📖 Kitabu cha Zaburi — Sehemu ya 4: Zaburi 51, Zaburi ya Toba📖 The Book of Psalms — Unit 4: Psalm 51, The Penitential Psalm

1. Ugonjwa Usioweza Kuponywa na Daktari1. A Sickness No Doctor Can Cure

Kuna aina ya ugonjwa ambao madaktari hawana dawa yake. Ni ugonjwa wa kiroho, na ndio ugonjwa ambao Mfalme Daudi aliubeba kwa zaidi ya mwaka mmoja. Daudi alikuwa amefanya dhambi na Bathsheba, kisha akamfanya mumewe Uria auawe ili kuificha. Kwa mwaka mzima alikuwa ametengwa na Mungu, na unaweza kufikiria jinsi alivyokuwa na huzuni nyingi wakati huo. Aliivunja nyumba ya mtu; alizini na kuua. Hata hivyo mtu huyo huyo anaitwa mmoja wa watu wakuu kuliko wote waliowahi kuishi — mtu aupendezaye moyo wa Mungu. Mambo yote mawili yanawezaje kuwa kweli? Kwa sababu hadithi ya Zaburi 51 hatimaye haihusu dhambi ya mtu; inahusu jinsi mwenye dhambi anavyopata njia ya kurudi nyumbani kwa Mungu.There is a kind of sickness for which doctors have no cure. It is spiritual sickness, and it was the sickness King David carried for more than a year. David had sinned with Bathsheba and then had her husband Uriah killed to cover it up. For an entire year he was separated from God, and you can imagine how miserable he was during that time. He broke up a home; he committed adultery and murder. And yet this same man is called one of the greatest who ever lived — a man after God's own heart. How can both things be true? Because the story of Psalm 51 is not finally about a man's sin; it is about how a sinner finds his way home to God.

Siku moja mhubiri wa Daudi alikuja kumwona. Jina lake lilikuwa Nathani, nabii wa Mungu — aina ya mchungaji aliyewatembelea washiriki wake. Zaburi ya 51 ni maombi ambayo Daudi aliandika kutokana na ziara hiyo. Ndani yake tunaweza kutazama, hatua kwa hatua, jinsi hasa mtu mwenye hatia anavyomrudia Mungu aliyemkosea. Kuna hatua nne, nazo ni hatua zile zile nne ambazo kila mmoja wetu lazima azichukue.One day David's preacher came to see him. His name was Nathan, a prophet of God — the kind of pastor who visited his members. The 51st Psalm is the prayer David wrote out of that visit. In it we can watch, step by step, exactly how a guilty man returns to the God he has wronged. There are four steps, and they are the same four steps every one of us must take.

2. Daudi Alikabiliwa na Dhambi Yake2. David Was Confronted with His Sin

Huenda nabii alikuwa ameijua dhambi hiyo kwa muda fulani, lakini hakusema lolote mpaka Mungu alipomtuma. Nathani aliielewa hatari; katika historia yote wajumbe walioleta habari mbaya mara nyingi waliuawa, na Daudi alikuwa na mamlaka ya uhai na kifo juu yake. Kwa hiyo mtu wa Mungu alikuja akasimulia hadithi: mtu tajiri mwenye makundi mengi ya kondoo alimchukua mwana-kondoo jike mmoja mdogo wa mtu maskini akamchinja kwa ajili ya mgeni. Daudi alikasirika sana. "Mtu huyo amestahili kufa!" Kisha Nathani akamtazama mfalme wake akasema, "Wewe ndiwe mtu huyo." Daudi, mfalme tajiri mwenye wake wengi, alikuwa amemchukua mke wa Uria kisha akamfanya Uria auawe. Alikuwa amejihukumu mwenyewe.The prophet had probably known about the sin for some time, but he said nothing until God sent him. Nathan understood the danger; throughout history messengers who brought bad news were often killed, and David held the power of life and death over him. So the man of God came and told a story: a rich man with many flocks took the one little ewe lamb of a poor man and killed it for a guest. David was furious. "Such a man should be put to death!" Then Nathan looked at his king and said, "You are the man." David, the rich king with many wives, had taken Uriah's wife and then had Uriah murdered. He had condemned himself.

