Ένας μουσουλμάνος βαπτίζεται

Fr. Zacharias Kerstyuk

 πηγή:greekmurtadeen

EN: This story comes from Archpriest Zacharias Kerstyuk, who works for the external relations department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. Fr Zacharias used to look after the parishioners at St Andrew’s Church at the Ukrainian Embassy in Tripoli in Libya, but now serves in Spain.
GR: Αυτή η ιστορία προέρχεται από τον Αρχιερέα Ζαχαρία Kerstyuk, ο οποίος εργάζεται για την Υπηρεσία Εξωτερικών Σχέσεων της Ουκρανικής Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας του Πατριαρχείου Μόσχας. Ο π. Ζαχαρίας συνήθιζε να φροντίζει τους ενορίτες στην εκκλησία του Αγίου Ανδρέα στην Ουκρανική Πρεσβεία στην Τρίπολη της Λιβύης, αλλά τώρα υπηρετεί στην Ισπανία.
TU: Bu yazı, Moskova Patrikhane’sine bağlı Ukrayna Ortodoks Kilisesi dış ilişkiler bölümünde çalışan Rahip Zacharias Kerstyuk’tan geliyor.  Peder Zacharias Tripoli’de ki (Libya) Ukrayna Elçiliğinde bulunan St. Andrew Kilisesinin Cemaati ile ilgileniyordu, fakat şu anda İspanya’da hizmet ediyor.
EN: The Muslim
He is Turkish, a ship’s captain and travels all over the world. He is 49 years old and has spent 25 of those at sea and has been in all sorts of difficult situations. He is a clever man and speaks some five languages.
GR: Ο μουσουλμάνος
Είναι Τούρκος, καπετάνιος του πλοίου και ταξιδεύει σε όλο τον κόσμο. Είναι 49 ετών και έχει περάσει τα 25 από αυτά στη θάλασσα και έχει περάσει κάθε είδους δύσκολες καταστάσεις. Είναι έξυπνος άνθρωπος και μιλάει περίπου πέντε γλώσσες.
TU: Bir Műslűman
O bir türk, bir gemi kaptanı ve dünyayı dolaşıyor. 49 yaşında ve hayatının 25 yılını denizlerde, zaman zaman çok zor şartlar altında geçirmiş. Beş yabancι dil konuşan zeki bir insandιr.

EN: At Sea
This spring his ship was in the Atlantic, when suddenly it broke down. The main engine stopped and the generators packed up.
GR: Στη θάλασσα
Αυτή την άνοιξη το πλοίο του ήταν στον Ατλαντικό, όταν ξαφνικά η κύρια μηχανή σταμάτησε και οι γεννήτριες έπαψαν να λειτουργούν.
TU: Denizde
Bu baharda gemisi Atlantik’te arızalandı. Motoru durdu, jeneratörler de çalışmadı.

