The United States is specifically identified in the Bible. There are several biblical passages that specifically identify the United States at the end of the world. In Revelation chapter thirteen the United States is the second, or the two-horned beast that comes up out of the earth and forbids the entire world from buying or selling—except they have the mark of the beast.
អាមេរិកសហរដ្ឋត្រូវបានកំណត់អត្តសញ្ញាណយ៉ាងជាក់លាក់នៅក្នុងព្រះគម្ពីរ។ មានអត្ថបទព្រះគម្ពីរជាច្រើនដែលកំណត់អត្តសញ្ញាណអាមេរិកសហរដ្ឋយ៉ាងជាក់លាក់នៅចុងបញ្ចប់នៃពិភពលោក។ នៅក្នុងគម្ពីរវិវរណៈ ជំពូកទីដប់បី អាមេរិកសហរដ្ឋគឺជាសត្វទីពីរ ឬសត្វដែលមានស្នែងពីរ ដែលឡើងមកពីផែនដី ហើយហាមឃាត់ពិភពលោកទាំងមូលមិនឲ្យទិញឬលក់ឡើយ លើកលែងតែពួកគេមានសញ្ញារបស់សត្វនោះ។
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Basi nikabona indi nyamaswa izamuka iva mu isi; kandi yari ifite amahembe abiri nk’ay’umwana w’intama, ariko yavugaga nk’ikiyoka. Kandi ikoresha ubutware bwose bwa ya nyamaswa ya mbere imbere yayo, igatera isi n’abayituyemo kuramya ya nyamaswa ya mbere, iyo igikomere cyayo cyica cyakize. Kandi ikora ibitangaza bikomeye, ndetse ikanamanura umuriro uva mu ijuru ukaza ku isi imbere y’abantu. Kandi iyobya abatuye isi ibitewe n’ibitangaza yahawe gukora imbere ya ya nyamaswa, ibwira abatuye isi gukora igishushanyo cya ya nyamaswa yari yarakomeretswe n’inkota, nyamara ikabaho. Kandi ihabwa ubushobozi bwo guha icyo gishushanyo cya ya nyamaswa umwuka, kugira ngo icyo gishushanyo cya ya nyamaswa kivuge, kandi gitume abatari kuramya icyo gishushanyo cya ya nyamaswa bicwa bose. Kandi itera bose, aboroheje n’abakomeye, abakire n’abakene, ab’umudendezo n’ab’imbata, gushyirwaho ikimenyetso ku kuboko kw’iburyo cyangwa ku ruhanga rwabo; kugira ngo hatagira umuntu ushobora kugura cyangwa kugurisha, keretse ufite icyo kimenyetso, cyangwa izina rya ya nyamaswa, cyangwa umubare w’izina ryayo.
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. Revelation 13:11–18.
Awa ni ubwenge. Ufise ugutahura naharure igitigiri c’inyamaswa; kuko ari igitigiri c’umuntu, kandi igitigiri cayo ni amajana atandatu na mirongo itandatu na gatandatu. Ivyahishuriwe Yohana 13:11–18.
There are seven primary prophetic characteristics in this passage associated with the two-horned earth-beast. He exercises the power of the beast that preceded him; he causes everyone in the world to worship the beast that was before him; he does great wonders that all men see; he deceives the entire world and commands the world to make an image of the beast before him; he gives life to the image of the beast and it speaks; he forces with the penalty of death the entire world to worship the image to the beast; and he forces the entire world to receive the mark either in the forehead or hand and forbids buying and selling against those who do not have the mark, name or number of the beast.
Mûxwazên pêşbînî yên bingehîn yên heft hene di vê derbasê de ku bi canawera erdî ya du-şaxdar ve girêdayî ne. Ew desthilata wê canawerê ku pêşî wî bû bi kar tîne; ew dibe sedem ku hemû kesên cîhanê wê canawerê ku pêşî wî bû biparêzin; ew karên mezin û ecêb dike ku hemû mirovan dibînin; ew hemû cîhanê dixapîne û ferman dide cîhanê ku sûretê wê canawerê ku pêşî wî bû çêbike; ew jiyanê dide sûretê canawerê û ew diaxive; ew bi cezayê mirinê hemû cîhanê zor dike ku sûretê canawerê biparêzin; û ew hemû cîhanê zor dike ku nîşana wê canawerê li eniya xwe an li destê xwe bistînin, û li dijî wan ên ku nîşan, nav, an jimara canawerê tune ne, kirîn û firotinê qedexe dike.
The work of deception accomplished by the beast that comes “up out of the earth” in verse eleven is so delusive and powerful that it “deceiveth them that dwell on the earth.” The entire world will be deceived by the United States. That is, with the exception of God’s church—the entire world is to be deceived into accepting the mark of antichrist. The prophetic events that precede this world-wide deception are already under way.
Omulimo gwa obukumpanya obukolebwa n’ensolo eyambuka “okuva mu nsi” mu lunyiriri olw’ekkumi n’emu, gwa bulimba nnyo era gwa maanyi nnyo, ne gulyoka “n’akyamya abo abatuula ku nsi.” Ensi yonna erikyamizibwa Amerika. Kwe kugamba nti, okuggyako ekkanisa ya Katonda, ensi yonna erikyamizibwa okukkiriza akabonero ka mukakrisito. Ebintu eby’obunnabbi ebikulembera okukyamizibwa kuno okw’ensi yonna byatandise dda okutambula.
There are stories from the Bible that most people know, if only at a surface level. Most have heard about the confrontations between Moses and Pharoah, Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar or Jesus and Pilate. Persons know these Bible stories at varying levels of understanding, but don’t necessarily recognize that Bible prophecy directly and very specifically identifies kings and kingdoms. It was certainly the case with Moses, Daniel and Christ. Egypt, Babylon and Rome were all specifically identified in Bible prophecy in advance of the history where they fulfilled the predictions concerning their respective kingdoms. God never changes.
Mu Biblia muli inkhani izo ŵanthu ŵanandi ŵakuzimanya, nanga kungaŵa pa msinkhu wa pa mtunda waka. Ŵanandi ŵapuliskapo za kukumana kwa Moses na Farao, Daniel na Nebukadinezara, panji Yesu na Pilato. Ŵanthu ŵakumanya nkhani izi za mu Baibolo pa milingo yakupambanapambana ya kupulikiska, kweni nyengo zose ŵakumanya yayi kuti uchimi wa mu Baibolo ukulongosora mafumu na maufumu mwakudunjika ndiposo mwakupambaniska comene. Nadi, ntheura ndimo vikaŵira na Moses, Daniel, na Khristu. Egupto, Babulone, na Roma vyose vikazunulika mwakudunjika kale mu uchimi wa mu Baibolo pambere mbiri yindafike apo vikafiskira vyakuloska ivyo vikakhwaskanga maufumu ghawo. Chiuta wakusintha yayi.
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Malachi 3:6.
Ami Bwana, sibadiliki; kwa hiyo ninyi wana wa Yakobo hamjaangamizwa. Malaki 3:6.
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8.
Yesu Kristo yuleyule jana, na leo, na hata milele. Waebrania 13:8.
The fact that God never changes allows us to apply some simple logic to our consideration of the two-horned earth-beast of Revelation thirteen. Because we know that God set forth predictions directly identifying the kingdoms of Egypt, Babylon and Rome as they each interacted with and persecuted God’s church, we can establish some facts concerning the earth-beast of Revelation thirteen. The earth-beast, as with Egypt, Babylon and Rome, will be directly identified in Bible prophecy in advance of the history where the prediction concerning that nation is fulfilled. I say we can establish this fact based upon a very simple but important biblical rule. The rule identifies that truth is established based upon a testimony of two.
Koza ngogesa kwa Nzambi kutubikisa kusadila ndongosolo ya pete na kutala kwa beto nyama ya ntoto ya maseke zole ya Kusonga zole na tatu. Sambu beto zebi nde Nzambi basisaka bisakulu yina monisaka mbala mosi bimfumu ya Ezipte, Babiloni, mpe Roma mutindu yawu nyonso salanaka na mpe niokolaka dibundu ya Nzambi, beto lenda tula makambu ya sikisiki na yina me tala nyama ya ntoto ya Kusonga zole na tatu. Nyama ya ntoto, mutindu kaka Ezipte, Babiloni, mpe Roma, ta monisama mbala mosi na bisakulu ya Biblia na ntwala ya disolo ya ntangu yina kulungisama ya kisakulu yina me tala yinsi yina ta salama. Mono ke tuba nde beto lenda tula kieleka yai ya kusikama na mambu ya nsiku mosi ya Biblia ya pete mingi kansi ya mfunu mingi. Nsiku yina ke monisa nde kieleka ke siamisamaka na kim testimony ya zole.
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. Deuteronomy 17:6.
Akanwa mbehe z’ivyabona bibiri, canke ivyabona bitatu, uwukwiriye urupfu aze yicwe; ariko akanwa k’icabona kimwe ntikazotuma yicwa. Gusubira mu Vyagezwe 17:6.
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. Deuteronomy 19:15.
Umushahidi umwe ntuzahagurukire umuntu ku bugome ubwo ari bwo bwose, cyangwa ku cyaha icyo ari cyo cyose, mu cyaha icyo ari cyo cyose yakoze; ikirego kizakomezwa n’akanwa k’abahamya babiri, cyangwa n’akanwa k’abahamya batatu. Gutegeka kwa Kabiri 19:15.
This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. 2 Corinthians 13:1.
Qaje-qaje jumanakar jutaskta. Pä kimsa testigonakan lakapanwa sapa aru utt’ayatañapa. 2 Corintios 13:1.
Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses. 1 Timothy 5:19.
Omukulu omukulu tomukkiriza kumuleetera ku musango, wabula mu maaso g’abajulirwa babiri oba basatu. 1 Timoseewo 5:19.
Bible prophecy predicted ancient Egypt’s demise when God dealt with Egypt’s rebellious Pharaoh. Bible prophecy predicted ancient Babylon’s rise and fall while also dealing with Babylon’s rebellious kings. Bible prophecy predicted the rise and fall of the empire of pagan Rome and identified and dealt with Rome’s corrupt representatives. The consistency of God’s never-changing character identifies that the most significant kingdom mentioned within Bible prophecy—the earth-beast of Revelation thirteen—will most definitely be identified by Bible prophecy.
Unabii wa Biblia ulitabiri kuanguka kwa Misri ya kale wakati Mungu aliposhughulika na Farao wa Misri aliyeasi. Unabii wa Biblia ulitabiri kuinuka na kuanguka kwa Babeli ya kale huku pia ukishughulika na wafalme wa Babeli walioasi. Unabii wa Biblia ulitabiri kuinuka na kuanguka kwa himaya ya Rumi ya kipagani na ukawatambua na kushughulika na wawakilishi wa Rumi waliopotoka. Uthabiti wa tabia ya Mungu isiyobadilika kamwe unaonyesha kwamba ufalme wenye umuhimu mkuu zaidi unaotajwa ndani ya unabii wa Biblia—mnyama wa nchi wa Ufunuo kumi na tatu—kwa hakika kabisa utatambuliwa na unabii wa Biblia.
When the prophecy of the earth-beast of Revelation thirteen is fulfilled, God’s church will be in confrontation with the political and religious leadership of the earth-beast as prophetically illustrated by Moses, Daniel and Christ. The United States’ prophetic role at the end of the world is a primary subject of Bible prophecy. As we develop the biblical information that identifies the United States’ role in Bible prophecy, we will employ rules that are found within the Bible, for the Word of God needs no human definition. Ancient Israel was given ceremonial rules, health rules, ten moral rules, rules for agriculture and on and on. God is orderly.
Khawvel hleia lei tukhum-sak deklakna Sâmbu Bîk hnih-thumnaa a lo thleng hian, Pathian biak in chu ram chunga hmuia ran hmingchhiatna leh sakhuana hotute nen an inhmachhawn dâwn a ni; hei hi Mosia, Daniela leh Kristaa hrilhlawhna angin a entîr a ni. Khawvel tâwp hunah United States-in a chanvo hrilhlawhna chu Bible hrilhlawhnaah thupui pawimawh tak a ni. Bible hrilhlawhnaa United States-in a chanvo hriatna tûr Bible thuthlungte kan sawi chhuah ang a, chutih rual chuan Bible-ah hmuhtheih dânte kan hmang dâwn a; a chhan chu Pathian Thu chu mihring hrilhfiahna a mamawh lo vang. Israel hlui hnênah inthawina dânte, hriselna dânte, nun dân thupui sawmte, lo enkawlna dânte leh a dang tam tak pek an ni a. Pathian chu a inbuatsaihna a nei.
Let all things be done decently and in order. 1 Corinthians 14:40.
Bintu byonsi bikolebwe mu ngeri ey’ensonga era mu nkola entegeke. 1 Abakkolinso 14:40.
The biblical record supplies no witness that suggests that a person would be blessed by simply ignoring rules given by God. Who can expect to be blessed if they ignore the rules of prophetic interpretation established in and by the Bible for the purpose of prophetic study?
Ibivugwa vya Bibiliya nta buhamya bitanga bwerekana ko umuntu yahabwa umugisha binyuze gusa ku kwirengagiza amategeko yatanzwe n’Imana. Ni nde washobora kwitega guhabwa umugisha niba yirengagije amategeko yo gusobanura ubuhanuzi yashyizweho muri Bibiliya kandi na yo ubwayo ikayashyiraho, agamije kwigwa kw’ubuhanuzi?
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah 1:18.
Jaha nɔ, na yetwa asɛm mmom, Awurade na ɔse: sɛ mo bɔne te sɛ kɔkɔɔ a, wɔbɛyɛ fitaa sɛ sukyerɛmma; sɛ ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ sɛ mogya tuntum a, wɔbɛyɛ sɛ oguan nwi. Yesaia 1:18.
As we employ the biblical rules we will allow the Bible to establish and validate whether the rules are genuine or false. As with all of God’s various rules there is always a satanic counterfeit to the rules. It is therefore a necessity that when a rule is employed to establish a truth, that both the truth identified and the rule employed should be tested.
Ko twakoresheje amategeko ya Bibiliya, tuzareka Bibiliya ubwayo ishyireho kandi yemeze niba ayo mategeko ari ay’ukuri cyangwa ay’ibinyoma. Nk’uko biri ku mategeko yose atandukanye y’Imana, buri gihe haba hariho icyiganano cya Satani cy’ayo mategeko. Ni ngombwa rero ko, igihe itegeko rikoreshwa mu gushinga ukuri, haba ukuri kwagaragajwe n’iryo tegeko ndetse n’iryo tegeko ryakoreshejwe byombi bigeragezwa.
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 1 John 4:1.
Abakundwa, ntimwemere buri mwuka, ahubwo mugerageze imyuka kumenya niba ari iy’Imana; kuko abahanuzi benshi b’ibinyoma bagiye mu isi. 1 Yohana 4:1.
Another purpose, beyond identifying the prophetic role of the United States in this study, is to identify the secret message from the book of Revelation that Jesus hid until this particular generation.
Uhali ngwakulinyo lwakwe pamo, ukwalo kuhandika ishingo lya kipolofita lya United States mu cilangililo ici, ni kuhandika ubutumwa bwamfihlo ubufuma mu buku lya Kusokoloka ubwo Yesu afishile ukufika kuli ici cizukulwana ceka.
The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. Deuteronomy 29:29.
Ebintu eby’ekyama bya Mukama Katonda waffe; naye ebintu ebibikkuliddwa byaffe era n’eby’abaana baffe emirembe gyonna, tulyoke tukole ebigambo byonna eby’amateeka gano. Ekyamateeka Olwokubiri 29:29.
God’s prophetic secrets that are revealed are for the purpose of allowing those who receive the secret to keep His law. Men can only keep His law if it is written upon their heart. The secret that is being unsealed in the book of Revelation is part of the process of the Holy Spirit writing God’s law on our inward parts and hearts. The secret that is opened up to God’s people, when and if accepted by faith, establishes the new covenant.
Awọn aṣírí ìsọtẹ́lẹ̀ Ọlọ́run tí a ti ṣípayá ni a fi hàn kí àwọn tí wọ́n bá gba aṣírí náà lè pa òfin Rẹ̀ mọ́. Àwọn ènìyàn lè pa òfin Rẹ̀ mọ́ nìkan bí a bá kọ ọ́ sí ọkàn wọn. Aṣírí tí a ń tú sílẹ̀ nínú ìwé Ìṣípayá jẹ́ apá kan nínú ìlànà tí Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́ fi ń kọ òfin Ọlọ́run sí apá inú wa àti sí ọkàn wa. Aṣírí tí a ṣí sílẹ̀ fún àwọn ènìyàn Ọlọ́run, nígbà tí a bá sì gba á nípa ìgbàgbọ́, ń fi májẹ̀mú tuntun múlẹ̀.
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. Jeremiah 31:31–33.
Raba, enentue dewe ngaambe, ati Nyere, mi aatu mo ya hoka hesha ne no su Israele, na no su Yuda: tii no su hoka hi mi aatu mo no baatati baawe ndee no nyala ndee jungo, ngam yaɓɓaɓe no lesdi Misira; hoka ham, ɓe ceɗii nde, koo nde mi woni no gorko mooɗi, ati Nyere: ammaa ndee wonan hoka hi mi aatu mo no su Israele; gaɗa balɗe ɗen, ati Nyere, mi waɗan dooka am e ley ɓerɗe maɓɓe, mi windan ka e ɓerne maɓɓe; mi wonan Gooto maɓɓe, kamɓe boo ɓe wonan yimɓe am. Irmiya 31:31–33.
