Atate Atumiza Mwana Wake

Anabadwa pa nthawi ya kalembera wa ufumu wonse, m'mudzi umene sunali wawo, ndipo anagonekedwa modyeramo ziweto, ndipo abusa ndiwo anayamba kumva. Pambuyo pake Simeoni amunyamula nachenjeza Mariya kuti lupanga lidzapyoza mtima wake nayenso, ndipo ali ndi zaka khumi ndi ziwiri iye atsalira m'mbuyo, nati kachisi ndi nyumba ya Atate wake.

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M'masiku amenewo Kaisara Augusto anapereka lamulo lakuti alembetse dziko lonse lokhalamo anthu. ^a Kulembetsa kumeneku kunali koyamba, pamene Kureniyo anali bwanamkubwa wa ku Suriya. Ndipo aliyense anapita kukalembetsa, yense ku mudzi wake. Yosefe nayenso anachoka ku Galileya, ku mudzi wa Nazareti, napita ku Yudeya, ku mudzi wa Davide wotchedwa Betelehemu, chifukwa anali wa nyumba ndi banja la Davide, kuti akalembetse pamodzi ndi Mariya, mkazi wake womtomera, amene anali ndi pakati.

Ndipo pamene anali kumeneko, nthawi yoti abereke inakwana. Nabala mwana wake wamwamuna woyamba kubadwa, namuveka nsalu, namugoneka m'chodyeramo ziweto, chifukwa m'nyumba ya alendo munalibe malo awo.

Ndipo m'dera lomwelo munali abusa, amene anakhala kuthengo, nalondera gulu la nkhosa zawo usiku. Mngelo wa Atate wathu anaimirira pamaso pawo; ulemerero wa Atate wathu unawala kuwazungulira, nagwidwa ndi mantha aakulu. Koma mngelo anati kwa iwo, “Musaope—ndikukubweretserani uthenga wabwino wachimwemwe chachikulu cha anthu onse: Lero, mu mudzi wa Davide, mwabadwa kwa inu Mpulumutsi—Khristu Ambuye. Ndipo ichi ndicho chizindikiro chanu: mudzapeza mwana wakhanda wovekedwa nsalu, atagona m'chodyeramo ziweto.” Ndipo mwadzidzidzi panali pamodzi ndi mngelo khamu lalikulu la ankhondo akumwamba, akutamanda Atate wathu nati,

“Ulemerero kwa Atate wathu kumwambamwamba, ndipo pa dziko lapansi mtendere pakati pa anthu amene Iye akondwera nawo!” ^b

Ndipo pamene angelo anachoka kwa iwo kupita kumwamba, abusa anati wina ndi mnzake, “Tiyeni ndithu ku Betelehemu, tikaone chinthu ichi chachitika, chimene Atate wathu watidziwitsa.” Ndipo anapita mwachangu, nakapeza Mariya ndi Yosefe, ndi mwana wakhanda atagona m'chodyeramo ziweto. Ndipo atamuona, anafalitsa mawu amene anawauza onena za mwana ameneyu. Ndipo onse amene anamva anazizwa ndi zimene abusa anawauza. Koma Mariya anasunga zinthu zonsezi, nazilingalira mu mtima mwake. Ndipo abusa anabwerera, akulemekeza ndi kutamanda Atate wathu chifukwa cha zonse zimene anamva ndi kuona, monga momwe anawauzira.

Kuperekedwa kwa Atate

Ndipo pamene masiku asanu ndi atatu a mdulidwe wake anakwana, anamtcha dzina lakuti Yesu, dzina limene mngelo analipereka asanakhale m'mimba.

Ndipo pamene masiku awo oyeretsedwa monga mwa lamulo la Mose anatha, anamutengera ku Yerusalemu kukamupereka kwa Atate wathu,

(monga momwe zinalembedwa m'lamulo la Atate wathu, “Mwana wamwamuna aliyense woyamba kubadwa adzatchedwa woyera kwa Atate wathu”), ndi kukapereka nsembe monga momwe lamulo la Atate wathu linena: njiwa ziwiri kapena ana a nkhunda awiri.