Mungu daima anafanya kazi ili kutukabili na dhambi yetu. Wakati mwingine Roho Mtakatifu anasema kupitia dhamiri yetu, wakati mwingine kupitia taabu za maisha, wakati mwingine kupitia rafiki Mkristo. Katika mfano wa mwana mpotevu, kijana yule "alipozingatia moyoni mwake" alipokuwa akifa njaa kati ya nguruwe, na hapo tu ndipo alipogeuka kurudi nyumbani. Hatua ya kwanza ya kusamehewa ni kutambua tu kwamba tunahitaji msamaha.God is always working to confront us with our sin. Sometimes the Holy Spirit speaks through our conscience, sometimes through the hardships of life, sometimes through a Christian friend. In the parable of the prodigal son, the young man "came to himself" while starving among the pigs, and only then turned home. The first step toward being forgiven is simply to realize that we need forgiveness.

3. Daudi Aliikiri Dhambi Yake3. David Admitted His Sin

Daudi alilia, "Nimemfanyia BWANA dhambi." Ingawa alikuwa amemkosea Bathsheba na Uria na taifa, alielewa kwamba hatimaye alikuwa amemtenda Mungu dhambi. Jinsi gani tunavyoitikia kwa namna tofauti tunapoambiwa kwamba sisi ni wenye dhambi, kwa maana daima ni vigumu kukubali kuwajibika binafsi. Fikiria njia rahisi ambazo Daudi hakuzichukua.David cried out, "I have sinned against the LORD." Even though he had wronged Bathsheba and Uriah and the nation, he understood that ultimately he had sinned against God. How differently we usually react when we are told we are sinners, for it is always hard to accept personal responsibility. Consider the easier roads David did not take.

Angeweza kudanganya: "Huna ushahidi; hujui nilichofanya." Mtoto mdogo hujifunza haraka kwamba kudanganya ni rahisi kuliko kusema kweli. Angeweza kumlaumu mtu mwingine: kwamba Bathsheba alimshawishi. Hiyo ndiyo sababu ya zamani kuliko zote — Mungu alipomkabili Adamu, utetezi wake wa kwanza ulikuwa, "Mwanamke huyu uliyenipa ndiye aliyenisababisha nifanye." Angeweza kutoa visingizio: kwamba alikuwa ameshughulishwa na kuendesha serikali, au kwamba alikuwa na utoto mgumu. Angeweza hata kukasirika na kumfanya Nathani auawe kwa ujeuri wake.He could have lied: "You have no proof; you don't know what I've done." A small child quickly learns that lying is easier than telling the truth. He could have blamed someone else: that Bathsheba enticed him. That is the oldest excuse there is — when God confronted Adam, his first defense was, "This woman You gave me caused me to do it." He could have made excuses: that he was distracted running the government, or that he had a hard boyhood. He could even have grown angry and had Nathan killed for his insolence.

Badala ya yote hayo, Daudi aliikiri dhambi yake, kwa sababu hakuna kisingizio kingetosha. Mungu mjuzi wa yote hutazama moja kwa moja ndani ya moyo wa mtu wala hawezi kudanganywa. Anazijua dhambi zetu za wazi na dhambi zetu za siri, dhambi za kutenda na dhambi za kuacha kutenda. Yeye anayehesabu nywele za vichwa vyetu anazijua dhambi zetu. Daudi hakuwa na msaada, naye alijua hivyo. Moyo uliokuwa umeganda kwa mwaka mzima hatimaye uliyeyuka, na kwa roho iliyovunjika akaungama.Instead of all these, David admitted his sin, because no excuse could suffice. The all-knowing God looks directly into a man's heart and cannot be deceived. He knows our open sins and our secret sins, our sins of commission and our sins of omission. The One who counts the hairs of our head knows about our sins. David was helpless and knew it. The heart that had been frozen for a year was finally thawed, and with a broken spirit he confessed.