“In the last days of this earth’s history, God’s covenant with his commandment-keeping people is to be renewed.” Review and Herald, February 26, 1914.
“Mangu ma mbumi aa ntangu yayi ya ntotila ya nsi-ntoto yayi, ngwisani ya Nzambi ti bantu na Yandi badi balundaka misiku na Yandi, fwete vutuduluwa diaka.” Review and Herald, Février 26, 1914.
Revelation 1:1–3 The Final Warning Message:
Ufunuo 1:1–3 Ujumbe wa Mwisho wa Onyo:
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. Revelation 1:1–3.
Kusinubuliwa kwa Yesu Kristu, kwakuva Mulungu akamupa kuti awonesye ŵateŵeti ŵake vinthu ivyo vikwenera kufiskika mwaluŵiro; ndipo wakatuma na kulongora ichi mwa mungelo wake kwa mteŵeti wake Yohane: Uyo wakachitira ukaboni mazgu gha Mulungu, na ukaboni wa Yesu Kristu, na vinthu vyose ivyo wakawona. Ngwakutumbikika uyo wakuŵazga, na awo ŵakupulika mazgu gha uchimi uwu, na kusunga vinthu ivyo vili kulembeka mwenemo: pakuti nyengo yiri pafupi. Kusinubuliwa 1:1–3.
The first three verses of Revelation chapter one identify that the “Revelation of Jesus Christ” is the final message for mankind. It is clearly a message, because “the Revelation of Jesus Christ” was given to Him from the Heavenly Father to show his servants what “must shortly come to pass.”
Vesi zitatu zoyambirira za Chivumbulutso chaputala 1 zikusonyeza kuti “Chivumbulutso cha Yesu Khristu” ndi uthenga womaliza kwa anthu onse. Ndi uthenga momveka bwino, chifukwa “Chivumbulutso cha Yesu Khristu” chinapatsidwa kwa Iye ndi Atate Akumwamba kuti aonetse atumiki ake zimene “ziyenera kuchitika posachedwapa.”
We are told to consider that the “Holy Spirit has so shaped matters, both in the giving of the prophecy” and also “in the events portrayed.”.
Twatuambiwa kuzingatia kwamba “Roho Mtakatifu ameunda mambo namna hiyo, katika kutolewa kwa unabii” na pia “katika matukio yanayoonyeshwa.”
“The Holy Spirit has so shaped matters, both in the giving of the prophecy and in the events portrayed, as to teach that the human agent is to be kept out of sight, hid in Christ, and that the Lord God of heaven and His law are to be exalted. Read the book of Daniel. Call up, point by point, the history of the kingdoms there represented.” Testimonies to Ministers, 112.
“Umwuka Wera ni We wabumbabumbye ibintu atyo, haba mu gutanga ubwo buhanuzi no mu byabaye byerekanwe, kugira ngo yigishwe yuko igikoresho cy’umuntu kigomba kugumishwa kitagaragara, gihishwe muri Kristo, kandi ko Uwiteka Imana yo mu ijuru n’amategeko yayo ari bo bagomba gushyirwa hejuru. Soma igitabo cya Daniyeli. Ugarure mu bitekerezo, ingingo ku yindi, amateka y’ubwami bwerekanwe aho.” Testimonies to Ministers, 112.
The “events portrayed” and also the “giving of the prophecy” in the first three verses of Revelation chapter one specifically illustrates the step-by-step process of how God communicates to men, and also identifies that the message that is communicated is called “the Revelation of Jesus Christ.”
Mu mivurungano itatu ya mbere y’Ivyahishuwe igice ca mbere, “ivyabaye bishushanijwe” hamwe n’“ugutangwa kw’ubuhanuzi” birerekana mu buryo butomoye intambwe ku yindi y’ingene Imana ishiraho itumanaho n’abantu; kandi kandi biramenyesha ko ubutumwa butangwa bwitwa “Ivyahishuwe vya Yesu Kristo.”
Jesus Christ then did two things with the message which he received from God. He sent the message by his angel and he also signified his message by that angel. His angel then took the message to the prophet John who wrote it down, and sent it to the churches for you and me. The first three verses were “so shaped” by “the Holy Spirit” as to emphasize both the “message” and “the process of communication” involved in delivering the message.
Awo Yesu Kristo eza na bima mibale na nsango oyo ayambaki epai ya Nzambe. Atindaki nsango yango na nzela ya anzelu na ye, mpe lisusu alakisaki nsango na ye na nzela ya anzelu yango. Bongo anzelu na ye amemaki nsango yango epai ya mosakoli Yoane, oyo akomaki yango mpe atindaki yango na mangomba mpo na yo mpe mpo na ngai. Baversɛ misato ya liboso “ebongisamaki boye” na “Molimo Mosantu” mpo na kopesa makasi ezala na “nsango” mpe na “molongo ya bosololi” oyo esalemaki mpo na kokomisa nsango yango ekoma.
The three verses we are considering present the final message to mankind, but not simply the final message—more importantly, the three verses represent the final “warning” message to planet earth. The “warning” attribute of the message is identified when a class of persons are identified as “blessed” for having read, heard and kept “those things which are written therein.” There is a class of persons who will not read, nor hear a warning represented as “the Revelation of Jesus Christ”. It is impossible for them to be blessed. It is obvious that if there is a class that is blessed for reading, hearing and keeping those things which are written, then there is a class that is not blessed. Will a person read, hear and keep the message of the Revelation of Jesus Christ? If so, he will be blessed, if not he will be cursed.
Mavesi matatu yatule tukaukilenga yanasitwila ujumbe wa mwisho kwa wanadamu, lakini si ujumbe wa mwisho tu—la muhimu zaidi, mavesi hayo matatu yanawakilisha ujumbe wa mwisho wa “onyo” kwa sayari dunia. Sifa ya “onyo” ya ujumbe huu yatambulika wakati kundi fulani la watu latambulishwa kuwa “wamebarikiwa” kwa sababu ya kusoma, kusikia, na kushika “mambo yaliyoandikwa humo.” Kuna kundi la watu ambao hawatasoma wala kusikia onyo linalowakilishwa kama “Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo.” Haiwezekani wao kubarikiwa. Ni dhahiri kwamba ikiwa kuna kundi linalobarikiwa kwa kusoma, kusikia, na kushika mambo yaliyoandikwa, basi kuna kundi lisilobarikiwa. Je, mtu atasoma, atasikia, na kuushika ujumbe wa Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo? Ikiwa ndivyo, atabarikiwa; ikiwa sivyo, atalaaniwa.
“Says the prophet: ‘Blessed is he that readeth’—there are those who will not read; the blessing is not for them. ‘And they that hear’—there are some, also, who refuse to hear anything concerning the prophecies; the blessing is not for this class. ‘And keep those things which are written therein’—many refuse to heed the warnings and instructions contained in the Revelation; none of these can claim the blessing promised. All who ridicule the subjects of the prophecy and mock at the symbols here solemnly given, all who refuse to reform their lives and to prepare for the coming of the Son of man, will be unblessed.” The Great Controversy, 341.
“Nabî dibêje: ‘Xwezî li wî ku dixwîne’—hene ku naxwînin; bereket ji bo wan nîne. ‘Û yên ku dibihîzin’—herwiha hene ku guhdarîkirina her tiştê ku derbarê pêxemberiyan de ye red dikin; bereket ji bo vê qata kesan jî nîne. ‘Û wan tiştan ku di nav wê de hatine nivîsandin diparêzin’—gelek kes hişyari û fermanên ku di Peyxemberiya Yûhannayê de tên girtin guh nadin; yek ji van nikare xwe mafdarê bereketa ku hatiye sozdan kirin bîne. Hemû yên ku mijarên wê pêxemberiyê pêkenîn û sembolên ku li vir bi cidî hatine dayîn pêkenîn, hemû yên ku jiyana xwe sererast nakin û ji bo hatina Kurê Mirov amade nabin, bêbereketê wê bimînin.” The Great Controversy, 341.
The expression “the time is at hand” in verse three identifies that it is a specific time when the last warning message arrives in history. “The time,”—(a specific time) “is at hand.” A specific time is about to arrive, for it is at hand, and God’s people (represented by John) understand the message before the “time” arrives. John penned the book of Revelation around the end of the first century, yet these verses identify that there will be a point in the history long after the year 100, when the final warning message will be proclaimed. When that “time is” “at hand,” the message that identifies the “things which must shortly come to pass” will be revealed to God’s servants.
Ngʼana “khati yili pafupi” mu vesi 3 yikulongosora kuti pali khati yeniyeni apo uthenga wa chenjezgo chaumaliro ukufika mu mbiri. “Khati,”—(khati yeniyeni) “yili pafupi.” Khati yeniyeni yili pafupi kufika, pakuti yili pafupi, ndipo ŵanthu ŵa Chiuta (awo ŵakwimikilirika na Yohane) ŵakupulikiska uthenga uwu pambere “khati” yindafike. Yohane wakalemba buku la Chivumbuzi chakufupi naumaliro wa vyaka vya zana loyamba, kweni mavesi agha ghakulongosora kuti paŵengepo nyengo yinyake mu mbiri, kutali chomene na chaka cha 100, apo uthenga wa chenjezgo chaumaliro uzamupharazgika. Para “khati” iyo “yili” “pafupi,” uthenga uwo ukuzindikiriska “vinthu ivyo vikwenera kuchitika mwaluŵiro” uzamuvumbulika ku ŵateŵeti ŵa Chiuta.
In this series of articles, the Bible and the writings of Ellen White will be used as the authority to uphold the explanation of the biblical passages we cite.
Ku ručartikloyi seriyê de, ji bo piştrastkirina ravekirina beşên Kitêba Pîroz ên ku em jê re îstînad dikin, Kitêba Pîroz û nivîsarên Ellen White wekî desthilatê dê bên bikaranîn.
We will also refer to the rules of prophetic interpretation assembled by William Miller and to the rules identified in the compilation titled Prophetic Keys. We will also employ the prophetic study called Habakkuk’s Tables.
ئێمە هەروەها ئاماژە بە یاساکانی لێکدانەوەی پێغەمبەرانە دەکەین کە لەلایەن William Millerەوە کۆکراونەتەوە، و هەروەها بەو یاسایانەی ناسراون لە کۆکردنەوەکەی بەناونیشانی Prophetic Keys. هەروەها توێژینەوەی پێغەمبەرانەی بەناوی Habakkuk’s Tables بەکاردەهێنین.
We do not intend to define every rule we employ. For brevity we will simply reference the Prophetic Keys compilation for any who wish to read a more detailed proof of the rule. With the Habakkuk’s Tables series, we intend to point out certain presentations where a subject we will briefly touch upon, is taken up in greater depth.
Kutína twiiyéka kutálula mulandu ne mulayilo wense watutwajijila kukwata. Pakuuba mukupwishishako kwa mazwi, tukalenga bupopweshi bwa “Prophetic Keys” pa bônsé bààkeba kubala bukole bukolè bwà bupikudi bwa mulayilo awu. Mu mutandiko wa “Habakkuk’s Tables,” twiiyéka kulanga myalu yamo mmo, mumo mupiina twakakoma kuijimya mu bukwabo, yìdi yafundijiibwa mu bunène bwàbû.
As we work through a study of the book of Revelation we encourage public response, but we will only respond to input that contributes to the ongoing study. The scope of our discussion will involve the current series of presentations, the prophetic rules we exercise and the information found in Habakkuk’s Tables.
Paku twasoma kyakulonda mubuuku wa Kusukulurwa, tukuyanjiza eby’okwanukula mu lujjudde, naye tulijunwamu byonka ebyokuteesa ebiyamba omusomo ogugyenda mu maaso. Obugazi bw’okuteesa kwaife bulizingiramu omutendera ogw’emyoleso egiriwo hati, amateeka ga bunabbi ge tukozesa, n’amakuru agasangibwa mu Bipande bya Habakkuki.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. Revelation 1:1–3.
Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo, ambao Mungu alimpa yeye, ili awaonyeshe watumishi wake mambo ambayo hayana budi kuwako upesi; naye akatuma na kuufahamisha kwa ishara kwa malaika wake kwa mtumishi wake Yohana: ambaye alilishuhudia neno la Mungu, na ushuhuda wa Yesu Kristo, na mambo yote aliyoyaona. Heri asomaye, na wao wayasikiao maneno ya unabii huu, na kuyashika yaliyoandikwa humo; kwa maana wakati umekaribia. Ufunuo 1:1–3.
The Greek word translated as “signified” means to “indicate”. He sent the message by “his” angel and he signified it by “his” angel. “His” angel is Gabriel.
Lidzina la Cigiriki ilo likungululika kuti “cizindikiritse” likung’anamura “kulongora”. Iye anatuma uthengawo mwa mngelo “wake” ndipo anaucizindikiritse mwa mngelo “wake”. Mngelo “wake” ni Gabrieli.
“The words of the angel, ‘I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God,’ show that he holds a position of high honor in the heavenly courts. When he came with a message to Daniel, he said, ‘There is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael [Christ] your Prince.’ Daniel 10:21. Of Gabriel the Saviour speaks in the Revelation, saying that ‘He sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant John.’ Revelation 1:1.” The Desire of Ages, 99.
«پەریشتەکەی قسەکانی، “من جبرائیلم، ئەوەی لە بەردەم خودا ڕاوەستاوە”، ئەوە نیشان دەدات کە لە دادگاکانی ئاسمانی پلەیەکی بەرزی ڕێز و شکۆی هەیە. کاتێک بە پەیامێک هات بۆ دانیال، وتی، “کەس نییە کە لەم شتانەدا لەگەڵ من ڕابوەستێت، جگە لە میکائیل [مەسیح] سەرۆکی تۆ.” دانیال 10:21. دەربارەی جبرائیل، ڕزگارکەر لە ئاشکراکردندا دەفەرموێت، وەک دەڵێت: “ئەوی نارد و بەهۆی پەریشتەکەی خۆی بۆ بەندەکەی یۆحەنا نیشانیدا.” ئاشکراکردن 1:1.» — ئارەزووی سەردەمەکان، 99.
The angel Gabriel is sent with the message and the angel Gabriel also represents the message. When mankind arrives at the point in history when “the time is at hand” for the final warning message to be proclaimed, that final message is represented by an angel. In the book of Revelation “messages” are often represented as angels, and of course the Greek word translated as “angel” in Revelation means messenger.
Malaika Gabrieli anatumiwa pamoja na ujumbe, na malaika Gabrieli pia anauwakilisha ujumbe huo. Wakati wanadamu wanafikia hatua katika historia ambapo “wakati umekaribia” kwa ujumbe wa mwisho wa onyo kutangazwa, ujumbe huo wa mwisho unawakilishwa na malaika. Katika kitabu cha Ufunuo “jumbe” mara nyingi huwakilishwa kama malaika, na bila shaka neno la Kigiriki lililotafsiriwa kuwa “malaika” katika Ufunuo humaanisha mjumbe.
Every revelation of God’s truth that has arrived in history is certainly a revelation of Jesus Christ, but the Revelation of Jesus Christ in Revelation chapter one is the final warning for mankind and it occurs at a specific moment that is represented as being a “time.” There is another passage in the book of Revelation where John references that “the time is at hand”. That other passage provides a second witness to test the initial claims I have made about verses one through three.
Kila ufunuo wa ukweli wa Mungu uliofika katika historia kwa hakika ni ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo, lakini Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo katika Ufunuo sura ya kwanza ndio onyo la mwisho kwa wanadamu, nao hutokea katika wakati maalumu unaowakilishwa kuwa ni “wakati.” Kuna kifungu kingine katika kitabu cha Ufunuo ambapo Yohana anarejelea kwamba “wakati umekaribia.” Kifungu hicho kingine hutoa ushahidi wa pili wa kuyajaribu madai ya kwanza niliyoyatoa kuhusu aya ya kwanza hadi ya tatu.
And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
Naye akandiambila nti, Ebigambo bino byesigwa era bya mazima: era Mukama Katonda w’abannabbi abatukuvu yatuma malayika we okulaga abaddu be ebigambo ebirina okubaawo mangu. Laba, njija mangu: alina omukisa oyo akwatanga ebigambo eby’obunnabbi eby’ekitabo kino.
And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
Nê Yûhanna min van tiştan dîtin û bihîstin. Û gava ku min bihîst û dît, ez ketim xwarê da ku li ber lingên wî ferişteyî ku van tiştan nîşanî min da biperestim.
Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
Basi ong’ambila, “Wiloleke kutenda nanguvoo; pakuti une musumba pamo na ove, na vaa kolwenu vapolofita, na vaa vavikilia ng’hani dya kitabu eki: sambudia Mungu.”
And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. Revelation 22:6–11.
Akani aniuza, “Usitie muhuri maneno ya unabii wa kitabu hiki, kwa maana wakati umekaribia. Yeye asiye haki, na aendelee kuwa asiye haki bado; naye aliye mchafu, na aendelee kuwa mchafu bado; naye aliye mwenye haki, na aendelee kuwa mwenye haki bado; naye aliye mtakatifu, na aendelee kuwa mtakatifu bado.” Ufunuo 22:6–11.
At the end of the book of Revelation we find the same subject as in the beginning of Revelation. The communication process and message are once again referred to when “the Lord God” “sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.” And just as soon as the servants are shown the message identifying “things which must shortly be done” Christ announces that He is coming quickly. This is the message that precedes Christ’s second coming, and it therefore is the final warning message—the very same message represented as “the Revelation of Jesus Christ” in verse one of chapter one. The blessing that is promised in the first three verses of Revelation is repeated with the statement of “blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.”
