Winter ya wuce

Ko kuna kallon HBO ko a'a Game da karagai ko kuma karanta littattafan da aka gina su, yana da wuya a yi watsi da tasirin al’adar wannan silsila, inda iyalin Stark ke da taken kalmar “Winter na zuwa.” Kalmomin suna ba da gargaɗi don a shirya don mafi muni, domin mafi munin zai faru.

Akasin haka, mun ci karo a cikin Waƙar Waƙoƙi 2:10-13 saƙon bege da bege game da nan gaba:
"Winter ya wuce."

Tashi, masoyina, kyakkyawa ta,
kuma ku tafi;
don yanzu damuna ta wuce.
ruwan sama ya kare ya tafi.
Furanni suna bayyana a duniya;
lokacin waka ya yi,
da muryar kunkuru
ana ji a kasarmu.
Itacen ɓaure yana fitar da ɓaurensa.
Kurangar inabin kuma sun yi fure;
suna fitar da kamshi.
Tashi, masoyina, kyakkyawa ta,
kuma ku tafi.

Littafin kauna shayari

Wasu mutane sun yi mamakin samun waƙar soyayya a cikin Littafi Mai Tsarki, domin suna tsammanin za su karanta a cikin Nassosi kawai abin da suke ɗaukan “tsarki” ko “tsarki.” Amma Waƙar Waƙoƙi (wanda kuma ake kira “Waƙar Waƙoƙi”) tana cikin nassosinmu masu tsarki, waɗanda ke tsakanin Mai-Wa’azi da Ishaya, kuma saka shi cikin Littafi Mai Tsarki yana tabbatar da ƙaunar jima’i ta ’yan Adam da muhimmanci. Ko da yake a zahiri waɗannan waƙoƙin suna kwatanta abin da ’yan adam suke ji na ƙauna, wasu masu fassara sun danganta Waƙar Waƙoƙi zuwa gamuwar Allah da ’yan Adam.

Ina tsammanin cewa duka ra'ayoyin biyu sun dace kuma za mu iya fassara wannan littafi akan matakai guda biyu daban-daban, amma masu alaƙa. Da wannan littafi muna da a cikin Littafi Mai-Tsarki bikin jima'i na ɗan adam. Wannan yana da mahimmanci musamman domin an wulakanta jima'i a lokuta daban-daban a tarihin Kiristanci. Za mu iya kiran wannan tsarin "matakin ɗaya" ga littafin.

Ba tare da musun wannan muhimmin ra'ayi ba, za mu iya ganin tsarin "mataki na biyu", wanda ya gane cewa kwarewar ɗan adam na ƙauna da sha'awar yana ba mu harshe don yin magana game da dangantakarmu da Allah. Domin kasancewarmu na jima'i baiwa ce daga Allah, muna iya magana game da dangantakarmu da Allah ta harshen sha'awar jima'i. Waɗannan matakan biyu suna tallafawa juna.

Sashe na waƙa da ke cikin Waƙoƙi 2:10-13 ya nuna sha’awar ƙauna ga ƙaunataccen. A mataki na ɗaya, waɗannan mutane biyu ne waɗanda ba a san su ba waɗanda suke ƙaunar juna kuma suna son kasancewa tare. Hanya ta biyu tana kallon zance na Waƙar Waƙoƙi a matsayin tattaunawa tsakanin Allah da ’yan Adam. A al'adance, Kiristanci yana kallon namiji a matsayin ko dai Allah ko Yesu da mace a matsayin ko dai mai nema ko kuma ƙungiyar masu bi (ikilisiya).

Winter ya wuce

Saitin wannan waka ta soyayya shine lokacin bazara. Yayin da Afrilu ke gabatowa a Pennsylvania, inda nake zaune, muna ɗokin ganin ƙarshen dusar ƙanƙara, sleet, da kankara na hunturu. Muna neman alamun bazara - crocus da dusar ƙanƙara, wanda wani lokaci yana tsiro ta cikin dusar ƙanƙara.

Akasin haka, a yankin gabashin Bahar Rum inda hanyarmu ta samo asali, akwai manyan yanayi guda biyu kawai: hunturu da bazara. Lokacin sanyi lokacin damina ne, kuma lokacin rani ya bushe. A ce “hunturu ya wuce” a Tekun Bahar Rum yana nufin cewa damina ta ƙare. Kwatancin da ke cikin Waƙar Waƙoƙi yana da ma’ana ko da wane “hunturu” da muke magana akai. Bayan hunturu lokaci ne na kyau, 'ya'yan itace, da yalwa.

