</strong> kinapinget <strong>ti</strong> Umuna a Ministroda, naanduran dagi<strong>ti</strong> Britonio <strong>ti</strong>panangbegbeg cadacuada dagi<strong>ti</strong> eroplano luffwaffe ni Hitler i<strong>ti</strong> Dangadang Ti Britania ketnagbalin <strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>empo <strong>ti</strong> pannacasuot ken dumdumteng a pannacaabac i<strong>ti</strong> panagballigi nga inawaganni Churchill a “caimbagan nga oras” i<strong>ti</strong> pagilianna.Insurat ni Keegan a dagi<strong>ti</strong> Britonio, nga addat’ babaen <strong>ti</strong> pannacaraut, “nameclanda apagulidanan no casano <strong>ti</strong> panagbiag i<strong>ti</strong> caimbagan nga oras. Kinalida dagi<strong>ti</strong> natay ken sibibiag anagaburan cadagi<strong>ti</strong> narnarba a pasdec, sinalacnibanda dagi<strong>ti</strong> applayada [ken] pinairutanda dagi<strong>ti</strong>barikesda” (ibid.).Napaliiw ni Will Durant a “<strong>ti</strong> carit a naisayangcat a sibaballaigi – inyaltasna <strong>ti</strong> ricna ken saad<strong>ti</strong> pagilian, ket pinagbalinna a macabael a mangisayangcat cadagi<strong>ti</strong> ad-adu pay a carcarit” (TheLessons of History, 1968, p. 91).Ipasimudaag dagi<strong>ti</strong> padpadas <strong>ti</strong> Britania <strong>ti</strong> pannacasapul <strong>ti</strong> panag<strong>ti</strong><strong>ti</strong>mpuyog kenpanag<strong>ti</strong><strong>ti</strong>nnulong bayat <strong>ti</strong> panagrigrigat. Ibaga ni Dr. Brand no casano <strong>ti</strong> panagsaganana i<strong>ti</strong>capalaloan <strong>ti</strong> rigat: “Ti casayaatan a banag a mabalinco nga aramiden i<strong>ti</strong> panagsaganac parai<strong>ti</strong> ut-ot isu <strong>ti</strong> pananglicmutco i<strong>ti</strong> bagic cadagi<strong>ti</strong> naayat a caarruba a makipagtacder i<strong>ti</strong> sibaycono agdissuor i<strong>ti</strong> didigra” (Brand and Yancey, p. 236). Nariparna a “saan[mo] a maibturan <strong>ti</strong>panagsagaba no awan <strong>ti</strong> mangisakit [kenca]” (p. 257).Ipalgac <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> nga itugot <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba <strong>ti</strong> natan-oc a panggep: Matulongannatayo adumackel i<strong>ti</strong> incabsatan nga ayat. “Ag<strong>ti</strong><strong>ti</strong>nnulongcayo i<strong>ti</strong> pacadagsenan <strong>ti</strong> tunggal maysa tapnomatungpalyo <strong>ti</strong> linteg ni Cristo” (Galacia 6:2).13
No <strong>ti</strong> panangicasotayo agayus a maiturong cadagi<strong>ti</strong> sabsabali, <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba, a di-cayatken naut-ot, mabalin a pammadas a macaited i<strong>ti</strong> pagimbagan. Masursurotayo i<strong>ti</strong> kinaagpayso a“No madusatayo, ipagaruptayon i<strong>ti</strong> dayta a canito a saan a pagragsacan, no di ket pagladingitan.Ngem i<strong>ti</strong> camaudiananna, awaten dagi<strong>ti</strong> nairuam i<strong>ti</strong> casta a pannacadisiplina <strong>ti</strong> natalna agunggona <strong>ti</strong> nalinteg a biag” (Hebreo 12:11).Ti Panangsango Cadagi<strong>ti</strong> PacaricutanTi pamma<strong>ti</strong> a <strong>ti</strong> panagrigat macaibunga <strong>ti</strong> adu a pagimbagan nganngani nagpucawen i<strong>ti</strong>Makinlaud a cultura. Caaduan a nasucatanen i<strong>ti</strong> capanunotan a <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba wenno aniaman adi-macaay-ayo saan a naincalintegan ket masapul a liclican i<strong>ti</strong> aniaman a pamay-an.Nalabit daytoy a capanunotan impatawid cadatayo <strong>ti</strong> panagbiag i<strong>ti</strong> nadaras-pannacatarimaana-gimonga mangisuro a carbengantayo i<strong>ti</strong> maaddaan i<strong>ti</strong> pildora i<strong>ti</strong> tunggal an-annayen kennadaras a pangiwacnit i<strong>ti</strong> tunggal paricut. Paset met daytoy i<strong>ti</strong> mentalidad-bic<strong>ti</strong>ma – <strong>ti</strong> panagmadia mangibaclay i<strong>ti</strong> pagannungan para i<strong>ti</strong> bucod a pannignay wenno casasaad – a macapacapsut i<strong>ti</strong>gimong a sumuco i<strong>ti</strong> dayta. Ti gimong a mangbigbig a no dadduma saan a naincalintegan <strong>ti</strong> biagken nasinnunuo a saan a nalaca – ken situtured a mangsaranget i<strong>ti</strong> carit ad-adda a napigsa.I<strong>ti</strong> cabaroan a pamingmingan, nacaam-ames i<strong>ti</strong> ut-ot, maysa a cabusor a masapul a liclican.Mamatmatantayo a casta, wenno mamatmatantayo a cas pammallaag a masapul a baliwan<strong>ti</strong> cababalintayo. No saantayo a maliclican, nalabit maaclontayo <strong>ti</strong> caritna ket agbalintayo anapigpigsa, nasaysayaat a tao.No dadduma bassit <strong>ti</strong> cabaelantayo no di laeng ibturan <strong>ti</strong> pannacasuot ket palubosantayoa paraniagenna <strong>ti</strong> cababalintayo. Ni mammagbaga Norman Wright insuratna a “<strong>ti</strong> rigat saan acanayon a dakes. Mapagbalin a pangbaw-ing i<strong>ti</strong> biag a sumayaat... Icuycuyogna <strong>ti</strong> gundaway <strong>ti</strong>panagdackel ken panagbalbaliw” (How To Have a Crea<strong>ti</strong>ve Crisis, 1986, p. 15).Ipalagip <strong>ti</strong> Biblia cadatayo a cadagi<strong>ti</strong> pannuot masapul nga ilabes <strong>ti</strong> panagkitatayo i<strong>ti</strong> agdamaket ipamaysa <strong>ti</strong> panagkitatayo cadagi<strong>ti</strong> mabalin a pagimbagan: “Tapno naan-anaycayo ket awanpacapilawan ken pagcuranganyo, masapul nga agtalinaedcayo i<strong>ti</strong> kinaanusyo nga agibtur”(San<strong>ti</strong>ago 1:4).Diyo <strong>Ipalubos</strong> A Talipuposendacayo Dagi<strong>ti</strong> PannuotSaanmi a sasaoen nga agsagaba <strong>ti</strong> maysa [a tao] no maliclicanna. Ngem, no ditay maliclican,masapul a sursuroentayo no casano <strong>ti</strong> panangtengngel i<strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba ken, no masapul,aclonentayo. No ditay sursuroen nga aramiden daytoy, mabalin nga agtungpal dagi<strong>ti</strong> pannuottayocadagi<strong>ti</strong> daddadackel a paricut no agaramidtayo cadagi<strong>ti</strong> panagpili a macabalbaliw-biag casbunga <strong>ti</strong> sicur a pinartuat dagi<strong>ti</strong> pannuot.Cas insurat ni Dr. Mar<strong>ti</strong>n, “Ti dagensen ken panagsensennaay...macaa<strong>ti</strong>pa i<strong>ti</strong> pannaturog ketad-adda a pagduyosendatayo nga agpayubyob, agbartec, mangan i<strong>ti</strong> nalabes cadagi<strong>ti</strong> di-umisu acanen, malipatantay <strong>ti</strong> agagas, mabaybay-antay <strong>ti</strong> mangwatwat, aginum cadagi<strong>ti</strong> druga, agderrepcadagi<strong>ti</strong> napeggad a cababalin secsual, agpataray i<strong>ti</strong> nacarpardas a di-agusar i<strong>ti</strong> barikes-tugaw,madisgracia wenno agpacamatay” (The Healing Mind, 1998, p. 55).Ti nangato a bilang dagi<strong>ti</strong> agpacamatay cadagi<strong>ti</strong> adu a nasion iladawanna <strong>ti</strong> awan-bael dagi<strong>ti</strong>tattao a mangaclon i<strong>ti</strong> kinaricut <strong>ti</strong> biag.14
Ti Mensahe I<strong>ti</strong> Naimbag A DamagIbaga <strong>ti</strong> Biblia cadatayo nga ipalubos <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba tapno agpaay i<strong>ti</strong> nadiosan apanggep. Ammo dagi<strong>ti</strong> Cris<strong>ti</strong>ano a <strong>ti</strong> Mangisalacan cadacuada, ni Jesu Cristo, nagsagaba ken nataypara cadacuada ket i<strong>ti</strong> casta masapul a surotenda <strong>ti</strong> tugotna, a pacairamanan <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba (1 Pedro2:21). Inibturan ni Jesus i<strong>ti</strong> rigat ken ipapatay tapno pacawanennatayo <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> cadagi<strong>ti</strong> basbasoltayoken iccannatayo i<strong>ti</strong> agnanayon a biag, ket makipagturaytayto ken ni Cristo (Pal<strong>ti</strong>ing 5:10). Tipannacaammotayo i<strong>ti</strong> daytoy <strong>ti</strong> mangpabael cadatayo a mangsaranget cadagi<strong>ti</strong> rigrigat <strong>ti</strong> biag.