Gideoni: Nkhani ya m'Baibulo yolimbikitsa kwambiri!
Nkhani ya m'Baibulo yonena za Gideoni ndi yosonkhezera kwambiri kwa tonsefe!
Kodi mungamve bwanji ngati muli ndi amuna 300 okha kuti mulimbane ndi gulu lankhondo lalikulu?
"Ambuye ali nanu, wankhondo wamphamvu!! Pita ndi mphamvu zako ndi kupulumutsa Israyeli kwa Amidyani!" Oweruza 6:12,14 (NCV).
Zimenezi zinanenedwa kwa Gideoni ndi mngelo wotumidwa kuchokera kwa Mulungu. Ndithudi zinatanthauzidwa ngati chilimbikitso - koma lingaliro loyamba la Gideoni likuwoneka kuti linali, "Chifukwa chiyani ine? Kodi palibe munthu wamphamvu kapena wolimba mtima amene angathe kuchita zimenezi?"
Malangizo a Mulungu sangakhale omveka kwa ife nthaŵi zonse. Monga anthu, ndife ofooka ndipo sitiona zimene Mulungu amaona. Timagwa mobwerezabwereza tikamakhulupirira mphamvu zathu m'malo moyesetsa kupeza ndi kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu m'moyo wathu. Gideoni anakumana ndi zimenezi m'moyo wake.
Mtundu woponderezedwa
Chifukwa chakuti anthu a Israyeli anapatuka kwa Mulungu, Iye analola Amidyani kuopseza Israyeli kwa zaka zisanu ndi ziŵiri, kuwononga dziko lawo ndi ziŵeto. Lemba la Oweruza 7:12 (NCV) limanena za Amidyani kuti panali "ambiri a iwo ankaoneka ngati dzombe. Ngamila zawo sizinathe kuwerengedwa chifukwa zinali zambiri ngati mchenga wa m'mphepete mwa nyanja!"
M'kusoŵa kwawo, Israyeli anafuula kwa Mulungu ndipo m'chifundo Chake Mulungu analoŵererapo ndi kuganiza kuti Gideoni adzatsogolera Aisrayeli omvetsa chisoni, oponderezedwa ndi amantha kuti apambane.
Gideoni atamva zimenezi, ayenera kuti anaganiza kuti, "Kodi Mulungu sadziwa kuti ndine wofooka ndi woopa bwanji?" Ndithudi, Mulungu anadziŵa zimenezi, koma Iye anasankhabe Gideoni.
Mulungu amadziŵa umunthu wathu ndi zofooka zathu, ndi mmene timachimwa mosavuta. Koma si kulakwa kuti Iye watisankha. Awo amene amadziwona kukhala aakulu ndi amphamvu ndi anzeru adzakhala ndi nthaŵi yovuta kumva mawu a Mulungu pamwamba pa malingaliro ndi malingaliro awo onyada. Koma awo amene ali otsika m'maso mwawo, ndi mitima yotseguka, adzatha kukhala anthu a Mulungu, odzala ndi kulimba mtima, okonzeka kuchita chifuniro Chake.
Mtsogoleri wosatsimikizirika
Gideoni anavomera ntchitoyo mosafuna. Anapempha Mulungu kuti amusayine zizindikiro mobwerezabwereza. Choyamba, mngeloyo analola moto kutuluka m'thanthwelo kuti awotche chakudya chimene Gideoni anaika kumeneko. Nthaŵi ina, Gideoni anatulutsa ubweya wa nkhosa kupempha kuti ubweyawo usyowe ndipo nthaka ikhale youma, ndiyeno usiku wotsatira anapempha kuti ubweyawo uume ndipo nthaka ikhale yonyowa.
Kodi Mulungu analefulidwa ndi zopempha zokhazikika zimenezi? Kodi Iye anayamba kukayikira ngati Gideoni anali woyenera kusankha? Ayi! Iye analola zizindikiro zonsezi ndi zodabwitsa kuchitika, kupatsa Gideoni nyonga ndi chikhulupiriro chimene anafunikira! Mulungu anakana kusiya Gideoni, ngakhale pamene Gideoni anadzipereka yekha.
Patapita nthawi yochepa, ndipo atangotengera kumene mzimu wa Ambuye (Oweruza 6:34), Gideoni anali ataima pamutu pa gulu lankhondo la Isiraeli la ankhondo 32,000. Tsopano limeneli linali gulu lankhondo lamphamvu loyenera kuŵerengeredwa! Koma kenako kunabwera dongosolo latsopano lochokera kwa Mulungu: Aliyense amene ankaopa ayenera kupita kwawo! Mulungu anadziŵa kuti Israyeli adzadzinenera iwo eni ulemerero wa chilakiko, m'malo mwa kulemekeza Mulungu amene anali kulamulira.