Wannan sashe ya ɗauki hankalin masu haƙurinmu Anabaptist, waɗanda suka danganta waɗannan ayoyin ga sabuwar rayuwa da furen sabon zamani ga mutanen Allah. Anabaptist Dirk Philips na Dutch (1504-1568) ya kwatanta ƙarshen lokacin sanyi a matsayin gwaninta na alherin Allah, sa’ad da ya rubuta, “Ƙasar ta ba da ’ya’ya cikin bangaskiya da sanin Allah; tsire-tsire na Ubangiji sun toho.” Idan muka yi la’akari da wannan nassin bisa hasken Dirk Philips, za mu iya tambayar kanmu, “A ina duniyarmu ta nuna bangaskiya da sanin Allah? A ina muke ganin crocuses suna fitowa ta cikin dusar ƙanƙara?

Mawaƙa sun saita kalmomin wannan sashe zuwa kiɗa. Mawaƙin Anglo-Kanada Healey Willan (1880-1968) ya kafa waƙarsa mai suna “Tashi, Ƙaunata, Ƙaunata Na,” a wannan sashe na Waƙar Waƙoƙi. Mawaƙin Ba’amurke ɗan mulkin mallaka William Billings (1746-1800) ya haɗa yaren Waƙoƙi na Sulemanu, babi na 2, cikin waƙar “Ni ne Rose na Sharon.”

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A saurari

Kuna iya samun wannan kiɗan akan YouTube da a Hymnary.org:

• William Billings, "Ni ne Rose na Sharon"
• William Walker, "Hark, Kar Ka Ji Kunkuru!"
• Healey Willan, "Tashi, Ƙaunata, Mai Adalci na"

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Muryar kunkuru

“Muryar kunkuru” (aya 12) tana nuna alamun canji. Fassarorin Turanci sun bambanta kan yadda suke fassara kalmar Ibrananci tor, wadda ke nufin kurciya mai ƙaura da ta bayyana a yankin gabashin Bahar Rum a tsakiyar watan Afrilu. Wasu (alal misali, New International Version) suna kiran tsuntsun “kurciya,” amma wasu (irin su New Revised Standard Version) sun ce wannan tsuntsun “kurciya” ce. (The King James Version sanannen yana da “kunkuru,” kalmar da ake kira kunkuru a yanzu.) Marubutan sadaukarwa sun yi amfani da kalmar nan “kurciya” don nuna ƙauna ta aminci, domin kunkuru suna yin aure har abada.

In "Hark! Kar Ku Ji Kunkuru,” waƙar da mawakin Baptist na ƙarni na 19 William Walker (1809-1875) ya yi, kurciyar tana wakiltar ƙaunar Allah ta fansa: “Ya Sihiyona, ji kunkuru, alamar ƙaunar Mai-cetonki!”

Abokin Kwalejin Elizabethtown Jeff Bach ya rubuta game da alamar kunkuru a cikin karni na 18 na Ephrata (Pa.) (Muryar Kunkuru: Duniya mai tsarki na Ephrata). Kurciyoyi biyu sun bayyana a fasahar Efrata da aka sani da fraktur (kamar yadda a cikin hoton da ke tare da wannan nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki). A cikin wannan fasaha, kunkuru biyu suna wakiltar ƙauna da ke ɗaure Kristi da mabiyansa.

A matsayinmu na masu karatun Littafi Mai-Tsarki, sau da yawa muna son ainihin ma’ana ga duk abin da muka ci karo da shi a cikin Nassosi, amma sau da yawa waqoqi suna guje wa ainihin abin da muke nema. Maimakon haka, suna haifar da martani na motsin rai, kuma suna da ikon yin kira daga ranmu sababbin waƙoƙi, waƙoƙi, da fasaha.

Winter ya wuce! Ana jin muryar kunkuru a ƙasarmu!

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Don ƙarin koyo

In Makoki; Wakar Wakokin (Herald Press, 2015), wani ɓangare na jerin Sharhi na Ikilisiyar Muminai, Wilma Ann Bailey da Christina Bucher sun tattauna hanyoyin Waƙar Waƙoƙi (madaidaicin taken Waƙar Waƙoƙi) ya rinjayi ruhin Kirista ta wurin waƙoƙin yabo da rubuce-rubuce na ibada. A cikin wani Taron fahimtar juna a taron shekara-shekara a ranar Juma'a, Yuli 6, marubutan biyu za su mai da hankali kan haɗin kai na bangaskiya da abubuwan da ’yan Adam suka fuskanta na sha’awa, ƙauna, asara, da makoki, waɗanda za a iya samu a waɗannan littattafan biyu na Littafi Mai Tsarki.