“No macaibturtayo,” ipalagip ni Pablo cadatayo, “makipagturaytayto met Kencuana.No cunatayo a saantayo nga am-ammo, cunananto met a dinatay am-ammo” (2 Timoteo 2:12). Agsublinto ni Cristo ditoy daga nga agturay – ket i<strong>ti</strong> camaudiananna pagpa<strong>ti</strong>nggaenna <strong>ti</strong>panagleddaang ken panagsagaba.Ti mensahe ni Jesus maysa a capunganayan a naimbag a damag a naipamaysa i<strong>ti</strong> Pagarian <strong>ti</strong><strong>Dios</strong> (Marcos 1:14-15) nga ipasdecto ni Cristo inton agsubli. Isaadnanto <strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>empo <strong>ti</strong> sangalubongana cappia ken ragsac. Impadto ni Isaias i<strong>ti</strong> cappia ken rag-o i<strong>ti</strong> dayta dumteng a Pagarian: “Awanto<strong>ti</strong> macadangran wenno dakes idiay Sion a nasantoan a bantay <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>. Agsacnapto i<strong>ti</strong> daga <strong>ti</strong>pannacaammo i<strong>ti</strong> APO, cas i<strong>ti</strong> panagsacnap <strong>ti</strong> danum i<strong>ti</strong> baybay” (Isaias 11:9).No maisublinto i<strong>ti</strong> sangcataoan <strong>ti</strong> pannacaammona i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>, agsardengton <strong>ti</strong> ut-ot nga imbunga <strong>ti</strong>panangsursurottayo i<strong>ti</strong> diablo imbes ta i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>. (Para i<strong>ti</strong> ad-adu a pacaibinsaan daytoy, kiddawenyo<strong>ti</strong> libreta Ti Naimbag a Damag I<strong>ti</strong> Pagarian). Masaracanton <strong>ti</strong> lubong <strong>ti</strong> agnanayon a cappia.Ti Naisangsangayan A MasacbayanAy-ayaban <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ita <strong>ti</strong> sumagmamano laeng, no ar-arigen <strong>ti</strong> agsao, manipud cadagi<strong>ti</strong>reprep [a tattao] nga agbalin a paset <strong>ti</strong> Iglesiana. Ibilangna ida cas umuna-a-bunga <strong>ti</strong> espiritualnga apitna (San<strong>ti</strong>ago 1:18) – napilida, no agtalinaedda a napudno, a makipagturay ken Cristoi<strong>ti</strong> Pagarianna, ngem saanna nga ayaban <strong>ti</strong> tunggal maysa itan (Roma 11:7-8, 25-26). “Awan<strong>ti</strong> macaumay Caniac no saan a guyugoyen <strong>ti</strong> Ama a nangibaon Caniac; ket pagungarecto intonmaudi nga aldaw” (Juan 6:44). Idi insawang ni Jesus a pagungarennanto <strong>ti</strong> cucuana i<strong>ti</strong> maudinga aldaw, sasaoenna maipapan <strong>ti</strong> maicadua a yaayna. Idiaya ni Pablo dagitoy mainayon apannacaibinsa: “Addanto maipuccaw a bilin; ag<strong>ti</strong>mecto <strong>ti</strong> pangulo dagi<strong>ti</strong> angheles; aguninto <strong>ti</strong>trumpeta <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>, ket <strong>ti</strong> APO a Mismo bumabanto manipud langit. Umunanto nga agungar dagi<strong>ti</strong>natay a nagtalinaed i<strong>ti</strong> pamma<strong>ti</strong> ken Cristo. Calpsanna, datayo a sibibiag i<strong>ti</strong> dayta a <strong>ti</strong>empo,maurnongtayto a maicuyog cadacuada i<strong>ti</strong> ayan dagi<strong>ti</strong> ul-ulep tapno sabtentayo <strong>ti</strong> Apo idiaytangatang. I<strong>ti</strong> casta, canayonton nga addatayo i<strong>ti</strong> denna <strong>ti</strong> Apo. Aglilinniwanliwacayo ngarudbabaen dagitoy a sao” (1 Tesalonica 4:16-18).No maawatan ken aclonentayo <strong>ti</strong> plano <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> pannacaisalacan, masaracantayo <strong>ti</strong> dackela liwliwa i<strong>ti</strong> daytoy a kinapudno. Inton umay ni Jesus, dagi<strong>ti</strong>nto nagbabawi ken nangaclonKencuana cas Mangisalacan cadacuada ken insucoda <strong>ti</strong> biagda i<strong>ti</strong> naayat a panagtulnogmacasaracdanto i<strong>ti</strong> liwliwa. Awanton <strong>ti</strong> panagsagabada. Itdento cadacuada <strong>ti</strong> agnanayon a biag i<strong>ti</strong>baro a bagi – espiritu a bagi – a saanton a macaammo i<strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba (1 Corinto 15:35-54).Addanto banag a maammoantayo a maawatantayo laeng bassit bayat <strong>ti</strong> panagbiagtayoi<strong>ti</strong> lasag [cas tao], nga “i<strong>ti</strong> sagabaentayo i<strong>ti</strong> daytoy agdama a biag saan a maipada i<strong>ti</strong> gloria amaiparangarangto cadatayo” (Roma 8:18).15
Dagi<strong>ti</strong> macaawat i<strong>ti</strong> dackel a panggep ken panangayab <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> masaracanda pay laeng a <strong>ti</strong>biag sumagpaminsan nasaem (versiculo 23), ngem maawatanda no sapay. Padpadaananda <strong>ti</strong><strong>ti</strong>empo inton ited <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> cadacuada i<strong>ti</strong> agnanayon a biag ken pagbalinenna ida a makipagturayken ni Cristo i<strong>ti</strong> Pagarian <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>. Pakiredennatayo ni Pablo nga “aglilinniwanliwacayo ngarudbabaen dagitoy a sao” (1 Tesalonica 4:18).Dagi<strong>ti</strong> Nasaem A LecsionNapaliiw ni Pablo a dagi<strong>ti</strong> Cris<strong>ti</strong>ano, cas ken Cristo, masapul nga agsagabada: “Ta naitedcadacayo <strong>ti</strong> gundaway nga agserbi ken Cristo, saan laeng a babaen <strong>ti</strong> panama<strong>ti</strong>yo Kencuana, nodi pay ket i<strong>ti</strong> panagsagabayo gapu Kencuana” (Filipos 1:29).Ipalagip ni Pedro cadagi<strong>ti</strong> Cris<strong>ti</strong>ano a namnamaenda coma <strong>ti</strong> agsagaba gapu ta maaramat <strong>ti</strong><strong>Dios</strong> <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba a mangtulong i<strong>ti</strong> pannacapalibnustayo i<strong>ti</strong> panagbiddut. “Gapu ta nagsagabani Cristo i<strong>ti</strong> bagi, sisasaganacayo coma nga agsagaba a cas Kencuana, agsipud ta <strong>ti</strong> siasinomannga agsagaba i<strong>ti</strong> bagi saanen nga agbasol” (1 Pedro 4:1-2).Cas inlawlawag ni Cristo, manamnama dagi<strong>ti</strong> pasurotna <strong>ti</strong> panagsagabada. Ngem <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>ipalubosna no dadduma <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba gapu ta <strong>ti</strong> saem isuronatayo nga idiantayo <strong>ti</strong> basol uraypay cadagi<strong>ti</strong> caricutan a casasaad.No ipalubos <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> <strong>ti</strong> panagsagabatayo gapu cadagi<strong>ti</strong> biddut a pilitayo, kinapudnona,<strong>ti</strong>g<strong>ti</strong>gnayenna <strong>ti</strong> kinamanangngaasina. <strong>Sapay</strong>? Gapu ta i<strong>ti</strong> pagbanagan <strong>ti</strong> panangitultuloy i<strong>ti</strong>panagbasoltayo no ammotayo i<strong>ti</strong> nasaysayaat (no ditay agbabawi) isu <strong>ti</strong> agnanayon a patay.“Nayaw-awanac sacbay a dinusanac,” kinuna <strong>ti</strong> nagsurat i<strong>ti</strong> Salmo 119, “Ngem ita,tungpalecon <strong>ti</strong> saom” (versiculo 67). Ipalagipna cadatayo a <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba isut mangipalagipcadagi<strong>ti</strong> pagbanagan <strong>ti</strong> basol, a <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba macapataud cadagi<strong>ti</strong> manayon a gin-awa a nalabitditay mapanunot bayat <strong>ti</strong> panangasicasotayo i<strong>ti</strong> pisical ken emosional nga ut-ottayo.Ti Nasken A Panggep I<strong>ti</strong> Ut-otNi Dr. Brand nagtrabaho i<strong>ti</strong> adu a tawen a nangag-agas cadagi<strong>ti</strong> agcucutel idiay India kenAmerica. Cabayatan <strong>ti</strong> panagtrabahona nacagteng i<strong>ti</strong> nacascasdaaw a pangngeddeng maipapan i<strong>ti</strong>patolohia <strong>ti</strong> cucutel.Sagsagabaen dagi<strong>ti</strong> agcucutel i<strong>ti</strong> lunod a dagi<strong>ti</strong> ramramay <strong>ti</strong> ima ken saca ken uray dagi<strong>ti</strong>agong ken lapayagda – agrupsa ken agrunotda, ngem awan <strong>ti</strong> macaammo no sapay.Sacbay <strong>ti</strong> panagsukimat ni Dr. Brand, impagarup dagi<strong>ti</strong> mangngagas a nailunod dagi<strong>ti</strong>agcucutel i<strong>ti</strong> “dakes a lasag.” Ti naisangayan a nataccuatan ni Dr. Brand nagdas-al i<strong>ti</strong> problemai<strong>ti</strong> leprosy bacilli, a mangraut cadagi<strong>ti</strong> ur-urat <strong>ti</strong> bagi, pag<strong>ti</strong>gnayenna <strong>ti</strong> pamay-an nga agturongi<strong>ti</strong> pannacatay dagi<strong>ti</strong> urat. No mapasamac daytoy, <strong>ti</strong> masakit a masugat uray bassit laeng – urayno gumriad laeng – saanna a maricna <strong>ti</strong> sakit <strong>ti</strong> nasugat a disso. Nagbanag nga itultuloynanga usaren <strong>ti</strong> nadadael a paset <strong>ti</strong> bagi. Daytoy maulit-ulit a pannacausar pacaroenna <strong>ti</strong> sugat.Pagangayanna napalalonto unayen <strong>ti</strong> pannacadadael <strong>ti</strong> lasag ket matay, agrupsa ken ma<strong>ti</strong>nnag.Rinugian ni Dr. Brand nga inagasan dagi<strong>ti</strong> sugat <strong>ti</strong> agcucutel i<strong>ti</strong> panangsalacnibna cadacuada,no dadduma cementoenna (plaster cast) pay ida. Masansan nga umimbag dagi<strong>ti</strong> sugat ket awanen16