Kodi simukuganiza kuti Gideoni akanakonda kuchoka pomwepo? Kukhala mmodzi wa iwo amene anali ndi mantha kotero iye sanafunikire kuyang'anizana ndi nkhondo ndipo mwina kufa? Kodi mungayerekezere mmene Gideoni ayenera kuti anamvera, kutumiza dongosolo latsopanoli kwa asilikali ake 32,000? Kodi ndi mtsogoleri wotani ameneyu, amene mofunitsitsa amauza asilikali ake kuti achoke nkhondoyo isanachitike?
"Padakali ambiri!"
Usiku umodzi, asilikali 22,000 a Gideoni anachoka. Zimenezi ziyenera kuti zinali zovuta kwambiri kwa Gideoni. Monga mtsogoleri wa amuna 32,000 mwina anaganiza kuti n'zotheka kugonjetsa Amidyani. Pokhala ndi amuna 10,000 okha, zinali pafupifupi zosatheka!
Kenako Mulungu analankhulanso kuti: "Padakali ambiri!"
Komabe ambiri? Lamulo latsopanoli linatsutsana ndi malingaliro onse a anthu! Ndipo ndi mmene Mulungu anafunira.
Koma Gideoni anali womvera ndipo anatenga asilikaliwo kupita nawo kumtsinje kukamwa, monga momwe Mulungu anamuuzira. Okhawo amene anamwa madzi ndi manja awo ndi kumwa madzi ndi malilime awo ngati galu, ndi amene analoledwa kukhala, pamene aliyense anatumizidwa kunyumba. Gideoni anatsala ndi amuna 300 okha!
Amuna 300 akulimbana ndi gulu lankhondo
Tangolingalirani mantha a Gideoni pamene Mulungu anati, "Tsikira ukawukire msasa wa Amidyani, chifukwa ndidzaupereka kwa iwe." Ndi chinthu chimodzi kumva zimene Mulungu akufuna kuti tichite... koma kuchita kwenikweni kungamve ngati nkhondo yatsopano yonse!
Kachiŵirinso Mulungu analankhula ndi Gideoni. Iye anauza Gideoni kuti akazonde msasawo, ndipo apa Gideoni anamva kuti asilikali a ku Midyani nawonso anali ndi mantha. Wina analankhula za loto limene hema wa ku Midyani anagwetsedwa ndi mkate wa balere. "Maloto anu ndi za lupanga la Gideoni mwana wa Yoasi, munthu wa Isiraeli!" msilikali wina analira. "Mulungu adzapereka Midyani ndi gulu lonse lankhondo kwa iye!" Oweruza 7:14 (NCV).
Kumva zimenezi kunayambitsanso chikhulupiriro cha Gideoni. Ndi amuna ake 300 onyamula malipenga, ndi miyuni yobisika mkati mwa mitsuko yadothi yopanda kanthu, Aisrayeli anakwera kunja kwa msasa wa Midyani. Pa chizindikirocho, Aisrayeli anathyola mitsuko yadothi, kuvumbula miyuni, ndi kuphulitsa malipenga awo, akumafuula kuti: "Lupanga la Ambuye ndi la Gideoni!"
Atadabwa ndi kuganiza kuti anali kuukiridwa ndi gulu lankhondo lalikulu, Amidyani anachita mantha, kumenyana wina ndi mnzake pomalizira pake asanathaŵe usiku. Mphamvu zawo zamphamvu zinagonjetsedwa ndi amuna 300 okha otsogozedwa ndi Gideoni, munthu wa Mulungu.
Imvani mawu Ake
Mvetserani mawu otsogolera a Mulungu m'moyo wanu. Pamene tikupita tsiku ndi tsiku, tingamve ngati tikubwera motsutsana ndi makoma ndi zopinga zomwe zili zazikulu kwambiri kuti tigonjetse; mphindi pamene tikuwona "mdani" wathu - tchimo lomwe lazikidwa kwambiri mwa ife - ndipo timamva mantha kuti sitingathe kupambana nkhondoyi, yomwe sitingathe kuigonjetsa.
Koma Mulungu amadziwa kuti ndife ndani ndipo Iye watisankha nthawi isanayambe kuti tigonjetse tchimo limene limakhala mwa ife! Pamene tilola Mulungu kutsogoza zosankha zathu, tidzagonjetsa, monga momwe timaŵerengera m'nkhani ya Baibulo yonena za Gideoni!