Kukhyenbeo lo Thuphlakna pukki makhaoda, Thuphlakna phangi makhaoda leiba mahak adumak phaoba yengl-i. Wahang asi piba lamdam amasung pao adu amuk hanna pamb-i madudi, “Mapu Iswarna” “mahakki swarga-gi thougal touba mi-singda, kari-sing adu matam khudingmakta thokkadaba-sing utnaba, mahakki angel adu thadokle” haibada. Aduga, thougal touba mi-singna “matam khudingmakta thokkadaba-sing” khanghanba pao adu utliba matung inna, Khristana mahakna lakhiba adu khara khudingmakta lak-i haina phongdokk-i. Asi Khristagi anisuba lakpagi mamangda chatpa pao aduni; maram aduna, asi aroiba chetna piba paoni—chapter amagi verse ama-da “Jisu Khristagi Thuphlakna” oina lakpiba pao adumak aduni. Thuphlakna-gi verse ahum phangba phangdaba ashirbad adu, “puk asi-gi waakhal hourakpa prophesi-gi wa-sing adu ngakkhibasi ashirbad phang-i” haiba wakhalna amuk hanna hair-i.
In these verses we find an expansion of the process of communication set forth in chapter one, for we find that after Gabriel delivers the message to John, John is so overwhelmed with the message that he seeks to worship Gabriel, who then uses John’s misunderstanding to identify that heavenly angels, earthly prophets, and all that keep the sayings of the message, are “fellow servants” who are to worship the Creator-God, not the creation of God.
Mavhesi aya tunawana ufafanuzi mpana wa utaratibu wa mawasiliano uliowekwa katika sura ya kwanza, kwa maana tunaona ya kwamba baada ya Gabrieli kumfikishia Yohana ule ujumbe, Yohana anazidiwa sana na ujumbe huo hata akatafuta kumwabudu Gabrieli; ndipo Gabrieli akatumia kutofahamu kwa Yohana kubainisha ya kwamba malaika wa mbinguni, manabii wa duniani, na wote wayashikao maneno ya ujumbe huo, ni “watumishi wenza” ambao imewapasa kumwabudu Mungu Muumba, si uumbaji wa Mungu.
These verses are describing the same events and message that we are considering in chapter one. They are repeating the faithful and true sayings that show God’s servants what must shortly be done. The message is once again set in the context of the process of communication between God and His servants. In chapter twenty-two we find more evidence that the message is the final warning message, for the “time” that is “at hand” is marked as taking place right before human probation closes, for the pronouncement that he “that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still,” marks the close of probation, marking the beginning of the seven last plagues, which in turn conclude with the Second Coming of Christ.
ئەو ئایەتانە هەمان ئەو ڕووداو و پەیامە وەسف دەکەن کە لە بەشی یەکەمدا لەبەرچاو دەگرین. ئەوان دووبارە ئەو قسە دڵسۆز و ڕاستانە دەڵێنەوە کە بەندەکانی خودا نیشان دەدات چییەک دەبێت لە ماوەیەکی زوو ئەنجام بدرێت. پەیامەکە جارێکی دیکە لە چوارچێوەی پرۆسەی پەیوەندیی نێوان خودا و بەندەکانیدا دانراوە. لە بەشی بیست و دوودا بەڵگەی زیاتر دەدۆزینەوە کە پەیامەکە پەیامی ئاگادارکردنەوەی کۆتایییە، چونکە ئەو «کاتە»ی کە «نزیکە» دیاری کراوە وەک ئەوەی پێش داخستنی ماوەی تاقیکردنەوەی مرۆڤ ڕووبدات، چونکە ئەو ڕاگەیاندنەی کە دەڵێت: «ئەوەی نادادپەروەرە، با هێشتا نادادپەروەر بێت: و ئەوەی پیسە، با هێشتا پیس بێت: و ئەوەی ڕاستودروستە، با هێشتا ڕاستودروست بێت: و ئەوەی پیرۆزە، با هێشتا پیرۆز بێت،» نیشانەی داخستنی ماوەی تاقیکردنەوەیە، وەک دیاریکردنی دەستپێکردنی حەوت بەلای دواوە، کە ئەوانیش لە کۆتاییدا بە هاتنەوەی دووەمی مەسیح تەواو دەبن.
“‘At that time shall Michael stand up, the great Prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, everyone that shall be found written in the book.’ Daniel 12:1.
“‘Aku gihe ni ho Mikayeli azahaguruka, wa Mutware mukuru uhagararira abana b’ubwoko bwawe; kandi hazabaho igihe cy’amakuba, kitigeze kubaho kuva igihe habayeho ishyanga kugeza kuri icyo gihe nyine; kandi muri icyo gihe ubwoko bwawe buzarokorwa, umuntu wese uzasangwa yanditswe mu gitabo.’ Daniyeli 12:1.
“When the third angel’s message closes, mercy no longer pleads for the guilty inhabitants of the earth. The people of God have accomplished their work. They have received ‘the latter rain,’ ‘the refreshing from the presence of the Lord,’ and they are prepared for the trying hour before them. Angels are hastening to and fro in heaven. An angel returning from the earth announces that his work is done; the final test has been brought upon the world, and all who have proved themselves loyal to the divine precepts have received ‘the seal of the living God.’ Then Jesus ceases His intercession in the sanctuary above. He lifts His hands and with a loud voice says, ‘It is done;’ and all the angelic host lay off their crowns as He makes the solemn announcement: ‘He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.’ Revelation 22:11. Every case has been decided for life or death.” The Great Controversy, 613.
“Wakati ujumbe wa malaika wa tatu unapofungwa, rehema haitasihi tena kwa ajili ya wakaaji wenye hatia wa dunia. Watu wa Mungu wameitimiza kazi yao. Wamepokea ‘mvua ya masika,’ ‘kuburudishwa kunakotoka mbele za Bwana,’ nao wameandaliwa kwa ajili ya saa ya kujaribiwa iliyo mbele yao. Malaika wanaharakisha huku na huko mbinguni. Malaika mmoja anayerejea kutoka duniani hutangaza kwamba kazi yake imekwisha; jaribio la mwisho limeletwa juu ya ulimwengu, na wote waliojidhibitisha kuwa waaminifu kwa maagizo ya Mungu wamepokea ‘muhuri wa Mungu aliye hai.’ Kisha Yesu huacha uombezi Wake katika patakatifu pa juu. Huinua mikono Yake na kwa sauti kuu asema, ‘Imekwisha;’ na jeshi lote la malaika huweka chini taji zao anapotangaza tamko hilo la kutisha: ‘Yeye asiye haki, na azidi kuwa asiye haki bado; naye aliye mchafu, na azidi kuwa mchafu bado; na yeye aliye mwenye haki, na azidi kuwa mwenye haki bado; na yeye aliye mtakatifu, na azidi kuwa mtakatifu bado.’ Ufunuo 22:11. Kila shauri limeamuliwa kwa uzima au kwa mauti.” The Great Controversy, 613.
At the beginning of the book of Revelation and at the end of the book of Revelation the same story is presented. Combining the two passages allows us to understand that the “Revelation of Jesus Christ” is the final warning message to mankind before Christ’s Second Coming. The message is symbolically represented by an angel that arrives just before the close of probation. The message divides mankind into two classes based upon whether they read, hear and keep the message that is unsealed when the “time is at hand,”—just before probation closes.
لە سەرەتای پەرتووکی ئاشکراکردنەوە و لە کۆتایی پەرتووکی ئاشکراکردنەوەدا، هەمان چیرۆک پێشکەش دەکرێت. یەکخستنی ئەو دوو دەقە ڕێگەمان پێدەدات تێبگەین کە «ئاشکراکردنەوەی عیسای مەسیح» نامەی ئاگادارکردنەوەی کۆتایییە بۆ مرۆڤایەتی پێش هاتنی دووەمی مەسیح. ئەم پەیامە بە شێوەی هێمایی لە ئەنجامدا بە فریشتەیەک نیشان دەدرێت کە تەواو پێش داخستنی دەمەوەی تاقیکردنەوە دەگات. ئەم پەیامە مرۆڤایەتی دابەش دەکات بۆ دوو چین، بە پێی ئەوەی ئایا ئەو پەیامەیە دەخوێننەوە و دەبیستن و دەپارێزن کە کاتێک «کات نزیکە» کراوەتەوە،—تەواو پێش داخستنی دەمەوەی تاقیکردنەوە.
“As we near the close of this world’s history, the prophecies relating to the last days especially demand our study. The last book of the New Testament is full of truth that we need to understand. Satan has blinded the minds of many, so that they have been glad of any excuse for not making the Revelation their study.
“Huku twĩra kũhũka mũthia wa ũtongi wa thĩ ĩno, ũhoro wa ũhoro wa athiomi ũrĩa ũhũthĩrĩte matukũ ma mũthia nĩ ũkwenda mũno twĩrutanĩre nawo. Ibuku rĩa mũthia rĩa Gathũrano Ĩerũ rĩiyũrĩte ma wa ma wega marĩa twagĩrĩirwo nĩ kũmenya. Satani nĩahumbĩtie meciiria ma andũ aingĩ, nĩguo makĩona ũndũ wothe wa kwĩheana nginya matiga gũtua Kĩmenyerero kĩa Jũanĩ ta kĩrĩa kĩa kwĩrutanĩra nakĩo.”
“The book of Revelation, in connection with the book of Daniel, demands close study. Let every God-fearing teacher consider how most clearly to comprehend and present the Gospel that our Saviour came in person to make known to His servant John,—‘The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto Him, to show unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass.’ None should become discouraged in their study of Revelation because of its apparently mystical symbols. ‘If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not.’ ‘Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein; for the time is at hand.’ We are to proclaim to the world the great and solemn truths contained in the book of Revelation. Into the very designs and principles of the church of God these truths are to enter. There should be a closer and more diligent study of this book, a more earnest presentation of the truths it contains, truths which concern all who are living in these last days. All who are preparing to meet their Lord should make this book the subject of earnest study and prayer. It is just what its name signifies,—a revelation of the most important events that are to take place in the last days of this earth’s history. John, because of his faithful trust in the word of God, and the testimony of Christ, was banished to the Isle of Patmos. But his banishment did not separate him from Christ. The Lord visited His faithful servant in his banishment, and gave him instruction regarding what was to come upon the world.
“Uvumbuzi, pamoja na kitabu cha Danieli, vinahitaji kuchunguzwa kwa makini sana. Kila mwalimu anayemcha Mungu na afikirie jinsi ya kuelewa kwa uwazi zaidi na kuwasilisha Injili ambayo Mwokozi wetu alikuja Mwenyewe kuifunua kwa mtumishi Wake Yohana,—‘Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo, aliopewa na Mungu, awaonyeshe watumishi wake mambo ambayo hayana budi kuwako upesi.’ Asiye yeyote apaswaye kuvunjika moyo katika kuisoma Ufunuo kwa sababu ya alama zake zinazoonekana kuwa za fumbo. ‘Mtu wa kwenu akipungukiwa na hekima, na aombe kwa Mungu, awapaye wote kwa ukarimu, wala hakemii.’ ‘Heri asomaye, na wao wayasikiayo maneno ya unabii huu, na kuyashika yaliyoandikwa humo; kwa maana wakati umekaribia.’ Inatupasa kuutangazia ulimwengu kweli kuu na zenye uzito zilizomo katika kitabu cha Ufunuo. Ndani ya makusudi hasa na kanuni za kanisa la Mungu kweli hizi zinapaswa kuingia. Inapaswa kuwapo kujifunza kwa karibu zaidi na kwa bidi zaidi kwa kitabu hiki, na uwasilishaji wa dhati zaidi wa kweli kilichomo ndani yake, kweli zinazowahusu wote wanaoishi katika siku hizi za mwisho. Wote wanaojiandaa kukutana na Bwana wao wanapaswa kukifanya kitabu hiki kuwa somo la kujifunza kwa bidii na la maombi. Ndicho hasa jina lake linavyomaanisha,—ufunuo wa matukio yaliyo ya muhimu sana yatakayofanyika katika siku za mwisho za historia ya dunia hii. Yohana, kwa sababu ya tumaini lake la uaminifu katika neno la Mungu na ushuhuda wa Kristo, alipelekwa uhamishoni katika kisiwa cha Patmo. Lakini kuhamishwa kwake hakukumtenga na Kristo. Bwana alimtembelea mtumishi Wake mwaminifu katika uhamisho wake, akampa maagizo kuhusu mambo yatakayoujia ulimwengu.”
“This instruction is of the greatest importance to us; for we are living in the last days of this earth’s history. Soon we shall enter upon the fulfilment of the events which Christ showed John were to take place. As the messengers of the Lord present these solemn truths, they must realize that they are handling subjects of eternal interest, and they should seek for the baptism of the Holy Spirit, that they may speak, not their own words, but the words given them by God.
“Ulya yiulu luli lwa vutito wa nkoka swinene eka hina; hikuva hi hanya eminsukwini ya makumu ya matimu ya misava leyi. Ku nga ri khale hi ta nghena eku hetisekeni ka swiendlakalo leswi Kriste a swi kombeke Yohane leswaku a swi ta humelela. Loko varhumiwa va Hosi va humesa ntiyiso lowu lowukulu ni wo chavisa, va fanele ku lemuka leswaku va khoma timhaka ta ntsakelo wa hilaha ku nga heriki, kutani va fanele ku lava nkhuvulo wa Moya lowo Kwetsima, leswaku va ta vulavula, ku nga ri marito ya vona n’wini, kambe marito lama va nyikiweke wona hi Xikwembu.
“The book of Revelation must be opened to the people. Many have been taught that it is a sealed book, but it is sealed to those only who reject truth and light. The truths that it contains must be proclaimed, that people may have an opportunity to prepare for the events which are so soon to take place. The Third Angel’s Message must be presented as the only hope for the salvation of a perishing world.
«Kitabu cha Ufunuo sharti kifunguliwe kwa watu. Wengi wamefundishwa kwamba ni kitabu kilichotiwa muhuri, lakini kimetiwa muhuri kwa wale tu wanaokataa kweli na nuru. Kweli zilizomo ndani yake sharti zitangazwe, ili watu wapate nafasi ya kujiandaa kwa ajili ya matukio yatakayokuja upesi sana. Ujumbe wa Malaika wa Tatu sharti uwasilishwe kama tumaini pekee la wokovu kwa ulimwengu unaoangamia.
“The perils of the last days are upon us, and in our work we are to warn the people of the danger they are in. Let not the solemn scenes that prophecy has revealed are soon to take place be left untouched. We are God’s messengers, and we have no time to lose. Those who would be co-workers with our Lord Jesus Christ will show a deep interest in the truths found in this book. With pen and voice they will strive to make plain the wonderful things that Christ came from heaven to reveal.” Signs of the Times, July 4, 1906.
“Mizu ya siku za mwisho yako juu yetu, na katika kazi yetu twapaswa kuwaonya watu juu ya hatari waliyo ndani yake. Zisiachwe bila kuguswa matukio yale mazito ambayo unabii umefunua kuwa yanakaribia kutukia upesi. Sisi tu wajumbe wa Mungu, wala hatuna wakati wa kupoteza. Wale watakaokuwa watenda-kazi pamoja na Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo wataonyesha upendezi wa kina katika kweli zipatikanazo katika kitabu hiki. Kwa kalamu na kwa sauti watajitahidi kuweka wazi mambo ya ajabu ambayo Kristo alikuja kutoka mbinguni kuyafunua.” Signs of the Times, July 4, 1906.
Over a hundred years ago, in 1906, we were informed that soon “we shall enter upon the fulfilment of the events which Christ showed John were to take place.” The message was still sealed up in 1906. It is important to understand that the message of the Revelation of Jesus Christ is opened up to God’s people just before the events take place. We are told the book of Revelation “is just what its name signifies,—a revelation of the most important events that are to take place in the last days of this earth’s history.”
មួយរយឆ្នាំជាងមុន គឺនៅឆ្នាំ 1906 យើងត្រូវបានជម្រាបថា មិនយូរប៉ុន្មានទេ «យើងនឹងចូលទៅក្នុងការបំពេញនៃព្រឹត្តិការណ៍ទាំងឡាយដែលព្រះគ្រីស្ទបានបង្ហាញដល់យ៉ូហានថា ត្រូវកើតឡើង»។ សារនោះនៅតែត្រូវបានបិទត្រាទុកក្នុងឆ្នាំ 1906។ សារៈសំខាន់គឺត្រូវយល់ថា សារនៃ «វិវរណៈនៃព្រះយេស៊ូវគ្រីស្ទ» ត្រូវបានបើកសម្ដែងដល់ប្រជារាស្ត្ររបស់ព្រះ នៅមុនពេលព្រឹត្តិការណ៍ទាំងនោះកើតឡើងបន្តិច។ យើងត្រូវបានប្រាប់ថា ព្រះគម្ពីរវិវរណៈ «គឺជាអ្វីតាមដែលឈ្មោះរបស់វាបញ្ជាក់ នោះគឺ ជាវិវរណៈនៃព្រឹត្តិការណ៍សំខាន់បំផុតដែលត្រូវកើតឡើងនៅថ្ងៃចុងក្រោយនៃប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រផែនដីនេះ»។
They are opened up so that God’s people might give the warning so those who are hearing the warning might “have an opportunity to prepare for the events which are so soon to take place.” It is worth noting (for John represents God’s people in the history when the message is to be proclaimed), that John identifies the two issues which he was being persecuted over. It was “because of his faithful trust in the word of God, and the testimony of Christ,” that he “was banished to the Isle of Patmos.” He was banished because he accepted both the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy, which is the “testimony of Jesus.”