<strong>ti</strong> mainayon a pannacadadaelda. Ti nasalacniban a lasag agbalin manen a nasayaat, numan paysaanen a macaricna <strong>ti</strong> nasecnan a paset <strong>ti</strong> bagi gapu ta agnanayon <strong>ti</strong> pannacadadael <strong>ti</strong> uratna.Inkeddeng ni Dr. Brand a <strong>ti</strong> ut-ot maysa a sagut nga aggapu i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> a mangballaag cadatayonga adda banag a nagbalin a dakes wenno nagbiddut. Ti pangngeddeng daytoy mangngagasmaipaay met cadagi<strong>ti</strong> dadduma a sacsakit, saan laeng a cucutel. No madangranantayo,pag<strong>ti</strong>gnayantayo coma a dagus dagi<strong>ti</strong> pagilasinan <strong>ti</strong> bagi ket agpaagastayo tapno mabangarantayoi<strong>ti</strong> ut-ot ken pananacapucaw <strong>ti</strong> casisigud a nagtaudanna.“Awan a pulos <strong>ti</strong> capanunotac no casano <strong>ti</strong> pannacaiwayang <strong>ti</strong> bagi no awan <strong>ti</strong> sistemat’pammallaagna,” inggibus ni Dr. Brand (Brand and Yancey, p. 121).Dagi<strong>ti</strong> Lecsion Espiritual A Patauden I<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Panagsagaba</strong>Macaalatayo i<strong>ti</strong> mayannatop a pagarigan i<strong>ti</strong> nataccuatan ni Dr. Brand. Adda dadduma apanagsagaba a bunga dagi<strong>ti</strong> basbasol wenno kinamaagtayo. No dadduma <strong>ti</strong> pagbanaganna isu <strong>ti</strong>dagdagus a mangpa<strong>ti</strong>gnay cadagi<strong>ti</strong> nasaem a pataudenna i<strong>ti</strong> bagitayo. No dadduma ipalubos <strong>ti</strong><strong>Dios</strong> <strong>ti</strong> casta a pannacaalusais – ken panagsagaba – tapno icasotayo no ania <strong>ti</strong> ar-aramidentayoket allucoyennatayo a mangbaliw i<strong>ti</strong> ugali, cadawyan wenno pangngeddengtayo.Caaduan a saem <strong>ti</strong> panunot ken bagi isut bunga <strong>ti</strong> panaglabsing cadagi<strong>ti</strong> bilbilin <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>,ammotayo man wenno saan. Cas imbaga <strong>ti</strong> maysa a saycayatrista, “Gudua dagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao nga addasacsakiten <strong>ti</strong> bagida, nga agturong cadagi<strong>ti</strong> pagpaagasan, i<strong>ti</strong> napaypayso, cuncunada, ‘Masakit <strong>ti</strong>biagco.’” (ibid., p. 251).No dadduma agbasoltayo ngem saantayo a masactan a dagus. Itden <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong>panangicasotayo i<strong>ti</strong> basol babaen <strong>ti</strong> panangipalubosna nga agsagabatayo i<strong>ti</strong> nasaem apannacasuot. “Agsipud ta babalawen <strong>ti</strong> Apo <strong>ti</strong> ayatenna, ket saplitenna <strong>ti</strong> amin nga awatenna acas anac” (Hebreo 12: 6). Naglaon <strong>ti</strong> Nasantoan a Surat cadagi<strong>ti</strong> adu a pagarigan dagi<strong>ti</strong> lallakiken babbai a dagi<strong>ti</strong> bibiagda nangipasimudaag i<strong>ti</strong> daytoy a principio.I<strong>ti</strong> panangipalubosna i<strong>ti</strong> macapasakit a mangiparangarang cadatayo cadagi<strong>ti</strong> nagbiddutan kengettang <strong>ti</strong> cababalintayo, <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> saan a naisupadi i<strong>ti</strong> siasinoman a managayat a naganac. Dagi<strong>ti</strong>amma ken inna a mangay-ayat cadagi<strong>ti</strong> annacda igaeddat’ <strong>ti</strong>empo ken bannogda a mangisuro kenmangipatungpal cadagi<strong>ti</strong> lecsion para i<strong>ti</strong> pagsayaatanda. Casta met <strong>ti</strong> aramiden <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> gapu tacayatnatayo a macasursuro (Hebreo 12:5-11).No dadduma ipalubos <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> panagsagabatayo tapno masursurotayo i<strong>ti</strong> nalinteg amaisupadi i<strong>ti</strong> nakillo, tapno maammoantayo nga agpannuraytayo Kencuana ken <strong>ti</strong> pannursurona.Saantay coma ngarud a masdaawan no <strong>ti</strong> biag, uray para i<strong>ti</strong> Cris<strong>ti</strong>ano, iramanna dagi<strong>ti</strong> dagensenken pannuot (1 Pedro 4:12-13).Cadagi<strong>ti</strong> sabali a casasaad mabalin a dumteng <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba saan a bunga <strong>ti</strong> mismo a basol,no di ket makita <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> a masapul a gugoran ken papigsaen i<strong>ti</strong> maysa a paset <strong>ti</strong> cababalintayo.Cas i<strong>ti</strong> panagcapsut <strong>ti</strong> lasag no saan a maaramat, casta met <strong>ti</strong> panagcapsut <strong>ti</strong> pamma<strong>ti</strong> kencababalin no saan a rumbeng <strong>ti</strong> pannacawatwatda.Insurat ni Pedro i<strong>ti</strong> pateg dagi<strong>ti</strong> pannuot idi inlawlawagna: “Agrag-ocayo i<strong>ti</strong> daytoy, nupaymasapul nga aglidaycayo ita i<strong>ti</strong> apagbiit gapu cadagi<strong>ti</strong> nadumaduma a sagabaenyo. Nairanta dagitoy apangpanecnec i<strong>ti</strong> kinapudno <strong>ti</strong> pamma<strong>ti</strong>yo. Uray pay <strong>ti</strong> balitoc a madadael, magugoran i<strong>ti</strong> apuy; ket <strong>ti</strong>17
pamma<strong>ti</strong>yo a napatpateg ngem balitoc, masapul met a masuot tapno macaibtur. I<strong>ti</strong> casta, awatenyonto<strong>ti</strong> pannacaidayaw, dayag ken tan-oc inton maiparangarang ni Jesu Cristo” (1 Pedro 1:6-7).Sursuroen Ti Agpannuray I<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>Ammoentayo coma a nupay ta ipalubos <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> dagi<strong>ti</strong> pannacasuottayo, saan a dinatayasicasoen no dumtengda. Ti <strong>Dios</strong> maysa nga Ama. Ad-adda pay ngem <strong>ti</strong> agay-ayat a nataoan ngaama, awan <strong>ti</strong> rag-ona a macakita nga agsagaba i<strong>ti</strong> saem dagi<strong>ti</strong> annacna. Casano <strong>ti</strong> panagricnanacadatayo cadagita casta a <strong>ti</strong>empo? “Itaclinyo Kencuana dagi<strong>ti</strong> amin a pacaringgoranyo agsipud taipatpategnacayo” (1 Pedro 5:7). Dagitoy a sasao ipacaammoda cadatayo a no dadduma masapulnga agpannuraytayo a nameclan i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> para i<strong>ti</strong> pigsatayo nga agibtur.No madangranantayo, cayatna nga umasidegtayo Kencuana. Icarcarina a tulongannatayo noaramidentay i<strong>ti</strong> casta. Insurat ni Pablo a liwliwaen <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> dagi<strong>ti</strong> malmalday (2 Corinto 7:6), ngemmasapul a dawatentayo Kencuana i<strong>ti</strong> casta a tulong. Icarcarina a dina ipalubos i<strong>ti</strong> pannacasuottayo i<strong>ti</strong>nalablabes ngem <strong>ti</strong> maandurantayo ket iccannatayo i<strong>ti</strong> pannacabang-ar wenno i<strong>ti</strong> pigsa a masapultayonga agibtur (1 Corinto 10:13). Masapul a pagtalcantayo <strong>ti</strong> Sao <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ket umasidegtayo Kencuanapara i<strong>ti</strong> daytoy a cari, nangruna no maricnatayo nga awan a pulosen i<strong>ti</strong> gawaytayo.Masapul nga ammoentayo a masansan a salacniban <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> dagi<strong>ti</strong> cumamang Kencuana.“Ti APO <strong>ti</strong> mangidalan i<strong>ti</strong> tao i<strong>ti</strong> rumbeng a pagnaanna, ket salacnibanna dagi<strong>ti</strong> macaay-ayoKencuana. Uray no mai<strong>ti</strong>bcol, dinto matuang, ta tengtenglen <strong>ti</strong> APO <strong>ti</strong> imana” (Salmo 37:23-24).Basaenyo <strong>ti</strong> entero a Salmo 91 nga adda daytoy i<strong>ti</strong> panunotyo. Kiddawentayo coma i<strong>ti</strong><strong>Dios</strong> a salacnibannatayo ken dagi<strong>ti</strong> ingungotentayo. Ipangagna dagi<strong>ti</strong> cararag dagi<strong>ti</strong> nalinteg(San<strong>ti</strong>ago 5:16; 1 Pedro 3:12), ken talaga a salacnibanna ken bendisionanna dagi<strong>ti</strong> tattaona.Nupay casta, awan i<strong>ti</strong> mailacsid cadagi<strong>ti</strong> pagayatan <strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>empo ken mairanrana a bambanag.No dakes <strong>ti</strong> isasamay dagita cadatayo, dawatentayo coma Kencuana a salluadannatayo i<strong>ti</strong>panagsagaba a nalablabes ngem i<strong>ti</strong> cabaelantayo nga ibturan ken iccannatayo i<strong>ti</strong> bileg a masapuli<strong>ti</strong> panagibturtayo.Ti <strong>Dios</strong> Agtalinaed A MangtengtengngelIpakita dagi<strong>ti</strong> panagadal a <strong>ti</strong> bael <strong>ti</strong> tao nga agibtur i<strong>ti</strong> ut-ot matulongan babaen <strong>ti</strong>panangtengngel. Masapul nga aramidentayo amin a cabaelantayo a mangep-ep, manarawidwidken mangtengngel i<strong>ti</strong> panagsagabatayo. Ket maammoantayonto a saantayo nga adipen <strong>ti</strong>pagayatan <strong>ti</strong> ut-o, ket mapilitayo <strong>ti</strong> agtalinaed a mangtengngel cadagi<strong>ti</strong> cababalintayo ken <strong>ti</strong>pannignaytayo i<strong>ti</strong> ut-o.Cas tagabunatayo <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> masapul a sursuroentayo nga i<strong>ti</strong> camaudianan <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> <strong>ti</strong>agtengtengel, ken mangngaasi. Siaayat ken sibabael a mangisalacan cadatayo. Silulucat dagi<strong>ti</strong>lapayagna a dumngeg cadagi<strong>ti</strong> cararagtayo (1 Pedro 3:12).Ngem inanamaenna nga agsadagtayo i<strong>ti</strong> pangngeddengna ken panniempona ket sitatali-pupos<strong>ti</strong> panagtalectayo Kencuana.Biag A Siwayawaya I<strong>ti</strong> Ut-ot?Cabayatanna, nalabit ma<strong>ti</strong>liwtayo i<strong>ti</strong> sirib <strong>ti</strong> sao ni San<strong>ti</strong>ago: “Cacabsatco, ibilangyoa ragsac no aglac-amcayo i<strong>ti</strong> amin a kita <strong>ti</strong> rigat agasipud ta ammoyo a <strong>ti</strong> pannacasuot <strong>ti</strong>18
