Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki | Disamba 1, 2017

Haihuwar Almasihu

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Halin da ke cikin Luka 1:26-38 cikakke ne-katin Kirsimeti. Budurwa Maryamu da Mala'ika Jibrilu. Tattaunawar da ke tsakanin su ta bar mai sharhi ya ɗan ruɗe game da cikakkun bayanai, amma babban hoton a bayyane yake.

Gaisuwar Jibra’ilu ga Maryamu baƙon abu ce kuma ba ta da ma’ana: “Gaisuwa, mai farin jini! Ubangiji yana tare da ku.” Wannan jumlar, "wanda aka fi so," shine ɓangaren da babu shakka. Yana da ma'anoni iri-iri a cikin harshen asali. A bayyane yake ga masu karatu Kirista cewa Jibrilu yana gai da Maryamu da matuƙar girma. Kamar yadda wani mai sharhi ya lura, kamar mala’ikan zai yi tunanin bai cancanci ya yi magana da ita ba. Duk da haka “wanda aka fi so” ana iya fassara shi, “cike da alheri” ko “mace mai alheri” ko ma “mace kyakkyawa.” Ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa nassi ya ce Maryamu “ta ruɗe da maganarsa ƙwarai.”

Sa’ad da Maryamu ta damu ƙwarai, Jibra’ilu ya ƙarfafa ta kuma ya sanar da cewa Maryamu za ta haifi ɗa na musamman. Hakan ya sa Maryamu ta ƙara yin mamaki, “Ta yaya hakan zai kasance?” Ba zan iya yarda cewa Maryamu ta fahimci haka ba, duk da haka a ƙarshe ta ce wa mala'ikan, “Ga ni, bawan Ubangiji. Bari ya kasance tare da ni bisa ga maganarka.” Maganar ta na dauke numfashina. Wani lokaci ina tsammanin wannan shine layin mafi daraja a cikin Sabon Alkawari.

Watakila rashin laifi ne ko kuma, jahili ne ta amsa. Ba ta san abin da zai kashe ta zama uwar Kristi ba. Bayan haka, bisa ga kiyasin zamani, ta kasance kusan shekaru 15 kawai.

Idan Jibra'ilu ya kasance yana zuwa game da wannan jariri fa? Da a ce ya ci gaba da annabci irin na Saminu, wanda ya ce wa Maryamu a cikin haikali, “Wannan yaron . . . za a yi adawa . . . takobi kuma za ya shiga cikin ranku kuma.” (Luka 2:34f ). Wataƙila Gabriel zai iya gargaɗi ta a cikin kalmomin Winston Churchill, “Ba ni da abin da zan bayar sai jini, wahala, hawaye, da gumi.” A wannan yanayin, amsar Maryamu zai kasance, fiye da kowane lokaci, amsa ta bangaskiya da son rai: “Ga ni, bawan Ubangiji. Bari ya kasance tare da ni bisa ga maganarka.”

Yana tuna mini baftisma na. ’Yan’uwa sun gaskata cewa baftisma na waɗanda suka tsai da shawarar manya. Ba za mu canza ma'anar baftisma ba, amma sau da yawa mun canza ma'anar manya. Ban ma zama matashi ba lokacin da na shiga cikin ruwan baftisma. Ni matashi ne amma na yanke shawarar kaina bisa dukkan ilimi da hikimar da wanda bai riga ya yi aure zai iya samu ba. Ban san yadda na san kaina ba da kuma yadda na sani game da Allah.

Ba sai mutum ya san dukkan tafiyar ba kafin ya dauki matakin farko. Har yanzu muna mamakin amsar Maryamu. Me Maryamu ta ji? Jibra’ilu ya yi magana game da Maryamu ta haifi ɗa da za a kira shi ɗan Maɗaukaki kuma wanda zai gāji kursiyin Isra’ila. Yaya Maryamu ta yi tunanin jaririnta zai zama kamar sarki?

Wataƙila Maryamu ba ta zama wauta ba! Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da ta fara yi bayan ta sami sanarwar cewa ta ɗauki ciki shine ta ziyarci ƙawarta Elizabeth. A wurin ne muka sami waƙar Maryamu mai ban al’ajabi mai suna Magnificat (Luka 1:47-55). A ciki ta godewa Allah da ya yi mata manyan ayyuka. Kuma sa’ad da ta faɗi abin da waɗannan “manyan abubuwa” suke, me ta ce? “Ya warwatsa masu girmankai, ya rushe masu iko . . . Kuma ya ɗaga ƙasƙantattu. Ya cika mayunwata . . . kuma ya sallami attajirai fanko.”

Maryamu ta san cewa Mulkin Allah zai ƙunshi jujjuya ɗabi'u da fifiko a cikin ɗaiɗaikun mutane da kuma cikin al'ummai. Ita ma tana sane da cewa zai fara da ita.

Abin ban dariya ne kawai, amma wani lokacin ina tsammanin Jibra’ilu ya yi wannan tayin ga ’yan mata da yawa a cikin ƙarni kuma Maryamu ce ta farko da ta ce e. Yin tunanin hakan ya sa na yi tunani ko na taɓa yin watsi da wani mala’ika wanda bai san abin da ya yi ba wanda ya ba ni matsayin da zan taka a wasan kwaikwayo na Allah.

Yin tunani game da kyawun amsar Maryamu, duk da haka, na iya barin ni cikin tarihin da ya gabata. Zan iya zama ɗan kallo kawai na wasan kwaikwayo na Maryamu.

Idan saƙon Jibrilu zuwa ga Maryamu ba ita kaɗai aka yi magana da shi ba, amma ga kowane rai da ke marmarin Allah fa? Idan kiran ɗaukan Almasihu cikin jikinmu, yin ciki da Kristi, ya zo ga kowannenmu fa? Me ya faru da Maryama idan hakan bai same ni ba? Kamar yadda Meister Eckhart ya taɓa faɗi, “Mene ne amfanin da aka haifi Kristi a bargo a Bai’talami fiye da shekaru 2,000 da suka wuce idan ba a haife shi a cikina ba?”

Dukanmu ana nufin mu zama uwayen Allah, domin Allah koyaushe yana bukatar a haife shi. Bulus ya aririce wannan. A wata fassarar 1 Korinthiyawa 6:20, Bulus ya gargaɗi masu karatunsa su “ ɗaukaka Allah kuma cikin jikinku.” A cikin Galatiyawa 4:19, Bulus ya yi magana da “’ya’yana ƙanana, waɗanda nake sāke shan azabar haihuwa dominsu, har Kristi ya sifantu a cikinku.” A cikin Kolosiyawa 1:27, Bulus ya yi maganar “Almasihu cikin ku, begen ɗaukaka.”

Maryamu ta ba da kanta don ƙyale ƙauna marar iyaka ta zama cikin jiki cikin duniya. Dare mun bayar da wani kasa?

Wazirin da aka nada. Bob bowman Farfesa ne a fannin addini a Jami'ar Manchester, North Manchester, Indiana.