Ezo fumbululwa mpo ete bato ya Nzambe bápesa likebisi, mpo ete baoyo bazali koyoka likebisi yango bázala “na libaku ya komilengela mpo na makambo oyo etikali moke mpenza ete esalema.” Ezali na ntina koyeba ete (mpo Yoane azali komonisa bato ya Nzambe na lisolo ya tango oyo nsango yango esengeli kosakolama), Yoane azali koyebisa makambo mibale oyo mpo na yango bazalaki konyokola ye. Ezalaki “mpo na bondimi na ye ya sembo na liloba ya Nzambe, mpe litatoli ya Klisto,” nde “batindaki ye na esanga ya Patimo.” Batindaki ye kuna mpo andimaki Biblia mpe Molimo ya Esakweli, oyo ezali “litatoli ya Yesu.”
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Revelation 19:10.
Ndzi wa ehansi emilengeni yakwe leswaku ndzi n’wi gandzela. Kutani a ku eka mina: “Tivonele leswaku u nga endli sweswo; ndzi nandza-kuloni wa wena, ni wa vamakwenu lava nga ni vumbhoni bya Yesu: gandzela Xikwembu: hikuva vumbhoni bya Yesu i moya wa vuprofeta.” Nhlavutelo 19:10.
John is representing a people at the end of the world who understand the message of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, and who are persecuted for upholding both the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy.
Yohana anawakilisha watu walio katika mwisho wa dunia wanaoelewa ujumbe wa Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo, na wanaoteswa kwa kushikilia kwa uthabiti Maandiko Matakatifu pamoja na Roho ya Unabii.
In the first three verses of chapter one the communication process between God the Father and his servants is emphasized. Chapter twenty-two adds to the narrative of the communication process. The two passages represent the beginning and the ending of the book Revelation and together they detail the role of John in the prophetic illustration. He is not simply the one who wrote the words of Revelation, but he also represents those at the end of the world who communicate the final warning message.
Mu milongo itatu ya ntete ya chapitala ya yambo, musango wa kukokela makani pakati pa Leza Tata na basaleli bakwe walangishiwa ngovu. Chapitala ya twenti-tu ibikako ku mulumbe wa musango wa kukokela makani. Bipande bibidi ebi bimela ntendekelo ne mpelo ya buku lya Kusokolola, kabili pamo fyonse bifotokoza bwino mulimo wa Yohane mu cipasho ca bupolofita. Taba fye uyo walembile amashiwi ya Kusokolola, lelo kabili aiminako abo abali ku mpelo ya calo abapashanya ubutumwa bwa kwaisala ubwa kwenekela ubwa kulekelesha.
The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. Psalms 68:11
Nkosi yandinika ilizwi; likhulu ibandla labo abalishumayelayo. AmaHubo 68:11
John “saw” and “heard” the “things” that make up the message and was commanded to write and send the message to the churches.
Yohana “aliona” na “akasikia” “mambo” yanayounda ujumbe, naye akaamriwa kuandika na kuutuma ujumbe huo kwa makanisa.
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. Revelation 1:19.
Aba ati: Ndi Alifa na Omega, uwa mbere kandi uwa nyuma; kandi ati: Ibyo ubona ubyandike mu gitabo, maze ubyohereze ku matorero arindwi yo muri Aziya; i Efeso, n’i Simuruna, n’i Perugamo, n’i Tiyatira, n’i Sarudi, n’i Filadelufiya, n’i Lawodikiya. Ibyahishuwe 1:19.
What he “heard” and “saw” he was commanded to write down and send to the seven churches of Asia minor, but when it came to the individual churches Jesus dictated the messages directly to John, for every message to each of the seven churches begins with the phrase “And unto the angel of the church in … write.” Jesus dictated the individual messages to the churches.
ئەوەی ئەو «بیستی» و «بینی» پێی فەرمان درا بنووسێت و بۆ حەوت کڵێساکانی ئاسیای بچووک بنێرێت، بەڵام کاتێک گەیشتە کڵێساکانەوە بە تاک، عیسا پەیامەکانی ڕاستەوخۆ بۆ یۆحەنا ئەملا دەکرد، چونکە هەر پەیامێک بۆ هەر یەکێک لەو حەوت کڵێسایە بەو دەستەواژەیە دەست پێدەکات: «و بۆ فریشتەی کڵێسای … بنووسە.» عیسا پەیامە تاکەکانی بۆ کڵێساکان ئەملا کرد.
Jesus dictated to John, and also Jesus told John to write what he saw and heard, and once Jesus told John “not” to write what he had heard.
Yesu amuha Yohana, kandi kandi Yesu ahanura Yohana kwandika ibyo yabonye n’ibyo yumvise, kandi rimwe Yesu abwira Yohana “ntakabyandike” ibyo yari yumvise.
And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. Revelation 10:3, 4.
Ni aalilu kwa sauti kuu, kama vile simba angurumavyo; naye alipokwisha kulia, ngurumo saba zikatoa sauti zao. Na zile ngurumo saba zilipokwisha kutoa sauti zao, nalikuwa tayari kuandika; nami nikasikia sauti kutoka mbinguni ikiniambia, Yatie muhuri hayo yaliyosemwa na zile ngurumo saba, wala usiyaandike. Ufunuo 10:3, 4.
John was told to seal up what the seven thunders uttered and in so doing he was sealing up the message of the seven thunders, just as Daniel was commanded to seal up his book until the time of the end.
Yoane yategetswe gupfuka ivyo inkuba ndwi zavuze, kandi mu kubikora ni ho yapfuka ubutumwa bw’izo nkuba ndwi, nk’uko Daniyeli yategetswe gupfuka igitabu ciwe gushika ku gihe c’iherezo.
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. . . . And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Daniel 12:4, 9.
Nayo wewe, Ee Danieli, yafunge maneno haya, ukakitie muhuri kitabu, hata wakati wa mwisho; wengi watapita huku na huko, na maarifa yataongezeka.... Naye akasema, Enenda zako, Danieli; kwa maana maneno haya yamefungwa na kutiwa muhuri hata wakati wa mwisho. Danieli 12:4, 9.
“After these seven thunders uttered their voices, the injunction comes to John as to Daniel in regard to the little book: ‘Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered.’” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 971.
“Ekinyuma ky’emitendera omusanvu egyo okwogera amaloboozi gaagyo, ekiragiro kijja eri Yokaana nga bwe kyajja eri Danyeri ku bikwata ku katabo akatono nti: ‘Bikkako ebyo emitendera omusanvu bye yayogera.’” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 971.
What we are identifying is that at both the end and beginning of the book of Revelation a message is identified. The process of communicating that message is also identified. The part which John plays in communicating the message is specifically addressed. Sometimes he simply wrote what he saw and heard. Other times he was dictated to, and once he was told to not write what he had heard. The message of the Revelation of Jesus Christ is given by the Father, to Jesus, to Gabriel and then to the prophet John who was given the responsibility of writing the message and sending it to the churches.
Kinaicho tunachotambua ni kwamba, katika mwisho na pia katika mwanzo wa kitabu cha Ufunuo, ujumbe unatambulishwa. Mchakato wa kuuwasilisha ujumbe huo nao pia unatambuliwa. Sehemu ambayo Yohana anaitimiza katika kuuwasilisha ujumbe huo inatajwa kwa namna ya pekee. Wakati mwingine aliandika tu yale aliyoyaona na kuyasikia. Nyakati nyingine aliandikiwa kwa kunenwa, na mara moja aliagizwa asiandike yale aliyoyasikia. Ujumbe wa Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo unatolewa na Baba, kwa Yesu, kwa Gabrieli, na kisha kwa nabii Yohana, ambaye alipewa wajibu wa kuuandika ujumbe huo na kuupeleka kwa makanisa.
Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter. Revelation 1:19.
Sona izinto ozibonileyo, nezinto ezikhoyo, nezinto eziya kubakho emva koku. ISityhilelo 1:19.
It might be possible to read the verse and not recognize the prophetic principle identified within the command for John to write. Writing down “things” seen and heard is to record current history, for in John’s time those “things” were. Recording current history, and in so doing simultaneously writing down the things that shall be in the future, is the primary prophetic rule in the book of Revelation. John is used to emphasize and illustrate that very principle and its importance for he was essentially told to write “the things which are, and” in so doing you shall be writing “the things which shall be hereafter” because history repeats. This prophetic technique is Jesus’ signature, for a signature is a name and His name in chapter one of Revelation is the Alpha and Omega. He identifies the end with the beginning.
Mungatala kukholera kuŵelenga vesi ili ndipo kusazindikira fundo ya uneneri yasonyezedwa m’lamulo lakuti Yohane alembepo. Kulemba pansi “zinthu” zimene zinaoneka ndi kumveka ndiko kulemba mbiri ya nthawi imeneyo, pakuti m’nthawi ya Yohane “zinthu”zo zinalipo. Kulemba mbiri ya panopa, ndipo pochita chimenecho nthawi imodzimodziyo kulemba pansi zinthu zimene zidzakhala m’tsogolo, ndilo lamulo lalikulu la uneneri m’buku la Chivumbulutso. Yohane wagwiritsiridwa ntchito kutsindika ndi kufotokoza bwino mfundo yomweyo ndi kufunika kwake, pakuti anauzidwa makamaka kuti alembe “zinthu zimene zilipo, ndipo” pochita chimenecho udzakhala ukulemba “zinthu zimene zidzachitike pambuyo pake,” chifukwa mbiri imadzibwereza. Njira iyi ya uneneri ndi chizindikiro cha Yesu, pakuti chizindikiro ndi dzina, ndipo dzina lake m’chaputala choyamba cha Chivumbulutso ndi Alefa ndi Omega. Iye amadziwitsa mapeto mwa chiyambi.
We are just beginning the study of “The Revelation of Jesus Christ” and we are currently considering the first three verses of chapter one. The final warning message titled “The Revelation of Jesus Christ” is communicated from the heavenly Father unto Jesus unto Gabriel unto John who records it in a book to be sent to the churches. Because the message is so directly named as “The Revelation of Jesus Christ” it is important to note that of all the elements that have been written to men through the inspired Word revealing Christ, the one characteristic of who and what Jesus is, is illustrated in the activity of John in recording the message. As he wrote the things that then were, he was also writing the things that would yet be.
Twaambuka kuteyelela isambilisho lya “The Revelation of Jesus Christ,” kabili pa ino nshita tulelanguluka pa mavesi yatatu ayambile aya chapitala wa kutendeka. Ubutumwa bwa kubilisha bwa kulekelesha ubwetwa “The Revelation of Jesus Christ” buletumwa ukufuma kuli Tata wa mu mulu ukuya kuli Yesu, ukufuma kuli Yesu ukuya kuli Gabrieli, ukufuma kuli Gabrieli ukuya kuli Yohane, uyo ubulembela mu buku ukuti butumwe ku ma chalichi. Pantu ubutumwa ubwabulembwa bwitwa mu buryo bwa kumfwana nganshi ukuti “The Revelation of Jesus Christ,” cilekabilwa ukumona ukuti mu fintu fyonse ifyalembelwe ku bantu ukupitila mu Cebo cakwa Lesa icafikilwa, ico cilelangisha Kristu, akamoneko kamo akamoneka pa muntu no butuntulu bwakwa Yesu kacilangishiwa mu mulimo wakwa Yohane mu kulemba ubu butumwa. Elo alembele ifintu ifyali apo inshita iyo, alembelebfye na fimbi ifyo fyali no kuba pa nshita iyo yali no kwisa.
The truth of repeating history is represented when John writes out a warning for his day and age, which is also a warning for a future time. When John wrote to the seven churches at the beginning of the Christian church, he was also penning a warning for the Christian church at the end of the world. This attribute of Christ’s character is represented when Christ is called the Alpha and Omega, or the beginning and the ending, or the first and the last. In fact, the Bible identifies this attribute of Christ’s character as what proves that he is the only God.
Mokwadi wokuti nhoroondo inodzokorora unomiririrwa apo Johane anonyora yambiro yezera rake nenguva yake, iyo zvakare iri yambiro yenguva iri mberi. Johane paakanyorera machechi manomwe pakutanga kwechechi yechiKristu, akanga achinyorawo yambiro yechechi yechiKristu pakuguma kwenyika. Hunhu uhwu hwechimiro chaKristu hunomiririrwa apo Kristu anonzi Arfa naOmega, kana kuti kutanga nekuguma, kana kuti wokutanga nowokupedzisira. Zvirokwazvo, Bhaibheri rinoratidza hunhu uhwu hwechimiro chaKristu sechinhu chinoratidza kuti ndiye oga Mwari.
In the first chapter of Revelation we find Jesus identifying Himself as the Alpha and Omega.
Mu kitabo cy’Ibyahishuwe, mu gice cya mbere, dusangamo Yesu yivuga ko ari Alufa na Omega.
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Nalikuwamo mu Mpepo ku ijuva lya Mwata, kabili naumvwile kunyuma yandi ishiwi ikulu, nge lya kapenga, ilyatile, Ine ndi Alufa na Omega, uwantanshi kabili uwakulekelesha; kabili, ico ulemona, lemba mu buku, no kutuma ku mabumba mutanda na cibili aya mu Asia; ku Efeso, na ku Simina, na ku Pegamo, na ku Tiyatira, na ku Salde, na ku Filadelifia, na ku Laodikea.
And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
ئینجا من وەرگێڕام بۆ ئەو دەنگەی کە لەگەڵم دەدووای. کاتێک وەرگێڕام، حەوت شەمعدانی زێڕینم بینی؛ و لە ناوەڕاستی حەوت شەمعدانەکەدا یەکێکم بینی وەک کوڕی مرۆڤ، بە جلوبەرگێک پۆشراو کە تا پێ دەگەیشت، و لە دەوری سنگی بە پشتێنییەکی زێڕین بەستراو. سەری و قژی سپی بوون وەک خوری، سپی وەک بەفر؛ و چاوەکانی وەک گڕی ئاگر بوون؛ و پێیەکانی وەک بڕۆنزی پاک، وەک ئەوەی لە کۆرەدا سووتابن؛ و دەنگی وەک دەنگی ئاوە زۆرەکان بوو. و لە دەستی ڕاستیدا حەوت ئەستێرەی هەبوو؛ و لە دەمیدا شمشێرێکی تیژ و دوودەم دەردەچوو؛ و ڕووخساری وەک خۆر بوو کاتێک بە هێزی خۆی دەدرەوشێتەوە.
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last. Revelation 1:10–17.
Kandi namumona, nâgwa ku magulu gâke ng’uwafwî. Awo anshikapo ukubôko kwâke kwa kulyo, ang’ambila ati: Kotoopa; nêne wa kumpàla na wa kumpeleshako. Ubusokolwâ 1:10–17.
There is much truth within these verses, but here I would simply point out that when John heard Christ’s trumpet-like voice and turned to see Who it was that spoke to him, he saw Jesus Christ as the heavenly High Priest within the holy place of the heavenly sanctuary. Jesus then identified Himself as Alpha and Omega and as the first and the last. In the message and its communication in the first three verses we found a line of truth that corresponded with the line of truth at the end of Revelation. As the Alpha and Omega Jesus illustrates the end with the beginning, the last with the first. At the end of the book of Revelation as in the beginning He once again identifies Himself as the Alpha and Omega.
Mumavesi gakomeye ari muri iyi mirongo, ariko hano nshaka gusa kugaragaza ko igihe Yohana yumvaga ijwi rya Kristo rimeze nk’iry’impanda maze agahindukira kugira ngo arebe Uwo wamuvugishaga, yabonye Yesu Kristo ari Umutambyi Mukuru wo mu ijuru mu cyumba cyera cy’ubuturo bwera bwo mu ijuru. Hanyuma Yesu yiyerekanye ubwe nk’Alufa na Omega kandi nk’uwa mbere n’uwa nyuma. Mu butumwa no mu buryo bwabwo bwo gutangwa mu mirongo itatu ya mbere, twabonye umurongo w’ukuri wahuzaga n’umurongo w’ukuri uri ku iherezo ry’Ibyahishuwe. Nk’Alufa na Omega, Yesu agaragaza iherezo akoresheje intangiriro, uwa nyuma akoresheje uwa mbere. Ku iherezo ry’igitabo cy’Ibyahishuwe kimwe no mu ntangiriro, yongeye kwiyerekana nk’Alufa na Omega.
And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
Na akaniambia, Maneno haya ni ya uaminifu na ya kweli; naye Bwana Mungu wa manabii watakatifu alimtuma malaika wake kuwaonyesha watumishi wake mambo ambayo hayana budi kutukia upesi. Tazama, naja upesi; heri yeye ayashikaye maneno ya unabii wa kitabu hiki.
And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
Me ez Yûhenna van tiştan dîtin û bihîstin. Û gava ku min bihîst û dît, ez ketim bin lingên wê firişteyê ku van tiştan nîşanî min da, da ku perestî bikim. Hîngê wî ji min re got: Binêre, tu wisa neke; çimkî ez hevxizmetkarê te me, û yê birayên te, pêxemberan, û yên ku gotinên vê pirtûkê diparêzin me: Xwedê biperest.
And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
Awo andĩra atĩrĩria, “Ndũgacũme ciugo cia ũhoro wa ũnabii wa ibuku rĩĩrĩa; nĩgũkorwo ihinda rĩa kũhingũra rĩ hakuhĩ.”