pamma<strong>ti</strong>yo, pataudenna <strong>ti</strong> anusyo nga agibtur. Tapno naan-anaycayo ket awan pacapilawan kenpagcuranganyo, masapul nga agtalinaedcayo i<strong>ti</strong> kinaanusyo nga agibtur (San<strong>ti</strong>ago 1:2-4).Dagi<strong>ti</strong> sasao ni San<strong>ti</strong>ago casla saan a napaypayso cadagi<strong>ti</strong> agnanaed i<strong>ti</strong> Makinlaud a lubongagsipud ta adu dagi<strong>ti</strong> agbibiag i<strong>ti</strong> panagar-arapaap a cabaelanda a pucawen i<strong>ti</strong> ut-ot. Nagtaengni San<strong>ti</strong>ago i<strong>ti</strong> gimong a cancanayon dagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao a mangsarsaranget i<strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba. Ad-adda anairuamdan cadagi<strong>ti</strong> pagimbagan nga ited <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba ngem datayo.Ti biag a nawayawayaan i<strong>ti</strong> ut-o saan a mabalin. Masapul a sangoentayo <strong>ti</strong> kinapudno amasursuroannatayo <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> cadagi<strong>ti</strong> napateg a lecsion babaen <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba. Saan a cayat asaoen daytoy a <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba macaay-ayo. Uray pay no ibilangtayo <strong>ti</strong> pannacaadda a nasapsapai<strong>ti</strong> ut-ut ket macasagana <strong>ti</strong> nakemtayo para i<strong>ti</strong> dayta, no dumtengen mapadasantayo i<strong>ti</strong> naranggasa panagriing. Ti ut-ot dalapusenna <strong>ti</strong> biagtayo i<strong>ti</strong> macabagsol a kinaagpayso. Isu <strong>ti</strong> di-cayat,macarimon a cabusor wenno casla casta.Ngem dagi<strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba ken pannacasuot mabalin a macatulongda, i<strong>ti</strong> espiritual apanagricna, i<strong>ti</strong> pannacaisaganatayo para i<strong>ti</strong> panggep <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ken i<strong>ti</strong> Pagarianna. No dadduma <strong>ti</strong>pannakipaymaymaysatayo i<strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba ad-adda a mapagteng calpasan <strong>ti</strong> kinaagpaysona –calpasan nga inibturantayon ken naawatantayon <strong>ti</strong> espiritual a kinatangken a partuatenna cadatayo.Ti laeng cangatoan a pacaisalacanan i<strong>ti</strong> ut-ot ken kinaricut aggapu i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>, i<strong>ti</strong> panagcararagken panagtalec Kencuana. Apaman a sacbay <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba ni Jesus i<strong>ti</strong> rigat <strong>ti</strong> pannacailansanai<strong>ti</strong> crus, nagcararag: “Ama, no mabalin, ilisinac i<strong>ti</strong> daytoy a copa <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba. Nupay casta,saan a <strong>ti</strong> pagayatac <strong>ti</strong> maaramid no di ket <strong>ti</strong> pagayatam” (Mateo 26:39).Ipalagip ni Pedro a laglagipentayo dagi<strong>ti</strong> pagimbagan i<strong>ti</strong> panangsango cadagi<strong>ti</strong> cabusortayo:“Ti <strong>Dios</strong> <strong>ti</strong> amin a parabur a nangayab cadacayo a makiranud i<strong>ti</strong> agnanayon a dayagna babaen<strong>ti</strong> pannakipagmaymaysayo ken Cristo, pa<strong>ti</strong>bkeren, papigsaen ken ipasdecnacayto i<strong>ti</strong> nalagda afondasion” (1 Pedro 5:10).Ipamaysa <strong>Nga</strong> Iturong Ti Pamingmingatayo I<strong>ti</strong> MasacbayanNo maammoantayo dagi<strong>ti</strong> pagimbagan a cacuycuyog <strong>ti</strong> panagsagabatayo, nasaysayaat <strong>ti</strong>panagibturtayo. Ni Victor Frankl, maysa a saycoterapista a nacalasat i<strong>ti</strong> campot’pagpatayan idiayAuschwitz idi Maicadua a Gubat Sangalubongan, natacuatanna <strong>ti</strong> kinapangruna <strong>ti</strong> panangbiroc i<strong>ti</strong>caipapanan <strong>ti</strong> biag, nangruna i<strong>ti</strong> cadacsan a casasaad. Napaliiwna a dagi<strong>ti</strong> balud a macaipamaysai<strong>ti</strong> pamingminganda i<strong>ti</strong> calat ad-adu <strong>ti</strong> gundawayda a macalasat.Nupay ta masaracantayo a naricut a panangtengngel cadagi<strong>ti</strong> espiritual a pagimbagan <strong>ti</strong>panagsagaba, i<strong>ti</strong> camaudianan cabaelantayonto a maawatan ida nga entero inton maawattayo <strong>ti</strong>agnanayon a biag i<strong>ti</strong> Pagarian <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> (2 Pedro 1:11).I<strong>ti</strong> daydiay a Pagarian dinto matucod <strong>ti</strong> kinawadwad <strong>ti</strong> magun-odtayo ngem <strong>ti</strong> napucawtayobabaen <strong>ti</strong> panagsagabatayo ditoy a biag. Cas ipalawag ni Pablo, “Ibilangco a <strong>ti</strong> sagabaentayoi<strong>ti</strong> daytoy agdama a biag saan a maipada i<strong>ti</strong> gloria a maiparangarangto cadatayo” (Roma 8:18).Ipalagipna cadatayo a “makipagtrabaho <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> pagimbagan dagi<strong>ti</strong> agayat Kencuana, cadagi<strong>ti</strong>inayabanna cas mayannurot i<strong>ti</strong> panggepna” (versiculo 28). Pinal<strong>ti</strong>ingan <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ni Pablo ngaisuratna daytoy; ket masapul a pa<strong>ti</strong>entayo!19
Macatulong <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba i<strong>ti</strong> panangtungpaltayo i<strong>ti</strong> panagbalintayo cas annac <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> (1 Juan 3:1). Babaen <strong>ti</strong> tulong <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>, mapataud dayta i<strong>ti</strong> imbag. Maysa a mannaniw <strong>ti</strong> nangidaniw i<strong>ti</strong> castoy:“Saggaysacayo a naiccan i<strong>ti</strong> sangasupot a casangcapan,Maysa nga awan-itsurana a bato ken librot’ pagannurotan;Tunggal maysa mangaramid sacbay a tumayab <strong>ti</strong> biag,I<strong>ti</strong> pacai<strong>ti</strong>bcolan a bato wenno bato a pagbatayan.”Dayta pagbatayan-a-bato isut’ dalan nga agturong i<strong>ti</strong> Pagarian <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>.Panagsagana Para I<strong>ti</strong> PanagtawidIbaga ni Pablo cadatayo a, <strong>ti</strong> mainayon i<strong>ti</strong> panagbalintayo nga annac <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>, datayo dagi<strong>ti</strong>“paratawid <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ken makipagtawid ken Cristo” (Roma 8:16-17). No agtawidtayo, adda ngarudtawidentayo. Ti Biblia ipalgacna <strong>ti</strong> tawidentayo saan a <strong>ti</strong> masacbayan nga awan ar-aramidentayoken panagpallailangtayo no di ket maysa a naindaclan a pagrebbengan.Ti Nasantoan a Surat ipalgacna a, <strong>ti</strong> agpayso, tawidentayo <strong>ti</strong> sanicua ken negosyo <strong>ti</strong> Amatayo.Tarigagayanna nga iccannatayo i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>empo a dumackel. Cayatna nga isuronatayo no ania <strong>ti</strong> tulonga masapultayo i<strong>ti</strong> panangidur-as i<strong>ti</strong> cababalin a casapulantayo.Awan <strong>ti</strong> pagnaan nga asideg i<strong>ti</strong> daytoy a pamay-an. Saan nga umanay <strong>ti</strong> pannacaammo. Saana mapadackel i<strong>ti</strong> cababalin i<strong>ti</strong> agpatnag; masapul i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>empo ken adu a bannog. Isut gapuna ngaibaga ni Pablo cadatayo: “Agsipud ta annacnatayo, tawidentayto dagi<strong>ti</strong> iduldulinna a bendisionnga agpaay cadagi<strong>ti</strong> tattaona. Makipagtawidtayo met ken Cristo cadagi<strong>ti</strong> indulin <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ngaagpaay Kencuana. Ta no makipagsagabatayo ken Cristo, mairamantayto met i<strong>ti</strong> gloriana”(versiculo 17). Uray cas i<strong>ti</strong> panagsursuro ni Cristo ket napaan-anay babaen