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# The Book of Daniel - Number One-Hundred and Twenty-Eight

Kitabu cha Danieli - Nambari mia moja ishirini na nane

The Prophetic Significance of Christ’s Baptism and Temptation: Unveiling the Characteristics of Three World Powers

Umuhimu wa kinabii wa ubatizo na majaribu ya Kristo: Kufunua sifa za nguvu kuu tatu za dunia

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Jeff Pippenger

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March 10, 2024

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The sealing began on September 11, 2001 when the mighty angel of chapter eighteen of Revelation descended. His descent was typified by the descent of the angel of Revelation ten on August 11, 1840, and also by the descent of the Holy Spirit at Christ’s baptism. Christ’s baptism points forward to the latter rain descending when the great buildings of New York City were brought down. The power from above began, and also at that time the power from beneath (bottomless pit) would be manifested, for God’s Word never fails.

Kutiwa muhuri kulianza Septemba 11, 2001, wakati malaika mwenye nguvu wa sura ya kumi na nane ya Ufunuo alishuka. Kushuka kwake kulionyeshwa kwa mfano na kushuka kwa malaika wa Ufunuo sura ya kumi mnamo Agosti 11, 1840, na pia kwa kushuka kwa Roho Mtakatifu katika ubatizo wa Kristo. Ubatizo wa Kristo unaelekeza mbele kwa mvua ya mwisho kushuka wakati majengo makubwa ya Jiji la New York yalipoangushwa. Nguvu kutoka juu zilianza, na pia wakati huo nguvu kutoka chini (shimo lisilo na mwisho) zingejidhihirisha, maana Neno la Mungu halikosi kutimia.

When Christ was baptized, He immediately went into the wilderness and fasted for forty days, after which He was tempted by Satan with three temptations. Each of those three temptations represent primary characteristics of each of the three powers who lead the world to Armageddon. Those three temptations were pride, a characteristic of the dragon; appetite, a characteristic of the beast, and presumption, a characteristic of the false prophet. Pride and self-exaltation are represented by Lucifer in the classic description of Isaiah.

Wakati Kristo alipobatizwa, akaenda mara moja nyikani na kufunga kwa siku arobaini, baada ya hapo akajaribiwa na Shetani kwa majaribu matatu. Kila moja ya majaribu hayo matatu yanawakilisha sifa kuu za kila moja ya zile nguvu tatu zinazoongoza ulimwengu hadi Armagedoni. Majaribu hayo matatu yalikuwa: kiburi, sifa ya joka; tamaa ya tumbo, sifa ya mnyama; na kuthubutu kupita mipaka, sifa ya nabii wa uongo. Kiburi na kujitukuza kunawakilishwa na Lusifa katika maelezo maarufu ya Isaya.

> How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms. Isaiah 14:12–16.

> Jinsi ulivyoanguka kutoka mbinguni, Ee Lusifa, mwana wa asubuhi! Jinsi ulivyoangushwa chini hadi ardhini, wewe uliodhoofisha mataifa! Kwa maana umesema moyoni mwako, Nitapanda mbinguni; nitainua kiti changu cha enzi juu ya nyota za Mungu; nitaketi pia juu ya mlima wa mkutano, katika pande za kaskazini; nitapaa juu ya vilele vya mawingu; nitakuwa kama Aliye Juu. Lakini utashushwa chini hadi kuzimu, hadi pande za shimo. Wale watakaokuona watakutazama kwa karibu, na kukutafakari, wakisema, Je, huyu ndiye mtu aliyefanya dunia kutetemeka, akatikisa falme? Isaya 14:12-16.

Five times Lucifer proclaims in his heart “I will.” Satan, once named the “light bearer” (Lucifer), who now only bears darkness, is he “that did shake the nations.” Prophetically he is associated with the “nations,” for he is the leader of the evil confederacy of the nations, and the confederacy of merchants identified in Revelation chapters seventeen and eighteen.

Mara tano Lusifa husema moyoni mwake, “Nitatenda.” Shetani, aliyewahi kuitwa “mbeba nuru” (Lusifa), ambaye sasa hubeba giza tu, ndiye “aliyetikisa mataifa.” Kinabii anaunganishwa na “mataifa,” kwa kuwa yeye ndiye kiongozi wa muungano mwovu wa mataifa, na muungano wa wafanyabiashara unaotajwa katika Ufunuo sura ya kumi na saba na kumi na nane.

> “Kings and rulers and governors have placed upon themselves the brand of antichrist, and are represented as the dragon who goes to make war with the saints—with those who keep the commandments of God and who have the faith of Jesus.” Testimonies to Ministers, 38.

> "Wafalme na watawala na magavana wamejiwekea alama ya Mpinga Kristo, na wanawakilishwa kama joka aendaye kufanya vita na watakatifu—wale wanaozishika amri za Mungu na wenye imani ya Yesu." Ushuhuda kwa Wahudumu, 38.