EN: They drifted for a long time, unable even to send out an SOS. There was nothing to eat or drink and the crew began to get alarmed. Everything they tried ended in failure. Despair set in. There were over thirty in the crew, Georgians, Syrians, Turks and two Ukrainians. Their only hope was in God.
GR: Περιπλανήθηκαν για μεγάλο χρονικό διάστημα, αδυνατώντας ακόμη και να στείλουν ένα SOS. Δεν υπήρχε τίποτα να φάνε ή να πιουν και το πλήρωμα άρχισε να ανησυχεί. Όλα όσα προσπάθησαν κατέληξαν σε αποτυχία. Τους έπιασε απελπισία. Υπήρχαν πάνω από τριάντα άτομα στο πλήρωμα, Γεωργιανοί, Σύριοι, Τούρκοι και δύο Ουκρανοί. Η μόνη ελπίδα τους ήταν στο Θεό.
TU: Uzun süre rastgele sürüklendiler ve ne yazık ki yardım sinyali de göndermemişler. Yiyecekleri ve içecekleri kalmadı ve gemiciler alarma geçtiler. Herşeyi denediler ama başarısız oldular. Umitsizdiler. Gemide 30 gemiciden fazla vardı, Gürcü’ler, Suriyeli’ler, Türk’ler ve iki Ukraynalı. Hepsinin tek umudu Tanrı’ydı.
EN: Prayer
The Muslim captain began to pray for help. He also saw how sincerely the Georgian Orthodox prayed. Then he himself turned to Jesus: ‘If Jesus helps me, then I’ll become a Christian’, he decided. The day was not over before the engines came back to life.
GR: Προσευχή
Ο μουσουλμάνος καπετάνιος άρχισε να προσεύχεται για τη βοήθεια. Είδε επίσης πόσο ειλικρινά προσεύχονταν οι Γεωργιανοί. Στη συνέχεια, ο ίδιος στράφηκε προς τον Ιησού: «Αν ο Ιησούς με βοηθήσει, τότε θα γίνω Χριστιανός», αποφάσισε. Πριν τελειώσει η μέρα οι μηχανές ξανάρχισαν να λειτουργούν.
TU: Dua
Müslüman Kaptan dua etmeye başladı.  O ana kadar Ortodoks Gürcü’lerin nasıl dua ettiğini görmüştü. Kendisi Isa Mesih’e hitap ederek “ Eğer İsa bana yardım ederse, ben de Hristiyan olacağım”diye karar verdi. Gűn bitmeden geminin motorlarι yeniden çalιşmaya başladι.
EN: They reached Algiers on the smoky engines, but the port would not take them in. All they would do was allow them to take some food and drink on board and anchor in their territorial waters. They stood at anchor for a whole month there, waiting for spares from the shipping company. Refusing to wait any longer for help from the ship’s owners, the IMO (International Maritime Organization) ordered them to proceed to the nearest European port. This was Cartagena in Spain. The ship stopped five miles from shore – it had run out of fuel. With great difficulty they were towed into port.
GR: Έφθασαν στο Αλγέρι με τις μηχανές να καπνίζουν αλλά το λιμάνι δεν τους δέχτηκε. Το μόνο που θα έκανε ήταν να τους επιτρέψει να πάρουν κάποια τρόφιμα και ποτά στο πλοίο και να αγκυροβολήσουν στα χωρικά τους ύδατα. Αγκυροβόλησαν για έναν ολόκληρο μήνα εκεί, περιμένοντας ανταλλακτικά από τη ναυτιλιακή εταιρεία. Αρνούμενος να περιμένει άλλο για βοήθεια από τους ιδιοκτήτες του πλοίου, ο IMO (Διεθνής Ναυτιλιακός Οργανισμός) διέταξε να πλεύσουν στο πλησιέστερο λιμάνι της Ευρώπης. Αυτό ήταν η Καρθαγένη στην Ισπανία. Το πλοίο σταμάτησε πέντε μίλια από την ακτή – είχε ξεμείνει από καύσιμα. Με μεγάλη δυσκολία το έλκυσαν στο λιμάνι.
TU: Az da olsa çalıştırdıkları motorlarıyla Cezayir’e ulaştılar, fakat liman onları kabul etmedi. Sadece yiyecek ve içecek almalarına ve  bölgede demirlemelerine izin verdiler.Tüm ay gemi şirketinden yedek parçaların gelmesini beklediler. Gemi sahiplerinden yardım gelmesi için daha fazla beklemek istemediler. Uluslararası Denizcilik Örgütü de en yakın Avrupa noktasına geçmelerini istedi. Ve Cartagena’ya (İspanya) geldiler. Gemi, yakıtı kalmadığı için limana 5 mil uzaktayken durdu ve büyük güçlükle limana çekildi.
EN: The Baptism
Since there were Ukrainians on board and I am a Ukrainian, I was at once contacted about the irregular situation in which our nationals were involved. I went aboard and met the Ukrainians who introduced me to the rest of the crew. I spoke at length with the captain about Orthodoxy, about God. I saw that the man had really taken a conscious decision.
GR: Η Βάπτιση
Επειδή υπήρχαν οι Ουκρανοί στο πλοίο και είμαι Ουκρανός, επικοινώνησαν αμέσως μαζί μου σχετικά με την ανώμαλη κατάσταση στην οποία εμπλέκονταν οι πολίτες μας. Πήγα στο πλοίο και συνάντησα τους Ουκρανούς που με γνώρισαν με τους υπόλοιπους του πληρώματος. Μίλησα επί μακρόν με τον καπετάνιο για την Ορθοδοξία, για τον Θεό. Είδα ότι ο άντρας είχε πάρει πραγματικά μια συνειδητή απόφαση.
TU: Vaftiz
Gemide Ukrayna’lılar vardı ve ben de Ukrayna’lıyım, dolayιsιyla benle iletişim kurdular ve gemideki anormal durumdan bahsettiler. Gemiye gittim önce diğer Ukraynalı’lar ile tanıştım . Onlar beni diğerleriyle tanıştırdı. Kaptan ile Ortodoks’luk ve Tanrι hakkında uzunca konuştuk. Ve onun çok ciddi ve bilinçli bir şekilde kararlı olduğunu anladım.
EN: I had three preparatory talks with the captain. Since this was a very important step I received his wife’s permission. These people had been born into Islam but only kept it superficially, just like the many who among us call themselves Orthodox only because they were baptised in it in childhood.
GR: Είχα τρεις προπαρασκευαστικές συνομιλίες με τον καπετάνιο. Δεδομένου ότι αυτό ήταν ένα πολύ σημαντικό βήμα έλαβε την άδεια της γυναίκας του. Αυτοί οι άνθρωποι είχαν γεννηθεί στο Ισλάμ, αλλά το τηρούσαν μόνο επιφανειακά, όπως και πολλοί ανάμεσά μας που αυτοαποκαλούνται Ορθόδοξοι μόνο επειδή βαπτίστηκαν κατά την παιδική τους ηλικία.
TU: Kaptanla 3 kez hazırlık görüşmeleri yaptım. Bu önemli adιmι atmadan önce eşinin iznini almasι şarttι. Bu insanlar İslam’ın içinde doğmuşlardı ama onu sadece yüzeysel yaşamışlardı. Ortodoklar arasιnda da öyleleri var.
EN: The wife said that she accepted her husband’s decision, as that was his will.
GR: Η γυναίκα είπε ότι αποδέχθηκε την απόφαση του συζύγου της, καθώς αυτό ήταν το θέλημά του.
TU: Kaptanın eşi kocasιnιn kararını kabul ettiğini söyledi.

