Kwaziwa njenge:IMelchisedech, iMelkisetek, okanye iMalki Tzedek

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UMelkisedeki, okwabizwa ngokuba nguMelkisedeki kwi ITestamente Endala , Ngumntu waseBhayibhileni ovela kwisahluko se-14 sika Incwadi yeGenesis . Uchazwa njengokumkani waseSalem kunye nombingeleli wase-El Elyon, ozisa isonka newayini kuAbram xa uAbram ebuya emva kokoyisa ookumkani abaliqela baseMesopotamiya ehlangula nomtshana wakhe uLote. Nangona uxinzelelo oluphambili lwebali luhlala lusamkelwa kwilizwe liphela, kukho umahluko omkhulu webali lakhe kwizibhalo ezahlukeneyo. Kweminye imibhalo, uMelkitsedeke wade wachongwa njengohlobo lukaMesiya. Akukho mfanekiso ucacileyo womnombo wakhe naphina, nangona ngokwezinye izicatshulwa, ubukhulu becala ungoShem, unyana kaNowa.

UMelkisedeki, okwabizwa ngokuba nguMelkisetek, uMelkisedeki (kwi ITestamente Endala ), okanye uMalki Tzedek, ngumntu weBhayibhile okhankanywe njengomlawuli waseSalem kunye nombingeleli wase-El Elyon (uThixo oPhezukonke). Uye wakhankanywa kwisahluko se-14 IGenesis . Ubonakalisiwe njengoyena uzisa isonka newayini emva koko asikelele uEl Elyon noAbram.

Uncwadi lweChazalic lukhankanya igama njengegama lesidlaliso likaShem, unyana kaNowa. Imibhalo yeMasorete yesiHebhere ikhankanya igama lakhe njengamagama amabini, uMalḵi no andedeq. Inkqubo ye- Inguqulelo kaKing James ye-1611 ikhankanya uMelkitsedeke, ngelixa ITestamente Entsha ukhankanya uMelkitsedeki.

Igama ngokuyintloko linamagama melek (h), athetha 'inkosi,' kunye no-edeede, othetha 'ubulungisa.' Igama ke lithetha ukumkani wobulungisa. Kukwakhankanywe njengo 'Zedek kwezinye iitekisi.

Ulwahlulo oluninzi lwemvelaphi kaMelkisedeki luvela kwimibhalo yamaKristu kunye neyamaYuda. Incwadi yesiBini kaEnoki (ekwabizwa ngokuba yi-'Slavonic Enoch '), isicatshulwa samaJuda esivela kwinkulungwane yokuqala ye-AD, sikhankanya (kwicandelo lokugqibela, Ukuphakanyiswa kukaMelkitsedeke ukuba uMelkitsedeke wazalwa yintombi enyulu egama linguSofonim (okanye uSopanima).

USofonim wayengumfazi kaNir, omnye wabantakwabo Nowa. Ikwakhankanya ukuba uSofonim wasweleka xa ezala kwaye uMelkisedeki wayehleli ecaleni kwesidumbu sakhe.

Ikwakhankanya ukuba uMelkitsedeke wayesele ekhulile, enxibe, kwaye ethetha xa wayezalwa. Wayenophawu lobubingeleli.

Emva kweentsuku ezingama-40 zokuzalwa kwakhe, uMelkitsedeke wasiwa kwi Umyezo wase-Eden Ingelosi eyintloko uGabriyeli (uMichael, ngokwezibhalo ezithile) kwaye wasindiswa Unogumbe , nangona wayengekho Ityeya kaNowa .

Ibali lebhayibhile likaMelkitsedeke liqala ngabalawuli baseMesopotamiya (ababekhe bangamahlakani) ababhengeza imfazwe eSidim Valley. Baye bavalela umtshana ka-Abram, uLote.

UAbram wabuya emva kokoyisa uKedorlahomere, ukumkani waseSodom. UKumkani waseSalem, uMelkitsedeke, wadibana naye. Ukulandela oku, isishumi sokuqala esishicilelweyo sinikwa umbingeleli okwisikhundla esiphezulu.

Akwaziwa ukuba uMelkitsedeke wamazi njani uAbram, kuba akukho nasinye kwizibhalo ezithetha ngaye. Emva koAbram noMelkitsedeke, uMelkitsedeke akabonakali kude kube ngoku Iindumiso 110.

Akukho nto ikhankanyiweyo ngomnombo kaMelkitsedeke. UMelkitsedeke ubizwa ngokuba ngumbingeleli womyalelo ongenaso isiqalo esibhaliweyo. Kamva uYesu uchazwa njengoyena mfundisi ubalaseleyo.

Nangona amabali aphambili ebali malunga noAbram noMelkisedeki amkelwe jikelele, kukho umahluko omkhulu kuwo, kwizibhalo ezahlukeneyo.

Iindinyana 18 - 20 ze IGenesis Gxila kwindlela uAbram abuya ngayo emva kokoyisa uKedorlahomere kwaye adibana noBera, ukumkani waseSodom. Ichaza kwakhona indlela uMelkitsedeke, ukumkani waseSalem, azisa ngayo isonka newayini. UMelkisedeki mhlawumbi lulongezo olungekho sesikweni kwingxelo ekuyo IBhayibhile , ukuqinisekisa ububingeleli obunxulumene ne Itempile yesibini . IGenesis 14:18 ikhankanya uMelkitsedeke 'njengoMbingeleli wOyena Thixo Uphakamileyo.