At Christ’s baptism the Holy Spirit descended, typifying post-September 11, 2001. After His baptism Satan tempted Christ with the offer to give Christ the power Satan uses to rule the kingdoms of the world, for at the fall of Adam, Satan had become the ruler of the kingdoms of the world.

Wakati wa ubatizo wa Kristo, Roho Mtakatifu alishuka, ikiashiria kipindi baada ya 11 Septemba 2001. Baada ya ubatizo wake, Shetani alimjaribu Kristo kwa kumwahidi kumpa mamlaka ambayo Shetani hutumia kutawala falme za ulimwengu, kwa maana wakati wa anguko la Adamu, Shetani alikuwa amekuwa mtawala wa falme za ulimwengu.

> And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Luke 4:5–8.

> Na Ibilisi, akamchukua juu ya mlima mrefu, akamwonyesha milki zote za dunia kwa muda mfupi. Ibilisi akamwambia, Nitakupa mamlaka haya yote na utukufu wake; kwa kuwa imenikabidhiwa mimi, nami humpa nitakaye. Basi ukinisujudia, vyote vitakuwa vyako. Yesu akajibu, akamwambia, Nenda nyuma yangu, Shetani; kwa kuwa imeandikwa, Umsujudie Bwana Mungu wako, na yeye peke yake ndiye utakayemtumikia. Luka 4:5-8.

Two primary characteristics of papal Rome (the beast), is her fornication and the poisoned “food” and drink she distributes.

Sifa mbili kuu za Roma ya kipapa (mnyama) ni uzinzi wake na "chakula" na vinywaji vilivyotiwa sumu ambavyo anavisambaza.

> Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. Revelation 2:14.

> Lakini nina mambo machache dhidi yako, kwa sababu umemruhusu yule mwanamke Yezebeli, anayejiita nabii mwanamke, afundishe na kuwapotosha watumishi wangu kufanya uasherati, na kula vitu vilivyotolewa sadaka kwa sanamu. Ufunuo 2:14.

The “food” and drink she provides is her false doctrines.

"Chakula" na kinywaji anavyotoa ni mafundisho yake ya uongo.

> “The great sin charged against Babylon is that she ‘made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.’ This cup of intoxication which she presents to the world represents the false doctrines that she has accepted as the result of her unlawful connection with the great ones of the earth.” The Great Controversy, 388.

> Dhambi kuu inayoshtakiwa dhidi ya Babeli ni kwamba ‘aliwafanya mataifa yote wanywe mvinyo wa ghadhabu ya uasherati wake.’ Kikombe hiki cha ulevi ambacho anakiwasilisha kwa ulimwengu kinawakilisha mafundisho ya uongo ambayo ameyakubali kama matokeo ya uhusiano wake usio halali na wakuu wa dunia. Pambano Kuu, 388.

The beast of Catholicism also deceives the world by her sorceries, which is once again something that is taken internally.

Mnyama wa Ukatoliki pia huidanganya dunia kwa uchawi wake, ambao kwa mara nyingine tena huingizwa mwilini.

> And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. Revelation 18:23.

> Na mwanga wa mshumaa hautaangaza tena kabisa ndani yako; na sauti ya bwana arusi na ya bibi arusi haitasikiwa tena kabisa ndani yako; kwa kuwa wafanyabiashara wako walikuwa watu wakuu wa dunia; kwa maana kwa uchawi wako mataifa yote yalidanganywa. Ufunuo 18:23.

The Greek word translated as “sorceries,” is pharmakeia, meaning medications. The golden cup in her hand, represents not only a cup to drink wine from, but also the cup where her magical medical potions are prepared and delivered. In the modern world today, those magical potions are delivered in needles, not so much in a cup. When Satan appears after the soon-coming Sunday law, he will perform miracles of healing. The miracles associated with the potions and false doctrines of the papacy, was represented by Satan telling Christ to perform a miracle in turning the stone into bread.

Neno la Kiyunani lililotafsiriwa kama "sorceries" ni pharmakeia, lenye maana ya dawa za tiba. Kikombe cha dhahabu mkononi mwake kinawakilisha si tu kikombe cha kunywea divai, bali pia kikombe ambamo dawa zake za kichawi za kitabibu huandaliwa na kutolewa. Katika dunia ya kisasa leo, dawa hizo za kichawi hutolewa kwa sindano, si hasa katika kikombe. Shetani atakapoonekana baada ya sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja karibuni, atafanya miujiza ya uponyaji. Miujiza inayohusishwa na dawa hizo na mafundisho ya uongo ya upapa iliwakilishwa na Shetani alipomwambia Kristo atende muujiza wa kugeuza jiwe liwe mkate.

