Jehanamu Ni Nini - What is Hell?
Jehanamu Ni Nini - What is Hell?
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T07God,DoesHeExist.mp3Dini nyingi zingetaka tuamini kwamba Mungu atawatesa mamilioni ya watu milele katika mahali pa moto panapoitwa helo. Lakini Wakristo wanawezaje kuamini hivyo, kwa kuwa Biblia wanayodai inatuambia kwamba “Mungu ni upendo” ( 1 Yohana 4:8 )?
Many religions would have us believe that God will torment millions for all eternity, in a fiery place called hell. But how can Christians believe that, since the Bible they profess tells us that “God is love” (1 John 4:8)?
Kwa kuzingatia umuhimu wa kuzimu katika utamaduni maarufu wa Kikristo, mtu angefikiri kwamba mada hiyo inaenea katika kurasa za Biblia, lakini je, unajua kwamba katika matoleo yayo sahihi zaidi ya Kiingereza cha kisasa, Biblia nzima kwa kawaida huangazia mara 13 tu za neno jehanamu? Matukio kumi na matatu ndiyo hasa yanayoweza kupatikana katika American Standard Version (ASV), New American Standard Bible (NASB), Revised Standard Version (RSV), New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), na New International Version maarufu sana. (NIV). Toleo la Kiingereza la Kawaida (ESV) na Tafsiri Mpya ya Kuishi (NLT) na marejeleo 14 na 17 kwa kuzimu mtawalia.
Given the importance of hell in popular Christian culture, one would think that the topic saturates the pages of the Bible, but did you know that in its most accurate modern English versions, the entire Bible typically features only 13 occurrences of the word hell? Thirteen occurrences are exactly what can be found in the American Standard Version (ASV), the New American Standard Bible (NASB), the Revised Standard Version (RSV), the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), and the very popular New International Version (NIV). The equally popular English Standard Version (ESV) and New Living Translation (NLT) feature respectively 14 and 17 references to hell.
Kuzimu inapotokea mara 13, ni kwa sababu ilitumiwa mara kwa mara kutafsiri mara 12 katika Agano Jipya neno la Kigiriki gehenna na linapatikana mara moja tu la neno la Kigiriki tartaroo . Je, maana za maneno haya mawili zinapatana na kile ambacho watu wanaelewa kuwa helo humaanisha?Gehena inarejelea Bonde la Hinomu, kusini mwa Yerusalemu, ambapo takataka, takataka, wanyama waliokufa, na miili ya wafungwa waliouawa ilikuwa ikitupwa. Wakati wa Kristo, kilifanya kazi kama kichomaji ambacho moto wake uliendelea kuwaka uliteketeza na kuharibu vyote vilivyotupwa humo. Yesu alitumia Gehena kwa njia ya mfano ili kumaanisha uharibifu kamili, wala si mahali pa mateso. Tartaroo hutokea tu katika 2 Petro 2:4 ambapo inatafsiriwa kimakosa “kutupwa kuzimu”. Kulingana na Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, tartaroo “inamaanisha kupelekwa Tartaro, ambako ni mahali ambapo wale malaika ambao dhambi yao ya pekee inarejezewa katika kifungu hicho wamefungwa ‘ili kuhifadhiwa kwa ajili ya hukumu;’ eneo hilo linafafanuliwa kuwa ‘mashimo ya giza’ katika Revised Version.” Hapa sio mahali pa mateso pia, bila kutaja kuwa ni ya muda mfupi. Haipaswi kustaajabisha kwamba matoleo kadhaa ya Biblia (kwa mfano Biblia ya Kiingereza ya Ulimwengu ya 2000) yamethubutu kuachana na mapokeo, kuhifadhi majina ya mahali Gehena na Tartarus badala ya kuweka neno potofu jehanamu.
When hell appears 13 times, it is because it was used consistently to translate the New Testament’s 12 occurrences of the Greek word gehenna and its single occurrence of the Greek word tartaroo. Are the meanings of these two words in harmony with what people understand hell to mean?Gehenna refers to the Valley of Hinnom, just south of Jerusalem, where trash, garbage, dead animals, and the bodies of executed prisoners used to be thrown. At the time of Christ, it functioned as an incinerator whose continually burning fires consumed and destroyed all that was cast into it. Jesus used Gehenna metaphorically to denote total destruction, not a place of torture. Tartaroo occurs only in 2 Peter 2:4 where it is erroneously translated “cast down to hell”. According to Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, tartaroo “signifies to consign to Tartarus, which is the place where those angels whose special sin is referred to in that passage are confined ‘to be reserved unto judgment;’ the region is described as ‘pits of darkness’ in the Revised Version.” This is not a place of torture either, not to mention that it is of temporary duration. It should be no surprise that several Bible versions (for example the 2000 World English Bible) have dared to break with tradition, preserving the place names Gehenna and Tartarus instead of substituting the misleading word hell.
Kuzimu na kuzimu
Kuzimu na kuzimu
Jambo ambalo halijasaidia mambo ni kwamba tafsiri kubwa ya 1611 King James Version (KJV) ya Biblia iliyotafsiriwa kama kuzimu karibu nusu ya mara 66 ya neno la Kiebrania sheol katika Agano la Kale, na mara zote 10 za neno sawa la Kigiriki hades katika. Agano Jipya. Lakini kulingana na Vine, kuzimu labda imetokana na hado, ikimaanisha kupokea yote. Ipasavyo, tafsiri zilizofuata za Biblia zimeacha sheol na hades bila kutafsiriwa, au kama NIV na NLT, zimetafsiri kwa neno kaburi au kitu kama ulimwengu wa wafu. Hakika, Biblia inasema kwamba mahali pa “kupokea wote”, ambapo wale wanaokufa huenda, ni kaburi! Je, unashangaa?
