Amatshe ayigugu ebhayibhelini!
Amatshe ayigugu (amatshe ayigugu noma amatshe ayigugu) anayo futhi ayoba nendima ebalulekile futhi ethokozisayo eBhayibhelini. Kudala ngaphambi komuntu, uMdali wethu wasebenzisa amatshe anjengamadayimane, amarubhu namatshe emeraldi ukuhlobisa esinye sezidalwa ezinkulu kakhulu azidala ngomlilo. Lo muntu wabizwa ngokuthi uLusifa (uHezekeli 28:13), kamuva owaba nguSathane udeveli.
Kamuva, wayala uMose ukuthi akhe izikhali ezikhethekile zompristi Ophakeme wesizwe ezaziqukethe amagugu ayishumi nambili umuntu ngamunye amelela esinye sezizwe zakwa-Israyeli (Eksodusi 28:17 - 20).
Esikhathini esizayo esiseduze, uNkulunkulu uBaba uyobeka ubukhona bakhe nesihlalo sakhe sobukhosi emhlabeni esebenzisa iJerusalema Elisha azolakha. Enye yezinto ezihlukanisayo zomuzi omusha kuzoba wudonga lwawo, oluzoba namatshe ayigugu ayishumi nambili asetshenziselwa izisekelo zalo (Isambulo 21:19 - 20).
Lolu chungechunge lwezifundo luzodingida ezinguqulweni eziyishumi ezibalulekile zesiNgisi (i-ASV, i-ESV, i-HBFV, i-HCSB, isiNgisi, i-NASB, i-NCV, i-NIV, i-NKJV ne-NLT) ukuze kuxoxwe ngamagugu angama-22 atholakala ekhasini lezwi likaNkulunkulu.
Amatshe aligugu aphathwe kulolu chungechunge afaka i-Agate, Amethyst, Beryl, Carbuncle (Red Garnet), Carnelian, Chalcedony, Chrysolite, Chrysoprase, Coral, Diamonds, Emeralds, Hyacinth, Jasper, Lapis Lazuli, Onyx ne Sardonyx, Pearls, Peridot, Crystal zamadwala, amarubhi, amasafire, itopazi kanye nothayela.
Lolu chungechunge olukhethekile luzokhuluma nangokubekwa kwamatshe ayigugu engutsheni yezempi yompristi Ophakeme nokuxhumana phakathi kwamatshe ayigugu atholakala eJerusalem New kanye nabaphostoli abayishumi nambili.
Ukuqala
Elokuqala lamatshe amaningi ayigugu eBhayibhelini kukhulunywa ngawo encwadini kaGenesise. Inkomba yenziwa maqondana nokudalwa komuntu kanye nensimu yase-Edeni.
Imibhalo isitshela ukuthi uNkulunkulu, engxenyeni esempumalanga yezwe ebizwa nge-Edeni, wadala ingadi enhle lapho abeka khona umuntu wokuqala (UGenesise 2: 8). Umfula ogobhoza e-Edene wawunikeza insimu amanzi (ivesi 10). Ngaphandle kwe-Edeni nengadi yayo, umfula uhlukaniswe baba ngamagatsha amane amakhulu. Igatsha lokuqala, elibizwa ngePishon, lageleza lafika ezweni okwakukhona khona izinto zokusetshenziswa ezingavuthiwe ezazikhona. Elinye igatsha lomfula kwakungu-Ewufrathe. Amatshe we-Onyx awagcini nje kuphela, kepha futhi amatshe okukhulunywa ngawo kakhulu emiBhalweni.
Izipho zangempela
Amatshe ayigugu anomlando omude njengesipho senani eliphakeme kakhulu futhi ofanele ukubekwa ebukhosini. INdlovukazi yaseSheba (okungenzeka yaqhamuka e-Arabia) yathatha uhambo olukhethekile ukuyohambela iKosi uSolomoni futhi yazibonela yona uma ihlakaniphile njengoba yayizwile. Waphatha amatshe ayigugu njengenye yezipho eziningi zokumhlonipha (1 AmaKhosi 10: 1 - 2).
Indlovukazi (okwathi ngokunye ukuphawula kwebhayibheli, okungenzeka ukuthi ekugcineni ibe ngomunye wabafazi bayo) ayizange nje inikeze uSolomoni inani elikhulu lamatshe ayigugu, kodwa futhi namathalenta egolide ayi-120 anenani lanamhlanje cishe ezigidini ezingama-157 zamaRandi e-United States ( uthatha ama- $ 1,200 ngentengo ngayinye ye-eunzi - ivesi 10).
Ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaSolomoni, ngaphezu kwengcebo ayeyithola njalo, yena nenkosi yaseTire bangena ebudlelwaneni bezentengiselwano ukuletha amatshe ayigugu ngaphezulu kwa-Israyeli (1 AmaKhosi 10:11, bona futhi ivesi 22).
Umkhiqizo wesikhathi sokuphela
Abathengisi bomhlaba, maduze nje ngaphambi kokuBuya KukaKristu Kabili, bazokhala ngokulahleka kweBabiloni Elikhulu elabanikeza indlela yokuceba, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ngamatshe ayigugu. Ukulahleka kwabo kuzoba kukhulu kangangokuba imiBhalo iqopha isililo sabo kabili esahlukweni esisodwa (Isambulo 18: 11 - 12, 15 - 16).