Jesus is eating the Passover Meal with his disciples when he drops his bombshell, “One of you will betray me.” It’s not the first time he has mentioned this: but never before has he been so specific: one of those in the room right now is a traitor.

Consternation grips the disciples as they look around at each other. Peter catches the eye of John, sitting next to Jesus, and covertly signs, ‘Who? Ask him!’ John whispers in Jesus’ ear, and he whispers something back. Only Peter knows of this exchange; but it seems that John is still in the dark. Tension fills the room.

Then Jesus takes a morsel of bread, dips it in the dish, and hands it to Judas, who must also have been sitting close by. When Jesus follows this by telling Judas, "What you have to do, do quickly,” and Judas rises to leave, Jọn gbalịrị iji obi ike gosi Pita, 'Ọ bụ ya!'?

Anyị amaghị: mana anyị maara nke ahụ, ọbụna ugbu a, ndị ọzọ na-eso ụzọ adịghị enyo Judas. Ọ bụ ya bụ onye na-echekwa ego ha. Na, Na omenala Jesus’ isi ututu, ma ọ bụrụ na onye ọbịa n’onwe ya nyefere onye ọbịa ụdị nri ahụ nke bụ ngosipụta ịhụnanya na nkwanye ùgwù dị elu. O nweghị ihe dị n’ime Jizọs’ ọgwụgwọ ya na-atụ aro na ọzọ: n'ihi ya, ha na-eche naanị na ọ na-aga maka akụrụngwa, ma ọ bụ na-ewere onyinye nye ndị ogbenye.

Ihe na-eju m anya

Na Jizọs kwesịrị iji ịhụnanya na nkwanye ùgwù na-emeso Judas ihe mgbe ọ maara na Judas na-aga ịrara ya nye, dị ịtụnanya n'ezie. Ma ọ bụghị ihe kacha ịtụnanya banyere ihe a merenụ. N'ime John 6:64 & 70-71 anyị na-agụ na "Jizọs maara site ná mmalite ndị ha bụ ndị na-ekweghị, na onye ọ bụ onye ga-arara ya nye."

Ihe tụrụ m n’anya n’ezie bụ na Jizọs nwere ike iso ìgwè ndị na-eso ụzọ a jikọtara ọnụ na-ebi 2 ọtụtụ afọ n’ịmara na Judas ga-arara ya nye n’ikpeazụ. Ma, N'oge ahụ niile, Jizọs ekwughị ihe ọ bụla nke na-enye ndị na-eso ụzọ ndị ọzọ ihe ngosi ọ bụla na ọ na-eche ma ọ bụ enweghị mmasị n'ebe Judas nọ..

Nrara nye siri ike idi

N'oge m 50 Ọtụtụ afọ dị ka Onye Kraịst, enwere m ihe mgbu mgbe ndị m tụkwasịrị obi ma nwee mmasị miri emi dị ka ndị enyi na ihe atụ pụtara ìhè nke àgwà Ndị Kraịst dara na n'anwụ maka ịrara ụkpụrụ ndị ha kwere n'ihu ọha.. Ọbụna mgbe a na-emejọghị m kpọmkwem, ihe mgbu ya adịwo mgbe ụfọdụ dị ka mma gbagọrọ agbagọ n’afọ m.

O siri ike karị, n'ezie, when you are the one who has been directly wronged – especially if, in the immediate aftermath of discovery, you have to continue in some form of relationship with your betrayer. And subsequently, although I have always sought to forgive and refrain from judgement, I confess that I have struggled with receiving such people back into a position of trust again.

You look back on the things they said and did, and think to yourself, ‘How could they … when all the time this was going on?’ ‘If only I had known …’ ‘How can I trust them now?’

Ignorance is bliss

I used to think that such sudden discoveries were the worst kind of betrayal. But what Jesus endured was even harder. Anyị na-adọga ịhụ n'anya ọzọ ma tụkwasị obi ọzọ n'ihi na anyị na-atụ egwu na a ga-arara anyị nye ọzọ, n'agbanyeghị na anyị nwere olileanya na anyị agaghị. Ma, chegodị otú ọ ga esi sie ike ịhụ onye ahụ n’anya ma a sị na anyị ma na a na-arara anyị nye, ma ọ bụ ịhụ n'anya ọzọ ma ọ bụrụ na anyị maara na a ga-arara anyị nye ọzọ n'ụzọ kasị njọ! Ị̀ gaara ahụ onye ahụ raara gị nye n’anya otú i mere ma a sị na ị maara ihe ha ga-eme gị.?

Nke ahụ bụ ihe ịma aka nye Jizọs: ọ maara. Nsogbu ya na Judas amaliteghịkwa n’oge nri anyasị ikpeazụ. John gwara anyị na ego efuola mbụ (Jon 12:6): ma, ebe Jọn ma eleghị anya nanị ghọtara otú e si rite uru n'ileghachi anya azụ, Jizọs maara. Ọ bụghịkwa naanị ndị ohi. Kedu ka ị ga-esi meghachi omume ma ọ bụrụ na onye ị maara na-apụnara ego ọrụ ebere ga-ekwupụta n'ihu ọha na 'ịla n'iyi nke onye ọzọ.’ n'ihi na enyeghị onyinye na ego ahụ?

Na-ahụ n'anya n'agbanyeghị ihe niile

Jizọs gosipụtara ịhụnanya nke Chineke n’ụzọ kasị ukwuu—ọbụna nye ndị na-agbaso ụkpụrụ Chineke na-emegiderịta onwe ha.. Ruo n'oge ikpeazụ, o ji ịhụnanya na nkwanye ùgwù na-enweghị atụ mesoo Judas nke ọbụna ndị kasị dịrị ya nso, na na-eche nche maka onye nwere ike sabo, enweghị ike ịhụ ihe ọ bụla na-egosi enweghị ntụkwasị obi ma ọ bụ enweghị mmasị na omume ya.

Ọ bụ omume siri ike ịgbaso: ma nke ahụ bụ ụkpụrụ Jizọs setịpụụrụ anyị. Na oge ọzọ a na-atụghị anya ya ga-arara m nye ma ọ bụ mebie m, ikekwe m ga-enwekwa ekele na ahụghị m ka ọ na-abịa.