He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Uwo ari umunyakibi, nareke akomeze abe umunyakibi; kandi uwo ari umwanduye, nareke akomeze abe umwanduye; kandi uwo ari umukiranutsi, nareke akomeze abe umukiranutsi; kandi uwo ari uwera, nareke akomeze abe uwera.
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Revelation 22:7–13.
Û va, ez zû vegerim; xelata min bi min re ye, da ku ez bidim her kesî li gorî karê wî çi be. Ez Alpha û Omega me, destpêk û dawî me, yekem û dawî me. Peyxam 22:7–13.
The book of Revelation carefully describes that when John records the message that the message would be premised upon the principle of the beginning illustrating the end. The message is the first truth opened up in the book of Revelation and the very same truth is the last to be spoken in the book. And in the testimony at the beginning and at the ending of the book of Revelation, Jesus identifies Himself as the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and ending and as the first and the last.
Pukh Mupen a Revelation John thuchhin a thutah ziah a, chu thutah cu a hramthoknak in a donghnak a langtertu thupuan ningin a hun thumhmi asi tiah ralring tein a rel. Chu thucah cu Pukh Mupen a Revelation chungah a hmasa bikin phuanmi thutah asi i, cu thutah cu buku chungah a hnulei bikin chimmi khal a si ve. Cun Pukh Mupen a Revelation cabu a hramthoknak le a donghnak i theihternak chungah, Jesuh cun amah le amah Alpha le Omega, a hramthoknak le a donghnak, cun a hmasa le a hnulei tiin a langter.
The first three verses of the book of Revelation identify the final warning message for mankind. It is the warning that precedes the seven last plagues and the Second Coming of Christ. The message of the Revelation of Jesus Christ was “sent and signified” “by his angel.”
Սուրբ Հայտնության գրքի առաջին երեք համարները նույնացնում են մարդկության համար վերջին նախազգուշացնող պատգամը։ Սա այն նախազգուշացումն է, որ նախորդում է յոթ վերջին պատուհասներին և Քրիստոսի Երկրորդ Գալստյանը։ Հիսուս Քրիստոսի Հայտնության պատգամը «իր հրեշտակի միջոցով» «ուղարկվեց և նշաններով հայտնվեց»։
That same warning message is then identified in the last passage of Revelation, and it is also represented as the third angel of Revelation fourteen.
Ubutumwa nyene bw’imburi bumwe buca bumenyekanira kandi mu gice ca nyuma c’Ivyahishuriwe Yohana, kandi bugaserukirwa no nk’umumarayika agira gatatu wo mu Vyahishuriwe Yohana icumi na bine.
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Revelation 14:9–11.
Û firişteya sêyemîn li pey wan hat û bi dengekî bilind got: Heke kesek heywan û wêneyê wî biparêze û nîşana wî li ser eniya xwe an li ser destê xwe bistîne, ew jî dê ji şeraba xezeba Xwedê vexwe, ya ku bê tevlihevkirin di kasa hêrsbûna Wî de hatiye rijandin; û ew ê di ber çavên firişteyên pîroz de û di ber çavên Berx de bi agir û kibrît were êşandin. Û dûmana êşa wan dê heta hetayê bilind bibe; û ewên ku heywan û wêneyê wî diparêzin, û her kesê ku nîşana navê wî distîne, ne roj û ne şev xweşikbûnê nabînin. Eyankirin 14:9–11.
The final warning message is the message represented as the third angel. It’s the final warning for it directly identifies the last test for mankind. There is another angel that follows and joins the third angel, and that angel is also the final warning message.
Endaala ey’okulabula ey’oluvannyuma bwe bubaka obukiikirirwa malayika ow’okusatu. Bwe bulabula obusembayo kubanga butegeeza butereevu ekigezo ekisembayo eri abantu. Waliwo malayika omulala agoberera era ayegatta ku malayika ow’okusatu, era malayika oyo naye bwe bubaka obw’okulabula obusembayo.
And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
Na baada ya hayo nikaona malaika mwingine akishuka kutoka mbinguni, akiwa na mamlaka makuu; nayo dunia ikaangaziwa na utukufu wake. Akalia kwa nguvu kwa sauti kuu, akisema, Umeanguka, umeanguka Babeli ule mkuu, naye amekuwa makao ya mashetani, na ngome ya kila roho mchafu, na kifungo cha kila ndege mchafu na mwenye kuchukiza. Kwa maana mataifa yote wamekunywa divai ya ghadhabu ya uasherati wake, na wafalme wa dunia wamezini pamoja naye, na wafanya biashara wa dunia wametajirika kwa wingi wa anasa zake.
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Revelation 18:1–5.
ឮសំឡេងមួយទៀតពីស្ថានសួគ៌ថា៖ «ប្រជាជនរបស់អញអើយ ចូរចេញពីនាងទៅ ដើម្បីកុំឲ្យអ្នករាល់គ្នាមានចំណែកក្នុងអំពើបាបរបស់នាង ហើយដើម្បីកុំឲ្យអ្នករាល់គ្នាទទួលរងពីទណ្ឌកម្មរបស់នាង។ ដ្បិតអំពើបាបរបស់នាងបានកើនឡើងដល់ស្ថានសួគ៌ ហើយព្រះបាននឹកចាំអំពើទុច្ចរិតរបស់នាងហើយ»។ វិវរណៈ 18:1–5
The message that is the Revelation of Jesus Christ is represented in chapter one, chapter fourteen, chapter eighteen and chapter twenty-two. The message is signified by an angel that is identified in the first and the last reference in Revelation as the angel Gabriel, and then in chapters fourteen and eighteen the message is symbolically represented by an angel flying in heaven or coming down out of heaven.
Ubutumwa ari Ibyahishuwe bya Yesu Kristo bugaragazwa mu gice cya mbere, igice cya cumi na kane, igice cya cumi n’umunani, n’igice cya makumyabiri na kabiri. Ubu butumwa bushushanywa n’umumarayika umenyekanisha, mu murongo wa mbere n’uwa nyuma wo mu Byahishuwe, ko ari marayika Gaburiyeli; hanyuma mu bice bya cumi na kane na cumi n’umunani ubu butumwa bukagereranywa mu buryo bw’ikigereranyo n’umumarayika uguruka mu ijuru cyangwa umanuka ava mu ijuru.
The angel that comes down out of heaven in chapter eighteen is typified earlier in chapter ten when an angel descends and places one foot on the land and another on the sea. That angel has a book that John is commanded to eat that makes his mouth sweet and his belly bitter. The book John eats is a message, and the message represented by the little book typifies the message of the angel of Revelation eighteen, so it too is a representation of the final warning message.
ئهو فریشتهیهی لە بەشی هەژدەدا لە ئاسمانەوە دادەبەزێت، پێشتر لە بەشی دەیەمدا بە نموونە پیشان دراوە، کاتێک فریشتهیەک دادەبەزێت و پێیەکی لەسەر وشکانی و پێیەکی دیکەی لەسەر دەریادا دادەنێت. ئەو فریشتهیه کتێبێکی هەیە کە یۆحەنا فەرمان پێدەکرێت بیخوات، کتێبێک کە دەمەوی شیریندەکات و زگیشی تاڵ دەکات. ئەو کتێبەی یۆحەنا دەیخوات پەیامێکە، و ئەو پەیامەی بەهۆی ئەو کتێبە بچووکەوە نیشان دەدرێت، نموونەی پەیامی فریشتهی وەحی هەژدەیە؛ بۆیە ئەویش هەروەها نیشاندەری پەیامی دواهەمین ئاگادارکردنەوەیە.
We are told that God’s message was sent and signified by an angel and when we closely look for the final warning message to be illustrated in the book of Revelation, we find that seven times an angel signifies the final warning message. In the first and the last instances it was the angel, Gabriel. Then in Revelation ten we have an angel come down with a little book in his hand. In Revelation fourteen we have three more angels, all representing the final warning message. Then in Revelation eighteen we have another angel representing the very same final warning message. Seven final warning messages are represented by angels. The first and the last are the angel Gabriel and the five angels in the middle of the first and last are symbolic angels.
ତମେ ଆମ୍ଭଙ୍କୁ କୁହାଯାଇଛି ଯେ, ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ବାର୍ତ୍ତା ଜଣେ ଦୂତଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ପଠାଯାଇଥିଲା ଏବଂ ସଙ୍କେତିତ କରାଯାଇଥିଲା; ଏବଂ ଯେବେ ଆମେ ପ୍ରକାଶିତବାକ୍ୟ ପୁସ୍ତକରେ ଚିତ୍ରିତ ଶେଷ ସତର୍କବାଣୀର ବାର୍ତ୍ତାକୁ ନିକଟରୁ ଖୋଜୁ, ସେବେ ଆମେ ଦେଖୁଛୁ ଯେ ସାତଥର ଜଣେ ଦୂତ ଏହି ଶେଷ ସତର୍କବାଣୀର ବାର୍ତ୍ତାକୁ ସଙ୍କେତ କରୁଛନ୍ତି। ପ୍ରଥମ ଏବଂ ଶେଷ ଘଟଣାରେ ସେହି ଦୂତ ଥିଲେ ଗାବ୍ରିଏଲ। ପରେ ପ୍ରକାଶିତବାକ୍ୟ ଦଶମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟରେ ଆମେ ଦେଖୁଛୁ ଯେ ଜଣେ ଦୂତ ନିଜ ହାତରେ ଏକ ଛୋଟ ପୁସ୍ତକ ଧରି ଅବତରଣ କଲେ। ପ୍ରକାଶିତବାକ୍ୟ ଚତୁର୍ଦ୍ଦଶ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟରେ ଆମେ ଆଉ ତିନିଜଣ ଦୂତଙ୍କୁ ଦେଖୁଛୁ, ଯେମାନେ ସମସ୍ତେ ଏହି ଶେଷ ସତର୍କବାଣୀର ବାର୍ତ୍ତାକୁ ପ୍ରତିନିଧିତ୍ୱ କରୁଛନ୍ତି। ପରେ ପ୍ରକାଶିତବାକ୍ୟ ଅଷ୍ଟାଦଶ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟରେ ଆମେ ଆଉ ଜଣେ ଦୂତଙ୍କୁ ଦେଖୁଛୁ, ଯିଏ ସେହି ଏକେଇ ଶେଷ ସତର୍କବାଣୀର ବାର୍ତ୍ତାକୁ ପ୍ରତିନିଧିତ୍ୱ କରୁଛନ୍ତି। ସାତଟି ଶେଷ ସତର୍କବାଣୀର ବାର୍ତ୍ତା ଦୂତମାନଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ପ୍ରତିନିଧିତ ହୋଇଛି। ପ୍ରଥମ ଏବଂ ଶେଷ ଦୂତ ହେଲେ ଦୂତ ଗାବ୍ରିଏଲ, ଏବଂ ପ୍ରଥମ ଓ ଶେଷର ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଥିବା ପାଞ୍ଚ ଦୂତ ସାଙ୍କେତିକ ଦୂତ।
Of course, each of the seven churches have an angel as well, but they are carrying a message to the churches, whereas the final warning message we have been discussing is a message which includes the entire world as its audience.
Bĩkĩra, kila moja ya yale makanisa saba lina malaika pia, lakini wao wamebeba ujumbe kwa yale makanisa, ilhali ujumbe wa mwisho wa onyo ambao tumekuwa tukijadili ni ujumbe unaouhusu ulimwengu mzima kuwa wasikilizaji wake.
Each of the seven prophetic lines representing the final warning message should be closely evaluated and aligned with each other, but at this juncture I wish to simply define a basic principle of Alpha and Omega. The first time a subject is mentioned in God’s word is the most important reference. The first time “seed” is mentioned in the Bible is in Genesis 1:11 where we are told that the seed would produce “after its kind.” The first mention of the seed emphasizes that it has the DNA necessary to reproduce itself. Jesus identified God’s Word as a seed.
Buli mwe ya milongo saba ya kiunabii inayowakilisha ujumbe wa mwisho wa onyo inapasa kuchunguzwa kwa makini na kulinganishwa kati yake, lakini katika hatua hii nataka tu kufafanua kanuni ya msingi ya Alfa na Omega. Mara ya kwanza somo linapotajwa katika Neno la Mungu ndiyo rejea iliyo ya muhimu zaidi. Mara ya kwanza “mbegu” inapotajwa katika Biblia ni katika Mwanzo 1:11, ambapo tunaambiwa ya kwamba mbegu itazaa “kwa jinsi yake.” Kutajwa kwa kwanza kwa mbegu kunasisitiza kwamba ina DNA inayohitajika ili ijizalishe yenyewe. Yesu alilitambulisha Neno la Mungu kuwa ni mbegu.
The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying,
В ҳамон рӯз Исо аз хона берун омада, назди баҳр нишаст. Ва мардумони бисёр назди Ӯ ҷамъ шуданд, ба дараҷае ки Ӯ ба қаиқе даромада нишаст; ва тамоми издиҳом бар соҳил меистод. Ва Ӯ ба онҳо чизҳои бисёрро ба масалҳо гуфт ва фармуд:
Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Lole, museti uno waile kuuluka kusieta; kange lino asietile, mbuto zimwe zawa mumbali mwa nzila, ndipo tunyuni twiza no kuzilya: Zimwe zawa pa mbuto ya malolwa, apo pakavula mutaka ukavu; ndipo palepale zamera, pakuti pakavula butali bwa mutaka: Elo lino izuba lyafumine, zapya; kange pakuti kazivwile mizhi, zafumina. Kange zimwe zawa pakati ka mivwa; ndipo mivwa yamera, no kuzinyonga: Lelo zimbi zawa mu mutaka muwame, no kweta vyakulya, zimwe kikumi pa kimo, zimwe makumi mutanda, zimwe makumi yatatu. Uyo uuli na matwi a kwivwa, eivwe.
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
Abigishwa baramwegera, baramubaza bati: “Ni iki gituma ubabwira mu migani?”
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Akawajibu akawaambia, Kwa sababu ninyi mmepewa kujua siri za ufalme wa mbinguni, lakini wao hawakupewa. Kwa maana yeyote aliye na kitu, atapewa, naye atakuwa na wingi zaidi; lakini yeyote asiye na kitu, hata kile alicho nacho atanyang’anywa. Kwa hiyo ninasema nao kwa mifano; kwa sababu wakitazama hawaoni, na wakisikia hawasikii, wala hawaelewi. Na katika wao umetimizwa unabii wa Isaya, usemao, Kwa kusikia mtasikia, wala hamtaelewa; na kwa kuona mtaona, wala hamtatambua; kwa maana moyo wa watu hawa umenenepa, na masikio yao yamekuwa mazito ya kusikia, na macho yao wameyafumba; wasije wakati wowote wakaona kwa macho yao, na kusikia kwa masikio yao, na kuelewa kwa mioyo yao, na kuongoka, nami niwaponye.
But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Ningine mahanga ameso yinu, pantu amona; na matwi yinu, pantu aumfwa. Pantu kyanguka namweba nti, bapolofita abengi na bantu abalungami balefwaya ukumona ifintu ifyo imwe mwamona, kabili tabafimonene; no kumfwa ifyo imwe mwumfwa, kabili tabafyumfwile.
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
Kuhyo, basi, mfano wa mpanzi.
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
Munthu yumoza para awumva mazgu gha ufumu, ndipo wakupulikiska chara, mbwenu wizira muheni, ndipo wakukakora na kutorako icho chikabzalika mu mtima wake. Uyu ndiyo uyo wakapokera mbewu pa mumphepete mwa nthowa.
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Ariko uwakiriye imbuto ahantu h’amabuye, ni we wumva ijambo, maze ako kanya akarishimana akaryakira; nyamara nta mizi afite muri we, ahubwo amara igihe gito gusa; kuko iyo umubabaro cyangwa itotezwa biterutse ku bw’ijambo, uwo mwanya arahitanwa.
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
Naye aliyepokea mbegu kati ya miiba ndiye yule alisikiaye neno; na shughuli za dunia hii, na udanganyifu wa mali, hulisonga neno, naye huwa asiyezaa matunda.
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Matthew 13:1–23.
Lelo urefu wu hekwathele umbewu mu ndundu ziwahi ni wene uhulike ilizu, ni kulamuka; pamo na kuvala izaa, ni kuheta, wingi mia moja, wingi sitini, wingi makumi gatatu. Mathayo 13:1–23.
A seed, which is God’s Word, has all the DNA necessary to produce a complete plant. The first mention of a subject in God’s Word includes all the elements of that subject that there is. This fact is identified as “the rule of first mention.” The closer this rule is examined the surer it becomes.
Ensigo, ey’Olubu lw’Eri Nyasaye, erimu ADN yosi erikwetaagisa kugira kiti kikuru kandi kyahika. Okuvugwa kwa mbere kw’ekintu omu Lubu lw’Eri Nyasaye kurimu ebice byosi eby’ekyo kintu ebiriho. Ekyo kimanyibwa nka “etteeka ly’okuvugwa kwa mbere.” Oku eiteeka eryo rikwekengibwaho omu bwijwire, niko rirushaho kuba ery’amazima kandi eryesigamwa.
Before we continue on in our explanation of the Alpha and Omega and the definition of God’s Word as a seed, it is worth considering from the passage we just cited in Matthew some relevant points in our consideration of the book of Revelation. All the prophets are speaking of the end of the world.
Tukhin ka masiyu, Alpha na Omega, wa na kwondio kwa Neno lya Mulungu bu mweu, twafwainwa kulangulukapo ukufuma mu ciputulwa eco twalanda panshi muli Mateo pa fyebo fimo ifyakupindula mu kulingilila kwesu pa buku lya Ukusokolola. Bonse bapolofita balelandapo pa mpela ya calo.