Imibhalo yamaSamariya ikhankanya ikhaya lakhe njenge 'Salem,' emi kumathambeka eNtaba yeGerizim. Yayiyindawo eyintsikelelo koonyana bakaSirayeli xa bawela umlambo iJordani. Nangona kunjalo, ifayile ye- Rishonim iinguqulelo zixubusha ukuba ingaba uSalem yayilikhaya likaMelkisedeki / Shem (elalifunyenwe nguyise, uNowa) okanye nokuba wayeze eSalem njengomphambukeli. I-Salem ikwakhankanywa njengomhlaba womntakwabo, u-Cham, kwiitekisi ezininzi.

URamban wayekholelwa ekubeni umhlaba wawungumnikazi kwaye uphethwe ngumntwana ka-Cham, kwaye uthi uMelkisedeki / Shem wayeshiye ikhaya lakhe esiya eSalem njengowasemzini, nanjengoko wayenqwenela ukukhonza uThixo njengoKohen.

Nangona kunjalo, uRashi wathi umhlaba waseKanan wabelwa uShem, nguNowa, kwaye uHam wawufumana umhlaba ngenkani.

KubuYuda bamaGrike, uJosephus wakhankanya uMelkitsedeke 'njengenkosi yamaKanan' kwi Imfazwe yamaYuda , kodwa nanjengombingeleli kwi Izinto zakudala zamaYuda . UPhilo wakhankanya uMelkitsedeke njengombingeleli kaThixo.

Imisongo yeQumran ukukhankanya ukuba uMelkitsedeke lelinye igama lengelosi enkulu uMikayeli, owathi kamva waziwa njengombingeleli wasezulwini. UMichael ke ngoko waba nguMelchi-zedek.

Uncwadi loRabhi lukhankanya intwana yembali ngaphambi kokungeniswa kukaMelkitsedeke. Ithetha ngendlela uAbram awamsindisa ngayo umtshana wakhe, uLote, kunye noloyiso lookumkani abaninzi. Ixela ke indlela uAbram ahlangana ngayo noMelkisedeki e 'Emek HaShaveh. Indawo yayinxulunyaniswa no-Emek Yehoshafati (iNtlambo yakwaYoshafati).

Imibhalo yaseMidrashic icacisa ngendlela iqela labalawuli kunye nookumkani ababemanyene ngayo kule ndawo ukuzukisa uAbram ngokoyisa ookumkani abaliqela kunye nendlela ababenqwenela ngayo ukumchaza njengothixo. UAbram, nangona kunjalo, wathi uloyiso lwakhe lwenziwa kukuthanda kukaThixo.

Ipapashwe ngo-1789 ISeder ha-iDorot ithi uMelkitsedeke wayengowokuqala ukwakha udonga olujikeleze isixeko sakhe. Ikwachaza nendlela ekwafuneka emke ngayo eSalem ukuya kuAbram namadoda akhe. Emva koko wabanika 'isonka newayini' ukubanceda bahlaziyeke emva kohambo lwabo olunzima.

Ukuba uMelkitsedeke wayenguShem, wayeya kuba neminyaka engama-465 ngelo xesha, ngoxa uAbram wayeneminyaka engama-75 ubudala UTalmud Bavli wambeka njengowokuqala ukuthintela ubuhenyu.

Inkqubo ye- ITestamente Entsha kubhekiswa kuMelkitsedeke kuphela kwi Inkqubo ye- Incwadi eya kumaHebhere . Nangona kunjalo, ukufaniswa kukaMelkitsedeke noMesiya kwaqala kwiintsuku ngaphambi kokuvela kobuKristu, ikakhulu kubuMesiya bamaJuda Itempile yesibini ixesha.

Ezinye zeempendulo ze-Gnostic ezivela malunga nekhulu le-4 (zafunyanwa ngo-1945) kwaye zaziwa njenge Nag Hammadi Ithala leencwadi, liqulathe izingqinisiso kuMelkitsedeke. UMelkitsedeke kuthiwa nguYesu Krestu kwezi ndima. UMelkitsedeke, njengoKristu, uboniswa eshumayela, esifa, emva koko evuswa. Ukuza koNyana kaThixo uMelkitsedeke uchaza ukubuya kwakhe ukuzisa uxolo nobulungisa njengombingeleli-kumkani.

Kwi Inkqubo ye- Incwadi eya kumaHebhere UMelkitsedeke uchazwa 'njengokumkani wobulungisa' kunye 'nokumkani woxolo' onxulumene 'nobubingeleli obungunaphakade' boNyana kaThixo. Ikwathetha ukuba uYesu Kristu 'ngumbingeleli omkhulu wasemhlabeni ngokohlobo lukaMelkitsedeke.' Yiyo loo nto uYesu esiba nguMbingeleli oMkhulu ekugqibeleni, kodwa enxulunyaniswa noMelkitsedeke.

Ngokwenkcazo kaChristological yoku ITestamente Endala Uhlobo lukaMelkitsedeke ngumzekelo kaKristu. Abantu basePelagi babemjonga uMelkitsedeke njengendoda enobomi obugqibeleleyo.

KwiProtestanti, uMelkisedeki ubonakala njengomntu wembali kunye no-archetype kaKristu. UMelkitsedeki ukwavela kwi Incwadi kaMormoni ye AbaNgcwele beMihla yokuGqibela intshukumo.

Kukho ukungaqondakali kwimibhalo yesiHebhere, eyenza kungacaci nokuba uAbram wanikela ngesishumi kuMelkisedeki, okanye uMelkisedeki wasinika uAbram.