The prophetic history before and after the Sunday law possesses the same characteristics. The image of the beast testing period for Adventism leading to the Sunday law in the United States typifies the image of the beast testing period for the entire world. This is why we are informed that, “the same crisis will come upon our people in all parts of the world.”

Historia ya kinabii kabla na baada ya sheria ya Jumapili ina sifa zilezile. Kipindi cha majaribio cha picha ya mnyama kwa Uadventista kinachoongoza hadi sheria ya Jumapili nchini Marekani ni mfano wa kipindi cha majaribio cha picha ya mnyama kwa ulimwengu wote. Hii ndiyo sababu tunaelezwa kwamba, "msukosuko uleule utawajia watu wetu katika sehemu zote za ulimwengu."

The miracles of satanic healings that are accomplished by Satan after the Sunday law, represent the “sorceries” of so-called medicine that are pawned off during the history beginning on September 11, 2001. Jesus stated that, “man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” Rome’s “food” is traditions and customs which she places above the Word of God.

Miujiza ya uponyaji wa kishetani anayoyatenda Shetani baada ya sheria ya Jumapili, yanawakilisha "uchawi" wa kinachoitwa tiba ambao unauzwa kwa udanganyifu katika historia iliyoanzia Septemba 11, 2001. Yesu alisema kwamba, "Mwanadamu hataishi kwa mkate tu, bali kwa kila neno la Mungu." "Chakula" cha Roma ni mapokeo na desturi ambayo huyapa nafasi juu ya Neno la Mungu.

> “In the movements now in progress in the United States to secure for the institutions and usages of the church the support of the state, Protestants are following in the steps of papists. Nay, more, they are opening the door for the papacy to regain in Protestant America the supremacy which she has lost in the Old World. And that which gives greater significance to this movement is the fact that the principal object contemplated is the enforcement of Sunday observance—a custom which originated with Rome, and which she claims as the sign of her authority. It is the spirit of the papacy—the spirit of conformity to worldly customs, the veneration for human traditions above the commandments of God—that is permeating the Protestant churches and leading them on to do the same work of Sunday exaltation which the papacy has done before them.” The Great Controversy, 573.

> Katika harakati zinazoendelea sasa nchini Marekani za kupata uungaji mkono wa serikali kwa ajili ya taasisi na desturi za kanisa, Waprotestanti wanafuata nyayo za wafuasi wa Papa. Si hivyo tu, bali zaidi ya hapo, wanaufungulia Upapa mlango wa kurejesha katika Amerika ya Kiprotestanti ule ukuu alioupoteza katika Ulimwengu wa Kale. Na kinachotoa uzito mkubwa zaidi kwa harakati hii ni ukweli kwamba lengo kuu lililokusudiwa ni kulazimisha utunzaji wa Jumapili—desturi iliyoanzia Roma, na ambayo Roma inadai kuwa ni ishara ya mamlaka yake. Ni roho ya Upapa—roho ya kuambatana na desturi za kidunia, ya kutukuza mapokeo ya kibinadamu kuliko amri za Mungu—inayopenya katika makanisa ya Kiprotestanti na kuyaongoza kufanya kazi ile ile ya kuitukuza Jumapili ambayo Upapa umeifanya kabla yao. Pambano Kuu, 573.

Tradition and custom are the doctrinal “food” which the beast replaces for the Word of God, in order that it might lift up its pagan idolatry.

Mapokeo na desturi ni "chakula" cha kimafundisho ambacho mnyama huweka mahali pa Neno la Mungu, ili kuinua ibada yake ya sanamu ya kipagani.

> “How the Roman Church can clear herself from the charge of idolatry we cannot see. True, she professes to worship God through these images; so did the Israelites when they bowed before the golden calf. But the Lord’s wrath was kindled against them, and many were slain. God pronounced them impious idolaters, and the same record is made today in the books of heaven against those who adore images of saints and so-called holy men.

> Jinsi Kanisa la Roma linaweza kujisafisha na shtaka la ibada ya sanamu hatuoni. Ni kweli, linadai kumwabudu Mungu kupitia sanamu hizi; vivyo hivyo Waisraeli walipoinama mbele ya ndama wa dhahabu. Lakini hasira ya Bwana ikawaka juu yao, na wengi waliuawa. Mungu aliwahukumu kuwa waabudu sanamu wasiomcha Mungu, na kumbukumbu hiyo hiyo inaandikwa leo katika vitabu vya mbinguni dhidi ya wale wanaoabudu sanamu za watakatifu na watu wanaoitwa watakatifu.

