Nazarin Littafi Mai-Tsarki na Bob Bowman ya Mai da hankali kan Misalin Ɗan Prodigal

“Wataƙila ka koyar da wannan misalin da kanka… amma lokacina ne wannan lokacin,” in ji Bob Bowman, yana gabatar da farkon karatunsa na Littafi Mai Tsarki guda uku a NOAC, ya mai da hankali kan misalin Yesu na Ɗan Prodigal daga Luka 15.

A cikin gabatarwar da suka kasance wani ɓangare na tsaye, ƙwararrun karatun Littafi Mai Tsarki, da duk abin da ya dace da rayuwa a yau, Bowman ya mai da hankali a kowace rana a kan ɗayan manyan haruffa uku a cikin misalin: Babban Ɗan'uwa, ƙanin Prodigal, da Uba.

Ya ba da shawarar cewa “kalmomi a cikin kwatanci an kwatanta su da abubuwan da suke da muhimmanci,” kuma wataƙila Yesu ya yi amfani da misalai a hanyoyi dabam-dabam, a matsayin “sukanci na nasa al’ada,” ko kuma ya “koyar da wani muhimmin batu, ” ko kuma a ba da labarin wata matsala ta magana kusan kamar Zen koan don almajiransa su yi bimbini a kai su kai su ga sababbin fahimta ko kuma wani lokaci.

Babban Yaya

Ɗaya daga cikin dalili Bowman ya ce Babban Ɗan'uwa yana da mahimmanci don gano ma'anar misalin shine, watakila ba tare da fahimta ba, Babban Brother ba lallai ba ne da gaske ga ainihin shirin labarin. Idan ƙanin Balarabe ya ɓata duk kuɗin, ya tuba, kuma aka gafarta masa, ba tare da amsar Babban Ɗan’uwa ba, har yanzu misalin zai ƙare da farin ciki. "Yana ƙare lafiya ba tare da (Babban Ɗan'uwa)," don haka haɗa shi dole ne ya kasance mai mahimmanci in ji Bowman.

Bowman, babban ɗan'uwa da kansa, ya kwatanta ikilisiyar NOAC a matsayin "'yan'uwa maza" kuma - dangane da rawar da suke takawa a cikin coci da kuma cikin al'umma, ɗaukar nauyi, kiyaye abubuwa, yin aiki mai wuyar gaske da ake bukata don tallafawa iyali, samar da kwanciyar hankali.

Amma a cikin tatsuniyoyi da yawa da kuma a wasu labaran Littafi Mai Tsarki, musamman na Tsohon Alkawari, ƙanin ya ƙwace babban ɗan’uwan. Misali, an zabo Ishaku a kan Isma’il; An naɗa Dauda ya zama sarki a maimakon manyan ’yan’uwansa; Yusufu ya yi nasara duk da shirin ’yan’uwansa na kawar da shi. Bowman ya ce "'yan'uwa ƙanana sun yi nasarar fitar da tagulla daga ƙarƙashin sawun ƴan'uwa maza," in ji Bowman.

Ya siffanta wannan ainihin layin makirci a matsayin labari da ya ginu bisa “daular” sabanin sarautar Allah ko kuma Mulkin Allah, inda “akwai dakin da ya isa kowa ya yi nasara ba tare da wani ya yi rashin nasara ba.”

Babban martanin Babban Ɗan'uwa game da dawowar ƙaninsa Balarabe da ɓarayi Yesu ya bar shi a buɗe. Ta haka labarin ya buɗe, in ji Bowman, kuma Yesu ya ƙyale masu sauraronsa su yanke shawarar ƙarshen da kansu.

Bowman ya bita da babbar murya yadda zai kawo karshen labarin, a matsayinsa na babban yayansa: bayan da ya ji cewa kanin nasa Prodigal ya dawo kuma mahaifinsa ya karbe shi da hannu biyu-biyu, kuma ya yi fushi da hakan, watakila babban yayan zai ce shi kawai. ana bukatar ‘yan mintoci kadan don saba da sabon yanayin, kuma nan ba da jimawa ba za a iya shiga jam’iyyar.

“Domin abin da mu ‘yan’uwa manya ke yi ke nan.”

The Prodigal

A cikin nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Bowman, Sashe na II, ya fara da lura cewa misalan Yesu suna da ma'ana fiye da ɗaya, amma fassarar dole ne ta dace da nassi. Misalin yau, ya ce, ba misalin jiya ba ne, domin yau ba irin mu ba ne.

Ya kuma sami labari mara daɗi ga duk wanda ya fito ya ji jawabinsa a kan maudu’in “Wata mace tana da ‘ya’ya biyu,” wanda aka sanar a matsayin jigon nazarin ranar. Ya ba da wannan lakabi ga ƙungiyar tsarawa ta NOAC watanni shida a baya, amma ya samo a lokacin tun lokacin da hakan bai yi aiki ba! Babu wanda ya yi tunani kamar yadda Bob ya haƙa Luka 15:11-32 don ƙarin zinariya.