Sheol and hades
Sheol and hades
What hasn’t helped matters is that the monumental 1611 King James Version (KJV) of the Bible translated as hell almost half of the 66 occurrences of the Hebrew word sheol in the Old Testament, and all 10 occurrences of the equivalent Greek word hades in the New Testament. But according to Vine, hades is most probably derived from hado, signifying all-receiving. Accordingly, subsequent Bible translations have left sheol and hades untranslated, or like the NIV and NLT, have translated them with the word grave or something like the realm of the dead. Indeed, the Bible says that the place “of all receiving”, where those who die go, is the grave! Are you surprised?
Ili kuelewa vizuri zaidi, tunahitaji kujua kuhusu hali ambayo hutokea mtu anapokufa. Yesu alisema juu ya kifo kuwa usingizi. Yesu alisema kuhusu rafiki yake Lazaro, ambaye alikuwa amekufa na kaburini kwa siku nne, kwamba alikuwa amelala (Yohana 11:11).
To better understand, we need to know about the condition that prevails at death. Jesus spoke of death as a sleep. Jesus said of his friend Lazarus, who had been dead and in the grave for four days, that he had been asleep (John 11:11).
Sikia maneno ya Ayubu: “Laiti ungenificha kuzimu na kunificha mpaka hasira yako ipite! Laiti ungeniwekea wakati kisha unikumbuke!” ( Ayubu 14:13 ). Kaburi katika mstari huu ni neno la Kiebrania sheol. Ikiwa sheol pangekuwa mahali pa mateso, Ayubu hangeomba kamwe kufichwa humo. Tunasoma hivi katika Mhubiri 9:5 na 10 : “Kwa maana walio hai wanajua ya kwamba watakufa; hawana thawabu zaidi, na hata jina lao limesahauliwa... Lo lote mkono wako utakalolipata kulifanya, ulifanye kwa nguvu zako zote, kwa maana huko ufalme wa wafu, huko uendako, hakuna kufanya kazi, wala mipango, wala maarifa. wala hekima.” Ufafanuzi huo unakubaliana kabisa na Yesu kwamba hali ya kifo ni usingizi! Lakini Yesu pia alisema kwamba siku moja kungekuwa na mwamko: “Msishangae sana! Kwa kweli, wakati unakuja ambapo wafu wote waliomo makaburini mwao wataisikia sauti ya Mwana wa Mungu, nao watafufuliwa. Wale waliotenda mema watafufuka wapate uzima wa milele, na wale waliodumu katika uovu watainuka wapate hukumu” (Yohana 5:28-29, NLT). Biblia inafundisha ufufuo wawili katika mstari huu. Kuna ufufuo wa kwanza kwa wale wanaomfuata Yesu kwa uaminifu wakati huu wa sasa, wakati wa enzi ya Injili (Ufunuo 20:6), na baadaye kuna ufufuo wa hukumu kwa ulimwengu wote.
Hear the words of Job: “If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then remember me!” (Job 14:13, NIV). Grave in this verse is the Hebrew word sheol. If sheol were a place of torment, Job would never have asked to be hidden there. We read in Ecclesiastes 9:5 and 10: “For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their name is forgotten... Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.” How clearly does this description agree with Jesus that the condition of death is a sleep! But Jesus also said that there would one day be an awakening: “Don’t be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God’s Son, and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to experience eternal life, and those who have continued in evil will rise to experience judgment” (John 5:28-29, NLT). The Bible teaches two resurrections in this verse. There is the first resurrection for those who faithfully follow Jesus at this present time, during the Gospel age (Revelation 20:6), and later there is the resurrection to judgment for the rest of the world.
Ufufuo ni fundisho muhimu sana ambalo Mtume Paulo alisema, ikiwa hakuna ufufuo "mahubiri yetu ni bure na imani yenu pia" (1 Wakorintho 15:13-14, NIV). Yesu alikufa kwa kusulubishwa, akilipa bei ya fidia ili kuwakomboa wanadamu wote kutoka katika adhabu ya kifo ya dhambi. 1 Timotheo 2:5-6 inatuambia, “Kwa maana kuna Mungu mmoja na mpatanishi mmoja kati ya Mungu na wanadamu, mwanadamu Kristo Yesu, ambaye alijitoa mwenyewe kuwa ukombozi kwa ajili ya watu wote.” Hilo litafichuliwa kwa wanadamu wote watakapofufuliwa hadi wakati wa hukumu, kama ilivyoambiwa na nabii Isaya: “Hukumu zako zitakapokuja juu ya nchi, watu wa ulimwengu hujifunza haki.” ( Isaya 26:9b , NW ). Hilo ndilo jambo lilelile ambalo Wakristo wamesali kwa miaka elfu mbili hivi katika ile inayojulikana kuwa Sala ya Bwana: “Ufalme wako uje, mapenzi yako yafanyike, duniani kama huko mbinguni.” Unabii huu na maombi hakika yatatimia wakati Yesu atakaporudi na kanisa Lake kusimamisha ufalme Wake wa kidunia wa miaka 1,000.
The resurrection is such an important teaching that the Apostle Paul said, if there is no resurrection “our preaching is useless and so is your faith” (1 Corinthians 15:13-14, NIV). Jesus died by crucifixion, paying the ransom price to redeem all mankind back from sin’s penalty of death. 1 Timothy 2:5-6 tells us, “For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people.” This will be revealed to all mankind when they are resurrected to a time of judgment, as told by the prophet Isaiah: “When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness” (Isaiah 26:9b). This is the very thing that Christians have prayed for some two thousand years in what is known as The Lord’s Prayer: “your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” This prophecy and prayer will indeed come true when Jesus returns with His church to set up His 1,000-year earthly kingdom.
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