He aha ke ʻano o ka "Baibala" a pehea i loaʻa ai kēlā inoa?

ʻO ka Baibala ka buke hoihoi loa i ka honua. ʻO ia ka puke kūʻai maikaʻi loa o nā manawa āpau a ʻike nui ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā paʻi maikaʻi loa i kākau ʻia. Ua unuhi ʻia i nā ʻōlelo he nui a ʻo ia ke kahua o nā kānāwai a me nā loina o kēia au. Alakaʻi iā mākou i loko o nā hanana paʻakikī, hāʻawi iā mākou i ke akamai a ʻo ia ke kahua o ka manaʻoʻiʻo no nā kenekulia o ka poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo. ʻO ka Baibala ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua hoʻokahi a wehewehe i nā ala i ka maluhia, ka manaʻolana a me ke ola. Hōʻike ia iā mākou pehea i hoʻomaka ai ka honua, pehea e pau ai a pehea mākou e noho ai i kēia manawa.

He kuhihewa ka mana o ka Baibala. No laila no hea mai ka huaʻōlelo "Baibala" a he aha ka manaʻo maoli?

ʻO ke ʻano o ka huaʻōlelo Baibala
ʻO ka huaʻōlelo Baibala ponoʻī kahi transliteration o ka huaʻō Helene bíblos (βίβλοβίβλ), ʻo ia hoʻi "puke". No laila, maʻalahi ka Baibala, The Book. Eia nō naʻe, e hoʻi i kahi kua i hope a ʻo ka huaʻōlelo Helene like me ke ʻano he "scroll" a i ʻole "pāʻina". ʻOiaʻiʻo, e kākau ʻia nā huaʻōlelo mua o ka Palapala Hemolele ma ka pepa, a laila kope ʻia i nā ʻōwili, a laila kope ʻia kēlā mau ʻōwili a hāʻawi ʻia a pēlā aku.

Ua manaʻo ʻia paha ka huaʻōlelo Biblos ponoʻī e lawe ʻia mai kekahi kūlanakauhale awa kahiko i kapa ʻia ʻo Byblos. Aia ma Lebanona o kēia lā, ʻo Byblos kahi kūlanakauhale kūwaena ʻo Poenikia i kaulana no ka hoʻolilo papyrus a me ke kālepa. Ma muli o kēia hui, lawe paha ka poʻe Helene i ka inoa o kēia kūlanakauhale a hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā ia e hana i kā lākou huaʻōlelo no ka puke. ʻO nā huaʻōlelo e like me ka bibliography, bibliophile, waihona puke, a me bibliophobia (makaʻu i nā puke) e hoʻokumu ʻia ma ke aʻa Helene like.

Pehea i loaʻa ai ka inoa i ka Baibala?
ʻO ka mea e mahalo ai, ʻaʻole kuhikuhi ka Baibala iā ia iho "Baibala." No laila i ka manawa hea i hoʻomaka ai ka poʻe e kāhea i kēia mau palapala hemolele me ka huaʻōlelo Baibala? Eia hou, ʻaʻole he Baibala ka puke maoli, akā he hōʻuluʻulu o nā puke. Eia naʻe, ua maopopo nō i nā mea kākau o ke Kauoha Hou ka manaʻo o nā mea i kākau ʻia e pili ana iā Iesū e manaʻo ʻia he ʻāpana o ka Palapala Hemolele.

I ka 3 Petero 16: XNUMX, ua kamaʻilio ʻo Petero i nā kākau a Paulo: "Ua kākau like ʻo ia i kāna mau leka āpau, e kamaʻilio pū ana i kēia mau mea iā lākou. Aia i loko o kāna mau leka kekahi mau mea paʻakikī e hoʻomaopopo, kahi a nā poʻe naʻaupō a paulele ʻole e hoʻohuli ai, e like me nā Palapala Hemolele ʻē aʻe.

No laila, aia kekahi mea e pili ana i nā huaʻōlelo i kākau ʻia, ʻo ia nā ʻōlelo a ke Akua a hiki i nā ʻōlelo a ke Akua ke hoʻopilikia ʻia a hoʻohana ʻia hoʻi. ʻO ka hōʻiliʻili o kēia mau palapala, me ke Kauoha Hou, i kapa mua ʻia ai ka Baibala ma kahi o ka kenekulia ʻehā i loko o nā kākau a John Chrysostom. ʻO Chrysostom ka mea i pili mua i ka Old and New Testament e like me ta biblia (nā puke), ka ʻano Latin o ka biblos. Ma kēia manawa nō hoʻi i hoʻomaka ai kēia mau hōʻiliʻili o nā kākau e hui pū ʻia i kekahi ʻano kauoha, a ua hoʻomaka kēia hōʻiliʻili o nā leka a me nā kākau i loko o ka puke i kahi puke a mākou i ʻike ai i kēia lā.

No ke aha he mea nui ka Baibala?
Aia i loko o kāu Baibala kahi hōʻuluʻulu o kanaonokumāono mau puke kū hoʻokahi a kaʻawale: nā palapala mai nā manawa like ʻole, nā lāhui like ʻole, nā mea kākau ʻokoʻa, nā kūlana a me nā ʻōlelo ʻokoʻa. Eia nō naʻe, ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻia kēia mau kākau ʻana i loko o ka makahiki 1600 mau makahiki i ulana pū ʻia me ka lōkahi like ʻole, e kuhikuhi ana iā mākou i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a ke Akua a me ke ola a mākou iā Kristo.

ʻO ka Baibala ke kumu o ka nui o kā mākou puke moʻokalaleo. Ma ke ʻano he kumu Pelekane ma mua i ke kula kiʻekiʻe, ua loaʻa iaʻu nā mea kākau e like me Shakespeare, Hemingway, Mehlville, Twain, Dickens, Orwell, Steinbeck, Shelley, a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe paʻakikī e hoʻomaopopo piha me ka loaʻa ʻole o kahi ʻike mua o ka Baibala. Ua kamaʻilio pinepine lākou i ka Baibala, a ua paʻa ka ʻōlelo o ka Baibala i nā manaʻo a me nā kākau o kā mākou mōʻaukala a me kā mākou moʻomeheu.

Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i nā puke a me nā mea kākau, he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo he puke Baibala ka puke mua i paʻi ʻia ma ka hale paʻi o Gutenberg. ʻO 1400 ia, ma mua o ka holo ʻana o Columbus i ke kai polū a i mau kenekulia ʻelua ma mua o ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o nā kolone ʻAmelika. Ke hoʻomau nei ka Baibala i puke paʻi ʻia loa i kēia lā. ʻOiai ua kākau ʻia ma mua o ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, ua hoʻohuli mau ʻia ke ola a me ka ʻōlelo o ka poʻe ʻōlelo Pelekania e nā ʻōlelo o ka Baibala.