> “And this is the religion which Protestants are beginning to look upon with so much favor, and which will eventually be united with Protestantism. This union will not, however, be effected by a change in Catholicism; for Rome never changes. She claims infallibility. It is Protestantism that will change. The adoption of liberal ideas on its part will bring it where it can clasp the hand of Catholicism. ‘The Bible, the Bible, is the foundation of our faith,’ was the cry of Protestants in Luther’s time, while the Catholics cried, ‘The Fathers, custom, tradition.’ Now many Protestants find it difficult to prove their doctrines from the Bible, and yet they have not the moral courage to accept the truth which involves a cross; therefore they are fast coming to the ground of Catholics, and, using the best arguments they have to evade the truth, cite the testimony of the Fathers, and the customs and precepts of men. Yes, the Protestants of the nineteenth century are fast approaching the Catholics in their infidelity concerning the Scriptures. But there is just as wide a gulf today between Rome and the Protestantism of Luther, Cranmer, Ridley, Hooper, and the noble army of martyrs, as there was when these men made the protest which gave them the name of Protestants.

> Na hii ndiyo dini ambayo Waprotestanti wanaanza kuitazama kwa upendeleo mkubwa, na ambayo hatimaye itaungana na Uprotestanti. Hata hivyo, muungano huu hautatokana na mabadiliko katika Ukatoliki; kwa kuwa Roma haibadiliki kamwe. Inadai kutokukosea. Uprotestanti ndio utakaobadilika. Kupokea mawazo huria upande wake kutausogeza Uprotestanti mahali ambapo utaweza kushikana mkono na Ukatoliki. "Biblia, Biblia, ndiyo msingi wa imani yetu," ilikuwa nara ya Waprotestanti wakati wa Luther, ilhali Wakatoliki walipaza sauti, "Mababa, desturi, mapokeo." Sasa Waprotestanti wengi wanapata ugumu kuthibitisha mafundisho yao kutoka katika Biblia, na bado hawana ujasiri wa kimaadili wa kukubali ukweli unaoambatana na msalaba; kwa hiyo kwa kasi wanakaribia msimamo wa Wakatoliki, na, wakitumia hoja walizo nazo bora zaidi kukwepa ukweli, wananukuu ushuhuda wa Mababa, na desturi na maagizo ya wanadamu. Naam, Waprotestanti wa karne ya kumi na tisa wanawakaribia haraka Wakatoliki katika kutokuamini kwao kuhusu Maandiko. Lakini leo bado kuna mwanya mpana uleule kati ya Roma na Uprotestanti wa Luther, Cranmer, Ridley, Hooper, na jeshi tukufu la mashahidi, kama ulivyokuwapo wakati watu hawa walipotoa pingamizi lililowapa jina la Waprotestanti.

> “Christ was a protestant. He protested against the formal worship of the Jewish nation, who rejected the counsel of God against themselves. He told them that they taught for doctrines the commandments of men, and that they were pretenders and hypocrites. Like whited sepulchers they were beautiful without, but within full of impurity and corruption. The Reformers date back to Christ and the apostles. They came out and separated themselves from a religion of forms and ceremonies. Luther and his followers did not invent the reformed religion. They simply accepted it as presented by Christ and the apostles. The Bible is presented to us as a sufficient guide; but the pope and his workers remove it from the people as if it were a curse, because it exposes their pretensions and rebukes their idolatry.” Review and Herald, June 1, 1886.

> Kristo alikuwa Mprotestanti. Alipinga ibada ya kimaumbo ya taifa la Wayahudi, waliolikataa shauri la Mungu dhidi yao wenyewe. Aliwaambia kwamba walifundisha amri za wanadamu kuwa ndizo mafundisho, na kwamba walikuwa wenye kujifanya na wanafiki. Kama makaburi yaliyopakwa chokaa walikuwa wazuri kwa nje, lakini ndani walikuwa wamejaa uchafu na ufisadi. Wanamageuzi wa dini wanarejea hadi Kristo na mitume. Walitoka na kujitenga na dini ya maumbo na sherehe. Luther na wafuasi wake hawakuianzisha dini ya Matengenezo. Waliikubali tu kama ilivyowasilishwa na Kristo na mitume. Biblia imewasilishwa kwetu kama mwongozo wa kutosha; lakini papa na wafanyakazi wake huiweka mbali na watu kana kwamba ni laana, kwa kuwa inafichua madai yao ya uongo na hukemea ibada yao ya sanamu. Review and Herald, 1 Juni 1886.

Miracles of healing, that form the basis of spiritualism, are her stock and trade.

Miujiza ya uponyaji, ambayo ndiyo msingi wa imani ya kiroho, ndiyo shughuli yake kuu.

> “Many endeavor to account for spiritual manifestations by attributing them wholly to fraud and sleight of hand on the part of the medium. But while it is true that the results of trickery have often been palmed off as genuine manifestations, there have been, also, marked exhibitions of supernatural power. The mysterious rapping with which modern spiritualism began was not the result of human trickery or cunning, but was the direct work of evil angels, who thus introduced one of the most successful of soul-destroying delusions. Many will be ensnared through the belief that spiritualism is a merely human imposture; when brought face to face with manifestations which they cannot but regard as supernatural, they will be deceived, and will be led to accept them as the great power of God.