“Each of the ancient prophets spoke less for their own time than for ours, so that their prophesying is in force for us. ‘Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.’ 1 Corinthians 10:11. ‘Not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.’ 1 Peter 1:12. . . .
“Biremwe mu bahanuzi ba kera bavuze ibirebana n’igihe cyabo mu rugero ruto kurusha uko bavuze ibirebana n’igihe cyacu, ku buryo ubuhanuzi bwabo bukiriho kandi bukadufitiye imbaraga. ‘Ibyo byose byababayeho ngo bibe ibyitegererezo; kandi byandikiwe kutuburira twebwe, abo imperuka z’ibihe zasohoreyeho.’ 1 Abakorinto 10:11. ‘Si bo ubwabo bakorerwaga, ahubwo ni twe bakorerwaga, mu byo bababwiye, ibyo none byabwiwe mwe n’abababwiye ubutumwa bwiza kubw’Umwuka Wera watumwe uva mu ijuru; ari byo bintu abamarayika bifuza kurebana ubwitonzi.’ 1 Petero 1:12....”
“The Bible has accumulated and bound up together its treasures for this last generation. All the great events and solemn transactions of Old Testament history have been, and are, repeating themselves in the church in these last days.” Selected Messages, book 3, 338, 339.
“Bibilia imekusanya na kufunga pamoja hazina zake kwa ajili ya kizazi hiki cha mwisho. Matukio yote makuu na shughuli zote nzito za historia ya Agano la Kale yamekuwa, na yanaendelea, kujirudia katika kanisa katika siku hizi za mwisho.” Selected Messages, book 3, 338, 339.
This passage provides three witnesses, (Paul, Peter and Ellen White) testifying to the fact that all the prophets are speaking about the end of the world, which is the very time when the secret in the book of Revelation is unsealed. Therefore, in Matthew thirteen when Jesus said, “blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them,” He was expressing the same blessing that is noted in the first three verses of Revelation chapter one.
Kyandiko aka kireetera obujulirwa busatu, (Pawulo, Peetero ne Ellen White) obutegeeza amazima nti bannabbi bonna boogera ku nkomerero y’ensi, era eyo ye nnaku yennyini ekiseera ekiri mu kitabo ky’Okubikkulirwa lwe kibikkulwa. N’olwekyo, mu Matayo essuula ekkumi n’esatu, Yesu bwe yagamba nti, “balina omukisa amaaso gammwe, kubanga galaba: n’amatu gammwe, kubanga gawulira. Kubanga mazima mbagamba nti, bannabbi bangi n’abatuukirivu baayagala okulaba ebyo bye mulaba, ne batabilaba; n’okuwulira ebyo bye muwulira, ne batabiwulira,” yali ayogera ku mukisa gwe gumu ogwogerwako mu nnyiriri essatu ezisooka ez’essuula esooka ey’Okubikkulirwa.
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. Revelation 1:3.
Ũrĩa usomaga nĩwe ũrathimĩtwo, o na arĩa maiguaga ciugo cia ũhoro ũyũ wa ũrathi, na makamenyera kũrĩa kwandĩkĩtwo mũno-inĩ wakuo; nĩgũkorwo ihinda rĩrĩ hakuhĩ. Kũguũrũrio 1:3.
Jesus presented the parable of the Sower and then the disciples are led to engage him on the parable. But before they are brought into interaction with Jesus, He stated for them and more importantly for us, “Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.”
عیسی مَثەلی ژ کەرووکچین دەرخست، و پاشی شاگردان هاتنە ڕێبەری کرن کو لەبارەی ئەو مَثەلەوە لەگەڵ وی گفتوگۆ بکەن. بەڵام پێش ئەوەی بۆ هاوبەشبوون لەگەڵ عیسی بهێندرێن، ئەو بۆ ئەوان و گرنگتر ژ هموو بۆ مە فرموو: «کێ گوێن بۆ بیستن هەبن، با ببیستە.»
Jesus gives the parable and concludes it with the warning for those who will—to hear. Then the disciples are led into the discussion where Jesus addresses at least three significant thoughts. He identifies a distinction between two classes of hearers, and in doing so he refers to a passage from the book of Isaiah to provide a second witness of two classes of hearers (for remember it is all set in the context of those that will hear). The third idea he sets forth, beyond the two classes of hearers and the book of Isaiah as a second witness, is the fact that the Word of God is a seed. The fact that the Word of God is a seed is therefore part of what is to be heard by those that hear the Revelation of Jesus Christ in Revelation chapter one. There are two hearers in the first three verses, just as there are two classes of hearers in Matthew thirteen. Matthew thirteen simply adds some insight to the various ways those who refuse to hear make the choice not to hear. And the witness of Isaiah adds even more to the message we are to hear.
Yesu anatoa mfano huo wa mafumbo na kuuhitimisha kwa onyo kwa wale watakaosikia. Kisha wanafunzi wanaongozwa kuingia katika mazungumzo ambayo ndani yake Yesu anashughulikia angalau mawazo matatu yenye umuhimu. Anatambua tofauti kati ya makundi mawili ya wasikilizaji, na kwa kufanya hivyo anarejelea kifungu kutoka katika kitabu cha Isaya ili kutoa shahidi wa pili wa makundi mawili ya wasikilizaji (kwa maana kumbukeni kwamba yote yamewekwa katika muktadha wa wale watakaosikia). Wazo la tatu analoliweka mbele, zaidi ya makundi mawili ya wasikilizaji na kitabu cha Isaya kama shahidi wa pili, ni ukweli kwamba Neno la Mungu ni mbegu. Kwa hiyo, ukweli kwamba Neno la Mungu ni mbegu ni sehemu ya yale yatakayopaswa kusikiwa na wale wanaolisikia Ufunuo wa Yesu Kristo katika Ufunuo sura ya kwanza. Kuna wasikiaji wawili katika mistari mitatu ya kwanza, kama vile kulivyo na makundi mawili ya wasikilizaji katika Mathayo kumi na tatu. Mathayo kumi na tatu huongeza tu ufahamu fulani kuhusu njia mbalimbali ambazo wale wanaokataa kusikia hufanya uamuzi wa kutosikia. Nao ushahidi wa Isaya huongeza hata zaidi katika ujumbe tunaopaswa kuusikia.
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Mu mwaka umwami Uziya yapfuyemo, nanje mbona Umwami avyagiye ku ntebe y’ubwami, isumba vyose kandi yashizwe hejuru; kandi igice c’impuzu yiwe cuzuza urusengero. Hejuru yiwe hahagaze abaserafi; umwe wese yari afise amababa atandatu; ku mababa abiri yipfuka mu maso, no ku yandi abiri yipfuka ibirenge, no ku yandi abiri araguruka. Kandi umwe asemerera uwundi, ati: Yera, yera, yera, ni Uhoraho Nyen’ingabo; isi yose yuzuye ubwiza bwiwe. Kandi inkingi z’umuryango ziranyiganyiga ku jwi ry’uwasemerera, n’inzu yuzura umwotsi.
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
Nene ndayangire nti, Zinsanze! kubanga nzikirirewo; kubanga ndi muntu ow’emimwa egitali nongoofu, era mbeera wakati mu bantu ab’emimwa egitali minoofu: kubanga amaaso gange galabye Kabaka, Mukama ow’eggye.
Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Ŋutina simi serafimur iwani uća, ani aŋa ina limiḥa aŋan wutaqta tutmiq, aŋa qaptitaŋin altarim pituqta. Taimma aŋa una qaniġaaŋa ilivaaŋa, suli uqaqtuq, “Naagga, una qaniġvigich ivliŋit; taimaatli pigiitchi piḷḷugiyutit piiġusriqaqtuq, suli killuqsautit salummaqhuni.”
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
دا من د رب غږ هم واورېد، چې ويل يې: زه به څوک ولېږم، او څوک به زموږ لپاره ولاړ شي؟ بيا ما وويل: زه دلته يم؛ ما ولېږه.
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Û wî got: Biçe, û ji vê gelê re bêje: Bi rastî bibihîzin, lê fam nekin; û bi rastî bibînin, lê têgihiştin nekin. Dilê vê gelê qelew bike, guhên wan giran bike, û çavên wan bigire; nebe ku bi çavên xwe bibînin, û bi guhên xwe bibihîzin, û bi dilê xwe tê bigihîjin, û vegerin, û sax bibin.
Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. Isaiah 6:1–13.
Unah akane: Nkwi, kuhi? Agabwira ati: kugeza aho ibisagara bizasigara ari amatongo bitagira ubgamo, n’inzu zigasigara zitagira abantu, n’igihugu kigahinduka umusaka rwose; kandi Uwiteka akajyana abantu kure, maze mu gihugu hagati hakabamo ugutereranwa gukomeye. Ariko nyamara muri cyo hazasigaramo kimwe cya cumi, kandi kizagaruka, kandi kizaryanwa; nk’igiti cya teil, kandi nk’igiti cy’umunazi, bifite igishyitsi cyabyo muri byo iyo bitabye amababi: ni ko urubyaro rwera ruzaba igishyitsi cyacyo. Yesaya 6:1–13.
Of course, this passage from Isaiah is absolutely amazing in the depth of prophetic subjects it addresses. Many of these subjects have been repeatedly discussed in Habakkuk’s Tables, so we will simply summarize the points from the passage that support our consideration of Jesus’ reference to His word being a seed.
N’a phaltî, geçîdan vê beşê ji Êşa’ya di kûrbûna wan mijarên pêxemberî yên ku lê vedibêje de bi tevahî ecêb e. Gelek ji van mijaran di Tabloyên Habakkukê de dubare-dubare hatine nîqaş kirin; lewma em tenê wan xalên ji vê beşê kurtî bikin ku piştgirî didin nirxandina me ya ku Îsa behsa gotina xwe wekî tov dike.
In has been established that Isaiah in the passage represents a prophet, and therefore God’s people at the end of time. More importantly for our point, Isaiah represents a people who were living in sin, while functioning within God’s church. Until Isaiah had the revelation of God’s glory, he did not recognize his own sinfulness. He was Laodicean, he was blind.
Ni kwasindikwa ukuti Esaya, muli iyo nshila, aleiminina kuli kasesema, kabili e ico aleiminina no ku bantu ba kwa Lesa ku mpela ya nshita. Ica kusansamusha sana ku nsonga yesu, ni cakuti Esaya aleiminina ku bantu abaleikala mu lubembu, nomba nga balecita mulimo mukati ka chalichi cakwa Lesa. Mpaka ilyo Esaya apokelele ukumweneshiwa kwa bukata bwa kwa Lesa, taishibe ulubembu lwakwe umwine. Ali wa ku Laodikea, ali impofu.
“Isaiah had denounced the sin of others; but now he sees himself exposed to the same condemnation he had pronounced upon them. He had been satisfied with a cold, lifeless ceremony in his worship of God. He had not known this until the vision was given him of the Lord. How little now appeared his wisdom and talents as he looked upon the sacredness and majesty of the sanctuary. How unworthy he was! how unfitted for sacred service! His view of himself might be expressed in the language of the apostle Paul, ‘O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?’
“Isaya kini agsawar ti basol dagiti dadduma; ngem ita makitana a isu met laeng ket naiparangarang iti isu met laeng a panangukom a inyebkasna maipapan kadakuada. Nabayagen a napnek isuna iti maysa a nalamiis, awan-biag a seremonia iti panagdayawna iti Dios. Saanna a naammoan daytoy agingga iti naited kenkuana ti sirmata ti Apo. Anian a bassit ita ti nangipakitana a siribna ken dagiti talantona idi insang-atna ti kita iti kinasanto ken kinasirib ti santuario. Anian a di maikari isuna! anian a saan a maitutop iti nasantoan a panagserbi! Ti panagkitana iti bukodna a bagi ket mabalin a maibaga babaen iti pagsasao ti apostol a ni Pablo, ‘Ay, siak a nakaro a tao! siasino ti mangwayawaya kaniak manipud iti bagi daytoy a patay?’”
“But relief was sent to Isaiah in his distress. ‘Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.” Isaiah 6:6, 7.
“Ngwĩrĩrwo ĩrĩa yaheirwo Isaia hĩndĩ ya thĩna wake. ‘Nĩ ũcio ũmwe wa aserafi akĩnyũrĩra akĩũka kũrĩ niĩ, arĩ na rũgwego rwa mwaki mũrĩru guoko-inĩ gwake, rũrĩa ehĩte na nguo cia kwĩhũra kuuma igongonĩ rĩa kũruta irathimo: nake akĩrĩambatĩria kanua-inĩ gakwa, akiuga atĩ, Rora, gĩkĩ nĩ gĩakũhuthĩte mĩromo yaku; na ũrĩa waku mũũru nĩ ũtigĩtwo, na mehia maku matuithanio.’ Isaia 6:6, 7.”
“The vision given to Isaiah represents the condition of God’s people in the last days. They are privileged to see by faith the work that is going forward in the heavenly sanctuary. ‘And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament.’ As they look by faith into the holy of holies, and see the work of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary, they perceive that they are a people of unclean lips,—a people whose lips have often spoken vanity, and whose talents have not been sanctified and employed to the glory of God. Well may they despair as they contrast their own weakness and unworthiness with the purity and loveliness of the glorious character of Christ. But if they, like Isaiah, will receive the impression the Lord designs shall be made upon the heart, if they will humble their souls before God, there is hope for them. The bow of promise is above the throne, and the work done for Isaiah will be performed in them. God will respond to the petitions coming from the contrite heart.
“Yesaia nî ku kul pehchûn chu Khudâyi qawmis hāl-e-ākhir zamānis manz. Timan chu imtiyāz dîmut yus timān zanān iman manz asmani maqdisas manz rawān kām dapan. ‘O asmanas manz Khudāy hund ma’bad phut, te timis ma’badas manz timis ahad hund sandūq dît.’ Yeli timan iman manz quds-ul-aqdāsas andar naẓar dapan, te asmani maqdisas manz Masīhas kām dapan, timan chu yih idrāk gatchhān ki tim chu napaak honti labān hund qawm,—akh qawm yimi labān aksar bātil guftār kor, te yimān hund hunar na muqaddas banāwmut te na Khudāy jalālas khātrā isti‘māl karamut. Sahih chhu yi ki tim yeli panin kamzōri te nā-ahli Masīhas jalālī kirdāras pākīzgi te dilkashī sāth muqābala karān, tim nā-umīd banān. Magar agar tim, Yesaia henz tarah, tim ta’assur qabūl karān yus Parvardigār dilas manz peth karāwan chāhān, agar tim Khudāyas hāzir panin jaan farotani karān, timis khātrā umīd chu. Wa‘das qaus takhtas peth chu, te yus kām Yesaia khātrā karamut, su timān manz ti karun. Khudā sualānuk jawāb dyi yi yus shikasta-dilas manz peth ān.”
“The object of this great and solemn work of God is to gather together the sheaves for the heavenly garner; for the earth is to be filled with the glory of the Lord. Then let none be dismayed as they see the prevailing wickedness and hear the language coming from unclean lips. When the powers of darkness set themselves in array against the people of God; when Satan shall muster his forces for the last great conflict, and his power seems to be great and almost overwhelming, [then] the clear view of the divine glory, the throne high and lifted up, arched with the bow of promise, will give comfort, assurance, and peace.” Review and Herald, December 22, 1896.
“Mulungu wa ntchito iyi yayikulu ndi yolemekezeka ndi kusonkhanitsa pamodzi mitolo ya zokolola m’nkhokwe ya kumwamba; pakuti dziko lapansi liyenera kudzazidwa ndi ulemerero wa Ambuye. Choncho pasakhale aliyense wodandaula pamene akuona kuipa kofala ndi kumva mawu ochokera pa milomo yodetsedwa. Pamene mphamvu za mdima zidzikonzekeretsa motsutsana ndi anthu a Mulungu; pamene Satana adzasonkhanitsa mphamvu zake pa nkhondo yomaliza yayikulu, ndipo mphamvu yake idzaoneka kukhala yayikulu ndi pafupifupi yoposa mphamvu zonse, [pamenepo] kuwona momveka bwino ulemerero waumulungu, mpando wachifumu wokwezedwa mmwamba ndi kutukuka, wokutidwa ndi uta wa lonjezo, kudzabweretsa chitonthozo, chitsimikizo, ndi mtendere.” Review and Herald, December 22, 1896.
The vision “represents the condition of God’s people in the last days.” God’s people in the last days are Laodiceans.
Ponoʻanga te orama “te akakite ra i te turanga o te iti tangata o te Atua i te au rā openga.” Te iti tangata o te Atua i te au rā openga, ko te au Laodikea ïa.
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Na kwa malaika wa kanisa la Walaodikia andika; Haya asema Yeye aliye Amina, shahidi aliye mwaminifu na wa kweli, mwanzo wa viumbe vya Mungu; Nayajua matendo yako, ya kuwa wewe si baridi wala moto; laiti ungekuwa baridi au moto. Basi, kwa kuwa wewe ni vuguvugu, wala si baridi wala moto, nitakutapika utoke katika kinywa changu. Kwa kuwa wasema, Mimi ni tajiri, nimejitajirisha, wala sina haja ya kitu; nawe hujui ya kuwa wewe u mwenye mashaka, na wa kusikitikiwa, na maskini, na kipofu, na uchi; nakupa shauri kununua kwangu dhahabu iliyosafishwa kwa moto, upate kuwa tajiri; na mavazi meupe, upate kuvaa, aibu ya uchi wako isionekane; na dawa ya macho ya kupaka machoni pako, upate kuona.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Ke na dikungata ka rato, kea ba kgalemela, ka ba laea; ka baka leo, eba le tlhagafalo, mme o ikwatlhaye. Bona, ke eme fa mojako, ke kokota; fa mongwe a utlwa lentswe la me, mme a bula mojako, ke tla tsena kwa go ene, mme ke je nae, le ene a je le nna. Yo o fenyang ke tla mo naya gore a nne fa fatshe le nna mo setulong sa me sa bogosi, fela jaaka le nna ke fentse, mme ka nna fa fatshe le Rre mo setulong sa gagwe sa bogosi.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. Revelation 3:14–22.
