{"id":3115540,"date":"2001-10-01T00:00:57","date_gmt":"2001-10-01T04:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\/"},"modified":"2001-10-01T00:00:57","modified_gmt":"2001-10-01T04:00:57","slug":"wakati-wa-kuzingatia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\/","title":{"rendered":"Wakati wa Kuzingatia"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Wapenzi, msijilipize kisasi, bali ipisheni ghadhabu; mimi nitalipa, asema Bwana.\u2014 Warumi 12:19<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> Jana magaidi walirusha ndege zilizotekwa nyara hadi kwenye minara ya World Trade Center, Pentagon, na kuanguka nje ya Pittsburgh. Nilikuwa nimepanga kufanya kazi nyumbani kuandika safu hii kama sehemu ya mwisho ya suala hili wakati rafiki yangu aliniambia niwashe TV. Kama wengine, nilitumia siku nzima kutazama habari, nikipiga na kupokea simu zinazohusiana na matukio ya siku hiyo.  <\/p>\n<p>Ninapoandika, sisi kama taifa tuko katika mshtuko. Kwa pamoja, tulishuhudia uharibifu mkubwa usio na kifani huko New York na Washington, kwani majengo ambayo yalikuwa ishara ya nguvu za kiuchumi na kijeshi za Amerika yaliharibiwa vibaya au kuharibiwa na kuwa vifusi vinavyowaka moto, na maelfu walikufa na wengine wengi kujeruhiwa vibaya. Leo tunajifunza kwamba uharibifu huo ulifanywa na watu 20 au wachache waliokuwa na visu vya kukatia masanduku\u2014chombo rahisi kinachopatikana katika kila duka la vifaa.  <\/p>\n<p>Tuna mengi ya kuzingatia. Katika wakati huu mzito, tunayo fursa ya kuliponya taifa letu\u2014sio tu la janga la jana, bali mitazamo ambayo inaweza kusababisha kuongezeka na uharibifu mbaya zaidi. Katika siku zijazo, tutafanya maamuzi muhimu sana. Hisia zetu za kutoweza kuathirika zimevunjwa. Mamilioni ya dola yametumika kwenye mifumo ya hali ya juu ya kuzuia makombora-na utawala wa sasa unapendekeza kutumia mabilioni zaidi kwa mpango wake wa Star Wars. Hata hivyo, shambulio la jana linasisitiza upumbavu wa kupata hali ya usalama kutoka kwa mifumo ya hali ya juu wakati watu wachache waliojipanga sana, waliofunzwa vyema, na walioazimia na silaha za teknolojia ya chini sana wanaweza kusababisha uharibifu huo. <em>Huyu<\/em> ndiye adui wa siku zijazo za hivi karibuni, na silaha za Star Wars hazitatuweka salama.     <\/p>\n<p>Wale wanaolinganisha mifumo ya kina ya silaha na operesheni za kijeshi za hali ya juu na usalama wa taifa watakuwa wakidai kwa sauti kubwa kwamba tuongeze &#8221;utayari&#8221; wetu na kwamba tuwatafute na kuwaangamiza wahusika. Tunaweza kuona katika Mashariki ya Kati na Ireland Kaskazini kwamba kulipiza kisasi huzaa mashambulizi zaidi kutoka upande mwingine na kwa wazi hakuleti amani. <\/p>\n<p>Inaweza kuwa karne ya 21, lakini baadhi ya mambo hayajabadilika tangu nyakati za Biblia. Haijalishi ni hasira au ghadhabu gani, kisasi bado ni cha Mungu, si sisi. Yesu alikuwa wazi sana aliposema, &#8221;Mmesikia&#8230; Umpende jirani yako, na, umchukie adui yako. Lakini mimi nawaambia, Wapendeni adui zenu, wabarikini wale wanaowalaani, watendeeni mema wale wanaowachukia ninyi, waombeeni wanaowadhulumu na kuwaudhi.&#8221; (Mt.5:43-44).  <\/p>\n<p>Je, hii ina maana gani katika hali ya vitendo kwetu katika karne ya 21? Inamaanisha kutoweka mfano wa kutisha kwa kulenga idadi ya raia, kama vile tumefanya huko Iraqi. Inamaanisha kukomesha adhabu ya kifo. Inamaanisha kutounga mkono udikteta wa kijeshi unaowawezesha watawala kutesa na kuwachinja raia wao wenyewe bila kuadhibiwa. Inamaanisha kulaani ugaidi wa Kipalestina (au ugaidi popote pale)\u2014 <em>na<\/em> kulaani ulipizaji kisasi wa kijeshi wa Israeli unaolenga idadi ya raia.    <\/p>\n<p>Ni wakati wa ulimwengu kutafuta njia bora zaidi ya kukabiliana na nguvu za uharibifu kuliko uharibifu wa kulipiza kisasi. Usalama wa kweli upo katika uhusiano wetu na Mungu mwenye upendo na katika uwezo wetu wa kutafuta na kufikia ule wa Mungu ndani ya wanadamu wengine. Usalama wetu hauwezi kutegemea mashirika ya kibinadamu ya kujilinda ambayo ni magumu kudumisha na hatimaye chini ya kushindwa. Usalama wa kweli utapatikana tu wakati hatuna chochote cha kuogopa kutoka kwa majirani wetu wa kimataifa\u2014tunapokuwa tumejifunza kushiriki wingi wetu na kutoa usaidizi kwa wale walio na uhitaji, tunapokuwa tumefikia kuelewa misukumo ya msingi ya wale wanaotuchukia, na wakati tumegeuza panga zetu wenyewe kuwa majembe. Kuweka imani yetu katika mifumo ya silaha au hatua za kulipiza kisasi kunalenga chini sana. Imani yetu ni kwa Mungu, si kidogo. Tunapochagua njia ya kulipiza kisasi kwa hasira, tunachagua maangamizi yetu wenyewe kwa hakika kama vile watekaji nyara hao wa kigaidi walivyochagua kufa kifo kikali angani juu ya Manhattan.      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wapenzi, msijilipize kisasi, bali ipisheni ghadhabu; mimi nitalipa, asema Bwana.\u2014 Warumi 12:19 Jana magaidi walirusha ndege zilizotekwa nyara hadi kwenye&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9822],"tags":[11521,11519],"fpb_issue_category":[],"class_list":["post-3115540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vipengele","tag-baadaye","tag-matukio-ya-sasa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wakati wa Kuzingatia - Friends Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sw_KE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wakati wa Kuzingatia - Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wapenzi, msijilipize kisasi, bali ipisheni ghadhabu; mimi nitalipa, asema Bwana.\u2014 Warumi 12:19 Jana magaidi walirusha ndege zilizotekwa nyara hadi kwenye&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2001-10-01T04:00:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FJ_generic_featured_FINAL.