WHAT MAKES A MAN A FREEMANBASE? VITU GANI VINAMFANYA MTU AWE FREEMANBASE?….Soma👇🏿👇🏿

What makes a man a Mason, O brother of mine?

It isn’t the due guard, nor is it the sign,

It isn’t the jewel which hangs on your breast

It isn’t the apron in which you are dressed

It isn’t the step, nor the token, nor the grip,

Nor lectures that fluently flow from the lip,

Nor yet the possession of that mystic word

On five points of fellowship duly conferred.

Though these are essential, desirable, fine,

They don’t make a Mason, O brother of mine.

That you to your sworn obligation are true

‘Tis that, brother mine, makes a Mason of you.

Secure in your heart you must safeguard and trust,

With lodge and with brother be honest and just,

Assist the deserving who cry in their need,

Be chaste in your thought, in your word and your deed.

Support he who falters, with hope banish fear,

And whisper advice in an erring one’s ear.

Then will the Great Lights on your path brightly shine,

And you’ll be a Mason, O brother of mine.

Your use of life’s hours by the gauge you must try,

The gavel of vices with courage apply;

Your walk must be upright, as shown by the plumb,

On the level, to bourn whence no travelers come,

The Book of your faith be the rule and the guide,

The compass your passions shut safely inside;

The stone which the Architect placed in your care

Must pass the strict test of His unerring square.

And then you will meet

with approval divine,

And you’ll be a Mason,

O brother of mine. Welcome into the Land of Peace. FreemanBase.

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Ni nini kinachomfanya mtu kuwa Mason, Ewe ndugu yangu?

Sio mlinzi anayestahili, wala sio ishara,

Sio jiwe(Cheni) ambalo linaning’inia katika kifua chako

Sio mpango(Apron) ambao umevaa,

Sio hatua, wala ishara, wala mtego,

Wala mihadhara(Maneno) ambayo hutiririka kutoka kwa mdomo.

Wala bado milki ya neno hilo la kushangaza

Kwenye hoja tano za ushirika zilizotolewa.

Ingawa hizi ni muhimu, zinafaa, safi,

Hawafanyi Mason, ewe ndugu yangu.

Kwamba wewe kwa jukumu lako la KIAPO ni kweli

“Hiyo ndio, ndugu yangu, hufanya Mason yako.”

Salama moyoni mwako lazima ulinde na uamini,

Na nyumba ya kuhifadhi wageni(Lodge) na ndugu kuwa waaminifu na wa haki,

Saidia wanaostahili kulia kwa hitaji lao,

Kuwa safi katika mawazo yako, kwa neno lako na tendo lako.

Msaidie yeye anayetulia, kwa matumaini aepushe hofu.

Na ushauri wa kunong’ona kwenye sikio la mtu aliye na makosa.

Basi taa kuu kwenye njia yako itaangaza vizuri,

Na wewe utakuwa FreemanBase, ndugu yangu.

Matumizi yako ya masaa ya maisha kwa kipimo lazima ujaribu,

Gavel ya mabaya kwa ujasiri inatumika;

Kutembea kwako lazima iwe sawa, kama inavyoonyeshwa na plumb,

Kwenye ngazi, kulisha ambapo hakuna wasafiri waliokuja,

Kitabu cha imani yako kuwa sheria na mwongozo,

Dira yako tamaa imefungwa salama ndani;

Jiwe ambalo Msanifu aliweka katika utunzaji wako

Lazima apitishe mtihani madhubuti wa mraba Wake unaojumuisha.

Na kisha utakutana

kwa idhini ya kimungu,

Na wewe utakuwa Msimu, Karibu Katika Ardhi ya Amani, FreemanBase.