Ndipo mu Yerusalemu munali munthu dzina lake Simeoni, wolungama ndi woopa Mulungu, amene anali kudikira chitonthozo cha Isiraeli, ndipo Mzimu Woyera unali pa iye. Ndipo Mzimu Woyera unamuululira kuti sadzafa asanaone Khristu wa Atate wathu. Ndipo wotsogozedwa ndi Mzimu, analowa m'kachisi. Ndipo pamene makolo anabweretsa mwana Yesu kuti amchitire monga mwa mwambo wa lamulo, Simeoni anamunyamula m'manja mwake, natamanda Atate wathu nati, “Atate Wolamulira, tsopano mukulola kuti kapolo wanu anyamuke mu mtendere, monga mwa mawu anu. Pakuti maso anga aona chipulumutso chanu, chimene mwachikonza pamaso pa mitundu yonse ya anthu: kuwala kowunikira amitundu ina, ndi ulemerero kwa anthu anu Isiraeli.”

Ndipo atate wake ndi amayi wake anazizwa ndi zimene zinanenedwa za iye. Ndipo Simeoni anawadalitsa, nati kwa Mariya, amayi wake, “Mwana ameneyu waikidwa kuti ambiri mu Isiraeli agwe ndi kudzuka, ndi kukhala chizindikiro chimene chidzatsutsidwa, ndipo lupanga lidzalasanso moyo wako womwe— kuti maganizo a mitima yambiri aululidwe.”

Ndipo panalinso Hana, mneneri wamkazi, mwana wa Fanueli wa fuko la Aseri. Iye anali wokalamba kwambiri, anakhala ndi mwamuna wake zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri kuchokera pa unamwali wake, ndipo anali wamasiye mpaka zaka makumi asanu ndi atatu mphambu zinayi, ndipo sanachoke m'kachisi, akulambira ndi kusala kudya ndi kupemphera usiku ndi usana. Ndipo pofika pa nthawi yomweyo, anayamika Atate wathu, nalankhula za mwanayo kwa onse amene anali kudikira chiwombolo cha Yerusalemu.

Ndipo atatsiriza zonse zimene lamulo la Atate wathu linafuna, anabwerera ku Galileya, ku mudzi wawo wa Nazareti. Ndipo mwanayo anakula, nalimba mphamvu, nadzazidwa ndi nzeru, ndipo chisomo cha Atate wathu chinali pa iye.

Mnyamata Yesu M'nyumba ya Atate Wake

Ndipo makolo ake anali kupita ku Yerusalemu chaka ndi chaka pa Phwando la Paskha. Ndipo pamene anali ndi zaka khumi ndi ziwiri, anapita monga mwa mwambo wa phwandolo. Ndipo pamene phwando linatha, ndipo akubwerera kwawo, mnyamata Yesu anatsalira ku Yerusalemu, makolo ake osadziwa. Poganiza kuti ali m'gulu la anthu, anayenda ulendo wa tsiku limodzi, kenako anamufunafuna pakati pa abale ndi anzawo. Ndipo atamupeza ayi, anabwerera ku Yerusalemu, akumufunafuna. Ndipo patatha masiku atatu, anamupeza m'kachisi, atakhala pakati pa aphunzitsi, akumvetsera kwa iwo ndi kuwafunsa mafunso. Ndipo onse amene anamumva anazizwa ndi nzeru zake ndi mayankho ake. Ndipo makolo ake atamuona, anadabwa. Amayi wake anati kwa iye, “Mwana wanga, bwanji mwatichitira zimenezi? Taonani, ine ndi atate wanu takhala ndi chisoni chachikulu, tikukufunafunani.”

Iye anati kwa iwo, “Bwanji mwandifunafuna? Kodi simunadziwe kuti ndiyenera kukhala m'nyumba ya Atate wanga?” ^c

Koma iwo sanazindikire mawu amene anayankhula kwa iwo. Ndipo anatsika nawo, nafika ku Nazareti, nakhalabe womvera kwa iwo. Amayi wake anasunga zinthu zonsezi mu mtima mwake. Ndipo Yesu anakula mu nzeru ndi msinkhu, ndi mu chisomo pamaso pa Atate wathu ndi anthu.