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"779\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"438\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SusanCorson-Finnerty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@friendsournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@friendsournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SusanCorson-Finnerty\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SusanCorson-Finnerty\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/aa9bab181df229afa64792b4eabd03b9\"},\"headline\":\"Wakati wa Kuzingatia\",\"datePublished\":\"2001-10-01T04:00:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":614,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Baadaye\",\"Matukio ya Sasa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Vipengele\"],\"inLanguage\":\"sw-KE\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\\\/\",\"name\":\"Wakati wa Kuzingatia - Friends Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2001-10-01T04:00:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"sw-KE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/nyumbani\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wakati wa Kuzingatia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/\",\"name\":\"Friends Journal\",\"description\":\"Kuwasiliana na uzoefu wa Quaker ili kuunganisha na kuimarisha maisha ya kiroho\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"sw-KE\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Friends Journal\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"sw-KE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/fj-logo-white.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/fj-logo-white.png\",\"width\":617,\"height\":74,\"caption\":\"Friends Journal\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/friendsjournal\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/friendsournal\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/friendsjournal\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/3154709\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/friendsjournal\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/aa9bab181df229afa64792b4eabd03b9\",\"name\":\"SusanCorson-Finnerty\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"sw-KE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"SusanCorson-Finnerty\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/author\\\/susancorson-finnerty\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wakati wa Kuzingatia - Friends Journal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\/","og_locale":"sw_KE","og_type":"article","og_title":"Wakati wa Kuzingatia - Friends Journal","og_description":"Wapenzi, msijilipize kisasi, bali ipisheni ghadhabu; mimi nitalipa, asema Bwana.\u2014 Warumi 12:19 Jana magaidi walirusha ndege zilizotekwa nyara hadi kwenye&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\/","og_site_name":"Friends Journal","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/","article_published_time":"2001-10-01T04:00:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":779,"height":438,"url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FJ_generic_featured_FINAL.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"SusanCorson-Finnerty","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@friendsournal","twitter_site":"@friendsournal","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"SusanCorson-Finnerty","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\/"},"author":{"name":"SusanCorson-Finnerty","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/#\/schema\/person\/aa9bab181df229afa64792b4eabd03b9"},"headline":"Wakati wa Kuzingatia","datePublished":"2001-10-01T04:00:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\/"},"wordCount":614,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/#organization"},"keywords":["Baadaye","Matukio ya Sasa"],"articleSection":["Vipengele"],"inLanguage":"sw-KE"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\/","url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\/","name":"Wakati wa Kuzingatia - Friends Journal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/#website"},"datePublished":"2001-10-01T04:00:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"sw-KE","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wakati-wa-kuzingatia\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/nyumbani\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wakati wa Kuzingatia"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/","name":"Friends Journal","description":"Kuwasiliana na uzoefu wa Quaker ili kuunganisha na kuimarisha maisha ya kiroho","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"sw-KE"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/#organization","name":"Friends Journal","url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"sw-KE","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fj-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fj-logo-white.png","width":617,"height":74,"caption":"Friends Journal"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/","https:\/\/x.com\/friendsournal","https:\/\/instagram.com\/friendsjournal","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/3154709","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/friendsjournal"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/#\/schema\/person\/aa9bab181df229afa64792b4eabd03b9","name":"SusanCorson-Finnerty","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"sw-KE","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"SusanCorson-Finnerty"},"url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/author\/susancorson-finnerty\/"}]}},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Friends Journal","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/","push-errors":false,"acf":{"author_name":"Susan Corson-Finnerty","issue":"Oktoba 2001"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3115540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3115540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3115540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3115540"},{"taxonomy":"fpb_issue_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fpb_issue_category?post=3115540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}