A ranar 17 ga Nuwamba, fiye da dozin biyu marubuta da masu gyara da ke aiki tare da Muminai Church Sharhin Littafi Mai Tsarki sun hadu don abincin dare don bikin bugu na 20 a cikin shekaru 20. An gudanar da liyafar cin abincin ne a birnin Washington, DC, a karshen taron bita na marubuta da kuma gabanin taron kungiyar adabin Littafi Mai Tsarki da aka fara washegari.
A cikin 1986 an buga sharhi na farko a cikin jerin, “Irmiya,”. Da littafin “Zabura” da aka buga kwanan nan, aikin ya ƙara matsakaita sabon ƙara sau ɗaya a shekara a cikin shekaru 20 da suka shige.
Jerin ya samo asali ne sa’ad da jerin sharhin Littafi Mai Tsarki a Papua New Guinea ya sa mai shela na Mennoniyawa Ben Cutrell ya yi tambaya, “Ko ’yan Mennoniyawa a Arewacin Amirka za su iya yin wani abu makamancin haka?” Tun daga wannan lokacin, ƙungiyoyin Anabaptist da yawa ciki har da Church of Brothers, Mennonite Church Canada, Mennonite Church USA, Brothers in Christ, and the Brother Church sun haɗu don haɓaka jerin sharhi wanda ke neman marubuta su wakilci mafi kyawun malanta na yanzu yayin da suke rubutu da farko don cocin. An rubuta jerin shirye-shiryen don malaman makarantar Lahadi, fastoci, da sauran waɗanda suke koyarwa a cikin ikilisiya. Majalisar edita na ƙwararrun malamai da ke wakiltar kowane ɗayan waɗannan ƙungiyoyin coci suna yin taro kowace shekara.
Majalisar editan sharhin ta bayyana muradinta na kammala kundin Sabon Alkawari a cikin shekaru 10 da kundin Tsohon Alkawari a cikin shekaru 14.
A wurin bikin, David W. Baker na Cocin Brothers ya yi magana game da mahimmancin "Irmiya" a matsayin na farko a cikin jerin, da kuma game da marubuci Elmer A. Martens da gudunmawarsa ga aikin a matsayin editan Tsohon Alkawari. Martens ya amsa da kalmomin godiya ga ja-gorar Allah da albarkar aikin. Willard M. Swartley, wanda ya yi aiki na shekaru da yawa a matsayin editan Sabon Alkawari, ya yi magana game da haɗuwar wahala da ɗaukaka yayin da marubuta da masu gyara ke tafiyar da aikinsu. Ya ambaci kwazon da aka yi a cikin kowane juzu’i, da radadin rubuce-rubucen daidaikun mutane da kuma rubuce-rubuce a cikin al’umman tafsiri, da kuma daukakar kundin da aka buga.
Malamai goma sha tara ne suka hadu a taron bitar marubuta, wanda ya tattaro wadanda suka rigaya suka rubuta sharhin da aka buga a cikin jerin da kuma wadanda ke aiki kan kundin masu zuwa. Taron ya nuna irin abubuwan da marubutan sharhi suka samu na kansu – yadda suka tafi kan tsarin bincike, rubutu, da sake rubutawa. Da yawa sun yi tunani a kan ƙalubalen neman daidaiton daidaito tsakanin fasaha ko tarihi-mahimman bayanai da kuma dacewa na zamani ta hanyoyin da ke sadarwa mai ƙarfi.
Wani kalubalen da marubutan suka fuskanta shine kasancewa masu dacewa ba tare da rubuta abubuwan da suka zama da sauri ba. Abubuwa biyu masu mahimmanci na jerin, waɗanda suka fara bayyana a cikin wasu jerin sharhi, su ne sassan, “Rubutu a cikin Littafi Mai-Tsarki” da kuma “Rubutun cikin Rayuwar Ikilisiya.” Kalubale na uku shi ne gano ma’auni mai kyau tsakanin yadda nassin ya yi aiki a cikin rayuwar Ikklisiya da kuma yadda zai yi aiki a cikin rayuwar Ikilisiya. An karɓi sharhin da kyau ya zuwa yanzu a cikin bita mai mahimmanci.
Jerin Sharhin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Cocin Muminai ya fara shekaru 20 da suka gabata tare da buga Elmer Martens' “Irmiya” (1986). Martens yayi hidima na shekaru da yawa a matsayin editan Tsohon Alkawari. Douglas B. Miller na Kwalejin Tabor shine editan Tsohon Alkawari na yanzu; Loren Johns na Associated Mennonite Bible Seminary shine editan Sabon Alkawari na yanzu.
Sharhi da aka riga aka buga sun haɗa da "Farawa" na Eugene F. Roop (1987), wanda kuma aka fassara shi zuwa Rashanci; “Fitowa” na Waldemar Janzen (2000); “Alƙalai,” na Terry L. Brensinger (1999); “Ruth, Yunusa, Esther” na Eugene F. Roop (2002); “Zabura” na James H. Waltner (2006); "Misalai" na John W. Miller (2004); “Irmiya” na Elmer A. Martens (1986); “Ezekiel” na Millard C. Lind (1996); “Daniel” na Paul M. Lederach (1994); "Yusha'u, Amos" na Allen R. Guenther (1998); "Matiyu" na Richard B. Gardner (1991); “Mark” na Timothy J. Geddert (2001); "Ayyukan Manzanni" na Chalmer E. Faw (1993); “Romawa” na John E. Toews (2004); “2 Korinthiyawa” na V. George Shillington (1998); “Afisawa” na Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld (2002); "Kolossiyawa, Filemon" na Ernest D. Martin (1993); “1 da 2 Tassalunikawa” na Yakubu W. Elias (1995); “12 Peter, Jude” na Erland Waltner da J. Daryl Charles (1999); da “Ru’ya ta Yohanna” na John R. Yeats (2003).
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