{"id":3127509,"date":"2021-12-01T02:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/tembea-kwa-imani\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T08:06:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T12:06:32","slug":"tembea-kwa-imani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/tembea-kwa-imani\/","title":{"rendered":"Tembea kwa Imani"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kutafuta Njia Yangu Kuelekea Matumizi Sahihi ya Maandiko<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Majira ya joto yaliyopita ishara ya uwanja, \u201cEnendeni kwa imani . . . endeleeni kutembea,\u201d iliwekwa kwenye nyasi ya kanisa la Methodisti ambalo mimi hupitia mara kwa mara. Ilikuwa mpya, nyongeza kwa ishara kubwa, ya kudumu kwenye kona iliyokuwa na mada ya mahubiri na marejeo ya Maandiko ya juma. Alama ileile ya ua ilikuwa kwenye nyasi za nyumba kadhaa katika ujirani, nami nilifurahi kuona kwamba washiriki wa kanisa walikuwa wameungana katika kueneza ujumbe huu wa tumaini.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kama kanisa hili la Methodisti, makanisa mengi ya Kiprotestanti hutangaza mada ya mahubiri ya juma na kutoa mstari wa Maandiko kwenye ishara kubwa, ya kudumu ambayo inaweza kuonekana kwa urahisi kutoka barabarani. Ninafurahia kuwaona na kuzingatia njia hii ya kuwafikia washiriki wao, na hasa kwa wale ambao tayari si sehemu ya jumuiya yao ya kidini. Wakati mwingine hunitia moyo na kutafakari haraka, na mara kwa mara, hutoa ucheshi unaohitajika sana. Vipendwa vyangu viwili ni: &#8221;Wenye dhambi hufanya Watakatifu bora!&#8221; na \u201cJe, mnatafuta ishara kutoka kwa Mungu?     <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alama ya uwanja na alama kubwa za kanisa zilinisukuma kufikiria jinsi watu wa dini zote wanavyozungumza na kuandika hadharani kuhusu imani. Je, tunatumiaje Biblia kufafanua imani yetu? Je, jumbe zetu kuhusu imani hutoa maongozi, hualika kuelewa na mazungumzo? Je, tunawaalika wengine katika nyumba yetu ya ibada kama mahali salama pa kukimbilia nyakati za hasara na huzuni?   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEnendeni kwa imani . . . endeleeni kutembea\u201d ulikuwa tu ujumbe niliohitaji mara ya kwanza nilipouona, na ulikaa akilini mwangu. Nilihisi kuzungumzwa moja kwa moja na Mungu. Ilitoa msukumo na kutia moyo, na nilituma maneno kwa familia na marafiki. Katika mkutano wetu huko Atlanta, Georgia, nilitoa ujumbe huu pia baada ya mkutano wetu wa ibada, tukiwa pamoja na furaha. Ilikuwa wakati wa Agosti mwaka huu, wakati lahaja ya Delta ilikuwa ikiongeza idadi ya watu wanaokufa kutokana na COVID-19 na ya watoto wanaojaza hospitali. Sote tulikuwa tukijiuliza ni wapi tunaweza kupata nguvu na ujasiri wa kuendelea. Hapa kulikuwa na jibu.      <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Niliposimama baadaye ili kupiga picha ile ishara, niliona Maandiko hayo katika maandishi madogo zaidi: \u201c\u2018Enendeni kwa imani . . . ( 2 Kor. 5:7 ) endeleeni kutembea.\u201d Mstari katika Biblia ya King James ni \u201cMaana twaenenda kwa imani, si kwa kuona.\u201d Maneno hayo matatu, \u201csi kwa kuona,\u201d yalifanya mstari huo uwe na nguvu zaidi, ukifafanua imani kuwa tendo linalotegemea na kutumaini mwongozo wa Mungu. Maneno hayo pia yalizungumza na hisia ya sasa, inayoenea kwamba tunatembea kana kwamba tumefunikwa macho katika janga hili, tunapapasa gizani kutafuta mwelekeo. Nilipotafakari mstari huo, nilikumbuka jumbe zingine kuhusu imani katika Agano la Kale na Agano Jipya zinazoelezea imani kama mwendo wa maisha unaoongozwa na Mungu. Mika 6:8 inapendwa sana kwa sababu inatoa maelekezo matatu yaliyo wazi: \u201cBWANA anataka nini kwako, ila kutenda haki, na kupenda rehema, na kwenda kwa unyenyekevu na Mungu wako?