cadagi<strong>ti</strong> bambanaga sinagabana (Hebreo 5:8-9), casta met a sursuroentayo ket agbalintayo a naan-anay babaencadagi<strong>ti</strong> rigrigattayo, ket agtungpal i<strong>ti</strong> pannakipagtawidtayo Kencuana i<strong>ti</strong> Pagarian <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>.Ti nacascasdaaw a cari i<strong>ti</strong> daytoy pakiramanan a tawid – cas annac <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> agnanayona familiana – macatulong a mangilawlawag no sapay a masapul nga agsagabatayo.No <strong>ti</strong> masacbayantayo basta agil-iladtayto lattan ken agpalpallailang sadi langit kenmingmingmingantayto lattan <strong>ti</strong> rupa <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> kina-agnanayon, mabalin nga alaennatayo itanwenno iba<strong>ti</strong>natayo ditoy ket salacnibannatayo i<strong>ti</strong> aniaman a rigat ken ut-ot. I<strong>ti</strong> casta nga akemawan <strong>ti</strong> casapulan nga aramiden a pasettayo.Ngem <strong>ti</strong> masacbayantayo am-amang a dacdackel ngem i<strong>ti</strong> dayta. No dacdackel <strong>ti</strong> pagrebbengannga indulinna para cadatayo, dacdackelto met dagi<strong>ti</strong> carit i<strong>ti</strong> pannacadanontayo sadiay.Inton Caano Ti Panagsardeng Ti <strong>Panagsagaba</strong>?I<strong>ti</strong> napalabas a capitulo nakitatayo nga adda panggep <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> a lumabes i<strong>ti</strong> daytoy a biag. Tinaindaclan a panggepna ibilangna <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba <strong>ti</strong> tunggal tao nga ag<strong>ti</strong>gnay i<strong>ti</strong> ayabna. Nupaycasta, caaduan a cameng <strong>ti</strong> nataoan a puli saanda nga ag<strong>ti</strong>gnay wenno dida mapuotan daytoynaisangsangayan a panggep. Casta ngarud i<strong>ti</strong> daytoy “agdama a dakes a panawen” (Galacia 1:4)palpalubosan <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> a macasursuro i<strong>ti</strong> nasken a lecsion dagi<strong>ti</strong> nataoan a parsua.Pagayatanna <strong>ti</strong> pannacaammo <strong>ti</strong> sangcataoan a <strong>ti</strong> basol pataudenna <strong>ti</strong> nacaal-alingget apagbanagan ket, nanipud pay idiay Hardin <strong>ti</strong> Eden, indas-altayon <strong>ti</strong> adu a ladingit i<strong>ti</strong> bagitayo20
Mailawlawagtayo Cadi Amin A <strong>Panagsagaba</strong>?Nalabit <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba a caricutan nga itarusan isu dayta casla awan <strong>ti</strong> paggapuannaken di-maawatan a rason. Masapul nga ammoentayo a <strong>ti</strong> tunggal didigra mapasamac a ditaymatengngel ken ditay pulos mabalinan a sirmataen. Cadagi<strong>ti</strong> cacasta a casasaad idagadag <strong>ti</strong>Nasantoan a Surat cadatayo i<strong>ti</strong> panagcararagtayo, kiddawentayo i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> nga iccatenna wennopabang-arannatayo i<strong>ti</strong> paricut wenno tulongannatayo a mangisayangcat i<strong>ti</strong> kinaricut ken tapnomacasursurotayo babaen dayta.Ti Namarsua cadatayo i<strong>ti</strong> kinasiribna saanna nga ited a cancanayon i<strong>ti</strong> sungbat a cayattayo.Narasay nga ipalgacna <strong>ti</strong> nasinnunuo a rason para i<strong>ti</strong> pangngeddeng nga aramidenna. Ngem addalatta naimbag a rasonna.Cas pangarigan, insalacan <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ni Pablo i<strong>ti</strong> adu a nacasuotanna, ngem adda maysa a saannaa bimmallaetan numan pay naimpusoan i<strong>ti</strong> panagcararag ni Pablo (2 Corinto 12:7-10). I<strong>ti</strong> daytoya banag <strong>ti</strong> insungbatna ken ni Pablo castoy, “Umanayen kenca <strong>ti</strong> paraburco; ta napigpigsa <strong>ti</strong>pannacabalinco no nacapsutca” (versiculo 9).I<strong>ti</strong> daytoy a daras, <strong>ti</strong> pannacapabileg i<strong>ti</strong> paset <strong>ti</strong> espiritual a pangmatmatan wenno cababalin niPablo i<strong>ti</strong> camaudianan napangpangruna ngem i<strong>ti</strong> personal a paggin-awaanna.Daytoy a pagulidanan macatulong coma cadatayo a macaawat a <strong>ti</strong> pamingmingan <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>naigiddiat cadatayo (Isaias 55:8-9; 2 Pedro 3:8). No dadduma isaadna <strong>ti</strong> lecsion <strong>ti</strong> cababalincadagi<strong>ti</strong> naisupadi a casasaad i<strong>ti</strong> ngatoen <strong>ti</strong> pisical ken mental a gin-awatayo. Cadagita casta a<strong>ti</strong>empo nalabit panunotentayo a saan a denggen <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> dagi<strong>ti</strong> cararagtayo, ngem <strong>ti</strong>mudenna ida.Isuna laeng ta masansan a ditay cayat nga aclonen a <strong>ti</strong> sungbatna saan wenno saan pay – wenno,cas i<strong>ti</strong> casasaad ni apostol Pablo, “Adda nasaysayaat a banag i<strong>ti</strong> panunotco para kenca.”Masapul a siputantayo i<strong>ti</strong> cari <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> a pulos dinatayo suoten i<strong>ti</strong> labes <strong>ti</strong> cabaelantayonga ibturan (1 Corinto 10:13). Nangisaad ni Pablo i<strong>ti</strong> nacascasdaaw nga pagulidanan.Basta nagtalcanna i<strong>ti</strong> sirib <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ket inkeddengna nga ituloyna nga aramiden <strong>ti</strong> trabaho anangayabanna kencuana.No madagsenantayo i<strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba a saan a balictaden <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> – nangruna no nagtaudcadagi<strong>ti</strong> casasaad a ditay matengngel – masapul a surotentayo daytoy nasimbeng a biblical apammagbaga ni Pedro, “<strong>Nga</strong>rud, dagi<strong>ti</strong> agsagaba gapu ta isu <strong>ti</strong> pagayatan <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> cadacuada,italecda coma dagi<strong>ti</strong> cararuada i<strong>ti</strong> Namarsua a mangtungpal cadagi<strong>ti</strong> carina, babaen <strong>ti</strong>panagaramidda i<strong>ti</strong> naimbag” (1 Pedro 4:19).Paliiwenyo <strong>ti</strong> nagcaysa a disso <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba a pampanunoten ni Pedro: “Nagasatcayo nomapabainancayo gapu ta pasurotnacayo ni Cristo; addan cadacayo <strong>ti</strong> nagloriaan nga Espiritu <strong>ti</strong><strong>Dios</strong>. Awan coma <strong>ti</strong> agsagaba cadacayo gapu i<strong>ti</strong> pammapatay, panagtacaw, panagaramid i<strong>ti</strong> dakes,wenno i<strong>ti</strong> panangpataud i<strong>ti</strong> riri. Ngem no adda agsagaba agsipud ta Cris<strong>ti</strong>ano, saan coma ngaagbain, no di ket agayaman i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> caadda <strong>ti</strong> nagan ni Cristo kencuana” (versiculo 14-16).No i<strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba <strong>ti</strong> tunggal tao nagtaud i<strong>ti</strong> bucodna a panagsalungasing i<strong>ti</strong> nasinnunuo alinteg, nasaysayaat nga itarusan ken aclonen a cas nalinteg a bungana. Ngem narasay i<strong>ti</strong> casta akinalacana.27
I<strong>ti</strong> pannangtedna cadatayo i<strong>ti</strong> wayawaya nga agpili, nangted met <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> cadatayo i<strong>ti</strong> wayaa mangaclon wenno mangiwacsi i<strong>ti</strong> pangiwanwanna, <strong>ti</strong> mangpili i<strong>ti</strong> panagsukir wenno isusuco,a mangaramid i<strong>ti</strong> minamaag wenno nasirib a pangngeddeng. I<strong>ti</strong> panangaramidtayo i<strong>ti</strong> castainniccanna <strong>ti</strong> tunggal maysa cadatayo i<strong>ti</strong> di-naituding a masacbayan.Siwayawayatayo nga agmaneho nga awanan annad wenno calpasan <strong>ti</strong> panaginum i<strong>ti</strong>nalablabes, siwayawaya nga agibelleng cadagi<strong>ti</strong> macasabidong a kemical cadagi<strong>ti</strong> aglawlawtayo,siwayawaya a saan a mangan i<strong>ti</strong> maiparbeng. Tunggal maysa cadatayo addaan i<strong>ti</strong> casta awayawaya a cas met cadagi<strong>ti</strong> caarruba ken dadduma pay i<strong>ti</strong> aglawlawtayo. Amin dagi<strong>ti</strong><strong>ti</strong>gnaytayo – ken cadacuada – adda pagbanaganda. No dadduma agsagabatayo gapu cadagi<strong>ti</strong>bucod-a-pangngeddengtayo, no dadduma <strong>ti</strong> caarrubatayo – wenno agpinalla<strong>ti</strong>pat. Ti wayawayanga agpili nacascasdaaw a sagut, ngem maysa a pagannungan a manmano <strong>ti</strong> nasayaat apanangtengngeltayo, cas mapanecnecan babaen <strong>ti</strong> naladingit, agsagsagaba a lubongtayo.Daytoy <strong>ti</strong> mangted i<strong>ti</strong> dadduma a pannacaawat cadatayo no sapay a dagi<strong>ti</strong> awan-basolda,agraman dagi<strong>ti</strong> ubbing, no