{"id":3117677,"date":"2007-12-01T00:00:57","date_gmt":"2007-12-01T05:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/kutafakari-kuzaliwa-kwa-yesu\/"},"modified":"2007-12-01T00:00:57","modified_gmt":"2007-12-01T05:00:57","slug":"kutafakari-kuzaliwa-kwa-yesu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kutafakari-kuzaliwa-kwa-yesu\/","title":{"rendered":"Kutafakari Kuzaliwa kwa Yesu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ni Desemba, na tunakaribia mwisho wa msimu mrefu wa kelele za kibiashara. Nina umri wa kutosha kuwa nyanya, na imekuwa hivi katika maisha yangu yote. Kila mwaka mimi hushangazwa na jinsi kelele huanza mapema\u2014sasa Oktoba, kabla ya Halloween. Katika Amerika ya Kaskazini, ni vigumu kutokumbwa na maono ya selulosi (au tabloid, au televisheni, au redio, au iPod, au Intaneti) ya rasilimali zisizo na mwisho, ukuaji wa uchumi wa kudumu, na &#8221;hitaji&#8221; la kuwa na <g id=\"gid_0\">zaidi<\/g> . Utamaduni huu unaong&#8217;aa, wa kuchechemea, wenye shughuli <em>nyingi zaidi<\/em> unaoonekana daima umekuwepo, bila shaka, bila shaka si na jamii kwa ujumla. Marafiki wameepuka kijadi kutafuta <g id=\"gid_2\">zaidi<\/g> \u2014katika maana ya nyenzo\u2014na kelele za msimu. Na tumekuwa wa muda mrefu, mbali-na-kamilifu counterculture, kwa lengo la mazoezi ya urahisi.      <\/p>\n<p>Oktoba hii iliyopita, nilipokuwa nahisi mshangao kutokana na mitego ya Krismasi ya kilimwengu ikiingia mahali ambapo sikutarajia, nilisafiri na mume wangu na mwana mdogo hadi Yellow Springs, Ohio, kuhudhuria mkutano wa wikendi kuhusu mipango ya juu ya mafuta, iliyofadhiliwa na shirika liitwalo Community Solutions. &#8221;Mafuta ya kilele <em>ni<\/em> nini?&#8221; Nimeulizwa na Marafiki wenye ufahamu. Mafuta ya kilele ndio tulipo sasa. Uzalishaji wa mafuta ulifikia kilele nchini Marekani katika miaka ya 1970, na umekuwa ukipungua (haijatolewa kidogo; kilichosalia, ngumu na ghali zaidi kuchimba) nchini Marekani tangu wakati huo. Mafuta ya kiwango cha juu ndipo tulipo sasa kama jumuiya <em>ya ulimwengu<\/em> -tumefikia kilele cha uzalishaji wa dunia, na kushuka duniani kote ni mara moja mbele yetu. Mafuta sio rasilimali pekee ya thamani ambayo tutapata inazidi kuwa adimu (na kwa hivyo ni ya gharama kubwa). Gesi asilia, makaa ya mawe, na madini mengi yanayohitajika kwa bidhaa za viwandani pia yanaenda au yanakaribia kupungua, haswa kwa kuwa mahitaji yao yanaongezeka sana huku nchi zingine, kama vile Uchina na India, zinavyojaribu kuiga mtindo wetu wa maisha wa Amerika Kaskazini unaotia shaka. Mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa, pamoja na usumbufu na mateso yote yatakayoleta katika hali yake, ni matokeo moja tu ya kukithiri kwa tamaduni zilizoendelea kiviwanda. Athari za kijamii, kiikolojia, kiuchumi, na kitamaduni za kuharibu rasilimali zinazohitajika kudumisha tamaduni zilizoendelea ni kubwa sana. Kubwa kuliko kitu chochote ambacho kimefika hadi sasa katika maisha yangu.          <\/p>\n<p>Hii ina uhusiano gani na kuzaliwa kwa Yesu\u2014Mfalme wa Amani? Kila kitu, ninashuku. Tukitafakari ule uzuri wa kitamaduni\u2014mama na mtoto, unaoonekana katika zizi la ng\u2019ombe na baba, wachungaji, wafalme, wanyama wa shambani, na malaika wanaostaajabia na kuabudu\u2014tuna taswira ambayo inaweza kuzungumza na mahitaji ya haraka ya ulimwengu tunamoishi. Hakuna teknolojia ya juu huko, na hakuna haja yake. Hakuna matumizi ya ziada ya bidhaa, hakuna taa zinazometa, hakuna jingle za bomba. Lakini wafalme na wachungaji wanaotolewa sawa, wakishiriki uzoefu wa kina, wakiwa wamezungukwa na joto kwa kuwapo kwa wanyama, waishi pamoja wa uumbaji, wote wakithibitishwa na kutegemezwa na roho za mbinguni. <em>Kilicho<\/em> katika jedwali hilo kinajumuisha yote tunayohitaji kwa kweli: familia, jumuiya, ufikiaji wa usawa, urahisi, ushiriki katika ulimwengu wa asili, utoaji wa ukarimu wa bora zaidi, heshima, sherehe, ajabu, ibada, hofu, na upendo. Je, mandhari ya Bethlehemu ni ya mbali na ya mbali na ulimwengu wetu wa kibiashara, wa kiviwanda, wenye pupa na wenye vita? Je, haina umuhimu? Labda hakuna kitu muhimu <g id=\"gid_1\">zaidi<\/g> kwa wakati huu. Labda inaweza kutupatia dhana ambayo kwayo tunaweza kuishi, dhana ya maisha yajayo yanayotegemeka.          <\/p>\n<p>Katika toleo hili, Helena Cobban anashiriki &#8221;Reflections on the World Since 9\/11&#8243; yake (p.10). Miaka ya kuishi Lebanon na kusafiri ulimwengu kama mwandishi wa habari inasisitiza uelewa wake wa uharaka wa kupata suluhisho lisilo la vurugu kwa mizozo. Keith Helmuth anaandika kwa kirefu kuhusu &#8221;Shuhuda za Marafiki na Uelewa wa Kiikolojia&#8221; (uk.14). Ninapendekeza makala haya kwako, na kukuhimiza kutafakari jinsi shuhuda zetu za Quaker\u2014na jumuiya\u2014zinaweza kutusaidia kuhusiana na sayari inayozidi kuhitaji uhusiano wa kurejeshwa na uwakili wa kweli.   <\/p>\n<p>Acha furaha ya kweli ya msimu iwe yako.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ni Desemba, na tunakaribia mwisho wa msimu mrefu wa kelele za kibiashara. 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