> Wengi hujitahidi kueleza maonyesho ya kiroho kwa kuyahusisha kabisa na udanganyifu na ujanja wa mikono wa mpatanishi. Lakini ingawa ni kweli kwamba matokeo ya hila mara nyingi yamewasilishwa kana kwamba ni maonyesho halisi, kumekuwapo pia maonyesho dhahiri ya nguvu zilizo juu ya asili. Mapigo ya kubisha ya fumbo ambayo ndiyo mwanzo wa uspiritizimu wa kisasa hayakuwa matokeo ya ujanja au hila za kibinadamu, bali yalikuwa kazi ya moja kwa moja ya malaika waovu, ambao kwa njia hiyo walitambulisha mojawapo ya udanganyifu wenye mafanikio makubwa zaidi wa kuangamiza roho. Wengi watanaswa kwa kuamini kwamba uspiritizimu ni udanganyifu wa kibinadamu tu; watakapokabiliwa uso kwa uso na maonyesho ambayo hawawezi ila kuyaona kuwa ya juu ya asili, watadanganywa, nao wataongozwa kuyakubali kuwa ndiyo nguvu kuu ya Mungu.

> “These persons overlook the testimony of the Scriptures concerning the wonders wrought by Satan and his agents. It was by satanic aid that Pharaoh’s magicians were enabled to counterfeit the work of God. Paul testifies that before the second advent of Christ there will be similar manifestations of satanic power. The coming of the Lord is to be preceded by ‘the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness.’ 2 Thessalonians 2:9,10. And the apostle John, describing the miracle-working power that will be manifested in the last days, declares: ‘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.’ Revelation 13:13, 14. No mere impostures are here foretold. Men are deceived by the miracles which Satan’s agents have power to do, not which they pretend to do.” The Great Controversy, 553.

> Watu hawa hupuuzia ushuhuda wa Maandiko kuhusu maajabu yaliyofanywa na Shetani na mawakala wake. Ni kwa msaada wa kishetani ndipo wachawi wa Farao waliweza kuiga kazi ya Mungu. Paulo anashuhudia kwamba kabla ya ujio wa pili wa Kristo kutakuwa na maonyesho yanayofanana ya nguvu za kishetani. Kuja kwa Bwana kutatanguliwa na ‘kazi ya Shetani kwa uwezo wote, na ishara na maajabu ya uongo, na kwa udanganyifu wote wa udhalimu.’ 2 Wathesalonike 2:9, 10. Naye mtume Yohana, akielezea nguvu za kutenda miujiza zitakazoonekana siku za mwisho, anatangaza: ‘Hutenda maajabu makuu, hata hushusha moto kutoka mbinguni mpaka duniani machoni pa watu, naye huwadanganya wakaao juu ya nchi kwa miujiza ile aliyokuwa na uwezo wa kuifanya.’ Ufunuo 13:13, 14. Si udanganyifu wa kawaida tu uliotabiriwa hapa. Watu hudanganywa na miujiza ambayo mawakala wa Shetani wana uwezo wa kuifanya, si ile wanayojifanya kuifanya. Pambano Kuu, 553.

The false doctrines built upon customs and traditions, the spiritualistic manifestations of miracles, the counterfeit medical-industrial industry and the combination of churchcraft with statecraft are all the attributes of the beast of Catholicism. Pride is a characteristic of the dragon power. Presumption is the characteristic of the false prophet of apostate Protestantism.

Mafundisho ya uongo yaliyojengwa juu ya mila na desturi, maonyesho ya kiaispiriti ya miujiza, tasnia bandia ya kitabibu-viwanda, na mchanganyiko wa mbinu za uongozi wa kanisa na mbinu za uongozi wa dola vyote ni sifa za mnyama wa Ukatoliki. Kiburi ni tabia ya nguvu ya joka. Udhanifu ni sifa ya nabii wa uongo wa Uprotestanti uliokengeuka.

> And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. Luke 4:1–4.

> Na Yesu, akiwa amejaa Roho Mtakatifu, alirudi kutoka Yordani, akaongozwa na Roho nyikani, kwa siku arobaini akijaribiwa na Ibilisi. Na katika siku hizo hakula kitu chochote; na zilipotimia, akaona njaa. Ibilisi akamwambia, Ikiwa wewe ni Mwana wa Mungu, amuru jiwe hili liwe mkate. Yesu akamjibu, akisema, Imeandikwa, Mtu hataishi kwa mkate tu, bali kwa kila neno la Mungu. Luka 4:1-4.