dadduma agsagabada cas banag <strong>ti</strong> saan-a-husto a pili dagi<strong>ti</strong> sabsabali.Cadagita a daras isu <strong>ti</strong> pannacasapultayo unay <strong>ti</strong> macapagin-awa a tulong <strong>ti</strong> naayat a <strong>Dios</strong> ken <strong>ti</strong>panangsarurong dagi<strong>ti</strong> familia ken gagayyemtayo.Awan cadatayo <strong>ti</strong> di samayen <strong>ti</strong> bunga dagi<strong>ti</strong> aramidtayo – datayo ken dagi<strong>ti</strong> sabsabali. Ti taoa macapatanor i<strong>ti</strong> sakit a di-masurotan a nagtaud i<strong>ti</strong> nasinnunuo a cabucbucodanna a cababalinken <strong>ti</strong> maladaga a nayanac nga adda sakit <strong>ti</strong> pusona agpadpadada nga agsagaba, nupay ta saan amasapul a nagtaud i<strong>ti</strong> aniaman nga inaramidda.Dagi<strong>ti</strong> nadangranan wenno natay i<strong>ti</strong> acsidente wenno gagangay a didigra masansan met ngaawan <strong>ti</strong> nakibianganda a bic<strong>ti</strong>ma. Saan nga amin a panagsagaba naigapu i<strong>ti</strong> bunga <strong>ti</strong> personala kinasukir wenno di-rumbeng a cababalin <strong>ti</strong> agsagaba. Uray cadagi<strong>ti</strong> Sangapulo a Bilinipalpalagip <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> cadatayo a dagi<strong>ti</strong> bunga dagi<strong>ti</strong> biddut nga aramidtayo mabalin a samayendadagi<strong>ti</strong> caputotantayo i<strong>ti</strong> adu a sumarsaruno a caputotanda (Exodo 20:5).Masansan a saan a mailawlawag <strong>ti</strong> nasinnunuo a nagtaudan <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba – saan a <strong>ti</strong> unosdaytoy a biag. No dadduma <strong>ti</strong> casayaatan nga aramidentayo isu <strong>ti</strong> panangaclon i<strong>ti</strong> dayta a casmailawlawag laeng babaen <strong>ti</strong> aw-awagan <strong>ti</strong> Biblia i<strong>ti</strong> “<strong>ti</strong>empo ken naiparparna” (Eclesiastes 9:11). Nupay ta saan a patauden <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> disgracia, casta met a dina binsabinsaen a tarawidwidan<strong>ti</strong> biag <strong>ti</strong> tumunggal tao tapno maliclicanna ida. Ibaga ni Pablo cadatayo a <strong>ti</strong> daytoy a biagsumirsiriptayo i<strong>ti</strong> “nacudrep a sarming” (1 Corinto 13:12). Saantayo pulos matarusan <strong>ti</strong> daddumaa bambanag i<strong>ti</strong> unos <strong>ti</strong> panagbiagtayo, no dinto i<strong>ti</strong> sabali a lubong a sumangbay.Masapul coma nga ammoentayo nga uray <strong>ti</strong> panagsagaba a cas bunga <strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>empo kennaiparparna saan nga awan <strong>ti</strong> nagtaudanna. No saan a maisinggalut i<strong>ti</strong> nasinnunuo a cababalin,uray pay casta masansan a cas bunga <strong>ti</strong> maysa wenno ad-adu a tabas <strong>ti</strong> cababalin a sinursurot <strong>ti</strong>sangcataoan manipud idi panamarsua.Pinili ni Adan, babaen <strong>ti</strong> panagbasol, <strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>mmallicud i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>. Amin a sangcataoan sinurotda daytoya dalan. “Immay <strong>ti</strong> basol ditoy lubong gapu i<strong>ti</strong> maysa a tao, ket incuyog <strong>ti</strong> basolna <strong>ti</strong> ipapatay. I<strong>ti</strong> casta,nagsacnap <strong>ti</strong> ipapatay <strong>ti</strong> amin a tao ditoy lubong, agasipud ta nagbasol amin a tao” (Roma 5:12).Maysa cadagi<strong>ti</strong> nagbanagan <strong>ti</strong> pangngeddeng <strong>ti</strong> sangcataoan nga agbiag a maibusor i<strong>ti</strong>pannursuro <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> isu <strong>ti</strong> lubong nga iturturayan <strong>ti</strong> kinabarengbareng ken pagayatan <strong>ti</strong> “<strong>ti</strong>empo28
ken naiparparna” ken cadagi<strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>g<strong>ti</strong>gnay dagi<strong>ti</strong> sabsabali. Daytoy a tabas agtultuloy aginggat’agsubli ni Cristo a mangipasdec i<strong>ti</strong> Pagarian <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ditoy daga. Ti entero a lubong mapnontoni<strong>ti</strong> pannacaammo i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ken dagi<strong>ti</strong> nalinteg a linlintegna (Isaias 11:9). Amin a sangcataoanagbiagdanton i<strong>ti</strong> lubong nga husto ken nalinteg.Ti Akem Ni Satanas I<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Panagsagaba</strong>I<strong>ti</strong> panama<strong>ti</strong> ken ni Satanas a diablo cas napaypayso a parsua saan a nasayaat [a denggen]dagi<strong>ti</strong> adu a bunggoy. Uray i<strong>ti</strong> Estados Unidos, a gagangay nga ayan <strong>ti</strong> panama<strong>ti</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> diablo, dagi<strong>ti</strong>panagbibilang ipakitada a caaduan dagi<strong>ti</strong> Americano saan a mama<strong>ti</strong> ken Satanas cas napaypayso,agbibiag a parsua. Adu dagi<strong>ti</strong> mangpanunot a <strong>ti</strong> diablo maysa laeng a simbulo i<strong>ti</strong> kinadangkes <strong>ti</strong>tao i<strong>ti</strong> padana a tao wenno <strong>ti</strong> pannacabagi <strong>ti</strong> sapasap a kinadakes.Nupay casta, <strong>ti</strong> Biblia iparangarangna ni Satanas a cas napaypayso a parsua – <strong>ti</strong> espiritu ngaaddat’ naindaclan a pannacabalinna a mangdangran. Gapu ta adu dagi<strong>ti</strong> mangiwacsi i<strong>ti</strong> caadda <strong>ti</strong>napaypayso a diablo, isu a saan a mabigbig a pagtaudan <strong>ti</strong> adu a panagsagaba. Nupay ammotayowenno saan, <strong>ti</strong> panangallilawna i<strong>ti</strong> sangcataoan dackel a pagtaudan <strong>ti</strong> panagrigat ken panagladingit.Ti calawa <strong>ti</strong> panangallucoy ken pannacabalin ni Satanas silalawag a naipalgac i<strong>ti</strong> Biblia. TiPal<strong>ti</strong>ing 12:9 ibagana cadatayo nga isu “<strong>ti</strong> mangal-allilaw i<strong>ti</strong> entero a lubong.” Insurat ni Juani<strong>ti</strong> sabali pay a disso nga “adda <strong>ti</strong> entero a lubong i<strong>ti</strong> babaen <strong>ti</strong> turay <strong>ti</strong> Managdacdakes” (1 Juan5:19). No idarirag ni Pablo a “kinullaapan <strong>ti</strong> dios daytoy a lubong <strong>ti</strong> isipda, ket dina ipalubos amakitada <strong>ti</strong> silaw nga aggapu i<strong>ti</strong> Naimbag a Damag maipapan i<strong>ti</strong> dayag ni Cristo a ladawan <strong>ti</strong><strong>Dios</strong>” (2 Corinto 4:4), ipatpatuldona <strong>ti</strong> diablo.Ballaagan ni Pedro dagi<strong>ti</strong> Cris<strong>ti</strong>ano nga “Agsalucagcayo. Agsiputcayo. Agdacdakiwas <strong>ti</strong>Diablo a cabusoryo cas maysa a ngumerngernger a leon nga agsapsapul i<strong>ti</strong> alun-onenna” (1Pedro 5:8). I<strong>ti</strong> pangngarig i<strong>ti</strong> agisabsabuag ken <strong>ti</strong> bukel, ibaga ni Jesus cadatayo nga apaman amangngegan dagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao i<strong>ti</strong> Sao <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> a mailawlawag cadacuada, “dagusen ni Satanas <strong>ti</strong> umaymangiccat i<strong>ti</strong> sao a nangngegda” (Marcos 4:15). Daytoy dakes a parsua cayatna a macullaapan <strong>ti</strong>sangcataoan i<strong>ti</strong> gin-awa, pammakired ken panangisalacan <strong>ti</strong> kinapudno <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>.Babaen <strong>ti</strong> espiritual a panangullaap ken panangpanengneng ni Satanas nga indas-alna i<strong>ti</strong>lubong, isu <strong>ti</strong> nangirussuat i<strong>ti</strong> di-matucod a panagsagaba. Kinullaapanna <strong>ti</strong> sangcataoan i<strong>ti</strong> rason<strong>ti</strong> caaddatayo. Inallilawna dagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao a pa<strong>ti</strong>enda a <strong>ti</strong> wagasna – <strong>ti</strong> wagas <strong>ti</strong> kinaimbucodan kenpanagbasol – isut’ nasaysayaat ngem <strong>ti</strong> panagtulnog cadagi<strong>ti</strong> bilbilin <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>. Nacalcaldaang ta,natnag <strong>ti</strong> sangcataoan a bic<strong>ti</strong>ma cadagi<strong>ti</strong> panagipampamarang ni Satanas, ket saanda a mapanuno<strong>ti</strong><strong>ti</strong> camaudian a ladingit a patauden <strong>ti</strong> basol.I<strong>ti</strong> entero a pacasaritaan <strong>ti</strong> lubong nagballigi <strong>ti</strong> diablo i<strong>ti</strong> panangsulisogna cadagi<strong>ti</strong> tattaonga agpapasda cadagi<strong>ti</strong> saan a nalinteg ken immoral nga ar-aramid <strong>ti</strong> pisical a kinarawet[kinaderrep]da. Inaramatna daytoy a pamay-an idiay Hardin <strong>ti</strong> Eden, ket nagandar daytoy nga ayayamnaa di nagpaltos nanipud idin. Tunggal maysa nagsagaba gapu i<strong>ti</strong> dayta.Insalaysay ni Jesus a <strong>ti</strong> diablo “Mammapatayen manipud idi damo...” (Juan 8:44). Tipanggep ni Satanas isut panangaramidna i<strong>ti</strong> nataoan a biag a nacarigrigat ket i<strong>ti</strong> camaudiandadaelennatayo. Ti mismo a casasaadna managdadael, ket dagi<strong>ti</strong> agar-aramid cadagi<strong>ti</strong> pannignaya macadadael dida mapupuotan a sumursurotda kencuana. Cuna <strong>ti</strong> Pal<strong>ti</strong>ing 9:12 a ni Satanas“isu <strong>ti</strong> anghel a mangbambantay i<strong>ti</strong> nacaun-uneg a yuyeng. Abaddon <strong>ti</strong> naganna i<strong>ti</strong> Hebreo, ket29
