Umengwụ na acedia

Ihe abụọ dị iche iche na-ekerịta ọnọdụ a nʼime ndepụta ahụ. Ndị mọnk ọzara tụrụ egwu acedia — Griik maka “enweghị nlekọta” — ike ọgwụgwụ dị arọ nke mkpụrụ obi nke na-adakwasị mọnk nʼehihie. Evagrius, na njedebe afọ ndị 300, kpọrọ ya “mmụọ ọjọọ nke ehihie”, site na nsụgharị Griik nke Abụ Ọma 91:6, nke Baịbụl Igbo sụgharịrị “ihe mbibi mberede na-eme nʼehihie”: ụbọchị yiri ka ọ dị ogologo dịka awa iri ise, mọnk ahụ na-ele anyanwụ anya mgbe niile, kpọọ ọnụ ụlọ ya asị ma na-achọ ịnọ ebe ọbụla ọzọ. Ọdịnala Slavonik na-akpọ ya unynie — nkụda mmụọ, ịda mbà nʼobi — ma depụta ya nʼakụkụ mwute, dịka Cassian mere.

Nʼọdịda Anyanwụ, acedia jiri nwayọọ bụrụ naanị umengwụ, asụsụ Bekee wee kpọọ ya sloth. Nʼebe a, Baịbụl na-ekwu okwu nʼụzọ doro anya. Ilu gwara onye umengwụ sị, “Gaa mụta ihe site nʼaka ndanda” (Ilu 6:6) ma kọwaa ubi ya nke ogwu tochiri, nke mgbidi ya adaala (Ilu 24:30–31); nʼilu Jisọs, nna ukwu kpọrọ ohu ahụ liri talenti ya “Ohu ọjọọ na onye umengwụ” (Matiu 25:26). Ndepụta ndị bịara emesịa ji ịdị uchu megide ya. Ndị umengwụ nke Dante na-agba ọsọ na-enweghị izu ike na mbara nke anọ; nʼusoro ihe osise Pieter Bruegel banyere mmehie asaa ahụ, nke e bipụtara nʼafọ 1558, Umengwụ na-ehi ụra nʼelu ịnyịnya ibu nʼetiti ejula.