Presumption is a noun that refers to the act or instance of assuming something to be true without sufficient evidence or proof. It involves making a judgment or drawing a conclusion based on incomplete or insufficient information. Presumption can also imply a certain level of confidence in one’s assumption, even when it may not be entirely justified.

Dhana ni nomino inayorejelea kitendo au tukio la kuchukulia jambo kuwa la kweli bila ushahidi au ithibati ya kutosha. Inahusisha kufanya uamuzi au kufikia hitimisho kwa msingi wa taarifa pungufu au zisizotosha. Dhana pia inaweza kuashiria kiwango fulani cha kujiamini katika dhana hiyo, hata pale ambapo huenda isiwe na uhalali wa kutosha.

Apostate Protestantism has accepted Sunday as God’s day of worship without any evidence to support that flawed idea from God’s Word, and they do so while knowingly professing that they are Protestants, whose motto is “God’s word alone,” or as Martin Luther proclaimed, “Sola Scriptura!” They choose to accept it based upon the traditions and customs of the Roman church, or perhaps as simply an accepted inheritance from their forefathers. At the loud cry of the third angel the truth that there is absolutely no justification for worshipping the sun that can be provided from the Bible will be clearly revealed, and then those who continue in their flawed presumption will receive the mark of the beast.

Uprotestanti uliopotoka umekubali Jumapili kuwa siku ya ibada ya Mungu bila ushahidi wowote kutoka kwa Neno la Mungu unaoweza kuunga mkono wazo hilo lenye dosari, na wanafanya hivyo huku wakijua na wakikiri kwamba wao ni Waprotestanti, ambao kaulimbiu yao ni "Neno la Mungu peke yake," au kama Martin Luther alivyotangaza, "Sola Scriptura!" Wamechagua kuikubali kwa msingi wa mapokeo na desturi za kanisa la Kirumi, au pengine kama urithi uliokubaliwa tu kutoka kwa mababu zao. Katika kilio kikuu cha malaika wa tatu ukweli kwamba hakuna kabisa uhalalisho wa kuabudu jua unaoweza kutolewa kutoka Biblia utafunuliwa wazi, na kisha wale watakaoendelea katika dhana yao potofu watapokea alama ya mnyama.

> “If the light of truth has been presented to you, revealing the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and showing that there is no foundation in the Word of God for Sunday observance, and yet you still cling to the false sabbath, refusing to keep holy the Sabbath which God calls ‘my holy day,’ you receive the mark of the beast. When does this take place?—When you obey the decree that commands you to cease from labor on Sunday and worship God, while you know that there is not a word in the Bible showing Sunday to be other than a common working-day, you consent to receive the mark of the beast, and refuse the seal of God. If we receive this mark in our foreheads or in our hands, the judgments pronounced against the disobedient must fall upon us. But the seal of the living God is placed upon those who conscientiously keep the Sabbath of the Lord.” Review and Herald, April 27, 1911.

> Ikiwa nuru ya kweli imekuwasilishwa, ikifunua Sabato ya amri ya nne, na kuonyesha kwamba hakuna msingi katika Neno la Mungu kwa kuishika Jumapili, na bado unaendelea kushikilia sabato ya uongo, ukikataa kuitunza kuwa takatifu Sabato ambayo Mungu anaiita ‘siku yangu takatifu,’ unapokea alama ya mnyama. Hili hutokea lini?—Wakati unapotii amri inayokuamuru uache kufanya kazi siku ya Jumapili na kumwabudu Mungu, ilhali unajua kwamba hakuna neno lolote katika Biblia linaloonyesha kwamba Jumapili si chochote ila siku ya kawaida ya kazi, unakubali kupokea alama ya mnyama, na unakataa muhuri wa Mungu. Tukipokea alama hii katika vipaji vyetu vya uso au katika mikono yetu, hukumu zilizotamkwa juu ya wasiotii lazima zishuke juu yetu. Lakini muhuri wa Mungu aliye hai huwekwa juu ya wale wanaoishika Sabato ya Bwana kwa uaminifu wa dhamiri. Review and Herald, Aprili 27, 1911.

The commonly understood weakness of the Republican party is their willingness to assume their political opponents are fair and honest, when the fruits of the Democratic party clearly reveal that they are the children of the father of lies. Repeatedly and consistently the Republicans take their political opponents at their word, when they have been shown over and over that their opponents never keep their word. They project honest motivations upon those who repeatedly have manifested no rational justification to support the Republicans flawed projections of expected honesty and integrity. It is true also that many Republicans refuse to uphold principle for personal financial gain, or because of secret immoral circumstances that allow them to be easily manipulated, but the primary prophetic attribute of the Republican party is presumption.

