Merikizedheki Anosangana naAbhurahama

Merekizedheki anowanikwa muna Genesisi. Ndiye mupristi waBaba vedu Wokumusoro-soro, anoropafadza Abhurahama uye anogamuchira chegumi. Munyori anovakira pane izvozvo: uprista hwakatangira hwaRevhi uye husiri mukati mahwo. Sezvo uprista huchichinja, murayiro unochinjawo pamwe chete nahwo. Mupristi uyu anogara mupenyu nokusingaperi kuti atirevererere.

Chitsauko 7.

Merikizedheki uyu, mambo weSaremu, muprista waWokumusorosoro, Baba vedu, akasangana naAbhurahama paakanga achidzoka kubva kundokunda madzimambo, uye akamuropafadza. Abhurahama vakamupa chegumi chezvinhu zvose. Zita rake rinoreva, kutanga, mambo wokururama, uyewo mambo weSaremu—kureva kuti mambo worugare. Asina baba, asina mai, asina dzinza, asina mavambo amazuva kana magumo oupenyu, asi akafanana noMwanakomana waBaba vedu, anoramba ari muprista nokusingaperi.

Chionai kukura kwomurume uyu: Abhurahama tateguru vakamupa chegumi chezvakapambwa. Avo vana vaRevhi vanova vaprista vakarayirwa nomutemo kuti vatore chegumi kuvanhu—ivo hama dzavo—kunyange naivo vachibva kuna Abhurahama. Asi iye, kunyange asina kubva kwavari, akatora chegumi kuna Abhurahama, akaropafadza iye akanga aine zvipikirwa. Hazvigoni kupikiswa kuti muduku anoropafadzwa nomukuru. Pane rumwe rutivi, zvegumi zvinogamuchirwa navanhu vanofa; pane rumwe, nouyo anopupurirwa kuti mupenyu. Munhu angatoti Revhi, iye anogamuchira chegumi, akachibhadhara kuburikidza naAbhurahama, nokuti akanga achiri mumuviri watateguru wake pakasangana Merikizedheki naAbhurahama.

Dai uprista hwokwaRevhi hwakauya nokukwana—nokuti vanhu vakagamuchira mutemo pasi pahwo—nei paichiri kudiwa mumwe muprista, worudzi rwaMerikizedheki, asingadanwi worudzi rwaAroni? Nokuti kana uprista huchishanduka, mutemowo unofanira kushanduka. Nokuti iye anotaurwa zvinhu izvi aiva worumwe rudzi, urwo pasina munhu akambobata basa paaritari. Zviri pachena kuti Ishe wedu akabva kuna Judha; Mozisi haana chavakataura pamusoro pavaprista vorudzi urwo. Uye izvi zvinowedzera kuva pachena kana mumwe muprista achimuka akafanana naMerikizedheki, iye akava muprista kwete nomutemo wedzinza renyama asi nesimba roupenyu husingaparadziki.

Nokuti kunopupurirwa pamusoro pake kuchinzi, “Ndiwe muprista nokusingaperi, worudzi rwaMerikizedheki.”

Parutivi rumwe, murayiro wekare unoiswa parutivi nokuda kwokushaya simba nokusabatsira kwawo. Mutemo hauna kukwanisa chinhu; asi kunopinzwa tariro iri nani, iyo yatinoswedera nayo pedyo naBaba vedu. Uye izvi hazvina kuitwa pasina mhiko, nokuti vamwe vakava vaprista pasina mhiko,

asi iye akava muprista nemhiko, kubudikidza nouyo akati kwaari: “Baba vedu vakapika uye havazoshanduri pfungwa dzavo, ‘Ndiwe muprista nokusingaperi.’” ^a

Nokudarowo, Jesu akava muvimbisi wesungano iri nani.

Vaprista vekare vakanga vari vazhinji, nokuti rufu rwaivatadzisa kuramba vari pabasa, asi iye ane uprista hwake husingaperi, nokuti anogara nokusingaperi. Saka anogona kuponesa zvizere avo vanouya kuna Baba vedu kubudikidza naye, sezvo achigara ari mupenyu kuti avamiririre.

Muprista mukuru akadai ndiye wakatikodzera: mutsvene, asina chaangapomerwa, asina kusvibiswa, akaparadzaniswa navatadzi, akasimudzirwa kumusoro kwokudenga. Kusiyana navaprista vakuru avo, iye haafaniri kupa zvibayiro mazuva ose—kutanga zvezvivi zvake, tevere zvavanhu—sezvo akaita izvi kamwe chete zvachose, achizvipa iye pachake. Mutemo unogadza vanhu vasina simba kuva vaprista vakuru, asi shoko remhiko, rinouya mushure momutemo, rinogadza Mwanakomana, akaitwa akakwana nokusingaperi.