EN: The man said to me: ‘I want to be Orthodox, Jesus helped me, I’ll keep everything that is asked of me because I believe’. Seeing such a firm will in him, I baptized him in the Mediterranean Sea.
GR: Ο άνθρωπος μου είπε: «Θέλω να είμαι Ορθόδοξος, ο Ιησούς με βοήθησε, θα τηρήσω ό,τι μου ζητηθεί γιατί πιστεύω». Βλέποντας μια τέτοια σταθερή θέληση σ’ αυτόν, τον βάπτισα στη Μεσόγειο Θάλασσα.
TU: Kaptan bana, “ Ortodoks olmak istiyorum, İsa bana yardım etti, benden istenen her şeyi yapacağım; çünkü inanıyorum” dedi. İçindeki bu inancı görünce onu Akdeniz’de vaftiz ettim.

EN: He told me that he had never sensed or felt the presence of God in Islam, but he could feel Jesus in his heart. The next Sunday the captain came to communion for the first time.
GR: Μου είπε ότι ποτέ δεν είχε νιώσει ή αισθανθεί την παρουσία του Θεού στο Ισλάμ, αλλά μπορούσε να αισθανθεί τον Ιησού στην καρδιά του. Την επόμενη Κυριακή ο καπετάνιος κοινώνησε για πρώτη φορά.
TU: O bana;” İslam’da hiçbir zaman Tanrı’nın varlığını algılamadım ve hissetmedim, fakat İsa’yı kalbimde hissediyorum”dedi. Ve ondan sonra ki pazar Kaptan ilk defa Komünyon almak için geldi.
EN: The Crew
The captain invited his friends to the service, six of whom also took communion. I have not seen people taking communion with such devotion for a long time the way he did. At the moment another two sailors in the crew also want to get baptized. We are having preparatory talks and I hope to baptize them next week.
GR: Το Πλήρωμα
Ο καπετάνιος κάλεσε τους φίλους του στη Λειτουργία, έξι από τους οποίους κοινώνησαν κιόλας. Είχα πολύ καιρό να δω ανθρώπους να κοινωνούν με τέτοια αφοσίωση όπως εκείνος. Αυτή τη στιγμή άλλοι δύο ναύτες στο πλήρωμα θέλουν επίσης να βαπτιστούν. Είμαστε σε προπαρασκευαστικές συνομιλίες και ελπίζω να τους βαπτίσω την επόμενη εβδομάδα.