4. Daudi Alijuta kwa Dhambi Yake4. David Was Sorry for His Sin

Zaburi ya 51 inaanza na Daudi akimsihi Mungu ayageuze maisha yake. Kwa muda mrefu mno alikuwa ametengwa na Mungu; kwa muda mrefu mno alikuwa amehangaika katika hatia na aibu; kwa muda mrefu mno alikuwa mtu mwenye huzuni kuliko wote. Ni ukweli wa kusikitisha kwamba maadamu maisha yetu yamenaswa katika dhambi ya makusudi, tunajitenga wenyewe na uwepo wa Mungu. Mojawapo ya sababu kuu za maombi yasiyojibiwa ni dhambi isiyoungamwa. Uasi dhidi ya Mungu kamwe hautufanyi kuwa na furaha. Maadamu tunajua lililo sawa na kukataa kulitenda, tunajitengenezea huzuni yetu wenyewe.The 51st Psalm begins with David begging God to turn his life around. For too long he had been separated from God; for too long he had struggled in guilt and shame; for too long he had been the most miserable of men. It is a sad fact that as long as our lives are caught up in willful sin, we cut ourselves off from God's presence. One of the chief reasons for unanswered prayer is unconfessed sin. Rebellion against God never makes us happy. As long as we know what is right and refuse to do it, we manufacture our own grief.

Huenda miaka ya ujana ndiyo miaka ya kawaida ya uasi. Nakumbuka nilipofikia umri huo na kufikiri kwamba ningeweza kufanya maamuzi yangu yote mwenyewe — sikutaka mtu yeyote aniambie wakati wa kusoma, wakati wa kurudi nyumbani, au nichague nini. Hatimaye nilimwasi Mungu pia, nikaamua kwamba kanisa halikuwa muhimu sana kwangu. Ilinichukua miaka kadhaa kujifunza kwamba kufanya lolote nililotaka hakukuwa kuzuri kama ilivyodhaniwa; kwa kweli ulikuwa wakati wa huzuni kuliko wote maishani mwangu. Huenda Mungu huturuhusu kufika chini kabisa ili tusiwe na mahali pengine pa kutazama ila juu. Na kisha Yeye anasimama akitungoja kwa mikono iliyo wazi.Perhaps the teenage years are the classic years of rebellion. I remember reaching that age and thinking I could make all my own decisions — I did not want anyone telling me when to study, when to come home, or what to choose. Eventually I rebelled against God too, and decided the church was not all that important to me. It took several years to learn that doing whatever I wanted was not as good as it was supposed to be; in fact it was the most miserable time of my life. Perhaps God allows us to hit rock bottom so that we will have nowhere else to look but up. And then He stands waiting for us with open arms.

5. Daudi Aliiacha Dhambi Yake5. David Turned from His Sin

Zaburi ya 51 inaweka wazi kwamba Daudi aliweka nadhiri ya kujitoa maisha yake kwa Bwana. Watu wengine hufikiri kwamba yaliyopita, yakishatendeka, hayawezi kushughulikiwa kamwe — "Niliyoandika nimeyaandika." Ni kweli hatuwezi kubadilisha yaliyopita. Hakuna mashine ya wakati ya kufuta makosa yetu; kumbukumbu ya maisha yetu imeandikwa kwa wino usiofutika. Lady Macbeth alijaribu bure kuosha doa la damu mikononi mwake, lakini doa likabaki. Na ni kweli kwamba hatuwezi kamwe kusafisha dhamiri zetu wenyewe. Kila dhambi hatimaye ni dhidi ya Mungu, kwa hiyo ikiwa tutasamehewa, ni lazima Mungu atusamehe.The 51st Psalm makes clear that David vowed to commit his life to the Lord. Some people think the past, once done, can never be addressed — "what I have written, I have written." It is true we cannot change the past. There is no time machine to undo our mistakes; the record of our lives is written in indelible ink. Lady Macbeth tried in vain to wash the bloodstain from her hands, but the spot remained. And it is true that we can never clear our own consciences. Every sin is ultimately against God, so if we are to be forgiven, God must forgive us.