\u201d Aya hii ilinijia kama ujumbe nilioutoa katika ibada. Nilitambua kwamba nilikuwa nimejishughulisha zaidi na jinsi ya kufanya kazi kwa ajili ya haki na rehema kuliko jinsi ya kutembea kwa unyenyekevu na Mungu, na kwamba hii ndiyo changamoto ngumu zaidi\u2014ile ambayo ninahitaji kufanya ili kufanya kila kitu kingine.       <\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Downey_1-808x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3058348\" width=\"550\" height=\"NaN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Downey_1-808x1024.jpg 808w, https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Downey_1-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Downey_1-768x973.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Downey_1-600x760.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Downey_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Picha kwa hisani ya mwandishi<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Masomo ya Biblia<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Mistari ya Biblia na nyimbo mara nyingi huja kwangu katika ibada, wakati fulani kama faraja, wakati fulani kama changamoto. Hadithi na Maandiko ya Biblia ya King James Version ilikuwa lugha ya imani ambayo nilijifunza nikiwa mtoto. Katika kitalu cha Kanisa la Kibaptisti la West Asheville kutoka utoto hadi umri wa miaka mitano, nilisikia kwamba \u201cMungu ni upendo\u201d ( 1 Yohana 4:16 ). Hata hivyo ilikuwa muhimu zaidi kwamba mlezi, Lottie Robinson, alikuwa hapo kila wakati, akitoa utunzaji wake wa upole na kunifanya mimi na kila mtoto kujua kwamba tulikuwa mtoto mpendwa wa Mungu. Jinsi alivyoishi ujumbe huo ulinifanya nitazamie kuwa hapo kila Jumapili na kuhisi kupendwa. Kujifunza lugha ya Biblia kulijumuisha kusoma hadithi za Agano la Kale na Agano Jipya, na kukariri mistari ya Biblia na vitabu vya Biblia, daima katika King James Version. Tulifundishwa kwamba Biblia ni upanga wetu na ngao dhidi ya uovu, na tulishindana katika Biblia \u201ckuchomoa upanga\u201d ili kuona ni nani angeweza kupata mstari wa Maandiko kwanza. Pia niliona kwamba kulikuwa na watu wengi katika familia ya kanisa langu kama Lottie, ambao wangeweza kunukuu Maandiko lakini waliishi imani yao kwa kufuata mfano wa Yesu, wakitoa mikono wazi ya kukubalika na upendo kwa wote. Na niliona kwamba watu fulani katika kanisa letu walitumia Biblia kama upanga kutetea imani yetu na kuhubiri dhidi ya wengine.          <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nilipokua, niliona mifano zaidi ya imani na taasisi ya kanisa ikitumia jumbe za Biblia kuwatenga na kugawanya jumuiya. Rafiki yangu Becky alihudhuria kanisa Katoliki lililo ng&#8217;ambo ya barabara kutoka kwa kanisa letu. Aliniambia kwamba kasisi wake alisema imani ya Kikatoliki ndiyo imani pekee ya kweli na kanisa la kweli. Katika shule ya upili, marafiki zangu wa karibu walikuwa Wayahudi, na nilianza kujifunza kutoka kwao jinsi dini zetu zinavyotugawanya. Tulikuwa katika klabu ya mijadala na tulifurahia kuzungumza kuhusu jinsi marabi na wahubiri wetu wangeweza kutumia Maandiko yale yale kusema sisi sote tumechaguliwa na Mungu. Mikutano yetu ya vilabu kila mara ilifunguliwa na mshiriki akitoa maombi, na nilitambua nilipoitwa kusali kwamba mimi ndiye Mkristo pekee aliyekuwepo. Nilisali maneno ya Zaburi 19:14 : \u201cManeno ya kinywa changu, na mawazo ya moyo wangu, yapate kibali mbele zako, Ee BWANA, mwamba wangu, na mwokozi wangu.\u201d Nilishukuru kwamba nilikumbuka mstari uliotuunganisha.         <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nilikumbushwa mazungumzo na marafiki zangu Wayahudi niliposoma <em>Vita kwa ajili ya Mungu.