Ya ba da mamaki fiye da ƴan masu sauraro sa’ad da ya nuna cewa Babban Ɗan’uwa ne, ba misalin da kansa ba, ya nuna cewa ƙaramin Balarayi ya ɓata rabonsa na gādo na giya, mata, da waƙa. "Wataƙila matan suna cikin tunanin babban ɗan'uwan," in ji shi. Nassin Hellenanci na asali ya ce Prodigal ya yi asarar kuɗin a “rayuwa mai halaka kansa.”

Bowman ya tambayi masu sauraronsa su yi tunanin cewa Prodigal na cikin Ƙasashen waje na mutanen Allah, yaɗuwar Yahudawa a cikin daular Farisa da na Roma - mai yiwuwa ya nemi makomarsa a fadin duniya tare da albarkar mahaifinsa.

Duk abin da ya faru, ba da daɗewa ba kuɗin ya ƙare kuma ƙanin ya fuskanci ba tuba ba, ko juya baya, amma juyo, juyowa. Duk abin da ya kasance yana ƙoƙari ya yi ya ci tura. Yana fita ya gano ko wanene shi, kuma ya kuduri aniyar dawowa gida.

Bowman ya yi bitar wasu labaran Littafi Mai Tsarki, kamar na Yusufu da ’yan’uwansa, game da mutanen da suke yin kasada sosai don su zama sashe na albarkar Uba–da kuma ayyuka daban-daban na manya da ƙanana a irin waɗannan labaran. Waɗannan labarun sun nuna cewa "ƙaunar iyaye ba a rarraba daidai gwargwado," in ji Bowman, kuma ƴan'uwa maza da mata dole ne su yarda da wannan gaskiyar.

Babban Ɗan’uwa, “yana kan ɓacin ransa, na ƙauna marar rarraba a duniya,” yana da muhimmin zaɓi da zai yi. Bai taɓa koyon darussan gazawa ba wanda ya kai ga ƙarami, ɗan'uwan Prodigal ya sake gano ainihin ainihi. Don haka Bob ya ba da wasan kwaikwayo da dama mai yiwuwa ga labarin, wanda a wasu daga cikinsu zaɓin Babban Ɗan'uwa yana haifar da farin ciki a cikin iyali.

Uba

Yayin da yake nuna akwai hanyoyi da yawa na fassara misali kamar Ɗan Prodigal, Bowman ya ba da shawara a cikin zamansa na uku na nazarin Littafi Mai-Tsarki cewa yin amfani da misalan-wanda kowane hali da abu a cikin labari ya tsaya ga wani abu dabam-zai iya zama abin takaici. “Alagori yakan karkata labarin. Allagori yana son ya zama mutane masu ra'ayin mazan jiya. "

Alal misali, nanata cewa Babban Ɗan’uwa yana nufin Farisawa ya rushe da sauri, in ji shi. “Kowane Bafarisiye na gaskiya zai yi murna da mai zunubi da ya tuba!” Game da shawarar da wasu suka yi cewa Yesu ɗan maraƙi ne mai kitse, wanda aka yi hadaya don ya ceci iyali, Bob ya girgiza kai kawai.

Abin da zai iya taimakawa a maimakon haka, in ji shi, shine sanya kanmu a wurin kowane ɗayan haruffa. "Yana da mahimmanci a fuskanci abin da kowane mutum ya shiga. Ina so in yi shawagi bisa siffar Uban,” in ji Bowman.

A hanyoyi da yawa abin da Uban yake yi a cikin misalin—bawa ƙaramin ɗansa gādo da fita don saduwa da babban ɗan’uwa, maimakon ya nace babban ɗan’uwa ya zo gidan don ya gan shi—ba shi da mutunci ko daraja a cikin al’ummar da take ceto. fuska yana da mahimmanci. Wannan wani bangare ne na "almubazzaranci mara hankali" na Uba.

"Shin za ku iya yin tunani a cikin ƙasusuwanku kuma ku gane da iyayen da ba su tambaye ku kome ba ... wanda ƙaunarsa ta yi girma a gare ku ya yi bikin? Uban ya fi sha'awar samun 'ya'yan biyu a gida don samun tuba," in ji Bob, sa'an nan kuma ya tambaya, "Shin cibiyar bangaskiyarmu zunubi da gafara ne, ko kuma ita ce cibiyar bangaskiyarmu dangantaka da Allah, kowannensu. sauran, da dan Adam mai wahala?”

Mamaki ya yawaita a cikin labarin. Ba kamar sauran misalan da makiyayi ya fita neman ɓatacciyar tunkiya, macen kuma ta nemi ɓataccen kuɗinta, “Ba mai fita neman Banza. Duk da haka, Uban ya fita neman Babban Ɗan’uwan,” in ji Bowman. Kuma a cikin roƙon Babban Ɗan’uwa, “Uban bai kāre mubazzaranci ba. Ya kare farin cikinsa ne kawai."