Hii ndiyo habari njema: Biblia ndicho kitabu pekee cha dini kinachosema kwamba Mungu husamehe kabisa. Tunapoomba kwa unyenyekevu, "Ee Mungu, uniwie radhi mimi mwenye dhambi," jibu lake ni, "Dhambi zako sitazikumbuka tena." Lakini kugeuka ni zaidi ya kujisikia vibaya. Zakayo mtoza ushuru, alipokutana na Yesu, hakuungama tu; alirudisha mara nne ya kile alichokuwa ameiba. Sehemu ya toba ya kweli ni tendo chanya la kujaribu kurekebisha makosa yetu. Na kuna jambo moja zaidi tunaloweza kufanya: tunaweza kubadilisha wakati ujao. Hakuna toba ya kweli ikiwa tunaridhika kuendelea kutenda dhambi. Wakati huu huu unakuwa mtu yule utakayekuwa baada ya mwaka mmoja; kamwe hatusimami tuli — daima tunasonga kumwelekea Mungu au kumwacha.Here is the good news: the Bible is the only book of religion that says God completely forgives. When we ask humbly, "Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner," His reply is, "I will remember your sins no more." Yet turning is more than feeling sorry. Zacchaeus the tax collector, when he met Jesus, did not merely confess; he paid back four times what he had stolen. Part of true repentance is the positive act of trying to make our wrongs right. And there is one more thing we can do: we can change the future. There is no real repentance if we are content to keep sinning. At this very moment you are becoming the person you will be in a year; we never stand still — we are always moving toward God or away from Him.

6. Baba Anayekimbia Kutulaki6. The Father Who Runs to Meet Us

7. Ubao Uliofutwa Kabisa7. The Slate Wiped Clean

Maisha ya Daudi yaliokolewa kwa toba yake, lakini Nathani alimwonya kwamba "upanga hautaondoka nyumbani mwako kamwe." Dhambi ilisamehewa, lakini matokeo yalibaki; kila dhambi huacha makovu fulani. Lakini hapa tuna faida ambayo Daudi hakuiona kikamilifu: Kristo alibeba maumivu ya dhambi yetu msalabani.David's life was spared through his repentance, but Nathan warned him that "the sword shall never depart from your house." The sin was forgiven, yet consequences remained; any sin leaves certain scars. But here we have an advantage David did not fully see: Christ bore the pain of our sin on the cross.

8. Ugonjwa na Dawa Pekee8. The Disease and the Only Cure

Katika Biblia yote, dhambi inaonyeshwa kama ugonjwa — ugonjwa wa kutisha ambao daima huua, na kila mmoja wetu anaubeba. Kama Warumi 3:23 inavyosema, "wote wamefanya dhambi, na kupungukiwa na utukufu wa Mungu." Ugonjwa huu huua, lakini kuna dawa moja: Yesu alikufa msalabani ili kusamehe dhambi zetu. Hata ziwe dhambi gani, tunaweza kusamehewa; tunapewa nafasi ya pili.All through the Bible, sin is pictured as a disease — a terrible disease that is always fatal, and every one of us carries it. As Romans 3:23 says, "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." The disease is fatal, but there is one cure: Jesus died on the cross to forgive our sins. No matter what they are, we can be forgiven; we are given a second chance.

Mvulana mdogo alipitia upasuaji wa dharura wenye hatari na alikuwa akipumua vizuri, lakini usiku ule muuguzi mmoja mwenye hofu alipuuza wajibu wake, na mvulana akafa. Daktari aliamua kwamba hawezi kuaminika akaandika barua ya kukomesha kazi yake. Alimwita akamsomea barua hiyo; alisikiliza kwa aibu na huzuni. "Huna la kusema?" aliuliza. Alitikisa kichwa, na hatimaye aliposema, alisema tu, "Nipe nafasi nyingine." Hicho ndicho kilio cha kila mwenye dhambi, na ajabu ya injili ni kwamba Mungu anakitimiza. Daudi alikabiliwa, aliikiri, alijuta, na akageuka — na badala ya adhabu alipokea msamaha wa Mungu. Rehema ile ile inakungoja wewe. Ee Mungu, unirehemu; uyafute makosa yangu.A small boy came through a delicate emergency operation and was breathing freely, but late that night a frightened nurse neglected her duty, and the boy died. The doctor decided she could not be trusted and wrote a letter to end her career. He called her in and read it; she listened in shame and misery. "Have you nothing to say?" he asked. She shook her head, and when she finally spoke she said only, "Give me another chance." That is the cry of every sinner, and the wonder of the gospel is that God grants it. David was confronted, he admitted, he was sorry, and he turned — and instead of punishment he received the forgiveness of God. The same mercy waits for you. Have mercy upon me, O God; blot out my transgressions.

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