ئەوەی گوێی هەیە، با گوێ بگرێت بۆ ئەوەی ڕۆح بە کلیساکان دەفەرمووێت. ئاشکراکردنەوەی ٣:١٤–٢٢.
“The message to the church of the Laodiceans is a startling denunciation, and is applicable to the people of God at the present time.
“Ujumbe kwa kanisa la Walaodikia ni shutuma ya kutisha, nayo inawahusu watu wa Mungu wakati wa sasa.
“‘And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of My mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.’
“‘Na kwa malaika wa kanisa la Walaodikia andika: Haya ndiyo asemayo Yeye aliye Amina, Shahidi aliye mwaminifu na wa kweli, mwanzo wa viumbe vya Mungu; nayajua matendo yako, ya kuwa wewe si baridi wala moto: laiti ungekuwa baridi au moto. Basi, kwa kuwa wewe ni vuguvugu, wala si baridi wala moto, nitakutapika utoke katika kinywa Changu. Kwa kuwa wasema, Mimi ni tajiri, nimejitajirisha, wala sina haja ya kitu cho chote; wala hujui ya kuwa wewe ni mnyonge, na mwenye mashaka, na maskini, na kipofu, na uchi.’”
“The Lord here shows us that the message to be borne to His people by ministers whom He has called to warn the people is not a peace-and-safety message. It is not merely theoretical, but practical in every particular. The people of God are represented in the message to the Laodiceans as in a position of carnal security. They are at ease, believing themselves to be in an exalted condition of spiritual attainments. ‘Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.’
“Bwana hapa anatuonyesha kwamba ujumbe utakaobebwa kwa watu Wake na wahudumu ambao Amewaita kuwaonya watu si ujumbe wa amani na usalama. Si wa kinadharia tu, bali wa utendaji katika kila jambo. Watu wa Mungu wanawakilishwa katika ujumbe kwa Walaodikia kuwa katika hali ya usalama wa kimwili. Wametulia, wakijiamini kuwa wako katika hali ya juu ya mafanikio ya kiroho. ‘Kwa kuwa wasema, Mimi ni tajiri, nimejitajirisha, wala sina haja ya kitu cho chote; nawe hujui ya kuwa wewe ni mnyonge, na mwenye mashaka, na maskini, na kipofu, na uchi.’”
“What greater deception can come upon human minds than a confidence that they are right when they are all wrong! The message of the True Witness finds the people of God in a sad deception, yet honest in that deception. They know not that their condition is deplorable in the sight of God. While those addressed are flattering themselves that they are in an exalted spiritual condition, the message of the True Witness breaks their security by the startling denunciation of their true condition of spiritual blindness, poverty, and wretchedness. The testimony, so cutting and severe, cannot be a mistake, for it is the True Witness who speaks, and His testimony must be correct.
“Uburyarya burenze ubundi bushobora bute ku mitima y’abantu ni ubuhe, buturutse ku kwizera ko bari mu kuri kandi bibeshya rwose! Ubutumwa bw’Ihamya ry’Ukuri busanga ubwoko bw’Imana buri mu buyobe bubabaje, nyamara ari inyangamugayo muri ubwo buyobe. Ntibamenya ko imimerere yabo ibabaje cyane imbere y’Imana. Mu gihe abavugwa bihimbaza bibwira ko bari mu mimerere yo mu mwuka ishyizwe hejuru, ubutumwa bw’Ihamya ry’Ukuri busenya umutekano wabo binyuze mu gucyaha guteye ubwoba kw’imimerere yabo nyayo yo kuba impumyi zo mu mwuka, abakene, n’abanyamibabaro. Ubuhamya, bukarishye kandi bukomeye bene ako kageni, ntibushobora kuba ari ukwibeshya, kuko uvuga ari we Hamya ry’Ukuri, kandi ubuhamya bwe bugomba kuba ari ubw’ukuri.
“It is difficult for those who feel secure in their attainments, and who believe themselves to be rich in spiritual knowledge, to receive the message which declares that they are deceived and in need of every spiritual grace. The unsanctified heart is ‘deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.’ I was shown that many are flattering themselves that they are good Christians, who have not a ray of light from Jesus. They have not a living experience for themselves in the divine life. They need a deep and thorough work of self-abasement before God before they will feel their true need of earnest, persevering effort to secure the precious graces of the Spirit.” Testimonies, volume 3, 252, 253.
“ខ្លាំងក្លាណាស់សម្រាប់អ្នកទាំងឡាយដែលមានអារម្មណ៍ថាមានសុវត្ថិភាពក្នុងសមិទ្ធផលរបស់ខ្លួន ហើយជឿថាខ្លួនសម្បូរទៅដោយចំណេះដឹងខាងវិញ្ញាណ ក្នុងការទទួលសារដែលប្រកាសថា ពួកគេកំពុងត្រូវបានបោកបញ្ឆោត ហើយខ្វះខាតគ្រប់ព្រះគុណខាងវិញ្ញាណទាំងអស់។ ចិត្តដែលមិនបានបរិសុទ្ធ ‘បោកបញ្ឆោតលើសអ្វីៗទាំងអស់ ហើយអាក្រក់យ៉ាងខ្លាំងបំផុត។’ ខ្ញុំត្រូវបានបង្ហាញថា មនុស្សជាច្រើនកំពុងលួងលោមខ្លួនឯងថា ពួកគេជាគ្រីស្ទានល្អ ទោះបីពួកគេមិនមានរស្មីពន្លឺសូម្បីតែមួយពីព្រះយេស៊ូវក៏ដោយ។ ពួកគេមិនមានបទពិសោធន៍រស់នៅដោយខ្លួនឯងក្នុងជីវិតដ៏ទេវភាពឡើយ។ មុនពេលដែលពួកគេនឹងមានអារម្មណ៍ដឹងពីតម្រូវការពិតរបស់ខ្លួន ចំពោះការខិតខំប្រឹងប្រែងយ៉ាងស្មោះអស់ពីចិត្ត និងតស៊ូអត់ធ្មត់ ដើម្បីទទួលបានព្រះគុណដ៏មានតម្លៃនៃព្រះវិញ្ញាណ នោះពួកគេចាំបាច់ត្រូវមានការងារដ៏ជ្រាលជ្រៅ និងពេញលេញនៃការបន្ទាបខ្លួនឯងនៅចំពោះព្រះជាម្ចាស់សិន។” Testimonies, volume 3, 252, 253.
Once Isaiah was converted out of his Laodicean condition, he volunteered to take the final warning message to the world. Verse three of chapter six connects Isaiah’s prophetic history with the prophetic history of Revelation eighteen when the angel descends and lightens the earth with its glory.
Isaiah Laodikea wa mu mimerere ye amaze kuvamo ahindutse, yitanze ku bushake ngo ajyane ubutumwa bwa nyuma bw’imbuzi ku isi. Umurongo wa gatatu w’igice cya gatandatu uhuza amateka y’ubuhanuzi ya Isaiah n’amateka y’ubuhanuzi yo mu Byahishuwe cumi n’umunani, igihe marayika amanuka maze akamurikisha isi ubwiza bwe.
And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. Revelation 18:1.
ហើយក្រោយការទាំងនេះ ខ្ញុំបានឃើញទេវតាផ្សេងមួយចុះមកពីស្ថានសួគ៌ ដែលមានអំណាចយ៉ាងធំ; ហើយផែនដីបានភ្លឺឡើងដោយសិរីល្អរបស់គាត់។ វិវរណៈ 18:1។
Isaiah is representing God’s people during the time when the angel of Revelation eighteen descends, for when he was taken into the heavenly sanctuary, he heard the seraphim proclaiming “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.” Isaiah, as with John in the Revelation, represent God’s people who proclaim the final warning message. John called God’s people “the remnant” and Isaiah referred to them as “a tenth,” or a tithe. The root word in the Hebrew means “to tithe.”
Isaia amesimamia watu wa Mungu katika wakati ule malaika wa Ufunuo kumi na nane ashukapo; kwa maana alipochukuliwa kuingia katika patakatifu pa mbinguni, aliwasikia maserafi wakitangaza, “Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu, ndiye BWANA wa majeshi; dunia yote imejaa utukufu wake.” Isaia, kama ilivyo kwa Yohana katika Ufunuo, anawawakilisha watu wa Mungu watangazao ujumbe wa mwisho wa onyo. Yohana aliwaita watu wa Mungu “masalio,” naye Isaia aliwarejelea kuwa “sehemu ya kumi,” yaani zaka. Neno la msingi katika Kiebrania maana yake ni “kutoa zaka.”
The prophetic question of “how long?” that Isaiah asked is asked repeatedly in God’s word (and for brevity’s sake, the answer for the question of “how long?” is that it marks the arrival of the national Sunday law in the United States.) According to Ellen White, at that time “national apostasy will be followed by national ruin,” and according to Isaiah it is when “the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.” The “great forsaking in the midst of the land” is the “many” who are overthrown at the Sunday Law according to Daniel 11:41. These are the persons of Isaiah six and Matthew thirteen that have eyes, but don’t see and have ears, but don’t hear, and also those in Revelation three that refuse the counsel to the Laodicean church.
Yesaya ati mbusye uvuvi wa kinabii wa “ni mpaka lini?” wĩ wa kulya dyambi mu Ndyani ya Ngai mara nyingi, (na kwa wĩkalo wa kufupisha, jibu rĩa uvuvi wa “ni mpaka lini?” nĩ ati wĩũthyulya kufika kwa sheria ya Jumapili ya kitaifa huko Marekani.) Kulingana na Ellen White, wakati ũsu “uasi wa kitaifa utafuatwa na uangamivu wa kitaifa,” na kulingana na Yesaya ni wakati “miji itakapoharibiwa, isiwe na wakaaji, na nyumba zisiwe na mtu, na nchi iharibiwe kabisa, naye BWANA amewaondoa watu mbali sana, na kuwe na kuachwa kukubwa katikati ya nchi.” “Kuachwa kukubwa katikati ya nchi” nĩ “wengi” wale wanaoangushwa wakati wa sheria ya Jumapili kulingana na Danieli 11:41. Awa nĩ wale watu wa Yesaya sita na Mathayo kumi na tatu walio na macho, lakini hawaoni, na walio na masikio, lakini hawasikii, na pia wale wa Ufunuo tatu wanaokataa shauri kwa kanisa la Laodikia.
He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. Daniel 11:41
ئهویش دهچێتە ناو خاکە شکۆدارەکە، و زۆر وڵات وێران دەبن؛ بەڵام ئەمانە لە دەستی ئەو دەردەچن، هەتا ئەدۆم و مۆئاب و سەرۆکی نەوەکانی عەمۆن. دانیال 11:41
Isaiah had a vision of Jesus Christ in His sanctuary, as did John in the Revelation. Isaiah represents the “tenth” or tithe that “returns” and “shall be eaten” as a tree. The Hebrew word translated as “eaten” means to consume by fire. Yet the “tenth” have a “substance” within them that the fire does not consume. Evidently nine-tenths did not have that substance? The fire represented as eating up and consuming the teil and oak tree is the fire of the Messenger of the Covenant who comes suddenly to His temple in the book of Malachi.
Isaya a mona ponopele ya Yesu Klisto mu ntempelo yakwe, nge ni Yohana mu Kusokolola. Isaya aiminako “ikumi” nangu icikumi ica “kubwela,” kandi “cika lyiwa” nge cimuti. Ishiwi lya Chihebere ilyalundulwamo ngo “ukulyiwa” lyesha ukupya no mulilo. Nomba “ikumi” line “iciputulwa” muli bene ico umulilo taulya. Bushe cilelangisha ukuti imyanda pabula pa kumi tefyali ne co ciputulwa? Umulilo uwalengwako nge uulya no kupela ukupwa ku muti wa teil no muti wa oak, e mulilo wa Ntumintumi wa Cipangano, uwiza mukupepelwa ku ntempelo yakwe mu buku lya Malaki.
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Lola, ndukatuma mjumbe wangu, naye ataitengeneza njia mbele yangu; na Bwana, ambaye mnamtafuta, atakuja ghafula katika hekalu lake, yaani, mjumbe wa agano, ambaye mnapendezwa naye; tazama, atakuja, asema Bwana wa majeshi.
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years. Malachi 3:1–4.
Lê kî dikare roja hatina wî biparêze? û kî dê dema ku ew xuya bibe bisekine? çimkî ew wek agirê safîker e, û wek sabûnê paqijkerên cilan: Û ew dê wek safîker û paqijkerê zîv rûne; û ew dê kurên Lewî paqij bike, û wan wek zêr û zîv safî bike, da ku ew ji bo Xudan pêşkêşek bi rastdariyê pêşkêş bikin. Wê hingê pêşkêşa Yehûda û Orşelîm li ber Xudan xweş bibe, wek di rojên kevn de, û wek di salên berê de. Malakî 3:1–4.
Isaiah’s tenth, (which is a tithe) is also Malachi’s “offering in righteousness.” Malachi’s offering is God’s people, represented as “the sons of Levi” who are purified by fire to produce an “offering in righteousness” and those who are “eaten” by fire in Isaiah’s testimony are the tenth, or a tithe.
Icumi ca cumi c’Imana Yesaya, (ari na co kimwe n’ic’icumi) ni co kandi “ikimazi c’ubugororotsi” kivugwa na Malaki. Ikimazi kivugwa na Malaki ni abantu b’Imana, bagereranywa n’“abahungu ba Lewi,” basukurishwa umuriro kugira ngo havemwo “ikimazi c’ubugororotsi”; kandi abo “batikizwa” n’umuriro mu caha ca Yesaya ni bo c’icumi, canke ikimazi c’ic’icumi.
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. 1 Corinthians 3:10–13.
Ngena ukulu wa Nzambi yina pesamaka mono, bonso mfundi ya mayele ya kutunga, mono tulaka lufulu, mpe muntu yankaka kele kutunga na zulu na yo. Kansi bika konso muntu keba mbote mutindu yandi kele kutunga na zulu na yo. Pamba te muntu ata mosi lenda ve kutula lufulu yankaka kuluta yina me tulama, yina kele Yezu Klisto. Ebuna kana muntu mosi kutunga na zulu ya lufulu yai wolo, palata, matadi ya ntalu, nkuni, matiti, matiti ya kuyuma; kisalu ya konso muntu ta monana pwelele, pamba te kilumbu ta monisa yo, sambu yo ta monisama na tiya; mpe tiya ta meka kisalu ya konso muntu, ya mutindu nini yo kele. 1 Korinto 3:10–13.
Paul here declares that every man’s works will be revealed by “fire”. In Malachi the fire burns away the dross. In Isaiah the purification of the “tenth” takes place “when” they cast off their leaves. Leaves are a symbol of hidden sin, pretension and presumption as testified to by Adam and Eve.
Paul apa akejeri ya kwamba matendo ya kila mtu yatafunuliwa kwa “moto”. Katika Malaki, moto huo huondoa uchafu wa taka. Katika Isaya, utakaso wa “sehemu ya kumi” hutokea “wakati” wanapoacha majani yao. Majani ni ishara ya dhambi iliyofichika, kujifanya, na kuthubutu kwa kiburi, kama inavyoshuhudiwa na Adamu na Hawa.
Isaiah’s “tenth” have a substance in them that cannot be burnt away, and that substance is the “holy seed”. They have Christ within them, the hope of glory. Isaiah is a “holy seed” himself and also the “tenth” that he identifies. Both the “holy seed” and the “tenth” return from a Laodicean condition to the Philadelphian condition through the Revelation of Jesus Christ in His sanctuary.
Isaiah “weshumi” vana chinhu chiri mavari chisingagoni kupiswa chikaopera, uye chinhu ichocho i“mbeu tsvene”. Vana Kristu mukati mavo, tariro yokubwinya. Isaiah pachake i“mbeu tsvene” uyewo “weshumi” yaanozivisa. Zvose zviri zviviri, “mbeu tsvene” ne“weshumi,” zvinodzoka kubva mumamiriro eRaodhikia zvichienda kumamiriro eFiraderufia kubudikidza neZvakazarurwa zvaJesu Kristu musanctuary Yake.
The vision of God’s glory that causes Isaiah to cry out that he is undone, that he is a person that is unclean and a sinner in need of forgiveness, takes place in the heavenly sanctuary when the trees cast off their leaves. The word “cast” means to “throw out”, or to “cut down” a tree. The casting out of Laodicea is here represented. A “tenth” or remnant will go through the cleansing “fire” brought about by Malachi’s Messenger of the Covenant, thus having their human works spiritually burnt away, and thus leaving only “the substance” that can’t be burnt away which is the “Holy Seed”. Those that refuse to hear will be cast off like dead dry leaves, or spewed out of the mouth of the Lord.