<\/em> Katika kitabu hicho, Karen Armstrong anaeleza jinsi Waislamu, Wakristo, na Wayahudi wanavyowafundisha wafuasi wao kuamini katika Mungu \u201cwa kabila,\u201d aliye upande wao, na kutumia Biblia na Maandiko mengine kutegemeza imani yao. Nilielewa jinsi dini zilivyotumia imani katika historia yote ili kupigana kihalisi kwa ajili ya Mungu na kuleta madhara makubwa.   <\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#118973\"><strong>Kama mstari, \u201cTembea kwa imani,\u201d [baba yangu] alifundisha kwamba imani ni hai, uzoefu unaoishi, na ni zaidi kuhusu kile ninachofanya kuliko kile ninachosema.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Imani Iliishi<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Ninashukuru kwamba baba yangu alikuwa mhudumu wa kawaida na mwalimu wa shule ya Jumapili ambaye alitoa mwongozo uliopita Biblia. Alikuwa mmoja wa viongozi katika kanisa letu waliomwamini Yesu alikuja kutufundisha jinsi ya kuishi imani yetu. Alinisaidia kuelewa kwamba hadithi za Biblia na maagizo yake yaliandikwa mahali na wakati hususa, kulingana na uelewaji wa waandikaji wa ujumbe waliopewa, na kwamba hii ndiyo changamoto kwa kila mmoja wetu: kutumia Maandiko kama mwongozo ili kusitawisha ufahamu wetu wenyewe juu ya Mungu na kufanyia kazi imani yetu na kutafuta mwongozo wa Mungu daima kuhusu jinsi ya kuishi na kufanya kazi. Maisha na mafundisho yake yalikuwa kama yale ya Marafiki.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kama mstari \u201cTembea kwa imani,\u201d alifundisha kwamba imani ni hai, uzoefu unaoishi, na inahusu zaidi kile ninachofanya kuliko kile ninachosema. Katika mahojiano, nilimsikia William Sloane Coffin akiuliza, \u201cJe, unatumia uwezo ulio nao kufanya kile unachosema unaamini?\u201d Hili bado ni swali ambalo ninatumia kutambua kazi yangu. Nilivutiwa na kazi ya American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) chuoni, nilipokuwa nikichunguza jinsi ya kutafsiri imani yangu katika vitendo. Programu ya AFSC ilinipa fursa ya kuchunguza imani ya Quaker kupitia mafunzo ya majira ya joto yanayofanya kazi katika Hospitali ya Sheppard na Enoch Pratt na wagonjwa wa akili nilipokuwa nikihudhuria Mkutano wa Stony Run huko Baltimore, Maryland. Nilivutwa na ukimya wa kukutana kwa ajili ya ibada bila kusoma Maandiko wala mahubiri, lakini nikakosa muziki wa ogani na uimbaji wa nyimbo. Uzoefu wangu wa Kibaptisti katika mikutano ya maombi ya Jumatano usiku ilinitayarisha kwa kukaa kimya katika jumuiya nikimwomba Mungu kuwasaidia wengine kwa matatizo mahususi, pamoja na mahangaiko yangu. Kundi letu la AFSC liliishi kama jumuiya ndogo katika makao ya wauguzi wa hospitali na lilipewa mwelekeo mfupi wa historia na imani ya Quaker. Pia tulifanya ibada ya kimya katikati ya juma. Uzoefu huu ulikuwa mwaka wa 1967 na mwanzo wa matembezi yangu ya maisha yote na imani kama inavyotekelezwa katika utamaduni ambao haujaratibiwa wa Marafiki.         <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mnamo 1981, Mkutano Mkuu wa Marafiki ulifanyika katika Chuo cha Berea huko Kentucky. Warsha, \u201cGeorge Fox na Biblia,\u201d ilinisaidia kuelewa jinsi George Fox alivyotegemea Biblia ya King James Version ili kueleza imani yake. Tuliongozwa katika kusoma vifungu kutoka <em>Jarida la George Fox<\/em> na kisha kutafuta marejeo yake kwa Biblia. Uzoefu wangu wa kupata mistari ya Maandiko kwa haraka katika \u201ckuchoma upanga\u201d kwa kanisa langu la Kibaptisti uliongoza darasa kujadili uzoefu wetu kwa kutumia Biblia. Nilijifunza kwamba wengine kama mimi walivutiwa na Marafiki kwa kukazia kitendo, wakitaka kuiweka kando Biblia kwa sababu tulitatizwa na jinsi ilivyokuwa ikitumiwa. Wengine katika warsha hii walikuwa wakijifunza kwa mara ya kwanza kwamba jarida la Fox na historia ya Quaker ziliongozwa na Biblia na kwamba Fox pia alikuwa akipambana na matumizi sahihi ya Maandiko. Katika shajara yake, aliandika, \u201cNa nilipaswa kuwaelekeza watu kwa Roho ambaye alitoa Maandiko, ambayo kwayo wangeweza kuongozwa kwenye Ukweli wote, na hivyo hadi kwa Kristo na Mungu, kama walivyokuwa ambaye aliwatoa.