Udhaifu unaoeleweka kwa kawaida wa chama cha Republican ni utayari wao kudhani kwamba wapinzani wao wa kisiasa ni wa haki na waaminifu, ilhali matunda ya chama cha Democratic yanaonyesha wazi kwamba wao ni watoto wa baba wa uongo. Mara kwa mara na kwa uthabiti, Warepublican huwachukua wapinzani wao wa kisiasa kwa neno lao, ilhali wameshaonyeshwa tena na tena kwamba wapinzani wao kamwe hawatimizi ahadi zao. Wananasibisha nia za uaminifu kwa wale ambao mara kwa mara wameonyesha kutokuwa na msingi wowote wa kimantiki wa kuunga mkono matarajio yenye dosari ya Warepublican kuhusu uaminifu na uadilifu. Ni kweli pia kwamba Warepublican wengi hukataa kudumisha kanuni kwa ajili ya faida binafsi ya kifedha, au kwa sababu ya hali za siri zisizo na maadili zinazowaruhusu kudhibitiwa kwa urahisi, lakini sifa kuu ya kinabii ya chama cha Republican ni udhanifu.

It is the attribute of presumption which is prophetically marked in apostate Protestants, that allows them to pretend they have taken the higher moral and political ground, when in reality they have abdicated their civil responsibilities under the empty expectation that their political opponents will keep their word. The very common definition of insanity is to try and do the same thing over and over, while expecting a different outcome, yet the Republicans argue that it is the Democrats that have been infected with insanity as manifested in their hatred of Trump.

Ndiyo sifa ya kujidai iliyotajwa kinabii miongoni mwa Waprotestanti waliokengeuka, inayowaruhusu kujifanya kwamba wamechukua msimamo wa juu wa kimaadili na kisiasa, ilhali kwa kweli wameutelekeza wajibu wao wa kiraia chini ya matarajio matupu kwamba wapinzani wao wa kisiasa watashika neno lao. Ufafanuzi unaojulikana sana wa wazimu ni kujaribu kufanya jambo lilelile tena na tena huku ukitarajia matokeo tofauti, ilhali Warepublican wanahoji kwamba Wademokrasia ndio waliopatwa na wazimu, kama kunavyodhihirika katika chuki yao dhidi ya Trump.

Yet the insanity of the Republicans is repeatedly illustrated as they agree to compromises, under the premise of compromise being the work of the legislative process, while their political compromises, which they claim are based upon the principle of “the legislative process,” is made with a class who never compromise. Democrats only give ground in the political process when they are fully restrained by the numbers against them. They have never provided evidence of truly working for a middle ground with the political process. The insanity of Republicans is their repeated optimistic expectations of others that are fully unwarranted.

Hata hivyo, wazimu wa Warepublican hujitokeza mara kwa mara wanapokubali maridhiano, chini ya dhana kwamba maridhiano ni sehemu ya mchakato wa kutunga sheria, ilhali maridhiano yao ya kisiasa, wanayodai yamejengwa juu ya kanuni ya “mchakato wa kutunga sheria,” hufanywa na kundi ambalo kamwe halifanyi maridhiano. Wademocrat hutoa nafasi katika mchakato wa kisiasa pale tu wanapozuiliwa kabisa na idadi iliyo dhidi yao. Hawajawahi kutoa ushahidi wa kweli wa kufanya kazi kwa dhati kutafuta njia ya katikati kupitia mchakato wa kisiasa. Wazimu wa Warepublican ni matarajio yao ya mara kwa mara yenye matumaini makubwa kwa wengine, ambayo hayana msingi wowote.

By far and away the majority of those who are supportive of Donald Trump will testify to the fact that the worst attribute of Trump is his willingness to accept men as supporters of his agenda, when the available evidence identifies that it was totally presumption on Trump’s part to make that choice. Presumption is the prophetic attribute of apostate Protestantism. Satan tempted Christ by quoting the Bible, but in so doing, Satan twisted the passage into an unwarranted and unscriptural test.

Kwa kiasi kikubwa sana, wengi wa wanaomuunga mkono Donald Trump watashuhudia kwamba sifa mbaya zaidi ya Trump ni utayari wake wa kuwakubali wanaume kama wafuasi wa ajenda yake, ilhali ushahidi uliopo unaonyesha kwamba ilikuwa ni dhana isiyo na msingi kabisa kwa upande wa Trump kufanya chaguo hilo. Dhana isiyo na msingi ndiyo sifa ya kinabii ya Uprotestanti uliopotoka. Shetani alimjaribu Kristo kwa kunukuu Biblia, lakini kwa kufanya hivyo, Shetani alipotosha kifungu hicho kikawa jaribio lisilo na msingi na lisilo la Kimaandiko.

> And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Luke 4:9–12.

