Mkate wa tsiku ndi tsiku

Mawu akuti “mkate,” “nkhondo,” ndi “nkhondo” amachokera ku Chihebri. Mavawelo amamveka akusintha ndipo imodzi imakhala ndi chiyambi ndi mawu, koma mukhoza kumva makonsonanti atatu omwewo m'mawu awa:
Mkate: lechem
Menyani: lachem
Nkhondo: milchama

Ngakhale simukudziwa Chihebri, mwanenapo limodzi la mawu awa, chifukwa Betelehemu amatanthauza “nyumba ya mkate.” Bet lechem.

Ena amati mawuwa ndi ogwirizana chifukwa Nkhondo akumenyedwa mkate.

Zimenezi n’zoona masiku ano. Russia ndi Ukraine ndi omwe amalima kwambiri tirigu padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo nkhondo yamasiku ano ikukulirakulira njala m'maiko akutali. Izi zinali m’dziko limene njala inali itakula kale. Chiwerengero cha anthu omwe akukumana ndi vuto la kusowa kwa chakudya chawonjezeka kale kuyambira 2019, bungwe la UN World Food Programme.

Zinthu ndizovuta kwambiri ku Ethiopia, South Sudan, kumwera kwa Madagascar, ndi Yemen. Ku Afghanistan, 98 peresenti ya anthu alibe chakudya chokwanira, ndipo ana miliyoni imodzi osakwanitsa zaka 5 akhoza kufa ndi matenda osowa zakudya m’thupi pofika kumapeto kwa chaka. Ku Nigeria, komwe kuli mikangano yankhanza pakati pa abusa a Asilamu a Fulani ndi alimi achikhristu, zina mwazomwe zimayambitsa kusintha kwanyengo ndi kusowa kwa malo oweta.

M’madera ambiri, nkhondo ndi chakudya n’zogwirizana. Padziko lonse lapansi komanso kwa nthawi yaitali, anthu akhala akukangana pa nkhani ya amene amalamulira malo ndiponso amene amalamulira zinthu.

Nthaŵi zina kulimbanako kuli kwenikweni kuti chakudya chikhale ndi moyo; nthawi zina chilimbikitso si njala ya mkate wokha, koma dyera chuma ndi mphamvu. Pamene olemera ndi amphamvu afuna zambiri, osauka ndi ofooka ndi amene amavutika.

Baibulo limatiuza za nthawi imene Aisiraeli sankavutika kuti apeze chakudya. Pamene anatuluka mu ukapolo ku Igupto n’kupeza kuti alibe chakudya, Mulungu anawapatsa chakudya chongokwanira tsiku limodzi panthaŵi.

“Anakutsitsani inu mwa kukupatsani njala, ndi kukudyetsani ndi mana . . . kuti akudziwitse kuti munthu sakhala ndi moyo ndi mkate wokha, koma ndi mawu onse akutuluka m’kamwa mwa Yehova.” ( Deuteronomo 8:3 ) Pamenepa, munthu sakhala ndi moyo ndi chakudya chokha. Ndi malemba Achihebri amene Yesu anagwira mawu ponena kuti, “Kwalembedwa, ‘Munthu sakhala ndi moyo ndi mkate wokha’” ( Luka 4:4 ).

M’dziko limene limavutikira mwachiwawa kaamba ka zinthu zimene pamapeto pake sizikhutiritsa, Yesu akutiuza zimene tiyenera kupempherera: mkate wa tsiku ndi tsiku, chikhululukiro cha machimo, ufumu wa Mulungu.