Ŋuti wa Ugoli wa Mulungu uo ukumucitiska Yesaya kuti alile, kuti watayika, kuti ni muntu wa ukazuzi ndipo ni wakwananga wakukhumbikwira kugowokereka, ukucitikira mu Malo Ghakupatulika gha kuchanya pa nyengo iyo makuni ghakupwetekera pasi mawoko ghake. Lizgu lakuti “kuponya” likung’anamura “kuwuskamo”, panji “kutema” khuni. Apa pakuyimiriskirika kuwuskikamo kwa Laodikea. “Chakhumi” panji chigomezgo chakusanguka chizamujumphira mu “moto” wa kutozgeka uwo ukuletheka na Mthenga wa Phangano wa Malaki, mwakuti milimo yawo yaumunthu yikuwotcheka mwauzimu, ndipo ntheura kukhalira “thupi” pera ilo lingawotcheka chara, ndilo “Mbewu Yituŵa”. Awo ŵakukana kupulika ŵazamuwuskikamo ngati mawoko ghakufwa na kouma, panji kusupuskika kufuma mu mulomo wa Fumu.
Jesus is the Holy Seed, and a seed has all the necessary DNA to produce the entire plant. The Word of God is a seed, and therefore the first mention of a thing in the Word of God contains all the information necessary to bring that subject to full maturity in the believer, if rightly understood.
Jesu ni Imbuto Yera, kandi imbuto iba ifite ADN yose ikenewe kugira ngo havemo ikimera cyose uko cyakabaye. Ijambo ry’Imana ni imbuto; ni cyo gituma aho ikintu kivugwa bwa mbere mu Ijambo ry’Imana haba hakubiyemo amakuru yose akenewe kugira ngo iyo ngingo igeze ku gukura kwayo kwuzuye mu mwizera, iyo isobanuwe neza.
Isaiah chapter six identifies a people who will not “hear” in the time period when you MUST hear in order to be blessed with the message of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. The people who Jesus referred to were the chosen people of God, they were His wife, they were His covenant people, they were ancient Israel.
Esurā yā motoba motoba mutwe guciya gumwe gya abantu bata “wiva” mu gihe aho utegerezwa rwose kwiva kugira ngo uhabwe umugisha n’ubutumwa bw’Ivyahishuriwe Yesu Kristo. Abantu Yesu yavuzeko bari abantu batoranijwe b’Imana, bari umugore wayo, bari abantu b’isezerano bayo, bari Isirayeli ya kera.
Ancient Israel or the first Israel typifies modern Israel or the last Israel. The people of God at the end of the world are Seventh-day Adventists, His chosen people, His wife, His covenant people—modern Israel. The witness of Isaiah’s history, combined with the history of Christ, provides two witnesses that establish that at the end of the world Seventh-day Adventism will be in a lost and unsaveable “condition” represented in the message to Laodicea.
이스라엘 옛적 이스라엘, 곧 첫째 이스라엘은 현대 이스라엘, 곧 마지막 이스라엘의 예표이다. 세상 끝에 있는 하나님의 백성은 제칠일안식일예수재림교인들로서, 그분께서 택하신 백성이며, 그분의 아내요, 그분의 언약 백성 곧 현대 이스라엘이다. 이사야의 역사에 대한 증언은 그리스도의 역사와 결합하여, 세상 끝에 이르러 제칠일안식일예수재림교회가 라오디게아에게 주신 기별에 나타난 잃어버린 바 되어 구원할 수 없는 “상태” 가운데 있게 되리라는 사실을 확증하는 두 증인이 된다.
They are not actually unsaveable, but simply unsaveable in their Laodicean condition, as was Isaiah before his experience and as were the Jews of Christ’s history.
Jie iš tikrųjų nėra neišgelbstimi, bet yra tiesiog neišgelbstimi savo laodikėjiškoje būsenoje, kaip buvo Izaijas prieš savo patyrimą ir kaip buvo žydai Kristaus istorijoje.
One of the things a Laodicean must “hear” is the parable of the Sower. He must “hear” in that parable that the Word of God is a “seed”, a holy seed. When that is “heard”, then there is a foundation laid that begins to open up the secret message of Revelation, for that message is wrapped up in the profound recognition that Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and Ending. To understand the relationship of the end with the beginning includes understanding that Jesus is the Word, and He is the Seed.
Kimwe mu bintu Umulaodikia akwiriye “kwumva” ni umugani w’Umubivyi. Akwiriye “kwumva” muri uwo mugani yuko Ijambo ry’Imana ari “urubuto”, urubuto rwera. Igihe ivyo “vyumviswe”, ni ho hashirwaho urufatiro rutangura guhishura ubutumwa bw’ibanga bwo mu Vyahishuwe, kuko ubwo butumwa buzingiyemwo ukumenya kwimbitse yuko Yesu ari Alufa na Omega, Uwa Mbere n’Uwa Nyuma, Intango n’Iherezo. Gutahura isano iri hagati y’iherezo n’intango birimwo gutahura yuko Yesu ari Ijambo, kandi ko ari Urubuto.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. John 1:1–5.
Hapo mwanzo kulikuwako Neno, naye Neno alikuwako pamoja na Mungu, naye Neno alikuwa Mungu. Huyo mwanzo alikuwako pamoja na Mungu. Vitu vyote vilifanyika kwa yeye; wala pasipo yeye hakikufanyika chochote kilichofanyika. Ndani yake ndimo ulimokuwa uzima; nao ule uzima ulikuwa nuru ya wanadamu. Nayo nuru yang’aa gizani; wala giza halikuitambua. Yohana 1:1–5.
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. Galatians 3:16.
Ka Abraham aye i pami nangbang dagiti karkari; saan a kinunana, “Ken dagiti bukel,” a kas iti adu; no di ket a kas iti maysa laeng, “Ken ti bukelmo,” a isu ni Cristo. Galacia 3:16.
To understand the relationship with the end and the beginning requires the understanding of the “rule of first mention.” The rule of first mention identifies that the beginning of a subject is the most important reference for it contains the entire story, for as the Word of God it is a seed. The last reference is the second in importance in the sense that it is there that all the elements of the story are tied together leaving no loose ends. But it is the middle references on a subject that add the strength and clarity to the story, and in that sense the middle is as essential as the beginning or the ending.
Ji bo têgihiştina têkiliya bi dawiya û destpêkê re, hewce ye ku “rêzeya yekemîn a behskirinê” were têgihiştin. Rêzeya yekemîn a behskirinê diyar dike ku destpêka mijarekê referansa herî girîng e, ji ber ku ew tevahiya çîrokê di xwe de digire; çimkî, wek Peyva Xwedê, ew tov e. Referansa dawî di girîngiyê de ya duyemîn e, ji ber ku li wir hemû hêmanên çîrokê bi hev têne girêdan û tiştek bê dawî naçe hiştin. Lê belê, ev referansên navîn li ser mijarekê ne ku hêz û zelaliyê didin çîrokê, û di wateya wisa de navîn jî wek destpêk an dawiya wê qas bingehîn e.
There is much more to address on this subject, but returning to the passage in Matthew thirteen we can note that Jesus identified two classes of persons who hear or don’t hear. He identifies more than one way to not hear, but he then pronounces a blessing upon those that do hear.
Ho mukanda uno hakwavo byingi byakulongesa, lelo twaluka ku mukanda wa Mateu kapu makumi atatu na itatu, echi twamona nde Yesu wasonekele bipande bibili bya bantu abo behulila ne abo kabahulili. Wasonekele njira ya kushiyana-shiyana ya kuleka kuhulila, lelo panyima wapandile mapalo pa abo behulila.
But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. Matthew 13:16–18.
Le ukubarikiwe ameso yenu, kwa maana yanaona; na masikio yenu, kwa maana yanasikia. Kwa kuwa amin, nawaambia, ya kwamba manabii wengi na watu wa haki walitamani kuona hayo mnayoyaona, wala hawakuyaona; na kusikia hayo mnayoyasikia, wala hawakuyasikia. Basi lisikieni mfano wa mpanzi. Mathayo 13:16–18.
Prophetically this “blessing” is therefore the very same blessing as Revelation 1:3:
Kimuujiza, “omugisha” gunu ni gwo gumu gwonyene nka oguli mu Okubikkulirwa 1:3:
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
Ũrĩa usomaga aahotio nĩ kũrathimwo, o hamwe na arĩa maiguaga ciugo cia ũhoro ũyũ wa ũrathi, na makĩhũthĩra maũndũ marĩa maandĩkĩtwo kuo thĩinĩ wao; nĩgũkorwo ihinda rĩrĩ hafi.
Jesus’ reference in Matthew thirteen to Isaiah six, in conjunction with the writings of Ellen White, confirms that there are things that are seen and heard at the end of the world that were so tremendous that many righteous men and prophets desired to live in that period of time when the final warning message was to be unsealed, and that people would then “see” and “hear” them.
Na Matayo kumi na tatu, rejeo la Yesu kwa Isaya sita, pamoja na maandishi ya Ellen White, linathibitisha kwamba katika mwisho wa dunia kuna mambo yanayoonekana na kusikiwa ambayo yalikuwa makuu sana, hata watu wengi wenye haki na manabii walitamani kuishi katika kipindi hicho cha wakati ambapo ujumbe wa mwisho wa onyo ungefunuliwa, na ndipo watu “wangeona” na “wangesikia” mambo hayo.
John was told to seal up what the “Seven Thunders” uttered in chapter ten, and in chapter twenty-two the pronouncement is made to “Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.” The next verse identifies the close of human probation. Just before probation closes there is a pronouncement to unseal the “Seven Thunders”, which is the only passage in the book of Revelation that is sealed up at that time. Of the “Seven Thunders” we are informed that they represent the beginning and ending of Adventism.
Yohana aliambiwa ayafunge muhuri yale “Ngurumo Saba” yaliyoyanena katika sura ya kumi, na katika sura ya ishirini na mbili hutolewa tangazo hili: “Usiyatie muhuri maneno ya unabii wa kitabu hiki; kwa maana wakati umekaribia.” Aya inayofuata hutambulisha kufungwa kwa muda wa rehema ya mwanadamu. Mara tu kabla ya muda wa rehema kufungwa, hutolewa tangazo la kuzifungua “Ngurumo Saba”, ambalo ndilo fungu pekee katika kitabu cha Ufunuo lililotiwa muhuri wakati huo. Kuhusu “Ngurumo Saba” tunaelezwa kwamba zinawakilisha mwanzo na mwisho wa Uadventista.
“The special light given to John which was expressed in the seven thunders was a delineation of events which would transpire under the first and second angels’ messages. . . .
“Uluk na lawag a inyawat kan Juan, a inyik-ikkat iti pito a gurruod, ket pannakailadawan dagiti paspasamak a mapasamak iti sidong dagiti damag ti umuna ken maikadua nga anghel....”
“After these seven thunders uttered their voices, the injunction comes to John as to Daniel in regard to the little book: ‘Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered.’ These relate to future events which will be disclosed in their order.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 971.
“Bubalingi bwa zipela oyo nsambo koloba malobá na yango, etinda eya epai ya Yoane lokola epai ya Danyele mpo na buku moke ete: ‘Kanga bilembo na makambo oyo zipela oyo nsambo elobaki.’ Makambo yango etali makambo ya mikolo ezali koya oyo ekomonisama na molɔngɔ na yango.” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, volume 7, 971.
The Seven Thunders represent the events during the beginning of Adventism in the history of the first and second angel’s message, from 1798 until October 22, 1844, and in the same article noted above we are informed that the Seven Thunders “relate to future events which will be disclosed in their order.” The beginning history of Adventism illustrates the ending of Adventism, for Jesus Christ, as the Alpha and Omega, places His signature upon the entire history of Adventism, for it is as sacred a history as was the history of ancient Israel.
Amawulu Ayi kuvali zishimilo zya mu kuyamba kwa Adventizimu mu lupapulo lwa ntangi wa muntu wa kutanga na wa wuvili, kufuma mu 1798 kufika pa 22 Oktoba, 1844; kabili mu nzila iyo imwe yavyavulilwe pamutwe, twalailwa ukuti Amawulu Ayi kuvali “alumbulula ku zishimilo zya mukuiza ivyakwikala vyasokololwa mu ntambi yakwe.” Lupapulo lwa kuyamba lwa Adventizimu lulelangilila ku mpela ya Adventizimu, pantu Yesu Kristu, nge Alfa na Omega, abika chisainiko Chake pa lupapulo lonse lwa Adventizimu, pantu lwena lupapulo ulwashila nga filya lwali lupapulo lwa Israyeli wa kale.
According to Jesus in Matthew thirteen these events are what the prophets desired to see, and which the disciples were blessed for knowing. Those disciples represent God’s people at the end of the world who are blessed for what they see and hear. What they see and hear is the message of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, that is also represented by the message of the Seven Thunders, that represent both Millerite history and the history of the one hundred and forty-four thousand.
Kuya mu Yesu mu Matayo ikumi na isatu, bino bintu bye nnabbi bye baali beegomba okulaba, era abayigirizwa be baweebwa omukisa olw’okubimanya. Abayigirizwa abo bakiikirira abantu ba Katonda ku nkomerero y’ensi, abaweebwa omukisa olw’ebyo bye balaba era bye bawulira. Kye balaba era kye bawulira bwe bubaka obw’Okubikkulirwa kwa Yesu Kristo, era obwo nabwo bukiikirirwa obubaka bw’Ennindimiro Omusanvu, ezikiikirira byombi ebyafaayo eby’Aba-Millerite n’ebyafaayo eby’abantu emitwalo kikumi mu enkumi nnya mu binaana mu nnya.
“All the messages given from 1840–1844 are to be made forcible now, for there are many people who have lost their bearings. The messages are to go to all the churches.
“Hemû peyamên ku di navbera 1840–1844-an de hatine dayîn, divê niha bi hêz werin pêşkêş kirin, çimkî gelek kes rêya xwe winda kirine. Divê peyam bigihîje hemû dêrân.
“Christ said, ‘Blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them’ [Matthew 13:16, 17]. Blessed are the eyes which saw the things that were seen in 1843 and 1844.
Kristo akati, “Ameghwa meso ghinu, pakuti ghakuwona; na makutu ghinu, pakuti ghakupulika. Pakuti nadi nkhumuphalirani kuti, ntchimi zinandi na ŵanthu ŵarunji ŵakhumbanga kuwona vinthu ivyo imwe mukuwona, kweni ŵakaviona chara; na kupulika vinthu ivyo imwe mukupulika, kweni ŵakavipulika chara” [Mateyu 13:16, 17]. Ghakutumbikika meso agho ghakawona vinthu ivyo vikawoneka mu 1843 na 1844.
“The message was given. And there should be no delay in repeating the message, for the signs of the times are fulfilling; the closing work must be done. A great work will be done in a short time. A message will soon be given by God’s appointment that will swell into a loud cry. Then Daniel will stand in his lot, to give his testimony.” Manuscript Releases, volume 21, 437.
“Ujumbe ulitolewa. Nao hakupaswi kuwapo ucheleweshaji wowote katika kuurudia ujumbe huo, kwa maana ishara za nyakati zinatimizwa; kazi ya kufunga lazima ifanyike. Kazi kubwa itafanyika kwa muda mfupi. Hivi karibuni ujumbe utatolewa kwa agizo la Mungu, nao utakua na kuwa kilio kikuu. Kisha Danieli atasimama katika sehemu yake, kutoa ushuhuda wake.” Manuscript Releases, juzuu ya 21, 437.
Ellen White identifies the history which Christ identified as the history that righteous men desired to see, as the history of the Millerites from 1840 through 1844, and then says that a “message will soon be given by God’s appointment that will swell into a loud cry.” The “loud cry” symbolizes the final warning of the third angel, and when that message is given, it will repeat the history of the beginning of Adventism. The final warning message is the “messages” that are “to go to all the churches,” and all “the messages given from 1840–1844 are to be made forcible now.”
ئێلەن وایت ئەو مێژوویە دیاری دەکات کە مەسیح وەک ئەو مێژوویە ناساندووە کە پیاوانی ڕاستودروست ئارەزووی بینینیان هەبوو، بەوەی مێژووی میلیەرییەکانە لە 1840 تا 1844، پاشان دەڵێت کە «بەپێی دیاریکردنی خودا، پەیامێک بە زوویی دەدرێت کە بۆ هاوارێکی بەرز گەورە دەبێت.» «هاواری بەرز» هێمای ئاگادارکردنەوەی کۆتایی فریشتەی سێیەمە، و کاتێک ئەو پەیامە دەدرێت، مێژووی سەرەتای ئەدڤێنتیزم دووبارە دەکاتەوە. پەیامی ئاگادارکردنەوەی کۆتایی ئەو «پەیامانەن» کە «دەبێت بۆ هەموو کڵێساکان بڕوات»، و هەموو «ئەو پەیامانەی لە 1840–1844 دراون دەبێت ئێستا بەهێز بکرێن.»
The Alpha and Omega illustrates the end with the beginning. Ellen White states that “the messages are to go to all the churches,” and Jesus told John “I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.”
Alafa na Omega huonyesha mwisho pamoja na mwanzo. Ellen White anasema kwamba “jumbe hizo zinapaswa kwenda kwa makanisa yote,” naye Yesu akamwambia Yohana, “Mimi ni Alfa na Omega, wa kwanza na wa mwisho; na, Uyaonayo, yaandike katika kitabu, ukayapeleke kwa yale makanisa saba yaliyo katika Asia; Efeso, na Smirna, na Pergamo, na Thiatira, na Sardi, na Filadelfia, na Laodikia.”
The messages of 1840 through 1844 are part of what is to be sent to the churches.
Imbango zo mu 1840 gushika mu 1844 ni igice c’ivyo bitegerezwa kurungikirwa amashengero.