Apolion met i<strong>ti</strong> Griego (cayatna a saoen, ‘<strong>ti</strong> Mangdadael’)” (Pal<strong>ti</strong>ing 9:11). Dagitoy dua a nagancaipapananda i<strong>ti</strong> “panagdadael” ken “agdadael.” I<strong>ti</strong> pannacaisupadi <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>, a manamarsua,manaraken ken mangted-biag, ni Satanas isut cangatoan a managdadael ken mammapatay.Ni Satanas isut mangkibkibor i<strong>ti</strong> panaggugubat ken panagririri. Iladawan <strong>ti</strong> libro <strong>ti</strong> Pal<strong>ti</strong>ingdagi<strong>ti</strong> demonio nga espiritu i<strong>ti</strong> canibusanan <strong>ti</strong> panawen, “Isuda dagi<strong>ti</strong> espiritu <strong>ti</strong> demonio ngaagiparparang i<strong>ti</strong> milagro. Mapan dagi<strong>ti</strong> tallo nga espiritu cadagi<strong>ti</strong> ari i<strong>ti</strong> entero a daga, tapnournongenda ida a makigubat inton dumteng <strong>ti</strong> naindaclan nga aldaw <strong>ti</strong> Mannacabalin-amin a<strong>Dios</strong>” (Pal<strong>ti</strong>ing 16:14). Ni Satanas ken dagi<strong>ti</strong> demoniona irussuatda <strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>empo <strong>ti</strong> rigat a naalalinggetngem <strong>ti</strong> aniaman a panagdadael a napadasen dagi<strong>ti</strong> nataoan a parsua (Mateo 24:21-22).Makitatayo cadagitoy a versiculo a ni Satanas igaedna <strong>ti</strong> macadadael a pannacabalinnai<strong>ti</strong> sangcataoan. Saan a palubosan <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ni Satanas a manga<strong>ti</strong>pa i<strong>ti</strong> plano-maestrona para <strong>ti</strong>pannacaisalacan <strong>ti</strong> sangcataoan. Cas isut Amatayo ken “Apo <strong>ti</strong> langit ken daga” (Mateo 11:25), <strong>ti</strong><strong>Dios</strong> dina pulos ilusulos <strong>ti</strong> cangatoan a pannengngelna i<strong>ti</strong> sangcataoan ken <strong>ti</strong> entero a pinarsuana.Dagi<strong>ti</strong> Paspasamac Sucogenda Ti Cababalin Ti Masacbayan A PresidenteNi Teodoro Roosevelt, maica-26 a Presidente <strong>ti</strong> Estados Unidos, napapigsa babaen <strong>ti</strong>panagsagabana. Naparaburan i<strong>ti</strong> napartac ken mannacabael nga isip, ngem addaan i<strong>ti</strong> masacsakita bagi. Agsagsagaba i<strong>ti</strong> macaidalit nga asma.Idi sangapulo ket dua <strong>ti</strong> tawenna kinuna <strong>ti</strong> amana kencuana: Teodoro, adda isipmo, ngemawan <strong>ti</strong> bagim ket no awan <strong>ti</strong> tulong <strong>ti</strong> bagi i<strong>ti</strong> nakem saan a macaadayo a cas rebbengnacoma...Masapul a patanurem <strong>ti</strong> mismo a bagim...ngem ammoc nga aramidem.” (DavidMcCullough, Mornings On Horseback, 1981, p. 112).Ni Teddy, cas naingungot a pangawag dagi<strong>ti</strong> Americano kencuana, sinaritana i<strong>ti</strong> gayyemna i<strong>ti</strong>samay <strong>ti</strong> pammagbaga ni amana kencuana. Babaen cadagi<strong>ti</strong> palpalawag ni amana naimatangannai<strong>ti</strong> bagina a maysa a nacapuy a tao, isu nga aramidenna <strong>ti</strong> bagina a napigsa.Rinugianna a dagus <strong>ti</strong> programat’ panangpabileg <strong>ti</strong> bagina. Naganetget ni Teddy a nangpadurasi<strong>ti</strong> salun-atna. Nagbanag <strong>ti</strong> kinaganetgetna i<strong>ti</strong> panagbalin <strong>ti</strong> bagina a napigsa a saanen asarangten <strong>ti</strong> asma.Ngem saan a nagbayag nagsagaba ni Teddy Roosevelt i<strong>ti</strong> dacdackel a pannacasuot idinaggiddan a pimmusay <strong>ti</strong> inana ken <strong>ti</strong> ubing pay nga asawana. Dua nga aldaw sacbay dayta,nagpasngay <strong>ti</strong> asawana i<strong>ti</strong> babai a maladaga. Saanna pulos mailawlawag i<strong>ti</strong> casta a didigra.Kinunana nga awan <strong>ti</strong> ammona nga isungbat malacsid, “Isut pagayatan <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>” wenno“Nacascasdaaw ken nacaal-alingget a gasat.” (ibid., p. 285).Nupay ta cuna dagi<strong>ti</strong> dadduma a mannurat i<strong>ti</strong> cabibiag a dina nalasatan nga entero dayta adidigra, sinarangetna <strong>ti</strong> pangngaritna ket nagballigianna <strong>ti</strong> dagensen a nangcumot kencuana.Numan pay ta nacalcaldaang <strong>ti</strong> ipapatay ni asawana nga agtawen la <strong>ti</strong> 22, simmaranta ketnagturong i<strong>ti</strong> nailian a kinalatac. Adda dagi<strong>ti</strong> nagpaliiw a no saan a nagsagaba i<strong>ti</strong> castoy a wagasnalabit di pulos nagbalin a President <strong>ti</strong> Estados Unidos. Ni Theodore Roosevelt, cas cadagi<strong>ti</strong>dadduma, nag<strong>ti</strong>gnayanna dagi<strong>ti</strong> pannuot ken panagsagaba babaen <strong>ti</strong> panangragpatna i<strong>ti</strong> ad-adungem <strong>ti</strong> nagun-odna coma no saan a napasamac dagidiay a pannuot.30
“Naituding A Matay Ti Tao I<strong>ti</strong> Maminsan”Manmano a cayattayo a panunoten <strong>ti</strong> patay – ipapataytayo wenno <strong>ti</strong> sabali. No matay <strong>ti</strong>ingungotentayo agladingittayo – cas aramidentayo coma.Nupay casta, nalawag a <strong>ti</strong> bagitayo saan a natabas nga agpaut nga agnanayon. I<strong>ti</strong> Hebreo 9:27ibagana cadatayo a “Naituding a matay <strong>ti</strong> tao i<strong>ti</strong> maminsan...”Saan a <strong>ti</strong>nabas <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> bagitayo nga agpaut i<strong>ti</strong> ad-adu ngem sumagmamano a decada.Ipalagip <strong>ti</strong> Salmo 90:10 cadatayo a “Pitopulo la a tawen <strong>ti</strong> panagbiagmi, wenno walopulo, nonasalun-atcami.” I<strong>ti</strong> panagdur-as dagi<strong>ti</strong> ag-agas, ospital ken tecnolohia bayat <strong>ti</strong> napalabas asiglo, <strong>ti</strong> caunday <strong>ti</strong> biagtayo agpada met laeng idi naisurat daytoy a salmo sumagmamano aribu a tawen <strong>ti</strong> naglabasen. Adda dadduma nga agbiag sumuroc-cumurang, ngem dayta laeng<strong>ti</strong> manamnama <strong>ti</strong> caaduan cadatayo. I<strong>ti</strong> ababa a pannao, ababa unay a pangraritan i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>empocadagi<strong>ti</strong> bambanag a, i<strong>ti</strong> camaudianan, saan a castat kinapangrunada.Saantay coma a masdaaw no agtuctoc <strong>ti</strong> patay i<strong>ti</strong> ruangan. Basta isu latta dayta <strong>ti</strong>nacaparsuaantayo. Cas i<strong>ti</strong> ruot a dumackel ket malaylay, ken dagi<strong>ti</strong> sabsabong i<strong>ti</strong> tanapagucradda i<strong>ti</strong> sumagmamano nga aldaw ket casta met <strong>ti</strong> cabiitda nga agcupas, isu a casta met <strong>ti</strong>panagrangpayatayo sacbay a manglaylay ken mataytayo (Isaias 40:6-8). Ti pisical a bagitayolumacay wenno bumaket ken agrunot. Saan a <strong>ti</strong>nabas <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> ida nga agpaut nga agnanayon.Nupay casta, saan a saoen daytoy a daytoy <strong>ti</strong> pagpa<strong>ti</strong>nggaan. Ni matalec a Job ammonanga aginana i<strong>ti</strong> tanem agingga <strong>ti</strong> umay a panagungar. “O <strong>Dios</strong>, ilemmengnac coma i<strong>ti</strong> lubongdagi<strong>ti</strong> natay: wen, ilingednac coma agingga nga agbaaw <strong>ti</strong> pungtotmo; calpasanna, tudingam <strong>ti</strong><strong>ti</strong>empo a pananglagipmo caniac. No matay <strong>ti</strong> tao, agbiagto aya manen? Ngem mangnamnamaaci<strong>ti</strong> nasaysayaat a <strong>ti</strong>empo; agingga nga agpa<strong>ti</strong>ngga daytoy agdama a rigatco. Calpasanna,ayabannacto ket sumungbatac; maay-ayocanto caniac a parsuam” (Job 14:13-15).Nupay ta naldaang <strong>ti</strong> ipapatay, saan nga isu <strong>ti</strong> paggibusan i<strong>ti</strong> namnama. Icari <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong>panagungar i<strong>ti</strong> kinaagnanayon para cadagi<strong>ti</strong> matalec nga adipenna a makipagturay ken ni JesuCristo ken tumulongda Kencuana a manarawidwid i<strong>ti</strong> Pagarian <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> (1 Corinto 15:50-54;Pal<strong>ti</strong>ing 20:4-6; 5:10).Para cadagi<strong>ti</strong> saan a nacaammo wenno nangaclon ken ni Cristo, nangidiaya <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> i<strong>ti</strong> sabalia panagungar i<strong>ti</strong> maud-udi a <strong>ti</strong>empo tapno isuda, met, masursuroda <strong>ti</strong> kinapudno <strong>ti</strong> planona ketawatendanto <strong>ti</strong> sagut <strong>ti</strong> panangisalacanna. (Masursuroyo <strong>ti</strong> ad-adu maipapan daytoy i<strong>ti</strong> maudi acapitulo daytoy a libreta).Para i<strong>ti</strong> dacdackel a pannacaawat no ania <strong>ti</strong> ipalgac <strong>ti</strong> Biblia, kiddawenyo <strong>ti</strong> libre a copia <strong>ti</strong>libreta Ania Ti Mapasamac Calpasan Ti Ipapatay? [What Happens After Death?] ken Langit kenInfierno: Ania Ti Napaypayso <strong>Nga</strong> Isuro <strong>ti</strong> Biblia? [Heaven and Hell: What Does the Bible ReallyTeach?]