Tacitus

Munyori wenhau dzakaitika weRoma uye mutauri Tacitus (c.55-120 AD) anonyora kuti, mushure meMoto weRoma mukati 64 Ad, Kwaiva nerunyerekupe rwekuti moto wakanga wabatidzwa nemirairo yaNero:

“Nokudaro, kubvisa report, Nero akasungirira mhosva yacho uye akatambudza zvakanyanyisa boka raivengwa nokuda kwezvinyangadzo zvaro., anonzi maKristu neruzhinji. Christus, kubva kwavari zita rakabva, akatambura chirango chakaipisisa panguva yokutonga kwaTibherio nemaoko omumwe wavatongi vedu, Pondiyo Pirato, uye kutenda mashura kwakashata, saka wakatariswa nguva yacho, akatangazve kwete muJudhiya chete, mavambo ezvakaipa, asi kunyange muRoma, uko zvinhu zvese zvinosemesa uye zvinonyadzisa kubva kumativi ese epasi zvinowana nzvimbo yavo uye inove yakakurumbira. Naizvozvo, kusungwa kwakatanga kuitwa kwevose vakabvuma mhosva; ipapo, paruzivo rwavo, vanhu vazhinji-zhinji vakabatwa nemhosva, kwete yakawanda yemhosva yekupfura guta, sokuvenga vanhu. Kunyomba kwemarudzi ose kwakawedzerwa pakufa kwavo. Kufukidzwa nematehwe ezvikara, vakabvamburwa nembwa uye vakaparara, kana kuti vakarovererwa pamuchinjikwa, kana kuti vakatongerwa kumoto ndokupiswa, kushanda sechiedza cheusiku, apo masikati machena akanga apera. Nero akapa mapindu ake kuti aonekwe, uye airatidza kuratidzwa musekisi, apo aivhengana nevanhu vakapfeka hembe dzemuchairi wengoro kana kuti akamira pamusoro pemotokari. Saka, kunyange kumatsotsi aifanira kurangwa zvakanyanyisa uye zvomuenzaniso, pakava nokunzwa tsitsi; nokuti yakanga isina, sezvazvaiita, kuitira veruzhinji zvakanaka, asi kugutsa utsinye hwomunhu mumwe, kuti vakanga vachiparadzwa.” (Annals 15.44.)

Nyanzvi dzinobvuma Tacitus somumwe wevanyori vezvakaitika kare vakanakisisa venguva yake. Kuve mupikisi ari pachena wechiKristu, chokwadi chokuti anotaura nezvaJesu’ kuroverwa nenzira iyi kunoonekwa sehutsigiro hwakasimba nechero mipimo yenhoroondo yese. Imwe, zvine nharo zvikuru, kukosha kwakaita sekusimbisa kwekutambudza kwaNero maKristu muRoma zvichitevera moto we 64 Ad. Sezvakataurwa kumwewo, chiitiko ichi chinobatsira kusimbisa zuva rekutanga remagwaro eTestamente Itsva pacharo.

Vamwe vanokarakadza kuti Tacitus akangotora nhoroondo yake kubva kuzvinyorwa zvechiKristu: asi idi rokuti haaratidzi zivo yedzidziso yechiKristu, kuvaona sechitendero chinosemesa, zvinoita kuti izvi zvisaitike. Uyezve, kazhinji anongwarira muzvinyorwa zvake kuti asiyanise pakati pezvinhu zvakashumwa neizvo zvaanoona sezvakasimbiswa pasina kupokana kune musoro, kushandisa mazwi akadai, ‘Zvinonzi,’ ‘Vamwe vakaisa parekodhi,’ nezvimwewo. zvekunzwa, uye kunyange, ‘Ndakatevera vazhinji vevanyori venhoroondo,’ kana kuti ‘zviremera zvakawanda uye zvakavimbika,’ munzvimbo dzaanobvuma kuti pane makakatanwa. Asi anonyora nezvaJesu’ kuroverwa sezviri pachena, pasina kana qualification.

Anotiwo chiKristu kutenda mashura kunouraya, uye anoti maKristu aive nemhosva dzemhosva dzinosemesa!

Kana kusahadzika kupi nokupi kwakanga kuriko pamusoro pezvokwadi pamusoro paJesu’ Rufu, Tacitus angadai asina kupotsa mukana wekutaura kudaro; uye, somunyori wenhoroondo weRoma, angadai akagadzirira kupinda muImperial archives.

Asi maImperial archives haaizombodana Jesu, ‘Kristu’, uye Pirato akanga ari mutungamiriri, kwete procurator.

Zvose Tacitus’ mabhuku ane chokuita nenguva pashure pokunge kukombwa kwanyangarika nenzira inoshamisa. Sei?

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