TU: Tayfa
Kaptan,diğer arkadaşlarını ayine davet etti ve bunlardan altısı Kominyon aldılar. Uzun zamandır bu kadar özveri ile Komünyon alan kimseyi görmemiştim. Su anda gemidekilerden  2 denizci daha vaftiz olmak istiyor. Onları hazırlayıcı konuşmaları yapıyoruz ve umarım önümüzdeki hafta vaftiz edeceğim onları da.

EN: At my first talk with the captain, I asked: ‘Aren’t you afraid that the Muslim sailors will cut your throat?’ He answered: ‘So what, I’ll lock the doors tighter at night’.
GR: Κατά την πρώτη συνομιλία μου με τον καπετάνιο, ρώτησα: «Δε φοβάσαι ότι οι μουσουλμάνοι ναυτικοί θα σου κόψουν το λαιμό;» Εκείνος απάντησε: «Και λοιπόν, θα κλειδώνω καλύτερα τις πόρτες τη νύχτα».
TU: Kaptan ile ilk konuşmamda ona sordum, “ aldığın karardan dolayı Müslüman denizcilerin senin boğazını kesmelerinden korkmuyor musun?” O “ Ne olacak, geceleri uyurken kapımı daha sιkι kilitlerim.” diye cevap verdi

EN: During the talk Muslim sailors came along and looked at me in such a way that I felt frightened. The second meeting was much more pleasant and the third very easy. I answered their questions. We spoke about life, joked and I showed them crosses which I offered them.
GR: Κατά τη διάρκεια της συνομιλίας μουσουλμάνοι ναύτες έρχονταν και με κοιτούσαν με τέτοιο τρόπο που ένιωσα φόβο. Η δεύτερη συνάντηση ήταν πολύ πιο ευχάριστη και η τρίτη πολύ εύκολη. Απάντησα στις ερωτήσεις τους. Μιλήσαμε για τη ζωή, αστειευτήκαμε και τους έδειξα σταυρούς που τους προσέφερα.
TU: Müslüman denizcilerle ilk konuşmamda, beni korkutacak kadar kötü baktılar bana. İkinci toplantı daha kibar, üçüncü toplantı ise çok daha kolaydı. Onların sorularını cevapladım.  Hayat hakkında konuştuk, şaka yaptık  ve onlara önerdiğim haçlarι gösterdim.
EN: They took them, put them on and I heard them talking to each other: ‘Perhaps it’s true and Jesus did help?’ After that I went to see them again and I saw them, Syrians and Turks, still wearing the crosses around their necks as before. Having been at death’s door, these people can now make sense of a lot more.
GR: Τους πήραν, τους φόρεσαν και τους άκουσα να μιλούν ο ένας στον άλλο: «Ίσως να είναι αλήθεια και ο Ιησούς βοήθησε;” Μετά από αυτό πήγα να τους ξαναδώ και τους είδα, Σύρους και Τούρκους, να εξακολουθούν να φορούν τους σταυρούς στον λαιμό τους όπως και πριν. Έχοντας ήδη φτάσει στην πόρτα του θανάτου, αυτοί οι άνθρωποι μπορούν πλέον να κατανοήσουν πολύ περισσότερα.
TU: Haç’ları alιp taktιlar ve birbirleriyle şöyle konuştuklarını duydum;  “belki  doğru, İsa yardım etmiş olamaz mι?” Onları tekrar görmeye gittiğimde Suriyelilerin ve Türkler’in daha önce taktιklarι Haç’ları boyunlarında hala taşdιklarιnι gördűm. Ölümün eşiğinden geçmiş olarak şimdi duyguları daha çok anlam kazanmıştı.