. Agpadada a libre nga aggapu cadagi<strong>ti</strong> oficinami, wenno sarungcaranyo <strong>ti</strong> Web site mi i<strong>ti</strong>www.gnmagazine.org.Ti Pannagna Cadagi<strong>ti</strong> Lungulong Ti BiagInsurat ni Ari David i<strong>ti</strong> Salmo 23 maipapan i<strong>ti</strong> pannagna “i<strong>ti</strong> lungulong i<strong>ti</strong> anniniwan ni patay.”Nalabit maysa la daytoy a pangiladawan para cadagi<strong>ti</strong> sapasap a pannuot <strong>ti</strong> biag, ngem maipacatmet i<strong>ti</strong> maysa a tao a sangsangoenna <strong>ti</strong> mismo nga ipapatayna wenno <strong>ti</strong> ipapatay <strong>ti</strong> ingungotenna.31
I<strong>ti</strong> daytoy a biag sangoentayo dagi<strong>ti</strong> pannuot. Cancanayon a maibilagtayo cadagi<strong>ti</strong>pannacactang ken pannacadagensen. Nupay casta, mabalintay nga aramaten dagi<strong>ti</strong> adu a pamayana mangpabassit wenno mangpalag-an i<strong>ti</strong> dagsen <strong>ti</strong> aw-awitentayo. Adtoy <strong>ti</strong> sumagmamano anasamay nga addang:Agsursurocayo manipud cadagi<strong>ti</strong> pannuot ken panagsagaba. Macatulongda cadatayo ngaagsursuro cadagi<strong>ti</strong> baro a paglaingan. Nacasursuro ni Jesu Cristo babaen cadagi<strong>ti</strong> nariricut acasasaad ken padpadasna (Hebreo 5:8), ket casta met a cabaelantayo.Bilangenyo dagi<strong>ti</strong> bendisionyo. No ipamaysatayo <strong>ti</strong> pamingmingantayo i<strong>ti</strong> ut-ot, masansana malipatantayo no casano <strong>ti</strong> caimbag <strong>ti</strong> biag cadatayo. Kinuna ni Pablo nga agyamantayo comaa di-agressat (Filipos 4:6). Inlawlawagna met a <strong>ti</strong> bunga <strong>ti</strong> pannangted-yaman isut “talna...a dimatucod nga itarusan” (versiculo 7).Dica pabalud i<strong>ti</strong> bucodmo a panagsagaba. Dagi<strong>ti</strong> nacaro a pannuot mabalin a pagtaudan <strong>ti</strong>awanan-gaway a ricna. Masapul a di-agsarday <strong>ti</strong> panag<strong>ti</strong>g<strong>ti</strong>gnaytayo gapu ta i<strong>ti</strong> di-panagcutcu<strong>ti</strong>ad-adda a mangdadael i<strong>ti</strong> regtat’nakem. Ni Dr. Paul Brand, nalaing maipapan i<strong>ti</strong> ut-ot, kinunana:No sangoec <strong>ti</strong> nacaro nga ut-ot, birukec dagi<strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>g<strong>ti</strong>gnay a pacaipamaysaan <strong>ti</strong> bagi ken panunotco,ket nasaracac a <strong>ti</strong> siririing a panangicaso ken <strong>ti</strong> disiplina <strong>ti</strong> kinacu<strong>ti</strong> macatulongda a mangbacal i<strong>ti</strong>ut-ot.” (Paul Brand and Philip Yancey, The Gift Nobody Wants, 1993, p. 254).Sapulem <strong>ti</strong> maysa [a tao] a makiraman i<strong>ti</strong> dadagsenmo. Adu dagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao nga agdama <strong>ti</strong>nacaro a pannacasuotda agbiddutda a mangibaclay cadagitoy nga is-isuda. Awan <strong>ti</strong> riri, a dagi<strong>ti</strong>umasideg cadagi<strong>ti</strong> sabsabali cadagi<strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>empo a casapulandat’ tulong maaddaanda i<strong>ti</strong> pagimbagani<strong>ti</strong> itutulongda. Masapultay i<strong>ti</strong> nataoan a panaglangenlangen. “Ti dua nasaysayaat ngem <strong>ti</strong>maymaysa... Ngem agalluad <strong>ti</strong> agmaymaysa no matnag, ta awan <strong>ti</strong> mangbatac kencuana”(Eclesiastes 4:9-10).Pirsapirsayem <strong>ti</strong> pannuot i<strong>ti</strong> babassit a paset. No napalalo i<strong>ti</strong> paricut wenno dadagsenmo,bingaybingayem cadagi<strong>ti</strong> matengngelmo a trabahoen.In-inutem, saggaysa a paricut i<strong>ti</strong> biag i<strong>ti</strong> inaldaw. Dagi<strong>ti</strong> tattao a sumarsaranget cadagi<strong>ti</strong>dadagsen, panagrigat <strong>ti</strong> emosion ken ricricut a sapasap masansan a makiramanda i<strong>ti</strong> naabakena-nakem.Ibaga <strong>ti</strong> ricnada a di-agpa<strong>ti</strong>ngga dagi<strong>ti</strong> pannacasuotda. Cadagita cacasta a <strong>ti</strong>empomasapultayo i<strong>ti</strong> ugali a macaammo a daytoy a pannuot agpa<strong>ti</strong>ngganto met – cas cadagi<strong>ti</strong>caaduan a paricut. Alaenyo <strong>ti</strong> pamingmingan <strong>ti</strong> cumacanta. “Daytoy <strong>ti</strong> nacascasdaaw nga aldawnga inkeddeng <strong>ti</strong> APO. Agragsac ken agrambactayo” (Salmo 118:24), numan pay adda dagi<strong>ti</strong>paricuttayo.Saancayo a maupay cadagi<strong>ti</strong> babassit a bambanag. Sursuroenyo <strong>ti</strong> mangtallicud cadagi<strong>ti</strong>babassit a problema ket aramidenyo dagi<strong>ti</strong> di-unay nasken a pangngeddeng i<strong>ti</strong> cababaan adagensen ken sicur.Mangancayo i<strong>ti</strong> na<strong>ti</strong>mbeng, macapapigsa a canen. Ti bagi ken nakemtayo basbassit <strong>ti</strong> baeldanga agibtur cadagi<strong>ti</strong> dadagsen ken dadduma pay a parparicut no ditay iccan ida <strong>ti</strong> casapulanda anasustancia a taraon.Mangwatwatcayo a cancanayon. Ti rumbeng a panagwatwat pucawenna <strong>ti</strong> dadagsen,mangted <strong>ti</strong> nasayaat a ricna ken macatulong i<strong>ti</strong> nasimbeng a pannaturog – isuamin dagitoynaskenda para <strong>ti</strong> pannacapnec ken nasimbeng a panunot.32
Iccanyo <strong>ti</strong> bagiyo <strong>ti</strong> canayon nga inana ken panagtalna. Imbilin <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> nga aginanatayo i<strong>ti</strong>tunggal lawas i<strong>ti</strong> Aldaw a Panaginana. Masapultay met <strong>ti</strong> <strong>ti</strong>empo <strong>ti</strong> panagtalna <strong>ti</strong> inaldaw-aldaw.Agbalbaliwcayo. Diyo malisian <strong>ti</strong> dadduma a macapadagsen a casasaad, ken dagi<strong>ti</strong> daddumaa diyo coma liclican. Agbiddutcayo no liclicanyo ida. Ngem saanyo met nga iranta a pagbuclisandagitoy a pannusa. No malibasanyo <strong>ti</strong> pannuot a dicay maawanan i<strong>ti</strong> pagannungan, aramidenyodayta (kitaenyo <strong>ti</strong> Proverbio 22:3).Padackelenyo <strong>ti</strong> naangaw a ricnayo. “Agtalinaedca a naragsac tapno nasalun-atca. Maininutcaa matay no canayon a nalidayca” (Proverbio 17:22). Ti pannakiangaw macatulonga mangyaltas cadatayo i<strong>ti</strong> ngatoen dagi<strong>ti</strong> dagensen. Natacuatan ni Victor Frankl, bayat <strong>ti</strong>pannacaipupocna idiay Auschwitz, a <strong>ti</strong> angaw naisigud nga igam i<strong>ti</strong> pannakidangadang i<strong>ti</strong>pannacalasat [<strong>ti</strong> ipapatay]. Agpayso a nasamay nga agas i<strong>ti</strong> catawa.Ammoenyo nga i<strong>ti</strong> camaudianan amin a bambanag addada i<strong>ti</strong> macabael nga ima <strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>.Iturongnatayo ni Jesus i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong>: “Ama, cadagita imam yawatco <strong>ti</strong> espirituc!” (Lucas 23:46).Idagadag ni David cadatayo, “Icumitmo ta bagim i<strong>ti</strong> APO; agtalecca Kencuana ket tulongannaca”(Salmo 37:5). I<strong>ti</strong> saot’ Hebreo a naipatarus i<strong>ti</strong> “commit” caipapananna “pagtulidan <strong>ti</strong> dadduma abambanag.” Ti ladawan-isip a macatulong a mangilawag i<strong>ti</strong> caipapanan daytoy isut’ pannuot i<strong>ti</strong>panangisayyotayo i<strong>ti</strong> bagitayo i<strong>ti</strong> <strong>Dios</strong> – cas i<strong>ti</strong> panagtaray i<strong>ti</strong> awanan-gaway nga ubing cadagi<strong>ti</strong>nacatanggaya nga im-ima <strong>ti</strong> amana a nacasagana a mangarucop kencuana.Impatarus ni: Pedro A. Fabroa (from: “Why Does God Allow Suffering?”, The Good News,May/June 2001)***33