> Akamleta Yerusalemu, akamweka juu ya kilele cha hekalu, akamwambia, Ukiwa ndiwe Mwana wa Mungu, jitupe chini kutoka hapa; kwa maana imeandikwa, Atawaagiza malaika zake wakulinde; na mikononi mwao watakuchukua, usije ukajikwaa mguu wako katika jiwe. Yesu akajibu, akamwambia, Imenenwa, Usimjaribu Bwana Mungu wako. Luka 4:9-12.

At the soon-coming Sunday law it will be the Protestants of the United States who will take the biblical mandate to cease from labor on the Sabbath day, and twist the commandment to worship God on the seventh-day Sabbath into a fabricated command that it is actually paganism’s day of the sun that men are required to worship upon. They will twist a biblical passage into an unwarranted and unscriptural test.

Katika sheria ya Jumapili inayokuja hivi karibuni, watakuwa Waprotestanti wa Marekani watakaochukua agizo la kibiblia la kusitisha kazi siku ya Sabato, na kupotosha amri ya kumwabudu Mungu katika Sabato ya siku ya saba na kuigeuza kuwa amri ya kubuni kwamba kwa kweli siku ya jua ya upagani ndiyo siku ambayo watu wanalazimika kufanya ibada. Watapotosha kifungu cha Biblia kuwa mtihani usio na msingi na usio wa Maandiko.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Tutaendelea na utafiti huu katika makala ijayo.

> “I saw that the two-horned beast had a dragon’s mouth, and that his power was in his head, and that the decree would go out of his mouth. Then I saw the Mother of Harlots; that the mother was not the daughters, but separate and distinct from them. She has had her day, and it is past, and her daughters, the Protestant sects, were the next to come on the stage and act out the same mind that the mother had when she persecuted the saints. I saw that as the mother has been declining in power, the daughters had been growing, and soon they will exercise the power once exercised by the mother.

> Niliona kwamba mnyama mwenye pembe mbili alikuwa na kinywa cha joka, na kwamba nguvu zake zilikuwa katika kichwa chake, na kwamba amri ingetoka kinywani mwake. Kisha nikamwona Mama wa Makahaba; kwamba mama hakuwa binti zake, bali alikuwa tofauti na ametengwa nao. Alikuwa na wakati wake, nao umepita, na binti zake, yaani madhehebu ya Kiprotestanti, walikuwa wafuatao kuja jukwaani na kutekeleza nia ile ile ambayo mama alikuwa nayo alipowatesa watakatifu. Niliona kwamba kadiri mama alivyozidi kudhoofika kwa nguvu, binti zake walikuwa wakikua, na hivi karibuni watatumia ule uwezo ambao mama aliwahi kuutumia.

> “I saw the nominal church and nominal Adventists, like Judas, would betray us to the Catholics to obtain their influence to come against the truth. The saints then will be an obscure people, little known to the Catholics; but the churches and nominal Adventists who know of our faith and customs (for they hated us on account of the Sabbath, for they could not refute it) will betray the saints and report them to the Catholics as those who disregard the institutions of the people; that is, that they keep the Sabbath and disregard Sunday.

> Niliona kwamba kanisa la jina tu na Waadventista wa jina tu, kama Yuda, wangesaliti sisi kwa Wakatoliki ili kupata ushawishi wao wa kuja kupingana na kweli. Kisha watakatifu watakuwa watu wasiojulikana, wanaojulikana kidogo kwa Wakatoliki; lakini makanisa na Waadventista wa jina tu wanaojua imani na desturi zetu (maana walituchukia kwa sababu ya Sabato, kwa kuwa hawakuweza kuipinga) watawasaliti watakatifu na kuwaripoti kwa Wakatoliki kama wale wanaopuuzia maagizo ya watu; yaani, kwamba wanashika Sabato na kupuuza Jumapili.

> “Then the Catholics bid the Protestants to go forward, and issue a decree that all who will not observe the first day of the week, instead of the seventh day, shall be slain. And the Catholics, whose numbers are large, will stand by the Protestants. The Catholics will give their power to the image of the beast. And the Protestants will work as their mother worked before them to destroy the saints. But before their decree bring or bear fruit, the saints will be delivered by the Voice of God.” Spalding and Magan, 1, 2.

> Ndipo Wakatoliki watawataka Waprotestanti wasonge mbele, na watoe amri kwamba wote watakaokataa kuishika siku ya kwanza ya juma badala ya siku ya saba wauawe. Na Wakatoliki, ambao idadi yao ni kubwa, watasimama pamoja na Waprotestanti. Wakatoliki wataipa picha ya mnyama mamlaka yao. Na Waprotestanti watafanya kama mama yao alivyofanya kabla yao ili kuwaangamiza watakatifu. Lakini kabla amri yao haijazaa matunda, watakatifu wataokolewa kwa Sauti ya Mungu. Spalding na Magan, 1, 2.

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