\u201d Ujumbe huu katika shajara yake ulinikumbusha maneno ya baba yangu yakinitia moyo kuwa wazi kwa uongozi wa Roho. Ilikuwa nzuri sana kusoma jinsi Fox alivyojifunza na kutumia ujumbe kutoka katika Biblia katika mafundisho yake, lakini muhimu zaidi jinsi alivyojaribu \u201ckuongozwa na Roho.\u201d Katika warsha hii, niligundua jinsi safari yangu ya imani ilinipeleka kwa Marafiki. Kwa shukrani kwa mwongozo katika Maandiko ya King James Version ya Biblia, na shahidi wa imani hai wa familia yangu ya Kibaptisti na marafiki, niliweza vyema kuunganisha desturi yangu ya zamani ya imani na ujuzi wa Biblia na nyumba yangu sasa kati ya Marafiki.            <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ninashukuru kwamba ishara \u201cEnendeni kwa imani . . . endeleeni kutembea\u201d ingali kanisani na katika nyumba za ujirani wangu, ikitoa utegemezo ninaohitaji sasa. Ujumbe hunisaidia kutafakari juu ya imani yangu, na kunipa changamoto ya kuishi imani yangu kila siku. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kutafuta njia yangu kuelekea matumizi sahihi ya Maandiko.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5090,"featured_media":3086639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9822],"tags":[11275,10736,10900,11690],"fpb_issue_category":[10284],"class_list":["post-3127509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vipengele","tag-imani","tag-kazi","tag-mungu","tag-nyumba","fpb_issue_category-lugha-ya-imani"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tembea kwa Imani - 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\/tembea-kwa-imani\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sw_KE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tembea kwa Imani\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kutafuta njia yangu kuelekea matumizi sahihi ya Maandiko.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/tembea-kwa-imani\/\" \/>\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=\"2021-12-01T07:15:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-12T12:06:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Downey_featured-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"725\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tembea kwa Imani\" \/>\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=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/tembea-kwa-imani\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/tembea-kwa-imani\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Friends Journal\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/315ffb22a36ecbabdf5dbdc09d7d1eb7\"},\"headline\":\"Tembea kwa Imani\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-01T07:15:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-12T12:06:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/tembea-kwa-imani\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1557,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/tembea-kwa-imani\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/Downey_featured-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"imani\",\"kazi\",\"Mungu\",\"nyumba\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Vipengele\"],\"inLanguage\":\"sw-KE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/tembea-kwa-imani\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/tembea-kwa-imani\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/tembea-kwa-imani\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tembea kwa Imani - 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