Kitabu cha Mhubiri

Mhubiri (pia: Koheleti) ni kimojawapo kati ya vitabu vya hekima vilivyomo katika Tanakh (Biblia ya Kiebrania) na hivyo pia katika Agano la Kale la Biblia ya Kikristo. Kwa sababu hiyo kilidhaniwa kimeandikwa na mfalme Solomoni, kielelezo cha hekima katika Biblia.

Kitabu hicho kina sura kumi na mbili na kwa kiasi kikubwa kimeandikwa kwa njia ya ushairi.

Jina

Katika lugha ya Kiebrania jina lake ni קֹהֶלֶת (Qohelet), maana yake "Mhadhiri": ndivyo anavyojiita mwandishi, ambaye hajulikani kwa jina.

Mada

Yeye anakabili masuala ya maisha kwa kuzingatia upande chanya na upande hasi wa kila moja ili kufikia hekima.

Hasa anajiuliza juu ya maana ya maadili wakati ufunuo wa Mungu ulikuwa haujafikia hatua ya kufundisha uzima wa milele na maisha yalikuwa yanaonyesha mara nyingi ustawi wa waovu na hali ngumu ya waadilifu.

Mbele ya utovu wa haki duniani, Mhubiri alikariri, "Ubatili mtupu, ubatili mtupu, mambo yote ni ubatili" (1:2).

Hata hivyo, hatimaye akajumlisha mawazo yake kwa kuhimiza kwa imani, "Mche Mungu, nawe uzishike amri zake, maana kwa jumla ndiyo impasayo mtu. Kwa maana Mungu ataleta hukumuni kila kazi, pamoja na kila neno la siri, likiwa jema au likiwa baya" (12:13-14).

Ufafanuzi

Kama vitabu vingine vyote vya Biblia, hiki pia kinatakiwa kisomwe katika mfululizo wa historia ya wokovu ili kukielewa kadiri ya maendeleo ya ufunuo wa Mungu kwa binadamu.

Maendeleo hayo yataweka wazi kwamba hukumu itafanyika baada ya kifo, na kwamba tuzo na [[]]adhabu vitatolewa kwa haki katika uzima wa milele.

Marejeo

• Bartholomew, Craig (2009). Ecclesiastes. Baker Academic Press. ISBN 9780801026911. 
• Brettler, Mark Zvi (2007). "The Poetical and Wisdom Books". Katika Coogan, Michael D. The New Oxford Annotated Bible (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195288803. 
• Brown, William P. (2011). Ecclesiastes: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9780664238247. 
• Christianson, Eric S. (2007). Ecclesiastes Through the Centuries. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9780631225294. 
• Coogan, Michael D. (2008). The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199719464. 
• Diderot, Denis (1752). Canon. 
• Eaton, Michael (2009). Ecclesiastes. IVP Academic. 
• Enns, Peter (2011). Ecclesiastes. Eerdmans. ISBN 9780802866493. 
• Fredricks, D.C. (2010). Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs. IVP Academic. 
• Fox, Michael V. (2004). The JPS Bible Commentary: Ecclesiastes. Jewish Publication Society. ISBN 9780827609655. 
• Gilbert, Christopher (2009). A Complete Introduction to the Bible: A Literary and Historical Introduction to the Bible. Paulist Press. ISBN 9780809145522. 
• Hecht, Jennifer Michael (2003). Doubt: A History. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-009795-0. 

• Ingram, Doug (2006). Ambiguity in Ecclesiastes. Continuum. 
• Krüger, Thomas (2004). Qohelet: A Commentary. Fortress. 
• Longman, Tremper (1998). The Book of Ecclesiastes. Eerdmans. ISBN 9780802823663. 
• Miller, Adam S. (2016). Nothing Under the Sun. CreateSpace. ISBN 978-1530872800. 
• Rudman, Dominic (2001). Determinism in the Book of Ecclesiastes. Sheffield Academic Press. ISBN 9780567215635. 
• Seow, C.L. (2007). "Ecclesiastes". Katika Coogan, Michael D. The New Oxford Annotated Bible (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195288803. 
• Shields, Martin A. (2006). The End of Wisdom: A Reappraisal of the Historical and Canonical Function of Ecclesiastes. Eisenbrauns. ISBN 9781575061023. 
• Smith, James (1996). The Wisdom Literature and Psalms. College Press. ISBN 9780899004396. 

Marejeo mengine

• Ranston, Harry (1925). Ecclesiastes and the Early Greek Wisdom Literature. First ed. Epworth Press.
• Shapiro, Rabbi Rami Translation & Annotation, Foreword by Rev. Barbara Cawthrone Crafton (2010). Ecclesiastes Annotated & Explained. Skylight Paths Publishing

Viungo vya nje

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Kitabu cha Mhubiri

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Kitabu cha Mhubiri

• Kitabu cha Mhubiri katika tafsiri ya Kiswahili (Union Version)
• Kitabu cha Mhubiri katika Tafsiri ya Ulimwengu Mpya
• Utangulizi wa Mhubiri kadiri ya Mashahidi wa Yehova

Tafsiri za Kiingereza

• Kohelet – Ecclesiastes (Judaica Press) translation [with Rashi's commentary] at Chabad.org
• Ecclesiastes: New Revised Standard Version
• Ecclesiastes: Douay Rheims Bible Version
• Ecclesiastes at Wikisource (Authorised King James Version)
• Ecclesiastes at United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (New American Bible)
• Ecclesiastes at Bible Gateway (New King James Version)
• A Metaphrase of the Book Of Ecclesiastes by Gregory Thaumaturgus.
• Introduction to Ecclesiastes a Forward Movement publication

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