Genesis Lecture 50 (The Four Big Rivers) Eng.Mafundisho ya Mwanzo 50 | Mito Mikubwa Minne | Kiingereza
Bible passage: Genesis 2:11-14Andiko la Biblia: Mwanzo 2:11–14
[11] "The name of the first is Pishon; it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. [12] The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there. [13] The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land of Cush. [14] The name of the third river is Tigris; it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates."[11] “Jina la mto wa kwanza ni Pishoni; ndio unaozunguka nchi yote ya Havila, palipo na dhahabu. [12] Dhahabu ya nchi hiyo ni njema; huko kuna bedola na jiwe shohamu. [13] Jina la mto wa pili ni Gihoni; ndio unaozunguka nchi yote ya Kushi. [14] Jina la mto wa tatu ni Hidekeli; huo ndio upitao mbele ya Ashuru. Na mto wa nne ni Frati.”
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
This is the 50th lecture on Genesis. God Himself created the four big rivers on Earth. The water that formed these rivers came down from Eden in the second heaven. God opened the windows of second heaven and poured the water down to four different places on Earth to form the four big rivers. As the time went by after the 6-days of creation, other rivers were formed naturally, too.
But what is the reason that God Himself specifically made these four rivers- It is because these four rivers would become the main stage for human cultivation serving as the cradle of human civilization. From now, let me briefly explain the spiritual meanings and rough location of those four rivers. In the commentaries and other books, they interpret the meanings of the names based on the meanings of the Hebrew, the original language of the Bible.
Of course, we can take into consideration the meaning of Hebrew words. But we can say we know the complete meaning only after we understand the spiritual meaning that God gave to these rivers. Also, there are some people who try to find the Garden of Eden or the source of these four rivers on Earth. But the Garden of Eden and the source of four rivers are located not on Earth, but in second heaven. No matter how much research they do with cutting-edge technology, they will never be able to find either of them on the Earth. The spiritual world is in a completely different dimension from the physical world.
Ndugu wapendwa katika Kristo.
Hili ni somo la 50 la Mafundisho ya Mwanzo. Mungu mwenyewe aliumba mito minne mikubwa duniani. Maji yaliyounda mito hiyo yalishuka kutoka Edeni, katika mbingu ya pili. Mungu alifungua madirisha ya mbingu ya pili na kumwaga maji katika sehemu nne tofauti duniani ili kuunda mito hiyo. Kadiri muda ulivyopita baada ya uumbaji wa siku sita, mito mingine nayo ilijitokeza kwa njia ya asili.
Kwa nini Mungu mwenyewe aliumba mito hii minne hususa? Ni kwa sababu ingekuwa jukwaa kuu la kilimo cha wanadamu na kuwa chimbuko la ustaarabu wa kibinadamu. Sasa nieleze kwa ufupi maana za rohoni na mahali pa jumla palipo mito hiyo minne. Katika maelezo ya Biblia na vitabu vingine, maana za majina yake hufasiriwa kwa kutegemea Kiebrania, lugha ya awali ya Biblia.
Bila shaka, tunaweza kuzingatia maana ya maneno ya Kiebrania. Lakini tunaweza kusema tumeelewa maana yake kamili tu tunapoelewa maana ya rohoni ambayo Mungu aliipa mito hii. Watu wengine hujaribu kutafuta Bustani ya Edeni au chanzo cha mito hiyo duniani. Lakini Bustani ya Edeni na vyanzo vya mito hiyo havipo duniani bali katika mbingu ya pili. Hata wakitafiti kwa kutumia teknolojia ya kisasa kiasi gani, hawataweza kuvipata duniani. Ulimwengu wa rohoni uko katika kipimo tofauti kabisa na ulimwengu wa kimwili.
